I was becoming very discouraged that I could not find any 10$ sets at my Big Lots here in Lorain Ohio. I went in there though this past friday and located them all on an endcap up top of all places and most were hidden behind the sign stating the price. These things were very hidden. Upon approaching I found it was stocked with everything.

12-15 Roots sets 10$ kind
2 Looney tunes vol. 6 marked at 3$ each
1 looney tunes box set 1-5
2 kubrick collections
and 2 America's game superbowl collections

Then I went to the Big Lots in Elyria Ohio thinking they might be on an endcap and sure enough THEY WERE. They were hidden away in a different section of the store. SO they are out there people, you just have to search around.

Any other word on the HBO sets? Anyone else spot them? Deadwood and Trueblood?

How many Mission Hills did you have at your location? I would love to score one, but I don't think I'm up for 50 minute drive. I drove to Thomasville GA last Friday and it was a bust as well. Luckily I scooped up 15 sets today. The only thing that bothers is me is that 2 employees told me to come back Weds because that's when they get their shipments. Of course I go in today not expecting anything and they're there.

Has anyone hit up that Big Lots in Colonie NY in the past few days? I pass through that area from time to time.

Does Lemay still have Joey? You think I'm joking but I'm not. In about 2 weeks I return to work out there and plan on stopping by, but I'm not driving 25 minutes just to get Joey for $6 (or is it $3).

?????

Do you really think that hiding them is going to make it easier for "the people who really want them" to find them?

Unless you're saying that someone will just stumble upon them while reaching for the Corn Flakes and say, "Hey, look! Here's some Flintstones cartoons for $3".

I guess it's possible, but I just don't see it as likely unless you put them in the toy dept. or somewhere like that. I don't know that someone buying garden rakes is that focused on Hannah-Barbera.

Just for fun, my wife & I decided to take a road trip to the largest major city near us (several times a year, we go to shop, hit thrift stores & pawn shops, eat out, & trade in some books at a huge used bookstore). We decided to stop along the 100-mile route to hit every Big Lots along the way (a total of 4 plus the 3 in the city...plus another in the next town beyond the larger city). It was actually like a treasure hunt...some stores had bunches of $3 sets, others had absolutely nothing. Not much $10 stuff..a few had some Roots collections (one had about 20 copies) & found one NFL set, too. Hardly any store had the same items or seasons in stock (except for seeing lots of Popeye, Top Cat, & Seasons 1 & 3 of Flintstones). Managed to get copies of almost everything on the list except the animated Superman 1/Batman 1 set, so it was a very successful trip.

The next day I stopped back in at the BL in our town (there are 3 others in adjoining towns in our area that weren't part of the Road Trip). Walked in, saw that the table was picked clean of the sets that were there the day before, and started to turn around & leave when I spotted some big sets sitting on top of a display farther down the aisle. Heart started pounding at the size of one of the sets. Heart almost stopped when 3 large college-age buys started walking by the display. Sweating stopped when they walked by display without a glance. Tried to walk (not run) to the area. Found the following:

Roots (already had it);
NFL Superbowl 40-disc set (already had but got for a friend);
Stanley Kubrick st (got both of them);
and the grand purchase of them all....
the huge IMAX set (only one available).

While checking out, told the cashier I was really happy to find them (she knows me by now) & mentioned that I still hadn't found one. When she asked & found it that it was the Looney Tunes set, she said that a lady had bought one about 2 hours earlier. Later on, I realized that there were the small 2-movie Looney Tunes sets on top of the display, so that might be what she was talking about. At any rate, I doubt that the big set lasted long...the design really attracts attention.

Searching for items at BL can be frustrating, but if you have access to enough of 'em, you'll eventually find a lot of good stuff.

P.S. Made a big circuit today of the 4 in our area just in case some good stuff got put out yesterday or today. All four stores were entirely picked clean except for a few season one sets of Animaniacs & Pinky. Of course, saw a few 1st wave sets (Joey, O.C., West Wing) along with a bunch of Tracy Takes On at one store. Amazing how fast the word gets around.

Haven't read all of the great resale debate comments, but would like to add one thing. The presumption that seems to be made by many is that anyone who buys multiple copies of anything is "robbing" fans who will never get the sets at a bargain price. To me, that fails to take into account gift sets, picking up an extra for a friend or relative who will gladly reimburse, etc. It also seems to assume that everyone who might want the set knows about the sales or is a frequent customer of Big Lots.

If a reseller buys three copies of a $3 set, keeps one & sells the other two for $10-$15 each to customers who are glad to get the set at a bargain price (compared to Best Buy, etc.), how are customers being 'robbed'? Unless BL had a way of limiting sales to one copy per customer...which would be hard to do if a customer comes back for repeat visits...there is no guarantee that everyone looking for the lowest price will find them at that price...just as with any items that are limited in quantity. I see it this way: Some people who have only a marginal interest in a set may pick it up "because it's cheap", whereas they wouldn't pay $10-$15. On the other hand, those who gladly pay that price & feel lucky to get it for what they see as a bargain price are probably a better indication of the true fans who really want the set. I see it as a win-win: the reseller makes a good profit for his/her time, gas, & effort, and the customer saves a lot of money. What's wrong with that?

I'm not enthused when I go to get a super bargain & it's already sold out, but I don't badmouth the people who got there before me. For all I know, they're some of the same people who offer some of these items at reduced prices on the internet where I find many bargains.

Just my two cents.

I'm curious about something...are these sets only located in the Electronics Department or are they elsewhere within the store? I'm just wondering where specifically to look when I go to these places. I only managed to find these sets in what they refer to as their Electronics Department but if there are other areas in the store to search for them, let me know. I appreciate it.

I noticed a warning printed on the cartoon boxes I purchased yesterday. I purchased Popeye and the Academy Award Cartoon dvds and on the back of each it states "Intended For Adult Collectors. May not be Appropriate for Children." Has anyone else notice this? What is appropriate, G-Force the movie?

That's a hell of a haul Keith and let me know if you come across other HB sets as well. I have a listing of what I'm looking for on a previous page or two.

All I managed to find in my local BL was some 'Joey', 'Night Court S1', 'West Wing S2' and the usual movies. No $10 sets from what I could see.

1 of the 2 nearest stores to me has the $6 & $3 sets by the groceries and the regular DVDs by Clothes which are near the Electronics section.

It drastically varies from store to store. They don't appear to have policies on this. Also, the trucks don't always come on the day they're scheduled.

I think there were multiple copies. After some research it's a title I'll be buying for myself. I'll grab an extra one for you. I make it to Tallahasse once or twice a month so we could work out a swap. I'll check out your post in the exchange thread.

Ha, no, I'm not that lucky. That was just a refresher list of titles I've seen in the thread to help the one person asking and others to help create their own want list...I should have worded it differently, my fault..

Well, things have changed since 1930.
Things that were acceptable back then are frowned upon now.

Yeah, imagine a pipe smoking childrens cartoon icon nowadays.

Finally got some $3 titles today......in SUNNY SOUTH FLORIDA

Picked up 2 Complete sets of Lois and Clark (1-4)
Batman vs Dracula w/Figures
Popeye from the 1930s
Veronica Mars S 2

They also had Flintstones S 2 and 3 (All Open)
Penelope Pitstop
Larry King Interviews
Mission Hills

+1

These threads close pretty quick due to size, and don't lend themselves to non-bargain discussion favorably.

Fitchburg, MA had a great amount of stock yesterday...

Tales from the Crypt Seasons 1-5
The Adventures of Superman Seasons 2 and 3/4
Veronica Mars Season 2
The War at Home Season 1
Superman Theatrical Serials
Popeye
The Flintstones Seasons 2-5 (Some sealed, some not)
Everwood Season 1
Birdman & the Galaxy Trio
Dastardly and Muttley
Josie and the Pussycats
Pebbles and Bamm Bamm
Lois and Clark Season 1-3

Milford, MA had a small restock

Veronica Mars Season 2
The Adventures of Superman Seasons 2 and 3/4
Tracy Takes On Season 2
Lois and Clark 1-3
Batman TAS/Superman TAS Seasons 1
Popeye

This is the first day in about three weeks that I didn't make a trip to Big Lots.

I hope one of you DVDTalkers was in the Turfland Big Lots in Lexington, KY about 45 minutes ago. Let me start at the beginning...

Its 8:15 PM and think that I need a new grill brush (I know, any kind of excuse) so I decided to run up to Big Lots and see if there is any new DVDs they have put out since 10 AM this morning when I was last there. When I walk in there is a guy in the checkout line holding the Looney Toons Box Set (I assume that what it was because it was huge and had Looney Toons characters all over it.) I debated on going over to ask where he found it or just head for the DVD shelf. I took the latter. Got to the shelf and ....nothing. Well, it looked like more stuff than was there earlier, but I think it was just messier.

So I hope that it was one of you who was buying the box set and not some guy who is headed home to list it on eBay right now. I'm glad he didn't have more than one in his hands or I might be on my way to jail right now.

I asked the manager about the set when I checked out with my $2 grill brush. She didn't seem to care about my question and looked at me kinda like my wife looks at me when I talk about DVDs. Anyway, now I just have to wonder how many sets they had, and what other sets they had. What if I had decided I need a grill brush at 8:05 PM instead of 8:15...

I agree, let's stay on topic. Danvers, MA still had popeyes, flintstones and war at homes. There was one jacques cousteau river oddysies. Some tom and jerry two packs and superfriends two packs and tracey takes on.

MrSmearkase, any sitings of Kung Fu (s2,s3) in your travels? or space ghost?

That's a negative on both, sorry.

Went by the Fort Smith, Arkansas store again this afternoon. Nothing much left but West Wing S2, Night Court and Joey. Our ad breaks on Wed. the 29th here so I'm hoping they'll be a restock tomorrow or Wednesday.

My local store here in S. Oklahoma had a small restock since Saturday. I finally found a complete run (Seasons 1 - 4) of Lois & Clark, and grabbed a few assorted H-B cartoons. I still haven't seen any Looney Tunes.

Christ...

No, wasn't me. I'm a scrawny white dude with shaggy hair though for future reference. There's pics on my MySpace if you have one of those.

If it makes you feel any better, even though I wasn't going to stop there today, I had to be in that vicinity around 1:00 for lunch. So, of course, I stopped. I didn't see it anywhere or anything new for that matter but the vultures were buzzing around the DVDs.

My last planned Lexington check will be tomorrow evening and possibly Wednesday morning... Your post got me thinking a little though. Wonder if he found it somewhere else in the store other than the usual DVD spots... Grrrr.

Wasn't just you and I that missed it though, I was going to grab it for someone here since I'm not really interested in it and have way too much to spin at this point.