And nothing at my closest tru.  Big waste of time. 

I know it's been mentioned a few times but you can get multiple 50 dollar gift cards to TRU for 40. Bought 4 of them.

Every staples where I live is sold out of the gift cards

I'm here now. They are out of the main stuff but do have hulk busters I found hidden. The sand man set is 25 and the tie advanced is 26 so I think I'll work with those.

I know I'm a minority with thinking SH sets are good but for the hulks for 14.24 the Tie Advanced for 18.94 and the sandman/rhino set for 17.96. Better than 50% off so I'm happy. Takes a lot of work to get the "good deal" at TRU but with "magic" seems to be good at the end of the day.

*Note*

I don't have the credit card yet. Figured I'd wait for a super duper sale where I am willing to spend 1,000s. If I had the card the sets would be 60%+ off. I know not many people focused on these sets but I can see them all doing ok!

2 minutes ago, Lego Templar said:

I don't have the credit card yet. Figured I'd wait for a super duper sale where I am willing to spend 1,000s. If I had the card the sets would be 60%+ off. I know not many people focused on these sets but I can see them all doing ok!

How much are you losing by not taking advantage of TRUTH/TRUST and double rewards while waiting for this potential transaction?  I'd say the math does not support this decision.

Guys, of these what would you recommend for investment. The f14 scuderia, changing seasons, trex tracker, xwing/Vader, dr who. Those are the main ones left here.

Guys, of these what would you recommend for investment. The f14 scuderia, changing seasons, trex tracker, xwing/Vader, dr who. Those are the main ones left here.

Dr Who.

How much are you losing by not taking advantage of TRUTH/TRUST and double rewards while waiting for this potential transaction?  I'd say the math does not support this decision.

True. But in my defense I've only shopped at TRU 3 times this year.

Bought like 10-12 hydra fortress at 24 dollars months ago. Bought the SuperGirl PS4 bundles and parted those out (did really well with that) and leads to yesterday and today.

Like I said I'd like to wait for it to be worth it so I can stack the 25% and whatever promo is at the time. A planetary alignment kind of thing lol.

Starting to see the light with TRU but I still prefer "oh this Walmart has this for 50% off and shows 8 in stock let me go there" buy it or not not "it's Tuesday at 4pm and is a leap year so I can get 10% off if I sneeze 3 times counterclockwise" getting 50% off which I could have just drove to Walmart and get without hassle.

I'm slowly seeing the TRU light but my toes are in not my whole body lol..

1 hour ago, Lego Templar said:

don't have the credit card yet. Figured I'd wait for a super duper sale where I am willing to spend 1,000s. If I had the card the sets would be 60%+ off. I know not many people focused on these sets but I can see them all doing ok!

Not sure about Synchrony but when I first got a TRU CC they weren't giving out credit lines in the thousands. Even with good credit score and high income.   Not sure if you can do partial pay and get the 15% off when opening an account like you can to get the 10% on TRUTH. 

1 hour ago, jaylay said:

Guys, of these what would you recommend for investment. The f14 scuderia, changing seasons, trex tracker, xwing/Vader, dr who. Those are the main ones left here.

Deffinetely not changing seasons Kmart has been giving it away all year for 1/2 off plus it s**** IMO 

Edited December 11, 20169 yr by Pseudoty

About 95% of my TRU transactions are partial pay with the credit card and discount gift cards.

Changing Seasons has been deeply discounted at a lot of places, but I admit, I actually really like this set. I think it's a clever idea. 

Some final thoughts on this sale:

I was thinking all day how in a few short years TRU has gone from being the worst place to get discounts to being the best place to get them. Pretty interesting. I wonder if it speaks to how they are doing or how the market is doing.

I was also thinking how interesting it was that some TRU forget/don't mark some of the sale items on the shelf.

I spent most of the day at 3 different TRUs. I bought way more than I wanted to, but at these prices I couldn't say no. I focused primarily on the sets that were definitely outgoing - Here are a few observations -

Jurassic World - stuff didn't even sell out at the discounts. A couple stores still had LOTS of T.Rex Trackers, and a few Raptor Rampages. 

Scooby Mansions - One store sold out of 5 of them while I was there, another sold about 7 out of the 14 they had on the shelf. 

Bionicle - This stuff did not move at all.

Speed Champions - Slow sales, but far from shelf wiping.

A-Wings/Tie Advanced - All sold out.

Hurricane Heists - One store had about 10 of them at $30. These all moved today. The website has them at $35. I don't think this is any sort of investment winner, but I found it interesting that they moved so quickly.

Minecraft Nether Dragon - This one disappeared even from the store that had about a dozen.

Shuttle Tyderium - This is concerning to me, as I have a ton of them - But these did not seem to move even at nearly half off and promo. I am baffled, as I think this is a sharp set.

Mighty Micros - These seemed to move OK, but I was a bit surprised any stayed on the shelves. I like these sets at these prices.

Anyway, just my own observations. I actually didn't buy a lot of stuff I would have liked to. I am hoping they kick in one more last minute sale next weekend. Or actually, I am hoping they don't.

FWIW - At the store level, if the sale ends at the end of the day, it switches instantly at midnight - So if you're doing any overnight shopping/1am shopping, be aware.

 

Any coupons valid right now?

 

I'm not seeing any solid TRUTH opportunities today.  No 1-Day specials or coupons to be found.  Just the BOGO40 sets, but meh.

Am I missing something?

Just now, andystj said:

Am I missing something?

Nope.

 

13 hours ago, andystj said:

I'm not seeing any solid TRUTH opportunities today.  No 1-Day specials or coupons to be found.  Just the BOGO40 sets, but meh.

Am I missing something?

This close to Christmas TRU doesn't discount much. In fact they sometimes raise prices. The theory being, only the desperate buy at this late date so gouge them for all they have.

On 12/10/2016 at 11:58 PM, Achilles said:

Changing Seasons has been deeply discounted at a lot of places, but I admit, I actually really like this set. I think it's a clever idea. 

Some final thoughts on this sale:

I was thinking all day how in a few short years TRU has gone from being the worst place to get discounts to being the best place to get them. Pretty interesting. I wonder if it speaks to how they are doing or how the market is doing.

I was also thinking how interesting it was that some TRU forget/don't mark some of the sale items on the shelf.

I spent most of the day at 3 different TRUs. I bought way more than I wanted to, but at these prices I couldn't say no. I focused primarily on the sets that were definitely outgoing - Here are a few observations -

Jurassic World - stuff didn't even sell out at the discounts. A couple stores still had LOTS of T.Rex Trackers, and a few Raptor Rampages. 

Scooby Mansions - One store sold out of 5 of them while I was there, another sold about 7 out of the 14 they had on the shelf. 

Bionicle - This stuff did not move at all.

Speed Champions - Slow sales, but far from shelf wiping.

A-Wings/Tie Advanced - All sold out.

Hurricane Heists - One store had about 10 of them at $30. These all moved today. The website has them at $35. I don't think this is any sort of investment winner, but I found it interesting that they moved so quickly.

Minecraft Nether Dragon - This one disappeared even from the store that had about a dozen.

Shuttle Tyderium - This is concerning to me, as I have a ton of them - But these did not seem to move even at nearly half off and promo. I am baffled, as I think this is a sharp set.

Mighty Micros - These seemed to move OK, but I was a bit surprised any stayed on the shelves. I like these sets at these prices.

Anyway, just my own observations. I actually didn't buy a lot of stuff I would have liked to. I am hoping they kick in one more last minute sale next weekend. Or actually, I am hoping they don't.

FWIW - At the store level, if the sale ends at the end of the day, it switches instantly at midnight - So if you're doing any overnight shopping/1am shopping, be aware.

 

I was hoping to grab some mansions, but they were all out.  I have a couple of hookups at a TRU and asked them to check all inventory within a few hundred miles.  They said they actually had some in their store, but they were on the trucks still.   Lo and behold, the day after the sale ended, they had 5 on the shelf at $94.  I woulda arm-swept at  $56 and change.

Any good buys out there? I've got a gc and rewards to burn today.

33 minutes ago, jaylay said:

Any good buys out there? I've got a gc and rewards to burn today.

Didn't see anything good in store yesterday. May want to just buy online. Side note, did notice stacks upon stacks of Yellow Submarine in store. 

Yeah. I bought the only two Subs my store had back at release. But around BF it got flooded. No flip for me.

1 hour ago, jaylay said:

Any good buys out there? I've got a gc and rewards to burn today.

Millennium Falcon  $179.99

Both X-wings $94.99

GO GO GO!

5 hours ago, jaylay said:

Any good buys out there? I've got a gc and rewards to burn today.

I'm in the same boat.  PM to Target I see a few potentials, debating on holding off until post-Christmas sales.

	PM	Cost pre-tax	RRP	% off RRP
60110 Fire Station (TAR)	$71.99	$50.14	$99.99	50%
60076 Demolition Site (TAR)	$71.99	$50.14	$89.99	44%
60080 Spaceport (TAR)	$65.59	$45.69	$119.99	62%
70594 Ninjago Lighthouse (TAR)	$42.39	$29.53	$69.99	58%

 

 

New stuff at TRU. Noticed Elsa's Castle, new small Technic, Ninjago and Creator sets too.

14 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

New stuff at TRU. Noticed Elsa's Castle, new small Technic, Ninjago and Creator sets too.

Someone help me. Is the mark up on arkham asylum really 30 dollars. 

Someone help me. Is the mark up on arkham asylum really 30 dollars. 

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