TRU- 50% Off Clearance Sale

[Kevin Grey]

Toys R Us has just started a 50% off clearance sale. A partial list stolen from Gaming-Age:


Updated list:


Dreamcast:
Bomberman Online - $7.50
Carrier - $10
Gigawing $12
NFL 2K2 - $10
Phantasy Star Online Episode II $10
Soul Fighter $4
Tennis 2K2 $5
Unreal Tournament - $3.45
Virutal Tennis - $2.50

N64:
Earthworm Jim 3D - $10
MegaMan 64 - $25
Paper Mario - $5.30
Perfect Dark - $5
Pokemon Snap - $10

Playstation:
Arc The Lad Collection - $35
Dino Crisis $10
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary $7.50
Dragon Warrior VII - $15
Final Fantasy Tactics - $7.50
Front Mission 3 - $20
Gran Turismo $7.50
Gran Turismo 2 $7.50
Pinobee $5
Point Blank 3 $7.50
SaGa Frontier 2 - $15
Time Crisis - $10
Torneko: The Last Hope - $6

GameBoy Advance:
Boktai - $5
Boxing Fever $7.50
Britney's Dance Beat $10
Cima: The Enemy $15
Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride $15
D&D Eye of the Beholder - $10
Demi Kids: Light - $15
Denki Blocks! $5
Doom II $15
Dungeons & Dragons Eye of the Beholder $10
Final Fight One $7.50
Karnaaj $5
Lady Sia $7.50
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore $15
Monster Force $15
Munch's Oddyssey - $10
Onimusha Tactics - $10
Pinball of the Dead - $10
Phantasy Star Collection - $10
Star X - $5
Super Dodge Ball - $10
Superman: Countdown To Apokolips $15
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles –
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf $7.50
Tiny Toons Adventures: wacky Stackers $5
Virtua Tennis - $5
Wolfenstein 3D $5
WWE Road To Wrestlemania X8 - $7

GameCube:
Black & Bruised $15
Bloodrayne - $7.50
Bloody Roar -
Eternal Darkness - $20
Freedom Fighters - $10
Gladius - $25
Harry Potter Quidditch Cup -
Ikaruga - $20
Lost Kingdoms 2 - $10
LOTR: Two Towers - $10
MegaMan Network Transmissions - $15
Namco Museum - $10
Pacman Vs./World 2 - $10
P.N.03 - $10
Rogue Ops - $10
Sega Soccer Slam - $10
Simpsons Hit & Run - $20
Sims -
Sphinx - $6.50
Spy Hunter -
Soul Calibur 2 - $10
SSX3 - $10
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III - $10
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Bonus Disc $5
Summoner 2: A Goddess Reborn - $10
Super Monkey Ball - $10
Tony Hawk's Underground - $10
Wario World - $15

PS2:
.hack 3 - $15
Amplitude - $15
Barbarian $15
BofF: Dragon Quarter - $10
Devil May Cry - $10
Disgaea - $25
DDR Max 2 - $20
Dynasty Tactics 2 - $15
Dynasty Warriors 2 - $10
Dynasty Warriors 4 Xtreme Legends $15
Fantavision - $7.50
Finding Nemo -
Freaky Flyers - $10
Frequency - $7.50
Gallop Racer 2003 - $25
Guilty Gear X2 - $15
Haven - $5
ICO - $15
King of Fighters 2000/2001 - $15
Kya -
Mark of Kri - $7.50
Need For Speed: HP2 - $10
Okage –
Onimusha 2 $10
Primal - $15
Ratchet and Clank Going Commando - $20
REZ - $12.50
Romance of the Three Kingdoms - $15
Rygar $15
Savage Skies - $6.50
Secret Weapons Over Normandy - $15
Silent Hill 3 - $10
Skygunner - $25
SOCOM with Headset $20
Street Fighter (?) - $10
Terminator: DofF - $20
Tokyo Extreme Racing 3 - $10
Unlimited Saga - $7.50-$10
Virtua Fighter 4 (non-GH) - $10
Warhammer 40k - $10
World Rally Championship - $15
Zone of the Enders 2 - $10


X-Box:
007 Nightfire - $10
Beyond Good and Evil - $10
Black Stone: Magic & Steel $25
Buffy - $15
Chase - $8
Circus Maximus $12.50
Deathrow $10
Deus Ex: Invisible Wars - $10
DDR Ultramix (w/Pad) - $35
Dynasty Warriors 4 $15
Fatal Frame - $25
Freedom Fighters - $10
Futurama $10
Gauntlet - $15
Gladius - $15
Grabbed by the Ghoulies $10
Hunter: Redeemer - $10
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb $15
Jedi Knights - Jedi Academy - $15
Kelly Slater Pro Surfing - $10
Kill.Switch - $20
Madden 2002 - $10
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - $20
Matt Hoffman - $10
Metal Dungeon $12.50
MGS2: Substance - $8
Midnight Club 2 - $10
Morrowind GOTY- $15
Moto GP2 - $20
Need For Speed: HP2 - $10
Otogi - $15
Panzer Dragoon Orta - $15
Prince of Persia - $10
Pro Race Driver $10
Roadkill - $10
Seablade - $5.50
Secret Weapons Over Normandy - $15
Sims - $10
Smashing Drive $10
Speed Kings - $10
Sphinx - $6.50
Stake: Fortune Fighters $10
Star Wars: Obi-Wan - $10
Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy $15
Superman: Man of Steel - $10
Tao Feng - $10
Timesplitters - $10
Transworld Surf - $10
UFC: Tapout 1 - $10
UFC: Tapout 2 - $10
Unreal Tournament - $10
Voodoo Vince - $10
Wallace and Grommit - $20
Whiplash - $15
Whiteout - $5
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions - $10
WWF Raw Platinum Hits $10
XIII - $10


Miscellaneous:
PS2 Bundle Pack - $115
X-Box Game Case - $2.50
Game Boy Advance system (non-SP) Glacier or Indigo $35

Most stores don't even have stickers on the games yet but they will ring up half price. When I went the employees were randomly scanning titles because they didn't have a list themselves. I was able to pick up four titles myself (luckiest I've ever been on one of these deals).

This list may still be incomplete though- there are reports of more games at 50% off (Onimusha 3 is one recent mentioned title, wish I had known about that one).

[DaveC]

I'm astounded every time I go into the local Toys stores and see them still trying to sell DC and PS1 for about 80% of current generation prices.

[Monkeybutt]

SSX 3 and Bloodrayne for the Xbox were 10 bucks each at my local TRU.

Got those 2 and Freedom Fighters for 32 bucks and change total.

[Peter Olafson]

This is not too surprising. There was a story in Thursday's NYT about how its parent corporation is refocusing on its more profitable business (baby paraphenalia, I think) and is contemplating the sale on its toy unit (whose profits hve declined streadily since '99) I guess one of the first steps would be to reduce the volume of older inventory.

Peter

[BobJustBob]

Thanks for the heads-up. I grabbed Amplitude for $15, Voodoo Vince for $10, and (not on the above list) Shenmue 2 and Blinx for $10 each.

[Jamie Madigan]

The one near my place in San Diego didn't have much. I got Super Monkey Ball for $10, though. One of those games that I've been wanting to pick up for a long time, just never got around to.

The clerk says this is for a sale that'll go "live" next week, so there may be other titles that show up then.

[Jason McMaster]

I'll have to go check it out, maybe, for once, I can find freaking Disgaea aeround here.

[Aszurom]

Good luck with Disgaea. I hunted all of Raleigh for a new copy and found that only the stores dealing with used stuff had it. Also, they were selling it for $59. USED.

[Jason McMaster]

GAH

[Nick Walter]

Good luck with Disgaea. I hunted all of Raleigh for a new copy and found that only the stores dealing with used stuff had it. Also, they were selling it for $59. USED.

I walked into the local Toys R Us this weekend, grabbed the little tag for Disgaea, walked up to the checkup. and paid. $26 for Disgaea, Yay!

Then they told me they really didn't have it in stock and graciously allowed me to have my money back. Fuckers. I hope they go out of business.

[Tyjenks]

GAH
I'll take that as a no.

[Jason McMaster]

GAH
I'll take that as a no.

havent gone yet, I'll tell you in a couple of hours.

[zabuni]

DOOOOD
DOOD
DOOOOOOOOOOD!

One copy was at Toys R Us in my area. The one in my area was not picked over nearly as much as others have reported.

A side note: Is it me, or is the reason that Toys R Us is in such financial morass is that the layout of their stores suck? The first thing I had to wade through to get to the video games was an underbrush of clearance items, piled up in a mish mash of bins. I've seen neater flea market stalls.

[gnmarsh]

my local toys r us started a 50% clearance on other things as well. When I went today they were bringing out the boxes outside. Picked up

No one lives forever 3.99
No one lives fprever 2 3.74
Backyard soccer 2.49
freedom force 2.50

that's just the few I picked up. There were several grocery carts full, of pc games as well as other type toys, For instance I picked up each of my boys a tournament soccer ball for 3.49. Well worth taking a look at, especially if you have kids.

[Jamie Madigan]

Drove to another TRU over lunch and picked up SSX3 for the GC and Mark of Kri for the PS2 (just couldn't pass up the $7.50 price).

Since about the beginning of the year I've only been buying games once they drop down to $20 or less. While this means I can't play the newest games for six months to a year, I'm still finding absolutely no shortage of PC or console titles. Even before this TRU sale I still had quite a backlog of great games. Only problem is that some games either never drop down or become really rare.

Case in point: I'm really disappointed I couldn't find Disgaea or Guilty Gear X. Guess I may never get them without overpaying.

[extarbags]

Drove to another TRU over lunch and picked up SSX3 for the GC and Mark of Kri for the PS2 (just couldn't pass up the $7.50 price).

Since about the beginning of the year I've only been buying games once they drop down to $20 or less. While this means I can't play the newest games for six months to a year, I'm still finding absolutely no shortage of PC or console titles. Even before this TRU sale I still had quite a backlog of great games. Only problem is that some games either never drop down or become really rare.

Case in point: I'm really disappointed I couldn't find Disgaea or Guilty Gear X. Guess I may never get them without overpaying.

Full price for GGXX is so far from overpaying.

[Squirrel Killer]

Since about the beginning of the year I've only been buying games once they drop down to $20 or less.

I've been mostly doing the same thing for years now, and my backlog of games is so crammed full, I may never get around to them all. What you lose in being current, you more than make up in being well-stocked.

Every once in a while, I'll make an exception, but after buying Morrowind at full price only to see it packaged with all the patches and expansions for half what I paid before I ever got around to really playing it, I'm not making that mistake again. Yeah, I might miss a few sleeper hits that don't get wide enough distribution, but I still have 200+ hours of Baldur's Gate II and thousands of hours on other games to play through yet so it's not like I'm all that hurting for more games to play.

[shift6]

The Toys-R-Us in Fair Oaks, CA (suburb of Sacramento) had everything still at full sticker price when I went by last Saturday. I may try again tomorrow but just wanted to say: :(

[Silverlight]

A side note: Is it me, or is the reason that Toys R Us is in such financial morass is that the layout of their stores suck? The first thing I had to wade through to get to the video games was an underbrush of clearance items, piled up in a mish mash of bins. I've seen neater flea market stalls.
Probably. Of three TRUs in my area, two of them are absolutely disgustingly messy, while the third is neat enough to consider going there the once a year (Christmas, of course) I might actually need to buy toys.

[zabuni]

The Toys-R-Us in Fair Oaks, CA (suburb of Sacramento) had everything still at full sticker price when I went by last Saturday. I may try again tomorrow but just wanted to say: :(

That may be misleading. When I bought Disgaea, it was still listed at 50, but when they rang it up, it was 25. I would check with the clerks.

[dogbert]

Yeah, they aren't being marked as 50% off - the key in my local store was that games/accessories in the sale all have a green price sticker with their regular price on 'em.

[LionelThompson]

I finally stopped by ours, having cleverly forgotten the list. The only two titles I remembered though that I saw were Mark of Kri and the Pac Man vs./World 2. The latter was not half price though. I will try stopping again tomorrow.

[Alan Au]

Yeah, they aren't being marked as 50% off - the key in my local store was that games/accessories in the sale all have a green price sticker with their regular price on 'em.
The tip-off at my local TRU (the one in Bellevue -- the selection is somewhat sparse) was the green sticker, and a strategically placed flyer indicating 50% off all green-sticker items.

- Alan

[Jamie Madigan]

While on the topic of being cheap, Target has a few games on sale for $17.00. I finally picked up Final Fantasy X-2, as I've had a hankering for a mindless JRPG for a while now. Never would have bought this one at full price, but $17 felt right.

Now, if someone would just run a clearance sale on free time, I'd be set.

[BobJustBob]

I swung by a TRU while I was in Maryland this week and grabbed another 10 half-price games. Highlights include Deus Ex 2 for $10 and Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (yes, that one) for $10.

[Dave Long]

On a related note, it was posted at GAF this week that the Buy 2 get 1 free deal is coming back in October.

--Dave