Steal of a Deal / Recent LEGO Purchases

[chris2348]

Travelled from Toronto to Detroit for a wedding and decided to stop by a Target after. Found a london tower set at target for $168!! Retails for $240US or $300cdn. Someone bought it online and returned it to a store still sealed and the stored marked it down with 30% off. Exclusives in a store outside of a lego store and on sale are such a rare find...definitely one of my top finds!

Wow! Great find!

[unclephn]

I just came from my local Mastermind (a Canadian toys, books and games retailer) and I managed to find the CMF2 Popstar I needed to complete my set. They have a 'Buy 3 Get 1 Free' promo for Series 2, so I also managed to snag a couple of Spartans and a Pharoah for a total of $8.97.

Not a monster of a deal, but I'm just happy to have finally completed my set, as well as a few extras for trade bait!

[ncbarrett]

Travelled from Toronto to Detroit for a wedding and decided to stop by a Target after. Found a london tower set at target for $168!! Retails for $240US or $300cdn. Someone bought it online and returned it to a store still sealed and the stored marked it down with 30% off. Exclusives in a store outside of a lego store and on sale are such a rare find...definitely one of my top finds!

Congrats on the find.
It really is a fantastic set, especially at that price!

[Mantisking]

I picked up 4644 Marina, 3365 Space Moon Buggy, and 4641 Speedboat (x2) for $53.08 after taxes today. I used the BOGO-50% sale on City sets and a $10 off $50 coupon to get that final price. I saved $15.94. Or, in other words, I got the three small sets free.

[hatcher]

My wife was yardsaling a few weeks ago and saw some lego on sale. Two "lots", $10 each. The first lot was the 3569: Grand Soccer Stadium and the second lot was 2 Indiana Jones sets. So my wife, who knows very little about Lego, asks if the sets are complete. (She does sort of pay attention after all!) So, they say "yep, all the parts are there", so she buys them for me.

Well, I get home from work and she asks me if she did good. I start looking through the bin the Indy sets are in. I quickly discover that there are not in fact 2 Indy sets in it, there are in fact 4. And there is other stuff in there as well. So yes dear, you did very good. :)

It took me a few weeks to go through and sort the contents, and while there are in fact a few pieces from each set missing, all of the sets in there are around 95% complete (or more). The soccer stadium is missing 3 minifigures (2 have been replaced with the guy from the set 3535: Skateboard Street Park) and one light stand is missing (no big deal). Here's what I found in the second lot.

7196-1: Chauchilla Cemetery Battle
7620-1: Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase
7625-1: River Chase
7682-1: Shanghai Chase

I was pleasantly surprised to find the additional Indy sets. I would have been more pleased if they had been sets I didn't already own, but regardless, these sets have some nice pieces and great minifigures.

But, it got better. I also found (drumroll please) 7884-1: Batman's Buggy: The Escape of Mr. Freeze.

Yes, one of the rare Batman sets! This one I didn't own, and according to bricklink, would cost me over $70 for an incomplete set. I was doing the happy dance when I finished putting it together (its missing a few pieces, but I can complete it with parts from my collection.)

It also had a nearly complete 7687-1: City Advent Calendar set in there, and the remains of the previously mentioned Skateboard Street Park sets. There was also a bunch of Mega-crap and some other non lego stuff my kids will enjoy playing with. And a nice plastic bin for storage that will come in handy.

So, I was quite happy. The soccer stadium goes to the kids, and I keep the rest.

And because as we all know "pics or it didn't happen, here are the pictures to prove it.

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[Brickbuilder0937]

^ Wow that's a great find. Finding LEGO at yard sales is always a great experience.

[NIGELTTF]

^ Wow that's a great find. Finding LEGO at yard sales is always a great experience.

Well, not always. While my friends have been amazed at what I've scored at yardsales throughout the years, (furniture, antiques, unusual books, collectibles, and even classic toys) I've had zero luck as to lego. The few times I have found it, it was a smattering of basic bricks at a price that is almost retail. I've done far better at a good sale in a store.

[Luciant]

Wow, EXCELLENT catch Hatch! Very nice.

I've not been very fortunate on Yard Sales either. I seem to have decent luck checking craigslist every now and again and finding a decent find. Only problem is there are lots of 2nd hand 'merchants' that try to sell sets at Ebay prices...

[Mantisking]

I went to Target today and picked up two copies of 4192 Fountain of Youth, and one of 2260 Ice Dragon Attack. With the B2G1free sale and two $3 off coupons I got all three sets for $33.98 before taxes. Which comes to about 43% off each.

[Zeya]

I went to Target today and picked up two copies of 4192 Fountain of Youth, and one of 2260 Ice Dragon Attack. With the B2G1free sale and two $3 off coupons I got all three sets for $33.98 before taxes. Which comes to about 43% off each.

Where did you get the $3 coupons?

[Mantisking]

I went to Target today and picked up two copies of 4192 Fountain of Youth, and one of 2260 Ice Dragon Attack. With the B2G1free sale and two $3 off coupons I got all three sets for $33.98 before taxes. Which comes to about 43% off each.

Where did you get the $3 coupons?

The Target website.

[Captain Lantern]

Went to Meijer to look for new Captain America figures and ended up finding Queen Anne's Revenge and White Cap Bay on a back end cap, marked on clearance at 35% off! It was $140 with tax for both of them, was so glad I passed on ordering the big ship from B&N a few weeks prior....

[ricefields]

Went to Meijer to look for new Captain America figures and ended up finding Queen Anne's Revenge and White Cap Bay on a back end cap, marked on clearance at 35% off! It was $140 with tax for both of them, was so glad I passed on ordering the big ship from B&N a few weeks prior....

Great find! Please tell me these were not found in michigan because I normally go to meijer to look for lego but passed on them this time to focus on tru and target!

[newf]

Got a good find on craigslist yesterday.
Scored jabbas sail barge with all the figs 6210, the Star destroyer 6211 w the figs, slave I 6209 and a V wing 6205 for 60 bucks! Plus for another 5he threw in a bin of legos :)

[lukeskywalker]

Got a good find on craigslist yesterday.
Scored jabbas sail barge with all the figs 6210, the Star destroyer 6211 w the figs, slave I 6209 and a V wing 6205 for 60 bucks! Plus for another 5he threw in a bin of legos :)

Nice.

[Captain Lantern]

Went to Meijer to look for new Captain America figures and ended up finding Queen Anne's Revenge and White Cap Bay on a back end cap, marked on clearance at 35% off! It was $140 with tax for both of them, was so glad I passed on ordering the big ship from B&N a few weeks prior....

Great find! Please tell me these were not found in michigan because I normally go to meijer to look for lego but passed on them this time to focus on tru and target!

Nope, this was in Elgin, IL. So far, the find of the year for me!

[Hotspur]

I got a Venator Class Cruiser, 8039, for $99.99 from Hobbytown USA today. Not much of a discount over retail, but since I was still in the Dark Ages when the set actually came out, I'm glad I had a chance to pick it up without paying the prices resellers tend to ask.

[ncbarrett]

I got a Venator Class Cruiser, 8039, for $99.99 from Hobbytown USA today. Not much of a discount over retail, but since I was still in the Dark Ages when the set actually came out, I'm glad I had a chance to pick it up without paying the prices resellers tend to ask.

It is a deal if you wanted it and didn't pay through the nose.

[kevin7215]

Picked up 4501-1: Mos Eisley Cantina with instuctions from a seller on craigslist for $50.

[lukeskywalker]

Picked up 4501-1: Mos Eisley Cantina with instuctions from a seller on craigslist for $50.

WOW
Very good find