CosmicSpeed Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/30/2020 at 6:42 PM, uaford said: I bought a used, nearly complete with all boxes, instructions, and packaging UCS Falcon (75192) for $380. It's missing one of the Porgs, but other than that its good to go. I have been looking for one of these to build for less than $450 and finally got one! Woohoo! Expand You can say Chewie ate it. Great job! Quote
Popular Post Thanos75 Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Posted January 31, 2020 You know your local Lego store loves you when you go in to buy something and they say " Hey....we are recycling these but you can have them if you want " and they give you 6 cases of the Hidden Side juice bar promos. I did end up buying the new Chinese themed sets. 20 Quote
Saruman Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 9:18 PM, Thanos75 said: You know your local Lego store loves you when you go in to buy something and they say " Hey....we are recycling these but you can have them if you want " and they give you 6 cases of the Hidden Side juice bar promos. I did end up buying the new Chinese themed sets. Expand They were going to recycle the actual LEGO sets? Or did you get all those because you bought so many Chinese sets? Quote
DadsAFOL Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 "Recycle" is a bit of a loose term. LBR stores are required to ship all unused promos back to corporate. These generally sit in a warehouse, which is why you sometimes see GWPs make unexpected reappearances. Sometimes LEGO will clean out the warehouse and actually recycle the unwanted product, but usually not. Open box returns, excess PaB parts, and other miscellaneous stuff also gets shipped back to corporate and that stuff does get actually recycled. 1 Quote
FM Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Do PaB parts get sent back to corporate or go on to another store? I just assumed that they would get cycled through multiple stores to maximize their return and provide variety for customers... But I've been wrong about TLG operation strategy before:) Quote
DadsAFOL Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 4:17 PM, FM said: Do PaB parts get sent back to corporate or go on to another store? I just assumed that they would get cycled through multiple stores to maximize their return and provide variety for customers... But I've been wrong about TLG operation strategy before:) Expand All the stores have the same list of available parts to order for their PaB walls, so no reason really to send from one store to another. The excess I was referring to was if there is a jumble bin of random pieces - such as kids mixing up the parts, or just random leftovers not enough to fill a bin getting consolidated. Also the "build a xxxxx" play parts out in the center of the store get sent back for recycling when their use is complete. In the golden days, you used to be able to buy 'grab bags' full of excess parts from the stores. However, these were discontinued because LEGO couldn't ensure the quality/cleanliness of the parts. So now it all goes to the ABS recycler. Quote
Thanos75 Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 I'm very fortunate to have a store that let's me rummage through the recycle box when I'm there. A few weeks back I ended up with a Cafe Corner, Market Street and a Grand Emporium from the recycle box. It's amazing what the stores have to break down to send back. 6 Quote
gmpirate Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 9:27 PM, DadsAFOL said: In the golden days, you used to be able to buy 'grab bags' full of excess parts from the stores. However, these were discontinued because LEGO couldn't ensure the quality/cleanliness of the parts. So now it all goes to the ABS recycler. Expand Ah, the "grab bags". I used to love grabbing those and seeing which sets they contained. I still have tons of those bags. Quote
DadsAFOL Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 6:08 AM, gmpirate said: Ah, the "grab bags". I used to love grabbing those and seeing which sets they contained. I still have tons of those bags. Expand Quote
ravenb99 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 Or my favorite. Liquidation Most stores that have good regulars now know to max out those sales so there is nothing to return. Some of the seasonal bhz last year were supposedly recycled as well. Which from the numbers they had on hand that suddenly went to 0 made sense. Quote
Popular Post uaford Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Posted February 4, 2020 Finally get to be 'that guy' to post a great find! (from Facebook Marketplace last night). 20+ Star Wars sets including UCS Imperial Star Destroyer 10030, Rebel Blockade Runner 10019, Death Star II 10143, At-At 4483, Republic Gunship 7163, Sandcrawler 10144, Jango Fett's Slave 7153, Clone Turbo Tank 7261, and several other cool sets. All Mini-figures and instructions included, but no boxes. Paid $300. Last year I bought zero Lego sets of off FB and in 2020 I already have this and a UCS Falcon under my belt. Ha! 22 Quote
Huskers1236 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 Somebody's inbox is filling up this morning Quote
FM Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 Isn't grand larceny a felony in your state? Lol, nice score. I stopped buying open set lots a few years ago... But that lot is irresistible! Quote
Alpinemaps Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 The two newest Brickheadz - Donald Duck and Goofy & Pluto (and the new Hidden Side tree)I don’t like to fool around with BHz, when I’ve got a complete collection. Quote
Alpinemaps Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 From@MusiKyle, I bought all the parts of a second Pirate Roller Coaster (he kept the tracks). Win-win for both of us - he wanted another set of tracks; I wanted everything but the tracks. So he cracked one open for the both of us. So thanks for a smooth and quick transaction. I’m looking forward to building out my pirate coaster some more. And I look forward to seeing what he does with that extra track. 7 Quote
RightDwigt Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) On 2/4/2020 at 1:34 PM, uaford said: Finally get to be 'that guy' to post a great find! (from Facebook Marketplace last night). 20+ Star Wars sets including UCS Imperial Star Destroyer 10030, Rebel Blockade Runner 10019, Death Star II 10143, At-At 4483, Republic Gunship 7163, Sandcrawler 10144, Jango Fett's Slave 7153, Clone Turbo Tank 7261, and several other cool sets. All Mini-figures and instructions included, but no boxes. Paid $300. Last year I bought zero Lego sets of off FB and in 2020 I already have this and a UCS Falcon under my belt. Ha! Expand The most epic of deals! Great find!!! I wish you wonderful profits. Edited February 17, 2020 by baublitz Quote
MusiKyle Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 9:18 PM, Thanos75 said: You know your local Lego store loves you when you go in to buy something and they say " Hey....we are recycling these but you can have them if you want " and they give you 6 cases of the Hidden Side juice bar promos. I did end up buying the new Chinese themed sets. Expand What pinball machine is that? Quote
Thanos75 Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Metallica....lol...Great machine that the game play is as much fun today as it was when I bought it. 3 Quote
KShine Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 8:35 PM, Thanos75 said: Metallica....lol...Great machine that the game play is as much fun today as it was when I bought it. Expand That is a good one - I enjoy playing it at our downtown pinball museum. Quote
Shortbus311 Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 Just got a couple good ones off of OfferUp... 6 Quote
terrymc4677 Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 10:47 PM, Shortbus311 said: Just got a couple good ones off of OfferUp...Please tell me you lowballed his asking prices and he accepted. Superb finds! Quote
Shortbus311 Posted February 23, 2020 Posted February 23, 2020 Lol, actually no, just the opposite... by the time I saw them he had sold them to ship. So I took a chance and messaged him offering $100 total cash today for both if he canceled the other sales. Quote
Mgip21 Posted February 24, 2020 Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 11:20 PM, Shortbus311 said: Lol, actually no, just the opposite... by the time I saw them he had sold them to ship. So I took a chance and messaged him offering $100 total cash today for both if he canceled the other sales. Expand Yeah I was the guy shipment got canceled 👍 thanks Quote
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