Will be Next week before any decent Lego discount kicks in according to my Local Store Boss, the end of next week to be exact.

Guardian report suggests Lego are buying the stock back off them to avoid big discounts.

6 minutes ago, wotguvnotmeguv said:

Guardian report suggests Lego are buying the stock back off them to avoid big discounts.

Especially if that stock has not yet been paid for. They´ll get way more pennies in the pound than being a creditor.

 

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/toys/closing-down-sale

 

Edited March 2, 20188 yr by Val-E

2 minutes ago, wotguvnotmeguv said:

Guardian report suggests Lego are buying the stock back off them to avoid big discounts.

Sounds about right but what about the instore Toys R us security stickers., are will it be just The ones still in their Warehouse.

Good time to get a destiny´s bounty at 75 quid less 10%.

2 hours ago, Val-E said:

Good time to get a destiny´s bounty at 75 quid less 10%.

If the weather improves then maybe. Travelling more than a few miles is a bad idea in the UK right now with the weather and Toy's Were Us have stopped selling online.

If the weather improves then maybe. Travelling more than a few miles is a bad idea in the UK right now with the weather and Toy's Were Us have stopped selling online.

I just picked up a few DB from my local TRU. £67 each. Good enough for me. They still had a lot on the shelves but even with 10% off, still not good value since most sets were back to or near RRP.

22 minutes ago, Cheese said:

I just picked up a few DB from my local TRU. £67 each. Good enough for me. They still had a lot on the shelves but even with 10% off, still not good value since most sets were back to or near RRP.

Yup, that´s the best deal I saw too but it´s worth scouring the web as there are a few other sets with reasonable prices if you can find them in store.

For the rest, it´s worth holding off to see what they do at the end of the month.

They had Porsche which would go for £162 after 10% discount but not sure on condition of box since in back. Also had a UCS Tie Fighter and UCS AOH

John Lewis will match TRU if you want a nice box ;-)

They had Porsche which would go for £162 after 10% discount but not sure on condition of box since in back. Also had a UCS Tie Fighter and UCS AOH

new Marvel Infinity Wars set on Lego's site. No deals other than a little bonus ship with qualifying buys. 

On 03/03/2018 at 11:11 AM, TabbyBoy said:

John Lewis will match TRU if you want a nice box ;-)

I picked up mine yesterday from JL, 3 in a factory box.

On 4.03.2018 at 3:52 PM, TabbyBoy said:

I picked up mine yesterday from JL, 3 in a factory box.

I wanted to price match JL and I've been told that the item needs to be available for shipping to get price match and since shipping is disabled permanently on TRU website how you can get pricematch? You can get only price match through the ticket or you can call and ask for Price match?

2 hours ago, Shewie said:

I wanted to price match JL and I've been told that the item needs to be available for shipping to get price match and since shipping is disabled permanently on TRU website how you can get pricematch? You can get only price match through the ticket or you can call and ask for Price match?

JL are notorious for setting too many hurdles to ever get a price match. You may as well just buy elsewhere. They set test after test and then make up extra rules (irrespective of what their written policy says). When you apply online they take so long that it's usually sold out anyway.

JL are highly overrated

The penny drops.Lego wake up.

The company said sales and profits had fallen for the first time in 13 years, blaming the weak performance on having to sell off excess stock cheaply.

A Lego spokeswoman said it had "too much" stock in warehouses and shops.

"There wasn't enough room to get 2017 toys into the stores, and the toy trade is driven by newness," she added.

The Danish toymaker said dealing with the stock issue, as well as a drop in sales in Europe and North America, had dragged down its performance last year.

Lego Group chief executive Niels Christiansen said there was "no quick fix" and it would take the firm "some time" to grow long-term.

• Lego goes green with sugarcane plastic

• 'Let children play to learn work skills'

The weak performance comes after Lego cut 1,400 jobs worldwide in September, saying its business needed a "reset".

Revenue for 2017 dropped by 8% to 35bn Danish kroner (£4.2bn; $5.8bn), compared to 37.9bn kroner in 2016.

Pre-tax profits slid 18% to 10.4bn kroner in 2017.

At last they realize too many Lego sets.Which is good news for us hopefully means retiring sets will make a prompt exit.

Edited March 6, 20188 yr by grabbitfast

They make another one major mistake - they do not produce any good LEGO series for boys/men as in the past or as current for girls (Elves, Friends).

Why not to release every year 5 or 6 train environment sets?

Why not to release every year about 5 classic pirates sets?

Why not to release every year about 5 classic knights sets?

Why not to release every year about 10 city sets different from the past? (Post, museum, cinema, circus, zoo etc...?)

I think, I will join the LEGO group as consultant...

We already have a thread for chat about results

 

Edited March 6, 20188 yr by Val-E

Minecraft Witch Hut £49.99 at a large retailer. Any one interested message me, will only supply details to regular Brickpicker posters , dont want this on HDUK.

Low stock.

Thanks for the tip off.

Worth it though? Looks to be modest profit based on recent eBay sales.

3 minutes ago, Super Hans said:

Thanks for the tip off.

Worth it though? Looks to be modest profit based on recent eBay sales.

Yes agreed will be a long hold so not for me.

Witches Hut is gone now oos.

Argos have big clearance on toy stock up to 40% on SuperHeroes and Batman sets.

1 hour ago, Shewie said:

Argos have big clearance on toy stock up to 40% on SuperHeroes and Batman sets.

Yeah, but very few good sets, only in odd stores. 

1 hour ago, JT71 said:

Yeah, but very few good sets, only in odd stores. 

not my prob mate, you need reflexes like a ninja otherwise you will be left with nothing.

I have 5 sets to collect tomorrow from same store in Croydon.