Looney Tunes Newsletter 17NOV98

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Hi Everyone,
Well the first rains of winter are here already, almost a month early. For us this is like getting snow, people have to learn how to drive all over again! Because of this we spent most of the weekend at home. We did get a lot of stuff done though and I started painting the Looney Tunes Christmas Tree kit we bought. Got to get it done fast, the lights and stuff go up next week-I just love Christmas! :)

If you see any new items in stores, have any other news or would like to submit something to the newsletter please email it to me so I can spread the word!
Thanks,
Richard
EMail: Daffyduck@www1.utech.net
The Looney Tunes Collector: http://www.oocities.org/televisioncity/set/8681

-Walmarts has lots of Russell Stover items this year. There are 4 plushes with candy. They are about 10" tall and are holding a small 2 oz. box of candy. They are made of cloth, not fur. Bugs, Taz, Sylvester and Tweety. $9.99 each. Thanks to Steve for all these Russell Stover tips!

-They have 4 small Russell Stover popcorn tins and 2 large ones. The 4 small ones are Tweety, Taz and Bugs heads and an octagonal one with the group logo. $5.99 each. The 2 large ones are 3 gallon tins, one has the logo on it and the other has 2 Christmas scenes. $7.97 each.

-They also have 2 types of Russell Stover Christmas candy out. The mini candy bars come in bags and are wrapped in foil covers with pictures of the characters on them. They have chocolate covered nougat and peanut butter. $2.97 a bag.

-There are 4 new Russell Stover Surprise Tins this year. These are bandaid type tins with a pvc character inside along with a candy bar and sticker. Steve also says there was an unadvertised Sylvester in last years set making it 6 different ones instead of the 5 pictured on the tins. $2.97 each

-Everyone seems to have the Bedroom slippers this year. We've seen them in almost every department store we visited. The best prices were at Walmarts and Targets at $9.99 a pair. They had Tweety, Bugs, Taz and Marvin in small, medium and large. There were also some unique ones at Robinson's/May, they had hands in various poses across the fronts. Very cute!

-The larger department stores also have the soft pillow buddies. These are large pillows made of extra soft material and stuffing. Very nice for kids. They ranged from $20 to $30 each. Tweety, Taz, Bugs and Marvin. Sears was the only national chain that we saw them in.

-MacFrugals/Pic'n'Save also has last years series of toothbrush holders for $2.99 each. There are Tweety in bathrobe, Daffy, Bugs, and Taz eating soap. Very nice and great at this price, grab them while you can!

-Other items that Steve told us about but we were unable to find in our area were Rain Stick Gum and a large coffee cup filled with candy at Walmarts.
-We have been playing with SouthPeak Interactive Software's Home Tweet Home for a week now. It is a great kids coloring book. Everything has 3D shaded animations and you get 21 pictures that you can color plus lots of ways to color in. Our grandson just loves it. I'd have to give it 5 out of 5 stars. We will be putting up a review page on the site this week with screen captures and complete details under News in the General Menu.
-We would like to meet some of our users, so this saturday, 21 Nov., we will both be in the chat room on the site starting at 5PM Pacific time. We look forward to talking to some of you then! You can use any IRC client to connect to the chatroom but you must create a Talkcity account first(it's free). You can find details about how to do this in the Caboose.

-Added 13 new wallpapers to Boxcar 2.
-Added a Sliding Puzzle game to the Christmas Car, started the Recipe page and are working on the History page. This is the last page to be done before it is complete.
-We are looking to expand the Instant Cards section. The Tweety Hug has been very popular and we are looking for suggestions for new ones. Two ideas that we have already are a Tweety Love one and a Pepe Le Pew Love one.
-The Site of the Month for November is Marvin's Webula. We've watched this site grow for a while now and it has become a great place to find info on that little green guy. Check them out at http://www.oocities.org/Hollywood/Theater/8990/ .
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