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This made me realize I miss the regular updates from @TheOrcKing

really hoping we can cross reference some SAH point spending with GC spending Followed by a this thread is about daily deals and not benefits of GC vs Points

Not really that big of a deal considering how much some of us spend at Target. An extra 5% profit for doing nothing, I'll take it!

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I buy my gift cards now and then spend them at the after Christmas clearance sales.

This gift card deal saves you 5% over just using a redcard. I'm not sure there's any other way to look at it

Definitely around the corner? Source? Anything other than "your a**"?

Nothing like gc discussion to get everyone worked up on Sunday morning Looks like hard limit is $300 per account. You will have to go to stores to get more of those $15 savings

Which, IIRC, that purchasing power was tied up for about 3 days last year for me.

You will save DOUBLE. 5% vs 10%

Taking sales tax out of it. Buy a $100 item with red card, it costs $95. Buy a $100 item with gift card from this deal, it costs $90. We can also throw in additional gains with credit card points if you purchased the gift card with a regular credit card.

I think he rents his warehouse from Adobe ....

Let's go people.... Clean this $hit up a little. Daily Deals thread. Not gas station gossip thread.

Materials guide for LEGO selling & shipping Many members have asked for a centralized place where they can go for shipping box information. I'm going to pin this post and update it as new information is provided. I just want to take a few minutes and thank those who wrote the following articles. They are still very good reference materials for the LEGO storage and shipping process. I may develop this into a blog article eventually. Fcbarcelona101's : Selling LEGO : Basic Materials Guide Mos Eisley 's : LEGO Storage Wars Incompetech's Catalog of Amazon.com Box Sizes - (thanks No More Monkeys) Amazon Boxes Sorted list by length - courtesy of pstebbing I've scoured the forums and here is a list of box sizes with basic set information: Boxes: 24x20x8 : Super Star Destroyer; Death Star, Roller Coaster, UCS Sandcrawler, Assembly Square 24x20x6 : Thicker sets like Town Hall, Tower Bridge 24x16x6 - 60052 Cargo Train, R2-D2, Maersk Line Triple-E, 7939 Cargo Train 24x16x4 - Helm's Deep, Vampyre Castle, Black Pearl, Friends Riding Camp, Parisian Restaurant, High Speed Passenger Train, Jabba's Palace, Downtown Diner 24x20x4 : Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Imperial Shuttle, Haunted House, Palace Cinema, Fire Brigade 24x14x4 : Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol 24x4x12 - Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol 20x16x4 - Volkswagen Camper Van, Olivia's House, Sonic Raider, Sopwith, Creator Bike Shop, Batcave, Quinjet, Moria & Ambush 20x16x6 : Thicker sets like the Republic Gunship; City Cargo Plane 20x14x4 : Attack on Weathertop, Hulk 's Helicarrier Breakout, X-Wing 9493, Black Gate 16x16x4 : Gungan Sub, Pre Viszla, Tie Fighter 16x10x4 : Council of Elrond, Desert Skiff, City Grand Prix Truck 16x10x6 : Thicker sets like Creator Family House, Hillside House 15x12x4 : Funhouse, Orc Forge, Tumbler Chase, Daily Bugle Showdown, Hulk Lab Smash 12x12x4 : Uruk Hai Army, City Cargo Truck, Creator Treehouse, City Fire Emergency 11-3/4x8-3/4x4-3/4 : Wolverine Chopper, Arctic Batman, Power Armor Lex, Droid Escape, Cloud Cuckoo Palace 12x8x3 - Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets 10x8x4 : Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets Envelopes: 4x8 : Minifigs & small polybags 6x9 : Polybags small & larger 10.5 x 16 : Larger shipments of 3 x polybags or more Packing Tape : buy in bulk or on sale : you can throw some in during a Staples coupon promotion to get up to free shipping Walmart.com Duck Brand Packaging Tape http://www.staples.com/Staples-Standard-Grade-Packaging-Tape-Clear-189-x-110-yds-6-Rolls/product_380107 Retailers: Uline.com : holiday sale starts first part of November (usually 30% off) Staples.com : use coupon promotions - $10 off $30, $20 off $75, free shipping over $60 Walmart.com USPS Priority Mail (free boxes at USPS.com) Michigan Box Company: Flat Boxes 18"-23" L (thanks pstebbing) GBE Packaging (thanks pstebbing) PackingSupplies.com http://www.packaging...ated_boxes.html (thanks pstebbing) Bubble Wrap: 3/16" thick x 350' ft x 12" wide - eBay Sams Club 3/16" - 12"x240' $12.98 (In store) ($.05/LF) (thanks pstebbing) I like to use large and small retailer plastic bags to wrap items in, even after I bubble wrap it. For battle packs and even small sets, I sometimes use Wal-Mart, Target, or plastic bags from any store. Additional packing isn 't really needed. Usually like 2 bags on bottom, one to wrap the item, and two bags on top. Make sure to cover the corners of the item real nice to provide extra padding. Rule of thumb : ship & pack all of your items the same way you 'd like to receive items you've purchased. Shipping Paper: Collect it when you receive shipments. http://www.amazon.com/Pratt-Multipurpose-Packaging-KPR30241200R-Length/dp/B00AI652CM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408061459&sr=8-1&keywords=pratt+kraft+paper+1200? Shipping Labels & Printers: Dymo 450 & Dymo 400 Brother QL-700 DoNotInsertIntoMouth's : How to setup your label printer for shipping on eBay Feel free to post a follow-up or point out anything I missed. I 'll update it with what everyone wants added. I hope this is helpful.

Tokyo & Dubai Skylines will be released on January 1, 2020. I'm pleased to share the first in-depth review of the Dubai set on my Brick Architect website. It's a better set than I had expected, mostly due to the absolutely fantastic rendition of the curvaceous sail-shaped Burj Al Arab, in the High-Tech Architectural style. ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: #21052 Dubai Skyline As you will see, the other three buildings in the model aren't quite as good, but the overall effect is effective. I hope you enjoy the review, and please let me know if you have any questions I can answer! LINK: https://brickarchitect.com/2019/review-21052-lego-dubai-skyline/ Sincerely, ---tom

I wasn't gated for 41147, sold several this week.

Counterpoint. I Just re-watched Rogue 1 on Disney + and it gets better with each viewing. Not saying there will ever be a huge desire for this figure, but I do predict people will warm to this film and its lego sets over time.

The other thing on this GC deal is that someone wanting to fly under the radar can buy these for cash and shop in store completely off the Target grid (minus facial recognition at the self checkout). 10% off in silence > 5% off with Target recording your every move.

You could say that about most popular sets/themes. But, yet people make a living reselling Lego. Weird how it works.

You can go to the customer service counter and make payments on your redcard using a debit card. Definitely helps this time of year. Did everyone switch to the new Target Mastercard Redcard this year? Once they switched it to a Mastercard, they bumped my limit up to 10k at least. I checked the Discover site and the 5% maxes out at $75 bucks and it combines with Amazon spending. With all the Amazon deals, I maxed that out a long time ago.

Trex has become the Lego helicopter. The Trex vs mech Rex coming right on the heels of TWO legit Rex's at retail (Three if you count the duplo, but im not) means no more rex mojo. IMHO

I’m getting $10 gift cards for my $60 Lego-only purchases even though it says LEGO is excluded. There are so many promotions at times I don't even know what I’m working with though!

If I can have a penny for every comment like ‘why did or didn’t I buy this or that back then’. Well the answer is very simple you are not rich enough to get a time machine. Otherwise you will know exactly what and how much to buy. All investments have risk. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This is not an easy game. You are not going to earn any significant amount of money if you can’t afford to take on a few stinkers.

Red card gives you 5% off. This card gives you 10% off. Net gain of 5%?

if it hits £150 i'm running for the hills.

Hey folks! I got a random email from TRU yesterday in response to that whole fiasco with those OOS Brickheadz from around a month or two ago. Seemed weird, since I'd gotten a lot of cancellation notifications, soon after, and they were of the "5.00 off coupon" variety. Anyway, looked at this one and it said "40% off your next online order". Some fine print said it can't be combined with other offers/coupons or items ending in *.94. But that it does work on sale items. I gave it a shot and, sure enough, works! This seems like a pretty powerful coupon to me that can really be knocked out of the park. Did anyone else get this coupon and what did you use it on (or are you waiting for Boxing Day sales)?. Thanks!

Target - spend $50 get $10 GC

I'd weep if I was stuck with that pyramid of Jyn Erso Constractables...from a resale perspective, that is one of the most pathetic sets in years...it even outshines Harley Quinn to the Rescue.

Props late nighter!

Target Gift Card 10%off live

Picked up another one of these. My local Lego store received a restock of Parisian Restaurants and were still selling them at 30% off + double VIP points this weekend.

$40 or bust

Ideas LEGO Ideas 21315 Pop-up Book Building Kit , New 2019 (859 Piece) $49.99 giddy-up - no limits -

Oh yeh , forgot about that.... Sorry bud , resume stressing.

Possible, yes. Make sense? Not for newbie. They may go on deep discount like sub $100 but only when they are about to retire. When that happens, you have a very short window such as 1-2 hours to order before other buyers wipe them out. That’s a lot of effort monitoring sale and price if you just want one to build. You best option is get the diner now with the free gingerbread house and double VIP.

Dammit. Cat just nuked it. Train AND the station ??

Pathetic. Want to see a real man's pyramid? Read um and weep boys...

Filoni wrote and directed this one. There were lots of good easter eggs in this one. Ming-Na Wen was awesome, of course. In great homage to the classic westerns, you have our cowboy talking to the locals, to secure passage across their lands. In 60 seconds time, Filoni gave us some true depth to the Tuskin Raiders that we've never had before. A language, a means to communicate, desires, and motivation. That is, IMHO, a great way to build lore without being heavy-handed about it.

There is truth to that! My kids have opened my eyes to a few sleepers in the past. I will also add wife to that list...my wife has picked out a bunch of winners in the past that I may have overlooked....

One thing I never learned... listen to your kids! Many sets I thought were stinkers came out golden, of which mostly I did not have...

I pretty sure you will regret what you did today down the road

nope., i like $$ too much

This box had 5 CMF's and a handheld dog brush. Amazon. President Business for scale.

Jeff might have been injured while unloading his collection.

Well this is well and truly a ‘betrayal’!

as for the MOCs.. I have seen such a beautiful CIty Train station like a couple of months ago. it as GORGEOUS! .. one of the pics below.. (but sadly these are not the original that looked WAAY much better). however it is still the same model

Because this is also going on again. Happened last year as well.