Alpinemaps Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Come on San Diego Stores....let's get cracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Must be my day. About 70 BTTFs. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justapilgrim Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 still looking to buy 100 or so of these. BC won't let me place a want ad.....and the contact us link doesn't work send me a PM. Looking to pay $2 each and don't need packaging thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, LegoBro said: Must be my day. About 70 BTTFs. Stay outta my turf, bro! Edited February 9, 2017 by pete411 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 My trip today, store #1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Nothing fancy but better than nothing... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodibricks Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 23 hours ago, brickolodon said: Nothing fancy but better than nothing... Just curious at this point, do you takes pics and then buy up a bunch, or just walk away empty handed? I find myself buying a couple just to make the drive somewhat worthwhile. Never know, a day might come and you think, "I wish I had one more slingshot." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodibricks Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 We should add a little BP sign-in sheet to the bottom of the racks. "Why does this store never get JW?! Oh....LegoBro was already here." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I buy in 100th... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunek Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I'm lucky enough to live in Arizona where there are many 99 Cent stores. I've visited about 15 separate stores (a handful of them 4 or 5 times) in the past two weeks (lots of work travel around the state). I've found everything and bought two copies of each for personal builds and a few extra BTTF, JW and Scooby... And it has totally ruined me for paying "real" prices for Lego. I was in a Lego store yesterday and bought the Valentine's picnic. For $10. It felt like highway robbery. I've gotten so used to shelling out $300 for exclusives (like so many others, I have closets full of them) that I'd forgotten how much money that really is. Thanks for the reality check, 99 Cents Only. And for the party supplies, laundry detergent, Captain Crunch, lawn gnome and sack of oranges. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodibricks Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 20 minutes ago, mfortunek said: I'm lucky enough to live in Arizona where there are many 99 Cent stores. I've visited about 15 separate stores (a handful of them 4 or 5 times) in the past two weeks (lots of work travel around the state). I've found everything and bought two copies of each for personal builds and a few extra BTTF, JW and Scooby... And it has totally ruined me for paying "real" prices for Lego. I was in a Lego store yesterday and bought the Valentine's picnic. For $10. It felt like highway robbery. I've gotten so used to shelling out $300 for exclusives (like so many others, I have closets full of them) that I'd forgotten how much money that really is. Thanks for the reality check, 99 Cents Only. And for the party supplies, laundry detergent, Captain Crunch, lawn gnome and sack of oranges. Seriously, it's been quite the marketing for their stores. I never would've been in there otherwise and I'm seeing a bunch of name brand stuff. Might be a new favorite. And like you said, I'm about to order that Assembly Square tomorrow, $279.99 with 8 minifigures. That same $ would buy 560 minifigures in team packs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Just curious at this point, do you takes pics and then buy up a bunch, or just walk away empty handed? I find myself buying a couple just to make the drive somewhat worthwhile. Never know, a day might come and you think, "I wish I had one more slingshot."At this point, I'm starting to buy up fun packs with as much restraint as possible....but then I think....50 to 60 pieces here for 99 cents a pack with a minifigure to boot. Moc pieces and parting out alone just have me wanting more. Like others have said....I think we'll be wishing we bought more not less when this is all said and done. Just my 2 cents. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Hear hear. I'm now going to be a regular at the 99 after seeing some of their incredible deals. The genius of it is that they're constantly turning over their inventory so you never know what's going to pop up next. 25 cent Odwalla bars, 49 cent cartons of Dreyer's frozen custard, Boulder brand chips for a buck... 99 4 life! It's going to be hard to go back to 50% off Lego at Kmart. Edited February 9, 2017 by pete411 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfortunek Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 One other thing I haven't heard anyone else comment on is this: there are plenty of items at the 99 Cent Only store that cost more than 99 cents. They have literally hundreds of things for sale for $1.99, $2.99, $4.99 etc. Yes, the majority are 99 cents but on every aisle there are exceptions. The decision-makers could easily have priced these twice as high as they did ($1.99 each) and sold them all. I don't think they had any idea what to do with all of them or whether they'd be sitting on them for two years or two weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete411 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) 16 minutes ago, mfortunek said: One other thing I haven't heard anyone else comment on is this: there are plenty of items at the 99 Cent Only store that cost more than 99 cents. They have literally hundreds of things for sale for $1.99, $2.99, $4.99 etc. Yes, the majority are 99 cents but on every aisle there are exceptions. The decision-makers could easily have priced these twice as high as they did ($1.99 each) and sold them all. I don't think they had any idea what to do with all of them or whether they'd be sitting on them for two years or two weeks. I noticed that too. They had Good Dinosaur dino toys for $9.99 that originally retailed for I believe $19.99. If they knew what they had, they could have easily charged $2-3.99 for the team and level packs and they would have still sold well. Lucky for us, they didn't want to mess around and priced them to fly off the shelves. I saw a bunch of older folks buying for grandkids and families snap up one of each they could find. I doubt that any of them actually play Dimensions so I'm thinking that there will be quite a bit of disappointment when the kids open up the packs to find that instructions are not included. I was thinking that this might turn off some folks to the brand. Edited February 9, 2017 by pete411 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunnelvision Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 56 minutes ago, mfortunek said: One other thing I haven't heard anyone else comment on is this: there are plenty of items at the 99 Cent Only store that cost more than 99 cents. They have literally hundreds of things for sale for $1.99, $2.99, $4.99 etc. Yes, the majority are 99 cents but on every aisle there are exceptions. The decision-makers could easily have priced these twice as high as they did ($1.99 each) and sold them all. I don't think they had any idea what to do with all of them or whether they'd be sitting on them for two years or two weeks. Yup. Pretty sure they had very little idea of the difference between team/level and fun packs. That's why the signs in the store only refer to fun packs (Valued at up to $14.99 elsewhere!). No executive who knew anything about LEGO would agree to sell packs with two licensed figures for a buck per pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoSox Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 1 hour ago, mfortunek said: One other thing I haven't heard anyone else comment on is this: there are plenty of items at the 99 Cent Only store that cost more than 99 cents. They have literally hundreds of things for sale for $1.99, $2.99, $4.99 etc. Yes, the majority are 99 cents but on every aisle there are exceptions. The decision-makers could easily have priced these twice as high as they did ($1.99 each) and sold them all. I don't think they had any idea what to do with all of them or whether they'd be sitting on them for two years or two weeks. Yeah, and what they also have is the random "Clearance" area where stuff is 25 cents. If Bart hits that area, I'll definitely have a slingshot army. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I'm lucky enough to live in Arizona where there are many 99 Cent stores. I've visited about 15 separate stores (a handful of them 4 or 5 times) in the past two weeks (lots of work travel around the state). I've found everything and bought two copies of each for personal builds and a few extra BTTF, JW and Scooby... And it has totally ruined me for paying "real" prices for Lego. I was in a Lego store yesterday and bought the Valentine's picnic. For $10. It felt like highway robbery. I've gotten so used to shelling out $300 for exclusives (like so many others, I have closets full of them) that I'd forgotten how much money that really is. Thanks for the reality check, 99 Cents Only. And for the party supplies, laundry detergent, Captain Crunch, lawn gnome and sack of oranges. ..i got Zebra pens also. Regular price 3.50-3.99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Dlt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoBro Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) So here's another theory I heard today from some random dude looking through the packs on the rack. Take it for what it's worth, probably nothing though lol "The owner of Frank and Son was offered all the packs through a vendor. Frank and Son did not have the capital to purchase all the packs so the vendor went directly to the 99 cent store." Fake news? Edited February 10, 2017 by LegoBro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 manager told me he is not getting anymore....take whatever 99cents store got...i did...300+ fun packs only...most rare to get now unikitty and jay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickbuilder.g Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 What's the word today? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legodelorean Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 On 2/7/2017 at 9:47 PM, randrace said: Employee saw me snap this photo and told me a guy just bought 300 boxes including BTTF & JW. Drat! How can a guy buy 300 boxes if there is a limit of 9? Most of the managers I've dealt with seem to be pretty strict and adhere to the limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunnelvision Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 1 minute ago, legodelorean said: How can a guy buy 300 boxes if there is a limit of 9? Most of the managers I've dealt with seem to be pretty strict and adhere to the limit. The limit was lifted a couple of days ago. Stock in most stores is dwindling, and this time, it feels like the last gasp. Buy what you can! Multiple managers have said they are getting no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buidee Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I called around 9 stores around Orange County and LA area and most told me that they are either sold out or have a few left mainly bad cop and Bart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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