10228 - Haunted House

[Veegs]

  On 9/17/2014 at 9:00 PM, Ed Mack said:

Yes, one can make a point for buying above retail for a set like this.  It is quite unique.  There will not be a "remake."  The set itself is an outstanding build and can be used for display every Halloween.  Kids and adults both like it.  It is the same scale as the other Modulars.  Add these all together and you might have a set that reaches the $800 mark.  The one big negative is that this set was on everyone's radar for a couple of years, so there will be a bunch available on the secondary market.  

 

The big questions is, was this set hoarded more than FB and GE (assuming GE retires soon)? I'd be curious to know what the Brickfolio stats are on the HH, especially now that it looks like the chance to grab a lot are gone.

[junkrigger]

Checking BL the HH stocks are well below FB and GE, Ebay, and Amazon listings follow suite, of course who knows what will come out of the woodwork as the price rises. BL numbers are staggering with a  HH to GE ratio of 1:4

[Neosphinx]

Like music to my ears

 

  On 9/17/2014 at 9:52 PM, junkrigger said:

Checking BL the HH stocks are well below FB and GE, Ebay, and Amazon listings follow suite, of course who knows what will come out of the woodwork as the price rises. BL numbers are staggering with a  HH to GE ratio of 1:4

[Ed Mack]

  On 9/17/2014 at 9:52 PM, junkrigger said:

Checking BL the HH stocks are well below FB and GE, Ebay, and Amazon listings follow suite, of course who knows what will come out of the woodwork as the price rises. BL numbers are staggering with a HH to GE ratio of 1:4

I would estimate a 1:2 ratio(Brickfolio), but a substantial difference nonetheless.

[asharerin]

There are currently 53 HH on bricklink in the USA vs 256 for GE and 222 for 10197.

 

Worldwide we have 266 HH vs 1136 for GE and 1233 for FB.

 

Ratio is 1:5 ish.

 

More importantly we do not have the usual big names with large amounts of stock. We can thank the bans in the USA for this and the fact the set retired alot earlier than most speculators thought (and alot still think/hope it is not done yet).

[biniou]

  On 9/17/2014 at 9:00 PM, Ed Mack said:

The one big negative is that this set was on everyone's radar for a couple of years, so there will be a bunch available on the secondary market.  

 

Yes but most of investors will resell it within the next two years, because it's great to earn so easily $150/200.

As for me I'll keep my sets until I see it plateauing. It's even easier to let boxes stay on shelves and see its value grow. ^^

 

This set has been available for 2 years, that's not that much, I'm sure plenty will be sold in the next two years, and the offer and demand will quickly rise after 2016/17.

I agree with your $800 estimation in (about) 6-7 years.

 

Just my two cents of course, no figures to prove that (except the high success for that set, bought by a lot of people on ebay for MSRP or higher even when it's available on LEGO Shop at Home, few unsold items compared to other sets).

[Jules_K]

I'm late to this party but put in an order at Lego SaH with ship date 21 October (I'm in Australia).

 

So it's gone for good in the US now?

[joch29]

when they bring the monsters theme back 3-5 years from now... maybe they'll do a haunted mansion and price it at $249.99

[No More Monkeys]

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:35 AM, jkaesler said:

I'm late to this party but put in an order at Lego SaH with ship date 21 October (I'm in Australia).

 

So it's gone for good in the US now?

"Sold out" so far. Nobody besides LEGO Shop at Home carried it for quite some time

[brettj666]

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:54 AM, joch29 said:

when they bring the monsters theme back 3-5 years from now... maybe they'll do a haunted mansion and price it at $249.99

While not impossible, likely improbable...

Unless a retail employee said it was so.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

You can still order 5 in the UK for 21OCT shipping.  I've told myself to stop buying but, I'll set my alarm for 23:59 just before 2x VIP day in case I change my mind.

[Crustybeaver]

  On 9/18/2014 at 12:10 PM, TabbyBoy said:

You can still order 5 in the UK for 21OCT shipping.  I've told myself to stop buying but, I'll set my alarm for 23:59 just before 2x VIP day in case I change my mind.

 

If you snooze you lose

[No More Monkeys]

  On 9/18/2014 at 12:10 PM, TabbyBoy said:

You can still order 5 in the UK for 21OCT shipping.  I've told myself to stop buying but, I'll set my alarm for 23:59 just before 2x VIP day in case I change my mind.

Nah, you guys still have SSDs there, over the pond...

[koni]

  On 9/18/2014 at 12:10 PM, TabbyBoy said:

You can still order 5 in the UK for 21OCT shipping.  I've told myself to stop buying but, I'll set my alarm for 23:59 just before 2x VIP day in case I change my mind.

Does that mean that if I order 1 now I get in queue to get one?

[Legbrick]

Is HH available at any retail stores now? or totally gone... for good?

[legokent]

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:35 PM, Legbrick said:

Is HH available at any retail stores now? or totally gone... for good?

I called a couple LEGO stores in NYC and I went to a few, they all said they don't have it, it is discontinued.

Edited September 18, 2014 by legokent

[legone]

For some reason I think ALL Monster Fighter sets will do well later. They are unique and fun to play with

[DoNotInsertIntoMouth]

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:34 PM, legone said:

For some reason I think ALL Monster Fighter sets will do well later. They are unique and fun to play with

 

Most of them are already retired - some are doing ok.

[Bold-Arrow]

HH already jumped to 300$ FBA 

[legone]

Congrats to those who have piled up on this (ie. almost everybody except me - I have only one).

Now my Olivia's Houses look a lot more haunted than this. 

[mscheaf]

I only have one with one more on backorder

[robfamily]

I found a HH on craigslist for $195.  It is opened, but 100% with box.  Trying to decide if this would be a good investment.  My kids really want this set.  I am thinking of letting them play with it for the Halloween season for a couple years and then try to sell it.  Assuming they keep it in excellent condition, do you think that we could at least make our initial $195 investment back?

[pins79]

  On 9/19/2014 at 1:09 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

HH already jumped to 300$ FBA 

And only 2 under $300 on ebay.  

 

I was planning on buying several more during the October double VIP/christmas set promotion so Im bummed the set didn't last until then.  I do have a decent stash of these thanks to Emazers' advice, but I fell a little short of my goal of 25.  Oh well.  

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 9/19/2014 at 2:08 AM, robfamily said:

I found a HH on craigslist for $195.  It is opened, but 100% with box.  Trying to decide if this would be a good investment.  My kids really want this set.  I am thinking of letting them play with it for the Halloween season for a couple years and then try to sell it.  Assuming they keep it in excellent condition, do you think that we could at least make our initial $195 investment back?

yes

[biniou]

  On 9/19/2014 at 2:08 AM, robfamily said:

I found a HH on craigslist for $195.  It is opened, but 100% with box.  Trying to decide if this would be a good investment.  My kids really want this set.  I am thinking of letting them play with it for the Halloween season for a couple years and then try to sell it.  Assuming they keep it in excellent condition, do you think that we could at least make our initial $195 investment back?

 

Yes, no problem. But if I were you, I would keep it up to Halloween 2015 (so your kids will enjoy it one more time, and then maybe get tired of it so no need to keep it up to 2016) and then resell it on Xmas 2015 (for $250 ?), if you can wait for 1 year (and don't really want to invest in this set, which is too bad once you have one in hand).