Australian General LEGO Update

[Furious_george]

3 minutes ago, Out of the Dark Years said:

Gift cards sure are useful when you can get GBHQ for a touch over $406

To those searching for GBHQ they should be out back of most stores round the country by now, but some stores are refusing to sell before the sale.

Keep trying a few different stores and you should hit a store with stock and staff willing to sell it.

Nice price. Can't find any worthwhile gift card discounts myself tho. Yeh I get the feeling the big sets are hidden away.

[Out of the Dark Years]

BigW always keep large expensive sets out back in "the cage" as they call it.

Audio Visual desk staff are usually the best people to ask, sometimes toy staff are a bit clueless.

I got my cards earlier in the year when they had 10% off and I stacked another egift card discount at the time to get 14.5% off.

Edited June 7, 2016 by Out of the Dark Years

[Furious_george]

Good info. I'll ask today. Seems the Big w gods heard my plea and stuck their 8% cards up again.

 

[whoisbiggles]

36 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Good info. I'll ask today. Seems the Big w gods heard my plea and stuck their 8% cards up again.

 

Yep just got to wait for the order to processed.

[Skunk]

41 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

Good info. I'll ask today. Seems the Big w gods heard my plea and stuck their 8% cards up again.

 

Jesaulenko you beauty! 

I will be grabbing some more of them and visiting BigW tomorrow night. If I can get a Firehouse and SC I'll be very happy indeed. 

[Furious_george]

What's the investment thoughts on the Helicarrier?  It's big, it's impressive but is there enough interest in Marvel?

Never really got into comic book superheroes myself but doesn't mean others haven't.

[Skunk]

I'm relatively new to this game so take my opinion with a grain of salt but I like this set as an investment. I'm not into comic books by any stretch either but this is the only UCS equivalent for Marvel. 

Not going into the specifics of the set - see the 76042 thread for that - but factor in things like shipping weight and potential changes to import duties from 1 July 2017 and this an other 'exclusives' are only get more expensive and difficult to import. 

One other thing to look at is the current going rate on eBay which is pretty much break even at RRP. To me that bodes well for retirement. 

I'm by no means in this game for serious cash but if I can get a few Helicarriers at 30% off RRP then if I can QFLL one or two and hold onto one for long term I'll be very happy. 

[Furious_george]

But where oh where to get that elusive 30%?

[Skunk]

8 minutes ago, Furious_george said:

But where oh where to get that elusive 30%?

I'm going on the assumption (which could be very wrong!) that BigW will have 20% off Lego. So with their normal price of $475 having 20% off that's $380. Using 8% off gift cards you get $349.60 which is almost smack bang 30% off RRP of $499.

If the sale is 10% off then you're looking at 23% off RRP with 8% gift cards. 

If there is no discount you're looking at 12% off RRP.

We'll know how good it is on the 16th June. 

[Furious_george]

I think $475 IS the sale price unfortunately.

[Skunk]

$475 is definitely their 'normal' price. That's how much I lay-buyed for last week. 

It's back online too but they don't list stores which stock sets anymore. Big W Helicarrier

[Furious_george]

I seen the catalogue before it was taken down.HC was listed as $475 and Sandcrawler was $380 or something.

But I certainly hope I'm wrong and it's lower. My local store finally admitted that they have HC out the back, but not for sale yet.

All 8 of them.

[Skunk]

Ah ok got ya. They've got it advertised but not on special. Decent price for the SC though. 

[Furious_george]

Yeh SC price is tempting , but I'm thinking I already have few of those and none of Helicarrier, so I'm gonna try nab a HC.

[whoisbiggles]

One gb firehouse purchased from big w

[Skunk]

17 minutes ago, whoisbiggles said:

One gb firehouse purchased from big w

Nice! Was it $475?

[Furious_george]

54 minutes ago, whoisbiggles said:

One gb firehouse purchased from big w

Also what state? 

[gazza]

had a look at big w melbourne central/QV today - nothing!

[gazza]

On 08/06/2016 at 8:45 AM, Furious_george said:

Good info. I'll ask today. Seems the Big w gods heard my plea and stuck their 8% cards up again.

 

i can't seem to find the 8% cards. have you got a link you could share, please?

[Alucard1982]

had a look at big w melbourne central/QV today - nothing!

They had their arse kicked last time for advertising a product available on X date and had completely sold out prior.

i can't seem to find the 8% cards. have you got a link you could share, please?

Check cashrewards.com.au

[gazza]

4 minutes ago, Alucard1982 said:

They had their arse kicked last time for advertising a product available on X date and had completely sold out prior.

Check cashrewards.com.au

thanks, man!

yeah, the range at the melb central/QV store was appalling. absolutely stuff all!

[Furious_george]

You won't see the big w deal unless you sign up to cash rewards . Not a big deal.

[whoisbiggles]

Purchased in qld, price was $475 used the cash reward 8% and some other gift cards, etc. bonus no security string or big w sticker

[Furious_george]

Still nothing available in WA even using a man on the inside. :/

 

[Skunk]

Pickup up a Sandcrawler last night. Box in super condition. Normal price $398.