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Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Yeah, those aren't that fabulous.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
We used to get the ads about 3 weeks ahead of time at the store.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Wow, but I will say that there are really good deals for early birds that end at 7 or 8. Last year I got a ton of stuff that went to the price in the ad at 8. Like movies for $3 and a sheet set for $10. That's what I go for, you never know what you're gonna find.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
what size is that tv for 299.00 ?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
If it's a 37, i am buying it!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Ack, it's a 26"

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
that is still an awesome deal! I would love to get it for Dylan's room

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I wonder if they will have a doorbuster 37 for cheapie!

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Does anybody have any idea where I can find a Teletubbie Teletummy Laa Laa (the yellow) or even Po (red)? Baby niece would love it and I have only seen it on a UK website, a bit pricey and then shipping from UK. I want a new one of course, not used.

Pippin04
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10-26-2007

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pippin04 a private message Print Post    
Sugar did you try ebay?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm sorry, Sugar, maybe someone who's better at google searches will have better luck, but like you I'm only finding it on UK websites.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 1:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
I haven't found any new ones on eBay as of yet. I've tried the tomy toys website but again, nothing on the USA site. It sounds like the toy is only a year old.

I wish I had bought more kids stuff when I managed bookstores (33% discount) or better yet, when I was an Area Sales Manager for a seasonal toy store. I really regret not picking up more of those toys, esp when they were 50% to 75% off. Too dang busy working and getting the stores closed after Christmas. There were a lot of cool toys.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 2:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
It's weird Sugar, until you asked I hadn't realized that Telletubbies weren't anywhere around anymore! When my kids were little they were huge. We still have a stuffed Tinky Winky? (the purple one) that was Caleb's when he was around 1. 11 years later, that toy is still in our toy box cuz there's been a whole horde of nieces and nephews who find him and love him. These days it's my baby niece, everytime she's here, thats the first thing she finds and she drags him around with her the whole time she's here, lol.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 2:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
My nieces and nephew range from 2 to 24 years old. My oldest neice just got married 2 weeks ago. I don't really recall any of them being big Teletubbies fans. Possibly Jack, who is now 14, it is for his baby sister I am trying to find this toy. I certainly remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Care Bears, Transformers, Buzz Lightyear, Barbies, Thomas the Train, Ghostbuster toys... oh just too many. Too bad it is so difficult to find toys anymore. I haven't seen a toy store in a mall in years and now most malls don't have bookstores either.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 2:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
It is frustrating when you can't find the toy they would love, childhood goes by so quickly. When my oldest nephew was young, he loved Thundercats but there were no toys and no internet. I remember we had all the aunts and uncles on lookout, I even wrote a letter to the manufacturer, Adam, was 4 at the time. I almost bought him one from eBay when I was working @ PayPal, (Adam was 20 then) but those "vintage" toys can be pricey or they are just too worn or in poor condition.

If you still have the cartoons/shows, then you need to have the toys available, at least online!! One of my many pet peeves is that Disney shelves their movies. By the time they release them from the famed Disney vault, the kidlets may have outgrown them. I wish they would at least offer the whole kit and caboodle once a year, probably at Christmas.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 2:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Heh, some of those toys are big again! Care Bears, Transformers, TMNT, and Barbie are. Dakota (10) and her friends have been into the Care Bears for years (in fact, just had a slumber party a couple months ago where the Bears were just as much guests as the girls were, lol.)

No bookstores??? Ack! I can't remember the last time I was in our mall. We did have a small toy store around the corner from us and mom just mentioned to me that they had closed. Think that leaves us only with Toys R Us.

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 3:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
I love to go shopping on black Friday we do it every year,even if I weren't buying anything I would go!

I remember when my daughter was little she told me it was ok that I couldn't get her anything cause her dad and santa would.Later on when she knew about santa she said mom you bought me that barbie dream hotel.LOL!At the time I was A single mom and working but just getting by and she knew how sometimes we didn't have money for things like that,so anyways it's funny to me when she found out about santa thats what she thought of first!

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 6:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Black Friday is totally over rated these days. The "Deals" are either VERY limited in quantity or not so good on quality.

If they still have the amazingly cheap item after the first rush of people it is because that item is......amazingly cheap.

Csnog
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07-18-2002

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 6:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Csnog a private message Print Post    
My favorite gifts are both the handprint on a dish and the hand cast. We have a paw print also.

I still have the handmade christmas decorations the kids made in school and they hang proudly on the tree each year as I consider them priceless. The grandees get a kick out of seeing their parents work when they were that age.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Anything I've found related to the Teletubbie Teletummy shows tags with trademark dates of 1998. I don't think they're being sold anymore from what I can see, other than in the UK.

There are a ton of them on E-Bay and not a single one that is "new in box." If there aren't any there, I'm betting there aren't any new ones period!

ETA: When I googled "when were teletummy's produced" I found that they were first produced in 2004? Man, who knew the Teletubbies would be involved in such a baffling mystery??? lol

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Sugar, is this what you want?

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2658029

It is actually out of stock online, but our toys r us has several teletubbies toys. Also our kmart has a few too...

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
No, that is not the one I was hoping to find. Lilly really likes toys that light up and have music/sound so I didn't want to get her the plush toy and she gets so excited when Telettubbies are on tv. She loves Laa Laa. I am trying the PBS website right now. That has got to be one of the slowest sites on this planet. I remember years ago it would freeze up my old computer. Anyway the search continues.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Sugar, my son was also the HUGEST tubby fan. In fact I have a toddler bed sized teletubby comforter that I will be putting on ebay. I never found any toys at the PBS website. That website is crummy for shopping (I recently tried to find some calliou toys/videos there.)

I found the only place I could get a variety of teletubby stuff was ebay or local children's resale shops (ie Once Upon A Child.) The kid does not care a hoot if it is used or not. I recently sold most of my teletubbies stock as my 2 year old does not hold them in nearly as much esteem as my son did...

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Sugar, I just gave away a teletubby toy to Goodwill! I think there are people always getting rid of stuff. Check those thrift stores, maybe you'll get lucky.

Sugar
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08-15-2000

Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sugar a private message Print Post    
Thanks everyone! I think maybe I will try to check Goodwill, etc this week. Appreciate all the posts and suggestions, especially as I am having a pretty crappy birthday weekend, so thank you once again.