Picked up another SD and 6x 3PO poly

2 hours ago, Dark Helmet said:

Picked up another SD and 6x 3PO poly

My local store only let me buy 2. I guess I will be getting 2 a day until they run out.

Bought Lego Dimensions Doctor Who and 1x C3PO polybag.

What a mess trying to buy.  First off - I hate this time of year, as TRU is manning registers with newbies and freeze at the mention of a coupon or a gift with purchase.  Second, the computer wouldn't let her run the Dimensions because it's release date is Tuesday.  That's fine, but why have it out on the floor unless you're going to sell it (I know, I know, we've all been there, I have too). Obviously, they went ahead and sold it to me, after getting an okay from the manager.

Next, she had to call her manager about the 3PO polybag.  She brought one over.  I asked if I could buy two more - I had both my kids with me - nope.  No go.  Meanwhile, California92563 was in the same TRU earlier today and heard the manager telling all his cashiers that they were available for sale.

This particular TRU is the most conservative of the three I go to.  I obviously need to hit a different one tomorrow.

This past week or 2

winter toy shop and santas ws with promo train

10 40124 and 10 40125 with 2 promo trains

ISD 75055 

20 SW advent @ 23.45 each. already all sold. Most to friends at cost but sold 9 @ $35.00

51 C-3PO polybags

Edited November 3, 201510 yr by 167pilot

I picked up the 2 seasonal sets. Love the santa one!

4 Pet Shop £12 off RRP

70737 50% off. Could get more but doubt the potential of this one as it is being aggressively discounted everywhere.

1 hour ago, valenciaeric said:

70737 50% off. Could get more but doubt the potential of this one as it is being aggressively discounted everywhere.

is that a local deal?  I want one to build.

Yup, for some reason shops have decided to  quick flip this one - not a good sign for long term residuals.

Bought:

1 Olivia's House: 34,99€

1 Mia's Sports Car: 10,99€

1 458 Italia GT2: 10,99€

1 McLaren P1: 10,99€

 

There are 4 or 5 more Olivia's House in the shop, I don't know if I should buy a few more, what do you think guys?

Try selling a few first! It´s the right time of the year and they are reaching between 65-80 eurosin Germany.

12 minutes ago, valenciaeric said:

Try selling a few first! It´s the right time of the year and they are reaching between 65-80 eurosin Germany.

I was thinking of keep them and just sell them in 2016, maybe next christmas. The value should increase a bit mre right?

Make hay while the sun shines. So sell/flip them now.

Exactly, overhoarded playsets like this don´t appreciate much and your buy in gives you a chance to flip and gain rep for bigger and better sales.

Edited November 7, 201510 yr by valenciaeric

Picked up a Hero Factory Rocka Steakth Machine 44019 for $0.03 at toys r us as well as 14 x Halloween Bats

27 White Houses 21006

18 Brandenburg Gates 21011

I'll collect the rest tomorrow

How likely do you think they are to EOL this year?

Short story, hopefully entertaining (and reminiscent of a Goodwill lot Alpinemaps found/lost earlier in the thread [sorry for bringing that up!])...

These days, CL deals don't come as often/easy and finding a truly 'rare' set is even more difficult. That's why my eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets when I saw this photo on a $50 listing for 8 lbs of bulk locally:

Thankfully, no one else had contacted the seller almost four hours later (an eternity of time for a decent Lego lot listed in my area) and I made arrangements to pick it up as soon as I could. After 5-10 minutes of sifting through and grabbing most of the related pieces in the lot, I have this bin of pieces from 10190 Market Street:

I'm pleasantly surprised by how much of the set I ended up with (even though many of the hard to find pieces are missing). As a collector who has bricklinked Cafe Corner and a Sand Blue Grocer, this is a very welcome 'head start' to wrapping up the last modular I needed to complete my street. Last week I found a Black Pearl & QAR (no minifigs) plus several other sets for $85, so I'm hoping this run of finding rare/valuable sets on CL continues!

How likely do you think they are to EOL this year?

White House came out in 2010 so it's due a retirement. I'm hoping this is its last, it's also sold out at a couple of UK retailers. Brandenburg gate is very likely, it's part of the new Berlin architecture set scheduled for release next year.

4 hours ago, BrickMarket said:

Short story, hopefully entertaining (and reminiscent of a Goodwill lot Alpinemaps found/lost earlier in the thread [sorry for bringing that up!])...

These days, CL deals don't come as often/easy and finding a truly 'rare' set is even more difficult. That's why my eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets when I saw this photo on a $50 listing for 8 lbs of bulk locally:

 

Thankfully, no one else had contacted the seller almost four hours later (an eternity of time for a decent Lego lot listed in my area) and I made arrangements to pick it up as soon as I could. After 5-10 minutes of sifting through and grabbing most of the related pieces in the lot, I have this bin of pieces from 10190 Market Street:

 

I'm pleasantly surprised by how much of the set I ended up with (even though many of the hard to find pieces are missing). As a collector who has bricklinked Cafe Corner and a Sand Blue Grocer, this is a very welcome 'head start' to wrapping up the last modular I needed to complete my street. Last week I found a Black Pearl & QAR (no minifigs) plus several other sets for $85, so I'm hoping this run of finding rare/valuable sets on CL continues!

 

 

Awesome find! Congrats that's really cool.

2 hours ago, Crustybeaver said:

White House came out in 2010 so it's due a retirement. I'm hoping this is its last, it's also sold out at a couple of UK retailers. Brandenburg gate is very likely, it's part of the new Berlin architecture set scheduled for release next year.

In the US the limit at LEGO Shop at Home is 99.

I bought 12 C3PO polybags via TRU. Score!!

5 hours ago, dcdfan said:

In the US the limit at LEGO Shop at Home is 99.

Like the Space Needle, another set I'm guessing will cease production soon. I would imagine they are carrying large stock of both and have raised buying limits to clear out remaining inventory. 

I think I had a JACKPOT!!!!!

Yesterday I accumulate in my shopping card: 50% of my LEGO purchases, making a total of 88,32€ (due to 50% campaign in all toys during this weekend).

Today I went to the shop again and look what I found: http://i.imgur.com/I0c6vv1.jpg (x2)

So, I used the 88,32€ I already had in the shopping card from yesterday and only paid 71,66€ for both instead of 159,98€, and accumulate 50% in the card again and now I have 80,00€ in the card.

Can anyone help me do the calculations? Because I paid 71,66€ and accumulate 80,00€ in the card. They paid me 8,34€ to get the 2 sets?

Edited November 8, 201510 yr by SrQueimado

So, more or less 40 euros per set when they originally cost 60. Not bad for 4 years after EOL and considering they sell for double RRP on ebay.

One wonders how they didn´t sell sooner, though.