BigDumbWookiee Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Is there any standardization to stores like Target and WalMart putting items (in this case, LEGO) on clearance? Are there good sites to keep an eye out for people discussing deals they're finding for LEGO sets? I really want to add some Prince of Persia sets to my collection, but mainly just want them for parts, so I'd like to snag them on clearance/sale. Quote
Henchmen4Hire Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Usually there are threads on action figure sites where collectors keep each other up to date on sales and availability, I think there's a thread like that on this site. (don't remember where I saw it, sorry! xP ) Edited February 10, 2011 by DrNightmare Quote
Milargo Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) "I really want to add some Prince of Persia sets to my collection, but mainly just want them for parts, so I'd like to snag them on clearance/sale." A couple months back my local Walmart had the entire line on clearance, around 35% off. Not sure if they're still on clearance in most stores. As for checking for Lego sales/clearance... This would probably be a good place to start. (Well, that's the only source I know of. ) "I think there's a thread like that on this site. (don't remember where I saw it, sorry! xP ) " Did I post the right link? :P (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10116) Edited February 10, 2011 by Milargo Quote
Follows Closely Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10116&pid=924335&st=885entry924335 Beat to the punch! Edited February 10, 2011 by Follows Closely Quote
Syn Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 as far as wal-mart goes I can tell you first hand that there will not be any clearance similarities on sets AT ALL. if there is it is purely coincidental. all Wal-Marts are competing with each other, and the prices they set are reflected on that fact. Also what one set sells for and how frequently at one store will not be the same at another store in the next town/city. Case in point, I picked up two Sports Car sets at One Wal-Mart because they didn't sell at all, but the one in the next town over couldn't keep them in stock because they sold out so fast. Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted February 12, 2011 Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) Indeed, even LEGO itself can vary its pricing from store to store (or at least brick-and-mortar stores to the online store). I was in the LEGO Store in Lawrenceville, GA last month, and they were selling their remaining Prince of Persia sets for 50% off (huzzah!), but the online LEGO store still has them all at full price. Currently, different Wal-Marts in my area have different clearanced sets - a set might be clearanced at one store, clearanced for a different price at another store, and full price at still another. Even more bizarrely, on rare occasion I've seen things apparently clearanced somewhere, sell out and then return a while later at full price (!). This happened to me just months ago with the Toy Story set Construct-A-Zurg - at a time when every other Wal-Mart in town had it around full price at $24.97, the one close to where I work inexplicably marked it at $3.00 (!!!). Some time later, it was marked down to $15 everywhere as part of a sale, and this same store got some more in at that price. Then IIRC it went back up to $24.97, and now it's clearanced for something like $13 at all of them, including this particular store, but it's still more than four times what they sold it for just months ago. Edited February 12, 2011 by Blondie-Wan Quote
Chorduroy Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 I just picked up nine midi-scale Imperial Destroyer sets at a local Wal-Mart on clearance. (Great for adding loads of grey to my collection) But there were zero of those at the other Wal-Marts in my city. It's just luck of the draw. Quote
Timmay Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 In my (limited) experience, there is not a set schedule that stores put items on clearance. I make it a habit to check clearance shelves whenever I'm in a store. Sometimes I get lucky (I found a bunch of Atlantis and Space Police on clearance at Meijer the other day). I also watch a few blogs for sales. Someone posted a thread here on Eurobricks. I also have http://toysnbricks.com/ in my blog reader; they're pretty good about posting when items are on sale at the big chains. But like I said, a big part of it is luck. Quote
TheWarden Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Our thread here and ToysNBricks are already covered, but CheapAssGamer has a GREAT thread on Lego Deals that receives a lot of activity - http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285185 Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) I just picked up nine midi-scale Imperial Destroyer sets at a local Wal-Mart on clearance. (Great for adding loads of grey to my collection) But there were zero of those at the other Wal-Marts in my city. It's just luck of the draw. What's really peculiar is that a bunch of them were clearanced for $16 at one of my local Wal-Marts (I noted earlier that I'd gotten one at that price, and was contemplating getting a bunch more), but they went back up in price, to $19 (!). I double-checked my own sales receipt, to make sure I hadn't misremembered the price I'd gotten it at; sure enough, I bought it for $16, and days later the price was increased by $3, even though it's a clearance item. That's still a great deal for the set, of course; I just think it's so darn strange that they lowered it and then raised it again (perhaps it's not considered to be on clearance, merely on sale?)... Edited February 24, 2011 by Blondie-Wan Quote
Geki Brick Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 PoP at my local Lego store is 70% off. Heh heh. Desert Attk is 3 USD Ostrich Race is 5 Fight for Dagger is 9 Quest Time is 15 Quote
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