[TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by pterribilis » Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:12 am

Bogo is alive, but prices are out of this world:

6857 - Toys R Us = 54.99
6857 - LEGO S@H = 39.99

$80 + VIP points vs $83 + point system that always screws you. I'll pass on this BOGO.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by willb2064 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:46 am

BOGO is live but can't find any deals that make it worth it due to the 1 per customer limit. Would have got 2 Vampire Castles otherwise.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by clarenceoh » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:11 am

Nothing is really worth buying except for selected few which are limited to 1 item per customer........

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by flpanthers1 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:27 am

Quite the joke. Lets jack up our prices then have a sale. We will call it "Buy one, get one 50% off." Little do the customers know we've raised the prices (insert pinky into side of mouth, and begin sinister Dr Evil laugh).

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by SpaceViking » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:28 am

Wow, what a lame sale.

Funhouse escape is $55 (!) ($40 on lego.com right now). So, even with the BOGO, its not a deal. Gathering yesterday on TRU was $67. Buy two with BOGO today, they are $66 each. The only advantage, I guess, would be the free shipping. Not enough to get me to pull the trigger on anything this morning. Maybe something will change later in the week.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by bobl » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:40 am

yesterday the Avengers Quinjet was $55.99. Today with the BOGO sale you can get 2 for $63.75 ea, since it is jacked up to $84.99. Bargains galore!

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by wedge » Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:56 am

The only thing TRU is good for is polybags.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by tensor » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:09 am

Yeah, once again, TRU fails us miserably. Even the Y-wing, which is priced great, is excluded. Again, TRU can outright lie - not deceive, not manipulate - lie in their advertisements and they just keep on chugging along.

That being said, there is only one possible good thing I see in this sale, and that's the City Train Station (7937), 2 of which break the free shipping threshold, so you'd get 2 at $41.24 each. Not a terrible price for something that WILL go up in price once it EOLs.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by janckson » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:21 am

Vampire Castle paired with Jabba's Palace is $5 more expensive with the BOGO50% than it was normally on sale. :lol:

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by lego the hutt » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:28 am

I picked up some baseplates...and an I phone case I've been wanting to break the free shipping barrier :-|

Oh well...

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by brickarmor » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:34 am

:zzz: Morning, folks, what'd I miss?
tensor wrote:Yeah, once again, TRU fails us miserably. Even the Y-wing, which is priced great, is excluded. Again, TRU can outright lie - not deceive, not manipulate - lie in their advertisements and they just keep on chugging
If I had a dollar for every time I heard that... I'd have enough to blow on a TRU "sale!"

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by Biomage » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:46 am

This sale includes Friends, which is unusual for TRU. Many of those sets are MSRP, including all of the smaller new sets. If you are looking to pick up a few Friends set it is a great opportunity. Otherwise, there is not a lot to see.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by Orangechef » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:07 am

Biomage wrote:This sale includes Friends, which is unusual for TRU. Many of those sets are MSRP, including all of the smaller new sets. If you are looking to pick up a few Friends set it is a great opportunity. Otherwise, there is not a lot to see.
Galaxy Squad are all currently at MSRP as well.

Also the B1G1 50% applies to each pair of sets up to 6 sets in your cart for anyone that wants to add filler to get up to the free shipping min.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by tensor » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:29 am

One other deal, which tends to fly under the radar in these deals is the Power Functions Rechargeable Battery Box (8878).

This is really your only chance to get these relatively cheap ($75 for two of them). They really are worth it if you are into trains or technic. Of course, you need the adapter also (8887), but only one to charge multiple batteries.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by popnfresh » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:39 am

good ole toys r us, chasing ciruit city, kb toys, FAO into the grave

which is hilarious because they are the ones that operate whats left of those two sad sad toy stores

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by bea » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:52 am

I was hoping to pick up some base plates but they are now more expensive than they were before the "sale".

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by dulait » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:03 am

All big sets are excluded, oh well I guess they realized they got taken avantage of when people buy them up just to sell them back out at a higher or at regular price. That is the only excuse I can give them, else they are planning to close their doors soon with this kind of mark up sales.

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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by Brick & Blue » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:41 am

So we have 60 comments o "Why isn't this live?" and "TRU sucks!"?

Are you people new here? 99% of TRU sales suck online. This isn't new. TRU is good for polybags and minifigures and that's it.

I wonder if this would stack with the clearance in store...
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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by anakinisvader » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:43 am

I think they officially changed the name of the sale to: "Buy two - get two marked up - suckers". :clap: Notice the cleaverly placed fine print.
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Re: [TRU] BOGO 50% 2/17 - 2/23

Post by Brick & Blue » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:59 am

ALL LEGOS ON SALE BOGO50%*!!!!

*Excludes CITY, NinjaGo, Chima, Friends, Super Heroes, lotR, Hobbit, Creator, minifigures, Star Wars, Technic, Monster Fighters, Clearance, TMNT, Galaxy Squad and any set that contains plastic parts we might have forgotten.

I have seen an excludes list that looks almost like that.

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