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It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
to 75% off. I stopped at another one yesterday, just to see if they had hit
the magic number, and managed to get an opened Lego Express and several
Freight wagons for 75% off. I figured I'd check out my local one too, but
the manager informed me it would probably occur this morning. Sure enough,
and I got the last two Lego Express sets. I was first in the store, and as
I was putting them in my cart, a woman looked at them and said she had come
for them as well. Now it's on to a few more Targets to pick through other
left overs! :-)
George
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In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> to 75% off...
Where are you? I've been wondering when NY and PA may drop to 75%, or other
stores in the Northeast. Things have been holding steady at 50% for some time.
Dave
(mid hudson valley, NY and eastern PA, that is)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David W. Speck writes:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> > It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> > to 75% off...
>
> Where are you? I've been wondering when NY and PA may drop to 75%, or other
> stores in the Northeast. Things have been holding steady at 50% for some time.
>
> Dave
> (mid hudson valley, NY and eastern PA, that is)
My local Target (La Mesa, CA) just hit 75% off yesterday (Wed 15th). Funny
thing is - they still have all the 30% off signs up, and have not updated
the price tags either.
But unless you are looking for the baby set or soccer sets or a few random
HP sets there is no use going to the one in La Mesa ;)
Mark P
http://www.landofbricks.com
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I'm in the Atlanta area. Cleared out Gainesville and Cumming, and checked
Alpharetta to discover it cleared out. I did pick up the Creator Special
Edition game for 75% off. $7.50 was too good to pass up!
George
"David W. Speck" <dwspeck@us.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:H8tIwK.IC5@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> > It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally • dropped
> > to 75% off...
>
> Where are you? I've been wondering when NY and PA may drop to 75%, or • other
> stores in the Northeast. Things have been holding steady at 50% for some • time.
>
> Dave
> (mid hudson valley, NY and eastern PA, that is)
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You know there was a time, not too long ago when I could reasonably expect
to buy about $3-5,000 in clearance Lego from Target without much effort.
It's impossible to do that these days, I'm guessing because of increased
awareness of the clearance. This year, I made a more concerted effort to
hit the sales, and spent about $1,200. Some of my notable finds:
- 1 opened Republic Gunship. It was missing a couple of bags, but the
figures were all there and it was about $22.
- 1 U.S. National Team Cup Edition - seems horribly overpriced at $75, but
for $18.74, it's a great deal.
- 2 Forbidden Corridors (4706) - would love to trade one for a Hagrid's Hut
if anyone is interested.
- One Target had an entire endcap of Harry Potter sets that were not moved
to the clearance section. Made out like a bandit there. Unfortunately, the
HP sets on clearance this year were the dregs of the line (e.g. Final
Challenge, Sorting Hat, Chamber of the Winged Keys, etc.)
- 3 different Spybotics sets at one Target at $15 each.
It seemed that as the day progressed, there was less and less Lego at each
Target I visited. In the end (around 7 PM), I was only finding 2-3 sets of
any clearanced stuff at each Target I visited. But, I was able to
completely fill my car up with stuff, to the point where I could not see
adequately to lane change on the freeway.
Jimmy
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In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> to 75% off. I stopped at another one yesterday, just to see if they had hit
> the magic number, and managed to get an opened Lego Express and several
> Freight wagons for 75% off. I figured I'd check out my local one too, but
> the manager informed me it would probably occur this morning. Sure enough,
> and I got the last two Lego Express sets. I was first in the store, and as
> I was putting them in my cart, a woman looked at them and said she had come
> for them as well. Now it's on to a few more Targets to pick through other
> left overs! :-)
>
> George
I missed out yesterday in Richmond, VA. They dropped the prices to 75% at
one Target and the 3 remaining opened Lego Express and half dozen Freight
Wagons that Tim Freshley (Richlug member) spotted last week were gone by the
time I arrived after work. I didn't even try the other local stores because it
was after 4pm.
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In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> to 75% off. I stopped at another one yesterday, just to see if they had hit
> the magic number, and managed to get an opened Lego Express and several
> Freight wagons for 75% off. I figured I'd check out my local one too, but
> the manager informed me it would probably occur this morning. Sure enough,
> and I got the last two Lego Express sets. I was first in the store, and as
> I was putting them in my cart, a woman looked at them and said she had come
> for them as well. Now it's on to a few more Targets to pick through other
> left overs! :-)
>
> George
Yup, if you blinked you missed it! I've been to three Targets in SoCal and
all hit the 75% off mark. I was lucky to snag a Lego Express, a caboose,
green passenger, and flatbed car (all that someone clearly had tried to
hide. haha!). Another was completely wiped out but there was a stack of
Harry Potter stuff around the corner from the sale aisle and that yielded
some 75% off stuff, too (but not the trolls, which were full price - I need
a few for my Fantasy Rules! armies).
One variation I did note that one store had Hogwarts Castle reduced to $65,
and the other still had it at $90.
Bruce
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Hey Bruce,
Where in SoCal?
I got a couple of things (Sopwith Camel, two Harry Potter sets) at the
Target in Northridge last week at the 50% mark, but tried to go back this
week and found nothing of interest (1 Jack Stone and 1 Bob the Builder).
Bruce
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> Hey Bruce,
>
> Where in SoCal?
>
> I got a couple of things (Sopwith Camel, two Harry Potter sets) at the
> Target in Northridge last week at the 50% mark, but tried to go back this
> week and found nothing of interest (1 Jack Stone and 1 Bob the Builder).
>
> Bruce
Chino Hills/Diamond Bar. It looked like a lot of stuff was going to be
around for the 75% off, but this last weekend I'd say about half the Lego
stock went at the 50% mark. I know Scott Costello stalks that area...
I was hoping to get one of the Soccer sets and/or the Camel, but I'm happy
that I at least got the train and some rolling stock.
Bruce
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In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> to 75% off.
I stopped my daily visits when the Sopwith finally hit 50% off, but I
decided to return today. I too found some Lego marked to 75% off.
Unfortunately they only had the Freight Wagons left, but I enjoyed cleaning
those out at $4.24. Unfulfilled, I decided to drive across town to the
other Target. Again I found only Freight Wagons, so it looks like other
local Lego fans arrived early or bought at 30-50% off.
Anyone else in Lexington, KY can save themselves a trip. :)
Ben Roller
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In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> to 75% off. I stopped at another one yesterday, just to see if they had hit
> the magic number, and managed to get an opened Lego Express and several
> Freight wagons for 75% off. I figured I'd check out my local one too, but
> the manager informed me it would probably occur this morning. Sure enough,
> and I got the last two Lego Express sets. I was first in the store, and as
> I was putting them in my cart, a woman looked at them and said she had come
> for them as well. Now it's on to a few more Targets to pick through other
> left overs! :-)
>
> George
It's getting harder and harder to find sale stuff anymore. I guess the eBay
experience has turned a lot of people into sale buzzards. It may also be
that the uncertain economy had a few people trying to save some money off
the clearance sales this year. I'm not really sure why it's getting harder
other than that.
What I learned from last year is to remember what day your Target store does
their markdown. Based on that, you can get a fairly good prediction as to
when they will drop the price and be there before anyone else. Last year, I
followed that procedure but I got to the store shortly after lunch. Where
they originally had 10 railway express trains on the shelf the week before,
I ended up getting only 3. This year, I followed the same guidelines as
last year, only I got to the store when they opened Wednesday morning. I
managed to get 5 of the large train sets out of the 7 that were on the shelf
a week prior. It made a big difference and I can tell you that if I had
been there two hours later, I wouldn't have done nearly as well. The
shelves were being picked over as I made my exit. Planning is everything!
Also, it pays to find stores in communities where Lego is not such a hot
commodity. I usually have to drive a hundred miles and more to hit the
stores with nice payoffs. My local store never has much after the 50% markdown.
Tom
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Last week, I found 3804 Mindstorms Inventions 2.0 at Target in Clearance
aisle.. It was 50% percent. ($99.00) I manage to hide in LEGO asile and
put behind Harry Potter Castle in bottom. Nobody will take Harry Potter
Castle for while. Till drop 75% percent for lego products. I come back to
Target and check 3804 in hide place and still there. I check price and it
drop to $49 dollars, so I buy it. It BEST deal ever I have.
I wish to keep it but has financial situation, so I post on bricklink (BRICK
Marketplace) for sale. Anybody want buy 3804 for lowest price then check at
bricklink. I feel good about grab 3804 for $49 dollars.
Christopher Layton
BRICK Marketplace
In lugnet.market.shopping, George Notel writes:
> It's meant an almost daily trip to Target, but my local on finally dropped
> to 75% off. I stopped at another one yesterday, just to see if they had hit
> the magic number, and managed to get an opened Lego Express and several
> Freight wagons for 75% off. I figured I'd check out my local one too, but
> the manager informed me it would probably occur this morning. Sure enough,
> and I got the last two Lego Express sets. I was first in the store, and as
> I was putting them in my cart, a woman looked at them and said she had come
> for them as well. Now it's on to a few more Targets to pick through other
> left overs! :-)
>
> George
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