Duplos

[alison]

Dd has a hodgepodge of duplos. My mil brought about 20 pieces from when dh was young. I had to throw out some cool pieces (helicopter, school bus), because they were cracked and had some sharp edges where they'd seen the wear of three boys.

I would love to buy dd (read: erm, actually for me!) brand new sets, but don't know where to look. Target had a really weak selection. The Lego store is $$$. Any ideas? Amazon is kind of pricey for us, because we pay sales tax... Any secrets?

[HouseofWool]

Rummage sales.

[lovelight]

You could always try out Ebay as well.

[Urowife]

You can sometimes get some good sets at Toys R Us, and if you have a coupon, there is some savings. Otherwise, yes, they are pricey. Cute and fun, but pricey.

[ides]

EBay. I got O 300+ pieces there for about $30. They weren't super shiny new but all in really good shape.

If your dd ever gets into Thomas The Train, you'll find good deals on eBay for track & trains too.

[diggitydot]

If your kiddo gets into Thomas, I have about 8 billion of the little fuckers I'll gladly ship to you. Free.

[alison]

Hahaha! She's not quite into Thomas yet, but thank you for your offer. I may get back to you on that!

We have a Starbucks here with a train table and Thomas the Train cars. A little boy kept saying "cranky, cranky" over and over to dd, and I couldn't figure it out until his mom said that it's the crane on Thomas...

[v-girl]

We have that crane. And so many other pieces!

[Meenah]

If you really want to get rid of the Thomas stuff, I'll pay for shipping!!!

[MrsK]

BTW, I'm searching garage sales for Mega Bloks if anyone is looking to unload those. Meenah, DD, if you are serious about parting with the Thomas trains, we'll take them.

[Meenah]

I meant to ship to me for Oliver!!!!!!

[MrsK]

Oops! Totally misresd! I was wondering how Oliver could have grown tired of them so quickly.