04/10/2013

DJ

Architecture, VW van, Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Fire Brigade, Sydney Opera House just arrived <<< I'm waiting for their next sales to get one of these set

Toy-R-Us

VW just arrived, but all gone. They said more stock will come in 1-2 week time. 

Big W

They're clearing out the shelf of many city sets right now. The shelf was almost empty. Might see something new soon

Target

Batman Arkham Asylum & R2D2 were there. Probably about 6 each.

It had several sections, joined together with lots of shelves with potions, crystals, eggs other random things on them. The sections kind of made a half circle.

I hope someone knows what I'm talking about from my vague description! I thought it might have been a fantastic beasts set, but my googling has come up with nothing!

TIA

A few questions I can think of:

Can I print my own shipping labels?  If so, is it cheaper, more expensive or the same?

Is using Aus Post boxes ever a cheaper way of doing it?  There’s a couple of sets that will fit nicely in the medium box, but box plus shipping appears to be in the $15 range.

If I sell on eBay, is purchasing shipping through them cheaper than going through Aus Post?

Is there a carrier that beats Aus Post?  Like, maybe in certain situations?

Is there a good supplier of boxes for shipping that I should know of?

I appreciate any help you guys and gals can provide.  And please don’t hesitate to give me info to questions I didn’t think of.

Thanks 

The sets are 182, 171, 656 and 912.

There are about 10 small pieces missing from set 912.

PM me if interested, regards Pat.

They are all full sets plus some assorted bricks.

Make an offer and if right price, it's yours.

Postage at buyers.

I am asking $120 for it with postage at the buyers expense.

Pictures here:

I am helping my son sell of his LEGO collection. It is mostly City sets with some others. We have all the manuals but the bricks are mixed together so won't split. These sets have generally been assembled once and then disassembled. They should be complete but I can't guarantee. I would say it is realistic to expect that most sets are complete but some may have a piece or three missing! Manuals are mostly ok but some have loose pages and dog ears on the corners.

Below you will find a word document with a list of the sets.

The price next to each set is what I could find the sets available for at the low end on ebay in boxed/unused condition. The price is a guide and is not intended as an idea of actual value. Total new cost is around $3500.

Face to face deal preferred in Melbourne CBD, Mornington Peninsula or most places between the two.

Looking for an offer c.$500.

Lego Collection.docx

I have posted a few times in the Australia only forum, yet feedback has been low. 

Just wondering how many of us Aussies are out there and what state people are in. The more people we know the more aware we can be of our specific sales, considering the dropping dollar. 

I myself am in WA. 

Anyone else??

I have a 4641 Lego City Speedboat and a 60002 Lego City Firetruck, both in excellent condition.

Please reply if you are interested, and then I will tell you the prices.?

Here are some pictures:

Im not saying all these sets are great, Snoke set has bad reviews, Ninjago..
 

Based in Altona, Melbourne. Willing to separate if a mutual price is agreed

7 x United Nations Architecture 

2 x Scooby Doo Haunted Lighthouse  (1 x slightly creased box)

6 x Scooby Doo Museum Mystery 

1 x Scooby Doo Mystery Machine 

10 x Scooby Doo Plane Adventures 

3 x Ideas Wall-e 

2 x Architecture imperial Hotel (some creases on boxes)

4 x Billund Airport (limited set) 

1 x Lego House Billund (limited set) 

3 x London bus (40220)  

1 x 24 in 1 Christmas Build (40222)

1 x Creator Fountain (40221) 

2 x Chicken Suit Guy (1 x slight tear on sleeve)

2 x Olafs Summertime fun Polybag (30397)

2 x Spiderman Spider Jumper Polybag (30305) 

2 x Parrot Polybag (30472) 

I'm compiling a spreadsheet of all of the sets I've bought in the last few years, so I can compare how much I spent on them with the Australian RRP to figure out how much I've saved/overspent, and if I decide to sell any of my collection, I can keep track of the profit/loss I made on each set. I only found out about this site recently, so I realise that I could do a similar thing with the brickfolio, although I'm having issues with the bulk import from Brickset, as it is importing the prices as USD, not AUD (I'm not sure if this is just a display issue or an actual bug). In any case, I have reservations about storing data on other websites, primarily in case they stop working, I lose all of my data.

I've managed to find the RRP of almost all of the sets I own from various sources (the Price Guide on here, The lego shop@home page, and Brickset's prices tab). Firstly, I've noticed that for a lot of the more recent sets, in the last couple of years, the Prices Guide on brickpicker is missing the AUD RRP. I sent a message to the Admin about this, but haven't heard anything from them, so I was curious to know how this data is updated? Also, I have a few older Technic sets which I could not find the RRP from any of these sources, and was wondering if anyone on this forum could help me with finding them?

The sets that I would like to find the AUD RRP for are:

• 8063 - Tractor with Trailer - Released 2009 - USD RRP $99.99
• 8274 - Combine Harvester - Released 2007 - USD RRP $69.99
• 8284 - Dune Buggy/Tractor - Released 2006 - USD RRP $59.99

I may eventually be looking at selling some of my collection, and was wondering if I end up making a profit, what the tax implications are? Does anyone have any experience with this. Also, where is the best place to sell sets on, Bricklink, Ebay, Gumtree, etc, and what kind of postage costs am I looking at paying?

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/stacks-stolen-as-lego-heists-top-30k-and-span-two-states-20140603-39fd4.html

Just wondering if there are any ways of finding out what lego sets are soon to be retired, limited release etc?

Thanks

both small and large sets available

Hi Guys,

Just letting you all know that that Target are running 25% off all Lego on-line, and 3 sets for price of 2 in-store.

Offer runs 'till 29th of Jan.

Picked up 4 Batman & Bane tumbler sets and last 2 Spiderman Daily Bugle sets at my local. (6 sets in total) But only paid for 4. Averaged out at $46 each.

Get in quick everyone.

Thinking about going back tomorrow to pick up some larger Star Wars sets!

Good luck

Case in point was 2 high speed passenger trains I got from Amazon UK for AU$132 shipped. I sold both of these on Gumtree within a week for $165, netting me $33 profit for each train. To get the same profit on Ebay, assuming shipping is $25 and the buyer uses Paypal, I would need to sell the item for $217 (with free shipping for the buyer). As the retail on this item is $230 I would find it near on impossible to sell on Ebay at that price.

Both buyers seem quite suspicious at first, I think they must assume the goods are stolen to be sold for that cheap compared to retail prices. I said both times I'm an adult collector who needs to cut back on the collection, which seemed to put them at ease. Also I let them pick up from my residential address rather than meeting them in a dodgy carpark somewhere.    

Do many others on here sell on Gumtree and what are you finding are the pros and cons? 

Any help is much appreciated. :-)