If you have a Fry's near you, it's worth checking out their Lego isle.  I stopped in tonight and swooped up 3 Vampire Hearses for 24.99, and 3 Mad scientist sets for 39.99. No GT's or VC's though... Nothing mind blowing, but cheaper than Amazon right right now if you don't want to risk waiting for them to go on clearance somewhere or don't get clearance sales.  I'm hoping the hearse will be one of the better performing small sets from MF after EOL.  It's a cool little set.

 

As a side note, they also had one city set 4441 so I picked it up too.  Retail price of course, but all the forest city stuff seems to be doing quite well.  Wish I picked up more robber's hideouts

 

They also had TONs of AC motherships and Kingdoms carriage ambush.  Weird mix of long retired and new stuff on the shelf.

Fry's grocery store or Fry's electronics? Or something else?

Fry's grocery store or Fry's electronics? Or something else?

 

Fry's Electronics - I didn't know there was a Fry's grocery store.  We just call it Fry's around here.

I had no idea they had Lego. Will have to check out the one by me.

I have never heard of the place. 

I frequent a Fry's, never even bothered to look in their toy aisle. I'll be sure to check it out next time, thanks for the heads up.

The only Fry I know of is from Futurama. I never heard of an electronics store with that name before. Guess you learn something new everyday, huh?

We have one Fry's in the entire city of Austin, but it's at the other end of the city and I didn't even know they sold toys. Not gonna drive out there just for that, but if I'm in the area I'll stop and report what I see. Thanks for the heads up, OP.

I've noticed that Fry's has some items on sale/clearance for in-store pick-up. Their website makes it pretty easy to see which locations have what in stock and to then reserve it for store pickup.

 

For example:

The Republic Frigate (7964) for $60 (Available in Duluth, ***)

The Malevolence (9515) for $80 (Available in a few places in CA and WA)

Weathertop (9472) for $40 (CA, AZ, WA, TX, ***)

etc...

 

Nothing super spectacular, I suppose, but I am planning on picking up a couple of Weathertops and some others, if I can make it over there this week.

Republic Frigate is great if you live in Duluth.. go grab some

Can I get some ketchup with those Fry's?

Fry's online stock tracker trolled me earlier this year. Showed some HP sets in stock at the Las Vegas store. Drove downtown, found open boxes with parts missing, left disappointed...

Not sure if it would've helped in the above case, but when you reserve, they actually pull it out and hold it at the counter for you for 3 days.

What type of store is a Fry's? I've never seen one before.

What type of store is a Fry's? I've never seen one before.

 

Mostly computers and electronics, but really a little bit of everything.

 

Some of them have really douchey themes....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry%27s_Electronics

What type of store is a Fry's? I've never seen one before.

If you are a techie, it is a home away from home. At least it used to be for me when I was building systems. It has computers, audio/video, home appliances, books, DVD's/Blu-Rays, etc... pretty much anything with a circuit board (including washers and dryers, etc...)

 

Lots of good memories at Fry's..........

Hello all!

 

Just reviving this because I have a friend who used to work at Fry's.

 

Since I'm back into collecting/investing and he is interested as well, he told me that BF is the best day to go in and pick up all the Lego sets possible.

 

Also, the website usually has higher prices than the stores or vice-versa, so price match the lowest price if you go to the stores.

 

Let's keep the updates here because I have two stores near me, which we will be checking tonight and throughout the month to validate deals, sales and clearances.

 

Thanks!

My Frys has about 20 Kingdoms King's Carriage marked at $30. Sooner or later they have to discount them some more, right?

Some time right after the holidays, Fry's had a 30+% off on all LEGO sets for my area, so I was able to pick up quite a few battle packs and other midi-sized sets. They don't usually carry huge sets, that are worth upwards of $130, but they have a decent enough selection to make me visit often.

Check out the deals @ Fry's Electronics (in-store) or online.

 

Online deals @ Fry's.com

 

I purchased an Alien Mother ship for $14.95 and 2 x Carriage Ambush for $14.95 as well. Various other LEGO sets on sale and YMMV!