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Seriously, if you don't want in on these deals don't bother to read the thread. Gift card deals are some of the best ways to get discounted LEGO in this market. If you have better deals, go ahead and post them. We'd love to see what you have to share with the community. I rarely find deals so I'm very grateful when others share, especially when it comes to gift cards.

Separate threads for GhostDad chats have been suggested in the past too.

Here is a list of discounted gc on eBay (even better when you have 8% Ebay bucks promo) $100 TRU for $85 (online) $100 BRU for $85 (online) $100 TRU for $85 (physical, free shipping) $100 Barnes Nobles for $88 (physical, free shipping) There are other gift cards too (gas, restaurants, etc) http://www.ebay.com/rpp/gift-cards/Gift-Card-Promotions-March?&_pgn=2

Parted out, Lex Luthor's hair brings in at least $15.

Seriously, a completely separate thread for gift card chat would be great...

Seriously needs a comma...

Looks like $120 more than new to me.

Discounted GC + eBay bucks + TRUTH is a killer combo. Thanks to everyone who helped spend my money again this month.

Do we need a "How to get free #$%# at Gamestop" thread?

This is why you check the Walmart clearance area a few aisles down from the Lego aisle. I wish I could say I got all of these on sale (just the B-wings and walker at $50 each), but given that these sets are all EOL and most have already appreciated nicely I had no problem pulling the trigger on them. Sets like the Phantom, the Droid tank and the T-16 all went EOL earlier than expected so I don't foresee a problem moving these quickly and very profitably. Funnily enough, I only stopped in at this Walmart because it was on the way from the Staples I went to to buy a box to ship a Star Destroyer, and a TRU that I was heading to to get the discounted Fortress Smash sets plus some batmobile polybags. And even when I went in, I almost missed these as they were in a different spot than the usual clearance area. Looks like somebody found a misplaced box or three in the warehouse. Picture doesn't show it but there are 2 bwings and 4 laketowns, just 1 wolfman.

Oooo... just like the old daily deals but with #moretumbleweed.

FBA 42000 - Technic: Grand Prix Racers - $230 9471 - LOTR: Uruk Hai Armies - $74 9474 - LOTR: Battle for Helm's Deeps - $235 70014 - Chima: Cragger's Croc Swamp Hideouts - $115 70173 - Ultra Agents: Ocean HQs - $143 76005 - SH: Daily Bugle Showdowns - $64 7306 - Pharoah's Quest: Golden Staff Guardians - $36 7307 - Pharoah's Quest: Flying Mummie Attacks - $46 3858 - Heroica: Waldurk Forests - $45 3860 - Heroica: Castle Fortaan - $46 31011 - Creator: Aviator Adventures - $82 70503 - Ninjago: Golden Dragons - $75 4203 - City: Excavator Transports - $58 9525 - SW: Pre Viszla's Mandalorian Fighters - $85 75017 - SW: Duel on Geonosis' - $86 41050 - Princess: Ariel's Amazing Treasures - $33 79100 - TMNT: Kraang Lab Escapes - $40

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After multiple giftcard inceptions, my last TRU cards from ebay were bought at a 35% discount. Target and ebay might be colluding to bring TRU down, or it can all be in my head...

...and sometimes a touch of BS.

Just eBay branded gift cards are excluded. All other gift cards listed in the Gift Cards & Coupons category should earn the 8% eBay bucks if you are eligible for the promotion.

I believe it was sarcasm LEGO can reject something and then just say they had something similar in the works. It's possible they do of course, but hard to know for sure.

Try contacting the buyer and explain the reason for the refund. Also point out that you already ship the item. Then ask him to reverse his feedback.

Hi fellow Lego enthusiasts! My name is Travis I'm from Western Australia and I have played with Lego since I was 2, both my kids play with Lego even my dog plays with Lego.. (not in a good way though) I have recently been working on a Working Elevator (I work on real elevators too) I have got it working really well, it works almost the same as a real elevator, I just recently got the doors to open and close electrically which I was really happy about it took me ages! Im also working on an escalator (which is proving difficult) All of my mocs use the power function motors and I'm trying to find out if anyone has been able to use the mindstorm ev3 set to program the power function motors to do certain tasks, I dont want to change from the power function motors, any advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! and happy building Trav a quick vid of my elevator:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpr_q4WQQ_4

Just ordered a Red 5 from TRU for $189.00. We'll see.

Frys has 40%+ off select Lego Sets including: Avengers Hydra Showdown, Naida's Ship, Treetop Hideaway, Elsa's Castle, etc.Most sets are in store pickup only and require weekly promo code that is emailed to you once you sign up for Frys Email list. These are some great deals!!!! Link to the sets on sale is below. Prices will reduce by 40% once you input your promo code in your cart. http://frys.com/search?search_type=regular&sqxts=1&cat=&query_string=8356747+8115105+8356777+8356957+8401058+8531219+8531239+8531329+8531459+8531849+8531859+8531919&site=20email032416

Bought with blood, sweat, and tears

Tell that to the people who bought the DeLorean for $28 a piece I guess it depends on how you define poor performance

Ooops!

Sweet mech and 3 minifigs for under $15 = can't loose. Yup, but I could not win either

Amazon.de Technic 24hr Race car : $87 ea if u buy 3

Except that this ISN'T the fruitcake thread Where's that guy with the mop again?

My daughter and I finished up the Friends Jungle Rescue Base that we picked up for $15 at Wal Mart. I have to say...it was a cool little set with the zip line, animals, and details in the cabin. Best Friends set we've built...but she hasn't done the mall or hotel yet.

With the May the 4th figure, Lego must have wanted to add to the disappointment of the UCS Hoth release. Geez, this may be the first May the 4th where I don't buy any Star Wars from shop at home. A hermit Luke minifig from Ep 7 with exclusive printing would have been a great promo. We likely won't see a Luke minfig from Ep. 8 until the Force Friday release of sets in late 2017.

"You don't know you're in the good old days until you've actually left them." I am not sure how many of you have read my postings over the last 2 months since I joined in January, so I will give you a very brief intro to my background. While I am a relatively new Brickpicker member, I am certainly not new to this game. I was in it huge from 2004-2007, Had many UCS xwings, UCS Tie Interceptors, UCS ISD, UCS Y-wings, UCS Snowspeeders, CTT, Cloud Cities etc. While I was not an emazer level operation, I was running about 3,000-4,000 in volume on an average month and reached Bronze Powerseller level, so not too bad. However, in 2007, due to life changes I started selling off my stock without reinvesting. I cashed out and did not ante back up. Over the last 8 years since I sold of my last Clone Turbo Tank in 2008, I have peripherally watched the market. I have seen various sets rise to proportions never thought possible (10179), and some falter secondary to remakes. On occasion I would surf Amazon just to see what the lowest buy price would be, many times wishing I was still in it. I would visit the Lego store when I happened to be in Disney World just to check out what sets were out, seeing the exponential increase in sets being produced. In January, I happened to be walk into a Lego Store in a mall with my son, and was just shocked as to just how many licensed sets there were. I was also impressed with just how accurate some of the newer sets were in likeness to the actual original model (Wall-E and Ecto01.) Suddenly, I had this itch to get back in the game again, that I just could not resist. Luckily, over the last year, several life changes had allowed me to pursue this endeavor again for the second time. So I decided to get back into the game. For the record, I did not get into the game because of a USA Today or WSJ article. In all honesty, I am awful with politics and current events, so I had no idea how far Lego resale, or what is now called "brickvesting" had now become. I had no idea this was even being covered on a national level, until I decided to start back into Lego Resale. So I began googling about Lego sets, and to my shock, there were national news articles about Lego investing and even a WHOLE WEBSITE devoted to Lego Investing. All I could think about about was how far this had come in 8 years. From 2004-2007, there were minimal Lego and AFOL websites. There was bricklink and fbtb.net, and the only big forum community was on fbtb. And that was mostly Star Wars Legos without a whole lot about anything else. Although, in all honesty, back then there were minimal exclusives, and really Star Wars Lego's were the only think worth investing in. So I discovered this Brickpicker, and I just happened to get in at the time the Tumbler was retiring, so this place was on fire about the retirement of this Iconic set. In all honesty, this set was the set that pulled me out of retirement as it seems like such a good investment. I still believe the Tumbler is a great investment, however, reading the forums for the last two months caused me to realize just how much has changed in 8 years, and how much more difficult this will be now than it was from 2004-2007. It took me a while to figure just what changed. Lego's were such a guarantee before. Ebay and the internet while young and in it's infancy was still a known commodity and widely available in 2004-2007. People knew what items were selling for. You could search completed listings and know that Lego's could net a good sum of money. People had hopped onto various collectible fads in that time from Magic cards, beanie babies, furbies, baseball cards, and tons of other garbage. Lego had ALWAYS been immune because it was not a fad. It never had major publicity but was always reasonably popular. So what changed? As I read article after article, I finally noticed a pattern. It was 10179. This was the game changer, and quite frankly the worst thing to happen to Lego Investing. 10179 came out right about the time I was leaving my Ebay business. At the time, no one would touch this thing with a ten foot pole from an investment standpoint. It was already hard enough shipping 10030 ISD's. When I would ship an ISD, I would go to the grocery store, get a ton of boxes, cut them up and jury rig some kind of cardboard container. It was painfully time intensive. How the heck was someone gonna find boxes for a 10179? The weight, size, and investment of $500 (although it was pretty much permanently on sale around $400) was near insanity. The most expensive set selling at the time was the UCS X wing and it sold used for about $450 usedand MISB around $650-700. So how in the world was the market going to tolerate selling 10179 to make a profit. This was even in a time when Ebay fees and paypal fees combined were about 6-7% if I remember correctly. It was basically considered flop from an investment standpoint. It was the Sea Cow of 2007. Oh if we had only known what we know now. Many might ask, how could the single most profitable set of all time be bad for investing? 10179 gave a face to Lego Investing. Before Lego's were just a standard commodity like any other resalable collectable item. Sure some sets might sell for a profit for 200-300, but lots of other collectibles do that. I sold Art Asylum Star Trek Starships for a while and was buying them for $5 dollars and selling for $140-$150. There are tons of reselling opportunities out there if you understand the market, and Lego was just another one like any other toy or collectible. However, 10179 brought it to the forefront. It was the Honus Wagner and Mickey Mantle rookie card of the Lego world. Those cards caused people to jump on to baseball card collecting like no other. People would blindly buy baseball cards with no market research just because of those two cards. Sound familiar? The Mack's state in their webpage bio that part of what stemmed them building this website was 10179. Without 10179 there would be no Brickpicker. Without Brickpicker, there wouldn't be a USA Today headline bringing Lego Investing to the masses. 10179 was what gave bloggers and article writer's a nice catchy headline. "Lego's set sells for $5,000" "Lego's Brick's Better Than Gold Bricks." From the moment 10179 took off, it was all downhill from there in the Lego Investing world. 10179 was basically the coming out party of Lego Investing. People dream of making the big bucks. People dream of hitting gold. 10179 gave people a tangible dream in the Lego Investing market. Before then it was simply a faceless game that some people partook in. I would always get laughed at in any business meeting when people asked what I was investing in, and I told them once I had maxed out all other retirement options, I would probably put some in Lego's. You can only imagine my stares. Now with websites like this and USA today, and WSJ article's I have ammo now to defend my position. Unfortunately, now with the ammo, it is even harder to defend the position. So ultimately, 10179, has caused a spiral of events that will ultimately eventually bring about the end of Lego Investing. Is that likely to happen in the next 10 years? Not likely, but this site is adding 60 new members a day based on the number at the bottom of the main page. Albeit, not everyone is going to invest, and some might join just for the community, but there are some investors in that number. The market is still very strong, and will always remain strong because Lego is not a fad, and Lego will always have demand. Are you likely to lose in Lego Investing, like people lost big in baseball cards and beanie babies. Not likely, unless you are just AWFUL at picking sets, and are completely impatient. However, eventually a time will come, when selling just to cover your initial investment at RRP+Taxes will become standard for most sets. "You don't know you're in the good old days until you've actually left them."

75873 Audi R8 LMS Ultra at TRU for $9.17 after TRUTH, 20% coupon, and discounted GC. This is for my desk at work; I love the Speed Champions, and I really like the look of this one the best of the new series.

Now this is what I class as a true UCS Assault on Hoth ...

I tried, but he didn't know what a comma was. This was more appropriate.

It's a $20-$30 polybag. If free, you are doing fine

It's scary how much I love this set every time I look at it...

I'll see what it's like today. I've done zero scouting this week, so I have low expectations. I did get my rewards restored from my Batcave cancellation, so I now have 2 months worth to unload. I was hoping I could put together enough Easter items to spend all of my rewards. Of course, whatever TRU Support's escalation process is didn't work and I had to call them back after a week. Some way, some how, the CSR chatted with someone in that department and had them issued on the fly. She gave me a new number on the phone and I tested it while she was on the line. Can't wait to see the cashier's look on their face when I hand over a written down number for my restored rewards.

giftcardmall is having their share of 15% off TRU GCs too on ebay

At $15 and below, they are actually decent birthday / Christmas / Easter presents

Trailer by Cepren Ahtoxnh

Wouldn't that ruin the surprise...?

There is already new superman and lex, there will be no more xmen. Minifigs = win

... or the Caterham Seven. That thing looks sweeeeet.

Lex Power Armor deja vu

Thanks to your post I ordered a PPS Sunday for $33 after points and coupons and it arrived today. I finished the first 3 of 6 numbered bags and they realy did give this $60 MSRP set the UCS treatment. The single instruction book (cardboard backed to keep it neat) is done realy well, bound book orientation so it doesn't flop closed. It is printed on light blue paper which I find makes it easier to see the pieces. The printed sails also come cardboard backed to keep them flat and are in their own package. There are NO stickers and some neat new printed elements, and a green apple! So far the build is pretty straight forward, fun and fast paced. Will post a pic tomorrow when it is complete. No clue how this set will do but it may be the poor man's Sea Cow or a good substitute to popping those seals on a MISB set.

Actually found a Silver Centurion today.

I built the milano today. Really enjoyed it.

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Took my son to visit our local legoland today, walked into the star wars shop and to my disbelief they had 2 x Red5 and 2 x DS sitting in their stock room!!!! Couldn't believe it!! Needless to say, they aren't sitting in there anymore!!!