Looking for Green Grocer

[chuckie8646]

Hi Everyone,

Im really really looking for a LEGO Green Grocer. I unfortunately missed out on the first three modular series sets. But I am most interested in finding a Green Grocer for now.

So if any one has one for cheap I can buy I would really appreciate it. I am not fussy over it being in the box or not but I really need all the pieces to be there.

Also by really cheap I don't mean to rip any one off I know it is discontinued so im aware that it will cost more than retail. But if there is anyone out there who wouldn't mind letting me buy theirs for close to retail (150) I would really really be grateful.

Thank you soooo much

Charlie

Edited August 16, 2011 by chuckie8646

[streifen]

it will be hard to find one at the price you wanted.

but look at this: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=58746

there is a Green Grocer there

[tppytel]

If you don't need the box, and especially if you can live with downloadable instructions, it will almost certainly be cheaper to Bricklink all the parts individually than to buy a set complete.

[chuckie8646]

Thank you Guys,

But for sentimental reasons I actually want a set of printed instructions (I know now it seems like im being awkward)

Thank you For your help I will definantly try to brick link the parts

Thanks again

Charlie

[Dazmundo]

Thank you Guys,

But for sentimental reasons I actually want a set of printed instructions (I know now it seems like im being awkward)

Thank you For your help I will definantly try to brick link the parts

Thanks again

Charlie

You can pick up the instructions from Bricklink too, just did a search They are available from $20

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[chuckie8646]

Wow perfect thank you very much

charlie

[tppytel]

Even paying inflated prices for instructions (which $20 certainly isn't, anyway), you can almost always do better on collectible sets by Bricklinking parts. You're going to pay good money for the instructions and a handful of rare parts or minifigs. But you can get 90+% of most modern-era sets for about $0.07/piece. Even after paying for the expensive stuff, that usually comes in well under the 200%-300% of MSRP you'd pay for a highly collectible set. As long as you can give up the box, you can save a lot of money.

[chuckie8646]

Thank you for the tip. But will I still be saving money by the time I pay for shipping from all the different shop? and also when I have searched for parts before I have had terrible trouble trying to find people who have a majority of the parts I need is there an easier way to search for parts and a place thats has most of what I need?

thanks

Charlie

[Edmond Dantes]

Thank you for the tip. But will I still be saving money by the time I pay for shipping from all the different shop? and also when I have searched for parts before I have had terrible trouble trying to find people who have a majority of the parts I need is there an easier way to search for parts and a place thats has most of what I need?

thanks

Charlie

Create a want list and then search the want list by shop. This will give you a list of which shop has the most lots of what you want, as well as the most unique lots (the same piece in both used and new condition will be two lots, but only one unique lot).

[tppytel]

But will I still be saving money by the time I pay for shipping from all the different shop?

Yes, if you do it right.

and also when I have searched for parts before I have had terrible trouble trying to find people who have a majority of the parts I need is there an easier way to search for parts and a place thats has most of what I need?

In Bricklink, go to the main page for the set you want. Choose "part out" and follow the steps to automatically put the set's inventory into a Wanted List. Now, go to the Wanted tab at the top. Choose "My Wanted List by Shop". Shops listed higher in the output have a larger number of the pieces you need. Now, this doesn't tell you anything about how good their prices are, but if you compare prices on a few representative pieces across a few shops, that should give you a pretty good idea.

The slightly advanced version of this starts by looking for rare pieces first, but then you have to know what those are. To some extent, this is a matter of experience. But you can usually get a pretty good estimate by working through the set's inventory. For any piece that looks unusual, click through its catalog number. In the listing of lots available by color, the number in parentheses tells you how many lots are available in that color. For very common parts, it might be a few hundred. Even at 100, the prices are usually pretty reasonable. But once that number gets down to 50 or less, those parts are probably going to cost a fair amount. Figure out who's selling those parts in the quantity you need at a decent price first and get what you can from their stores before moving on to the more common items.

[chuckie8646]

Yes, if you do it right.

In Bricklink, go to the main page for the set you want. Choose "part out" and follow the steps to automatically put the set's inventory into a Wanted List. Now, go to the Wanted tab at the top. Choose "My Wanted List by Shop". Shops listed higher in the output have a larger number of the pieces you need. Now, this doesn't tell you anything about how good their prices are, but if you compare prices on a few representative pieces across a few shops, that should give you a pretty good idea.

The slightly advanced version of this starts by looking for rare pieces first, but then you have to know what those are. To some extent, this is a matter of experience. But you can usually get a pretty good estimate by working through the set's inventory. For any piece that looks unusual, click through its catalog number. In the listing of lots available by color, the number in parentheses tells you how many lots are available in that color. For very common parts, it might be a few hundred. Even at 100, the prices are usually pretty reasonable. But once that number gets down to 50 or less, those parts are probably going to cost a fair amount. Figure out who's selling those parts in the quantity you need at a decent price first and get what you can from their stores before moving on to the more common items.

WOW thank you sooooo much for the help. That was a lot more descriptive that I ever thought it would be thank you sooooo much

Charlie