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Used $65 expiring TRU Rewards to order a 2nd Slave 1 on TRU.com. Lady is going to kill me. Oh and their limit is 4. Does that mean you can't get 4 more next week or month?

 

You inspired me, I did the same thing. My first Slave 1 is now on it's way.  I was having trouble finding something to combine my rewards with last week.

 

Also, stopped at TRU yesterday that was well stocked with Elsa's Castle.  With the 20% off and $5 off coupon, the price was $29.39.  Not quite 30% off, but I may be close to 30% w/ the discounted gift card.

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You inspired me, I did the same thing. My first Slave 1 is now on it's way.  I was having trouble finding something to combine my rewards with last week.

 

Also, stopped at TRU yesterday that was well stocked with Elsa's Castle.  With the 20% off and $5 off coupon, the price was $29.39.  Not quite 30% off, but I may be close to 30% w/ the discounted gift card.

 

I am hoping one of my targeted sets comes back in stock before my rewards expire.  If not, I'll probably also splurge on a new set to build (or stare at).

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Dropped everything and drove 100 miles to pick up this lot off Craigs List for $200.  32 large trays/bins presorted parts.  Just tons of stuff.  Knew this would be a great purchase, and told the seller I'd take it at the asking price, and offered to pay via paypal.  Told me to just pay in person, so decided to make the drive this evening to not miss out.

 

Here's the confirmed kits I've found so far, and this is scratching the surface.  There's many more star wars and technic kits in here, I'll put up a pic of the whole lot shortly.

 

9398 Crawler

8043 Excavator
4504 Millenium Falcon
8071 Lift Truck
3804 Robotic Invention System
8527 Mindstorms NXT 2.0
3367 Space Shuttle
 
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Two days in a row now at local lego store. 20% off lonely mountains, UN headquarters, and bike shops and double VIP is proving to much to resist. Got enough VIP to get an ev half off now though. Which I will do now lol.

 

Most of the BrickPickers hold onto their VIP points until off double-VIP periods.  You are basically taking 5% off your savings if you use your VIP points during the promotion period.

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Most of the BrickPickers hold onto their VIP points until off double-VIP periods.  You are basically taking 5% off your savings if you use your VIP points during the promotion period.

 

That makes sense but what about this scenario: I am going to use points to get an EV half off. That is my plan. Whether I do it today or in 2 weeks when the promo ends, I will buy an EV with $125 in points. I will earn points on the $125 I pay out of pocket. Wouldn't it be better to earn double points on the $125? Am I thinking about this wrong?

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That makes sense but what about this scenario: I am going to use points to get an EV half off. That is my plan. Whether I do it today or in 2 weeks when the promo ends, I will buy an EV with $125 in points. I will earn points on the $125 I pay out of pocket. Wouldn't it be better to earn double points on the $125? Am I thinking about this wrong?

 

Yes, unless there is a better promo or incentive offer in the future, which might equate to more savings.  There aren't really extraordinary promos on the horizon, so it might make sense this time.  Either way, it's whatever you prefer.

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Yes, unless there is a better promo or incentive offer in the future, which might equate to more savings.  There aren't really extraordinary promos on the horizon, so it might make sense this time.  Either way, it's whatever you prefer.

 

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From my 15 hour road trip throughout 2 states...

 

So everyone knows about a week ago or so I strategically started checking the Walmart's for inventory via the mobile app.  I ordered a lot online for pickup, some cancelled, some adjusted quantity and many ok for pickup  and i concentrated on Walmart's that would be on a specific route that I was focused on a specific corridor of Interstates and what would work in that corridor... I actually with the exception of the 34 Lego brick boxes found NOTHING at any of the Walmart's that I did not already pre order.  Of the 8 Walmarts I went in most every one of them was in major wind down mode on clearance.  There were a few good non Lego toys but I literally had my mini van stuffed to the gills including the passenger seat up front to the ceiling along with the 2nd row and the rest of the van.

 

For me with this trip, I consider the non online clearance hunting season over.

 

My haul was as follows:

 

Combination of Walmart's, Fry's, Meijer's Toys R Us and Lego Stores:

 

- 9 Benny's @ $54 Walmart

- 2 Lion Chi Temple @ $35 Walmart

- 25 Transformers Stomp and Chomp Grimlock at $8.50 and $17 Walmart

- 2 Ewok village at MSRP and double points Lego

- 1 Death Star at MSRP and double points Lego

- 10 Lonely Mountains 1 at Meijer $97ish, 5 @ 97ish Toys R Us price matching Meijer receipt (I asked them told them upc code on receipt, meijer has a sale, will they match or prefer not to, is there a limit and they said sure honey we match and there is no limit) and 4 from Lego on sale with double points

- 34 Lego 10695 @ $20 each Walmart

- 1 Lord Business Lair @ $52 Fry's

- 1 Arctic Base Camp at $45 Walmart

 

Plus a few other misc things...

 

And some good times visiting some good friends at some of the stores along the way...

 

Many people read books, many people watch TV or got to Movies, for me this hobby is my stress relief so it was a great day and the time investment could have been spent doing other things yes but its my books, movies, etc stress reliever for me.

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From my 15 hour road trip throughout 2 states...

 

So everyone knows about a week ago or so I strategically started checking the Walmart's for inventory via the mobile app.  I ordered a lot online for pickup, some cancelled, some adjusted quantity and many ok for pickup  and i concentrated on Walmart's that would be on a specific route that I was focused on a specific corridor of Interstates and what would work in that corridor... I actually with the exception of the 34 Lego brick boxes found NOTHING at any of the Walmart's that I did not already pre order.  Of the 8 Walmarts I went in most every one of them was in major wind down mode on clearance.  There were a few good non Lego toys but I literally had my mini van stuffed to the gills including the passenger seat up front to the ceiling along with the 2nd row and the rest of the van.

 

For me with this trip, I consider the non online clearance hunting season over.

 

My haul was as follows:

 

Combination of Walmart's, Fry's, Meijer's Toys R Us and Lego Stores:

 

- 9 Benny's @ $54 Walmart

- 2 Lion Chi Temple @ $35 Walmart

- 25 Transformers Stomp and Chomp Grimlock at $8.50 and $17 Walmart

- 2 Ewok village at MSRP and double points Lego

- 1 Death Star at MSRP and double points Lego

- 10 Lonely Mountains 1 at Meijer $97ish, 5 @ 97ish Toys R Us price matching Meijer receipt (I asked them told them upc code on receipt, meijer has a sale, will they match or prefer not to, is there a limit and they said sure honey we match and there is no limit) and 4 from Lego on sale with double points

- 34 Lego 10695 @ $20 each Walmart

- 1 Lord Business Lair @ $52 Fry's

- 1 Arctic Base Camp at $45 Walmart

 

Plus a few other misc things...

 

And some good times visiting some good friends at some of the stores along the way...

 

Many people read books, many people watch TV or got to Movies, for me this hobby is my stress relief so it was a great day and the time investment could have been spent doing other things yes but its my books, movies, etc stress reliever for me.

That's a lot of volume!  I trust you have a big vehicle!

(I keep wanting to start a "what kind of LEGO carrying vehicle do you drive?" thread, but haven't gotten around to it)

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That's a lot of volume!  I trust you have a big vehicle!

(I keep wanting to start a "what kind of LEGO carrying vehicle do you drive?" thread, but haven't gotten around to it)

 

It was extremely tight. :)  A 2010 sized (before they started shrinking them) mini van.

Grimlocks were going up my right arm in the passenger seat to the ceiling and behind my head all the way up. LOL

I was worried about the last batch of Grimlocks at the end.  It barely fit but if I had gotten 2 more exclusives I would have been in trouble LOL

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It was extremely tight. :)  A 2010 sized (before they started shrinking them) mini van.

Grimlocks were going up my right arm in the passenger seat to the ceiling and behind my head all the way up. LOL

I was worried about the last batch of Grimlocks at the end.  It barely fit but if I had gotten 2 more exclusives I would have been in trouble LOL

I'm assuming you had tinted windows all the way around? Otherwise, that would've been a sight to behold...at least one for thieves. LOL  Did you manage to take a pic after the last stop?

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