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Re: TRU exclusive bionicle (plus some McDonald's stuff)
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lugnet.technic.bionicle
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Sat, 8 Sep 2001 23:22:40 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Paul Gyugyi writes:
> > The local (SF bay area) TRU lego rep informs me that on the 11th they will
> > start the copper mask giveaway, and they will also be releasing a new
> > bionicle set exclusive to ToysRUs.
> Well, my T'R'U (Santa Maria, CA) was more than happy to give me a Copper
> Mask of Victory...TODAY!
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> I asked the employee if I could have one, and she said sure. I had just
> bought two mask packs, and asked her (facetiously) if I could have another
> since I bought two Bionicle products, when she dropped this bombshell...the
> single bag (estimate 75 masks total) was the ONLY bag they were going to
> have for the entire give away! The moral of this story: Get your one mask
> fast, and be happy to get it. I left the rest there for the kids who'll want
> them...it was only fair...
Okay, so when I was at TRU today I overheard two women behind the customer
service counter saying, "What do we do with THESE things?" I looked over and
sure enough, they had the poly bag of the masks and were looking terribly
unimpressed. So I went over and got a couple for my kids, who are into Bionicle
in a major way.
BTW Matt, judging from the size of these things in my hand, I would guess the
bag held a lot more than 75 masks. So I don't feel too bad that my kids, who
had made a beeline to the Hot Wheel aisle with their father and didn't know I
got the masks, also asked for masks on the way out when I was already next door
at Trader Joe's. So I guess I have two extra masks. If anyone wants to bribe
me for them my favorite theme is Paradisa! :-)
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> BTW...went to McDonald's for the Bionicle promo today also...got 5 Hukis,
> one for me, one for my daughter (which I'll get back later!) and three for
> Jaap at Club Bionicle NZ...a friend who works there will be putting some
> other things aside for me also (including posters and the display, I hope!).
Yeah, we had to go there too. They only had #4, but they are willing to sell
the toy without the meal for $1.81 each (presumably this quote includes tax).
Since a Happy Meal is $1.99 plus tax, you're probably better off getting the
meal, especially if you get a little carton of milk with it and bring it home.
> Oh, and for the Californians out there, it seems that Ventura County is
> considered the northernmost border of Southern California for the exclusive
> Bionicle LEGO Writing System pen...I'll definately need to hit a few
> McDonald's on my next trip down south...
Wow, my kids would love that. I would ask my sister, who lives in Santa
Monica, but she's doing Weight Watchers right now and might not want to set
foot near a McDonald's!
Maggie C.
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