3 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Tower of Orthanc at TRU - $199.99

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/lego-lord-of-the-rings/lego-lord-of-the-rings-the-tower-of-orthanc-10237-6025198-23949316

poof

Got 2

ToysRUs still has in stock all Lego City Arctic series with the exception of Ice Breaker.

prices are just retail but they are actually in stock unlike Target or Walmart.

just curious if they are pickup worthy since they've been retired?

15 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Tower of Orthanc at TRU - $199.99

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/lego-lord-of-the-rings/lego-lord-of-the-rings-the-tower-of-orthanc-10237-6025198-23949316

Oh, good, this will help the price of TOO.

They are sold out, not retired

3 minutes ago, justapilgrim said:

They are sold out, not retired

soon to be though right.

i thought they got marked as retired on LEGO Shop at Home Europe or something

25 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Tower of Orthanc at TRU - $199.99

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/lego-lord-of-the-rings/lego-lord-of-the-rings-the-tower-of-orthanc-10237-6025198-23949316

missed it. would have been an ideal way to spend those gcs from the other day

Very Good ToA @ AWD $164

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0144OAE30/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

 

29 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

Very Good ToA @ AWD $164

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0144OAE30/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

 

Someone got it...Love the autumn colors in that one, and the actual temple is pretty money. 

Someone got it...Love the autumn colors in that one, and the actual temple is pretty money. 

Yeah I got it. My little boy loves ninjago so we can put this together. Hope it's all together

Indigo/Chapters just sent me an email saying they were giving 10x Plum Points all month long on Lego.  With the weakness of the Canadian Dollar, might be worth importing from Canada.

2 minutes ago, Miavia7 said:

Yeah I got it. My little boy loves ninjago so we can put this together. Hope it's all together

That's awesome! Make sure to share a couple pics when done! 

 

Back to the deals...

This may certainly be a bit of a YMMV but I stopped at a TRU yesterday and found a 42009 (Crane Mk II). Box was a wee bit battered but still sealed. So they're still out there. Good deal for a pretty much done lovely big set if you combine with the gift cards off eBay and TRUTH.

2 hours ago, mukaissi said:

GC stand for?

At this point, Get Crunked for most of us.

 

Or possibly Gift Card if you very new to these parts...

You can always click the link in my sig line for LEGO acronyms.

4 hours ago, rebuild said:

Oh, good, this will help the price of TOO.

TRU has been a Saruman front operation since the beginning.  All the lego sets they ship arrive covered in grubby little goblin handprints...

Some decent discounts on Architecture are still up at Amazon

21023 - Flatiron Building - 18% off

21020 - Trevi Fountain - 14% off

7 hours ago, exciter1 said:

Some think it's worth it 20 times over.

One thing that gave me the jitters about this set was seeing pallets of them at Costco for $89/each before Christmas.  It's a truly worthy set, but I always worry when there seems to have been enough out there for everyone to get their fill and there never seems to be a shortage of it.

I want one of these for myself...er, I mean my future kids.  I do like how it ticks down a percentage point each day.

5 minutes ago, hockeyweasel said:

One thing that gave me the jitters about this set was seeing pallets of them at Costco for $89/each before Christmas.  It's a truly worthy set, but I always worry when there seems to have been enough out there for everyone to get their fill and there never seems to be a shortage of it.

I want one of these for myself...er, I mean my future kids.  I do like how it ticks down a percentage point each day.

Hockey,

Were you around and in the game during the Pirates of the Caribbean run?  My understanding is that 4184 Black Pearl was everywhere (To include pallets of them at Sams or Costco).  I did not see that personally I just vaguely recall reading it here in the threads.  It was discounted down 30% and still not flying off of the shelves.  A few years later and many opinions have changed. 

Now I admit it might be a stretch of a comparison.  Deep Sea set compared to a Branded Pirates of the Caribbean set.  But if the aftermarket demand is there I see no reason why the unique deep sea sets won't perform admirably.

I won't suggest what to buy and what to shy away from because everyone has unique goals. 

 

Disclosure:  I own both Pirates of the Caribbean sets and Deep sea sets.

 

$100 BRU/TRU GC for $85 still available on ebay

8 hours ago, macpro76 said:

is this worth it?   

 

8 hours ago, exciter1 said:

60095 - City: Deep Sea Exploration Vessel - $87.29 (27% off) at Amazon

Absolutely. I buy two every time Exciter posts that link, assuming it's been a week since I've last ordered. Great set. My gut tells me though that some will find this on obscene Walmart clearance this summer. It made it past the January Walmart clearance, and they don't seem to sell at retail, at least in my walmarts. I'm assuming Walmart will want this gone this summer/early fall to make room for the Christmas toys. If you feel like rolling the dice you can wait until then for a possible better deal.

4 minutes ago, brickelements said:

Were you around and in the game during the Pirates of the Caribbean run?  My understanding is that 4184 Black Pearl was everywhere (To include pallets of them at Sams or Costco).  I did not see that personally I just vaguely recall reading it here in the threads.  It was discounted down 30% and still not flying off of the shelves.  A few years later and many opinions have changed. 

I will confirm to seeing pallets and pallets of 4184 at Costco.  Regret to this day that I wasn't buying them out.

23 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

I will confirm to seeing pallets and pallets of 4184 at Costco.  Regret to this day that I wasn't buying them out.

not every set is #4184. btw i never saw it is costco. only place i saw that was in target on a black friday and it was $75,00 i only bought 1  that was there at the time 

Edited March 4, 20169 yr by newbie77

chapters indigo cancelled my order of 60 series 15 packets.  email states maximum order of 40

target website seems to have changed 5% off gift card loophole today.  5% off no longer applies to gift card orders.  I tried to buy a ebay gift card last night but got a cancellation email this morning (it had the 5% off last night).  When I tried a new transaction today, there is no more 5% discount.  anyone else seeing the same?

24 minutes ago, brickelements said:

Hockey,

Were you around and in the game during the Pirates of the Caribbean run?  My understanding is that 4184 Black Pearl was everywhere (To include pallets of them at Sams or Costco).  I did not see that personally I just vaguely recall reading it here in the threads.  It was discounted down 30% and still not flying off of the shelves.  A few years later and many opinions have changed. 

Now I admit it might be a stretch of a comparison.  Deep Sea set compared to a Branded Pirates of the Caribbean set.  But if the aftermarket demand is there I see no reason why the unique deep sea sets won't perform admirably.

I won't suggest what to buy and what to shy away from because everyone has unique goals. 

 

Disclosure:  I own both Pirates of the Caribbean sets and Deep sea sets.

 

I was not.  My renaissance was just late 2014 and I'm in my sophomore year.  No longer vulnerable to Chima sales, but new enough that I worry I might go deep on a theme that goes away as part of the normal cycle and then is forgotten, never to appreciate or be appreciated.  Thanks for the lessons learned anecdote.  Those are the kind of stories I want to hear when weighing my strategy and searching for deals.