4 minutes ago, Phil B said:

Now let's hope it is indeed LEGO and not the clone-brand-that-must-not-be-named .....

PS: Wrong thread for this and your post

Whoops, read "buy" not "build". Seller did send closeups of the logo on the bricks, no instructions though.

@mods, can you move this to the correct thread.

On 10/28/2019 at 8:42 AM, brickvoyeur said:

Grabbed the Dusty Night on Mercari

Emerald Night arrived and didn't resemble the Dusty Night from the listing. The seller cleaned it up before sending it on its way which earned 5 stars on top of the ridiculously low price. 

135 units of Great Wall of China for just under $5k

Well it was a few weeks ago now but wanted to share.

Secured a vintage LEGO castle collection on Craigslist.  99.9% of every vintage castle sets ever released (plus some doubles, 105 sets total), all the western indian sets, bunch of Heroica, bunch of random instructions, pieces, minifigures and boxes.  Well cared for from a collector who decided to move on. 

The crown jewel is a pristine boxed Yellow Castle.  Been hunting for that one for a looooong time.

 

Currently re-examining my life to determine how the heck I got to this point

 

The other guy already examined and ended up selling to you.  Nice haul.

Recently I bought the 75082 TIE Advanced Prototype for $10 at a flea market complete with the minifigures.  It pairs nicely with the 8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter.  The thing I like about the prototype set is the mechanism that shoots the flick missiles as opposed to manually shooting them that is more commonplace on other sets.

I also recently bought the Pet Shop modular for $100 complete and with the instructions on Craigslist for my daughter who now has her own room (she was sharing a room with her twin brother).  She incorporated the series 19 pooper scooper minifigures in it nicely!

Bought 3 City Harvester Transport sets at Target, got them to price Walmart for $16.60 each (told me they were only supposed to price match one next time after the fact) and got the $10 gift card.  The McLaren Senna set is for me!

27 minutes ago, LegoWalker4 said:

Bought 3 City Harvester Transport sets at Target, got them to price Walmart for $16.60 each (told me they were only supposed to price match one next time after the fact) and got the $10 gift card.  The McLaren Senna set is for me!

they are only supposed to pm one, that's the policy. but most of the time they are willing to make an exception

Grabbed a Bugatti and Land Rover off Iwoot for $440 with no tax and free shipping. Saved just shy of $150 with the discounts and no tax.

14 minutes ago, TigerEyez said:

Grabbed a Bugatti and Land Rover off Iwoot for $440 with no tax and free shipping. Saved just shy of $150 with the discounts and no tax.

I'm guessing but classic personal collection type of purchase...get the Bugatti b4 retirement and fall in love w/ the Rover (even tho likely will be discounted more later).  I liked the Rover when it first came out and then liked it more when I saw the big and heavy box...but ultimately, I am not that into the source material...although LEGO executed the build marvelously, it's still a car that will more likely have a privileged soccer mom driving than anyone else.

Thanks to the BP community being on the ball this morning about the Target sale and it was a somewhat expensive day for me.  I finally got my half price Kessel Run Millennium Falcon and did not even have to hide it in the furniture section (I have not done that and would never do it)! 

I followed exciter1's preferred method for the bar codes up in the cart.  It does save time.

I got me a UCS Hulkbuster this morning from LEGO.   I've had my eye on it for awhile. Anyone called in to CS to see if you can get a GWP with that or anything?

Picked up some of the LEGO Black Friday sets from Walmart on clearance already. Only let me order 2 for in store pick up at $7 each and system appeared to show only 1 more available at the store. Arrived to find 18 more waiting. 

Saw a couple of 50% off Arctic Base at my favorite Target today and could not resist

Picked up the last 2 capitols at my local target. Great looking box and set.

Picked up a Ferrari Ultimate Garage for 50% off @ target.

Bought a Boeing Dreamliner locally for $150. Not an amazing deal, but I have wanted it forever. This particular sale included the box and instructions, and the box especially seems to be somewhat rare for sales on both eBay and BL. 

Watched an item on eBay for months entitled "3 Star Wars Legos Sets With Mixed Pieces (Some Pieces May Be Missing) ". Listing contained 75059 Sandcrawler, 75060 Slave I, and 75095 Tie Fighter. Listing started at close to $500 and slowly dropped.

Listing dropped for over two months and eventually was sitting there at $185+$35 shipping. eBay sent out that "we screwed up sending you that better coupon, so here's one not as good" for 10% off, so I figured I would finally message the seller. Seller says she knew nothing about Lego or Star Wars. I explained to her what a minifigure was and if she could pull them all out of the box and take a picture of them. Turns out, every figure was there, plus a few extra.

So I asked her to change the price from $185+$35 shipping, to $220 with free shipping so I could maximize the coupon. I ended up paying $213.20 after tax, plus $22 in eBay bucks back.

I broke down and inventoried everything over the last couple days, and all 3 UCS sets were complete. It also included a complete (less minifigures) Ecto 1 and a Snowspeeder Microfighter.

 

I bought two of the 80103 Dragon Boat Races since it's likely retiring soon.  Got me the 40337 Gingerbread House with them! WOOHOO!

Worth the trip to Lego store.

Looks of amazement from kids.

Another trip this morn. Will qfll all this and make another trip tonight with fake moustache. 

8 minutes ago, marcandre said:

Another trip this morn. Will qfll all this and make another trip tonight with fake moustache. 

Bonus tip: It's useful to invest in 10 different colours & shapes to max out your potential profit. 

My recent Craigslist finds:

For my collection - 7946 King’s Castle ($80), complete, 75150 Vader's TIE Advanced vs. A-Wing Starfighter ($60), will try sell to my 8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter to help defray the cost of this last one.

To sell – 75902 The Mystery Machine ($25), new and sealed.

Saw a brand new sealed 21146 for MSRP at a random store today ...

 

Saw a brand new sealed 21146 for MSRP at a random store today ...

 

Nice! This set has been my biggest money maker by far this season. I was lucky enough to find a ton still on the shelves after noticing Ebay prices shoot up last summer.