LEGO Store Black Friday Deals

This year the LEGO Store didn’t surprise us with any amazing discounts. Last year, we got some nice deals on retiring sets such as Emerald Night, Imperial Flagship, and the Republic Dropship. This year:

  • Some minor discounts on a variety of sets.
  • 10% off your purchase.
  • A free holiday set.

I’m definitely not complaining, this is all a welcome sentiment from LEGO. I picked up two of the mini-modular set 10230, which I had been holding out on. I grabbed the 2012 Star Wars advent calendar for $25, as well as the little desk calendar for $12. They didn’t have the business card holder even listed on their site – that is a set I was hoping to pick up multiples of.

The 2012 holiday set 3300014 seems really nice, you get 4 minifigs, a horse, and a nice little scene. I’m hoping they sell these off individually just after Christmas, but I won’t hold my breath for that.

LEGO Store Black Friday Deals

LEGO Black Friday Deal at Target

So I skipped going to ANY stores on Black Friday, but stopped by Target later in the weekend. They still had a bunch of their LEGO Black Friday deal, the Pirate of the Caribbean Black Pearl for $75. This side of the endcap had three rows, maybe 3 or 4 deep:

LEGO black friday deals at Target

LEGO black friday deals at Target

Plus more on the other side of the endcap:
LEGO black friday deals at Target

I found the Batmobile polybags in the holiday section:
LEGO black friday deals at Target

LEGO black friday deals at Target

Otherwise, not much activity here at Target:
LEGO black friday deals at Target

LEGO black friday deals at Target

A few Ninjago markdowns:
LEGO black friday deals at Target

Does Toys R Us Price Gouge With LEGO?

In LEGO forums, there is always a lot of discussion as to how Toys R Us regularly prices their LEGO higher than other stores and higher than MSRP. I have noticed that leading up to the holidays, the keep increasing prices more and more. I forget the exact numbers, but you would see something like for a $20 MSRP set:

  • Jan – June $24.99
  • Sept $29.99
  • Oct $34.99
  • Nov – Dec $37.99

I remember this with the Harry Potter Quidditch Match set.

I took a trip to Toys R Us yesterday, and saw they had a “sale” on several sets that basically brought them back down to the normal normal MSRP prices that you find at every other store. It’s a strange psychology behind it. It “seems” like a deal if they raise prices high enough.

Anyhow, here are photos from my trip yesterday:

Save $30! Well, not really, that just brings Jabba’s Palace back down to the price you can buy it everywhere else:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Same with The Malevolence:
LEGO at Toys R Us

The LEGO aisle:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Taking $20 off brings Palpatine’s Arrest down to regular MSRP too:
LEGO at Toys R Us

“Saving” $10 on the Quinjet Aerial Battle still leaves it $5 more than anywhere else you can buy it:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Surprisingly, Ghost Train actually is a deal at this price. Normal MSRP is $79.99.
LEGO at Toys R Us

Mines of Moria is down to regular MSRP once you take $20 off:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Otherwise, here are some other interesting things I saw in my trip, including this Ninjago Sticker Puzzle:
LEGO at Toys R Us

The LEGO Hobbit notebook:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Power Functions:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Still plenty of Lloyd ZX minifigs in stock:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Ninjago training set:
LEGO at Toys R Us

Still plenty of retired themes, including Harry Potter, red box Ninjago, Pirates of the Caribbean:
LEGO at Toys R Us

LEGO at Toys R Us

LEGO at Toys R Us

LEGO at Toys R Us