Star Wars May the 4th Lego Specials Start Tonight

35 minutes ago, Martae54 said:

Well for you I am sure.. But i am not yet qualified for those amazing Kmart benefits ... Maybe by Christmas I can hit VIP status.. I scooped another IST with free mini fig and poster just a moment ago, as last nights 2 orders are already in warehouse!! 

Those "amazing" Kmart benefits do not require VIP level rewards. Just opening a SYW account will already give you free points (forget if it's $10 in points or a $10 off $25/$50coupon). Then keep checking syw.com for surprise points and coupons and before you know you will be rolling points and stacking coupons. This is how I started in Jan of this year and as reported in the KART thread, i've spent $600 and got >$1100 worth of sets, most 2016 ones, and that is sale price.. the savings over MSRP are even bigger.

I am the only one here

Assault on Hoth is out on display

1 hour ago, Deanfjr said:

I am not sold on all you guys scooping up the IST it might be your best idea of a deal, due to the promos& x2 pts, but you can get on eBay and other sites for same price so not really a sale if you ask me. to each their own, count me out of that one, besides I Don't remember  Princess Leia eating cookies!

It's a nice set and a nice companion to the Ewok Village. I wouldn't discount it entirely.

11 minutes ago, Phil B said:

Those "amazing" Kmart benefits do not require VIP level rewards. Just opening a SYW account will already give you free points (forget if it's $10 in points or a $10 off $25/$50coupon). Then keep checking syw.com for surprise points and coupons and before you know you will be rolling points and stacking coupons. This is how I started in Jan of this year and as reported in the KART thread, i've spent $600 and got >$1100 worth of sets, most 2016 ones, and that is sale price.. the savings over MSRP are even bigger.

Been checking everyday since I signed up for SYW in February.. Best I have gotten is $10 back off $20..$15 on $50....get those Somewhat frequently...I haven't received ANY offers that are overwhelming.. I get the daily email" YOU HAVE SURPISE POINTS" when I look it's like $2 or $5.. (Wow)...Not to mention Kmart loves to send me my Lego order in plastic bags!!! (3 returns of flattened Lego in plastic bags this year so far). But I  am stubborn and keep trying.. 

Meh. I loaded up during the Walmart clearance. Hard to buy an IST when they were had for $49. 

4 minutes ago, Martae54 said:

Been checking everyday since I signed up for SYW in February.. Best I have gotten is $10 back off $20..$15 on $50....get those Somewhat frequently...I haven't received ANY offers that are overwhelming.. I get the daily email" YOU HAVE SURPISE POINTS" when I look it's like $2 or $5.. (Wow)...Not to mention Kmart loves to send me my Lego order in plastic bags!!! (3 returns of flattened Lego in plastic bags this year so far). But I  am stubborn and keep trying.. 

That shipping experience sucks. Haven't had much trouble yet - but I buy for part out so box condition is minor concern for me. Ordering in multiples has so far done wonders wrt packaging. For the smaller purchases I do ship to store (Sears) and that works fantastically....

29 minutes ago, Martae54 said:

Been checking everyday since I signed up for SYW in February.. Best I have gotten is $10 back off $20..$15 on $50....get those Somewhat frequently...I haven't received ANY offers that are overwhelming.. I get the daily email" YOU HAVE SURPISE POINTS" when I look it's like $2 or $5.. (Wow)...Not to mention Kmart loves to send me my Lego order in plastic bags!!! (3 returns of flattened Lego in plastic bags this year so far). But I  am stubborn and keep trying.. 

The trick is to buy other smaller sets on-sale, combine coupons, points and gift cards to lower them to almost 50% off, get points back.  Accumulate enough points, use $10 coupon on IST (down to $90), use points down to $50, use discount gift card and $10 back on $50 coupon.  Get an IST for $50 and $10 back.

They have all been minty and packaged well.

12 minutes ago, Robertx said:

Meh. I loaded up during the Walmart clearance. Hard to buy an IST when they were had for $49. 

Don't blame you at all if you had buy-ins at $49 previously. I'm glad you were able to score such a good a deal. You're ROI should be outstanding.

 Unfortunately not all of our Walmarts participated in the winter clearance, and many of us weren't able to pick up $49 IST, $35 MF, $29 Space Ports etc.

Because of that, I'm happy with my my deal today. 

I thought it would be bigger

I made out well! Like only 3 people at my store lol

37 minutes ago, Jeff Mack said:

I am the only one here

No surprise. People saw the Hoth display and fled home.

I'm surprised they made a nice box for the space slug. Seems like it would be more of a polybag item.

1 hour ago, Deadfraggle said:

They have always stated this in the fine print, but I've never seen it enforced personally. That being said, I've only ever received maybe 3 or 4 of any given promo as I think that's my risk tolerance level. Some of our fellow members have reported ordering 20+ promo qualifying orders without issue. 

 

During the keychain Jor-El polybag fiasco I got about 12 Jor-El's but I think that was mainly because they were trying to get rid of them and didn't really care. 

22 minutes ago, Nsheppard9101 said:

I made out well! Like only 3 people at my store lol

You made out with an UCS AOH set in-hand, so I'm not sure we can say that you "made out well" 

Jeff is that KOP store?

12 minutes ago, Jeff Mack said:

I thought it would be bigger

So many jokes...

14 minutes ago, Jeff Mack said:

I thought it would be bigger

TWSS

Oh but seriously can we see a pic of these alleged hand applied seals?

34 minutes ago, Martae54 said:

Been checking everyday since I signed up for SYW in February.. Best I have gotten is $10 back off $20..$15 on $50....get those Somewhat frequently...I haven't received ANY offers that are overwhelming.. I get the daily email" YOU HAVE SURPISE POINTS" when I look it's like $2 or $5.. (Wow)...Not to mention Kmart loves to send me my Lego order in plastic bags!!! (3 returns of flattened Lego in plastic bags this year so far). But I  am stubborn and keep trying.. 

If you are ordering small sets you have to order in large quantities so they have to use a box or only buy sets with at least 400-500 pieces so they have to use a box. Even then their packing is bad and their boxes are flimsy. 

20 minutes ago, Nsheppard9101 said:

I made out well! Like only 3 people at my store lol

That combo looks pretty familiar. Sawgrass mills?

You made out with an UCS AOH set in-hand, so I'm not sure we can that you "made out well" 

Lol I have about 90% of all Hoth sets released. I plan on doing some sort of MOC. I have a 6 foot floating shelf that I have the other Hoth sets on. If I didn't intend to "do something" with this set I would be up in arms with everyone else. I personally don't care if it's a UCS or not. I'll use the set and with all the free stuff I consider it a good buy lol

8 minutes ago, Migration said:

So many jokes...

Kinda gives a whole new meaning to "Adult Fan of LEGO" 

That combo looks pretty familiar. Sawgrass mills?

Yeah! You where there? Another BPer (boomboom) was suppose to be there to. If I didn't have to be at work at 10 I may have stayed a little longer. I had to be in and out.

Kinda gives a whole new meaning to "Adult Fan of LEGO" 

That's what she said?

16 minutes ago, Shislerocco said:

Jeff is that KOP store?

Cherry Hill

3 minutes ago, Nsheppard9101 said:

Lol I have about 90% of all Hoth sets released. I plan on doing some sort of MOC. I have a 6 foot floating shelf that I have the other Hoth sets on. If I didn't intend to "do something" with this set I would be up in arms with everyone else. I personally don't care if it's a UCS or not. Double points/free poly that will go for 15-20 in the future and a space slug going for over 200 on eBay. I either break even or make money from me getting out of bed today

It's all good. If you're happy, I'm happy for you. There's absolutely a good start for Hoth MOC building with this set. I'm holding out hope that they get marked down at least 20% to 25% in the future and I'll grab a couple to make a more complete looking build.