TheGallows Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Actually I think you have been very lucky with your order to get all 4 in excellent condition from Argos!Yes mate, I was!. Everything else Ive bought from there has been pretty terrible, including a SD when I picked these up. Quote
chezzzuk Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Yes mate, I was!. Everything else Ive bought from there has been pretty terrible, including a SD when I picked these up. While checking your post yesterday, i decided to try to reserve one on the argos site and unbelievably it allowed me for collection in the Maidenhead branch. So went there today to collect and they said it was £169.99. So I told them it was £97.99 on my reservation and they changed the price on their system. As expected the box was a bit dented as it would have been one rejected by a picky customer :) I cannot believe my luck! Quote
wceagles Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) apologies for short notice, but I may be about to release an Argos UK 'click n'collect' reservation (store is in SE England) for multiple 10240 X-wing's as a friend of mine is probably not able to pick them up for me before the pickup window expires today. would be happy to pay it forward to a fellow BP'er so pls PM me asap if you are interested in picking them up for yourselves TAKEN Edited July 14, 2015 by wceagles Quote
TheGallows Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 While checking your post yesterday, i decided to try to reserve one on the argos site and unbelievably it allowed me for collection in the Maidenhead branch. So went there today to collect and they said it was £169.99. So I told them it was £97.99 on my reservation and they changed the price on their system. As expected the box was a bit dented as it would have been one rejected by a picky customer I cannot believe my luck! Hahah congrats mate, ive been checking sporadically too you never know. Well done Quote
Yellowtot Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Yeah the 4 I was able to pickup, 2 of them are basically mint condition, one is very badly damaged with a hole in the front and the other one has a corner crushed. So not to bad really for Argos. I kept them all of course, because at £97.99 it's a total bargain even with damaged boxes. Oddly enough the several ones I picked up last year for £97.99 are all in excellent condition. Off topic a load of my R2-D2'S I picked up in the 3 for 2 when they were already discounted down to £120 each I think at the time, are basically all damaged boxes, except maybe 2 or 3. Good old Argos gamble. Quote
chezzzuk Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Argos website seems to have changed the price to £169.99. So can no longer reserve at the discounted price anymore Quote
TheGallows Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 (edited) While checking your post yesterday, i decided to try to reserve one on the argos site and unbelievably it allowed me for collection in the Maidenhead branch. So went there today to collect and they said it was £169.99. So I told them it was £97.99 on my reservation and they changed the price on their system. As expected the box was a bit dented as it would have been one rejected by a picky customer I cannot believe my luck! apologies for short notice, but I may be about to release an Argos UK 'click n'collect' reservation (store is in SE England) for multiple 10240 X-wing's as a friend of mine is probably not able to pick them up for me before the pickup window expires today. would be happy to pay it forward to a fellow BP'er so pls PM me asap if you are interested in picking them up for yourselves TAKEN Thanks wceagles for the heads up. You are a legend!! So picked up another 6 from argos, all boxes excellent!? I might buy a lottery ticket! Edited July 14, 2015 by TheGallows add photo 2 Quote
chezzzuk Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Thanks wceagles for the heads up. You are a legend!! So picked up another 6 from argos, all boxes excellent!? I might buy a lottery ticket! Well done. Wished I PMed faster! Which store were they from? Quote
TheGallows Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Eastleigh, in southampton mateWell done. Which store were they from? Quote
chezzzuk Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Eastleigh, in southampton mate Well I would not have been able to make it to the store anyway as it is way too far for me to travel You are really lucky to be local for the store reservation! Quote
ED-209 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Thanks wceagles for the heads up. You are a legend!! So picked up another 6 from argos, all boxes excellent!? I might buy a lottery ticket! nice box display. Bettin' this one will do well do doubt Quote
TheGallows Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 Poes x wing has made me very happy about this set indeed. 2 Quote
GhostDad Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Poes x wing has made me very happy about this set indeed.If I were Poe, I'd repaint my x-wing... 5 Quote
pete411 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 If I were Poe, I'd repaint my x-wing...Yes. I'd paint eyes on the wings and teeth on the fuselage. Make it look like a proper flying Jack-o-lantern 2 Quote
GhostDad Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Yes. I'd paint eyes on the wings and teeth on the fuselage. Make it look like a proper flying Jack-o-lanternI'll bet that's the plan for the new DS. It even has the right shape for it. Quote
jaisonline Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 it's nice to see 10240 back in-stock.http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=jfOcdvfTNg4&subid;=&offerid=115554.1&type=10&tmpid=2294&RD_PARM1=http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240?fromListing=listing Quote
marcandre Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 it's nice to see 10240 back in-stock. Sold out would be a lot nicer. 2 Quote
jaisonline Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 true. i still don't know if this set is "going, going, gone" this year with the new film arriving before the end of the year. I think there is more than enough demand for 4 UCS sets at retail (sandcrawler, slave 1, tie and x-wing). until non-lego retail outlets have steady availability, i assume we need to lean as it's going.i did finally buy a used 10240 to build. first thing i did was call Lego about a new sticker sheet as the previous owner destroyed the cockpit ones. Sold out would be a lot nicer. Quote
boxofcorey Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Never mind, was misinformed. Not sure if multiple copies of the stickers is normal in this set now though. Quote
fossilrock Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Never mind, was misinformed. Not sure if multiple copies of the stickers is normal in this set now though.I built one, straight out of a new box, and mine came with 2 copies of the sticker sheet. I completely screwed up on the first attempt, tried to peel it off and reset it, and it made it worse to the point where the sticker was marred.. So, I had to use the second one, but pulled out a butter knife, and it was like surgery trying to put it on. Good luck! It's the cockpit sticker challenge. Few succeed on their first attempt, i'm guessing. Quote
Popular Post Goodby1 Posted July 23, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 23, 2015 So.. you know. Thought I'd build it and make a little scene 16 Quote
GhostDad Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 So.. you know. Thought I'd build it and make a little scene Man, Red 5 is done. No way Luke makes it through that crossfire! Quote
Locutus001 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Man, Red 5 is done. No way Luke makes it through that crossfire!Dude... the force! Quote
Goodby1 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Just so's everyone knows... this is actually the new display at Legoland California, not my own creation! In fact, I'm not positive that they even used a 10240 for this. Anyone want to weigh in on this? If they did use 10240, then I'm pretty sure that they replaced some of the red bricks with more brightly colored red bricks- probably to withstand the sun since it was an outdoor display. Quote
legowalker Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Man, Red 5 is done. No way Luke makes it through that crossfire!By just reading the subscriptions emails without this photo I thought you mean Red 5 retired today. Got me all excited. Quote
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