I get there about 4:30 and pick up smaller (not so WOW) items and put in my cart, also locate bigger items that I'm interested in (I bring my daughter) and I post myself near one and her near the other to wait for the 'ribbon cutting' (they have the big items wrapped in cellaphane so you can't touch them till 5) and then we grap those items we think are hottest and move on to others. The best part of this is you're not waiting outside and then have to locate items you want. I've always gotten all the items I want because through the cellaphane you can see if they have a lot or a little of the items you want to buy and you line up at the ones they have the least of first.
