Exactly, the girl there said "the truck comes in on Wednesday".

Fyi, round lake il had these about a month ago. I picked up the bowl sign for next to my bowler and the arcade sign as well. Idk if they still have more.

Most stores only had a few. In our town one HL had 1 the other had none.

I asked if they had any in stock and the lady told me since they were towards the front of the store they were 'out stock' products. Meaning they aren't ordering more or getting more. Once they're gone they're gone.

Who knows. Maybe with the run on these in the last week they may change their minds.

If Curtis hasn't been ejected from the thread I'll take that bet. I'll give you even money and I'll be generous and put the time period at 3 years. What are the stakes?

A years supply of contraception.

Not likely. I found a very helpful employee at my local store who said these are not in their catalog and won't be back in stock. They were on their "send out" table as he explained so they are limited. For those looking simply call your store, ask for home accents, describe the sign as a "metal cutout" and ask them to check the send out table. They will hold them for you until the end of the day. Another employee said different stores get inventory at different times, so check back next week.

Well my HL didn't have this sign, but had 3 different TZ ones and the Arcade arrow cutout sign. I snagged the Arcade one. Should work for now.

Got the last one here in Midlothian, VA.

You guys talked me into it. One left in Mobile, AL...Airport Blvd @ Schillinger.

We're good at spending other peoples money.

mikeo was kind enough to send me an extra sign that he picked up, there are some really good people here on pinside, he went out of his way to pack the sign up and even put packing peanuts in the box to protect it, I can't say enough good things about him, thanks mike !

Well as they may be limited in quantity, hobby lobby doesn't buy anything that they cannot get enough to make the purchase worth while, and at $10 each, selling them for half price at $5, they probably cost $2 each, I am sure they bought more than $1000 worth, I don't think hobby lobby buys anything they can't get at least 10,000 of, so I don't believe there is a shortage and more than enough for all the pinheads......well maybe not for each pinhead to have 10 each, but.

I could be wrong, just an opinion, but as a business man, I would not waste my time distributing just a few signs to each hobby lobby, so I can profit $40 a store. Then again, they are probably just mixed into all the metal signs, but if that was the case, there could easily be more on weds shipment.

But let's be honest, store employees have no idea what's coming in on the next truck, stock is handled at the corporate level.

Also that is awesome of the folks (sed6) that grabbed some and offered them up here! Some great people in this hobby!

I just went to Hobby Lobby and bought the 3 they had. I only need 1 so I have 2 extra. PM me if interested.

Those signs probably cost under 50 cents to make per unit. Freaking cheap ass Chinese paint and metal.

I have been to four hobby lobby's and have only found one sign.

Both signs are spoken for.

Dang. Skunked again!

I'm gonna try tomorrow, they were supposed to get their truck in today and if I score I save ya one. Keep your fingers crossed.

Do you still need one? Did you ever call the Woodbury location? They had one when I called, but that was a week ago now. I could grab it for you if they still have one or get any in.

Thanks. Very much appreciated!

Thanks John but I went out there twice and it was nowhere to be found and I asked people too.

That cigarette/candy machine is in fantastic shape. I like the batman figure in there. Seems cheap at only .45 cents.

I'll go to the Hobby Lobby in Sioux Falls over lunch today to take a look. I don't want one but I'll buy all of them if I see any and then sell them at cost + shipping to people on here.

I found them locally, but the 50% off sale apparently ended after last week, so I wasn't paying $20 per sign.

Thank you, the grandkids love being able to get an action figure or hotwheels car instead of candy.
By far the cheapest addition to the gameroom, 10 bucks at an estate auction.

Just google hobby lobby coupon. You usually can get 40% off all the time on 1 non sale item. Just like michaels, the store makes money even when the items are on sale.

My local store was sold out. If anybody has an extra one, please ship to me. I'll paypal you to cover all costs. PM me.

No dice. They are either sold out or didn't have any

Got my sign today. Thanks Mike! !

Useless fact of the day:

I work right down the street from the Hobby Lobby CEO owned college (he bought it back in 2007 when it was Bradford College)

This concludes the useless fact of the day...thank you.

If you have a smart phone, you can download apps for Hobby Lobby and Michaels, which gives you never-ending coupons valid for 1 item per purchase. Hobby Lobby is always 50% off one regular item, and Michaels is always 40% off one regular price item. The issue is finding something at Hobby Lobby "not" on sale. I very rarely shop at either, but thought I'd pass along the tip for those that do.

I bet Curtis bought a bunch and is peddling them on ebay...

Hey Mike got the sign today and it's up. Thanks much.

Still want one if anyone has an extra. Thanks Mike

Got one! Nice!
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For those of you who shipped one, how did you package and send it? I'm going to mail one to another member and am looking for a cheap/secure option. Thanks!

I just mailed my extra to a fellow Pinsider yesterday. I used an extra cardboard box I had and the sign just fit wedged in corner to corner. I also had a couple of extra air-bubble packs that I used to add support should it unwedge itself. I then package taped the crap out of it.

It's probably not the most professional looking job, but the sign itself came shrink wrapped in plastic too so I think it will be fine. I just hope it doesn't get bent, but you could bend it back into shape if necessary. It's supposed to arrive on Monday, so we'll see how it goes.

Thanks guys!

My sister bought this for my birthday.

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So that's where ya got the box. Mine arrived in perfect shape.

The fellow Pinsider got the package today, safe and sound. Let me express publicly my thanks to danisme for sending me his extra sign. 'A very thoughtful and generous gesture.

You meet some of the nicest people here on Pinside.

Has anyone figured out what the pin is that is reflected in the golfball, errr, pinball?

I just noticed this thread earlier this evening, so I rushed out to my local HL in Manhattan, KS thinking they would probably all be gone by now. I looked and looked with no luck and was about to give up when I finally found it. Only one of them left and still at the 50% off. So I snagged that and got that Pinball Wizard puzzle as well. Thank you, Pinside!

I'm glad it made it okay. Happy to be able to help you get one.

For all the griping some people do about Pinside I think the good Pinsiders far out-weigh the not so good Pinsiders and I like to pitch in when I can to keep it positive.

OP, thanks again for letting us know.

While I know it really doesn't matter, perhaps some readers of this thread could counteract the frivolous (IMHO) down voting that occurred to early posters with a simple thumbs up or two? Just to get it away from negative...