exciter1 Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 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. 4 Quote
BrickLegacy Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 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). 1 Quote
California92563 Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I got a very nice used temple of fire (2507) for $60 shipped on ebay 2 Quote
diablo2112 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited March 16, 2015 by diablo2112 6 Quote
ravenb99 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 2 Chi Lion Temples $89 5 Technic Hot Rods $12 6 Steamrollers $25 2 Spider Copter Rescue $22.50 2 Farnsworth $54 6 SOH $31 Quote
labfreak7 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Congrats. It doesn't look like that much from the pics Quote
tonysbricks Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah I looked at the ad (from email alert) and thought ... um ok. Your pic shows a lot more, nice find! Quote
richardcore Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 1x EV 2x easter eggs 1x exo suit (have to have at least one) Quote
Alpinemaps Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Do trades count? If so, I traded for an open box, almost complete QAR. This will pair well with the BP I have in a bulk lot in the garage (once I sort through that!) 1 Quote
zskid00 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 I purchased a Tumbler from TRU.com when they were in stock Saturday morning. I used $90 in reward points and will be saving this for my personal collection. I love that the reward points negate tax for that portion of the purchase. Quote
DFC01 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) 2 King's Castle at 71 Edited March 16, 2015 by DFC01 Quote
mscheaf Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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. Quote
exciter1 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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. 5 Quote
zskid00 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah, hold those points until there's a worthy minifigure promo. Unfortunately if Admiral Yularen is the May Star Wars promo that one won't be lighting up eBay. I'm curious if the Winter Soldier polybag is headed to the U.S. soon. Quote
mscheaf Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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? Quote
exciter1 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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. Quote
mscheaf Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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. Thank you Quote
trekgate502 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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. 6 Quote
xeeeej Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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) Quote
trekgate502 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 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 2 Quote
brickelements Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 (2) more 60052 Cargo Trains from Amazon UK. With the favorable exchange rate 134.00 delivered is tuff to beat. Still a bit early in the production cycle - perhaps. Quote
oneknightr Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) 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? Edited March 16, 2015 by oneknightr Quote
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