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The manager has no say in what's carried. Their business model doesn't work like that. If they haven't done any deals for kits, they can't sell what they don't have. Ollie's is a clearinghouse for inventory that has either been bought from defunct businesses or special deals like the Round 2 stuff that was common the past few years.

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5 hours ago, slusher said:

There will end up with Big Lots stuff and the ones I have visited didn’t have models!

Big Lots and Party City LOL. I was in my local Ollie's yesterday and they didn't have anything. It was pretty well cleaned out I reckon thanks to Christmas.

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Stopped by the local Ollie's looking to see what other toys they got I could grab for the grandson.  They had several signs up that the toys are 33% off but models are excluded.  Looks like the market materials had a better distribution than the models themselves as none of the Atlantis kits made the shelves here! 

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Big Lots did model dumps years ago. I got the IH Payhauler 350 there years ago for $20 which at the time was just OK

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16 hours ago, slusher said:

will end up with Big Lots stuff

Most likely Not gonna happen as Big Lots did manage to get a buyer, and will have around 400 stores stay open now.

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My Ollie's got the Atlantis Spl issue 4 kits. The 1/48 gas tanker, Native American, Space shuttle and ship. I picked up the space ship. Thx

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I was near Ollies yesterday morning. They had the same assortment that Dave posted above. I did manage to find a single solitary can of Duplicolor Color match, which surprised me. I hadn't seen any duplicolor there in months!

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On 1/1/2025 at 3:09 AM, slusher said:

There will end up with Big Lots stuff and the ones I have visited didn’t have models!

Used to work for Big Lots.  All I can say on their bankruptcy is: BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  Let's just say we didn't part on friendly terms. 

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1 of 2 local Ollie's near me had this... Had to make a hard pass on the Transit Mixer due to financial since right now 😞 (Marietta Ohio location)

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The only kits at our local one is the non selling Atlantis Nike Missle kit. The have a bunch of Lousy Puzzles and board games  that take 90% of the shelf space on one side of the toy isle.

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2 hours ago, bandit1 said:

1 of 2 local Ollie's near me had this... Had to make a hard pass on the Transit Mixer due to financial since right now 😞 (Marietta Ohio location)

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I wish mine had the drag combo. 

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On 2/4/2025 at 7:22 PM, johnyrotten said:

I wish mine had the drag combo. 

My wife bought on on sale before Christmas. I’m surprised they are still around…

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An Ollies is finally coming to Warsaw, In. this spring, about 8 miles from me in an old Big Lots building. The nearest Ollies was in Ft. Wayne, about 40 miles away, so I rarely went there. 

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49 minutes ago, slusher said:

My wife bought on on sale before Christmas. I’m surprised they are still around…

Only the trikes and military here. I want more ford's for the stash

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10 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

Only the trikes and military here. I want more ford's for the stash

I don’t blame you I like Mopars and Fords but if they have one at Ollie’s I will pick it up..

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Only one of the AMT big rig trailers turned up to supplement the Atlantis items already on the shelf.  The trailers are $24.99; the two Rat Fink trailers I bought last time around (same except for decals) were $19.99.

Right now I've got a "15% off one entire purchase" coupon that came in the mail awhile back.  That is good through the 16th.  I'd suspect that if they get new stock in, it will hit the shelves around the 17th.

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15 hours ago, Mark said:

Only one of the AMT big rig trailers turned up to supplement the Atlantis items already on the shelf.  The trailers are $24.99; the two Rat Fink trailers I bought last time around (same except for decals) were $19.99.

Right now I've got a "15% off one entire purchase" coupon that came in the mail awhile back.  That is good through the 16th.  I'd suspect that if they get new stock in, it will hit the shelves around the 17th.

The Big Rig trailer and Rat Fink trailer are totally different kits. $24.99 is pretty close to normal price on the Big Rig trailer too.

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These were AMT trailers, not the ex-IMC piece.  The box for this one used the same artwork as the Rat Fink trailer, with the trailer's side panel graphics changed.

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