75187 - BB-8

[HandyHand]

28 minutes ago, DarthBall said:

Looks like they are the same scale.

As far as I know, and I saw a comparison video on YouTube about it, this BB-8 set is scaled nearly perfectly with the UCS R2-D2 set.

[jaisonline]

46 minutes ago, Haay said:

As far as I know, and I saw a comparison video on YouTube about it, this BB-8 set is scaled nearly perfectly with the UCS R2-D2 set.

i agree.

pic from last page here and another one from google.

 

[CollectorOfLegos]

I picked up the last one on the shelf at Target. I royally screwed up this weekend. Purchased a bunch on Friday when I was at work at SAH, got home, cancelled the order, now regretting it. Went out Saturday and picked up what I cancelled, so I missed out on the double VIP points. 

[thoroakenfelder]

3 hours ago, CollectorOfLegos said:

I picked up the last one on the shelf at Target. I royally screwed up this weekend. Purchased a bunch on Friday when I was at work at SAH, got home, cancelled the order, now regretting it. Went out Saturday and picked up what I cancelled, so I missed out on the double VIP points. 

Not to mention the free promos

[CollectorOfLegos]

Yeah..... yeah.....

[TANV]

7 minutes ago, CollectorOfLegos said:

Yeah..... yeah.....

There, there, friend.  It could be worse.

Edited September 5, 2017 by TANV
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[Kenxxx]

Like @CollectorOfLegos , I picked up a couple today at MSRP - just to make sure I didn't miss out. But I gotta believe Lego Group has thousands more in production, and all the outlets will be well stocked in October / November.  In fact, we could be the reason why they aren't taking backorders here in the USA... they know resellers are ready to put 5 on each account, but they want to make sure and have plenty for little Timmy this holiday season.

[squeakdigital00]

Kmart Error came today $70

[Phil B]

Kmart Error came today $70

What was the error in that? $70 is a fairly typical KMart price after coupons and sweeps points

[gregpj]

What was the error in that? $70 is a fairly typical KMart price after coupons and sweeps points

It came in a box?

[exciter1]

It came in a box?

True dat!

[mizeur]

53 minutes ago, Phil B said:

What was the error in that? $70 is a fairly typical KMart price after coupons and sweeps points

Maybe a set ordered on Thursday when they listed the Force Friday releases early? Mine arrived the next day.

[squeakdigital00]

15% off code that they force applied plus additional 15% for the 20 minute phone call to customer service. They only hit my debit for 70 plus tax

[kris_1973]

This set is everywhere.
Kmart, target, Walmart, tru. I think Barnes, bam and BB have it too.
Great set, over flooded. 60% off or bust.

At Target ($25 off $100 spent on SW).

[Phil B]

At Target ($25 off $100 spent on SW).

Lucky you because that SW promo explicitly excluded LEGO ....

[kris_1973]

Lucky you because that SW promo explicitly excluded LEGO ....

Good catch! Glad I hadn't reached the register yet!

[Phil B]

Lucky you because that SW promo explicitly excluded LEGO ....

You can always try .... got the labor day 20% off code (expired yesterday) at B&N to apply to a (non-LEGO) purchase today just by asking nicely, knowing the worst that can happen is them saying No.

[CM4Sci]

Yeah I tried the Target promo this week and it wouldn't let me buy the AT-M6 set with it

[SLL]

24 minutes ago, CM4Sci said:

Yeah I tried the Target promo this week and it wouldn't let me buy the AT-M6 set with it

for this kinda promotion, you have to try it in store, online will never work

[CM4Sci]

8 minutes ago, superlegolover said:

for this kinda promotion, you have to try it in store, online will never work

Yeah I did. Register said 'no eligible items'

[terrymc4677]

Is anybody else having issues when trying to add this set to their brickfolios? When I enter "75187" as a set number to add and hit enter nothing comes up. Out of the hundreds of sets that I've entered over the years I've never had that happen before.

On another note, this set has "winner" written all over it. This holiday season I think the demand for this set will be high, so I'm hoping production won't be able to keep up. I'm aiming for twenty to flip. Up to fourteen so far. Now is the time to stock up when nobody is doing their holiday shopping yet. If production keeps pace and the flipping opportunity doesn't present itself then I have no problem holding onto this little guy until eol.

[Cheese]

This is BP's way of telling you, that it's too soon to buy even for flipping! :-). On a serious note these are everywhere despite huge demand. Last thing you want is to be tying up capital and be holding so many with it still being around for at least the next 2 years.

 

 

[Phil B]

This is BP's way of telling you, that it's too soon to buy even for flipping! :-). On a serious note these are everywhere despite huge demand. Last thing you want is to be tying up capital and be holding so many with it still being around for at least the next 2 years.
 
 

Terry is still sitting on 40+ Joker Steamrollers, and his poker table full of Rey's Speeders picture is also almost 2yrs old now, so this is not new territory for him

[jaisonline]

Finally got around to building a LEGO set since earlier this summer. 

I really like this BB-8 set.  Much like the R2 set, I wasn't looking forward to the build but was happy afterwards.

here are some comparison pics. 

 

[terrymc4677]

On 9/9/2017 at 9:01 AM, Phil B said:

Terry is still sitting on 40+ Joker Steamrollers, and his poker table full of Rey's Speeders picture is also almost 2yrs old now, so this is not new territory for him

True story! Except I'm down to 34 Steamrollers.