BARGAINS : PLAY MONEY STRETCHES AT WORLD TRADERS.Byline: Trisha King & Deborah Newmark With Thanksgiving now behind us, the holiday shopping season has officially begun. If toys happen to appear several times on your gift list, at LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. World Traders you'll find most of the 5,000 square feet of toys discounted at 40 percent to 50 percent below retail. For instance, virtual pets are still hot and make great stocking stuffers. LEC World Traders has several brands priced at $5 ($8 to $18 retail). Also priced at $5 were Flower Fun Barbie dolls Barbie doll popular dress-up doll; extremely conventional and feminine. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 179] See : Fads and 32-piece Micro Wheeler mini auto sets with a dozen die-cast metal cars. LEC World Traders originally started discounting toys and games to nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. and charitable groups. Now discounts are available to everyone. For the most part, customers pay 50 percent of whatever price is listed, and if you join LEC World Traders' discount club, you'll receive a membership card that's good for an additional 10 percent discount now through 1998. Membership is currently available to anyone who asks. This makes prices for virtual pets, Flower Fun Barbie dolls and the Metro Wheeler sets $4.50 instead of $5. The rest of the prices shown below reflect the extra 10 percent discount you'll receive with your discount club membership. Stuffed animals
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the are usually kid pleasers, and LEC has plenty to choose from. You'll find an animated Gogo Gorilla gorilla, an ape, Gorilla gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. It is the largest of the apes, the males reaching a height of 5 to 6 ft (150–190 cm) with a 9-ft (144–cm) arm spread. that sings and dances - 9 inches tall with black and brown fur - for $7.50 ($10 and up retail); our favorite was a 40-inch-tall teddy bear with white fluffy fluff·y adj. fluff·i·er, fluff·i·est 1. a. Of, relating to, or resembling fluff. b. Covered with fluff. 2. Light and airy; soft: fluffy curls; a fluffy soufflé. fur for $35. Perfect to go along with the large teddy bear, or more practically for a toddler, LEC World Traders has wooden rocking chairs upholstered in a variety of fabrics. The rockers retail for well over $50, but the price here is $29.90. For older children, Tyco video camcorders, that actually film in black-and-white tape, run $69 ($100 and up retail). LEC World Traders is at 249 N. First St., Burbank; (818) 295-3794. Holiday hours (now through Dec. 24) are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. Inside info Take all your shoes to Milt & Michael Master Drycleaners, where they will shine them for $1 each (elsewhere up to $6). That's right, $1 each for an unlimited number of shoes. This dry cleaning dry cleaning, process of cleaning fabrics without water. Special solvents and soaps are used so as not to harm fabrics and dyes that will not withstand the effects of ordinary soap and water. Dry cleaning began in France about the middle of the 19th cent. store is open every day of the week including holidays. Milt & Michael Master Drycleaners is at 4021 W. Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. St, (corner of Pass Avenue), Burbank; (818) 846-4734. Hours are 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and holidays. Howard & Phil's Western Wear has an outlet section in its Canyon Country store with hundreds of western boots at 50 percent off retail. Ladies' boots start at $60, and men's start at $65. Howard & Phil's Western Wear is at 19415 Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, Canyon Country; (805) 252-8931. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Harold Diamond stocks popular toys, such as Barbies and tractor trailer trucks, at huge markdowns at LEC World Traders. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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