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I was thinking along these lines...or a stolen credit card scenario. The Simpsons House is not available from non-LEGO sources...yet, so he would have had to order from S@H or picked one up at a LEGO store, so they aren't walking out the backdoor of a Target or Walmart. This could be an example of a failed LEGO investor who needs money quick for daily necessities. You will see this happening more and more, especially if the economy and jobs situation in the US doesn't drastically improve. Money is tight for most of us right now, so I can see this scenario playing out. Speaking for myself, it's a very good chance that I have received merchandise that was probably stolen over the past 7-8 years of collecting, mainly in my early days of collecting when I had zero idea what illegal drop shipping was. I avoid these "too good to be true" deals now. I am also certain that I have taken advantage of other people's misfortunes and have scored some fantastic deals because people needed money to pay their "real" bills. I do not pretend to be an angel, but I do not break the law. If a store posts a ridiculously low price, I will take advantage of it, I would be stupid not to. I'm sure most of you have had similar experiences and views. I really don't want this thread to turn into a morality tale. It is easy to cast stones on the internet and many who preach are the biggest offenders. The whole business of LEGO investing and reselling has no right or wrong, black or white, methods or philosophies...only shades of grey. One can argue that reselling LEGO in itself is against LEGO's wishes, but that's for another thread. Just my two cents...

At least it wasn't @ a TRU parking lot :)

I am happy to announce that we were able to work out a deal with Raise.com (a discount gift card) website. We noticed some of you have been using another service, but they really didn't reply to our messages. Raise.com was happy to work with us and looks to have many of the retail shops that we talk about here covered. Some of the deals will be e-codes that only work online and will be given to you quickly. Others will be physical cards that are shipped out to you. Regardless, this is a great way to shave another 5% or more off purchases. Obviously we would like to keep this partnership and that only works if you guys use the links here to show them you want to use it. The more that comes from us, the more opportunity there may be for us to get you deeper discounts or special offers. $5 off $75- New Customers Only Code: RAISE75AF Expires: 4/30 Exclusions: New customers only, cannot be used with additional coupons. Walmart gift cards: up to 3% off $89.11 for $91.73 (With new customer promo code, price drops to $84.11 for $91.73) Target gift cards: up to 5% off $95.04 for $100 $55.74 for $58.72 (With new customer promo code, price drops to $90.04 for $100) Sears gift cards: up to 6% off $28.29 for $30 $84.87 for $90 (With new customer promo code, price drops to $79.87 for $90) Barnes & Noble gift cards: up to 14% off $43 for $50 $86 for $100 (With new customer promo code, price drops to $81 for $100) Toys R Us gift cards: up to 7% off $46.78 for $50 $126.27 for $134.99 (With new customer promo code, price drops to $121.27 for $134.99) There are more stores to pick from for sure. All I ask is that you come here and find the banners that I wiill be posting to show them we appreciate their service and hopefully it will benefit you even more in the future.

If I were to guess I`d suggest that it could become a promo item later in the year. Spend $30, $50, $70, get the polybag, or something like that. It is a cool little set for sure, and if your TRU does have some, maybe see if you can flip a few. As far as normally, it`s all over the map. Some polybags go right out to end caps, others hit the Lego stores, some are promo items, others are exclusive. Ones with minifgiures tend to be promo/exclusives, but it`s not always a guarentee. If you like the polybags, no question, get at least a couple if you can. It is pretty cool

Just a slight preview on what will be coming in the following months, need to order more parts.

Here are the official images for the 70728 Battle for Ninjago City and the 70727 X-1 Ninja Charger:

Maybe, if they were nicer shoes

It is from the new City Arctic line. I was originally thinking of an older set myself.

"No no no. We'll throw the money way up in the air, and whatever God wants, he keeps!"

Looks like a head from the new Arctic line from LEGO City, it's in a few sets from that line, but as that line hasn't been released as of yet it is most likely from an older set, sorry, but that's all I know about it.

Not true. This is from the Wikipedia page "Possession of Stolen Goods": Possession of stolen goods is a crime in which an individual has bought, been given, or acquired stolen goods some other way (other than they themselves having stolen them). In many countries, if an individual has accepted possession of goods or property and knew they were stolen, then the individual is typically charged with a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the value of the stolen goods. If the individual did not know the goods were stolen, then the goods are returned to the owner and the individual is not prosecuted. However, there are often exceptions, due to the difficulty of proving or disproving an individual's knowledge that the goods were stolen. There are then several sections detailing the laws in different countries, but under the United States heading is this: To be guilty of the offense, a person must know that the property had been stolen, but he need not know that it was moving as, or constituted a part of, interstate commerce. The term "interstate commerce" merely refers to the movement of property from one U.S. state into another; and it is sufficient if the property has recently moved interstate as a result of a transaction or a series of related transactions that have not been fully completed or consummated at the time of the person's acts as alleged. It is beyond impossible for people to know which things they buy are stolen and which aren't. If an owner of a convenience store steals a crate full of tampons and sells it in his store, there's no way a consumer could determine that. Cops aren't going to arrest some woman for buying stolen tampons. Are we supposed to ask everyone we buy anything from where they got it? They're not going to admit having stolen it even if they did. So are we supposed to trace every single thing we buy back to its source? Good luck with that. One might suspect that something is stolen, particularly if it's something cheap on Craigslist, but there are plenty of legitimate deals on Craigslist for non-stolen goods. We have no way of knowing and we have no responsibility to find out. If the dude says, "Hey, want to buy some Legos I boosted from a delivery truck?" THEN you're committing a crime by purchasing them.

I do hate to be argumentative, but I look fabulous, today and every day. Bottom line is, the OP doesn't know whether these "fell off a truck" or if the guy's telling the truth. He took a risk, and provided the next visitor at his house isn't Officer Friendly to discuss confiscating the stolen goods, it appears to have paid off for him. I tend personally to avoid these TGTBT scenarios, but that's 99% because I am adverse to risk in general. I am certain I will miss out on some very good and very legitimate deals because of it, while at the same time avoiding the maybe-shady and definitely-shady ones that also come along. There are all sorts of people who will be haters to investors and resellers on this site for all sorts of reasons. It's pointless to worry about how we "look" in every might-be-marginal situation. They can think what they want.

Save yourself some trouble. Open up the seals and confirm the contents. It will really cost very little in resale value and at least you know you have all the bags.

No disassemble...

I would sell the 7471 and the 4701 and reinvest the profits into other sets. As for the 8009, I would keep the set until the new SW movie comes out. the price could increase substantially due to the new movie.

There's a free webinar tomorrow regarding the changes and the new dashboard: http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/webinars.html The webinars are usually helpful to me - I am pretty up on this stuff, but I am usually able to learn one or two new things, or have one or two things clarified or verified, listening to them, and I can simply get on with my work while they're playing the background, like talk radio.

I can think of two excellent reasons why they didn't use the CMF versions: 1) These are easier to animate. All they have to do is animate flat facial expressions and then digitally paste them onto standard yellow minifig heads which never have to move or turn. Detailed CMF versions would require a lot more time and money. 2) As with the Lego Movie that just came out, they seem to be going for a style where the bricks and characters never break the rules of physics. Plastic in the movie doesn't distort; all animation is done as though it was stop-motion using actual minifigs and other Lego elements. If they used the CMF minifigs, they would have to break that reality and the heads would change shape. This way, the heads and bodies are solid and all character animation is done in the joints or as though expressions were painted onto real minifig heads. EDIT: Expanded #2.

White House Architecture Set from Amazon WH. The box is a little beat up, but not horrible. I'm going to pull this out and build it for my desk at work, and then sell it used a few months from now.

My local Wal-Mart had a whole bunch of stuff on for 50% off. The clearance prices were listed online but they weren't actually marked down in store. I was able to snag : 1x 60003 Fire Emergency - $25 2x 60004 Fire Station - $60 1x 60008 Museum Break In - $45 1x 60014 Coast Guard Patrol - $50 2x 60021 Cargo Heliplane - $30 1x 70725 Nindroid Mechdragon - $50 1x 75020 Jabba's Sail Barge - $70 All prices CAD. They apparently had 9472 Attack On Weathertop marked down to $35 but I missed it.

My opinion is to sell. In the case of LEGO sets, the most appreciation takes place at EOL (or shortly after). It then levels off and might climb, but at a slower rate. I think your gut reaction was right: sell these and buy something with more potential earnings....and the VW is a good example of that. Not sure CAD prices, but in the US you could get 2 Grand Emporiums ($300), 2 VW's ($240) and 2 Sopwith Camels ($200) and might still have enough after sales tax to treat your significant other to a delicious meal of Taco Bell. Not bad for $300 CAD! Oh...don't forget selling fees. Might need to change that to 1 SC. Still terrific though!

Well there you go, when you get 67 Crawlers you also get a divorce Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I would like to see a VC with a customized ghost train moving around on railroad tracks. =)

3660 grams (+/- 5 grams)

Just to answer OP question, I received my Simpsons house today from Lego and the receipt says net weight is 3,660kg. Good luck. If they are knocked off the bad karma is with the guy that sold them to you Sent from my Nexus 5 using Brickpicker mobile app

Let me offer another possible scenario. It is possible he could have been one of the many who come here. Never posted, never did research and disillusioned by the culture of easy money fast that one can get from this site. He purchased the sets with money he couldn't spare hoping for an OOS quick flip. That obviously didn't happen. Now he needs money fast. Goes to CL because of its ease and no fees. Cuts his losses and makes a quick firesale. I agree this deal does sound shady. But it is possible that some of these deals are because somebody jumped in too quick and suddenly realized this ian not for them.

Helms deep has not even been retired for a year, I don't know what the panic is, it is a high priced set. Makes me laugh seeing people make the same mistake time and time over and over again, selling their investment far too early or thinking one theme is moving faster than the other or one size set is better than another.

"Tbh I was more worried about getting jacked than getting stolen goods" Is this really what its come to? Meeting shady people behind stores, or in front of stores for a Lego deal. Worried about getting jacked for an item that might make you a hundred bucks some day? Good Lord! I find myself yearning for the good old days, when you could flip hotcakes in front of TRU without a care in the world.

The lingering stock of VC is making it a long term investment, not a quick flipper. It's not going to jump up that much this Halloween, and you'll probably get modest returns at best next Halloween. There's just too much stock out there. The bet on this set is that Lego might never do a Halloween theme again, so 3-5 years down the road this set and the Haunted House (and really any MF set) is going to do well.

I was totally agreeing with you in my post!

if it was me, i'd send the cafe corner to myself, then i'd sell the others to buy grand emporiums or curiosity rovers

3 units of a hot fresh item sold with a 30% discount. That's not undervaluing, that's free money there. We've seen this too many times to know when spotted.

Found a Haunted House for 30% off (returned online purchase) at Target tonight! So tempted to save it for investment, but I don't own one for myself so going to build it. Was really excited to find an exclusive at a discount. So thank you to whoever returned it

No...one would need a pretty accurate scale for that. It more just helped seperate similar figures. Bart was one of the lightest and marge was one of the heaviest if memory serves.

Then buy it or if you have to wait 2-3 years and not expect anything don't. What do you want us to tell you?

I met a fence once who claimed his source was disabled and he was helping him, an interesting take.

just finally sold my last 9497 republic starfighter. I had about a dozen of these I bought from shopko last winter/spring for about $17 each. after fees and shipping I made between $10-$15 on each one, depending on where they were shipped to. I am glad to wash my hands of this set. they were tough to unload, even though I had them listed at $38 (retail is $45). I feel for anyone who invested in this set for more than $25 thinking they got a bargain. no more old republic sets for me in the future.

I *really* wanted to avoid these! as I'm not a Simpsons fan, and I don't like to pick up things I'm not a big fan of. However, I ended up with two cases today, so, yeah.

What's strange is we have people on this site who abuse coupons, take advantage of obvious pricing errors, or gladly rip of uunknowing people on Craigslist who aren't asking enough for their item. But, they seem to think that buying a "possible", stolen item is somehow taboo.

If your local store has it for less than $90, I would jump on it if its for a personal collection. Otherwise, I would wait for the next good wave of TRU coupons and pair that up with a discount gift card from raise.com (affiliated with Brickpicker) or cardpool (some have reported issues with this company, I have had none). Like others have said, I think it will be a while before this one appreciates so no rush unless the local store price is really good.

Everyone has been hoping TRU will finally run out, but there have been a number of opportunities to get them in the states around $90 the last few months. Many investors go them at much better prices so it will probably be a while before the price goes up. Here are a few threads of discussion about the VC: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/6909-vampire-castle-or-haunted-house/?hl=vampire http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/6620-vampyre-castle-9468-back-in-stock-on-lego-shop/?hl=vampire+castle#entry183484

All this talk of the Simpsons has me craving one of these sealed cases, plus the 71006 (house). I'm not sure if I could resist the temptation to open, but those sold as a pair might prove to be a nice investment down the road.

I use a powerful LED flashlight. You move the small pieces to the bottom of the package. Hold the flashlight directly underneath the package right up against it on the front of the package. Hold the little flap of the package back on the back side. In that small space where the is no printing on the package you can see the pieces inside the package. It works. I successfully identified a whole case on the previously series of minifigs using this method. I just tried it with the Simpsons minifigs and it works also. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

Did you ask the guy where he got them?

Couldn't resist.

We all love William Shatner. T.J. Hooker was a classic. Also, I loved Roger Moore as well. Wrath of Khan was a very good movie. I just appreciate the new STAR TREK movies and if the new STAR WARS look like that, I will be happy.

I've yet to experience the bag. I've seen the pancakes I've seen the curtains And I've seen the -my lego looks like it had been run over by a truck- walmart special. Oh and the TRU -we now ship empty packages- bonanza

Just stalk the PAB wall some amazing finds there ;)

Just sold my last sealed 7888 Batman 1 Joker's Tumbler Ice Cream Surprise. $570 with free ship. buyer paid PayPal fees though. No bricklink fee. Another example of a smaller $ set that outperformed most $100+ sets.

My kmart.com order of 2x Batman Riddler chase arrived yesterday in a BOX !! Definately get more than 1 item when ordering from Kmart.com. Otherwise they just send the order in a plastic bag.

The Barnes and Noble at 14% off can make for a nice discount combined with other deals.