Here is how I did it and some ideas to consider as you shop.
1. Free goodies:
You'll see in the top left is a Storm Trooper Lego. This was a limited edition door gift on force Friday. Toys R Us and many other places have these deals on a regular basis. Force Friday started Thursday night at midnight, but most of these are on Saturday mornings. They are small, and they might take some time, but they are a great way to spend time with your kids. After awhile the free stuff starts to add up. I've got a Lego door to Jurassic World, Sponge Bob in a top hat, a Frankenstein Halloween figure, and now an exclusive Star Wars piece for free!!
2. Sales:
The next item is a scene from the Lego movie. It normally costs 13 dollars, but it was on sale for 6.45. That is 50% off!! The drawback is that the movie was over 18 months ago. So if your child really really wanted a particular item from the movie this method wouldn't work. But if you can handle waiting, and don't mind getting whatever is unwanted and still in stock by then, it works out well. Me and my daughter loved the movie, but we didn't really need or want this set. So getting three mini figures (two of them main characters), and a nice little building was a good deal for us.
3. Divide and Sell:
We bought two very nice sets earlier in the year. The Double Decker Couch and the Angry Kitty set had all of the main characters and some nice small sets like Emmett's car for very good prices. As a result of this, we already had an Emmett and I decided to sell that figure on Ebay. With all of these good deals the market isn't too high for that figure, but I did sell him for 2.49. If you subtract that from the original (sale) price, I only paid 4 dollars for this item!!! If you are buying for your kids this can be hard to do. I simply explain to my daughter that we probably don't need two of the same thing, and when we make money on ebay, that becomes even more money for buying Legos! You might also want to carefully consider the resell value of the product. If you might want any set as an investment product, then its vital that you have the entire set.
4. Reward Points:
At the bottom you see 4 mystery bags. These are specialized minifigures that are released in groups of 16. They are fun little purchases, especially if you are good at feeling items within the bag to know what you are getting. The current series is monster themed and we managed to find 4 that we liked. These are normally 3.99 each. But I decided to cash our my reward points at the Lego store and I payed only 6 dollars!
You get one reward point for every purchase and after 100 dollars you get a 5 dollar coupon. That sounds like many purchases to get there, but keep in mind that's essentially 5% off every purchase. Sometimes the Lego store has double point months, where it only takes 50 dollars to get there. (Those months usually have special exclusive products that are free when you get over 100 dollars. I'll talk about how to maximize those deals in a future Christmas strategy post.) In double point periods it means every purchase is 10% off. On top of that, the Lego club offers special coupons. With any purchases in that month it automatically rewards you 100 points or 5 dollars of your next purchase. That might sound like a gimmick to buy more products. But when you are buying products that range from 1 dollar to 2.50, you can rack up those points rather quickly.
When all is said and done I bought 25 dollars worth of Lego products, and got an exclusive brick currently selling for 7 dollars on Ebay for 10 dollars!!! So don't blow all your money on full price Legos and end up like Chewie here. Good luck ninjas! I don't always create a post on this blog for every deal. So as always, please follow me on facebook to stay update on the most current deals!
