14 minutes ago, newbie77 said:

before it hit the west-coast.

it was in the bargain store called five below. 

True but selling the fun packs for $5 doesn't look as bad as selling them for .99.  

4 minutes ago, jbacunn said:

True but selling the fun packs for $5 doesn't look as bad as selling them for .99.  

it was $2,50

its bad either way ... these things popping up in these venues spells bad omen. 

i hope this is a one time thing and they will shy away from their strategy. [ but i doubt it based on the stuffs these stores are getting ] 

considering lego themselves cleared them for 5,99 .... 0,99 doesn't look bad at all

if i see another 2 waves of these and i would be seriously considering complete re-vamp of what i am doing.

{ only stuff remaining so far is dr. who series , back to the future & super hero line. lets see if they appear. if they do then all i can say is its real real bad. } 

 

 

Edited January 27, 20178 yr by newbie77

4 minutes ago, newbie77 said:

it was $2,50

its bad either way ... these things popping up in these venues spells bad omen. 

i hope this is a one time thing and they will shy away from their strategy. [ but i doubt it based on the stuffs these stores are getting ] 

if i see another 2 waves of these and i would be seriously considering complete re-vamp of what i am doing.

I'm still a buyer of team and level packs for .99 cents. that's under .02 cents a piece.

Just now, Robb said:

I'm still a buyer of team and level packs for .99 cents. that's under .02 cents a piece.

not going to fight that argument. yes you make $ in these but this action of TLG actually de-values other sets. 

[ if i can get 0.02 cents/piece so why would i pay 0,10 for the parts which is what will be for the larger sets no ? ]

26 minutes ago, newbie77 said:

it was $2,50

 

 

 

Let's not allow facts to detract from my point.  

In Defense of .99, aren't LD sets categorized as electronics and not toys?  If we treat them as DLC for a videogame, a .99 sale for old digital content makes a lot of sense. 

4 minutes ago, Ecto said:

In Defense of .99, aren't LD sets categorized as electronics and not toys?  If we treat them as DLC for a videogame, a .99 sale for old digital content makes a lot of sense. 

This is how I view these as well.  Isn't this typical with these types of games? 

Morro Dragon @ Amazon $44.95 (36% off)

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WHY2XXO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Edited January 27, 20178 yr by Rodeogeorge

Star Wars Sith Infiltrator (75096) $64.98 @TRU

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=57582546&cp=&parentPage=search

 

Edited January 27, 20178 yr by gobuffs98

28 minutes ago, Rodeogeorge said:

Morro Dragon @ Amazon $44.95 (36% off)

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WHY2XXO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Meijer has these for an additional 50% off in store.

7 hours ago, micbelt said:

Joker notorious low rider is 30% off at Amazon and Walmart right now

Just picked a couple up before they went up to $44.73...woohoo

6 minutes ago, mizeur said:

Meijer has these for an additional 50% off in store.

U are just gonna invite the haters this way  

1 minute ago, Bold-Arrow said:

U are just gonna invite the haters this way  

1 minute ago, Bold-Arrow said:

U are just gonna invite the haters this way  

Ha. Then I should probably add it was pretty much just Morro Dragons, Nexo Artillery, Nexo Chariot, and Nexo Mecha Horse left.

Ha. Then I should probably add it was pretty much just Morro Dragons, Nexo Artillery, Nexo Chariot, and Nexo Mecha Horse left.

That store that shall not be named serves about 10% of the US population, if that and Amazon serves 99.9% minus banned people.

All deals are great, all deals that are open to everyone are better.

Alternative facts may have been used in this post.

Does anyone else suspect these 99cent deals could be a flood of counterfeit?  The Chinese have gotten very bold in their blatant disregard of the rest of the worlds intellectual property rights. 

6 minutes ago, thombockerman said:

Does anyone else suspect these 99cent deals could be a flood of counterfeit?  The Chinese have gotten very bold in their blatant disregard of the rest of the worlds intellectual property rights. 

No, dimensions are not as popular as the executives hoped. Thus tons of oversupply. 

I'm guessing Lego gave them to the .99 store to offload there massive oversupply while saving face on Lego.com

Edited January 27, 20178 yr by landphieran

9 minutes ago, landphieran said:

No, dimensions are not as popular as the executives hoped. Thus tons of oversupply. 

I'm guessing Lego gave them to the .99 store to offload there massive oversupply while saving face on Lego.com

People are going to be in for a rude awaking when they can't sell their cart full of Dimensions in the upcoming months.

22 minutes ago, thombockerman said:

 Does anyone else suspect these 99cent deals could be a flood of counterfeit?  The Chinese have gotten very bold in their blatant disregard of the rest of the worlds intellectual property rights. 

Nope. They look legit down to the packaging. None of the knock-offs have been 100% clone to include the boxes.

16 minutes ago, landphieran said:

No, dimensions are not as popular as the executives hoped. Thus tons of oversupply. 

I'm guessing Lego gave them to the .99 store to offload there massive oversupply while saving face on Lego.com

I think you're right that LEGO overproduced, or the demand isn't as strong as predicited, but I'm guessing none of these came from LEGO corporate direct. I think it's more likely these are liquidated units from another retail outlet.

1 minute ago, Jason Mixed said:

People are going to be in for a rude awaking when they can't sell their cart full of Dimensions in the upcoming months.

I don't know if that will be the case. I talked with the manager and asked if this is going to be an ongoing thing and he said he didn't think so. I'm not sure if this is going to be the norm. I know that Lego has a huge overstock of these so they're trying to get rid of them, but I think these are gonna dwindled down overtime. I don't think buying Lego at the $.99 store will be a regular thing. As far as I know they've never sold Legos at the $.99 store.

There's no conspiracy and no "alternative bricks" being sold at the 99 Cent Stores. Lol

These stores are just like 5 Below, Tuesday Morning, Big Lots, Dollar Tree etc.

They get ligit remainders all the time.

Just check the pics of the sealed LEGO cases that people have been posting.

And don't kid yourself for a minute. If these were fakes sold in official packaging, LEGO would have shut this down on day one.

3 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

There's no conspiracy and no "alternative bricks" being sold at the 99 Cent Stores. Lol

These stores are just like 5 Below, Tuesday Morning, Big Lots, Dollar Tree etc.

They get ligit remainders all the time.

Just check the pics of the sealed LEGO cases that people have been posting.

And don't kid yourself for a minute. If these were fakes sold in official packaging, LEGO would have shut this down on day one.

Hey Alpine, are you getting in on any of this action? What do you think about the Scooby packs?  I bought a bunch of sealed boxes but I'm not sure if I should get some more. Not sure about the future of these things and maybe selling some at Christmas time or something. Then again though, I don't want to hold onto these for close to a year. 

23 minutes ago, Jason Mixed said:

People are going to be in for a rude awaking when they can't sell their cart full of Dimensions in the upcoming months.

Maybe. Or they'll wish they had bought more. I'd guess the latter. I have bought 230 Homers in the last 3 days. I have sold 40 of them in the last day. I have a buyer in the UK who wants to buy 100 of them. And I sell at toy shows where the figs will sell quickly if priced at $3 - $4. Maybe it will take me two years to sell them all, but what are the other Lego investments that will double or triple my money in two years?

I think only ppl complaning about 99cent craze from WCoast, lol

Morro Dragon @ Amazon $44.95 (36% off)
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WHY2XXO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Walmart had a shelf full of these. Waiting for at least another $10 off or 50% off rrp.