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With all due respect, I doubt that it will have any affect at all. In the year 2012, there were 702 different items that LEGO sold to the general public. So far in 2103, there are 603 different items LEGO sold to the general buying public. You cannot tell me that a handful of "butt hurt" resellers will have any affect on LEGO's bottom line if more 41999s made it to the shelves. As a matter of fact, it will only help customer relations because LEGO will appear to be getting more of this sets out to the buying public. LEGO is releasing more and more sets with each passing year. Going back about 10 years ago, LEGO released 415 sets and items in 2003 in comparison to 702 last year. As a LEGO reseller and investor, you have many more options...more than most resellers and investors can take advantage of. Many people want to pimp the obvious big ticket sets on this site and will cry foul when LEGO wants to put restrictions on them, but the truly savvy LEGO investor won't bother in the obvious and will score big dollars on less talked about sets. When push comes to shove, I would bet that most people have very limited investment dollars to spend and limiting buyers to two exclusive sets will affect only a handful on the site. There are a multitude of excellent LEGO investment sets and most are never discussed on this site. Even a big time investor can get by with buying only 2-3 exclusive LEGO sets at a time because there are so many new sets released each year that will appreciate well if given the chance. I do not know whether or not there will be more 41999s released, but it is quite possible. A pre-XMAS release would be a huge winner for LEGO and many fans, but for the long term LEGO investor, it really is much ado about nothing...

I'm a teacher do its obvious - we use Lego in the classroom for learning and play and I display my own Lego in my classroom. The kids love it, and my next class are all lego obsessed (need to brush up on my Chima and Ninjago)!

I am a transmission design engineer, and I can thank growing up with lego for that. I remember first using the technic sets learning about gear ratios and differentials. It also helps me to have a bit of creativity when dealing with difficult spacial issues. That being said, Its a lot harder to rebuild the parts I now work with into a bitchin spaceship.

This is my OLDEST collection I ever built back from 90s and only added the Chrome armor for the (king) commander... Since I cannot find anywhere near that quantity on ebay/bricklink I would appreciate if people give ideas how much do you think this collection is worth since i am thinking I will sell it soon... I will add more pictures next week. Also do you think it might be better to add Black Knights Castle and sell it in bulk all together or troops separate (with wagon) and Castle separate. everything is 100% complete (Wagon)

THAT DOG IS ON THE CEILING! HYSTERIA!

Let the hysteria begin...

5766-1 Log cabin for brown although I am not seeing it as often in stores now. If you want more upward slopes and some plates in brown, go with 31004 fierce flyer. 79004 Barrel escape and 79010 Goblin King battle would be great too for brown and tan especially if you sell off the minifigures. You might still be able to get the goblin king battle at target for $65 as opposed to the retail of $100.

I picked up the new Coast Guard Patrol set off Amazon for $60 the other day. This set is an incentive for my son to do well in scholl this semster as he's been hinting at wanting it for some time now. I told him if he does all his work and has no missing assignments then he'll get it.

I think people will seriously regret leaving these around for too long. This is one of those mid range sets I intend on collecting a nice stash of. I currently have only 10, but aim to have at least 20. Regardless of how the Hobbit movies perform from here, the Bag End set will always draw the attention of the Lord of the Rings fans due to it's iconic nature. With three movies I doubt Lego would pull a short production run for it, but I see it as a set similar to the Burrow that fans will want big time.

I'd buy one of those shirts... but only after it goes on clearance for 50% off or more.

haha...someone should trade mark that line 'pics or it never happened' or at least make t-shirts and sell it. That is one nice new Brick Trader member icon. Congrats on 3000 posts.

That was the Darth Maul version from Target, I believe. I don't see much promise here and as was said it the other thread, unless you're getting them at a heavy discount, don't bother.

The red canopy with eyes is from the aqua zone theme specifically hydosharks and the green canopy next to it is from the stingrays (also aquazone). On my phone or I would include links. Hope that helps Nice score, even after all the work you made out like a banshee. So jelly right now

You definitely have some Knights Kingdom sets in there. And more generic Castle Elements. Links to Brickset list of sets that have that particular element: Brick Wall with window Black French Tower Black Balcony The spikey gray piece in the 3rd picture I should know, but I don't. I have one in my inventory that I got from a random lot. Gah! It was part of several spikey skeleton MOC attempts...

This is why you have kids. Groom them to do this. Just set the box in front of them and say - separate and then you get to eat dinner.

Finally found the scarecrow over the weekend, so I have all 16 figures now. Seemed like every other package was a welder, mountain climber, or Yeti. Had a tough time finding the pretzel girl and island warrior, too. Think I only got one of the girl and 2 of the warrior. Thanks to The Orc King for posting that awesome piece break out of each figure...having that made it SO much easier to identify each one by feel!!

On the subject of smooshing... If you look at the OrkKing's wonderfully detailed list, you can see that most (not all) of the minifigures will have a bottom body half, a top body half and a small head. All of them will also have a black baseplate for them to stand on. If you can identify these parts and move them to the top or the bottom of the package, the pieces that are left will give you the clues you need to identify which one you have. (One exception to this is the yeti--his head is all one big piece. Also the gingerbread man has a flat round head). I am just learning how to smoosh myself. Today I finally got my sax guy.

I wonder if anyone thought of doing a Millennium Falcon all Friends themed in magenta, lavendar, and azure? :frantics:

Now that puts another light on it, and they really should NOT claim it's a limited one-time only run only to change their minds. Not cool.

Internet returns are the best - never know when they are happening. I found one the other day - It was a 7964 Frigate...but it was still retail so I passed.

I think the set looks cool, but I think the price is too much. 700 piece for $100 won't make me buy it.

It sounds like you have a lot of emotional attachment still, therefore probably should just keep it as I don't think you'll get an offer of 500, but maybe I'm wrong, I know that castle is still pretty desirable. I've been wanting that castle but have been hoping to eventually see one on CL or somewhere else as I haven't been willing to pay 200 or more on eBay.

Is that Bambi next to the magic mushroom?