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Re: All plastic track
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:10:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote:
> I suspect your $1k for $50 Target deal is one of the key reasons we don't
> see trains at Target. It is hard for retailers like Target and Wal-Mart
> stock the LEGO Train System. It is better handled by high touch small toy
> shops and hobby shops. I suspect the days of finding any serious quantity
> of Trains on clearance at Target or elsewhere are long gone. In general
> Target seems to have tightened up their inventory management. Either that
> or in my area they are doing really well and don't have a lot of stuff to
> put on clearance. In general, I saw a whole lot less LEGO and other toys
> that interest my kids on clearance after Christmans and during other
> clearance cycles.
Mike-
My experience buying LEGO started only goes back 15 years.
The Target buy occurred during the transition from 4.5/12V to the 9 volt system
when I got 100 boxes of old track for $0.50 each.
I haven't found any great Target deals at all in the past 2 years, but confess
to not to looking for them as much since we buy so much from BrickLink and LEGO
stores these days. It feels to me like the hey-dey of the post-Christmas
shopping ran from 1996 to 2000 when I could find things such as boxes of green
baseplates for $1.00 per baseplate and train sets for 75% off. I think these
bargains have disappeared in recent years both because the stores have tightened
inventories to avoid these lossy situations and because buyers are networked and
relentless. I thought I was being "active" by visiting 6 stores in one evening
per season, but once I heard tell of folks who teamed up to check all stores in
their region twice daily, I gave up!
-Ted
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| "Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> wrote in message news:ILC8Hw.1nKw@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) TRU, or (...) presumably (...) was (...) trains (...) stuff at (...) (like (...) I suspect your $1k for $50 Target deal is one of the key (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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