[CANADA] ToysRUs sale SPECULATION

[harry99]

Just read a Toronto Star article of how Canadian retailers are trying to imitate Black Friday to keep shoppers here. Part of the article was:

In Canada, Toys r Us stores will be opening earlier, at 8 a.m. on Friday, where permitted. The half price deals will apply to some of the season’s hottest items – including some Lego sets, Cabbage Patch newborns, and Disney’s Rapunzel doll – while supplies last, MacDonald said.

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Makes one hope that there will be some good sets Half Price. The flyers should be out on Wed or Thursday. Will update as soon as I see a flyer but wanted to put this here as a placeholder as we Canadians aren't able to benefit from the deals south of the border (most of us aren't anyways).

Here's the first one I came across:

LEGO Portal of Atlantis Regular $129.99 will be on for $64.97

[Toys N Bricks]

This week from November 25 to December 1st, Toys R Us Canada will be offering the following LEGO sales for this week. Online orders above $100 will qualify for FREE Shipping as well.

On November 25th, doors open at 7 am (excluding express stores and where prohibited by law). There are some decent LEGO Black Friday deals to try to keep us Canadian shoppers from heading down to the States this year.

Black Friday LEGO Deals 2011 (all week long, while supplies last)

50% of - LEGO Portal of Atlantis $64.97 (reg.$129.99)
50% off – LEGO Star Wars Snowtrooper or Rebel Trooper Battle Pack $7.47 (reg.$14.99)
50% off - LEGO Games Lava Dragon $9.97 (reg.$19.99)
40% off - LEGO Factory Fire Lord $14.97 (reg.$19.99)

Regular Weekly LEGO Sale

25% off LEGO Games Creationary, Hogwarts, Ninjago
25% off ALL LEGO Lights
20% off ALL LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
12.5 % off LEGO Geonosian Starfighter, Ultimate Build McQueen, The Knight Bus $34.97 (reg.$39.99)
$42 for 2 on ALL $24.99 LEGO City, Ninjago and Star Wars (basically 16% off)
FREE Ninjago Battle Arena ($24.99 value) when you spend $50 or more on any LEGO Ninjago sets



Article Link: http://toysnbricks.com/canada-toysrus-b ... sale-2011/

[Ice]

From November 25-27, you can get a FREE $15 Savings Card when you make a purchase of $100 or more (excluding hardware, gift cards, etc.) Savings card can be used from December 2-15 when you spend $50 or more.

Probably not the greatest promotion (since you have to spend minimum of $150 to get $15 off), but still better than nothing I guess.

Anyways, focus on the Star Wars Battle Packs and Portal of Atlantis! The Portal of Atlantis set is exactly the same price as the Black Friday price at Target.

[Toronadian]

So two weeks in a row of 20% off all Pirates of the Carribean? Wonder if they'll actually sell the Black Pearl and Queen Anne's Revenge this time around. In store I think they had it (though I think some stores may actually hide those two sets, freaking stupid) but online those two sets were clearly not on the site. QAR was on but was out of stock and soon removed, Black Pearl was on the site at full price but then later taken down.

I guess if whatever my local TRU is if they have the new 2012 city sets it be nice to get the ambulance, car and caravan, and recycle truck, any 2 for $42. But what on earth is with the "2 for $42"? It's such an odd number and in the past it's been "2 for $40 on sets that are $24.99"? TRU cheapening up even further.

[Ice]

I guess if whatever my local TRU is if they have the new 2012 city sets it be nice to get the ambulance, car and caravan, and recycle truck, any 2 for $42. But what on earth is with the "2 for $42"? It's such an odd number and in the past it's been "2 for $40 on sets that are $24.99"? TRU cheapening up even further.

I agree, they are weakening the discounts these days. It used to be $40 for 2 sets on regular priced $26.99 sets (26% off). Then it became $40 for 2 sets on regular priced $24.99 sets (20%). I was hoping Toys R Us would make the sale $35 for 2 after LEGO started lowering the MSRP of $26.99 sets to $24.99. But no. Instead, they're now charging $42 for 2 which is only 16% off...

Those City sets will probably be 25% off next year. For this week, get the 50% off Portal of Atlantis and the Star Wars Battle Packs.

[harry99]

As usual - portal of Atlantis was out of stock as soon as the sale went live on the website...

They have plenty of battle packs though...

[Hodgeman]

As usual - portal of Atlantis was out of stock as soon as the sale went live on the website...

They have plenty of battle packs though...

No surprise there...

I was over at the Burlington TRU at about 9:30 - it was reasonably busy, but not insane. They had a good supply of battlepacks and the Portal of Atlantis - regarding the latter, they had just a few in the regular spot, but a wire box full of them just up the isle beside the LEGO area. Picked one up, couldn't resist.

[harry99]

As usual - portal of Atlantis was out of stock as soon as the sale went live on the website...

They have plenty of battle packs though...

No surprise there...

I was over at the Burlington TRU at about 9:30 - it was reasonably busy, but not insane. They had a good supply of battlepacks and the Portal of Atlantis - regarding the latter, they had just a few in the regular spot, but a wire box full of them just up the isle beside the LEGO area. Picked one up, couldn't resist.

Will check the Barrie location later this afternoon - it's a great price for the Portal of Atlantis. Never hurts to have it as it's going to be discontinued. Hopefully they have one left...

[shaozhi]

Picked up 3 battle packs this morning. The TRU I went to was busy... lots of people in the LEGO area. I saw a new Ninjago set and a couple of mini Creator sets but they were not on sale. Will check out another location in the afternoon!

[hatcher]

As usual - portal of Atlantis was out of stock as soon as the sale went live on the website...

They have plenty of battle packs though...

No surprise there...

I was over at the Burlington TRU at about 9:30 - it was reasonably busy, but not insane. They had a good supply of battlepacks and the Portal of Atlantis - regarding the latter, they had just a few in the regular spot, but a wire box full of them just up the isle beside the LEGO area. Picked one up, couldn't resist.

Will check the Barrie location later this afternoon - it's a great price for the Portal of Atlantis. Never hurts to have it as it's going to be discontinued. Hopefully they have one left...

At 7:30 t his morning Barrie had about 8 that I could see on the shelf. They had boat loads of battle packs. Also had the Advent Calendars on "Clearance" for $29.99 and $39.99 each. They were also selling the leftover bircktober magnets for $2.99. They only had the ninja and the knight.

[harry99]

As usual - portal of Atlantis was out of stock as soon as the sale went live on the website...

They have plenty of battle packs though...

No surprise there...

I was over at the Burlington TRU at about 9:30 - it was reasonably busy, but not insane. They had a good supply of battlepacks and the Portal of Atlantis - regarding the latter, they had just a few in the regular spot, but a wire box full of them just up the isle beside the LEGO area. Picked one up, couldn't resist.

Will check the Barrie location later this afternoon - it's a great price for the Portal of Atlantis. Never hurts to have it as it's going to be discontinued. Hopefully they have one left...

At 7:30 t his morning Barrie had about 8 that I could see on the shelf. They had boat loads of battle packs. Also had the Advent Calendars on "Clearance" for $29.99 and $39.99 each. They were also selling the leftover bircktober magnets for $2.99. They only had the ninja and the knight.

Thanks for the note! They must focus on supplying their in store folks more than the online sales as the ones online were sold out the instance the sale came online.

What really ticks me off now is that they (Barrie TRU) were not willing to sell the Lego City Advent calendar as part of the 2 for $60 deal a few weeks back and now they are selling it for $29.99! They can rest assured that they will be getting the ones back that I bought for regular price (well, the ones that I will re-purchase).

[shaozhi]

Picked up the new 2012 garbage truck and ambulance... $40 for the two sets.

[ricefields]

As usual - portal of Atlantis was out of stock as soon as the sale went live on the website...

They have plenty of battle packs though...

No surprise there...

I was over at the Burlington TRU at about 9:30 - it was reasonably busy, but not insane. They had a good supply of battlepacks and the Portal of Atlantis - regarding the latter, they had just a few in the regular spot, but a wire box full of them just up the isle beside the LEGO area. Picked one up, couldn't resist.

Will check the Barrie location later this afternoon - it's a great price for the Portal of Atlantis. Never hurts to have it as it's going to be discontinued. Hopefully they have one left...

At 7:30 t his morning Barrie had about 8 that I could see on the shelf. They had boat loads of battle packs. Also had the Advent Calendars on "Clearance" for $29.99 and $39.99 each. They were also selling the leftover bircktober magnets for $2.99. They only had the ninja and the knight.

Thanks for the note! They must focus on supplying their in store folks more than the online sales as the ones online were sold out the instance the sale came online.

What really ticks me off now is that they (Barrie TRU) were not willing to sell the Lego City Advent calendar as part of the 2 for $60 deal a few weeks back and now they are selling it for $29.99! They can rest assured that they will be getting the ones back that I bought for regular price (well, the ones that I will re-purchase).

Why all the fuss about city advent calendar when last Friday chapters had them for $25 online witih free shipping!

[Ice]

World Racers Blizzard's Peak is also half price for $42.47 (reg.$79.99). Toys R Us marked it up by $5, but real savings still works out to be 47% off.

Most of the stores I've been to seems to be well stocked for the event. There were plenty of the half price items.

[dulait]

World Racers Blizzard's Peak is also half price for $42.47 (reg.$79.99). Toys R Us marked it up by $5, but real savings still works out to be 47% off.

Most of the stores I've been to seems to be well stocked for the event. There were plenty of the half price items.

Back to full price now. Online is OOS, in store scan up to be full price.