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Looks like sold out at Lego and Amazon. I was hoping to grab one for my personal collection, but I had other priorities. That said, anyone know where else to find one at MSRP?

Ha, I was finally able to sell those bricks last year after being "unapproved" for so long.

Those gems that they thought were great ideas for expensive BF GWP's

I bought Lions Knight for $300 last year, and that was a Lego exclusive.. I would pay $100 for a shuttle if I was in the market for one, I think it's justified.

I paid $308 if all of the CB, RAK and PP, goes through and still have the three other GWPs left. So not bad. I’m not sure if the enterprise will remain a true Lego exclusive if so I doubt it will go on sale other than 2X VIP.

$100 for the shuttle is a good price imo considering the enterprise will likely go on sale for $300 in the next couple years.

Should have been a real retro Castle minifigure and horse instead of mini builds. What set is “stupid bricks” I probably have a lot of those. on another note I sold one of my Star Trek shuttles for $100 keeping the other to see how it pans out in a couple of years.

4 wm orders delivered today by lasership and they all smell strongly of weed. 2nd time in a week, first time i left the box outside to air out. the bar must be really low out there for drivers. explains their delivery van, i just thought they were big movie buffs

If any of you had orders cancelled at Macys, I suggest checking to see if items came back in stock. I had success resubmitting my order with the original purchase price, plus I got the Geoffrey plush.

It is pretty abnormal for someone to message a seller like this. It shows they are trying to get something out of you. I would hit the no reply required message. Then i would hit button reporting the buyer as being intimidating and the other button to ask amazon to investigate this transaction and only respond to questions related to did the box go to this person's address and do they want to return it. This is not a social media. This is a store. You buy something. If you don't like it or the condition, you return it. you don't start up a convo about the provenance.

Target Gift Cards 10% off. Ends tomorrow

Mini Knight's Castle has replaced the stupid bricks with $250 buy in as worst promo ever. Return on dollar wise it is worse than Chima Fire Bike as well!

Normally I totally agree with this. Just heard horror stories of buyers filing claims of false/immitation products and Amazon putting holds on funds and shutting accounts down for investigations.

Just picked up four at Costco, also saw these.

I saw this and thought "oh my, is Amazon going to do something about those pesky returns ???". Spoiler alert: I needed coffee before reading anything in the morning. This has nothing to do with returns, just another way for Amazon to fleece money from sellers. I went to the report page and "shockingly" their recommendations for all ASINs are to buy more ads to increase sales

This and only this. My time is too valuable to argue with anyone on the internet

I bought bulk LEGO 9 years ago thinking of doing some part outs for my Bricklink store. The boxes are still in my basement as I have not had time to break the sets, clean, and do the inventory. I can't justify the time needed vs ROI when I have sealed sets to ship out + day job. Also race to the bottom is the name of the game these days for most toy categories anyway

The advice above about not opening a store is definitely sound, but I'll play a bit of the devil's advocate and just say that I think its a matter of what your goals are. I put most of my parts into storage for now because the time to pull orders was starting to cut into family time and causing stress. Maybe one day I'll bring them back out, but for now, its not worth it. That said, I still have a small inventory that I enjoy adding to and selling. I was booted from Amazon last fall during the "purge" and sold most of my sealed set inventory to some nice members on this forum, so I really enjoy having BL to still be a part of the LEGO market. Perhaps most importantly, the profit I made from my store this past year was enough to cover my personal LEGO purchases over the year, which was the goal from the beginning when I stumbled down this rabbit hole. I'd suggest that if you are really interested, you start small, part out a few sets sets, figure out what organization works for you, keep your prices low to make some sales and attract buyers, and see if you enjoy it or not. Of those two sets, I didn't look at the overall part out values, but the dinosaurs in 75940 aren't highly desirable but at least give you a floor for your value. 43181 has terrible mini figures so maybe not a great one to start with - like 10 sales total across both in the past 6 months. Short version: if you want to have a small hobby to enjoy, go for it. If you want to grow wealth, take @raindog's advice and just invest.

Costco has 40743 @ 9.97. For your part out guys it's 5.5x 😉 It isn't centerpiece set 10314 😡

Never tell a buy to go to a specific site off Amazon , the bots might see that as a way to divert traffic off Amazon . you made your point . You can tell them to Kindly return the item if they are not satisfied

With that statement, I'd probably just take any spare change and invest in dividend EFTs like VOO or QQQM and read a book or work on my physical fitness while my accounts grow bigger and bigger. If I was given the option to go back 15 years ago and practice that I would do it without hesitation. I enjoy selling LEGO but it is also a colossal time killer and money sponge.

What I use are no longer made. Many sellers use this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LDH3JC However, since I deal in larger lot sizes, I use these a lot now: 6 Quart storage boxes https://www.amazon.com/Sterilite-16428012-Quart-Liter-Storage/dp/B002BDTETW I also use racks with wheels to move these around. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ktaxon-5-Tier-Wire-Shelving-Unit-Steel-Storage-Rack-for-Garage-Office-Kitchen-Silver-30-W-x-14-D-x-60-H/758640951 Please not that the rack above is a bit small to use for storing sealed sets. I use much larger racks for storing them. However, I am seriously considering moving to this type of system for all but the largest sets:

Having an issue with a buyer on Amazon right now. He is accusing me of selling some shady Lego (Batman Cowl) because "they have been buying Lego sets for years and have never had one sealed with tape before". I've read of buyers causing big problems for sellers on here before so I'm being thorough in my responses. I initially told him he could walk in an Lego store and see sets sealed with tape. He just responded with pics of sets (without tape) he purchased while at a recent trip to New York and demanded to know where the set came from. I sent him several pics of taped sets, told him he could call a Lego store to confirm they are sealed with tape. The set he purchased is obviously out of production but I told him he could go on Ebay and see actual pics of box -- with tape. Told him googling the subject will bring up plenty of info on the topic as well.