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God drat it...the only Target anywhere near me is over an hour away...and across a lake. I'd have to add, like, $16 to the cost to pay for the ferry there and back. Or take an hour and a half detour to go around the lake...which then would cost almost as much in gas as the ferry ride. I could have a goon get one for me and ship it, but then the cost of shipping would be $6-$8, I imagine, and I'd want to give them a few extra dollars for their time and effort (especially since the Secret Santa and "traveling notebook" threads prove that going to the post office is literally the hardest thing for goons to do,) so I'd really only save less than $10 from just going there myself. 
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Looks like Target put almost everything on sale, 5% and 10% for the most part. Lucky for me I hadn't washed my jorts yet.
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Apr 10, 2014 15:11
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Target has 5% "sales" on a near-continuous basis, but there's lots of 20-30% and the occasional 40% (and then this thing at like 66%.)
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Apr 10, 2014 15:33
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Ugh. I've been looking for the Architecture Studio which isn't for sale outside of the US, and today one popped up at a local webshop. For 300 loving EUR. That's just too much for something that's only 150 USD when bought from the lego shop. :I
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Apr 10, 2014 15:33
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drat....Order was canceled and when I tried to reorder, came up as $49.
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Apr 10, 2014 15:56
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My order is still "ready for pickup" so I guess we'll find out tonight when I try to pick it up 
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Apr 10, 2014 16:04
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gently caress you, got mine.  Local store had one in stock, I probably would have bought two if they'd had it in but they didn't!
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Apr 10, 2014 16:08
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I had never heard of Architecture Studio...  I'm going to ask an American friend that owes me a favour to send me a care package
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Apr 10, 2014 20:27
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UK Peeps: I can't remember if someone already posted this or not, but TRU currently has loads of stuff heavily discounted, notably up to 50% off a lot of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stuff (with availability) in store and online. A lot of this stuff is half price elsewhere at the moment (Argos, Asda and intermittently Amazon), but at TRU they currently have spend £40 and get a £10 voucher and spend £40 on Lego and get a £10 voucher and they stack. Works out as one of the best deals I've ever seen. Shame the Hobbit Hole set is out of stock though. Still spending £40 instore over two days I ended up with £160 (retail) of Lego and £40 of vouchers for £80. Score.
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Apr 10, 2014 20:55
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Gravy Jones posted:UK Peeps: I can't remember if someone already posted this or not, but TRU currently has loads of stuff heavily discounted, notably up to 50% off a lot of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stuff (with availability) in store and online. A lot of this stuff is half price elsewhere at the moment (Argos, Asda and intermittently Amazon), but at TRU they currently have spend £40 and get a £10 voucher and spend £40 on Lego and get a £10 voucher and they stack.
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Apr 10, 2014 21:01
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Bean Head posted:I had never heard of Architecture Studio... Only problem is that it seems to be sold out of normal places. Amazon has it from third-party sellers but for $40 over retail. Which isn't that bad, I guess.
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Apr 10, 2014 21:17
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The card is Lego (Movie) branded, but it's just a regular gift card. But yeah, pretty sure it'll be spent on Lego regardless. And as well as shopping for Lego today I've been getting my Ikea on to start building a storage and display thing for my kid's Lego  Replacing his current storage and display solution  And that's just one room. We currently have Lego stashed in various places in four different rooms and if I don't do something about soon my wife is going to kill me.
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Apr 10, 2014 21:17
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Gravy Jones posted:UK Peeps: I can't remember if someone already posted this or not, but TRU currently has loads of stuff heavily discounted, notably up to 50% off a lot of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings stuff (with availability) in store and online. A lot of this stuff is half price elsewhere at the moment (Argos, Asda and intermittently Amazon), but at TRU they currently have spend £40 and get a £10 voucher and spend £40 on Lego and get a £10 voucher and they stack. I see a visit to TRU on Sunday in my future! 
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Apr 10, 2014 21:37
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Taste the Rainbugh posted:Two lego shirts on teefury.com today including a cool space one. Ordered one of each! thanks
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Apr 10, 2014 23:26
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Gravy Jones posted:
I hear that. I didn't think we had a problem until we moved last month and I had to dig it out of various places and carry it all to the truck. Once I graduate this spring and have some free time my son and I are going to do some serious culling. My wife teasingly called me a hoarder, I must prove her wrong!
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Apr 10, 2014 23:43
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Cloks posted:Nice! Ordered 2 - one for me and one for my roommate. Picked them up, no problem. Probably just a pricing error on their end, but one that I appreciate.
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Apr 11, 2014 00:18
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Cloks posted:Picked them up, no problem. Probably just a pricing error on their end, but one that I appreciate. Same. Apparently I could make more than I paid for them if I sold the minifigs -- the Jedi goes for $9 and the clone trooper goes for $13???  Minifig pricing is weird.
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Apr 11, 2014 00:30
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Gabriel Pope posted:Target has 5% "sales" on a near-continuous basis, but there's lots of 20-30% and the occasional 40% (and then this thing at like 66%.) Speaking of which, they have a promotional on their smartphone app to get 20% off any toy for one more day. I'd like to go in and get something, but I am way out of the loop when it comes to current gen sets. I really just want to get some parts that I can use to build a spaceship/mech for my Futuron dudes? Maybe something in a white/red/blue theme? Ideas?
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Apr 11, 2014 07:11
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Jeff Goldblum posted:Speaking of which, they have a promotional on their smartphone app to get 20% off any toy for one more day. I'd like to go in and get something, but I am way out of the loop when it comes to current gen sets. I really just want to get some parts that I can use to build a spaceship/mech for my Futuron dudes? Maybe something in a white/red/blue theme? Ideas? Blue/White spaceship/mech? Can't go wrong with Galactic Titan. I just realized they never made a sizable Red Squad set. The only Red Squad ships & minifigs were the 'opponents' in the larger Bug sets.
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Apr 11, 2014 08:19
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It seems I may have went into what the dwarfs in dwarf fortress call a "strange mood" when my niece and nephew discovered LEGO. Now that its over and done I have an abundance of sealed sets(20+) that I want to offload and haven't the foggiest on how to do it as I've never sold anything online ever. I'm at a loss of where to sell them at: ebay, amazon, bricklink, or even SA's selling forum? Any advice would be appreciated, though going through this thread again makes me nervous that I may catch the bug again and want to hold on the them just in case.
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Pyroclastic posted:Blue/White spaceship/mech? Can't go wrong with Galactic Titan. I just realized they never made a sizable Red Squad set. The only Red Squad ships & minifigs were the 'opponents' in the larger Bug sets. Because their specialty is "speed," I guess. It would've been nice if they'd gotten one medium size vehicle...
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Apr 11, 2014 11:03
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Ahahahah, that Titan has kills stamped on the side of its cockpit.
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SynthOrange posted:Ahahahah, that Titan has kills stamped on the side of its cockpit. Could be worse; the Eradicator Mech has actual bug guts splattered on its feet My fiancee was mortified when she realized what those stickers were.
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smackfu posted:Only problem is that it seems to be sold out of normal places. Amazon has it from third-party sellers but for $40 over retail. Which isn't that bad, I guess. I didn't even think to check Amazon, I'll have a look around. Although it seems TRU UK is carrying Big Ben (21013) on their online store at the moment... Bean Head fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Apr 11, 2014 |
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Mr. Glass posted:Same. Apparently I could make more than I paid for them if I sold the minifigs -- the Jedi goes for $9 and the clone trooper goes for $13??? Looks the pricing error was fixed.
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Apr 11, 2014 16:09
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Yeah, they had fixed it by about noon yesterday. Whatever, still got mine Kind of wish I had bought them all up (there are like 8 targets in my area) -- lots of people I know didn't try to order until after they fixed it.
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Apr 11, 2014 16:17
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Last post about the Target deal - I swear. I finished building 75103 and it's a great set for the price but maybe not one I'd pay fifty dollars for. It has very solid construction, not as big as I expected but heavy, with a nice weight to it and the spring-loaded cannon is a play-feature that's actually pretty fun to use. The building is a bit repetitive, mostly because of the six identical legs but the main body of the vehicle was a fun and interesting build. If you're buying it just for parts there are a lot that are useful, including the blue bubble window that's only in this set. Overall I'd give it a solid 7/10 at fifty dollars but a 10/10 at 18.
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Apr 11, 2014 19:05
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I don't give a fig about the set.. it's a generic goofy star wars thing. I just wanted the parts, it's a goldmine of light grey. 14 of those grey canopy/slopes? 19 1x2-2x2 brackets? gently caress yeah man.
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I didn't even put mine together -- it comes with a great set of parts if you're into ship or mech building, mostly because the legs are identical and are made out of great pieces. e:f,b
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Apr 11, 2014 19:52
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xzzy posted:I don't give a fig about the set.. it's a generic goofy star wars thing. This is what I wanted it for too. Sadly, my orders at two different Targets were cancelled because they were out of stock.
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Apr 11, 2014 20:40
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Star Wars sets are one of the only good sources for spacey gray parts. If they were on sale in canada I would of picked up two just for the bricks.
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ltr posted:This is what I wanted it for too. Sadly, my orders at two different Targets were cancelled because they were out of stock. My sister's order was cancelled and she plans to go complain until she gets it for the original price. I generally don't support retail crabbiness, but they charged her card before cancelling her order. They refunded it, but still, the transaction was made at the advertised price.
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Slugworth posted:My sister's order was cancelled and she plans to go complain until she gets it for the original price. I generally don't support retail crabbiness, but they charged her card before cancelling her order. They refunded it, but still, the transaction was made at the advertised price. Could be a store by store thing so keep leaning on them.. my wife ordered a second one at a Target near where she works, couldn't make it yesterday so she got it this morning. No fuss from the staff at the store. edit - assuming the bargain is worth the effort. Eventually it gets to a point where it's not worth the trouble.
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Apr 12, 2014 00:03
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Looks like we will be heading to Lego Land for the first time this week, any tips? Kids are 3 & 5 (already got the free kid coupons).
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Rathina posted:Looks like we will be heading to Lego Land for the first time this week, any tips? Kids are 3 & 5 (already got the free kid coupons). Which one? I went to Legoland California a few years ago. It wasn't worth going alone/without kids. Most of the attractions are either spectator (the Miniland stuff) or kid-centric. Bring cash; many of the activities aren't covered by the ridiculous entry fee. They're not directly associated with Lego, so a VIP card is worthless there. Set pricing is retail, and the PAB wall is by-the-quarter-pound (I think it was about $30/pound when I was there). Bring swim/wet play wear for the kids; lots of the activities involve water. Sunscreen! There's not nearly enough shade. I don't recall the food and drink being especially expensive, but it's still theme park pricing.
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Apr 12, 2014 06:50
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Is it time to post lego animated videos again? WE LIKE THEM GIRLS (dir. by ForrestFire101): NWS due to lyrics
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Apr 12, 2014 11:03
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Just a heads-up, this is the last weekend of double VIP points!
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Pyroclastic posted:Which one? I went to Legoland California a few years ago. It wasn't worth going alone/without kids. Most of the attractions are either spectator (the Miniland stuff) or kid-centric. The most depressing post I've read in a while.
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How is Legoland Windsor? I've not been since I was about 10 and I don't remember anything about it. I was considering going on the Star Wars weekend that's coming up.
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I managed to get that Target deal but I don't think I would do in-store pickup ever again. Even though they had pulled the set off the shelf and had it at the service desk, they could find no record of my order and "their systems were down." So they said I could just buy it normally but once I told them the price they were pretty suspicious. I had to show them the email, and then they needed a manager to override the price. Took about 20 minutes!
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