Finally got the 2020 SW advent calendar. Why was this year’s so hard to find?! Reduced production or just pandemic + SW interest? Sold out everywhere in Canada. In any case, the tradition continues! 

Edited November 29, 20205 yr by eliminator

59 minutes ago, eliminator said:

Finally got the 2020 SW advent calendar. Why was this year’s so hard to find?! Reduced production or just pandemic + SW interest? Sold out everywhere in Canada. In any case, the tradition continues! 

My theory is they produced much less this year, and Retailers lowered the prices much quicker. WM basically had them at $30 (instead of MSRP of $40) right away, and other retailers had them on sale at like $24. I know there were a LOT of HP/Friends/City Advent calendars floating around post Christmas last year.

The Friends one seemed to insta sell out everywhere.

 

Sw advent was sold out almost everywhere, I did see 5 at supermarkets at 30% off and picked them up. 

The find of the week was on black Friday when I saw 3 lego elves 41195 Emily and nocturna showdown for 28chf. Arm swept the lot. Must have been laying in storage for a while.

9 minutes ago, Achilles said:

My theory is they produced much less this year, and Retailers lowered the prices much quicker. WM basically had them at $30 (instead of MSRP of $40) right away, and other retailers had them on sale at like $24. I know there were a LOT of HP/Friends/City Advent calendars floating around post Christmas last year.

The Friends one seemed to insta sell out everywhere.

 

...and ofcourse can't under-estimate the appeal of ugly Christmas sweaters...seriously, there should be a variant in every advent

Went to Target to buy grocery, coming home with a single Quidditch set (price matched).  This store had stacks of 20-30 of these just last week.

Time to make my $5 😛

 

Went to Target to buy grocery, coming home with a single Quidditch set (price matched).  This store had stacks of 20-30 of these just last week.
Time to make my $5 [emoji14]
 

I'm hoping that we all make more than $5 off these!

 lego technic

42098 car transporter . 80 euro

42108 - Mobile Crane . 56 euro

On 11/29/2020 at 8:16 PM, $20 on joe vs dan said:

...and ofcourse can't under-estimate the appeal of ugly Christmas sweaters...seriously, there should be a variant in every advent

supply must be dried up, even on bricklink lowest is US$50. don't underestimate the allure of ugly christmas sweaters. the figs will be highly sought after in future...

Triple dip on promos in store today. 20% sale still on. May go back tonight.

 

12 minutes ago, marcandre said:

Triple dip on promos in store today. 20% sale still on. May go back tonight.

 

Nice Job!  Some have said their stores had put away the C.D. promo and wouldn't allow the double up with Rink. I was hoping for a small window for both last night on the SaH  site but no go. And little tree of course store only.

well meant to post here and cross posted any ways

I spent $300 on lego at my store, got 2 Christmas Carol, 2 Ice Skating Rink, several Christmas Tree Poly's and the Gift Wrap package plus items on sale

3 hours ago, marcandre said:

Triple dip on promos in store today. 20% sale still on. May go back tonight.

 

I wish the store at my location has the chinese new year set. I want it very much but $119 rrp is already high so can’t afford to pay aftermarket price. 😟

9 hours ago, starwarsxpress said:

well meant to post here and cross posted any ways

I spent $300 on lego at my store, got 2 Christmas Carol, 2 Ice Skating Rink, several Christmas Tree Poly's and the Gift Wrap package plus items on sale

My store still allowed you to get Dickens, but you had to choose Dickens or Skating Rink, not both.

Mixed it up enough to get the promos for BB-8, Olaf Sleigh, Christmas tree, and chose the rink. Would’ve been fantastic to get another Dickens.

On mine they allowed to get both as long as you spent $300. Anything below that would get you only 1.

Got another Camper, Chinese New Year Fair and a couple Pop Up books at $56 each

Traded a NSIB Nebulon B Frigate for a NSIB 7900 City Heavy loader Truck.  Pretty stoked to add it to our city. 

On 12/1/2020 at 1:13 PM, marcandre said:

Triple dip on promos in store today. 20% sale still on. May go back tonight.

Nice, I had to spent $350 to get the Dickens.

Notable sales were Chess Set, Steamboat, and some Hidden Side sets.

And they would only do "one per household" on the GWPs.

EDIT: random note, my store also had like two dozen 75192s lined up along the back...

Edited December 3, 20205 yr by ichiroll

28 minutes ago, ichiroll said:

EDIT: random note, my store also had like two dozen 75192s lined up along the back...

Thanks for this random edit. I have a lot to flip. I would prefer to not get caught behind Amazon's restock.

I possess a used  Rathtar Escape 75180 but it's in "like new" condition because I only built it once and was very careful.  Does anyone know how much that's worth?  I've seen prices from $30 - $98.

On 11/29/2020 at 8:10 PM, coelian said:

Sw advent was sold out almost everywhere, I did see 5 at supermarkets at 30% off and picked them up. 

The find of the week was on black Friday when I saw 3 lego elves 41195 Emily and nocturna showdown for 28chf. Arm swept the lot. Must have been laying in storage for a while.

Sold 2 of the elves sets for 177 profit on a 56 dollar investment. I need to find more of them... Too bad the smyths store near my place closed down, there were a couple there but I did not think much of it. 

Today I grabbed a Slave I and a few Rise of Voldemort's at the local LEGO store. Got the Dickens and BB8 Promo. Christmas tree Promo seems to be gone.

I've been hitting up the nearby LEGO Store every couple of days this past week - A few observations for any who might care:

1. This store is letting you choose between Dickens or Ice Rink.

2. This store is enforcing a 3max per set rule.

3. Lion Dance and VW Bus were the only ones TAGGED on the shelf as "Last Chance".

4. Fast Sellers: VW Buses sold out pretty quickly at 20%. Chess sets sold out pretty fast.

5. Slow Sellers: On the clearance table seem to be the same TLM2 Sets, the same Toy Story 4 10770s, and the same Donut Shop Openings of which they have a ton, 20% discount. Steamboat Willy doesn't seem to be flying off the shelf at 20%, and  Tantive IV seems to have several, as I bought a couple and the shelf gets restocked. VW Bugs don't seem to be shooting away at full price either.

6. Slave I's at 20% seem to be trickling in occasionally.

7. Despite them telling me it sells well, I have not seen a single person purchase a Monkie Kid set.

29 minutes ago, Achilles said:

7. Despite them telling me it sells well, I have not seen a single person purchase a Monkie Kid set.

I'm curious if Monkie Kid will rise in popularity as Ninjago fades away? 

IMO they're interesting sets with good parts and minifigs altho this far I've only purchased parts and minifigs for personal collection.

I rarely buy used lots of Lego. This popped up on Facebook and ended up getting it for $300. Still havent gone through all of it . Several sealed sets in there aswell that will take a good dent out of it.

4 hours ago, Thanos75 said:

I rarely buy used lots of Lego. This popped up on Facebook and ended up getting it for $300. Still havent gone through all of it . Several sealed sets in there aswell that will take a good dent out of it.

That’s insane. On my FM marketplace, that’s a “100 lbs of lego, $1200 firm pick up only in BFE “ listing

5 hours ago, Thanos75 said:

I rarely buy used lots of Lego. This popped up on Facebook and ended up getting it for $300. Still havent gone through all of it . Several sealed sets in there aswell that will take a good dent out of it.

 

1 hour ago, House Schubert said:

That’s insane. On my FM marketplace, that’s a “100 lbs of lego, $1200 firm pick up only in BFE “ listing

add in no minifigures, no instructions and now you've got my region.

People are aware that even used Lego is worth a fair amount. I just dont like messing with used Lego but this was too hard to pass up. I will most likely dig through it and take what I want then sell the rest to my buddy that is used to selling used brick.