Lego Climber Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 If anyone is having difficulties buying cases of brick from their local LEGO stores, send me a pm. I have a couple of sources and should be able to help out. i'm having a little problem lately cause my store is out of my piece and it may be a while if at all till that piece is available again from warehouse any hints or sources to get reddish brown 1x4's and other sizes same color Quote
Stash2Sixx Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 i'm having a little problem lately cause my store is out of my piece and it may be a while if at all till that piece is available again from warehouse any hints or sources to get reddish brown 1x4's and other sizes same color I got a few ideas...PM incoming. Quote
benhead Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Pick a bricks prices are too inflated!You can get the samething on bricklink alot cheaper,plus they have older parts that are`nt being made anymore. Quote
fred67 Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Pick a bricks prices are too inflated!You can get the samething on bricklink alot cheaper,plus they have older parts that are`nt being made anymore. Nobody thinks that PAB is cheaper overall than LEGO, but I have found pieces on PAB for less money on occasion; moreover, sometimes with the quantities that you might want, the multiple shipping charges you'd incur from BL outweigh the cheaper prices. Quote
cimddwc Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Yes, sometimes PaB is indeed cheaper for larger quantities. For instance, I recently got 2x2 tiles in light and dark bluish gray (city pavement) which are 6 Euro-cents on PaB, but BrickLink prices start at 6.5 to 8 cents except for a few lots of less then 20 pieces, and that's not counting shipping costs from other countries or continents... Quote
Cusm Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Anyone know if you can get 1x1 plates? I am considering building a mosaic for my son's room and it looks like I will several thousand 1x1 plates, most of them in black. I would love to be able to order a PAB case of them and save over BL prices. Quote
fred67 Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Anyone know if you can get 1x1 plates? I am considering building a mosaic for my son's room and it looks like I will several thousand 1x1 plates, most of them in black. I would love to be able to order a PAB case of them and save over BL prices. Unless you are part of LUG-bulk (part of an established LEGO users group that meets TLG requirements, and offers bulk purchasing from time to time), you will not be able to just go buy a box of 1x1 black tiles. If you have a LEGO store to go to, you can ask if they have a box of the items they currently have on their PAB wall, but they don't let you special order anything, AFAIK. Quote
Stash2Sixx Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 1x1 plates are not an available item for PAB walls at the present time. PAB Online has them, but they are not currently available in store. But I'm sure earth tones and black would sell quite quickly if they ever did make it to the wall! Quote
Aanchir Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 1x1 plates are not an available item for PAB walls at the present time. PAB Online has them, but they are not currently available in store. But I'm sure earth tones and black would sell quite quickly if they ever did make it to the wall! Are you sure? Different stores have different PAB wall selections. It's a real surprise to me if there are certain parts that no stores at all have on their PAB walls. Quote
Legoman Posted April 30, 2011 Posted April 30, 2011 Are you sure? Different stores have different PAB wall selections. It's a real surprise to me if there are certain parts that no stores at all have on their PAB walls. From what I understand, There is a list of parts, which changes each year (?), and only those parts can be stocked in PAB. There are standard parts such as 2x4 bricks, which all stores will usually have, and special parts such as Leaves which come and go. There are plenty of parts, however, which never go to PAB for various reasons Feel free to correct me though Quote
gtg905s Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) Has anyone seen Grilles on the PAB recently? I ask my local store and they said they hadn't seen them in a while. Does anyone know what the PAB part list is? The guys working there said only the manager know. I met her once and she was quite nice but not there today. Maybe in the near future I can catch her again to ask ;-) Edited July 25, 2011 by gtg905s Quote
Aanchir Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Has anyone seen Grilles on the PAB recently? I ask my local store and they said they hadn't seen them in a while. Does anyone know what the PAB part list is? The guys working there said only the manager know. I met her once and she was quite nice but not there today. Maybe in the near future I can catch her again to ask ;-) Many in-store PAB parts can also be found on the online Pick-A-Brick (for instance, many Hero Factory parts), but selections vary by store. No store will have the complete selection of parts that can be purchased online, and some parts in-store may not be from the online selection. Brickbuildr is a fan-site that keeps track of which parts are available from which stores, but updates are entirely dependent on visitors to the stores reporting their findings to the site, so many American LEGO stores' inventories haven't been updated in a long time. Quote
gtg905s Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Many in-store PAB parts can also be found on the online Pick-A-Brick (for instance, many Hero Factory parts), but selections vary by store. No store will have the complete selection of parts that can be purchased online, and some parts in-store may not be from the online selection. Brickbuildr is a fan-site that keeps track of which parts are available from which stores, but updates are entirely dependent on visitors to the stores reporting their findings to the site, so many American LEGO stores' inventories haven't been updated in a long time. I would rather buy a k box of them, if not then I will go to Bricklink for them. Lego S@H PAB is way too expensive for me :-/ I was just asking to see if anyone has seen them on a PAB wall since I have seen any all year. (may of missed them too unluckily) So trying to decide weather I should be patient or if they are not an option for Lego stores to order in the recent future, and just order from BL. :-) Quote
Bearded Castle Guy Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 I would rather buy a k box of them, if not then I will go to Bricklink for them. Lego S@H PAB is way too expensive for me :-/ I was just asking to see if anyone has seen them on a PAB wall since I have seen any all year. (may of missed them too unluckily) So trying to decide weather I should be patient or if they are not an option for Lego stores to order in the recent future, and just order from BL. :-) I believe Aanchir's point was that to some extent the Pab Wall availability and the Online PaB availability matches up to a certain extent, it's not a 100% if one version of PaB has it the other will but there is significant overlap between what they carry. Also a K box of grills pieces would be a BOATLOAD of them, I'm not sure what a person would do with a K box's worth, especially all in one color.... Quote
gtg905s Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 I believe Aanchir's point was that to some extent the Pab Wall availability and the Online PaB availability matches up to a certain extent, it's not a 100% if one version of PaB has it the other will but there is significant overlap between what they carry. Also a K box of grills pieces would be a BOATLOAD of them, I'm not sure what a person would do with a K box's worth, especially all in one color.... It is just more economical to buy the K-Box in my eyes then taking the time and trying pack in as much as possible into a PAB $15 cup (more applicable to bricks then plates). With Lego VIP rewards you still get the cash back on the boxes and get more and more friendly with the store. I have already bought several k-boxes from the Atlanta Lego store (and plenty of sets too) and they always very nice and when I go in there now they tell me what new PAB boxes they have available. My whole Lego life I had just built sets and kept them very vanilla. Now I have really started to turn my attention to MOC builds. I loved seeing all the MOC town buildings people have built on this site and would love to be able to build them, but they are a bit above my talent capabilities and loose part counts for now. Then I found this guy and his amazing skyscraper builds: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/3193 So I want to start my first MOC by building one of favorite skyscrapers, the Empire State Building. The practice and techniques learned from copying that build I want to use the build the Bank of China skyscraper (my favorite skyscraper) and more after that. The Chrysler Building is right after the Bank of China. Hence the need for light bullish grey grilles for the first build :-) And might as well buy a box full now, no shipping and the cash back can't beat that. Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) On a slight tangent, occasionally I've asked a nice LEGO Store employee about whether they might have any additional minifigure elements aside from the ones I'm seeing in the Build-A-Minifigure kiosk, and they've brought out boxes of parts for me to paw through. From what I've seen, these boxes of minifigure elements used for the BAM kiosks appear similar (or even identical - I've never seen a minifigure parts box and a PAB element box side-by-side before, so I don't know for sure) to these K boxes used for the Pick-A-Brick walls. Has anyone ever tried to buy a K box (or the BAM equivalent) of minifigure parts? That could be interesting, especially since the boxes of BAM elements I've seen will each typically contain parts of one of the five general types of MF element (head, torso, legs, hair/headgear, accessory), but otherwise contain a random mix (a box full of some colossal number of heads, for example, with dozens or even hundreds of different faces, each in varying quantities). I have to assume it would cost more than $70 if they would let one do it at all (and that's a big "if" to begin with, surely), but I can't help being at least a bit curious... Edited July 26, 2011 by Blondie-Wan Quote
gtg905s Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 I believe I asked once about buying one, not interested in them, and I believe the store said they couldn't sell them. Not 100% sure though. I will definitely ask next time I am there. Though I did ask when they are going to put their series 3 CMF on sale, though no word yet from them. It should be soon. And they should be able to sell it by the case as well. They said also said they have to check on that too. I won't buy it but thought it was interesting. Correct me if I am wrong guys! Quote
drevim Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 I know this thread is in-store PAB, but is it possible to buy k boxes from S@H? I don't think I missed it throughout the thread. Or is this a LUG only deal? Tried to search on Lego's site, but couldn't find anything. I'm 3+ hours from the closest store, and approx. 5 hrs from the closest group, so kind of stuck in no man's land for a store. Sorry to go off topic. Quote
Stash2Sixx Posted July 26, 2011 Posted July 26, 2011 Ok, just gonna chime in here... PAB case prices have gone up in stores, so you are all aware. It was just time for them to adjust prices; remember, not everything costs the same. I just so happen to have a very, VERY strong PAB business in my store and keep everything as updated as I can. My wall cycles through a lot of PAB weekly and I thought about updating brickbuilder, but I just wouldn't be able to keep up. I believe you are looking for these....? They used to be available in the PAB walls in Dark Bley and Trans. Red, but are only available in White at the present time. As for Build A Minifigure (BAM) parts, we are not allowed to sell them by the case. Sorry. And one more time so HOPEFULLY this can come to an end... All of the stores have a listing of what we CAN order for our stores. This changes weekly due to stock levels and what others have ordered the previous week. The selection we are given is much smaller than what is available on the LEGO.com website. The new items for the next 10 months or so are already available in stores. Yes, all stores have access to the same selection of PAB. No, one store will not get "special pickings" or "special elements" over another store. If you find something like that, chances are it was a misplaced box that was found in the back room or a new item. Hope that helps! By the way, for those of you in the states looking for PAB in quantity...I just know a store that will ship cases out if needs be. Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted July 28, 2011 Posted July 28, 2011 Hope that helps! It does, thanks! I'm a bit disappointed to find out one can't get minifigure elements this way, but not really surprised. The other stuff is informative and appreciated. By the way, for those of you in the states looking for PAB in quantity...I just know a store that will ship cases out if needs be. Am I correct in understanding this to mean that if someone wants a whole "K box" of a certain element in PAB and can't physically get to the store, the store will ship it as they would any other product, and/or take an order for it if they don't have a full box in stock? Quote
Bearded Castle Guy Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 It does, thanks! I'm a bit disappointed to find out one can't get minifigure elements this way, but not really surprised. The other stuff is informative and appreciated. Am I correct in understanding this to mean that if someone wants a whole "K box" of a certain element in PAB and can't physically get to the store, the store will ship it as they would any other product, and/or take an order for it if they don't have a full box in stock? Some stores seem more willing to sell the K boxes than others I believe, but cannot say for sure about that. I looks as if one of the earlier posters might be able to help you get a K box if you PM them (hint) but it'd depend upon that store having your part in stock (I recall reading that they're not supposed to do special orders for specific pieces per say) but they should be able to ship it providing they have stock on hand from the sounds of it. Quote
mostlytechnic Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Has anyone bought a K box from the Columbus OH store? That's the closest to me, so I figured I'd see how they are about it before I make a special trip... Quote
Stash2Sixx Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Am I correct in understanding this to mean that if someone wants a whole "K box" of a certain element in PAB and can't physically get to the store, the store will ship it as they would any other product, and/or take an order for it if they don't have a full box in stock? Kinda. I am more than happy to ship PAB from my store; I do it all the time. As for Columbus, I have no idea what they have in stock. Quote
Legoman Posted August 17, 2011 Posted August 17, 2011 Kinda. I am more than happy to ship PAB from my store; I do it all the time. Don't suppose you've got that list set up yet, by any chance? Quote
Stash2Sixx Posted August 18, 2011 Posted August 18, 2011 I do, I just finished updating it and am more than happy to send it out to you tonight after I get home from work...Most likely around dinner time for you! Quote
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