Dare I say, Walmart?

CaptainRogers

Man. Walmart really wants to preempt that Prime Day $$$!

autolycus

They must not have had many of the Carousel. It's already out of stock. Boo!

Thanks for the head's up though!

thenos

@autolycus Amazon price matched

Fizyx

Amazon price match appears to be over... how do I keep missing all these amazing deals?!

autolycus

Ahh!!! I checked Amazon several times and it was still $200. That’s ok. Last few large sets I’ve gotten from them, including the Ferris Wheel, were packed so badly it took several times to get one that’s box wasn’t completely crushed and destroyed in shipping.

Astrobricks

#75972 is $17
#75220 is $100
#21315 is $43
#70828 is $49
#60195 is $80

Astrobricks

^ Dang! Brickseek says there are none left around here.

jhuntin1

#75230 is $40. Picked it up for my son to save for Christmas.

CaptainRogers

It's Walmart clearance season again! I saw multiple sets beteeen 25%-50% off. 

Some $40 creator sets were $25
#75234 AT-AP Walker $40
#75206 Jedi & Clone Battle Pack $9
#60202 Outdoor People Pack $25
#60191 Arctic Exploration Team $5
#70670 Monastary of Spinjitzu $54

And much more. Happy hunting!

Keilup

Can confirm Walmart clearance. As usual never know what you’ll find. Stopped at store 1. Didn’t see any tags at first. Scanned CaptainRogers sets and no go. Spotted one #75211. Shelf said $56. Scanned $15. What??  Box a little beat up but so what. Scanned #76101. $3. Then saw shelf 2 deep with clearance on box. Then another shelf 2 deep. 32 Copies in all. Found 3 clearance stickers but no stock. That was all. Shelves relatively empty. 

Went to store 2. Many sets across many themes with clearance stickers in shelf. All were scanning sticker price. Most from 20-30% off WM price. Not bad. A couple a little higher, couple little lower.

Now to gamble if stock will stay so I can snare at next discount - and check a couple more stores. 

thenos

Big sale at Walmart online. 
#70620 is $230

#75222 is $290

#21311 is $135

#10243 is $120

And more.

https://www.walmart.com/search/?cat_id=4171&facet=special_offers:Clearance||special_offers:Rollback||special_offers:Reduced+Price&page=1&prg=mWeb&query=Lego&sort=price_high

Astrobricks

^ Thanks! I ordered a #75181 Y-Wing for $150. 

Fizyx

Astrobricks said:

^ Thanks! I ordered a #75181 Y-Wing for $150. 

Thanks for the call out on the Y-Wing.  Been waiting for a good chance to grab that one and Voltron both!

Malkan

Found #70839 for $110 at a local Walmart.

Sk1222

Got today, Harry Potter Mimi figs $1, unikitty figs .50. I just bought the whole works and they let me have the display.  Got 54 Potter and 80 kitty. 

Oubird

Voltron was gone :(

Koolbrix2018

My Walmart had lots of sets on sale. 
#75234 AT-AP Walker - $40
#75206 Jedi and Clone Trooper Battle Pack - $9
#75203 Hoth Medical Chamber - $21
#75200 Ahch-To Island Training - $21
#75196 A-Wing vs TIE Silencer Microfighters - $15
#75952 Newt’s Case of Magical Creatures - $30
#75950 Aragog’s Lair - $9
#60179 Ambulance Helicopter - $13
#60202 People Pack - Outdoor Adventures - $25
#60209 Sky Police Diamond Heist - $35
#31077 Modular Sweet Surprises - $25
#31081 Modular Skate House - $25
#31093 Riverside Houseboat - $25
#31094 Race Plane - $19

And many more as well!

Switchfoot55

Checked a local store last night. Aside from $1-$2 dollars off here or there, there really wasn't much on a deal. 

Keilup

Switchfoot55 said:

Checked a local store last night. Aside from $1-$2 dollars off here or there, there really wasn't much on a deal. 

We all know WM is all over the place on clearance, but I'd say check often right now.  Seems WM tends to clean up their clearance and change prices Thursday evenings (at least around here) so perhaps many store will change tomorrow.

I found one store last Friday that had all kinds of clearance prices.  I've checked a 2nd store 2 times including yesterday.  Only a couple clearance and shelves are actually quite empty.  Checked a 3rd store yesterday and nothing was on sale.  Going to 4th store today to see what's up and probably hit up a couple tomorrow to see if there's any change.

Switchfoot55

I'm leaving on a road trip on Saturday and will likely make a few stops along the way to check what's out there while I'm on the road. I'm sure my wife will understand.......

Keilup

Just came back from WM #4.  Not a single clearance sticker in sight, but I scanned a number of sets and found that most of the ones that have been mentioned already showed on up on clearance price.  I bet tomorrow the stickers show up.

I really want #31084.  Two stores close to me have a number of them for $54.  I'm hoping it'll drop again before they disappear.

560Heliport

According to Brickseek, there's two in stock at a Walmart near me for $19! I couldn't find them in the store. It's on my way home, so I figured it was worth stopping there. Now there are several stores with them for $54; I'm perfectly happy to buy one (or two...) at that price.

starfire2

The online price jumped back up to $74 and no longer says clearance above it.

Switchfoot55

Go figure! I've checked all the stores nearby, and several locations on my upcoming road trip. The lowest I've seen is $54. Fingers crossed there is some price movement as I'd love to add this to my collection. 

ryjay

The clearance items and prices I have seen havent really had me jumping to buy.

BTW, the department managers get "clearance dollars" and can apply them at times however they like.  They may get $100 and apply $5 off on 20 sets or $25 off on 4 sets, or any other combination.  It is good to get to know who those people are. 

Astrobricks

ryjay said:

The clearance items and prices I have seen havent really had me jumping to buy.

BTW, the department managers get "clearance dollars" and can apply them at times however they like.  They may get $100 and apply $5 off on 20 sets or $25 off on 4 sets, or any other combination.  It is good to get to know who those people are. 

I can see where some of the clearance inconsistencies between stores could be explained that way, but I gotta believe most clearance (at least on Lego) is more centrally directed.

eggshen

Astrobricks said:

ryjay said:

The clearance items and prices I have seen havent really had me jumping to buy.

BTW, the department managers get "clearance dollars" and can apply them at times however they like.  They may get $100 and apply $5 off on 20 sets or $25 off on 4 sets, or any other combination.  It is good to get to know who those people are. 

I can see where some of the clearance inconsistencies between stores could be explained that way, but I gotta believe most clearance (at least on Lego) is more centrally directed.

Walmart has regional markdowns that are sent to each store each week, then the employees at store level go through the list and mark stuff down. In addition to that, each store has a budget for markdowns, and the store managers determine if there is any markdown money to split up to each department. I was an assistant manager for 7 years for Walmart before I went back to school for CS.

ryjay

Astrobricks said:

I can see where some of the clearance inconsistencies between stores could be explained that way, but I gotta believe most clearance (at least on Lego) is more centrally directed.

Not really, a couple of years ago I was talking with the Toy manager and suggested she put all her available clearance dollars on Jurassic Park sets...& if she did, I'd buy them all....she did....and I did.

Today, however, most managers know that lego will move without the discounts, and they want to move out slower moving toy items, so that is where most their clearance dollars go now.

madforLEGO

My question is: When does the price drop to a greater discount? Is it every Monday, Tuesday, etc.. Or is that to the store discretion as well?

madforLEGO

Walmart.com has some baseplates on sale/clearance:

#10701 XL gray baseplate 11.83

#10700 Classic green baseplate 5.69

Good deals if you are looking for baseplates

teal93mr2

madforLEGO said:

My question is: When does the price drop to a greater discount? Is it every Monday, Tuesday, etc.. Or is that to the store discretion as well?

Probably no rhyme or reason to it. I've been waiting for #76112 to go down, it's been at $74 for at least 3 weeks. 

jmeninno

SAMESIES

ryjay

madforLEGO said:

My question is: When does the price drop to a greater discount? Is it every Monday, Tuesday, etc.. Or is that to the store discretion as well?

I think it all depends on whether or not they have additional clearance dollars to put against it.   If the manages has allocated it all, there is nothing more to give it.  When and how they go deeper I dont know. 

 But I do know when they do allocate the clearance discounts, it is when shoppers are around, so it never hurts to ask them and give them suggestions.

One thing many people dont know or even do, is you can negotiate with Walmart on prices.  Outside of clearance items, I had to buy a bunch of trash cans for resale, went to the store manager with my resale card and the purchased the cans 15% off of the posted price.   

Astrobricks

^ What’s a Resale Card?

scotty12

^^ Is that something new??  In years past you could "possibly" get a 10% discount on bulk items but you had to find the store manager....which inedibly was never in the actual store.
  A few years back I found a 5-6 LEGO Minecraft sets ($70RRP each) on top of a shelf that was all toy clearance. They were all smashed....so I checked prices....still full price...found a dept. manager...told he I was going to give them to the local library for their LEGO league....he said they were run over by a forklift but the best he could do was get the store manager to knock off 10%.

** Can't stores like Walmart, Target return damaged LEGO to get some/most/all of their money back?  They use to

ryjay

Astrobricks said:

^ What’s a Resale Card?

A sellers permit that states you are tax exempt on  purchases since you will be collecting the  tax when you resell, and then you send it on to the state.   

KingAlanI

Several clearance signs in lego aisle for about 35% off MSRP. Nothing worth it for resale/part put but some good deals if you want the set personally

Astrobricks

scotty12 said:

^^ Is that something new??  In years past you could "possibly" get a 10% discount on bulk items but you had to find the store manager....which inedibly was never in the actual store.

Were they ever edible, really?

GIR3691

#75215 Cloud-Rider Swoop Bikes for $19. Was hoping to find lower but it was the last one and beat Amazon by $2. The aisles were pretty barren.

jedijason1138

One Walmart close to me had Hoth Medical Chambers #75203 marked down to $7. Of course, none were left. The clearance price fluctuations are extreme.

daryllgino

bought it at my local walmart. and theres a lot more that i didnt buy. most of it are 50% off and more

Astrobricks

green peanuts?

eddiew

Astrobricks said:

green peanuts?

What? They'll go perfectly with the elefant sea salt!

CaptainRogers

Three Walmarts in my general vicinity did more markdowns today. Brickseek showed most clearance prices being 50% off or more. Here's what I saw when I went by two of them.

#75206 Jedi & Clone Trooper Battle Pack $5
#75209 Han Solo's Landspeeder $13
#75133 Droid Gunship $21
#75223 Naboo Starfighter Microfighter $5
#75224 Sith Infiltrator Microfighter $5
#75234 AT-AP Walker $25
#75926 Pteranodon Chase $7
#75927 Stygimoloch Breakout $13
#75933 T. Rex Transport $30
#76110 Batman Attack of the Talons $7
#75951 Grindewald's Escape $9
#31084 Pirate Roller Coaster $35
#31093 Riverside Houseboat $17
#75884 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback $5
#75101 Outrider Dropship Attack $5
#70651 Throne Room Showdown $7
#70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu $35

madforLEGO

Scored a couple of #60204 City hospitals for 49.97 today

jmeninno

Scored a bunch of sets.  Dont have the set numbers off hand, but porg for $30, batmobile #76112 I think for $49, and a bunch of unikitty sets for 50% off.  BB8 set was $40, but passed on that.

teal93mr2

I've been waiting for the #76112 to drop, watched it every day. Immediately stock goes to zero when I check today and price is $49, guess I need to step my game up. 

Pyrobug

Tonight I got

#41369 Mia's House $30

#41352 Big Race Day $25

#41368 Andrea's Talent Show $25

#41345 Heartlake City Pet Centre $25

#41347 Heartlake City Resort $49

#31039 Riverside Houseboat $17

#31074 Rocket Rally Car $7

#31077 Modular Sweet Surprises #17

#10764 City Central Airport #21

#75952 Newt's Case $21

#42073 Bash! $7

#42072  Whack! $7

#42090 Getaway Truck $9

#42089 Powerboat $7

#60217 Fire Plane $25

#60173 Mountain Arrest $25

#60174 Mountain Police HQ $35

#70658 Oni Titan $21

#70638 Katana V11 $11

#76112 App-controlled Batmobile $49

#70838 Queen Watevra's Space Palace $49

I skipped the Porg for $30 and BB-8 for $40 because I already have them and someone beat me to Indoraptor Rampage for $69. That's annoying but I was very surprised to see #70838 discounted so heavily already because none of the other LM2 sets are on clearance at this store yet.