With the absolute crap show going on right now with tariffs and shipping I figured why not start a thread where we can talk about deals, or "steals," that we have managed to snag recently. So this isn't a thread confined to sales at stores, it can be any situation in which you got a really great deal on toys.
For me there have been two recent situations.
First Walmart Canada last month had an unusual clearance of some toys. Now we aren't as fortunate as you guys in the US with regular clearance events, and not at really low prices. However we finally had a good one, if there was any stock. Anyway I was able to snag a bunch of Star Wars Black Series figures, and some Transformers Legacy deluxe class figures, and one Leader class. All of them on clearance for $3Cdn each.
I picked up:
SW:BS - Mon Mothma & Bix Carleen from Andor, Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh & Bazil from The Acolyte, Farm Boy Luke & Princess Leia from A New Hope and Dagan Gera from the Gaming Greats subline.
Transformers - Detritus, Shadow Striker, Strong Arm and Tigerhawk (unfortunately he was missing one of his claws that go over his chest, but for $3 he is just "battle damaged").
Then this past week my closest TRU, which only opened in late 2023 was in it's final week of closeout (last day was today). So I have been swinging by ever since it went to 50% off, then 70% and finally today 80% (90% on select stuff I didn't care about). Funny thing is even today they only had Lego at 20% off. Not really a great deal for a place closing down today.
Anyway, I lucked out because it really wasn't too well picked over until this week, and today (one couple had TWO shopping carts full of Marvel and Star Wars stuff). Also I just missed out on a couple of Classified figures as I saw them on the shelf as I walked in, but someone was already there picking them up. There was a lonely Retro Lady Jaye, but I passed. So for the deals I was able to acquire over the past 10 days:
D&D Venger/Dungeon Master 2-pack for $15.
Spidermobile (good size for Legends) for $17.50.
MCU Doc Ock (recent one) for $25
ML Angel for $13.50 (Can't believe it was still on shelf for 70% off).
ML Captain Marvel/Doom 2-pack for $10.
SW:BS Holocomm Bo-Katan (x2) for $6 each. Really only got this for the light up stand, but the figure is surprisingly good. Don't see it holding up over time though.
SW:BS Holiday Edition Jawa and Purge Trooper ($22.50 each, okay deal, but I wanted them for Christmas)
ML Yondu (comic version) for $5.50.
ML Roleplay Captain Carter shield for $60.
ML Retro gold Iron Man $22.50 (more an impulse buy to add to my Iron Man Armour collection than a great deal)
Classified Quick Kick $17.50
Classified Raptor $30 (yeah I know not great, but still a good deal in Canada)
And finally Dollarama (Canada's largest dollar store chain) had the Disney Lightyear movie large vehicles. The Utility Vehicle and Plasma Drill for $5 each. Don't care about the Utility Vehicle, but the Plasma Drill has been customized by a lot of people into a great stationary weapon for Classified so I picked up a couple for just that reason.
Sorry for the long winded first post.
For me there have been two recent situations.
First Walmart Canada last month had an unusual clearance of some toys. Now we aren't as fortunate as you guys in the US with regular clearance events, and not at really low prices. However we finally had a good one, if there was any stock. Anyway I was able to snag a bunch of Star Wars Black Series figures, and some Transformers Legacy deluxe class figures, and one Leader class. All of them on clearance for $3Cdn each.
I picked up:
SW:BS - Mon Mothma & Bix Carleen from Andor, Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh & Bazil from The Acolyte, Farm Boy Luke & Princess Leia from A New Hope and Dagan Gera from the Gaming Greats subline.
Transformers - Detritus, Shadow Striker, Strong Arm and Tigerhawk (unfortunately he was missing one of his claws that go over his chest, but for $3 he is just "battle damaged").
Then this past week my closest TRU, which only opened in late 2023 was in it's final week of closeout (last day was today). So I have been swinging by ever since it went to 50% off, then 70% and finally today 80% (90% on select stuff I didn't care about). Funny thing is even today they only had Lego at 20% off. Not really a great deal for a place closing down today.
Anyway, I lucked out because it really wasn't too well picked over until this week, and today (one couple had TWO shopping carts full of Marvel and Star Wars stuff). Also I just missed out on a couple of Classified figures as I saw them on the shelf as I walked in, but someone was already there picking them up. There was a lonely Retro Lady Jaye, but I passed. So for the deals I was able to acquire over the past 10 days:
D&D Venger/Dungeon Master 2-pack for $15.
Spidermobile (good size for Legends) for $17.50.
MCU Doc Ock (recent one) for $25
ML Angel for $13.50 (Can't believe it was still on shelf for 70% off).
ML Captain Marvel/Doom 2-pack for $10.
SW:BS Holocomm Bo-Katan (x2) for $6 each. Really only got this for the light up stand, but the figure is surprisingly good. Don't see it holding up over time though.
SW:BS Holiday Edition Jawa and Purge Trooper ($22.50 each, okay deal, but I wanted them for Christmas)
ML Yondu (comic version) for $5.50.
ML Roleplay Captain Carter shield for $60.
ML Retro gold Iron Man $22.50 (more an impulse buy to add to my Iron Man Armour collection than a great deal)
Classified Quick Kick $17.50
Classified Raptor $30 (yeah I know not great, but still a good deal in Canada)
And finally Dollarama (Canada's largest dollar store chain) had the Disney Lightyear movie large vehicles. The Utility Vehicle and Plasma Drill for $5 each. Don't care about the Utility Vehicle, but the Plasma Drill has been customized by a lot of people into a great stationary weapon for Classified so I picked up a couple for just that reason.
Sorry for the long winded first post.