Buy Two, Get the 3rd Free ALL LEGO Construction Sets at Toys R Us

 

  • Buy Two, Get the 3rd Free ALL LEGO Construction Sets at Toys R Us

    Posted by yellowcastle, 17 Sep 2010 16:48. Filed under Shopping (USA).

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    Of course by "ALL", TRU means except Star Wars.  The sale begins Sunday 9/19/10, ends on Saturday 9/25/10, and should be valid both in-store and on-line.  As always, do your best to buy similarly priced sets in order to maximize your savings (i.e. 33%).  For those of you waiting for the best deals, they generally don't get any better than this.  That is unless you luck out on the day after Thanksgiving and score a 50% off coupon at your local LEGO Store.  You are, of course, then required to buy a Death Star.  :o)

    REVISED UPDATE: TOYSRUS.com is now selling the various Train Track, Power Functions, and Road Plate sets but none appears to be eligible for this sale.  :o(


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Posted by legobob in United States, 17 Sep 2010 17:14

great!

Posted by c.lee.r in United States, 17 Sep 2010 17:15

well the the cost of the mini figures just went down. to bad about the star wars sets. creator sets will be nice anlong with the city sets.

Posted by I like Lego in Canada, 17 Sep 2010 17:26

Is this valid in Canada?

Posted by scottwb2010 in United Kingdom, 17 Sep 2010 17:46

Why does there never seem to be lego offers at Toys R Us in the UK

Posted by LobsterWarrior in United States, 17 Sep 2010 17:50

YESSS!!!!!!!
Can anyone answer the following question?
If I buy the Camper and Seabed Scavenger could I get the Thypoon Turbo Sub for free?

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 17 Sep 2010 17:58

@LobsterWarrior - If you buy those 3 sets, you will get the Seabed Scavenger Free. ($19, $15, $27). The best thing to do is pick the set you most want and then work backwards from that looking for similarly priced sets. The camper pairs well with the Octan Tanker, Ostrich Race, Kingdom Outpost, Fire Truck, Railroad Crossing, etc. Also, try to find those sets with little or no extra TRU markup. They're few and far between, but you can find them.

Posted by ern120 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 18:41

How nice they're going to sell power functions!

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 17 Sep 2010 18:53

Is it only City sets? Or Will the creator sets also be buy 2 get third free?

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 18:55

This is awesome. I have 2 $5. certificates I can use too!!!

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 17 Sep 2010 18:58

How do you received the 5 dollar gift certs? I have enough points to get 5 or 10 off but not sure how I can access them to redeem them? Are they sent via snail mail? Or email?Or do I just use them when I go to check out?
Thanks

Posted by vynsane in United Kingdom, 17 Sep 2010 18:58

Nice, B2G1F is better than BOGO50... I don't think we've had that in the States since I came out of my dark ages - just BOGO50's.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 17 Sep 2010 19:10

B2G1F is nice, I think they usually have them more in bad economic times than good....
At least it seems that way at times. There are a few big sets I want to get still (If I knew they were doing this I would have held off on buying the train sets during BOGO50)

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 17 Sep 2010 19:23

I shop for Legos primarily at TRU, and I honestly can't remember my local TRU ever in the past ~20 years hold a B2GO Free sale. They have always been BOGO 50% off. I can't afford much at the moment unless my store has the above mentioned road plates. Personally, I'm hoping for a Borders 50% off coupon later this year during the holiday shopping season so I can pick up a Slave 1.

Posted by MisterGeolix814 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 19:46

YES! This can score me MAJOR points for the trains, so.....

1.dunkan bulk
2. xplode
3. Passenger train

that would be scoring majory!

Posted by Ypres in Canada, 17 Sep 2010 20:03

Grrrrrrrr... another steal for the Americans!!!

From a Canadian perspective, lego is cheap enough in the states. I nearly died when I saw two cargo trains at 'buy one get one 50% off' priced at around what one of them would cost in Canada. Stupid online sales don't help at all... no shipping outside America!!!

You've got to be nuts to live in the States and not use this deal. Lucky!

Posted by R4-G9 in Canada, 17 Sep 2010 20:12

this would be a great deal on the minifigs!

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 20:27

@madforlegos: I got them with my rewards r us points. I was able to print them off of the website. You go to TRU.com and click on Rewards r us. You have to register your card or sign up if you don't have one. I chose the email option for mine. I hate snail mail.

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 20:28

@r4-g9: yeah that means we can pay for 3 figures there what they actually cost at Lego store and some Targets.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 17 Sep 2010 20:47

@starfire2: I am signed up but just don't see em via email...maybe my spam filter is catching them or something :-(
Thanks for the Tip :-)

Posted by Matesamo in United States, 17 Sep 2010 20:48

I don't see the road plates anywhere? Any suggestions?

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 20:52

@madforlegos: try calling their 800 number. They can tell you if you have any certificates coming/ available.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 17 Sep 2010 21:11

@starfire2: Hmmm, It shows I have 5 dollars coming, but it shows the arrival date at 10/15/10... and the certificates for this period arriving at 11/15/10!
Wow, that is quite a delay.. unless I can change it to have them sent via email.. but even then will it still take that long?
UPDATE: It also appears I cannot download them as the online is currently unavailable for the August period...

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 17 Sep 2010 21:38

@madforlegos: probably not. The ones I got were for what I bought in August and they say I can only use them 9/15-9/30 and the other 2 I earned says I can only use them 10/1-10/15. I don't think that if they were to send them to you via email today that you would be able to use them right away, but you never know. My next one I am working on is like that too (11/15).

Posted by legomylegos in United States, 17 Sep 2010 22:16

@yellowcastle: how do you find out about the sales in advance? love to know your secret....

Posted by deadtree103 in Canada, 17 Sep 2010 22:41

@MisterGeolix814:Actually, you would only get Bulk free, with these things you get the cheapest set free.
Sorry to burst your bubble(Ah, if only your idea was possible, I could buy two collectible figs and get the Passenger Train for free :D )
Too bad it isn't in Canada, hopefully this and the "Buy forty dollars of Lego get a B10 set free" thing gets here sometime.

Posted by Zybak in United States, 17 Sep 2010 23:55

great news!!!

Posted by camoran in Anonymous Proxy, 18 Sep 2010 00:44

Good deal! I will try to get 2 sets of cargo train 7939, but which set will pair the price of 7939? still have no idea the choice of the 3rd set.

Posted by romdam in United States, 18 Sep 2010 02:17

I see no road plates and only flex tracks for the trains online. Where am I not looking?

Posted by legolegolegoman in Ireland, 18 Sep 2010 04:07

is the 50% off offer on lego shop.com this thanksgving

Posted by cheese654 in United Kingdom, 18 Sep 2010 07:26

does this mean you could buy 2 collectable minifigs for £2 each and then get the tower bridge for free?

Posted by aquafreak125 in United Kingdom, 18 Sep 2010 07:36

@cheese654, No it means you get one of the collectable minifigs for free-only the cheapest item is free...just one question...does TRU US always have one awesome sale or another every week?? hopefully there will be some good deals in december when i go to the US.

Posted by mojolego in United States, 18 Sep 2010 09:07

Last year, if I recall correctly, the 3 for 2 deal was the last big one of the year except for whatever Black Friday deals they had. TRU and the other big toy retailers understandably want to lock in some big buys early in the season, in part because toy sales are so concentrated in November and December.

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 18 Sep 2010 10:19

I agree with mojolego. I'm planning on buying holiday stuff now. Great deal!

Posted by lego star wars dude in United States, 18 Sep 2010 12:50

can you buy 2 collectables minifigures and get 1 free????

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 18 Sep 2010 13:26

only if tru doesn't limit you to 2 only!

Posted by Crt2 in United States, 18 Sep 2010 14:31

So, as I Said Last Series, Does it Work for CMs? (I Don't Have Time to Read Through all The Comments).

Posted by sidersdd in United States, 18 Sep 2010 20:21

How convenient - Grand Emporium and Green Grocer are now out-of-stock. They were in-stock yesterday. Coincidence?

Posted by ingotheranchhand in United States, 18 Sep 2010 20:30

Grand Emporium and Green Grocer were in stock about 5 hours ago. Now they are out of stock. This isn't the first time that Toys-R-Us has magically gone out of stock on items hours before a sale.

Posted by 1265 in United States, 18 Sep 2010 21:34

I find it funny that the GE and GG are out of stock hours before the sale. Leave it to TRU. I'm looking at maybe getting 3 of the Death Stars. Don't want 3....but to get a good valve....need to go with same price or close to it.

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 18 Sep 2010 21:55

Grrr. I was seriously tempted to buy 2x Grand Emporium plus the Fire Brigade, but I see they have listed the Grand Emporium as Out of Stock - compared to being in stock a mere few hours ago when I last checked. Fire Brigade is still listed as In Stock, but I don't want 3x Fire Brigades. However, I was under the impression that the Green Grocer has been listed as Out of Stock for quite a while - not a sudden change today in preparation of the coming sale.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:05

@Captain Blockbeard: The Green Grocer has not been available via TRU for a long time now.... I dunno where someone thought they were there, but everytime I check it is always out of stock.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:07

@1265: I believe that YellowCastle reported that No Star Wars Lego was going to be on sale.

Posted by Unknown User2596 in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:34

Sale just started! :3 (well, for online at least)

Posted by mowboa in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:43

Power Functions and Road Plates are NOT coming up as buy 2, get 1 free - only free shipping

Posted by Nannan in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:48

I was able to pick up some Medieval Market Villages at 33% off before they went out of stock. Thanks for the tip!

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:56

I noticed that the grand carousels sold out fairly quickly :-)

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:58

I wouldn't buy anything at TRU.com that you cannot get free shipping on as it eats away at the discount..

@Nannan: I also got some medieval villages too, good deal and I think those are close to being sold out at Lego(as they have been out for some time) .

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 00:58

Wow you can buy 2 get the 3rd free for the Potter sets apparently, I see the castle is set to that.

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 19 Sep 2010 05:18

Wow - 5:15am on the east coast, and suddenly, Toys R Us is sold out of most of the big sets I wanted, even though they were all in stock last night, and have been in stock for weeks and months. Did THAT many people buy these sets, does Toys R Us have THAT little stock, or do they simply make very few of these $100 and $150+ sets available for the deal - or NONE at all available for the deal. I hate to complain like this, but how many could they have really sold? And as @mowboa mentioned above, the power functions and road plates were listed on the site last night as the newest added items, and now I can't find them at all. I call shenanigans! :)

Good luck to the rest of you getting the deals you want!
Thanks.

Posted by gruetzmacherd in United States, 19 Sep 2010 09:48

@brickupdate: It seems that the remaining stock of big sets was bought up just after the sale started. I was online at 1:20 AM CDT and the big sets were mostly already sold out then. There were quite a few in stock just before the sale started (9/17 at 11:30 PM CDT) (~30 Carousel, ~50 Medieval Market Village, ~60 Fire Brigade, ~30 Imperial Flagship), but they all sold out within an hour or so. Unfortunately, I am not within driving distance of a TRU, so I missed out on them. I was able to snag a few Mindstorms NXT 2.0 sets online before they sold out, though. Even though TRU sells them for the inflated price of $300, they were only $200 each with this offer, which I thought was a very good deal.

Posted by ingotheranchhand in United States, 19 Sep 2010 10:29

I second shenanigans. Toys R Us, if you're watching, we're on to you and your shifty shiftiness.
Also, quit charging $20 extra for the Hogwarts Castle. Silly store.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 19 Sep 2010 11:00

Anytime there's an expansive Lego sale at Toys R Us, they almost always pull back the Lego exclusives from being available online. Target generally does the same. Every so often, though, they either purposefully or mistakenly leave them available for a few hours on Sunday. If there's a set or two that I'm eyeing, I make a point to check soon after the clock strikes Sunday. I did so again last night on all of the exclusives were no longer available after midnight. More disapointing to me, though, was the exclusion for some reason of the Power Functions, Tracks, and Road Plates.

Posted by Ypres in Canada, 19 Sep 2010 12:16

Great... the American ToysRus is actually giving their lego away! Seriously, one Atlantis Portal and two Castles would cost $210US! What a steal! If I wanted those sets in Canada is would be north of $400! Even with 'American' sale it would come to $300 with taxes! For that price I might as well wait for my annual Hawaii visit to buy them.

Not only does Canada pay more 'straight up' for Lego, we also have taxes high enough to ensure you'll never buy a set over retail $15.00CAN.

The only reason Lego costs SO much in the US, is because you guys find yourself buying SO much of it.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 12:39

@Ypres: Especially with the Star Wars, which Lego themselves overprices since they know it sells like hotcakes(at least in the States, I cannot speak of other parts of the world)

@Brickupdate: Most people were at TRU.com at the stroke of 12am EDT for this sale, remember 50 may seem like a big number, until someone buys 3 of them, then it is a small numbers game. I got the imperial flaghips, and medieval market village sets and they were sold out in about 10-15 minutes I think (if not sooner) as an example. I am guessing the other sets sold out equally fast. I mean I am guessing 10 people bought all of the carousel stock, as those sold out in about 5-10 minutes I think. The cargo train was long gone when I thought about just checking to see what they had left. They had one passenger train, this was around 1:15am CDT

I picked up the technic cranes too as they were on sale. The Apple house I wanted as well but did not qualify for free shipping so I may need to hit a brick and mortar store for those.
As for the base plates, they are there, BUT they were not on sale (besides why would you buy 2 get the 3rd free on anything less than 100 dollars only to be bilked out of your savings buy inflated shipping IF you do not have to? Although I understand that some sets are not found easily in the stores so you have no choice)

I would say if you want any city sets go to a brick and mortar store on the stores shipping day and see what is there. I doubt you will find the Fire brigade, imperial flagship, or Medieval market village at a store though.(but maybe find the Kingdom castles too, which I forgot about, but they were gone when I thought about it.)
But I saw the smaller sets online for this sale, which is great if you do not have to pay the shipping.. So anything up to the Cargo trains should be available at stores... as long as they have 3 of them to buy t

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 19 Sep 2010 13:15

@madforlegos Thanks, great info! The Medieval Market Village is what I wanted most. I suppose I am new to this, I thought checking at 5am was being obsessive, but clearly, I was 5 hours too late! It is surprising to me to hear how few of these TRU stocks. I mean, really bizarre. Oh well, not a huge deal. It's a bit like the Collectible Minifigs, it takes just one or two people buying up Spartans to ensure an entire county has no Spartans for anyone else.

Question: how are you finding out how much stock TRU has for each item? Wish I would have known that before.
Again, thanks for the info, glad you were able to get some of the sets you wanted!

Posted by habib604 in Canada, 19 Sep 2010 13:42

Just want to tell you guys what i saw.

I was at my local TRU right when it opened. Picked up the airport, public transportatoin, and passenger train. Soon after, i saw a TRU rep walked by with a printed list, took all the passenger trains and walk away!

I think she was hiding all the expensive stock!

Posted by AZFIREWOLF in United States, 19 Sep 2010 14:10

Or they were filling orders from online.

Posted by 1265 in United States, 19 Sep 2010 15:00

Saw a couple with about 50 of the high dollar sets in their vehicle.

Posted by danthaman11 in United States, 19 Sep 2010 15:23

Thanks for the heads up on the sale. Was able to pick up 3 public transports last night online and this morning ran the gauntlent looking for the Lego city level crossing. According to the first stores computer there were only 7 in the San Jose area. Went to the second store that should have had them and it was an error or someone had hid them because no workers could find them. So I went to the 3rd store and they had 3 that I picked up. I was able to use a $5 toys r us rewards dollars and a $5 off a 25 dollar purchase so I got all 3 for about $30 plus tax.

In checking out each of the stores inventory there looked like a lot less stock than last year. I was hoping to get the TRU truck too but I didn't even see price stickers on the shelves for that set. I think with the weak economy TRU is running a lot leaner inventory this year. Last year when they had their buy 2 get 1 sale in September they had almost all the exclusives in stock online. I remember that the modular buildings and the Emerald Night sold out by Sunday morning but the other exclusives like Town Plan and the Carousel were still available until Monday. They also had star wars sets qualifying for the deal online for the first two days. This year half of the exclusives weren't even in stock when the sale started and the ones that were were gone in an hour.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 17:20

@Dathaman11: I think it is lower purchasing as much as two major sales at TRU before this (The two buy1get1@50%off) in the past few weeks, causing lower stocks,combined with higher visibility for this sale, as this is about the amount they have in stock normally (for the really big sets), plus it is also determined I think on what Lego can send out. I think people keep forgetting that people are buying 3 of one item, therefore the stock runs out quicker than expected. I mean I have never seen more than 30-40 in stock for the Carousel as an example, as it is a big ticket item that TRU is not going to stock a lot in, same with the fire brigade, as a matter of fact it seems that they had a decent number, but again even if there are 60 carousels, which is a lot for a warehouse, unless the name Lego is on the warehouse, it only takes 20 people (mostly eBayers no doubt, or other resellers) to buy them all out, as it were I believe there was only about 30 in stock last night. Also, Apparently TRU got some kind of inventory update as there are Lego Kingdom Castles back in stock (I am pretty sure they were sold out last night)

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 19 Sep 2010 17:52

I picked up Hero factory villain and 2 heroes for $14 after my 2 $5 rewards r us coupons and the 3 for 2 offer. That is 3 sets for less than the price of 1.

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 19 Sep 2010 18:07

I just stopped by my local Toys R Us. They had tons of Castle's, and at least one of the police station and I thinkthe fire station (the regular "for playing" one), plus lots of other big sets. Nothing particularly rare though, there never is. Almost a whole side of the aisle was the Star Wars stuff, a shame they can't offer some kind of sale on that.

@Madforlegos made a good point above - these sales are major opportunities for resellers on eBay.

Oh well, the moral of the story is: Toys R Us didn't get a dime from me in this sale!

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 19 Sep 2010 18:23

For me, this sale didn't encourage me to make any purchases from TRU.com or the brick and mortar stores. With the Grand Emporium and other high-end items removed from the sale, there was little reason to shop online. Also, the cheaper sets of personal interest are marked up so badly, I would really only save 75% of the cost of that third set. (Example: I considered getting a trio of normally priced $19.99 sets, but when two were marked up to $22.99, I'd pay $6 more so my savings are only around $14 instead of $19.99.)

Moral of the story: I'll wait for Borders coupons later this fall. Actually, I would also suggest that for anyone else here who wishes Star Wars sets were included in these TRU sales. Primarily, my Borders seems to carry all of the Star Wars and Atlantis sets. 33% off coupons are available nearly every week. If you buy 1 set each visit using a 33% off coupon, you ultimately get the equivalent of B2G1 free after 3 visits/using 3 coupons. If you live close enough to a Borders such that the gas and time consumption are acceptable, it's an alternative way to apply this same sale to Star Wars Legos.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 18:46

@ Captain Blockbeard: Borders would be ok, if they did not mark up their Lego SW sets by about 20%.
I got the Slave 1 at a Borders by me, but they had it marked up to $95 dollars, with the 40% coupon I got it for only 57 BUT the issue pretty much is the same everywhere, which is everyone is marking up the SW lego as it is lucrative. As long as people buy it then they will continue to raise the prices unfortunately.
Borders is nice, but only if the coupons are good for at least 40% in my opinion, unless they are not marking up the SW legos at all locations (I know they are by me).

Also to all:
Sorry if I offend anyone, but I think people also lose track that TRU probably has these sales from one main reason: to clear out stock, not to help people find good sets for cheap (after all they are a business). If they only had one Grand Emporium left (by appearances they only had one) and it got bought on Saturday, TRU is not going to buy another 150 for the sale so everyone can get them for 33% off.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 18:49

@Brickupdate: Not guaranteeing anything here, but I would say wait until a TRU delivery day (find out from your local store if you can, I believe it can be Tuesday of Thursday/Friday at most) and see if they get some kind of replenishment at the stores. Again I can see TRU not getting much in stock, but after a weekend I would say try again during the week.

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 19 Sep 2010 19:14

How do yo get a Borders coupon? I didn't know they carried LEGO - I live within proximity of a few Borders. Do I need to go to a store to get the coupon, look for a flyer, online?
Thanks!

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 19:41

@brickupdate: You have to sign up for their buyers program( you can do this at the store, not sure about online) . then you get coupons via email

Posted by lego star wars dude in United States, 19 Sep 2010 19:50

thanks, starfire. also, do the base plates count too??? i realy need them.

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 19 Sep 2010 20:11

@madforlegos - Strange. My local Borders is still charging regular prices on the Star Wars sets. At least, I saw the Slave 1 for only $79.99.

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 19 Sep 2010 20:52

Thanks @MadForLegos - I just signed up with Borders. Bummer I just missed out on the last coupon by a few days.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 19 Sep 2010 21:13

@Captain Blockbeard: That stinks ( I mean good for you, but bad for me)... I guess I need to find another Borders in the area...

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 19 Sep 2010 23:28

Borders right now is indeed a great place to pick up some of the new Star Wars sets when you apply the weekly 33% off coupons available to Rewards members. I haven't seen the Turbo Tank or Grievous Starfighter, but they have the Slave 1 for $95, Emperor's Shuttle for $75, and the Wampa Cave for $45. The 33% coupon then brings them down to $63, $50, and $30 respectively which would be about 25%, 17%, and 25% savings off MSRP.

Additionally, Costco is currently selling the Fire Helicopter for about $29 which is more than 25% off MSRP as well as the Arc Fighter and Emperor's Shuttle at about $49 which is about 17% off MSRP.

Lastly, for those that also collect Playmobil, Costco has a great new African Wildlife set for about $45. Additionally, TRU is offering this same B2G1F sale for Playmobil as well as Lego.

Posted by Unknown User2596 in United States, 20 Sep 2010 00:13

Apparently Collectible Minifigs are eligible for the sale....but you MUST make it a separate order else the checkout computer would just automatically ring those as free, the others you must pay.

And for some reason, the '$10 off $50+ purchase' coupon isn't working, so you probably have to ask the manager about it.

Also, I found a well-hidden 8969 Agents set high up the shelf! I didn't buy it though.

Posted by grelb32 in United States, 20 Sep 2010 10:40

I'm probably going to head down tomorrow and pick up three 'POP: Quest Against Time' sets, then sell two of them on eBay and basically pay for all three doing that...

Posted by starfire2 in United States, 20 Sep 2010 11:21

Are those sets even selling? The Target near me clearanced out most of it's Prince of Persia sets months ago.

Posted by Captain Blockbeard in United States, 20 Sep 2010 14:27

@ Unknown User2596 - What "$10 off $50+ purchase" coupon? I'd love to have one of those. Can it be used with the B2G1 free sale?

Posted by MiniFever in United States, 20 Sep 2010 16:48

does the skyline target have the minifigs yet?

Posted by Unknown User2596 in United States, 20 Sep 2010 21:43

@Captain Blockbeard: the coupon is given to TRU credit card members (NOT the rewards program) and yes, it can be combined w/ the offer. But for some reason it doesn't work.

Posted by rhinobucket in United States, 21 Sep 2010 00:33

it only allows 3 per transaction. I want to get all the HP

Posted by vynsane in United Kingdom, 21 Sep 2010 01:13

@rhinobucket - in-store you can buy as many as you want, the limit is only one discount per order online. I spent WAY too much money this past Sunday.

Posted by copperwonder96 in United States, 21 Sep 2010 14:12

Wow, they really cleaned out the CITY stuff on TRU.com! I hate that SW is excluded but I made a trip to my TLC Store and they had lots of SW. Target and Walmart also have lots of SW. Is this a good strategy to price out the SW stuff at a premium (there are soooo many Hoth battle packs, far more than the clones the first year they were released)? I kind of believe that LUCAS controls whether or not the SW Brand itself goes on sale. I suspect it is due to competition between Hasbro and Lego due to collectablity. TRU is making a big mistake (Lucas or not) by not including SW in Lego promotions, They still have AT-TE and Gun Ships at my two TRU's, both at max price.

Posted by Acadia in United States, 21 Sep 2010 18:30

Sweet deal! I just bought two marked down 8996 Skopio XV-1's and got the marked down 8943 Axalara T9 for free. I would buy more but I'm now broke for a while.

Posted by Mars23679 in United States, 21 Sep 2010 19:09

I just picked up 6 minifigures for 12 dollars, so apparently there is no limit, and they count too.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 22 Sep 2010 15:25

I've picked up minifigures a few times this week from TRU and as long as you buy them in 3's, you basically get them from MSRP after the discount is taken into place. In regards to the stock levels, our local TRU's stocked up well yesterday so there's plenty of sets to choose from. I very much want to pick up the Public Transportation set but cannot figure out for the life of me what to pair with it. My choices are the Garage, Airport, Pirate Ship, Passenger Train, Old Space Police Ship, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Any ideas?

Posted by 1265 in United States, 22 Sep 2010 16:11

@ yellowcastle - The Temple of Doom would be my second choice. It's no longer offered and I rarely see them besides at some of the TRU stores. It's a toss up between the Garage and Pirate Ship. The Garage is one great set and goes well with the Transporation set. I don't see the Pirate Ship at too many stores.....so it has a slight advantage over the Garage set. The Airport set will be around for some time. The Space Police Ship is cool, however, I see them everywhere and I won't be surprised to see them discounted during the holidays.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 22 Sep 2010 18:01

@1265 - Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the Temple of Doom and Pirate Ship are less common now. But I don't particularly care for the Temple of Doom set though I loved the whole IJ line and I already have a Pirate Ship. I really really like the Cargo train but it is not a good fit for this sale. And I don't collect SP3 but that ship looks pretty cool. Lastly, I've never been sold on the Garage and Passenger Train or how this airport is a good addition or at all different than the last airports. At this point, I should just get 3 Public Transportation sets but my wife has made it clear that my getting multiples of sets is not going to fly. :o)

These are the best kinds of dilemmas, though. :o)

Posted by jeffjcc in United States, 22 Sep 2010 23:10

Awesome. I finally made it to my TRU today to take advantage of this! got the 5893 offroad power, 5892 Sonic Boom and 7573 POP battle of Alamut - which I hope to make my first CC style MOC with.

Posted by brickupdate in United States, 23 Sep 2010 08:07

I stopped by the Toys R Us in Times Square in NYC, and they had tons of great stock. The problem is that they already mark up prices by 20% above other TRU's. So, in the end, you save about 10% instead of 33%, plus you have to carry all of these sets through the city. I posted a bunch of photos of the Times Square selection on my Flickr account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickupdate/

There's also photos of the Rockefeller Center Lego Store. In the end, I've not bought a single thing in this sale. Thanks.

Posted by Sand Raider in United States, 23 Sep 2010 11:36

how exactly does this work? What do I have to buy to get this to work? It isn't ANY 2 sets and get ANY 3rd set free? Please help.

Posted by legomylegos in United States, 23 Sep 2010 15:47

i'm always surprised when these sales seem to be confusing to many people and very amused when they think they can buy two minifigures and get a huge set free. =D it's very simple....buy any three lego sets (excluding star wars) and the cheapest of the three will automatically be rung up as the freebie.

Posted by legocamps in United States, 23 Sep 2010 16:31

TRU in NC had the Advent Calendars included in this sale!

Posted by bluemoose in United Kingdom, 23 Sep 2010 17:17

@Sand Raider - you pick 3 sets; at the checkout you will be charged for the two most expensive sets & you will get the cheapest set for free. It makes the most sense to get three sets that are roughly the same price, that way you maximise your savings.

Posted by madforLEGO in United States, 23 Sep 2010 19:39

TRU.com has the TRU Lego Trucks back in stock and they are buy 2 get the third free!!!!!!

Posted by noah120 in United States, 24 Sep 2010 09:04

i got some sets on the 20th here they are:
Malum
Preston Stormer
Jim Stringer
I still need to add them to my account witch i will add to my account in the next 30 seconds.

Posted by aspects in United States, 24 Sep 2010 20:39

Even though cash is tight I am thinking about getting the following sets for my boyfriend and holding on to them for Christmas:

Portal of Atlantis #8078 - $105
Temple of Doom #7199 - $100
and getting for free
Space Police Central #5985 - $85

and then possibly a second set of:

Hyperspeed Pursuit #5974 - $55
Gateway of the Squid #8061 - $42

and either Woody's Round Up #7594 - $55
or Creationary #3844 - $37

Posted by legomylegos in United States, 24 Sep 2010 22:47

TRU has the City Corner and the TRU Truck back in stock!!!!! get them while you can....

Posted by Unknown User2596 in United States, 25 Sep 2010 01:30

Earlier this week I bought the following from the sale:
- 7160 Drop Ship ($49.99)
- 7596 Trash Compactor Escape ($52.99)
- 8191 Lavatraz ($54.99) (for some reason this turned up as free 8|)
- and 18 packs of Minifigs :D

Posted by Sand Raider in United States, 25 Sep 2010 12:51

Thanks, bluemoose! I might make a run today.

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