So I stopped by a small Walmart this morning to pick up a site to store order. Check out the uber small Lego section, and there are two 42000 Grand Prix Racers on the shelf. No shelf tag, and they didn't scan. Customer service checked and they were MSRP. I have never seen Technic in store there, or any Walmart's that I can recall. What gives? Is this new?

Wow. Still TRU exclusive as far as I know. I would love if Amazon got them though. Finally get some discounts.

Wow. Still TRU exclusive as far as I know. I would love if Amazon got them though. Finally get some discounts.

Would be interesting.  Would be nice to get technic a bit more attention.  How many of you picked up the helicopters for $60 recently from amazon uk?

Amazon had the crawler crane a week ago. I thought it was weird. Maybe after this year technic wont be tru exclusive. That upsets me because reselling technic on amazon was easy money all year with no amazon competition.

From what I recall, Technic had been a TRU exclusive. It could be new, but that is very strange. Never happened to me before.

A little off topic but I have seen some weird sets pop out of nowhere in Target lately. There was a Dino set at one and a pirates of the Caribbean set in another.... Neither of which was there last month... Makes me wonder if they are getting these sets from some random warehouse or toys r us sold some off, I don't know how it all works but it seemed odd. 

I fully expect we are going to see some really weird stuff pop up after Christmas when clearance comes out. One Walmart near me has been renovating so they haven't had much clearance out, but they have a ton of cargo containers out back. Can't wait to see what they pull out of there.

A little off topic but I have seen some weird sets pop out of nowhere in Target lately. There was a Dino set at one and a pirates of the Caribbean set in another.... Neither of which was there last month... Makes me wonder if they are getting these sets from some random warehouse or toys r us sold some off, I don't know how it all works but it seemed odd. 

It could be that. Or it could be bad inventory. I keep seeing retired sets in B&****** all the time because of their bad inventory.

Walmart sometimes takes weird returns too, of stuff they don't normally carry.

So I stopped by a small Walmart this morning to pick up a site to store order. Check out the uber small Lego section, and there are two 42000 Grand Prix Racers on the shelf. No shelf tag, and they didn't scan. Customer service checked and they were MSRP. I have never seen Technic in store there, or any Walmart's that I can recall. What gives? Is this new?

It was more than likely a fluke return or late shipment the store accepted. My Target had Ocean Interceptor and Fangpyre Wrecking Crane once (with proper shelf tags no less), and Walmart had 3658 Police Helicopter. There are a few other instances in the past but I can't recall them all. It would be nice to see Technic return to regular retail stores within driving distance for me especially with how awesome the sets have become lately but I doubt anything is different from before. :resent:

my Target was reshelving oddball returns theyve kept in the back for months, odd.  Found monster fighters at 90% off. snapped up some good stuff right out of employee cart before it ever hit the shelf.

 

Still waiting on a Deathstar or Destroyer payday.

Unless I overlooked it I don't see this mentioned on this forum already....

 

Target.com has a full selection of Technic in stock and Wal-Mart has a full selection on site shown as 'coming soon.' Since when is Technic available anywhere besides Lego and Toys R Us? What may this mean for Technic as for as investing/flipping goes going forward? MAYBE by being available at more retailers there will be more awareness and thus demand for them? Not sure what to think of this...

Yes it has been discussed recently about it being available in Target.com and Walmart. I think it is great that it is now available at more locations in the US and I think it will drive demand for them.

Yes it has been discussed recently about it being available in Target.com and Walmart. I think it is great that it is now available at more locations in the US and I think it will drive demand for them.

Hopefully more opportunities to acquire them at discounted prices too! Is there a thread where this was already discussed? If so, please link me and you can close this one then.

I think it was mentioned in the daily deal tread.. not sure if there is one specific to this topic as you have posted.

Unless I overlooked it I don't see this mentioned on this forum already....

 

Target.com has a full selection of Technic in stock and Wal-Mart has a full selection on site shown as 'coming soon.' Since when is Technic available anywhere besides Lego and Toys R Us? What may this mean for Technic as for as investing/flipping goes going forward? MAYBE by being available at more retailers there will be more awareness and thus demand for them? Not sure what to think of this...

I have seen these Technic sets online on Walmart and Target. Do you know if they are in store too? There have been some incidents where Technic sets have been spotted in Targets and Walmarts.

So the general consensus is that exclusives are good because there are less of them, but now so many think it's a good thing when production increases on something else. People who buy it already know Technic exists, they don't need Walmart to let them know.

I think it is bad for business. Like Mos said, those who buy them know about them and for the most part have no problem shedding some $$$ on them..

How is acquiring them cheaper better for us? I fail to understand this logic

As a Technic collector and builder I think that it is great. I do not have to find coupons and such to get a small deal at TRU for the sets I build.