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Does anyone else see the irony here???

I for one, welcome our new Lego overlords!

Yeah--I heard Mattel was making more Coach Barbies, and Disney decided to make more of their limited edition snow white dolls too---to satisfy the customer demand. Can we please stop the nonsense about them making more than the limited edition quantity--this is getting more annoying than reading about he who will not be named for fear of ban. If you read back 50 pages or so--or maybe it was another thread---another member and I were discussing future prices, and both agreed there was another big wave coming--and the price would be 275->300 on ebay. We were correct. I mentioned in that thread that I did some educated guessing, and some simple math--and there was no way 20k units were sold in the first wave. I was guessing less than 10k.

The average selling price on Oct 21 was $385 with two others under the "best offer accepted" category that were listed for $415 and $400. Only four sales on Oct 22 with an average of $365 (Oct 19 averaged $365 on six sales). I imagine there were more sales, but eBay doesn't always publish them immediately. That is still 92% and 82% above list price.. What's going on? People are still making money off of it. In the long run, and even short term before Xmas, this is a good thing. Non-investors are likely buying some of them at these prices and opening them to play with.

Just remember, PLEASE, give the STORE and EMPLOYEES high marks on the survey and in the comment section view your displeasure. These surveys are tied to bonuses for the store. Don't let TLG's policies ruin it for the employees who are just following orders and doing their job.

$1,000? You arnt gunna make any real cash with that wimpy investment .. add another zero and that is a good starting point

What I think is even more absurd is the guy admits he was wrong in the thread and is obviously very open to our opinions, is not defensive and was very honest about it. (kudos to you dallas) And people still berate him. Just get off your high horses. Seriously.

LEGO is like a drug man But its hard to go You must ease your way out of it.

Go about it more intentionally than, "I have some money left from my paycheck and a set's on sale". Look at what you have and what you paid for it. Set goals on when you want to sell it (double price, triple price, when you judge it's reached the apex of its value?) Set a buying budget that fits in with your overall finances for investment. I personally don't believe in keeping all my eggs in one basket investment-wise, so I invest in our business, in a variety of mutual funds of varying levels of risk, etc. Once you've spent your Lego investment money for a given time period (weekly, monthly, quarterly, whatever), stop buying until the next time period's money is available. There will always be another deal, you don't have to buy just because it's on sale.

I know the guy that is selling this lot in Orlando. I am out of town or else I would buy them. http://orlando.craigslist.org/tag/4145610978.html Not a bad deal and he says make an offer.

Yeah who cares about this review GIVE ME WIZARD OF OZ!

Only if they come to life, like the toys did in the Toy Story movies.

the plate is in bag #2. I think people can trade the plate number. just dont open bag #2. share your number and ask anyone who wants to trade. Nice idea, right?

I feel like by reading this comment I immediately know your personality. Lol. I like pawn stars, but pickers doesn't do it for me. Storage wars is ok if nothing else is on. Duck dynasty makes me want to die.

I think it's a risk - If it's not a "special" plate number, you will lose some value by popping the seals. That said, I have sold verified contents sets for the same price as NISB sets, so popping the seals isn't the end of the world, and probably less of an issue once the set is retired. EDIT - This would probably be a good litmus test to confirm end users are buying these sets. If it sells fast, logically it would likely be going to an end user rather than a flipper, so you could surmise there was still a secondary market outside of flippers.

This was back in late August... But they didn't ship any until the end of September. They disappeared from the website almost right away and don't seem to have come back ever. The TRU US site (and their ebay store) keep stocking them occasionally but not the TRU Canada site/ebay store.

It is - but there were purchasing rules - 1 per. just because you can get away with 15 doesn't mean you should. I am not saying I know where the line is, I just feel like thats pretty far over it.

Seeing the exo suit instantly reminded me of Ripley and the Power Loader from ALIEN and I asked myself: Why does LEGO not get an ALIEN license? Produce a set like "Ripley with Power Loader fighting the Alien Queen". Produce all those cool vehicles and ships: - The Nostromo - Landing Ship - Troop Transport - The Colony... ...well ok, I already get it: too scary, too violent, not really LEGO-like. But seeing all those vehicles and ships in nice black und blue boxes in a LEGO store would have been awesome.

And be prepared for another wave, the first wave was to feel the market probably 30% of all their stock, now they know people want that product, they will release small amounts like two weeks ago, to keep people interested and my guess is that they will leave 40% to be released after thanksgiving....., Well , we'll see. meanwhile I am sitting tight on my 6 crawlers I managed to get, (not bad for being in Mexico, uh) I will hold them for next year or even more....

Just be careful when using "auto fill MIN". Some stores will list the same part in new and used condition in their inventory, and if your wanted list doesn't specify part condition for each lot then you will end up with both in your cart. I frequently have to go through my cart and remove duplicates.

Funny... tree parts are my favorites..... I love making more trees....

I'm so spoiled by Prime.

When you get to a store you can see all of the parts on your list and put the amount that you need into your cart at which time you can see the total cost. I do not know of a way to do it across different stores, so if there is not one with all of the parts it will get pretty tedious. I generally choose the store that has the highest percentage of the parts that I need, check the total for them and note which ones they do not have. Then I make a new wanted list for just those parts and repeat the process. I have never started from scratch on a set, and still Imhave rarely found one store to fill all of my needs to complete a set that I am working on.

I read many of you rant and rave about Lego in these forums. This site surely is a great place for all of us to vent and share knowledge and deals at the same time. I love Lego and my first toy was a Baby Rattle from the 80s. The sets have came a long way from the old 8860 Technic sports car and the 8851 Technic Excavator that you had to cut your own air tube to connect to the air pumps. I'm sure the futures models will be better for years to come. What's bothering me the most recent were the 10% coupon as well as the free promo policy in recent months. These 2 topics have been discussed on other threads in great length. I took some time talking with store managers in my Lego stores about my displeasure. He told me these are main concerns from all feedback they have been getting recently and suggested that I fill out the survey that came with the receipt. The survey ends up going to corporate so there's a chance TLG will have second thoughts pulling the same crap in future promotions. Go to Lego.com/storesurvey and voice your opinions, if you are afraid of being identified, don't put in the code on your receipt. I would like to enlist all of you to do so since it needs to be heard. Thank you for reading.

Cra-z-loom at TRU seems to retail at $14.99. It is currently on sale for $11.99 is anyone is interested. Rainbow Loom is sold on the Rainbow Loom website for $16.99.

This should be working better now.. You can either do an rss feed from us: http://www.brickpicker.com/news/rss.cfm or from feedburner http://feeds.feedburner.com/brickpicker_news Let me know if its working for you

You beat me to it, Segreto. Just need Chief Blackhawk's head at center ice and you've got a winner! GO HAWKS!

You handle it better than most would have here. For serious guys...lighten up...we all agree to agree here.

Two cart fulls of Lego and trying to price match a clearance sale from another store is far more absurd.

I never put anything on credit either. EDIT: That's not entirely accurate. I'll use a credit card to get the points but I never buy anything I can't pay at the end of the month. No questions asked. The majority of interest rates are much larger than the growth on most Lego sets.

I think all of us want to take advantage of stores like TRU. It's human nature to try and get a great deal. I can't really blame you. Maybe if the opportunity presented itself to me, I would have done the same thing. I believe what is happening among LEGO investors though is that there is a growing faction that have had enough of people who invest and collect in extreme ways. Call it the "conservative" branch of the LEGO investing world. They are tired of hearing about others buying up 50 or 60 sets or using various questionable methods to save a dollar. I believe many fear this behavior will hurt us all down the road.

Yes but 4 armed Garmadon sells much better than 2 arm Garmadon.

Hey everyone. I hate when people intentionally try to scam the system. But lets lighten up on Dallas20. He didn't know he was doing anything outside of the rules! And why would he? He had done it several times before and was never told he couldn't. In fact, the manager who made the ridiculous statement about keeping stuff on the shelves, STILL hasn't told him you can't price match clearance, you can't price match a % discount, and you cant price match off of a receipt! Now that he knows the rules, he has no intention of trying to circumvent them. Its one thing to intentionally scam the system. I dont see this as the case here. Give the guy a break.

Once upon a time TLC actually stood for The Learning Channel where their programmings taught you science, history, art, etc. Now it is just a sad excuse for showcasing reality TV shows. Sorry waaayy off topic

I guess my eyes are now open and I came here for the constructive critcism and I got it. I obviously didnt see an issue or I wouldnt have done it on so many occasions. If that many people feel as though I was in the wrong then I guess I was. Isnt that why we have these forums? To help each other out? Now I know and will tread lightly thanks!

People doing stuff like this is the reason the rest of us have to jump through hoops when we try to do a legitimate price match.

I have done this about 20 times this month. All have been filled, each order included the mini figs, promo, and employee polybag. None were combined.

I've never had a problem (knock on wood) making a couple of orders on a row. Once I hit the requisite amount for free shipping and promo I move on to a new order.

Well you will be glad to know that in the future, I well be posting news on new sets as I get them here as well!

Lol I had to use Google to understand what you meant

News @ 11: Local Lego investor blinded after staring into flashlight for 15 minutes while searching blind bags. Oh the irony!

I can understand. A lot of us were afraid this kind of s***storm would happen due to the limited Mr Gold. I typically just buy my 16 minifigures for a complete set in store and I'm fine. A couple of characters I get a few extras of here and there but nothing major. From the looks of things, I honestly wish Lego never came up with that Mr Gold.