oldcarfan Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 Hobby Lobby is doing another clearance. Yesterday I bought 3 Revell Porsche 911s for $6.89 each, a 1979 Trans Am for $7 and the AMT 1978(?) F-350 or $8.99. Can you tell my wife is out of town? The other day I got a Raptor and a couple of others for cheap as well. They had the clearance kits hidden on several end caps. I found them by accident. I didn't need them, but I really wanted them! A sidenote, is the 911 supposed to be 1979ish 930?
Dave Van Posted October 16, 2016 Posted October 16, 2016 Got the Piranha 'art box' version for $9.99, some Tamiya weathering kits for $2 each and some model train stuff cheap!!! And on top of that a MPC Space 1999 transporter at 40% off.......a good haul!!
Joe Handley Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Picked up a '59 Caddy last weekend for $8.99 when I went to get Dad a '53 F100 with the 40% coupon.
oldcarfan Posted October 17, 2016 Author Posted October 17, 2016 Man, I wish ours had the Tamiya weathering kits on sale too. I could use that and the super fine sanding sheets but I keep putting it off!
espo Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Lucky to have a couple of large Hobby Lobby's in the area. It does pay to check around. I found a '41 Ford Woody for $10.43 with a retail of $28.99. The same kit at the other store was $17.00. Both stores are having a close out on some older stock, but one is being aggressive on pricing where the other is only offering the usual 40% off.
Mike999 Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 Couple of weeks ago I found a Piranha cheap. Also not in the regular Clearance aisle or the model kit section - it was on one of the "island" displays in the middle of an aisle. Several other clearance kits were displayed with it, all aircraft.Couple of months ago, some TAMIYA Weathering Kits were hiding in the regular HL Clearance aisle. They were hard to see, buried under other stuff, and I nearly missed them. I guess you just have to look at everything carefully in HL.
Greg Myers Posted October 17, 2016 Posted October 17, 2016 It would help to know the location of the store you visited as they don't always have the same sales or items, thanks
oldcarfan Posted October 18, 2016 Author Posted October 18, 2016 They also had several of the AMT Tire packs for $3.99, but I decided to wait on those till the next day. Yep, that was a bad idea!
Mike C Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 I've seen all the clearance sales there too. Unfortunately there's nothing there I have to have. The best deal I once got from HL was when they had the Testors 1/4 scale visible Dodge Hemi kit. Someone had posted that day about a 50% coupon that HL had. So I printed and went to HL to see what I could find. I grabbed a Hemi which was marked at $70. So I got it for $35. They had 3 of those kits. Two were marked at $80 and one was marked at $70. So I got a good deal. I still haven't built it yet.
ChrisBcritter Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 Checked the Deerfield store this afternoon - the only kit on sale was a '71 Tbird marked down to $16.79 on the regular shelf; no big gaps indicating restock yet.
stavanzer Posted October 18, 2016 Posted October 18, 2016 My Hobby Lobby has nothing but Academy 1/144 Spitfires left. About a dozen of them, and a couple of lonely 1/32 Round2 Avanti's.
mikemodeler Posted October 19, 2016 Posted October 19, 2016 Checked the Deerfield store this afternoon - the only kit on sale was a '71 Tbird marked down to $16.79 on the regular shelf; no big gaps indicating restock yet.Got one of those here in Charlotte for about $10, figured it was worth that much in parts alone. Gonna drop that 429 into a Mobieus F100!
Maindrian Pace Posted October 19, 2016 Posted October 19, 2016 Mine had the '71 T bird, the AMT '53 Corvette, the Porsche, a Lil Hot Dogger, and a 1:32 LIndberg '40 Ford or some such. The F-350 was still on the shelf at full price.
Luc Janssens Posted October 19, 2016 Posted October 19, 2016 That F-350 is a steal for that price. Indeed, I paid full retail for one, because I wanted the 4x4 set-up....oh well..
mikemodeler Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 The HL in Matthews NC didn't have any models on clearance...yet. I suspect that these markdowns are done regionally and what is happening in other towns will eventually make it to the rest of country.
Dave Van Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Barboursville WV had spy car and 71 Bird.....little else but some train stuff I picked up.
Aaronw Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 I picked up a couple of Model T delivery trucks for $9 ea, at the Arden (Sacramento, CA) HL, I left one on the shelf, didn't want to be greedy. Nothing else really appealed to me.
Fabrux Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Went to the Hobby Lobby at Alamance Crossing, NC and they have a bunch of kits on clearance. I picked up the Piranha, a 65 Mustang funny car, and the 23 T delivery truck for $30!
High octane Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 It would help to know the location of the store you visited as they don't always have the same sales or items, thanksYou're right Greg as I was at my local Hobby Lobby the other morning and there was no model clearance sale items offered.
gbdolfans Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Went today and mine had no kits on clearance. Guess the store is too new.
Dave Van Posted October 20, 2016 Posted October 20, 2016 Stopped at Beckley and found two more Tamiya weathering kits.......kits A and C.
ChrisBcritter Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Saw some newly-discounted kits today at the Deerfield IL store and scribbled some notes:MPC Jawbreaker $17.99AMT 1/32 Ranchero $9.59AMT '41 Plymouth $14.99Revell '13 Camaro $16.79Revell '14 Mustang $16.19MPC Cosmic Charger $17.99AMT Orig. Art '70 Impala Heavy Chevy $19.19I also made the note "Revell SPWG $14.59" but now I don't remember what a spwg is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1930fordpickup Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Saw some newly-discounted kits today at the Deerfield IL store and scribbled some notes:MPC Jawbreaker $17.99AMT 1/32 Ranchero $9.59AMT '41 Plymouth $14.99Revell '13 Camaro $16.79Revell '14 Mustang $16.19MPC Cosmic Charger $17.99AMT Orig. Art '70 Impala Heavy Chevy $19.19I also made the note "Revell SPWG $14.59" but now I don't remember what a spwg is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Revell The Dan Fink Speedwagon Chris. Our Toledo Local had all of the above and Revell Jeep Build and Play Lindberg 1938 Ford Custom Ford Van. (The old Testors kit)
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