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  • LegoFanTexasLegoFanTexas TexasMember Posts: 8,409
    Sheesh, take all the fun out of it for me, why don't ya? :)

    That may be true, but boy are these two sets in mint condition. The retail boxes are in better condition than a lot of the new Lego that UPS delivers.

    Oh well...
  • LegoFanTexasLegoFanTexas TexasMember Posts: 8,409
    Well if those aren't steals, I'm surprised no one commented on the 7191 set that I picked up complete for $250, tell me THAT isn't a deal?

    $250 including unused sticker sheet, all the parts sorted by type and color, and the box.

    Hmm, I'll need to find an even better deal! :)
  • sidersddsidersdd USAMember Posts: 2,432
    ^ That is a good deal. I paid $280 for mine about 6 months ago.
  • LegoboyLegoboy 100km furtherMember Posts: 8,815
    Almost as good as the MISB 10189 I stole from TLG for a whopping £99 last year! ;op
  • SirKevbagsSirKevbags Fairy Land Member Posts: 4,030
    ^ How did that happen!?
  • omgitsrenzoomgitsrenzo Member Posts: 46
    Well this isn't much, but I found the first model Millenium Falcon MISB for only $40... Well haven't really bought it yet but my friends holding on to it for me .. Not bad not bad at all considering that it's a pretty big and old set
  • parkerwilsonparkerwilson Member Posts: 142
    I nabbed the newest pod racer set of ebay a few weeks ago for $44.99. Box was not included but all bags were sealed and stickers and manual were included. free shipping at that. makes me wonder if the seller returned a box full of garbage to the store.
  • bricksanbricksan Member Posts: 566
    I got the City Marina for £25 from ASDA living the other day, great bargain.
  • canuhandle23canuhandle23 Member Posts: 104
    I got 3 MVR's at marshalls for 10 bucks a piece...and the ambush one for 5.50
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 4,590
    While I certainly appreciate the UCS Falcon I got for $375 and everything I've ever bought on Black Friday, my favorite deal was back in 2008 when I found a 10176 King's Castle for RRP online at a website I think was called Brick Marketplace.
  • jadeirenejadeirene US, CaliforniaMember Posts: 475
    ^ I got one of those at Costco for $35 or $39 when it was out. I now wish I had bought a cartful of those.
  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    ^^ Wow, I remember those at Costco. Those were really only $39?
  • BrickDancerBrickDancer Dunes of TatooineMember Posts: 3,639
    @canuhandle23 nice one! I think you win the "MVR Award" for that find at $10 (85% off).
  • jadeirenejadeirene US, CaliforniaMember Posts: 475
    ^^ It was definitely less than $40. Even as I brought it home I felt like I should have bought more, but it was at a Costco that was a couple hours away and I couldn't go back to get more. I never saw those at the Costcos near me.
  • LegoFanTexasLegoFanTexas TexasMember Posts: 8,409
    Of course, if we're going to go back in time... forget the silly Lego...

    I wish I could go back to 1998 and buy $10K worth of Apple stock. ;)

    I'd be retired right now...
  • romdamromdam Member Posts: 136
    Guy had just listed an auction that showed instructions/pieces for:

    1682 SPACE SHUTTLE
    6985 COSMIC FLEET VOYAGER
    6971 INTERGALACTIC COMMAND BASE
    6378 SERVICE STATION
    6391 CARGO CENTER
    6392 AIRPORT
    6080 KINGS CASTLE
    6386 POLICE COMMAND BASE
    6381 MOTOR SPEEDWAY
    6399 AIRPORT SHUTTLE
    6040 BLACKSMITH SHOP

    I offered $200-$250 for it and he let me have it for the $250 and ended the auction. I paid $50 in missing pieces, which were mainly the 4 plates from the airport and 2 pieces of monorail track. All in all $300. Not bad I think
  • LegoboyLegoboy 100km furtherMember Posts: 8,815
    ^ How did that happen!?
    Asked nicely. :o)
  • SirKevbagsSirKevbags Fairy Land Member Posts: 4,030
    ^ And they found one under a desk? How was the box condition? ;-)
  • LegoboyLegoboy 100km furtherMember Posts: 8,815
    edited January 2012
    ^ It was an 'under the desk' kind of transaction as it goes. The box was MISB in a shipping carton. Wouldn't have taken it otherwise, or if I had, would certainly have requested some sort of discount beforehand. :o)
  • The_Brick_BuilderThe_Brick_Builder Member Posts: 658
    I got a mint NISB Creator House 4956 for $97.45 shipped. Now I need to find 6754 and 4954.
  • TheCoryJihadTheCoryJihad Member Posts: 26
    I picked up 7327(Scorpion Pyramid) from the Pharoah's Quest theme last night at Target for $50. Half off! I though that was a steal. Took me almost 2 hours to build it when I got home too. It's a pretty neat seat with some great minifigs.
  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    ^^ huh? Are you serious?
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP CanadaMember Posts: 1,916
    ^^^ $99?
  • MatthewMatthew Cheshire, UKAdministrator Posts: 3,734
    I just managed 10 40028 Mini Hogwarts Express polybags from someone on Gumtree who works at GAME. £4 each! [I just wish [email protected] hadn't started selling them at £3.99 before I posted :(] I could be a capitalist and out these on eBay/BL for a markup, but I'll be nice and offer them in trade to anyone here first. PM me if interested.
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 4,590
    edited January 2012
    I just picked up 72 Freeing Dobby sets for $1/ea but have no real use for them.










    just kidding, @Matthew :o)
  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    @matthew S&H ticks me off too. Still have a bunch of these from Diagon purchases.

    @yellowcastle Where did you get them? Walmart?
  • thecleatorthecleator Member Posts: 70
    I picked up two hogwarts expresses for 28$ at kmart. Not too bad
  • MatthewMatthew Cheshire, UKAdministrator Posts: 3,734
    ^ *wants* If anyone sees any at that price anywhere and doesn't want/need them please pick them up for me.

    ^^
    I just picked up 72 Freeing Dobby sets for $1/ea but have no real use for them.

    just kidding, @Matthew :o)
  • thecleatorthecleator Member Posts: 70
    Sorry Mathew this was a clearance sale at Kmart in August deals like that are htf.
  • clowndiscuslegoclowndiscuslego Member Posts: 97
    edited February 2012
    picked this lot up off of craigslist. its all there with boxes, instructions
    nice find

    6271 IMPERIAL FLAGSHIP
    6534 BEACH BANDIT
    6551 CHECKERED FLAG 500
    6833 BEACON TRACER
    6262 KING KAHUKA'S THRONE
    6264 FORBIDDEN COVE
    6594 GAS TRANSIT
    6877 VECTOR DETECTOR
    6076 DARK DRAGON'S DEN
    6086 BLACK KNIGHTS CASTLE
    6075 WOLFPACK TOWER
    6933 SPECTRAL STARGUIDER
    6397 GAS N WASH EXPRESS
    6057 SEA SERPENT
    6286 SKULL'S EYE SCHOONER X 2
    6261 RAFT RAIDERS
    6048 MAJISTO'S MAGICAL WORKSHOP
    6351 SURF N SAIL CAMPER
    4011 CABIN CRUSIER
    6344 JET SPEED JUSTICE
    6639 RAVEN RACER
    6038 WOLFPACK RENEGADES
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP CanadaMember Posts: 1,916
    How much?
  • yys4uyys4u USA SoCalMember Posts: 1,092
    :O

    Skull's eye schooner TIMES TWO!?
  • clowndiscuslegoclowndiscuslego Member Posts: 97
    both with box, one in box, one built
  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    What is the point of listing a find without telling us what you got it for? :P
  • YellowcastleYellowcastle Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 4,590
    edited February 2012
    ....especially when there is already a thread for these things...

    (Merged into the Brag Thread 2/3/12 by YC)
  • clowndiscuslegoclowndiscuslego Member Posts: 97
    sorry i paid $420 for it all
  • bahnstormerbahnstormer Member Posts: 180
    looks like you essentially got paid by the guy to take it away as long as one of the 6286 is in an unopened box...

    http://www.ebay.de/itm/Lego-6286-neu-ungeoffneter-OVP-Piraten-Dreimastbark-/250965454488?pt=DE_AllesfürdKind_Spielzeug_Lego&hash=item3a6eb4ee98
  • BrickDancerBrickDancer Dunes of TatooineMember Posts: 3,639
    Found two listings on Craigslist today.

    1) ~30lbs of loose brick for $60

    2) Bundle deal on MISB sets for $320 total (RRP $586 + tax):
    8095: SW General Grievous SF x1
    7961: SW Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator x2
    7956: SW Ewok Attack x2
    7914: SW Mandalorian BP x2
    6860: DC Batcave x2
    6864: DC Batmobile Two-face Chase x1
    6863: DC Batwing Battle over Gotham x1
    9444: Ninjago Cole's Tread Assault x1
    4192: PotC Fountain of Youth x1
    3816: SpongeBob Glove World x1
    3815: SpongeBob Heroic Heroes of the Deep x1

    The guy has a couple Dino sets, Ninjago Spinners and more SW sets like T-6, Geonosian SF, Nightspeeder, V-Wing, Battle of Naboo, Bounty Hunter Gunship. But passing on these.
  • MatthewMatthew Cheshire, UKAdministrator Posts: 3,734
    Sorry Mathew this was a clearance sale at Kmart in August deals like that are htf.
    Tell me about it!
  • CoyotelilyCoyotelily God's Own County, UKMember Posts: 659
    Picked up loads of the newspaper poly bags at local toy fair for £1 each, off to Harrogate toy fair tomorrow as the Lego ladies will be there so I'm hoping to pick up some more.
  • SirKevbagsSirKevbags Fairy Land Member Posts: 4,030
    My Dad has just picked up a 5571 Giant Truck for me. Boxed and supposed to be complete for £50. Going to build it to check its complete then will probably move it on if anyone's interested......
  • MatthewMatthew Cheshire, UKAdministrator Posts: 3,734
    ^^ Can you enlighten me as to what you mean by a
    local toy fair
    ?
  • bricknationbricknation Member Posts: 711
    edited February 2012
    @Matthew http://bpfairs.com/ looks like there are two fairs very close to us this month in Bolton and Buxton. I'm making plans to go there.
    Has anyone been to one? Is it worth the travel and £3 admission price?
  • drdavewatforddrdavewatford Hertfordshire, UKAdministrator Posts: 6,603
    My Dad has just picked up a 5571 Giant Truck for me. Boxed and supposed to be complete for £50. Going to build it to check its complete then will probably move it on if anyone's interested......
    Nice set. I might be interested if it's complete/near complete wth a decent box and instructions - feel free to PM me when you're done checking it.

  • MatthewMatthew Cheshire, UKAdministrator Posts: 3,734
    ^^ Looks interesting, but no mention of LEGO on the site. There's one at Event City in Nov too, I'm sure I'll be able to get to that one.
  • bricknationbricknation Member Posts: 711
    edited February 2012
    ^ @Matthew use ctrl+F on their website and there are videos too
    at 1:04
    at 1:14
    nothing very special

    Kind off topic but could be a place to find a bargain ;)
  • ArbatraArbatra Member Posts: 4
    Found these decent deals at Target today 2/4 was pretty pleased

    7915: Imperial V-wing Starfighter - $15 both in store and online

    7931: T-6 Jedi Shuttle - $ 42, listed as 55 online and was 59 at the checkout but the shelf said 42, worker confirmed it and i only payed 42
  • gmpirategmpirate Member Posts: 1,654
    edited February 2012
    ^^ 7931 is 50% off at Walmart :P sometimes more . . .

    V-Wing is a little tempting with the added 5% Redcard bonus. Not sure if I really like it or just frustrated that EVERY Walmart has them but not on sale. Some even have it in the clearance isle.
  • tk79tk79 Member Posts: 329
    $52 for the batcave shipped from B&N...

    My daughter did a good job putting it together today and the reaction she gave when seeing Bruce Wayne change into Batman just by pulling a pin was easily the best part of the whole deal.
  • ArbatraArbatra Member Posts: 4
    My walmart was cleaned out :(
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