Steal of a Deal / Recent LEGO Purchases

[dehnehsu]

Found a sealed Ewok Attack 7956 (Target salvage return) at a Goodwill store for $3.99
I figure it's good for parts and the Scout Trooper and Speeder Bike. The Ewoks? Not my favorite. Any more than $3.99 and I would have passed. A rare find because our local Goodwills now seem to sell any Target Salvage LEGO at half off retail.

[ninjagoyo]

Found a sealed Ewok Attack 7956 (Target salvage return) at a Goodwill store for $3.99
I figure it's good for parts and the Scout Trooper and Speeder Bike. The Ewoks? Not my favorite. Any more than $3.99 and I would have passed. A rare find because our local Goodwills now seem to sell any Target Salvage LEGO at half off retail.

I gave up on Bay Area Goodwills. I keep hearing about finds and the managers tell me they get it in sometimes, but I have never seen a single set having visited 15 stores post-Christmas.

[ninjagoyo]

A kind TRU manager let me stack a few things that aren't technically stackable.
Walked out with an Excavator for $140ish plus a free LotR project case.

[Max Power]

Scored Arkhma Asylum for $37. Looks complete and some of the bags are still sealed. Going to have to go through it this weekend and see if it is complete.

[just2good]

Scored Arkhma Asylum for $37. Looks complete and some of the bags are still sealed. Going to have to go through it this weekend and see if it is complete.

Where??

[evilempire22]

10 lbs. of loose LEGO bricks at a flea market for $18.

--Evil

[meyerc13]

Good find on the flea market. I went to one today and the only thing I saw was an empty LEGO bucket for $1. I was hoping it was full, but no luck.

[jtsx123]

Lego Castle Skeleton Tower (7093) found at a Walmart today driving home from vacation.
Did not scan, but had $40 clearance sticker that did not scan either. Manager sold it to me for $20 because
it was not in system and it had been taped shut. I was concerned some of it may be missing;
but happy to say it was all included in sealed bags!!!!

I only stopped at this Walmart because the online inventory said it had Hogwarts 4842 in stock for $64.
I could not find it anywhere, but am quite happy with what I did find!

[dho7622u]

I only stopped at this Walmart because the online inventory said it had Hogwarts 4842 in stock for $64.
I could not find it anywhere, but am quite happy with what I did find!

How does this work? And give you the in store price?

[jtsx123]

The Walmart app on the iphone. If you search in store for an item you can scan the barcode and it will tell you
the in store price. It works if your in the store itself, but also you can say your in any store and scan a barcode to get the price. I was searching for Walmart's with the set in stock that were close to the interstate while driving home from vacation.

[dho7622u]

ahhh. thanks. Don't have a smart phone.

[purplepirate]

The Walmart app on the iphone. If you search in store for an item you can scan the barcode and it will tell you
the in store price. It works if your in the store itself, but also you can say your in any store and scan a barcode to get the price. I was searching for Walmart's with the set in stock that were close to the interstate while driving home from vacation.

jtsx123, thank you so much for bringing up this app. I had no idea it existed.

I managed to grab two Sith Infiltrators, two geonosian fighters, and one whitecap bay all for 50% using the app (also using the "Return and repurchase" method).

For those interested, this thread explains how to use the app.

http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion ... ding-deals" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[lordharrier]

You know I'm so jealous when I see those "Holy Grail" brags about some awesome Craigslist find or another. Well I think I found mine! A Craigslist ad popped up "bins full of legos!! make an offer"

I got all of this for 200$. Of course there's the requisite Megabloks, hot wheels, bandaids garbage .. so far I've seen the MTT, lots of PotC, Knights, Star Wars, ExoForce ..tons of figs. Table and bins were included too.







Sets that look mostly complete so far:

7662 MTT
10184 Town Plan
10185 Green Grocer
10190 Market street
10182 Cafe Corner
7041 Troll Battle Wheel
7029 Skeleton ship attack
7018 Viking ship vs midgard serpent
7691 ETX alien mothership
7256 Jedi Starfighter and Vulture Droid
7257 Ultimate Lightsaber Duel
6207 A-Wing fighter
6600 Highway construction
7106 Droid Escape
7250 Clone Scout Walker x 2
7255 Gen. Grievous chase
7623 Temple Escape
7737 Coast Guard 4wd
7739 Coast Guard patrol boat and tower
7885 Robin's Scuba jet
8104 Shadow Crawler
8631 Jetpack escape
7743 Police Command center
4970 Chrome Crusher
4604 Police Copter
7639-1 Camper
7741-1 Police Helicopter
7991-1 Recycle Truck
4608-1 Bank Breakout
3409-1 Championship Challenge
6434-1 Roadside Repair
8657-1 ATR 4
6977-1 Arachnoid Star Base
10193-1 Medieval Market Village
7695-1 MX-11 Astro Fighter
7886-1 The Batcycle: Harley Quinn's Hammer Truck
7993-1 Service Station
7637-1 Farm
8375-1 Ferrari F1 Pit Set
4708 Hogwarts Express
8894-1 Piraka Stronghold
3825-1 Krusty Krab
7641 City Corner

partially complete so far:
4980 Tunnel Transport
7704 Sonic Phantom
7094 King's Castle Siege
6478 Fire Fighters' HQ
7990 Cement mixer
7894 Airport
7036-1 Dwarves' Mine

[Legobrandon]

Got a Hogwarts Express at Chapters (Canadian bookstore) for 50% off original price. There was a sticker on a resealed box saying "some missing pieces- 50% off". I asked the lady at the counter if I could open the box and verify the contents. And to my surprise, all 6 bags were there and the minifigs were in bag 1. But bag six was ripped open and the parts spilled out of the box. Now I have to count the parts... will post back once I'm done!

[brickarmor]

^Excellent find!

Thanks are due to lordharrier for reminding me that CL exists. I went on after a long absence and found....

7644 Hypersonic Operations Aircraft (my very most favorite set) - $40
8635 Agents Mobile Command Center - $30
7665 Republic Cruiser - $30
7662 MTT - $40
7944 Fire Hoverboat - FREE!

All sets are between 75-95% complete, with instructions, missing some minifigs, but still, nothing to scoff at! That is, until I look back up at lordharrier 's pics!

[Legobrandon]

So in conclusion, the parts missing were:

1x red 2x4 plate
4x Train Metal Axle

The parts can be easily replaced online so a great deal overall.

[dho7622u]

So in conclusion, the parts missing were:

1x red 2x4 plate
4x Train Metal Axle

The parts can be easily replaced online so a great deal overall.

VERY good deal- very jealous.

[lordharrier]

So I'm still sorting through my last haul of 108lbs .. and I start to find a bunch of 1 x 8 in Sand Green .... could it be a Green Grocer?? EDIT: I'm pretty sure I've got a Market Street and I know I have Town Plan as well. This is crazy! I emailed the seller and asked if he indeed had these Modulars and his response "Yes we did we had a bunch of those buildings in there somewhere" LOL

[brickarmor]

Unreal. Lucky lord you are! Those notched 1x2 bricks are a dead giveaway.

[Cowabunga_kid]

I found a sealed 8206 Car's 2 Tokyo Pit Stop at my local Goodwill today for $0.99, the box was kinda crushed, but I was pretty excited.