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That's still pretty exciting! It's a really underrated set. Personally I feel like it stands out quite a bit, especially at it's price/piece point, and that's saying something in a theme packed with great vehicles and mechs!
Maybe not as exciting as a Bounty at 50% off though....
There were also multiple batwings at $45 and bat caves at $40 but passed on those.
Hope to be able to find the destiny bounty at a good sale in the future.
Wish I'd scored a bounty
Though I've also seen a fair amount of listings on Facebook marketplace with super cheap prices on sets like the bounty and others. When you look at the profile of the seller most times my gut tells me it's stolen merch.
These boxes are big so theft is unlikely though not impossible. It's frustrating but what can you do....
Anyway, if stores near you have any left, you might want to check if their prices have dropped.
I ended up talking to a manager at WM because this WM supposedly had 2 #75189 on their shelves for $74. We looked around and couldn't find them, so I mentioned that they might be stolen or hidden in the store and he said sometimes when they get new shipments in their inventories are off from the start....that their shorted some....he says it happens quite frequently.
#41239 Eclipso Dark Palace $25
#41185 Magic Rescue from the Goblin Village $15
#41232 Super Hero High School $15
I did manage a nice little haul though:
2x #10702 creative building box for $7 apiece
1x #75184 sw advent $9
1x #30425 ninjago poly $4 (not on sale just thought 2 figs for $4 was cool)
The 10702s were still sealed in a shipping carton, sitting on the top shelf- I noticed an outer sticker that read "10702" and checked the price on the WM app. I felt a little awkward pulling the shipping carton off the shelf and opening it, but 1200 parts for $14 is a great deal haha. I'll likely add those parts to my BL store and keep the SW/poly.
When checking in their garden area, I did find a few Architecture sets. He said they had deleted some of them from their system, and I couldn't find their prices with the WM app. I brought them to the price checking tool instead, and found out that the New York Cities were $10 apiece- got four. There were 7 other sets (3 Louvre, 2 Buckingham, 1 London, and 1 Arc De Triomphe). The London and Arc De Triomphe were $20, so I decided against them since I'm not interested in the sets and they aren't worth much more than $30. The Louvre and Buckingham sets were the ones deleted from the system. While talking with that employee (he was very nice and helpful!) he said that the toy department manager is going to be in tomorrow, and if interested in those other sets I could come talk to them about it.
So, in the end, I got $400 worth of sets for $80 and am going to stop by again tomorrow to see if the manager will be willing to give me a discount on the remaining architecture sets. They are just trying to get rid of them, so I'm hopeful I can get them for a nice price. I'll be out that way anyways getting the oil changed in my vehicle, so its not too difficult to justify going again ;)
Also found #41311 Heartlake Pizzeria for $7.
For instance, once a week I get gas from the same gas station. It’s in a Walmart parking lot, so once a week I go into that Walmart. For another one, it’s in an area that doesn’t have a lot of neighborhoods. Therefore, a lot of people don’t live around it. It typically has good clearance stock. And finally, another is a very old, almost forgotten one. Those are my three go-tos. But if I’m driving around for a meeting or something and pass one, I’ll run in if I have time.
Also, I use the Walmart app too. You can search by store. So I may sit at lunch one day and search for LEGO and change between several different stores to see what they might have. Sometimes I’ll get to the store and the item is already gone, but sometimes it’s there. I typically do that on the days I don’t have a need to go out and only plan on doing so if I see a great price.
And, I use the app in-store. Instead of feverishly hunting, I’ll scan something then scroll through the similar items. That will tell me other prices and then I can hunt.
The thing is in the end though, I’ve found some GREAT deals, but if I had to add it all up, I’ve struck out more often than not. It’s not like I’m finding something every time I step in a Walmart. It’s not even every other time. I’d venture to say, all told, I have a fairly average batting average. But the key is that I do it so often. I’m fairly relentless when it comes to it. My gas station Walmart, like I said, I step foot in at least once a week. The one in the non-residential area, at least every other week. Those two have provided me with the most deals by far and it’s because I frequently visit. I found my $79 Destiny’s Bounty at one that wasn’t that price the week before and was gone the week after. I found my 80-90% off volcano sets at the other that I didn’t even see on shelves the week before, but were suddenly in the clearance section the next week.
Whatever your strategy, you’re sure to get lucky from time to time, but I would venture a guess that most of us that seem to find deal after deal after deal are consistently going into the stores just to check. But you’ll still strike out. This week, I’ve visited three of my usuals and there wasn’t anything that interested me despite some sets still hanging around on deep clearance, but tomorrow I’ll be by a store I’ve never been in, so I’ll take 10 minutes out of my day to check it out just in case.