Yes! I was very happy when it got above 32 degrees for the first time in at least a month. Unfortunately, this nice weather is not lasting for long.

That's colder than the inside of my fridge lol!

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Con: Went to walmart and the best deal there was an $87 Heartlake Mall.

Pro: sunny and 75!

I don't usually buy City but...

I don't usually buy City but...

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I don't usually buy City but...

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Outstanding find!

Many more of that sweet and sexy investment: The Double-Decker Couch. I am pushing my chips all-in on this set my friends!

Dang dude. You will probably be able to build a few Quad-Decker Couches now. Haha.

Okay, so I don't know if this is an okay place to post this so Mods feel free to move where you think it should be. I couldn't see another more "appropriate" thread.

 

Anyway, I buy used Lego lots usually on Goodwill along with buying new sets here and there. I buy the used stuff so we can play with it before we sell it without having to open a sealed set. Anyway, I have gotten a couple of minor disappointments when the shipments arrive and lots of pleasant surprises. However, today brought the biggest bummer I have had so far. I got a lot with 7946 King's Castle and 4708 Hogwarts Express. It also appears to have most, if not all, of 8404 Public Transit and 3181 Passenger Plane.

 

The problem is that someone went all Lord Business on it and glued most of the castle together and the bus from the Public Transport set. I am not sure if they glued the Hogwarts Express, maybe part of it, but not the whole thing and maybe part of the plane too.

 

So, what do you do? Does anyone ever buy sets like this? Or is it pretty much worthless? Thanks for the feedback!

The only market I know of for glued sets are the lego store displays. I hate to break it to you but I don't think anyone will want those glues sets. :(

The only market I know of for glued sets are the lego store displays. I hate to break it to you but I don't think anyone will want those glues sets.

Thanks for the response. That kind of sucks, but I guess that will happen sometimes if I am buying without physically touching the Lego.

Two arctic base camps at Walmart for $60 each. 

ToO at s&**** using $40 in rewards ...

Spent all of my expiring SYW points on Kmart.

 

I bought some City, Bionicle and Ninjago. 

 

None of these were for investments.  They were all future gifts for my son.  It felt great to buy something that was 100% gift and 0% investment.  I can't wait to see the smile on his face when he opens these, or better yet, when he asks me how proud I am of him when he builds them on his own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(edit: spelling mistake)

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60052 AWD for $128.

One Series 1 Black Mixel - Shuff for $10.

 

(If you want to know why, you can read about it here).

I don't usually buy City but...

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Very nice indeed!!

Okay, so I don't know if this is an okay place to post this so Mods feel free to move where you think it should be. I couldn't see another more "appropriate" thread.

 

Anyway, I buy used Lego lots usually on Goodwill along with buying new sets here and there. I buy the used stuff so we can play with it before we sell it without having to open a sealed set. Anyway, I have gotten a couple of minor disappointments when the shipments arrive and lots of pleasant surprises. However, today brought the biggest bummer I have had so far. I got a lot with 7946 King's Castle and 4708 Hogwarts Express. It also appears to have most, if not all, of 8404 Public Transit and 3181 Passenger Plane.

 

The problem is that someone went all Lord Business on it and glued most of the castle together and the bus from the Public Transport set. I am not sure if they glued the Hogwarts Express, maybe part of it, but not the whole thing and maybe part of the plane too.

 

So, what do you do? Does anyone ever buy sets like this? Or is it pretty much worthless? Thanks for the feedback!

 

Last year, I did a lot of buying on Goodwill.  And while I've had some fantastic finds - the coal tender and passenger car from Emerald Night, some HP sets (complete), Boeing 787 (10177), NIB Santa Fe Super Chief - I've also been burned a few times as well.  I've got a Friends Summer Riding Camp that's missing two whole bags (everything else is sealed).  I've got a Darkseid Invasion missing an entire bag (everything is sealed).  I had an Indiana Jones set that was advertised as "complete!" with no picture of the contents.  Got it home, and it was $5 of Lego junk.

 

Darkseid Invasion, I'm going to order the parts I'm missing.  It's obvious it was a salvage/damaged box, and that one of the bags was swiped or fell out of a hold in the box.  Fortunately, it's only part of the ship, and not the minifigs (which is what's important to me).  The Summer Riding Camp, I'm just going to inventory, and eventually order the missing parts.

 

Indiana Jones, I actually wrote them a letter, and told them how badly what was described differed from what was sent to me.  They were fine with that, asked me to send it back, paid the postage to send it back, and refunded me my entire amount.

 

It's up to you what to do.  If they didn't list it as glued, and they have pictures of it out, it's reasonable to say that it's not as described.  I get that they sell it "as is", but, there's also an expectation that you, as a consumer, would be getting Lego blocks, not glued Lego blocks.  It's a bit inherent in the product.  They have a responsibility, as a sell, to accurately describe, to the best of their ability, what they are selling.

 

It's reasonable to say that they might not be aware that a bag is missing, or parts are missing from bags.  But if they've handled the product, and put it on display for pictures, knowing that it's Lego (and yes, Goodwills are quite knowledgeable that Lego are valuable), then they owe it to you to make it right.

 

In my mind, it's a little different than eBay, since the one holding the auction is the seller.  They certainly rake in the dough - they overcharge (IMO) on shipping, and adding in a handling fee is really pretty ridiculous. 

 

It's ultimately up to you, though.  It depends on how much you spent.  $20?  Eh, oh well.  The money is going to a good cause.  Over $50?  If most of it is not salvageable, then you should consider contacting them.

Just bought Arctic Batman 76000 at TRU online (only one was available). Added Arctic Snow Mobile 60032 to get to $25 treshold, applied coupon. Free shipping via shoprunner.

$22.15 total, given the tax

Just bought Arctic Batman 76000 at TRU online (only one was available). Added Arctic Snow Mobile 60032 to get to $25 treshold, applied coupon. Free shipping via shoprunner.

$22.15 total, given the tax

good score. now does TRU ships in a box or envelope? since you have 2 sets i am inclined to think that this would be a 12X10X0.5 envelop (not meaning that to happen or would happen)

 

but that's what used to happen to me somehow TRU and my karma don't get along.

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good score. now does TRU ships in a box or envelope? since you have 2 sets i am inclined to think that this would be a 12X10X0.5 envelop

Yeah, that's a concern. I do expect double pancake special, though given the shoprunner 2 day shipping, maybe they have different workflow 

Chill everyone the Arctic Batman will come in a 4 foot long 3 foot high 1 foot wide box by itself with no wrap like most of my Jedi Cruiser's came in individually.

 

LOL

Chill everyone the Arctic Batman will come in a 4 foot long 3 foot high 1 foot wide box by itself with no wrap like most of my Jedi Cruiser's came in individually.

 

LOL

Chill... I see what you did there. "Arctic Batman" and "chill." Nice. 

One of my TRU shipments.  This box was 20 x larger than a Unimog w/ zero air bubbles.

 

One of my TRU shipments.  This box was 20 x larger than a Unimog w/ zero air bubbles.

 

Good, you can ship one of your DS or SSD sets without worrying about finding a large enough box.

I should have taken pictures too.. I just had TRU ship a single 32x32 baseplate in a 14x12x12 box. It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't six baseplates all in their own box. The best part was 3 were wrapped in bubble wrap, 3 were not. Made perfect sense to me.

I bought a DDC for $3 from Kmart ($6 in surprise points, no minimum + $9 in bonus points from a purchase another family member made but I do have SYW Max though, so technically it cost me $3).  Please don't ship me drapes...