Picked up a LEGO Space Center 3368, at Walmart for $34.50, also got the LEGO Recycling Truck 4206 for $14.50

I could use some advice on a craigslist posting I found. It's a nice set for when my kids get into the Technic age range, and I can use it in the meantime.

The asking price is $1200, which is pretty much at the ebay price level. Anyone have any suggestions on what a good offer would be?

3x 9648 - NXT Resource Set
1x 9686 - Simple & Pow Machines Set
1x 9797 - LME NXT Base Set
2x 9649 - Tech Resource Set II
2x 8263 - Snow Groomer V39
3x 8265 - Front Loader V39
1x 8053 - Mobile Crane V39
1x 8043 - Motorized Excavator V39
1x 8052 - Container Truck V39
3x 8264 - Hauler V39
2x 10213 - Shuttle Adventure V46
2x 8049 - Tractor with Log Loader V39
3x 8047 - Technic Mini Excavator
3x 8045 - Technic Telehandler
3x 8262 - Technic Quad Bike
1x 6177 - Lego Basic Bricks
1x 8259 - Technic Mini Bulldozer
1x 9251 - Lego Big Bulk Set
1x 9241 - Lego Wheels Set

Originally Posted by BingoBrown Wow, so the Kingdoms Joust already shipped, and despite me opting for FSSS, it'll be here in 2 days. Love Amazon.

They did the same thing when I bought my Vita.

Hit up the slightly further away Walmart because their website said they had the Lego Falcon in stock. I figured I could maybe grab it on clearance considering I'll probably never get my hands on the UCS Falcon. Searched and searched but couldn't find it. I'll call them in a bit and find out if they have it or not (didn't feel like waiting in the customer service line).

Just scored a Vampire Castle on clearance at Target for $50, couldnt pass it up despite no room to display it right now. lol.

Originally Posted by mweav067 I found a Diagon Alley set on Ebay for $219.00 with $14.13 S&H, or Best Offer. I'm thinking about offering up $200 for it. Thoughts?

That sounds like a good deal at this point, although if you're going to build it, I would buy used. If you're going to keep it sealed, I would jump on it. I can definitely see this set jumping up to Green Grocer prices.

Originally Posted by dagarcia2678 The asking price is $1200, which is pretty much at the ebay price level. Anyone have any suggestions on what a good offer would be?

I'm not sure about Technic set prices but that seems like a whole lot to spend at once. Since your kids aren't at that level yet, why not wait for clearance sets to build up a collection?

I went to an out of the way Walmart today and the only thing I found was a $12 Sith set with Anakin and Asajj. They had the Quinjet and a couple of others but they all rang up at full price.

Originally Posted by encendido5 That sounds like a good deal at this point, although if you're going to build it, I would buy used. If you're going to keep it sealed, I would jump on it. I can definitely see this set jumping up to Green Grocer prices.

My only fear with buying one used is it will have missing pieces. Plus I can't seem to find any used, or at a cheaper shipping cost. I'll do some looking around though.

Hmm, you're right. I didnt realize how fast this set retired. There are a bunch of new options at $200 on Bricklink and you pay exact shipping so you might save a bit if the eBay person refuses your offer.

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?...96368&invNew=N

Thanks for the link... I'll probably try the eBay one first, just because he has an exact shipping cost listed.

Called my Walmart that is supposed to have the Lego Millennium Falcon in stock and as I expected, they're a bunch of morons. Gave them both the Walmart No. from the website and the UPC number and they couldn't find it... I might just drive back over there in the morning.

Originally Posted by mweav067 Thanks for the link... I'll probably try the eBay one first, just because he has an exact shipping cost listed. Called my Walmart that is supposed to have the Lego Millennium Falcon in stock and as I expected, they're a bunch of morons. Gave them both the Walmart No. from the website and the UPC number and they couldn't find it... I might just drive back over there in the morning.

Ever worked retail? If not I wouldn't be calling them morons. If I worked in a Walmart and had someone talking about some random Lego set all I would say is "Nope" and hang up on you.

Also at Lowes people would say that online we had a few, come in and we wouldn't. They bitch at us because we couldn't find them. However the computers update the inventory at night, so if it was sold at 5am I wouldn't know, and people steal shit so the count could be off.

Originally Posted by bigdaddy Ever worked retail? If not I wouldn't be calling them morons. If I worked in a Walmart and had someone talking about some random Lego set all I would say is "Nope" and hang up on you. Also at Lowes people would say that online we had a few, come in and we wouldn't. They bitch at us because we couldn't find them. However the computers update the inventory at night, so if it was sold at 5am I wouldn't know, and people steal shit so the count could be off.

Fair enough. My apologies, I work at a call center (is it plugged in? and have you restarted it?) and it just felt like the person I was talking to had no idea what they were doing.

Originally Posted by TheGame2K5 Just scored a Vampire Castle on clearance at Target for $50, couldnt pass it up despite no room to display it right now. lol.

Nice score, I'd love to find it at that price.

Originally Posted by mweav067 Called my Walmart that is supposed to have the Lego Millennium Falcon in stock and as I expected, they're a bunch of morons. Gave them both the Walmart No. from the website and the UPC number and they couldn't find it... I might just drive back over there in the morning.

Careful with using the Walmart website to see what's in stock at the store. I think they're now doing some weird site-to-store on the same day thing. So it may show as available for pickup at the store, but may not be actually at the store, but rather at a centralized warehouse.

I figured this out when I was searching for Helm's Deep to grab on clearance. It showed "in stock" at several Walmarts near me, despite the fact that I'd hit up those Walmarts already and not seen it on shelves.

However, I think it may be possible to order for site-to-store pickup, then once you pick it up, do a price adjustment to the clearance price in store. I haven't tried that yet, but I may.

Originally Posted by BingoBrown However, I think it may be possible to order for site-to-store pickup, then once you pick it up, do a price adjustment to the clearance price in store. I haven't tried that yet, but I may.

good luck with that one if you can get it to work, please post !

Picked up another walmart's stock of Attack on Weathertops for $25 a piece.

Originally Posted by Unaki Picked up another walmart's stock of Attack on Weathertops for $25 a piece.

Nice. If I could find one, I'd be able to finally have 8 Nazguls =P

Got series 1 zombie and forestman from ebay today!

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Anyone know anything about this ... looks like a bagged set ... would love to find one of these randomly someday soon ...



Looking forward to this one as well ...



And lastly ... OMG ... this is not going to be good for my wallet ...

That Jabba's Sail Barge looks rather odd to me. I don't know if it's the picture, but it seems smaller than the 2006 version and the front of the barge (the sloped roof bricks in particular) looks goofy. The color of the barge looks too bright as well, is that reddish brown?

At this point I'm sure what we see is what we're getting and I'm pretty disappointed.

More Wal-Mart clearance heaven: 2x Helm's Deep for $57 each! Also a Sopwith Camel for $25 (must have been an online return). Older sets were really wiped out this year, even before the post-Christmas clearance. Almost everywhere, all I see are Chima, TMNT, and new City.

Then over to Target: they had a Naboo Starfighter for $25 (bought it), but Weathertops were still $42 (passed). Incidentally, they had finished their LEGO aisle reset and about half the current LOTR and Hobbit sets had no shelf spaces alotted, including Orc Forge and Uruk Hai and Unexpected Gathering. And the only MF they still carry are Werewolf, Ghost Train, and Hearse. Guess I missed out on the clearances of the others. Bummer. I suppose I could always buy them full price at another Target, return them, then wait for them to be re-shelved at the clearance price. Timing is everything though.

Originally Posted by Zepp-Head More Wal-Mart clearance heaven: 2x Helm's Deep for $57 each! Also a Sopwith Camel for $25 (must have been an online return). Older sets were really wiped out this year, even before the post-Christmas clearance. Almost everywhere, all I see are Chima, TMNT, and new City. Then over to Target: they had a Naboo Starfighter for $25 (bought it), but Weathertops were still $42 (passed). Incidentally, they had finished their LEGO aisle reset and about half the current LOTR and Hobbit sets had no shelf spaces alotted, including Orc Forge and Uruk Hai and Unexpected Gathering. And the only MF they still carry are Werewolf, Ghost Train, and Hearse. Guess I missed out on the clearances of the others. Bummer. I suppose I could always buy them full price at another Target, return them, then wait for them to be re-shelved at the clearance price. Timing is everything though.

That's an awesome find on the Helm's Deep!

That was easily my favorite set of the century (i'm a major LOTR junkie, and the battle of the Hornburg (or Helm's Deep as it is called in the movies) is my favorite setting of all time.) Extremely jealous!

I went to another Walmart and got x2 Geonosian fighters for $12.00 each (50%) off.

Also managed to score the clone turbo tank for $59.99, originally $119.99.

Pretty freaking stoked about that buy!