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Keaton was excellent. Bale was directed to have a different voice when he was Batman, due to it being a feature on the suit but it was never mentioned in the films. It never bothered me and to be honest I thought it was a good idea. Maybe a different voice, such as they use on Arrow, would have been better. I don't agree with a petition either. It isn't going to change anything and all they will do is point to Ledger as the Joker. Until we see the first trailer, we won't really be able to judge much at all. I am not a fan of Affleck and find his performances to be rather boring and very up and down. He certainly will need to bring his A game to this though, and so will Snyder as 3 properties' immediate future are essentially on the line with this (Superman, Batman and Justice League)

How about : wants a lego set, probably is getting fired, lives in his mothers basement. Oh crap, I may have won those. Alright let's rethink this

Then stop reminding us of the old news that YOU have one. Jeez, what a goob. I wish you guys would change your wording a little. That updating number is not the Mr. Golds found. It's the number of Mr. Golds registered. I haven't registered mine and the ones on ebay never seem to be registered. Please take into account the number that have been found but not formerly accounted for.

Every girl I can think of that plays in the big bang theory, even Sheldon's geeky GF, is far hotter than this "brick queen". Just sayin.

As some have mentioned there is an extremely similar situation with the ghostbusters concept. One concept has passed 10k with the other close behind.. The only difference is both creators are working together, sharing ideas and helping promote the theme vs focusing on who created theirs first.

Just start smoking cigarettes. I guarantee you won't be able to smell them anymore. All the cool kids are doing it.

Interesting perspective: http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/5/22/the-internets-reaction-to-heath-ledger-being-cast-as-the-jok.html

I've had luck getting cigarette smoke smell out of clothes by soaking them in vinegar, perhaps you could try that with some of the pieces???

3942 Dog Show has already done very well. 3187 and 3942 were available for such short periods of time. I did very well on 3316 too, mainly because I bought them at a significant discount. At one place locally I was able to get about 30 3316's for $20 each. IMO, the next one to watch is 3186 Emma's Horse Trailer. Also depending on how many of this year's Advent Calendar they print, and how low you can get them for on clearance after the holidays, that could be a huge winner mid-2014.

Walfart, ha! I've never heard it called that before. Awesome! :laugh:

Sure. I started this very recently, around Jan of this year and have learnt quite a bit in that period. My first months focused into the traditional buy and hold strategy most of us follow here, hoping to sell in 2-4 years. The need for investment capital pushed me more towards quick flips to fund my long term purchases. Suddenly, the quick flips were producing a lot more money than I thought it could in a very short period of time (say 2 months or so), so I have since shifted most of my attention towards doing that while still purchasing the occasional set for the long term. Basically, diversification.

Daredevil..... need i say more?

Skipped out on a lot of Hero Factory Sets at 50% off. Just already have as many as I want... even though this might be the first time ever I've passed up Lego at 50% off..

The exact reason I have been reintroduced back into Lego. My kids. I have a 3 and a 5 year old, the five year old is playing with Lego's as I type. This site, along with investing in bricks, is also a great way to get kids involved in how a market works. The time spent building Lego's with my children is priceless, but allowing them to see how Lego's are invested in the future is educational in its own right.

You should also consider the growth in the future interest of Lego (Market Potential). This is all speculation, and that is all it will every be. The more Lego expands and creates new markets, the larger the collector base will be. I keep thinking about an article I read a month ago about a family who spent $100,000 on Beanie Babies, and ended up with nothing but crappy stuffed animals. They actually invested the money from their children's college fund, hoping to double or triple it. I think about that every time I buy a set for investment. Lego has a few major differences, however: 1. We are able to purchase sets as deep discounts, if you know where and how to find them. 2. The bricks themselves have actual physical value. People will always play and use Lego blocks, as something doesn't come along and take its place. Looking at the Lego knockoffs, I don't think that is every going to happen. 3. Lego sets are not priced to sell as collectibles. We can watch for a product and purchase it at normal retail price or below. I do not think any Target, Walmart, or Lego.com will every sell an item at an increase because it is a 'collectable'. We might not be able to get every set or LE set, but those sets will enter the market at a regular retail price. 4. And this is the big one for me: I love playing with Lego sets, and I am 42. My son and daughter love playing with Lego sets, and they are 2 and 10. Lastly, as a former stock market trader (Options), I see the risk inherent in purchasing something and losing money, maybe even everything. To say something is a sure thing and will 100% assuredly make money is the fastest way to going broke. That being said, let me add that I believe the worst vice is advice, and I never give it unless asked. My reasons for collecting and investing in these products are my own, and I question them every time I purchase a set. Right now I only have 20+ sets set aside for investments, so my risk right now is negligible. If I do decide to amass 100+ sets for investment purposes, there will be much research and decision making hours taking up a portion of my time. Right now, I enjoy it because I like Lego sets and I find the whole market interesting and something I want to invest both my time and money to. Here are some quick reads about Market Potential. I see some usefulness in the analogous products, and it is an interesting concept to add to your buying/selling habits. About plants, but has a nice equation: http://plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/extension/marketready/pdfs-ppt/business_development_files/PDF/estimating_market_potential.pdf Bottom up and top down: http://mpd.me/addressable-m-1/ Market size hypothesis: http://ultralightstartups.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Steve-Blank-Market-Sizing.pdf Another calculation: http://www.marsdd.com/articles/estimating-the-market-size/ Good luck, and thanks for posting your ideas. They made me think a lot more about choices I will have to eventually make.

I tend to agree with you...if I buy something I *should* be able to do whatever I please with it. But I know there's this sentiment out there. My wife has received messages from people on eBay complaining that she's selling eye shadow that originally retailed at $4.99 for $24.99 and how this is somehow "thievery". Those people immediately go on the blocked list just for being stupid. It's not like we somehow force people to buy things at the prices we pick.... I don't understand the "smooshing" thing either. Seems like a lot of time and effort for a very small return....

It's ironic that some of you guys crying foul over this are the same people who advocated buying up all the packs you can find, smooshing at home, then returning the ones you don't want. Either way, the figures I might have bought won't be available. Personally, I think it's more fun to buy whichever packs I randomly grab. I always get back my money on eBay for the ones I don't keep. As for Mr. Gold, it's a cheap Made-in-China figure, and I don't invest in cheap. If I find one, its blemished little face will sit in my collection, equal to all the others.

You are kidding yourself if you believe a site like this and people like us are having no impact on the overall market. Lego will only manufacture a certain amount of sets. There are kids out there not getting sets because we all have them sitting in closets and attics. As soon as people thought Jabba's Palace was going EOL really fast they bought all of them from Amazon. You don't think there were parents looking for those sets and couldn't get them for a period of time? Again I am not saying we are doing anything wrong but the argument we are having no impact is simply incorrect. Look at this very scenario with this gold minifig. Everyone is trying to get as many as they can to turn a quick profit. You don't think some kid would be insanely happy if he just happened to find this for $3? We are buying them so that kid can't do that. How many people here would offer some kid $50 on the spot if they saw some kid leaving TRU with one today knowing they would make 10x that easy by just flipping it.

One thing I'm always thinking about when dealing with retailers is the fact that the employees almost never make very much money, and are therefore much more likely to engage in activity that may be uncaring or unethical. Why? Because the employee doesn't hold the company in high enough regard to care about wanting to help them please the customer. The retailer pays the employee low or minimum wages and no benefits, and the employee, knowing this, pulls off any shady move they can get away with as a consequence. The toy pinching thing is a perfect example, and the same thing likely occurs with many other products. Remember when the Nintendo Wii came out and everyone just had to have one? How many Wii systems do you think never made it to the shelf during that initial Christmas rush because Walmart or Target employees snagged them before they saw the light of day on a shelf? How many of those Wii systems got turned right around and sold on Ebay for 4X the amount? It pisses me off when I want something, but that anger is typically tempered when I stop and think about how they are trying to feed themselves and likely a family off 7.50 per hour with no medical benefits. I make alot more than that and I definitely busted my butt in life to earn the wage I have, but that isn't going to stop employees from doing unethical stuff, whether they deserve better or not. The Mr. Gold situation sucks, and I'm definitely going to buy cases now because its already alot worse and more widespread than I thought it was going to be. But I will say I'm not surprised at all to hear what these employees are doing.