She spotted an empty Wii box that was part of a display and persuaded the manager to give it to her. “I wrapped an old laptop in a towel and slipped it into the Wii box to give it the proper heft,” she said. “My mom was appalled and immediately began to tell the lady off,” Ms. Laville said. “The lady insisted that we give her the toy, since ‘it belonged to her.’ I was flabbergasted and on the verge of tears.”The woman offered $100 for the toy, Ms. Laville said. Procrastination had paid off!”Mr. Hill said the tank lived up to the hype, calling it one of the important toys of his childhood.

Source: New York Times December 24, 2017 21:56 UTC