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Happy St. Patrick's Day!.

I remember a time when many BrickPickers woke up with a sense of guilt, knowing they missed out on early morning 30-40% off deals. This was a regular occurrence a couple years ago. I remember the Saturday and Sunday morning sale frenzies. I remember the Thinkgeek, Entertainment Earth and YoYo deals. I remember not relying on Toys R Us to concoct a deal on Thursdays. I remember Wendy's coupon mania. B2GO Free on exclusives at Toysrus.com was just before my time. Oh, & May 30, 2013, a day that will live in infamy. 31037 - Creator: Adventure Vehicles - $17.97 (28% off) at Amazon

On amazon corner deli half price and 41105 friend half price too!

Someone stashed these gems. Have been wanting one for myself. Scanned for no price asked the someone he said 43.98 grabbed all of them.

I have 3 women "Lifers" (people that chose TRU as a lifetime career), that give me the sour-face "NO" look every time I walk into my store. lol The last straw for me was I had a transaction with a nice employee already rang up with 25% coupon, Rewards, TRUTH, and gift cards ready to swipe, and then....the Lifer magically appears out of thin air and says "NO!", and cancels the transaction and gives me my Rewards back. The coupon was on my phone downloaded from here but in print said it was valid physically or digitally, or something of the like. I even had TWO of that same digital coupons that TRU sent me via mail on the little sales fliers with my home address on both the mail flyers, as proof ready and I SHOWED HER those because I already knew she might be there at the store. I blew a fuse and went off on her: "What is wrong with you? The transaction was already rang up! The cashier didn't have a problem with it? No one else has a problem with it? It's only you, you're the problem...with your sour-face and fake smile" I said that verbatim. The Rewards were $250 I think? "Do you know how much money I spend at TRU? Do your realize how much money I spent to get those Rewards?" She replies "yeah using those coupons". "That's right, and do you know why you never see me spend that much here? Because of you... it's only you...well you and 2 of your other sour-faced girlfriends." I figure if Miss Sourpuss and her 2 other Lifer friends are gonna shut me down every time then I'm not out anything if I tell her what I think of her. It's not just the TRUTH and digital coupon thing with her, it's every time I try to get at some promo or have a question, she is there to be unhelpful and treats me like I'm stealing. Apparently one of the other Lifer-sour-faced-girlfriends didn't like being categorized with her because the next time I went in she came over and dismissed the cashier, rang me up with Rewards (not coupon because I didn't use 1) and overrides one of the promos to give it to me free, I think as an apology for the other Manager's actions, idk. I've just had it with bad customer service. I used to spend a lot of money there, but now I would rather travel to other TRUs rather than see her. Oh I have no shame in what happened, she deserved it, and I still go in, but...nah

Nowadays my morning routine is: check KMart.com, place a random item in my cart, see if I have surprise points (which 2 out of 3 days I do), select favorite 2016 set, order it for 40%+ off, move on with my day.

I think this pic was taken from inside:

It was my birthday on the 15th, and I have a fun little birthday story I thought other Lego addicts might enjoy. A present from my wife, a stylish new hat. A gift from my daughter. Can you guess what they are? Yes, they are felted Lego blocks. Then a card from my son. Signed by my whole family. How sad. But luckily I ordered something for myself from eBay. I didn't open the shipping box until my birthday and found an unexpected birthday surprise. The seller threw it in for free. 5 star service. An amazing day all around,

YES!. for those of you that have a login for shopko sign up for the loyalty program. https://www.shopko.com/includes/loyalty_card.jsp# once you enroll you'll enter your number at checkout. then shipping will disappear.

$40 for $50 Target Gift Card. Math is hard and all but looks to me like 20% off. https://www.groupon.com/deals/target-5?utm_campaign=1029&utm_medium=afl&utm_source=GPN&tsToken=US_AFF_0_1029_1327_0&sid=3cd59b5aec6a11e59c42a2932ad256f20INT

Not that odd. They are Mega bloks.....

I hope people here only hate the T1 as an investment, and not as the rather beautiful LEGO set that it really is.

just sold 10225 on amazon - $486.49 FBM... a little surprised as i'm an overpriced one. scam sensors are going off but its amazon...

There is no sold listings on Ebay.

Wheres the: "I like this, but also don't like this" button when you need it!

If the MOCPages image links above are slow or down then try Brickshelf.

100% complete ...(3 extra pieces) .. Can't believe it!! Not bad for $4 !!

I tend to go with Axe. That way, the ladies climb all over my bulk pieces.

I ordered a set of the RE knock-off and it arrived today. I've never had a Lego knockoff in my hands before, and I wanted to see what we're dealing with here. First impressions: I'm a bit worried. I kind of expected a horribly stinky bag full of loose parts with no instructions. I was surprised to find a (yes) smelly bag full of nicely organized parts in 10 "parts bags" + 2 raptors, and a single, nicely printed full color instruction booklet. (The real McCoy has 4 bags + 2 raptors, 1 sticker sheet, and 2 manuals). The fake raptors come pre-assembled and (inside their unopened bags) are very hard to tell from the originals. Minifigures come with heads pre-attached, and colors are a bit "off". But overall, appears to be a fair quality copy of the original. I plan to build it with my son later, so I may give my final impressions once that is done. All the sealed bags (no manual) weighed 366 grams, identical to the four sealed bags of a genuine set I have opened. The fake raptors weigh 22 grams each (didn't weigh a genuine one). Now, I'm not too worried as a collector / investor. I think our customers want the real thing, not a copy. But still...

I was told yesterday by an employee at my local TRU that I am their best/highest volume LEGO customer. I don't know whether I should be proud or embarrassed.

My 7 year old son and I built the knockoff last night. I don't have a genuine set to photograph next to it (we're saving ours), but the fake appears to be a brick-for-brick copy of the original. The manuals have the exact same illustrations, step-for-step, as the genuine Lego manuals. The only real differences are in color variations, and fit-and-finish issues. All the while we built it, my son and I commented on how, "This sure ain't Lego." The colors are less vibrant, you'd often find pieces where a stud or two had a recessed "dimple" in the top surface, due to the mold not being fully "packed out", some parts had sprue marks or mold flash (see back of raptors neck in last photo). Our green raptor had some white scratches on the left side of his head. Parts just didn't fit together as perfectly as Lego - usually the parts were too "loose" - some parts when stacked together would just fall apart if inverted. These fit problems cause the whole design to suffer in "playability". For example, the four-wheeled ATV will roll, but only if you push it firmly... it's like it has it's "parking brake" on. It won't roll of it's own momentum. The "feeding tower / falling platform" has a similar problem. You can move the prop out of the way, but the platform won't drop. You have to push it down manually. But all of this should be no surprise to anyone who has built a Lego "look-a-like" before. My son said, "This is just like the Legos you can buy at the Dollar Store." But despite all of our griping, and eye-rolling, when we were done, my son said, "I like it... can we keep it?" I told him yes... only if we keep it separate from all of your real Lego... like... out in the garage. He agreed.

Sometimes the buyer is browsing your shop and see the lisitng for the item without looking at other sellers. i sold a Scooby dimensions for 49$ few days ago .

Telling you something isn't it...

Mine shows free shipping, maybe because I signed up (for free) for the extra savings card? Not sure. Didn't know I needed $75, see below. One Tie would be $45.99 before taxes, free shipping

It boggles my mind that LEGO can waste time and resources hunting down people who purchase 'too much' of their product, but have none of either when it comes to absolute counterfeiting of same product. The prior boosts the company's sales while the latter is nothing more than stealing millions of dollars worth of research, development, and sales.

There's something in your responses that really make me realize that you didn't read anyone's comments on your question. Despite everyone originally saying to stay away from the lot, that there wasn't a lot of value, you went for it. Hey, that's a personal decision. After that, you seem to think that the valuation would change significantly because you sorted them. Go look at Ebay and see what people are selling used lots of bricks for. My $10 lb. was on the generous side. I would love to get $10 lb for all the bulk I'm sorting currently. Old Grey may be popular with certain people, but it's also sort of synonymous with older, more primitive building techniques. If you want to maximize the $$ and amount of time you spend with this lot, open a bricklink store and list every individual piece. You'll probably sell 50% of them eventually with about 8X the effort that you've put in so far. You have to do the research if you want to make the money. It sounds like your buy in on this lot was relatively low. I'd sell it on and take the money and decide what to do with your profits. If $8/lb is too low for you to even bother with, get out of bulk buying. You're only going to make money out of bulk if you do a lot more research, buy a lot better lots, and spend the time to get truly organized. Read the blog article that I posted. There are a lot of pitfalls that I listed there. Your time is only valuable to you, to any buyers, it's worth a maximum of $10/lb on clean bricks.

I think the OT fans of my generation (born in 74) are the ones that are most vocal about their hate for Episodes 1-3. The kids (well anyone born after say 1995) like the prequels just fine. Right now they aren't the ones with a ton of extra money to spend on Lego...but that time is coming soon. Let them run their course, right now 20 year olds often aren't thinking about grabbing that Lego set they never had as a kid, but at 27 that might be a different story. Just my opinion.

just what we need a video with TRU magic going viral As for the original problem, the only thing that really violates policy is combining the GC and TRUTH, from what I have been told. Many cashiers and managers ignore that but it is based of the contract with the CC provider so corporate will not side with you on that. As a consumer you have plenty of recourse and power in the form of surveys, review sites, and social media. If you really want the higher ups know about a problem employee, make a cheap purchase from the specifically and then fill out the survey that is on every receipt. do so repeatedly and they will notice. I can not speak for TRU specifically but those surveys do have power at most retailers, and since so few people fill them out, two or three bad ones a month will impact a store.

Sure, let the corporate side with that asst. manager, demand ALL stores to do the same thing, and make life really difficult for the rest of us. Just go to a different friendlier TRU store. Vote with your $$$

TRU Canada ebay has the SW Police Gunship in stock at %30 off. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/LEGO-Star-Wars-Coruscant-Police-Gunship-75046-/371577164468?hash=item5683b992b4:g:QxAAAOSwh-1W6q6y Not a great deal (nor a great set imo), but i figured i'd post it. I don't see it on TRU.ca yet, but it might show up in time.

I wasn't really too keen on the Midway Arcade Level pack but after recently having read the AWESOME book Ready Player One in which the Joust game featured prominently, amongst others, I just have to have this Dimensions level pack! Knowing that you can play all these original Arcade games in their original version within Dimensions is a lot of value for money, imho. In the 1980s I played Rampage, Marble Madness, Gauntlet II, Paperboy, Defender, and others. So it will be a trip down memory lane for me.

For all toysrus germany orders try the 5 € off coupon code 9900000070205 Happy buying

Hi, guys. I'm a new member. I'm 33 years old and a super Afol I put herein below a link of my private old lego city. I'm building it by new...... With new design and space, 3 layers and more train track. The old city was composed by 1.632.024 bricks, 110 meter of railway and 8 trains. byeeeeeee Moska

TRU is finally clearing out the Xmen set?

This looks like 4892.

Some of you guys who've been doing this for a few years probably forget, because you achieved the benchmark so long ago.... Feedback is important to new sellers, up to that first 100 when you earn your Top Rated status and final fee discounts. I'm hovering around 40 feedback since starting last September... if I'd gotten feedback for every transaction up to this point I'd be closer to 75. There is value in achieving this benchmark. If it means hassling your lazy/once a month ebayers to leave you a positive feedback to get there, so be it. After that status is reached, I'd agree that no feedback is as good as positive feedback. But up until that point, only positive feedback is as good as positive feedback. If you've waited everything out (seen Delivery confirmation etc), you've given them some time, and then you message a feedback request, I don't think they've got any grounds whatsoever to leave you a Negative based on your 'hassling them'. I'm inclined to think Ebay would side with you and remove it if a case were opened. So i don't see much harm in asking. The worst they can do is refuse, but at least you tried.

I plan on leaving my phone behind. I kid I kid, we don't have Shopko. Actually, there's one on the map about 1.5 hrs from me, but it's in the middle of nowhere and nothing else is near it. I should look up the address on Google Maps and see what it really is. OK, something tells me this isn't what I'm looking for. I won't be making this trip anytime soon.

It also says: One coupon per customer AND Must be surrendered at time of purchase. but you know us...

Often times no activity in certain threads is the best that can happen.

The fruitcake today was me. A fellow bought a loose Hulk Buster suit from me today at 1PM. I noticed he lived 7 blocks away. I hand delivered his LEGO at 1:45PM. Needless to say, his mind was blown.This is the second time I've been able to hand deliver an EBay shipment same day and I get a real kick out of it.

But the answer may be different if John asks as opposed to Timmy. Plus, why make your own decisions when people here can do it for you!

I wouldn't even take it for free. I would have to be paid at least $20 to take that and then dump it in the trash.

Firstly, welcome to BrickPickers and thanks for posting your question in the right forum. Now, to the matter of that bulk lot.... Run, run, run. That's a big ole pile of crap there. Those base plates are mega blocks.To have that many means that bin is loaded with mega blocks. https://www.google.fr/search?q=mega+bloks+base+plate&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-qvvHn8LLAhWBVBoKHdULCA8Q_AUICCgC&gws_rd=cr&ei=TsTnVrO1DIPWU7veqpAE I do see some genuine LEGO in there, but not enough to say it's all genuine LEGO underneath. If it was, the seller would have taken better pictures for the ad.

International English ?

Giant thread already, on phone or I'd find it for you. And another thread for availability and upcoming

There's an argument to be made that sets based on these films may be the big winners in the future as the movies and Lego shift their attention to the new trilogy and movies set around the original trilogy (like Rogue One, the Han Solo movie, etc.) and so there are few reissues to bring down the value of these sets. For kids who grew up with these movies, this is their Star Wars and much like the older crowd who grew up with the OT, they will eventually come into disposable income and want to buy their childhoods. In my opinion there already is a lot of gold in these films as it is. I have never had a problem selling the Corporate Tank Droid with the Jango Fett figure. There have only been 2 versions of him, spaced about 10 years apart. Darth Maul will always be popular. They are on the 4th version of his ship now and probably the last for a while. Clones proved to be very popular with the kids (I have a 10 year old son whose favourite activity for a year was watching the clone battle from Episode II every weekend). Anything with the 501st squadron (the blue stripes down the helmet) should do well. Popular Jedi as well, especially Qui-Gon, Yoda, Obi-wan. General Grievous only appears in a few sets and they only ever made his bodyguard droids once. More value can be found in the unique vehicles, like Jedi starfighters, certain droid vehicles. I'd skip the Bounty for investment as the set and minifigs are all based on one episode of the Clone Wars cartoon which is out of mind for even the fans. I own it, it's cool, but I'd only buy it at a good discount.

Yeah, I agree with this. I think you and @Bold-Arrow are at what I would consider a normal store. Mine are all, well, this is a family oriented site so I can't type what I want to say. Let's just say they aren't nice in any scenario. Remember they look at me like I'm stealing from them when I make purchases...

Great review! I pretty much love anything in miniature so I loved these when I first saw them in the catalog. Bane is my husband's favorite character so I will definitely be getting that one, but I really want all of them.

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