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I found myself in an airport in a faraway land. Walking aimlessly from gift shops to gift shops until I saw a sign with 4 familiar letters in white against red rectangular backdrop. To my amazement, the store had a section full of brand new sets, like the Republic Gunship, Jabba's Sail Barge, Friends' Dolphin Cruiser, and Heartlake High. The beats of my heart were slowly calmed with a few glances on the price tags which were about 45% over US RRP. My heart almost stopped when I saw my old friend

It is probably the most widely discussed topic on this website – discounts! Some of the most popular forum threads are about specials and deals at various retail outlets, and the volume of topics is huge. There are even specific sub-forums for discussing deals and discounts. It is such an ingrained logical mantra that any investment purchase is considerably enhanced by obtaining said investment for the cheapest possible purchase price. Everyone knows this and everyone tries to do this, but I hav

<links to sourced websites are embedded in the text for reference> I just saw an interesting story pop up on Brickpicker's front page from the website brickultra.com. In it, they explain that an expansion to TLG's current Czech Republic factory is in the works. This comes on the heels of stories released earlier this year that Lego is planning an expansion to their Hungary factory, another expansion of their Connecticutsite, and construction of a new factory in China. That's four expansion

Even if you claim you don't care about box quality, you do. Presented the option, which box do you take? The crushed, creased, drawn on, over-stickered heap or the glossy, hot off the press from the factory work of art? Do you take milk that's about to expire, or do you pull from the back? Do you buy the candy bar that's been callously crushed into bits, or the perfectly whole one? The shampoo bottle that looks like it's filled more to the top than the next? I am the latter, in every case. If yo

Here is a link to the new article. Hope you enjoy it! This and the myths/truths articles really were my favorite to write, but stay tuned for more... There are a few key points I wanted to stress in both of these articles: 1. Don't follow the herd when selecting sets. Make your own decisions based upon data. Instincts can play a role in investing, but good instinct is usually based upon experience. For those that have never experienced a sales cycle, your instinct has not been honed well enough

On my trip to BrickWorld 2013 in Chicago this past weekend, I had a chance to see the new 10234 Sydney Opera House in person. While I love the size and scale of this new mega-build set, I have some mixed feelings about the new model. First, here is a picture of the set and a link to the Lego Design video introducing it: Pros Incredible detailed, and very realistic The nested band shells make the model - exquisite modeling for these Continues the world landmark sets Appears it will be a p

I was messing around with some of the data in the price guide and came across something I had recognized before but had never really paid much attention to. As most of you probably know from your LEGO investing experience, December is usually recognized as the best single month in which to sell some of your precious investments. More specifically, this trend seems to affect especially hard the modulars, large scale models and the UCS so I will be focusing on those in this first article. I selec

I can't even begin to tell you how many times I have missed out on Free shipping from LEGO Online Shop. So many times I have said, "I will place that order tomorrow" only to see it come and go. Then when I finally sit down and place an order, I see a shipping cost of $12+ and I start to curse at myself. Sure, I know that I procrastenate, but at least for the next year or so, I won't have to worry about missing the special. You can see here that they mention it on their site that they have Free S

Ed and I are going to do a trial run at allowing any Brickpicker members to create their very own blog here on the site. This will be a chance for people to post their own opinions, share their LEGO investing stories (good or bad), create their own editorials, etc. Instead of building your own blog and trying to get traffic to it so people can read the masterpiece you just spent so much time on, you will be able to sound off on an established site and allow people to share their thoughts on your