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Looney Tunes Newsletter 31-Mar-99

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Hi Everyone,
Kind of a slow week in stores but there is lots on the horizon. There will be a Daffy promotion at Walmarts later this month and there are plenty of spring items on the way to stores now. It looks like it will be a good time for all us collectors!

Richard & Gwen

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1. Seen in Stores
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Looney News
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Our Site Updates
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Other Site Updates
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Submitting to the Newsletter

Seen in Stores

  • Riteaid and Longs Drugs have Easter Tins in. They are oval and about 6 inches long and 3 inches deep and there are 3 different ones. Bugs painting an Easter egg, Tweety painting a Sylvester Easter egg and Tweety & Sylvester painting an egg. $2.95 each. Thanks to Laurence for the tip!
  • There are several leather jackets out now. Taz, Tweety and a 5 character one. $199 each. They should be available in most leather goods stores. Thanks to Tazier for the tip!
  • Longs Drugs has 2 plastic liquid soap dispensers in. There are a Tweety head and a Taz head with his tongue hanging out. $4.99 each See Pic!
  • Walmarts has more of the CIC cookie jars in. These are re-issues of ones that came out in '93. Bugs with carrot in blue scarf, Tweety in straw hat holding cookies, Taz in football helmet and Tweety chef holding cookie tray. $14.99 each-a great price!

Looney News

  • Simply Sequins has several kits for decorating tshirts and sweaters. They also carry "My Coloring Shirt" kits that let kids color their own tshirts. Pepe, Tweety, Taz, Bugs and Daffy in various patterns. URL: http://www.prettypunch.com/ss/sequins1.htm
  • The Whole Toon Catalog has a webpage that you can contact them from now. They stock an incredible variety of books and videos on just about every cartoon including many out of print ones. URL: http://www.awn.com/whole-toon/
  • If you live near a Meijer's store check them out for Looney stuff. Kids jackets, bathroom sets, dinnerware and much more! Thanks to Tazier for the tip!
  • If you use ICQ there is now a Tweety skin available for it. A "skin" is a quick way to change the way a program looks. You will have to download the ICQ Plus program to use it(It's free!). URL: http://members.home.net/lawlaw/
  • Signature Brands has put out a Cake Mates series of decorations. They are edible icing and cookie characters that you stick on your baked goods. Bugs, Tweety and Taz were the only ones I saw in their ad and they should be in food stores by now.
  • The Lighter Side catalog has the singing Tweety in the flowerpot, a talking Tweety cookie jar and several different tshirts. 1-800-232-0963
  • The Daffy Duck stamp will be coming out April 17th and the good news is that Walmarts is doing a joint promotion with the Post Office for it! There will be "unique" merchandise available at Walmarts starting at 10 am on the 17th. They will also be offering a custom cancellation on First Day Covers at the sale.

Our Site Updates

  • The Site of the Month for March is Tammy's Cartoon Guide. One of the best places on the net for cartoon wallpapers. You can find over 300 here! Plus lots of info on cartoons. URL: http://tcg.simplenet.com/
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Other Site Updates

  • None for this week

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