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[US] Walmart -- Post Christmas Sales

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  • pvancil27pvancil27 Member Posts: 588
    Holy balls. nice snag.

    One wally by me has the Batmans funhouse, MF Vampyre castle, Weathertop and Mines of moria (plus smaller sets of all three themes) all sitting in the clearance isle, all red tagged at retail and all sadly scanning at retail. gonna have to keep checking every morning I guess.
  • adol7adol7 Member Posts: 150
    And I thought the funhouse was exclusive to TRU & LEGO stores. I will not try to understand Walmart. I just bought a set from Walmart with a Kmart sticker on the side. I won't even try to understand the return/re-shelf process there. :P
  • pvancil27pvancil27 Member Posts: 588
    Yea, I'd say it was a return, but I've seen it at 3 wallys, and all had multiple copies.
  • scotty12scotty12 Member Posts: 830
    One of my WM just put the 7965 MF that they just got last week on clearance today for $100. They also put the #9499 Star Wars Gungan Sub on clearance for $50. It's a older, smaller Walmart in a relatively large city and has a small Lego aisle (maybe 15ft), so it's clearances stuff out anytime they need more space.
  • krklintkrklint Member Posts: 502
    I used to live near one of those gems of a smaller WM, and then they expanded... those sales disappeared with the expansion :( Glad you still have them @scotty12!
  • DaSmokeEaterDaSmokeEater Member Posts: 34
    I got VERY lucky just before the holidays and found a clearance Republic Frigate in damaged box for $38. It took some digging to check and make sure everything was complete (it was-none of the bags were opened but I didn't know how many bags were in the set at the time). It was scheduled to be a present for Christmas but we'd already done everything so it's being saved along with other various finds for the upcoming birthdays.
  • mathewmathew Member Posts: 2,099
    So is Mines of Moria worth picking up at $40? I already own it. I'm just not sure what it will do in the after market.
  • prevereprevere Member Posts: 2,923
    ^I've been picking them up in the $54 range. Good chance for success in the aftermarket, second to HD in the LOTR series. YMMV.
  • LURKERnumber2149LURKERnumber2149 Member Posts: 15
    Did walmart discount these quinjets / mines further today?
  • mathewmathew Member Posts: 2,099
    LURKERnumber2149 said:

    Did walmart discount these quinjets / mines further today?

    I'm out of town visiting the in-laws. The local small town super walmart has Mines for $40 and Quinjets for $35. They had MF ghost train for $40, but it was sold out.

  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    I'd buy them at $40 & $35, easy.
  • BrixyBrixy Member Posts: 57
    my walmart (small town theres only the one) still has all of those at rrp. I would pick them up at those prices. they just did the second markdowns so ewoks are ten and the advent calendars city and star wars are twenty. rest of discounted lego are sold.
  • prevereprevere Member Posts: 2,923
    For a year now, a Wally has had a Galactic Enforcer on clearance for $60. Box looks like it was dragged by a truck for a mile or two. I just laugh every time I see it.

    The rest of their "clearance item" all scanned at full price. Shameful!
  • ZonZon Member Posts: 213
    Anyone have a picture or could take one of a Quinjet UPC barcode? Want to scan it with the iPhone Walmart scanner to see if it has dropped around my area.
  • turtle1173turtle1173 Member Posts: 230
    There are scans of all the barcodes on brickset. Just enter the set in the search bar at top. The UPC numbers and barcode will ne on the right side of the page.
    Zon
  • kim43235kim43235 Member Posts: 165
    Snapped one Hulk breakout 6868 for $30 at the local WM. Nothing much else is on sale.
  • sonsofscevasonsofsceva Member Posts: 542
    Got a Ninjago Bounty for 35 and Cole's Tread Assault for 19. Malevolence, Batcave, and Quinjet were in Clearance aisle but full price.
  • YodaliciousYodalicious Member Posts: 1,366
    Got 2 Weathertops for $30 each at a WM I don't think I've ever stepped foot in. They had other sets in the clearance aisle as well - Quinjet, Goblin King, etc. - but they were all full price. Only Weathertop was discounted.

    6 Ringwraiths down. 3 to go.
  • UnakiUnaki Member Posts: 9
    My wal-mart has two millenium falcons in clearance that were just moved there. A whopping <1% clearance at 139.97
  • samiam391samiam391 Member Posts: 4,484
    ^Do you live in Kentucky? Sounds like my Walmart...

    They had a 2012 Star Wars Advent Calendar in the clearance section marked down to a steal of a price of $49.97.

    I could barely control my excitement, but decided to pass on it and give someone else the opportunity to purchase it.
  • samiam391samiam391 Member Posts: 4,484
    ^Love it.

    Congrats on the amazing finds, best "great deal find" story I've heard in quite some time!

  • JosephJoseph Member Posts: 629
    edited January 2013
    ^^ I'm speechless, that's two absolutely incredible Walmart finds in the last month. Congrats!
  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    ^^^ Where at?
  • Zeldafanatic15Zeldafanatic15 Member Posts: 106
    Sorry, forgot to add. Walmart near Arundel Mills in Landover Hills, MD.
  • ZonZon Member Posts: 213
    Zeldafanatic15 said:

    Sorry, forgot to add. Walmart near Arundel Mills in Landover Hills, MD.

    I will give you $10 for each of those sets... You could double your money quick! ;)

    Seriously though, awesome find! A hunter's dream for sure.
  • ReliantReliant Member Posts: 68
    edited January 2013
    Man congrats that's the craziest story I have heard in some time. I mean the whole thing does not make any sense!!!! They could have marked them down a bit and they would have sold quick in the clearance isle. Who cares though, I'm glad you got em!!

    P.S please post a better scan of the receipt so I can price match at my Walmart. ;)
  • adol7adol7 Member Posts: 150
    You guys are funny. :D
    Congrats!
  • Zeldafanatic15Zeldafanatic15 Member Posts: 106
    Sorry, I already tossed the receipts. :( Figured I don't really need them.
  • meyerc13meyerc13 Member Posts: 227
    This is why Wal Mart makes no sense to me. One store will give clearance sets away at $5, while I stopped at another out-of-the-way store that had about 6 aisles devoted to clearance - none of which was moving because most was at MSRP (minus $.02). Crazy. Lucky find for you! When you score a find like that, I'd bet that somehow the 30% sales just won't seem as sweet.
  • BanditBandit Member Posts: 889
    Yeah, that's crazy. They left a lot of money on the table doing that. Although in the grand scheme of things, the extra few thousand dollars they could have squeezed out is less than a drop in the bucket to them, and assumedly worth it to clear the shelves immediately.

    I think they would have been better off donating everything to goodwill, though, and taking the tax write off, which is what I thought they typically do...
  • GIR3691GIR3691 Member Posts: 674
    I found a decent stock of 2012 Super Hero, Star Wars Monster Fighters sets, all at full price. LAME.
  • prevereprevere Member Posts: 2,923
    edited January 2013
    Question. Found the new "hospital / helicopter rescue" set for $40 on clearance. Great. They also had 4 in the aisle ringing up at full price.

    So I asked if I could get all the sets at clearance price, and they said no. I was surprised.
  • YodaliciousYodalicious Member Posts: 1,366
    ^That's unbelievably odd because their system should reflect one price for the product. Whenever I've run into something like that happening, they always honor the low price and if it's a mistake they correct it after the transaction. Happened to me with Seaside House. It rang up $25 even though it was marked full-price on the shelf. They corrected the price in the system after they sold it to me.
  • kim43235kim43235 Member Posts: 165
    edited January 2013
    ^^ That's odd. I don't remember walmart puts extra bar code sticker for clearance items. That means it's same bar code which means same price. Or I'm missing something here.
  • PoochyPoochy Member Posts: 479
    ^^ Were they willing to sell that one set at $40 though? I also find this surprising. I'd grab a manager and ask why there are 2 prices. Maybe it was a mistake on the $40 by an employee, or something more sinister (has happened before).
  • ReliantReliant Member Posts: 68
    Agreed would be interested in how that scanned for that price.sybe a return with a clearance sticker ?
  • scotty12scotty12 Member Posts: 830
    prevere said:

    Question. Found the new "hospital / helicopter rescue" set for $40 on clearance. Great. They also had 4 in the aisle ringing up at full price.

    So I asked if I could get all the sets at clearance price, and they said no. I was surprised.

    I just found the same thing last week at Target. Some genius Target employee priced a SpongeBob Flying Dutchman Ship that looked like it had been run over by a shoping cart and opened at $24.99 on a clearance sticker on the top shelf. Yet right below it were 3 brand new Flying Dutchmans at $19.99. I scanned each and when I was walking back, I talked to an employee stocking shelves and she had no idea about it.
  • Thanos75Thanos75 Member Posts: 1,120
    I stopped at my loocal Wal-mart today and I scanned my usual suspects and as I was walking away I saw two LEGO sets on the clearance rack....The Recycling Truck for $14 and the Car and Caravan for $9.50....
  • brickmaticbrickmatic Member Posts: 1,071
    Got #3860 Heroica Castle Fortaan for $16.50. It wasn't marked, had to scan it.
  • madforLEGOmadforLEGO Member Posts: 10,756
    I was at a target the other day and saw a Batcave on the shelf that was literally opened with scotch tape closing the box back together.. utterly ridiculous
  • prevereprevere Member Posts: 2,923
    Poochy said:

    ^^ Were they willing to sell that one set at $40 though? I also find this surprising. I'd grab a manager and ask why there are 2 prices. Maybe it was a mistake on the $40 by an employee, or something more sinister (has happened before).

    I was on my way to work, so I didn't put up a fight. So in fairness I went to the customer service counter for a quick answer. Maybe a manager would have approved. It was red stickered for $40. Employee error - maybe.
    Poochy
  • murroughmurrough Member Posts: 59
    I know that throughout the year Various Wal-Marts will discount sets as needed. I was wondering if there is any other day/time (besides the 26th of Dec) when a national clearance happens at Wal-Mart? I also was able to find a Knights Bus for $20 at Wal-Mart the other day.
  • ReliantReliant Member Posts: 68
    ^ agreed some of these random store sales are interesting for sure.
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,535
    My mother-in-law was thoughtful enough to email me about some deals she found at her Walmart, she ended up getting me two of #9516 Jabbas Palace for $79 each. One to keep and one to resell later to further offset the cost of the keeper. I figure little Timmy had over a month since Christmas to make his move so he can't complain about me getting two :).
    Zon
  • hoyatableshoyatables Member Posts: 873
    I'm shocked and awed by the Walmart clearance story. Clearly I need to make my way to to Arundel Mills more often.
  • Thanos75Thanos75 Member Posts: 1,120
    I noticed something weird at my Walmart today. I was there yesterday and there was nothing on sale...all the shelves were stocked. I went this afternoon and all of the MF sets were pulled from the shelves and a bunch of new Chima sets were in its place. I looked all over for a clearance area and didnt see anything. I asked the lady in the toy department and she said they pulled all of the MF sets but that they moved acouple things into a clearance isle in the girls toys. I went over and they had all of the Friends sets from last year at 30% off....They also had some recycling trucks at 50% and the Batcave for $45...that was it no MF's...I asked the manager and he said they pulled them and wont be selling them. I will check another walmart when i get off on monday.
  • ShpadoinkleShpadoinkle Member Posts: 420
    FWIW all of the MF sets at our WM have been in the clearance section for awhile now, though there is no Vampyre Castle (they only had one on black Friday) and all of the sets except for the Ghost Train were at full price.
  • Pacific493Pacific493 Member Posts: 379
    FWIW, I was at my local WM yesterday and they had 3-4 MFs in the regular Lego aisle at full price. This was the first time that I had seen any there since last Sep/Oct.
  • prevereprevere Member Posts: 2,923
    Entering Wal-Mart looking for Lego discounts, is like entering the Twilight Zone.

    Prices that defy logic. Items in strange locations. Bizarre (and zombie-like) responses from personnel.

    Poochy
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