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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 19, 2012 20:43:13 GMT
Prepare yourselves. And your wallets.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2012 21:01:05 GMT
Damn it! I should not have red hazed on LEGO today!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 19, 2012 21:10:49 GMT
Oh no is this the half price one or whatever they do every year?
Gonna have to steal a car if it is.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 19, 2012 21:14:00 GMT
AAAAAARRRRGHGHHH!!!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 20, 2012 12:31:28 GMT
Hmmm. Several days before pay-day. Probably not going to have much money for this anyway, so it likely isn't going to hurt too much that I am likely to get near my nearest Sainsbury until several hours after opening time, at which point it is usually far too late.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2012 12:33:27 GMT
After much required spending on Real Life items today I won't have much cash for this but will pop in and have a look on Wednesday morning to see the madness. If the £9 Monster Fighters The Mummy and ghost horse set is there I could do have a half priced version!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 20, 2012 12:39:15 GMT
Yes the glow in the dark ghost horse tempts me. I already have a non glow in the dark version courtesy of my son.... at least I think it doesn't glow in the dark
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2012 22:23:23 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 20, 2012 22:43:24 GMT
Only had a few quick looks but most of the informed looking posts in a few different forums seem to suggest 25%-50% off everything is most likely.
They probably realised all those £100+ lego sets weren't been put aside for kids at Christmas. Still means at least 50p off minifigures if they arent all gone like last year.
Don't think I can be bothered to figth my way to the main lego section, but who knows might get lucky and find wave three Prime figures( or which ever has the newest deluxes in it)
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Post by Marc Graham on Oct 21, 2012 19:59:21 GMT
There is a Sainsbury store in Derry, but I don't recall ever seeing any toys in there in any of my fairly rare visits. Its so close to Smyths so maybe that is a factor...
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2012 18:38:35 GMT
Soon to be time to go over the top!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 23, 2012 19:43:29 GMT
Lego apparently will be 33% off. Car acquired for tomorrows trip, mostly hoping for Transformers which last year were completely ignored by everyone but me, mind you the selection was utter rubbish.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 23, 2012 21:27:20 GMT
33%. Hmmm, worth getting up early? Mmmm.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2012 6:55:27 GMT
BATTLE REPORT!
I was having trouble sleeping so I was awake anyway and thought I would donder in to see what was going on.
Got there at 6:54am. Store opens at 7am. No-one was nearby. No signs of life at all. Walked around the block. at 6:58am I noticed the doors were open. As I approached, a lass literally jumped out of a car, grabbed a trolley and ran at the door.
That was all it took for the red haze to strike me. I had to get inside before her. I knew she was here for the toys. I had been here first, damn it! The right of conquest was mine!
THE GREAT JOURNEY OF LIFE BEGAN!
I dashed for the toy section! Impossibly, dozens of folk were already there! How? How had they sneaked past me? What foul pact with the toy gods had they made? I watched, mouth agape, as like mewling monsters from before time they scooped up piles of toys and deposited them in their trolleys like so much plankton scooped from the sea by a hungry pod of mighty whales!
I ENTERED THE FRAY!
I noted that the main force of attack was on the LEGO section. It was being picked dry second by frantic second. I calculated it had at most 30 minutes of life before being sucked dry and left a withered empty husk!
I CHARGED FOR GLORY! LEGO GLORY!
With my right hand of power I grabbed the last remaining Star Wars Republic Strike-class Starfighter for I had coveted the fine maroon bricks within for lo these many weeks. With my left hand I deftly procured a Monster Fighters Mummy with Ghost Horse for I knew that with glow-in-the-dark eldritch power I could conquer all!
I THEN RETREATED TO CONSIDER MY FURTHER OPTIONS! ALSO, I NEEDED SOME BREAD, SHAMPOO AND HAND WASH.
Was this it? The final end? Was my triumph complete? NO! For the baying crowds summoned forth the blood-lust within me one more time.
I PLUNGED BACK INTO GLORIOUS BATTLE!
With the hands that beheld honour beyond honour I alighted upon the big City mining truck 4202 for I knew that if anyone defied me I could use it to dig a hole in which to throw their decaying putrefied corpse! I glanced back at the pitiful squabble of humanity as they gorged themselves on plastic crack.
I MADE MY FAREWELLS, PAUSING ONLY TO GIVE THE ROBOT SHOPKEEPER HIS GOLD!
And now, for the breakfast of the mighty.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Oct 24, 2012 11:10:23 GMT
Was the breakfast of the mighty shampoo sandwiches by any chance? Still, at least you got to wash your hands before eating.
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 24, 2012 11:21:55 GMT
Twas highly disappointed. Had hoped for one of the £112 or £20 Marvel sets or maybe something in a Star Wars vibe. Instead I came away with 4 series 7 minifigs. The transformers range was worse. Bumblebee and Cliffjumper and at prices higher than Asda and tesco have had them on sale in the last few weeks. To annoy me even more I went into Tesco before and they had Kup, Rumble and the rest of the new wave.
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Post by Nigel on Oct 24, 2012 14:56:05 GMT
I went sometime between 10am and 11am and there was plenty to choose from, but nothing worth buying, save a Christmas present for my baby niece. (Preschool toys are half price.) Even at a third off, Transformers still seem too expensive at the moment. Overheard conversations of other customers suggested a general disappointment in the sale following the 50% reductions the last couple of years, and a disinclination to buy anything.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2012 18:10:17 GMT
To annoy me even more I went into Tesco before and they had Kup, Rumble and the rest of the new wave. That wave just came into my Sainsburys last week. It was untouched this morning. Like Nigel I too heard folk commenting on the sale not being as good this year in terms of stock and level of discount. Unlike the last two years my local had not expanded the amount of toys or got in lots of new stuff: it was just what they had before. However, I had had my eye on the 3 LEGO Sets I got for quite a while so I was pretty chuffed to get them cheaper (a third off is still a good sale price) so my sale experience was still a good one. But yes, it was somewhat of a lesser event of previous years and lacked the 'wow' factor that brought folk in before. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Oct 24, 2012 19:42:20 GMT
To annoy me even more I went into Tesco before and they had Kup, Rumble and the rest of the new wave. That wave just came into my Sainsburys last week. It was untouched this morning. -Ralph When I was in there at lunchtime it didn't look like the deluxes were reduced - the Voyagers and the Cyberverse stuff all had shelf-labels quoting their reduced prices, and big tags hanging nearby saying "Transformers X, X% off" the shelf-tag for the deluxes was quoting the normal retail - it wasn't entirely clear whether they were in the sale or not. Karl |
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Post by Hero on Oct 25, 2012 3:14:44 GMT
Hopefully hitting a large Sainsburys today, time permitting. There is a store near my old uni campus where I'm headed today. B&Q which is also near mission may take priority...
Will hopefully snap up something good.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 29, 2012 20:51:17 GMT
A follow-up investigation was staged. Most of the LEGO is gone. The NERF stock has been completely decimated. Everything else is pretty much untouched.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2012 19:22:59 GMT
The LEGO has been restocked.
No-one seems to give a shit about the Transformers.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2012 16:34:03 GMT
Ah ha! A further restock means Ralph got a cheap Mining 4x4 set 4002.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2012 18:51:19 GMT
The sale is over. Finished.
-Ralph
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