isawred Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Graham Bailey said: Bare in mind its a $3000 minimum purchase i think that stopped a lot of sellers from buying in at first. with the results of the secondary market sales showing up i think they will move faster. i hope i don't miss another opportunity ?♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, isawred said: i think that stopped a lot of sellers from buying in at first. with the results of the secondary market sales showing up i think they will move faster. i hope i don't miss another opportunity ?♂️ I looked at the "what if" worst case scenario, most all of the sets are around the 0.10 per part margin (less at wholesale) and there are quite a few HTF parts. So I see absolute worse case is break even, I don't see it as a gamble if ya can't loose other than the time to part them out, which won't be too bad once the inventories show up. At the moment Bricklink is sending members to the resellers on the home page, which is likely getting the high price sales. IF they do this again, that would help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isawred Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Graham Bailey said: I looked at the "what if" worst case scenario, most all of the sets are around the 0.10 per part margin (less at wholesale) and there are quite a few HTF parts. So I see absolute worse case is break even, I don't see it as a gamble if ya can't loose other than the time to part them out, which won't be too bad once the inventories show up. At the moment Bricklink is sending members to the resellers on the home page, which is likely getting the high price sales. IF they do this again, that would help. sounds to be spoken from a veteran! the parts/part-out business is still something i am learning about. you're right, no loss at those #'s but a potential long wait for return. speaking of long wait... lol... december shipment may miss the x-mas shopping season.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Legorical Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, isawred said: sounds to be spoken from a veteran! the parts/part-out business is still something i am learning about. you're right, no loss at those #'s but a potential long wait for return. speaking of long wait... lol... december shipment may miss the x-mas shopping season.... Even if you wait a year and sell the sets bought wholsale at regular price 7% goes to fees, at 15% off you make 8% and at 20% off you make 13% - not a fortune but better than money sitting in the bank at what 2% or 3%... at least that's how i justified the purchase I don't see these going "Café Corner" price wise, but that didn't sell in huge numbers in the beginning, enough to begat "Green Grocer" then modular's went hot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isawred Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Graham Bailey said: I don't see these going "Café Corner" price wise, but that didn't sell in huge numbers in the beginning, enough to begat "Green Grocer" then modular's went hot! fun thought: This concept "ADP" continues for years! the original sets turn out just like the above mentioned because no one could buy that many ... after all most people could only buy 3 max. most sellers are staying away. recipe for value i say! pipe dream/fantasy - likely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, isawred said: fun thought: This concept "ADP" continues for years! the original sets turn out just like the above mentioned because no one could buy that many ... after all most people could only buy 3 max. most sellers are staying away. recipe for value i say! pipe dream/fantasy - likely The difference is, these really aren't modular. Some of them are pretty cool, but just don't have a tremendous amount of expandability, which is what made the modulars so valuable. I do think there are some pretty unique ones that could become classics (Fire Truck, which I'm really surprised is still hanging around). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isawred Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, spener90 said: The difference is, these really aren't modular. Some of them are pretty cool, but just don't have a tremendous amount of expandability, which is what made the modulars so valuable. I do think there are some pretty unique ones that could become classics (Fire Truck, which I'm really surprised is still hanging around). i thought it was the rarity? I am just coming out of the dark ages so I am still learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, isawred said: i thought it was the rarity? I am just coming out of the dark ages so I am still learning. Rarity helps, but it isn't everything. Let's go with the hypothetical that they do this again next year and do a continuation to the Wild West Saloon, that would undoubtedly raise the demand for this by so much. It helps when people are trying to collect a whole bunch of something and missed an initial, important set from years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 hours ago, spener90 said: The difference is, these really aren't modular. Some of them are pretty cool, but just don't have a tremendous amount of expandability, which is what made the modulars so valuable. I do think there are some pretty unique ones that could become classics (Fire Truck, which I'm really surprised is still hanging around). My thing about the fire truck is that...it doesn't look like LEGO...like at all...so the simplistic look may appear too plain from afar....for any AFoL...knowing it's LEGO and being so huge are real appeals for me...I basically had it in and out and in and out of my basket a few times before I finally left it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belac Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Couple of monorails showed up today:) Everything received so far has been packed with excellence. Totally Happy I pulled trigger on a few of most of these sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isawred Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Belac said: Couple of monorails showed up today:) Everything received so far has been packed with excellence. Totally Happy I pulled trigger on a few of most of these sets. from a collector or seller view? I absolutely love my Eight-Studs but I can’t wait to list my castle!! although I will happily keep it for less than $599 lol heck I may list at $799... $800 unbelievable!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belac Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, isawred said: from a collector or seller view? I absolutely love my Eight-Studs but I can’t wait to list my castle!! although I will happily keep it for less than $599 lol heck I may list at $799... $800 unbelievable!!!! Both, I've learned that being a collector kind of leads to reselling. Bought some to build, extra to sell. I don't get much time to do personal LEGO builds until Fall/Winter. Looks like I won"t use second castle for expansion, way more sense to just order extra pieces needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iahawks550 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Prices will have to come down on these once they are actually shipped (all of them..... whenever that is) and in the hands of the consumers, won't they? I can't imagine the castle selling long term for much more than $300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, iahawks550 said: Prices will have to come down on these once they are actually shipped (all of them..... whenever that is) and in the hands of the consumers, won't they? I can't imagine the castle selling long term for much more than $300. I don't see the castle dropping tremendously, only 2500 of them will ever be made, and it's an awesome looking set! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iahawks550 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 I guess if people are buying to build, it may come down to the price ( and hassle) of Bricklinking parts and instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isawred Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 hours ago, iahawks550 said: Prices will have to come down on these once they are actually shipped (all of them..... whenever that is) and in the hands of the consumers, won't they? I can't imagine the castle selling long term for much more than $300. I do think ‘first to have’ drives prices up. however, with the castle I don’t see the price for sealed sets dropping below $400 3 hours ago, iahawks550 said: I guess if people are buying to build, it may come down to the price ( and hassle) of Bricklinking parts and instructions. agreed, if only to build sourcing the parts will be the way. I believe the instructions are available online.?.? I think I read somewhere print instructions may become available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martae54 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Pro tip for building your own castle. buy 2 maybe 3 ? angry bird castles... sell the bird figs for the horses and the missing elements. You are welcome! ! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSpeed Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 What is the number? Is it after the BL19? If so I got Science Tower 007. Kinda cool and makes me not want to open it, but I was looking forward to the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DadsAFOL Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, CosmicSpeed said: What is the number? Is it after the BL19? If so I got Science Tower 007. Kinda cool and makes me not want to open it, but I was looking forward to the build. No, it's handwritten on the front of the box sleeve. BL19007 is the set number. I just finished building Science Tower, and it's a great build. My favorite build so far. Lots of interesting, creative build techniques. Great little details to keep the build entertaining. Kudos to the set designer on that one. Edited July 23, 2019 by DadsAFOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonkalin Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I just sold a Antique Fire Truck on Ebay for $375 to an international buyer. Free shipping. Shipping to Kentucky's eBay shipping program will run me $10. Not bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicSpeed Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 My sets I ordered on the last day have shipped. I also just built the vintage roadster and was very pleased! However, I did have some spares and from what I understand, I didn't think there was supposed to be any. It was a 4x1 gray plate, and about 5 silver 1x1 dots and some random 1x's I scoured back through the instructions but didn't appear to miss anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I went from planning to keep a few of these, to planning to sell all of them. They are selling slowly no doubt, but at a high price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeakdigital00 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Still waiting on my castle... Sent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodoubleoggood Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Me too. At this point I kind of wish there was a "cancel order" button... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spener90 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, sodoubleoggood said: Me too. At this point I kind of wish there was a "cancel order" button... Do it, bumps me up in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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