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lol bg2001, I've got over 60 of these...I think I can spare one. I'll do a good deed, and give it to you for $50 shipped. =) pm me if you want to work this out.

You learnt spacing from emazers right?

ended up giving a total of 5 of them for $50 shipped in that 5 mins, because I couldn't say no. lol

This sounds like someones significant other trying to sell their lego collection... I am going to go check my wife's computer history!

I'd say $739.

I'm already selling bg2001 one of these for $50. I'm feeling in a good mood. I will also do the $50 shipped (in US) for MOM, for the next 2 members who pm me. let's see how long this takes. lol

First tip, Don't expect to buy and immediately sell for a profit. You'll need to buy, hold, (BE PATIENT), then sell. The usual progression is: 1) TRY to buy near the end of an item's lifespan. This requires research, and nobody truly knows when an item will retire, its an art not a science. Typically 2 year lifespan for products, but it differs GREATLY from set to set, 2) TRY to buy on discount. (30-50%) Never pay Full Retail unless you already see the product has retired and is actively bringing big profits. 3) Decide what your needed profit margin is, and stick to it. Don't get greedy hoping for an item to continue to rise. Sometimes they plateau, sometimes they come crashing back to earth due to a re-release (Architecture studio, and Minecraft are examples) 4) Sell on ebay with great pictures, buy it now / best offer, don't accept returns (scammers abound), and try to stockpile shipping material AHEAD of time so you're not scrambling when something does sell. - Just my opins, many may differ. Finally, welcome! There's plenty of discount lego sets to go around (unless you're talking Amazon Warehouse deals). Hope you get to contribute a few tips along the way.

Might just be an illusion, but now that the lights are on and it's morning, it looks like that Falcon is carefully trying to escape.

I bought a big steaming pile of bricks to build Brent Wallers Ghostbusters Fire Station HQ. Hopefully in time for release of the new Cussoo Ghostbusters Ecto-1 and mini figures :-)

Oh yeah, I happen to lose my head all the time, especially since I discovered this damned site...

Pretty funny. Had to post it here. I bet my wife would say..."Yeah I could see you doing that".

I don't really think manufacturing in China is the great threat some of you make it out to be. The magic in Lego, the je ne c'est qoui, is not only in quality of brick, but also in the licensing, the packaging, the composition and thought that goes into making these sets. The builders putting these sets together are head and shoulders above and beyond their competition. You can't fake creativity, and/or imagination. As long as Lego continues to have the foresight to buy the right licenses and find the right people to put these wonderful creations together their competition can only copy. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Pile of Coach handbags and leather goods knocked off every year in China, yet Coach continues to post good numbers and continued growth. Lego is no different.

They HAVE to turn this down... BECAUSE I WANT A WHOLE FREAKIN THEME!!! I would buy the crap out of that train though.

I really need to slow down when typing from my phone, sheesh. Even i don't like reading it.

Message "darin" and tell him you want to have Chris Weidman's baby. He might cut you a deal.

Doubt they'll be able to read interactions on it.

I saw a new display today at Target. It's about 20 pages with lots of sets pictured including exclusives. I tried including a pic but for some reason it keeps failing.

I agree about the quality when detailed written steps and processes are available for factory workers to follow. Look at Apple and all the electronics we buy. What this really means is less jobs for currently and future non-China based Lego workers. It also could mean more classified leaks and knock-offs. Lego needs to stay cost competitive. Unfort, it comes with what we (and many others) would consider downsides. Sent from an iPhone using the Brickpicker app

Only if I can have it in bricks, volume of 1x1s

I just stopped by my local Kmart about a week ago ... and it was like walking through a "ghost town" ... as opposed to 3 of my local Walmarts ... which are total "zoos!" I'm surprised my local Kmart is still open! Funny Story Time: so last summer when I went to see the Superman "Man of Steel" movie ... towards the end of the movie there is a long fight scene / destruction / mayhem between Superman and General Zod ... and at one point ... General Zod throws a locomotive train at Superman that then crashes into and obliterates a Kmart store ... at that point ... my brother leaned over and said ... "I always knew Kmart was a train wreck!" I couldn't stop laughing for days!!

Here's a quote from Back to the future: Doc: Unbelievable that this little piece of junk could be such a big problem. No wonder this circuit failed. It says, "Made in Japan." Marty: What do you mean, Doc ? All the best stuff is made in Japan. Doc: Unbelievable !

lol I wasn't out looking for a Weidman pillowcase...really lol....I was just browsing Ebay, and came across it...never saw that before, so I decided to buy it. It took a month to arrive from India. I haven't decided if I'm really going to sleep with it yet...I'll keep you guys posted lol

Latest offer....first five to reply get a pillowcase?

lol....had a feeling I shouldn't have posted that. o well I just have some shirts, and a bunch of his rare cards...and almost forgot, a big mural of him on a wall at my shop. lol winning 60k will make you do, or buy some crazy things. =/ I gotta admit, pillowcase is kinda weird though

It seems to me they are talking about their overall growth, not any particular theme.

Well this certainly got a little weird.

Make sure to never mention "hotcakes"....

I think it looks quite smart. I managed to get one 25% off before they all vanished. But I am not convinced on the long term return on city sets. Tesco were clearing 60004 Fire Station at 25% off, so there must be a new one of the way.

Actual results here: http://aboutus.lego.com/en-gb/news-room/2014/february/annual-result-2013

I did report one of the sellers on ebay selling fake minifigs. In their listing it said "LEGO like" building blocks but it's obviously a copy. We'll see what happens.

....Wow, I really didn't need to read that. :blink:

Ah cool. I didn't know that. Alright, one last off-topic post before getting back 'on track'. Haha. Here are a couple of remixes I found of the theme tune. I enjoy remixes that can be different but without losing the feeling of the original. I'm not much for ones that go in a completely different way and there is next to nothing of the source in there to be heard. "Wheeled Warriors" by VideoMicro Jayce et les Conquerants de la Lumi

Haha, wow. They really do come across like the Star Wars answer to Mario Kart much like the PS2 game "Super Bombad Racing".

Yeah, just do what I did and leave all your crap at your parents house and hope they don't throw it all away!

I agree with donotinsertintomouth. Before you know it, you will be buying the sets back for more than you sold them. It happens all the time. Avoid this mistake, and if in 1-3 years you still want to sell them, go ahead, but give it a TON of thought.

The new Daily Deals will have such an option. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

And people just passed as they have little patience...... There would be a fair list of sets like that recently too.

You need to provide a whole lot more info than that to accurately evaluate. Themes, sets, minifigures, instructions, boxes? Please elaborate.

Actually, you could very well be right. The funny thing is I had exactly the same thought about my stance! Enjoying the microbuild is a probably not mainstream. To your original point, I think not having full size Metal Beard in the Sea Cow ship will help Metal Beard's Duel's popularity. I have to believe that in the sequel Metal Beard will play a prominent role. If I had one tiny beef with 1, it's that Metal Beard didn't play a bigger role. His character intriguing and his backstory gives him a depth that wasn't utilized to its fullest. That said, you can only have so many well developed characters before they become either superfluous or duplicative.

I think it might be about the sets that were introduce in 2012 vs 2013. 2012 had Superheroes, Lord of the Rings, Monster Fighters, and Friends to give them the bump. 2013 had Legend of Chima replacing Ninjago...

Correlation is not the same as causation. For the change in policies to be the cause of the drop, you would have to accept the proposition that the only thing standing in between TLG and a hundred million in additional sales was the ability of retailers to discount a small number of high priced sets. Personally, I don't buy it. I'm not privy to any inside information, but I suspect that TLG's revenues are built on the back of smaller, more affordable sets to a much greater extent than larger more expensive sets.

Ooh, I remember that rumor. The guy pretty much posted a list on eurobricks then bailed lol

They have always released new sets in this manner. They don't need new sets to encourage sales in December, you need new products to encourage purchasing when people aren't already looking to buy. Also, I think too much weight is being put into the no discounting exclusives policy. Sure, people may not be buying as many exclusives, but they're still spending the money, just on different stuff. If someone has a $2,000 budget, they probably didn't stop buying sets because they can't buy exclusives, they just put that same money into other stuff they could get at a discount. Either way, most people weren't buying their exclusives from TLG directly since Amazon usually had bigger discounts on them.

They remind me of Mario Kart for some reason.

Very interesting for the long term prospects of Lego investing. As for the short term, I'll go on record as saying that they'll see the fastest growth in their history in 2014 thanks to the movie. It's phenomenally successful (and good!), will create millions of AFOLs who want the sets for themselves *and* to share with their kids, has established an in-house line of likable characters and models, and it inspires strong brand loyalty due to its very specific style and personality. Plus, blockbuster movies have powerful influence overseas. Hollywood doesn't even make movies for North American audiences anymore--they make them for the international sales and merchandising. Special effects and action movies are particularly popular with foreign audiences, so even if US sales continue to slow (which I doubt), international sales are going to boom. I guarantee Lego is in the process of making it easier for other countries to get sets at reasonable prices. All of this will add up to huge 2014 sales. If their product quality doesn't drop, and if they continue to produce exceptional movies, TLG could be as monstrous as Disney when it comes to entertainment and merchandising tie-ins. We'll have to hope that the sequel is just as good. Source: I work in Hollywood.

Also, I'm not sure Lego's buying limits have had that much effect. Have any of the people here cut back the purchasing because of Lego's limits? I doubt it, I'm sure they just find other avenues to make their purchases.

"Lego has said that U.S. and European toy markets are being pressured by the flood of new competition." I guess they don't want to mention buying restrictions and reductions in discounts....

So my crane showed up today, unbelievable to me that a company would ship something like this. No box whatsoever, just bags and instructions thrown into a brown box. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

So when are they going to announce the lego simpsons video game??? Just take the old school simpsons arcade game and convert everything to legos!

Okay, just unpacked everything. Educated myself online about the contents. Looks like everything is there, sealed in the bags: 28 bags, 5 water plates, 8 road plates, and one sealed set of instructions. I believe I'm going to hold onto this one. Just looking over recent eBay sales, I picked this up for about the same as others have sold for. Used ones are only a few dollars less. This is going into the long term investment pile anyway. I'm sure I'll make something on this. Even if I open it up, put it together, and sell it used, and lose $25 on the sale, it'll still give me more than $25 worth of enjoyment putting it together. Bottom line, I think this is a win.