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Hey fellow pickers! So, I have an Amazon Chase Reward Card. I've had it for several years, and I've never redeemed anything. I could be a responsible adult and use that cash elsewhere. But I could also make an investment here. I can basically do one of two things here. 1) Use those points directly on Amazon or 2) Redeem the cash, then transfer the cash to my PayPal account. So, I have a grand total of $201.05 to spend. I could buy one set like Tower of Orthanc, or a modular (Grand Emporium, etc.). I could buy 2 $100 sets. I could buy 4 $50 sets. I could buy 4 White Boba Fett polybags. I could buy 2 Alfred the Butlers. If you had $201.05 to s…

I'm an inexperienced seller and, after checking some prices on Bricklink, there's something I don't quite understand. Why would someone pay almost double for a set when the cheapest option (~70

Hey everyone, does anyone have pictures of a sealed Lego haunted house box. Showing that Lego use tape to seal the ends of the boxes. I've just sold one on E-Bay and the buyer is claiming that this isn't a sealed set. They are try to get a free set. Please check my e-bay feedback that show I take great care in packaging my items. Ed hope this is ok to post. My e-bay is same as my user name here. I'm not advertising, just would like some help from the community proving that the boxes do have taped ends. Anyway, any help would be appreciated. have fun! Stomping

Ok so I am stuck with a decision to make. Helms Deep from someone NSIB for 170 (CDN - note CDN retail was 169+13percent tax) or Jabbas Palace at retail 149 (could wait to see if this goes on sale) but lets try and compare like prices for 2 sets that are either retired or seemingly very close.

Looking to buy around $700 worth of hard to find parts from Germany. Can anyone tell me what I can expect to pay in import duties for a shipment to New Jersey? I tried using some online tools but wanted to hear from people who have actually done it. Als, I don't want to pull any "gift" stuff or otherwise; I just want to be prepared and include it in my overall project budget.

Knightwing01 reporting back after some time off from investing could i get a breif run down of the main large price changes since i left? Thanks in advance

Hi, I am not new to LEGO, but new to looking into buying LEGO at a better price. I found this site a few days ago and finally registered today. This is a really cool site with a ton of information, everywhere I look seems to be good stuff read and there seems to be a lot of knowledgable people on here. I started doing searches for lego price guide and this site pops up a lot, it looks like the best place to be for this type of information, and I also heard about bricklink's but I can't stand that site. I also found brickwars-sets.com as a lego star wars guide. Here I learned that the owners license the data from ebay and put all the data together. That makes s…

So I was digging through some boxes at my in-laws house and found I had stashed 5 Wolverine and a mini modulars set. Previously I discovered Hulk sets and Robie Houses I had put aside. Am I crazy or do people also put some of their excess sets they get cheap enough aside to be forgotten about for a rainy day?

Ok, so ive had numerous FB and GE sitting in a closet for years! Should i keep holding onto them and wait for them to retire, i imagine i should be soon, or should i return a couple of them and get a LEGO gift card and use it to buy some LOTR sets i know will retire soon? I feel i have to much $ tied up in these modulars and with how long they have been around they may not retire for quite awhile and even if they do the market is probably so flooded with them i dont see the price going up for a LONG time and when it does i just picture them selling for like $200 on ebay, barely enough to make any kind of profit at all.

In case anyone wants them for himself I can purchase for him following LEGO sets LEGO 10199 WINTER TOY SHOP (Creator) 57

I am ready.

As I was in my basement the other day doing a little organizing and comparing my collecting area to my wifes crafting area I could tell that at the current pace of buying my days that I would eventually run out of room. I would say I have at least a couple more buying seasons to go before I run out of room. How close is everyone else to busting at the seams? Do you have plans to sell once your inventory expands beyond your storage area or hobby room you are allowed? I don't like the idea of selling once I run out of room, especially if I believe the sets are still on the upward trend but you can only stash so much Lego in the crawlspace...

Simple enough question, many of us have thousands or tens of thousands in Legos by now, the money had to come from somewhere to do it. Personally, I have funded my tiny collection through Christmas/Birthday cash/cards as well as a bunch of different rewards programs such as Swagbucks, Bing and CC's, I do take a bit of my paycheck sometimes if I see a great deal but 80% of my purchases are made with other money. Have some of you been cutting back on vacations? What portions of your lifestyle did you shave off or trim back to get into the hobby? Are some of you working more? Selling? Just curious

Just curious...assuming you're gone for 7days, how do med-large scale sellers handle their Lego store on (ebay, amazon, bricklink etc.) while on vacation? Do you post something regarding your absence, change your status, do nothing, advise buyers with a standard/auto reply you're be processing orders asap when you get back...or have another person do it for you? *any stories of missed sales or crazy buyers messing up your vacation time? Or do some people find getting into Lego investing leaves you no time/funds left over for vacations JK.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301661108263?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Helicarrier $340.45 - $34.05 (eBay fee) - $9.87 (PayPal fee) - $0 shipping cost (Amazon Prime Account) = $296.53 revenue Amazon Price: $349.95 cost Profit (loss): ($53.42) These types of sellers have great reviews, and I've purchased a few sets from similar sellers with no complaints, but have always wondered how they make any money as they seem to just drop-ship from Amazon US. Do the sellers get discounts based on volume? If so, I would expect to see many more of these sellers on eBay.

Hi all, after the next remade UCS set (Falcon) we have already 4 remade UCS sets and I am pretty sure it will be not the last one. How do you want to handle your UCS collection in the future? Give an answer and a small explanation regarding your choice. Mauro

Hi, I have a stupid question. How do you manage and organize your receipts? Stores from Target, TRU, LEGO Shop at Home, Walmart, Kmart. Store receipt and online receipt are different size. Do you organize by date, by store? and where do you store them at? What I am doing is use the minifig box (60 count box) for store TRU, LEGO store receipt. online receipt in some blinder.

sorry if this has been answered before but how do you guys store sets you bought for investment to be sold in 3 or 5 years time ? Do you put the original lego set in another box and seal it , do you bubble wrap the original box, do you use silica gels to keep moisture out, do you cover them with blankets etc. what is the best way to insure that the original box stays in near perfect condition after many year of storage ?

What would be the best way to put the lego sets? I am sure all of us have small sets and big sets, how would you put the sets? Would you stack them vertically or flat on the bigger surface horizontally? If vertically next to each other, would it be ok to put a few sets on top? If you lay flat, how many sets would you stack before it gets too heavy? I am trying to find out from some of your experienced collectors on how you would store your precious sets while protecting the box to the best condition. Thanks for the advice in advance.

I just came out of my dark ages this past December and since then I've been buying up sets left and right. My passion is really in LotR/Hobbit sets which I'm beyond obsessed with. On friday I picked up 4 copies of Uruk Hai Army that were on clearance, initially to help flesh out my army building efforts but then I thought maybe I should hold onto them. For a quick back story I have 1 copy of each LotR/Hobbit set except 2 Helm's Deep, 6 Uruk Hai Army, and 5 Weathertop. All of these sets were bought to build, display, and MOC. I also have 2 Mines of Moria that were bought to invest. Now I have a few other sets (City, Ninjago, MF) that I bought purely to invest and I als…

It was bound to happen... now it's my turn to ask you guys a question! I already have looked through the "what does your collection look like" topic and EB's sorting and storage topic etc., but what I want to know is if any of you store your collection by piece. I'm torn between keeping my sets as sets or putting them into a part collection (for reference Brickset said my collection is about 30K pieces, but there are a bunch of sets I didn't add so it is probably at 50K). Usually I have no more than 10 sets out for display and I've been wanting to do more detailed MOCs so I've been looking into sorting them into parts, but I'm sort of scared it will be a lot harder to bui…

Hi there? I buy TONS of Legos for my nephews but only recently started investing in various lego sets. I am curious how people store their sets!? I am not really interested in displaying them so do you wrap them up before putting in a box which in turn goes in the closet or what are some of the other ideas you have? Thanks in advance for your advice- Kuta

After reading Mos Eisley's excellent article "LEGO Storage Wars" back in July when I joined Brickpicker and after seeing Ed Mack's Lego stacked office on the USA Today video I thought it would be nice to start a thread where brickpicker members can upload pictures and videos of how they successfully store there Lego collections. This will help others and new investors get new ideas and gain knowledge of how to properly store Lego whether they are just starting out or have been collecting for years. I will try to have some pics of my collection up soon. Everyone is welcome to upload photos of their collections and comment on them anytime!

I'm doing some research for a little project I'm working on. I know how eBay protects a buyer in transactions, but how, in real terms, do they protect the seller? Also, what protections does Bricklink have for either buyers or sellers? ...and as a seller, do these protections even matter? Do the fees and commissions take precedence over any other options?