Polybags - general discussion

[stackables]

19 minutes ago, justapilgrim said:

And sold it before I got home $26 shipped

Good old capitalism.  Lie to get a freebie then sell it for a profit

[thoroakenfelder]

2 hours ago, stackables said:

So anyone have luck just buying the iron man poly separately from Gamestop?  I was going to give them a call when I get home from work.

I went to a gamestop today and was told "We only got in exactly as many as our preorders. We couldn't even sell one if we wanted to since it's not in the system."

[justapilgrim]

Good old capitalism.  Lie to get a freebie then sell it for a profit

No lying. The extra is for my son, I sold mine

[stackables]

26 minutes ago, thoroakenfelder said:

I went to a gamestop today and was told "We only got in exactly as many as our preorders. We couldn't even sell one if we wanted to since it's not in the system."

That stinks, might be harder to get then I thought.  There were a ton of plastic mans available and the value of that fig took a big hit.

I just called and was told the same thing on the phone.  They only got the amount for the pre-orders.  I assume lego made a lot more than enough to cover the preorders.

[stephen_rockefeller]

1 hour ago, stackables said:

Good old capitalism.  Lie to get a freebie then sell it for a profit

You call it capitalism......I call it being a Dbag.

[dcdfan]

31 minutes ago, stackables said:

That stinks, might be harder to get then I thought.  There were a ton of plastic mans available and the value of that fig took a big hit.

I just called and was told the same thing on the phone.  They only got the amount for the pre-orders.  I assume lego made a lot more than enough to cover the preorders.

30320 was also a Gamestop freebie before TRU got a hold of it. I would hope for the same thing...

[stackables]

7 minutes ago, dcdfan said:

30320 was also a Gamestop freebie before TRU got a hold of it. I would hope for the same thing...

I did not know that. I thought TRU was the only place to have it.  I might just wait on getting this.

[Lordoflego]

38 minutes ago, stackables said:

I did not know that. I thought TRU was the only place to have it.  I might just wait on getting this.

I knew about 30320 being GameStop freebie because that's how I got 2-3 I had (sold long ago) but I didn't know that tru had it, when was it? 

[ravenb99]

7 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

I knew about 30320 being GameStop freebie because that's how I got 2-3 I had (sold long ago) but I didn't know that tru had it, when was it? 

Over summer. Was right before movie release as promotion which was messed up as usual which led to the unlimited online free for all a few weeks later

[Loghamel]

2 hours ago, thoroakenfelder said:

I went to a gamestop today and was told "We only got in exactly as many as our preorders. We couldn't even sell one if we wanted to since it's not in the system."

I went to two and saw the drawer they kept them in.  They had zero at one store, the other had 6;  exactly as many pre-orders as they took.  He said they sent exactly enough to fill the pre-orders and that was it.

[California92563]

2 hours ago, stackables said:

That stinks, might be harder to get then I thought.  There were a ton of plastic mans available and the value of that fig took a big hit.

I just called and was told the same thing on the phone.  They only got the amount for the pre-orders.  I assume lego made a lot more than enough to cover the preorders.

 

1 hour ago, stephen_rockefeller said:

You call it capitalism......I call it being a Dbag.

Ouch if that's true then that means someone's not getting their pre order bonus :/ 

[legodelorean]

6 hours ago, stackables said:

So anyone have luck just buying the iron man poly separately from Gamestop?  I was going to give them a call when I get home from work.

Which Iron Man poly??

[Loghamel]

8 minutes ago, legodelorean said:

Which Iron Man poly??

Silver Centurion.  5002946

[legodelorean]

6 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

Silver Centurion.  5002946

Thank you, sir! I read the older posts but didn't see which one it was. Maybe I'm blind.

[justapilgrim]

I thought getting one for my kids was called being a good dad

[Roy vd M.]

Today a change in the Polybag's display boxes design caught my eye. 

TLG now cleverly depicts the finished models on the box, rather than showing a picture of two smiling kids. Plus, the themes are mentioned on the front flap. I think this design change will attract more kids and parents to these polybags. 

 

 

[Loghamel]

Anyone notice the rate hike for first class postage?  I knew there was an increase, but I didn't realize it was so large.  It cost me $2.04 to ship any polybag before the hike.  Now it's $2.60.  That's right at a 25% increase.  Jeeeeeeez...

[stackables]

7 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

Anyone notice the rate hike for first class postage?  I knew there was an increase, but I didn't realize it was so large.  It cost me $2.04 to ship any polybag before the hike.  Now it's $2.60.  That's right at a 25% increase.  Jeeeeeeez...

Yeah not happy about it either especially since I just trade minifigs and polys.  They raised prices by like 10 cents a while ago not another 50.  Not cool.

[Phil B]

7 minutes ago, Loghamel said:

Anyone notice the rate hike for first class postage?  I knew there was an increase, but I didn't realize it was so large.  It cost me $2.04 to ship any polybag before the hike.  Now it's $2.60.  That's right at a 25% increase.  Jeeeeeeez...

There's a whole thread dedicated to the hike. The good news: I've sold a few "lots of 10 polybags" which happen to always weigh just under 1lbs. Previously the First Class Package cutoff was at 13oz, so I had to pay ~$5-$6 to ship. Now the cutoff has been moved to 15.999 oz (i.e. just under 1lbs) and I only pay $3.65 for the same shipment. So I save $2 per package, which helps my case since I offer free shipping.

[Shislerocco]

Went to two different game stops (they closed two of the three in my area). Got same answer all are getting. Only enough for the preorders. 

Consindering the iron man might be the coolest GameStop promo yet (in my opinion) I should have preordered.

 

[WTL]

I preordered 3ds and ps4 versions of the Avengers game and got the IM's, asked for another and the clerk gave me an extra saying they always got way more than they needed.

[gmpirate]

Good old capitalism.  Lie to get a freebie then sell it for a profit

That's not capitalism. It's just lying.

[justapilgrim]

That's not capitalism. It's just lying.

Read the thread, ask for extra for kid....then give it to kid

[Kenxxx]

Looking for info on 5002122 Star Wars TC-4... is this old? New? Rare? Common? Can't find it in the blog list.

I just bought a dozen and Legoland FL ($3.99 ea) opened one and and flipped the rest for $151.  Smart? ... or dumb?  

[ISO8T0]

http://brickset.com/sets/5002122-1/TC-4

Oh and are you sure you want someone on here to tell you whether or not you made a big mistake selling them after the fact?

 

Edited February 2, 2016 by pstebbing