Revised Amazon Sale

 

  • Revised Amazon Sale

    Posted by yellowcastle, 07 Dec 2010 10:22. Filed under Shopping (USA).

    10197: Fire Brigade
    Advanced Models/Modular Buildings, 2009
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    ©2009 LEGO Group

    Though not as good as their advertised "25% Off Your Entire Purchase" sale, Amazon has indeed corrected their system and the sale is now basically "Buy One, Get One 50% Off of Select LEGO Sets."  But seeing as how there are some great sets listed, many already at a discount, a few LEGO Direct sets offered, and free shipping on qualifying orders, this is a pretty awesome deal.  Thanks again to Brickset member neoroark for the heads-up yesterday.  There are some catches to the deal.  The discount only applies once per order and to the cheapest applicable set, so be sure to buy two similarly priced sets.

    To buy (and support Brickset), please click here and then manually add to your cart any 2 of the following 43 sets (or Qty 2 of one set where allowed).  The discount will show up at checkout and prior to finalizing your order.  Don't dilly dally as I'm not sure how long this deal will last...

    UPDATE:  Some of the individual set discounts are already disappearing but the BOGO50% still works.  Better hurry!

    • 10197 Fire Brigade
    • 10198 Tantive IV, 8037 Anakin's Y-Wing, 8085 Freeco Speeder, 8036 Separatists Shuttle, 8087 Tie Defender, 8086 Droid Tri-Fighter
    • 7569 Desert Attack, 7571 Fight for the Dagger, 7573 Battle of Alamut, 7572 Quest Against Time, 7570 The Ostrich Race
    • 8061 Gateway of the Squid, 8075 Neptune Carrier, 8059 Seabed Scavenger, 8060 Typhoon Sub, 8057 Wreck Raider
    • 7595 Army Men on Patrol, 7593 Buzz's Star Command Ship, 7789 Lotso's Dump Truck, 7597 Toy Story Train
    • 4736 Freeing Dobby
    • 8864 Desert of Destruction, 8899 Gator Swamp, 8190 Claw Catcher, 5983 Undercover Cruiser, 5982 Smash 'n' Grab, 8189 Magma Mech
    • 5548 Building Fun, 8871 Power Functions Extension Wire, 8884 Power Functions IR RX, 8870 Power Functions Light, 5506 Duplo Building Set, 5497 Duplo Learning, 5507 Duplo Deluxe Brick Box, 8411 Ben 10 Chromastone, 8517 Ben 10 Humongousaur, 8211 Brick Street Getaway, 7136 Skrall, 7160 Hero Factory Drop Ship, 5549 Building Fun, 5893 Offroad Power

     


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Posted by mlavwilson in United States, 07 Dec 2010 11:04

I got 10197 Fire Brigade x 2, Thanks! Also note, I could not get it to work with multiple sets, say 10197 Fire Brigade * 2 and 0198 Tantive IV * 2. You will have to make separate orders.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 07 Dec 2010 11:09

I'm going to hem and haw over those 2 sets all day. Argh.

Posted by BoobyToy in United States, 07 Dec 2010 11:18

Ordered 2 Fire Brigades $209.98
Ordered 2 Toy Story Train sets $89.98

evidently its giving you 25% 0f 0f the Already discounted price

Roob

Posted by mojolego in United States, 07 Dec 2010 11:44

The deal has expired.

Posted by BlueKeet in United States, 07 Dec 2010 11:44

It says the offer expired on the Amazon page that should list all the sets and the prices went up on many of the sets. The 50% off cheaper set is still discounted on checkout when I tested it. That probably won't last long. I guess debating purchases all night long saved me from buying sets I don't need now.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 07 Dec 2010 11:45

Still works as of 11:46 EST...not sure for how long, though..

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 07 Dec 2010 12:10

I'm also not getting the message anymore for any sale related to the Fire Brigade. Also, their price on it has risen $10, returning it to $149.99. I would have considered getting 2 if they were still $139.99 plus BOGO 50%.

Posted by sithcookie in United States, 07 Dec 2010 12:17

Gotta support Brickset by clicking on the link, always. Thanks for being a great source of sales and deals and to all who report them!

I just tested it and they're coming up right before the final checkout as BOGO 1/2 and free shipping (when applicable). It is now 12:17 EST.

Posted by mbolego in United States, 07 Dec 2010 12:47

Still active as of a couple of minutes ago (12:35EST) - had to search for the 10198 by "Tantive IV" - would not come up with "10198"...

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 07 Dec 2010 12:52

I also had problem finding the Tantive IV last night but it was the first hit with Lego 10198...good times.

Posted by BlueKeet in United States, 07 Dec 2010 13:23

Ah the discount page that is no longer active is the 25% off one. The bogo50% index page works so perhaps it will last a bit longer than the last promo which wasn't working or worded properly most of the night.

Posted by Farmer_John in United States, 07 Dec 2010 14:18

Bought one Tantive IV and one Fire Brigade, bought 2 Y-Wings, and bought 2 Tie Defenders...all on separate orders. Spent some serious coin, but will have plenty to work on for the next several months.

This is a MUCH better deal than TRU, who marks up their prices (plus 10% sales tax) before giving the same deal.

Posted by Farmer_John in United States, 07 Dec 2010 14:19

By the way, I did this just a few minutes ago so the discounts are still working.

Thanks Brickset!!!

Posted by legogirl19 in United States, 07 Dec 2010 14:44

Do you need to enter a promo code or anything at checkout? I just tried to purchase a Fire Brigade and Grand Emporium and they both came up as full price of 149.99 each at checkout. Am I doing something wrong?

Posted by natro220 in United States, 07 Dec 2010 14:49

Grand Emporium is not listed as one of the ones on sale. The list is part of yellowcastle's original post.

Posted by legogirl19 in United States, 07 Dec 2010 14:56

Oh I see! Thanks natro220!

Posted by rocao in United States, 07 Dec 2010 15:04

The order I placed last night, like everyone else's, wasn't showing the discount automatically. I'm waiting on my refund claim from the Marketing and Promotions department, but I hope they correctly take 25% off all items as the promotion stated yesterday, and not 50% off a single item as the new promotion states.

Would love to hear if everyone also had their case go to Marketing and Promotions and has received a refund already.

Posted by legobob in United States, 07 Dec 2010 17:08

Great deals. Oh and remember to support brickset by clicking the link

Posted by Zrath in United States, 07 Dec 2010 19:02

The Tantive is gone! It's not even listed at all! Amazon only lists the older Tantive set, the UCS one.
Another amusing thing: from the main page, if you just navigate to Toys, then Lego, then Star Wars, you get a list of sets that are NOT part of the BOGOHO sale! You have to do a wider search! Clever Amazon people... :)
I snagged a couple of Y-Wings and a couple of Droid Tri-Fighters.
Yea for awesome spare parts!

Posted by Zrath in United States, 07 Dec 2010 19:16

Addendum to my previous post:
I was able to see the Tantive by using a direct link posted on FBTB.net
The link takes you to a page on Amazon that shows every set that's part of the BOGOHO sale.
And the Tantive is right there!
So I got one and a Fire Brigade. :)
Weirdness...

Posted by didgeboy in United States, 07 Dec 2010 20:43

Looks like the sale is off. Went to amazon and went right up before purchase and no discounts showed up. Wah, wha, whaaa

Posted by sinfanti in Taiwan, Province of China, 07 Dec 2010 21:43

Amazon seems determined to never let me get the Medieval Market Village at less than $1 off. But on the plus side their current price for the Slave 1 is only $67.99 (15% off).

Posted by doodlebird in United States, 07 Dec 2010 23:28

for any of you having trouble, just keep trying.
seems a silly thing to say, but as you might have gathered from the above info...
stock goes in and out without rhyme or reason.

i was trying to get the discounted neptune carrier (down to $45 from $60)
and the discounted quest against time (down to $40 from $50)

earlier today, the neptune carrier was in stock,
but by the time i got to check out,
it was gone from amazon's stock...
and it was sending me to another seller, but fulfilled by amazon,
and the %50 off the 2nd item wasn't showing up.

came back tonight, and lo... neptune carrier back in stock.
with the original price reductions + the added discount...
$110 MSRP for $65.
no tax, no shipping....
if you add in the 8.25 sales tax i saved,
that's 45% off the total order.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 08 Dec 2010 08:34

@Zrath - Amazon (and even TRU) sometimes makes it difficult to find specific sets. Whenever you have trouble, I recommend looking for the set number. Lego 10198 brings you right to the Tantive IV.

@Didgeboy - The sale is absolutely still on. I keep both the Brigade and the Tantive in my cart and then randomly proceed to checkout throughout the day to verify the discount. As of 8:30am EST this morning, these 2 sets are ringing up together as $224.76 and free shipping.

Posted by didgeboy in United States, 08 Dec 2010 16:22

I tried it with the fire brigade and the grand emporium, but no dice. anyone else have that problem?

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 08 Dec 2010 17:35

@didgeboy - The sale is limited to just the sets posted above. The grand emporium is unfortunately not listed.

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