[GEN] Hobby Lobby Thanksgiving sale

i am very serious. i do know a shipping trick, take a cardboard box apart, then cut two panels slightly larger than the kit box. center the kit, fold the excess over and tape together. instant custom box. buying boxes is a big waste of money. you can dumpster dive a large box and with a few snicks of the xacto, boom, shipping box. does that sound ok to you? i can send the money upfront, just give me a total and i'll drop a check n the mail. and if they don't have the b29, the b17 is fine. i have the b24 already. rubbing it in is ok, i'll reverse by saying it''s still shirt sleeve weather here and the leaves are still on the trees. we should get winter around xmas and the spring will be here the end of february. hehehehe. thanks very much. just let me know what you need.

e,

Got me on the weather here in Atlanta, currently 45 although going to 70 by Monday.

If they have both the B-29 and the B-17(not likely) which do you prefer? Both?

Art

if you can get the pair for $60 total, both would be great. if not, the b29 first and b17 as the fallback. i don't mind 45 at night. but i hate having to wear a sweater during the day. thanks for your help.

Anything new since the last sale?

e,

No luck tonight at the closest store . In fact, it appears they have not re-stocked since early to mid-summer as the last two sales in October and August had essentially the same kits. To be the biggest shopping weekend of the yer, their model inventory is way down. My guess is they are de-emphasizing models.

I'll check one ot two others tomorrow.

Art

i appreciate the efforts but don't go too far out of your way. if they have a sale the week of xmas, i may be able to look myself. there is a store on the way to my sis and i believe st louis has a few? is there anything you need? i do music also if you have any great lost tunes you can't find. thanks.

Why don't you guys take this to email? I'm not picking on you in particular but I've seen lots of others carry on what's essentially a private conversation on Usenet and I'm curious as to why _anybody_ does it.

And no, I'm not irritated. As I said above, just curious...

I was doing it because he doesn't have an e-mail address posted. Of course, I can ask for one and will do so.

The other reason I kept it in the the group was to see if others were observing the same declining plastic model inventory as I'm seeing in Atlanta. One of the other threads seems to confirm this. Others describe their HL trips in detail. I enjoy those posts and saw no reason to do otherwise.

Art

We have 3 Hobby Lobby Stores in Colorado Springs. The one on 8th street has a manager who knows models. They were well stocked including the Revell big U-Boat and a nice new selection of Hasegawa

1/72 Aircraft that I haven't seen before. They also had several of the high end 1/32 aircraft kits. The Armour and Autos are also very well represented. At 50% off, it's hard to walk away without an arm full.

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Sorry, I just got this message. I use Goole as my email reader and it hasn't been posting new messages since Friday morning until just a few minutes ago. I'm not sure if I can sneek a run by there after dinner but you never know.

I suspected that was at least part of the reason. I see that he's now given you an email address to use.