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Was browsing the Lego store today and had to do a double-take when I saw a Fire Brigade on the shelf. Needless to say, I grabbed it immediately and asked one of the employees how this was still there and he said someone returned it and that they apparently don't look on ebay. The box had very slight creasing, but the seals looked intact. So I found a new condition retired set for msrp, got VIP points for it, and a Mini Cooper poly bag. I'd call that a win.

I understand what you're trying to say, but I don't believe you're going to get a lot of sympathy here. If you are a serious investor, then you have to play seriously. So, you have to learn how to get a hold of things. You have to learn the tricks of obtaining the product that you want. And, you don't get to cry when you miss out. What you have to learn is that there's always "something else." Didn't get to jump on this, then invest the money elsewhere. Try to get a GE or SSD before they are completely gone. Don't have time to jump on those when they randomly pop up? Then you should look for something else. There's tons of advice on this site. I live in SoCal. Do you know how hard it is for me to jump on the Target or Walmart clearance sales? They're non-existent here. But those of us in SoCal don't cry about it - we just move on to the next thing. If you're here because you're a collector only, and you're only trying to get one for yourself; I'm sorry, but you've walked in the wolf's den. You're going to get great info, but you're also going to be exposed to those that are in is for the money. So, again, you're just going to have to listen, get the info, and get in while you can. I'm not saying this to be mean, just saying this to be realistic. There are tons of ways to get in on things, if you take the time to figure it out.

Hello BrickPickers... With the increased site traffic and the new Brick Classifieds forum launching soon, we have asked jaisonline and Bold-Arrow to be moderators. They have graciously accepted. Jeff is finishing up the Brick Classifieds and it looks and works great(He showed me this morning). We will be adding a few more moderators once the Brick Classifieds site and forum go live, preferably members that will be active on the Brick Classifieds and will be able to instruct others on how to use the Brick Classifieds and inform new users about the rules and regulations. More on that later... Ed Mack

Forewarning this is a picture intesive post. It's a hot mess at the moment because I've been running very low on space and the kids like to play in there so stuff is just everywhere. Hopefully you guys enjoy my little collection. I've had a lot of fun putting it all together with the wife.

Wait for it... wait... I can just see him mentioning hotcakes

Or Target GCs. One thing I have learned is never assume what another person has paid for a set.

I'm not a real investor, I just love this site for helping me find deals for my personal collection. So I went big today amd bought a pet shop, palace cinema and Parisian restaurant. Because of this site, I applied for the TRU card a few weeks ago to take advantage of the 25% coupon and 10% Thursdays. I was just playing around and was surprised to see that the 15% off code I got with the credit card worked on the exclusive lego sets at TRU.com. So between that code, the 25% off staple gift cards and then the current 15% off twosmiles gift cards! I got these for a little over 30% off. A huge chunk of my wants in one blow!

12 chima 2 in 1 super packs (66474) for $5.50 each... Anyone that lives near toysrus 7960 connector dr. Florence 41042 still has 15 of these for that price! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

and this why he can't find anything ... Lol

There are so many ways this could go....and I'm not touching any of them with a twenty foot pole. :no:

I did everything he mentioned. That allowed me to already flip these and still have plenty more on the way

I don't do anything you mentioned and I got a handful.

Someone like myself? What is that supposed to mean? I set up alerts it's not hard. It was available the entire day on LEGO Shop at Home. If you want to cry about it do it somewhere else. This whole site is based on opportune buying and reselling.

Yes, plenty of opportunities for someone like yourself. Most people can't watch retailer sites like a hawk or schedule their lives around planned LEGO purchases.

I went garage sailing for lego for the first time ever. Found none but bought a real 1972 USPS Scale to weigh my sets.

For those wondering why Lego didn't include a certain red-nosed reindeer. Marcos is the designer of the set. Sent from an iPhone using the Brickpicker app

Those who don't think this set will do well may not be thinking of the potential crowd that may be buying this set down the road. It is a set of 3 different professions. And would be great as a graduation present for college instead of getting the typical money or jewelry. Being a 22 year old female, who just graduated from university, I would have loved to receive this set. It is small enough that it doesn't take up a lot of space. Also, when little girls grow up to be anthropologists or chemists or astrophysicists they will be making enough money to be able to buy this set at a higher cost in x amount of years. Just my 2 cents. There are too many males here thinking Star Wars are the only good sets.

Are these worth getting and parting out? I think I can get them at 20% over at TRU with the new coupon today. Do sets/lines that only really have 1 movie and no other recent media usually do well?

Hey guys, First let me thank everyone for all the amazing deals, tips and information. This hobby is very addicting and I've learned a lot in a very short amount of time. I've been accumulating sets rapidly since the Fall of 2013. I have shelving dedicated to my collection in the basement but it's starting to spill over. My wife recently decided she wants to organize and finish the basement. I'm on board with this but it presents a huge problem. I need to consolidate my collection and my timeline to beginning selling is now accelerated. I was originally planning to hold out until Christmas of 2015 before selling anything. Most of the veterans recommend selling a few sets before getting into this too deep. I guess that time is now for me. I'm looking for some advice on selling and I have a few questions. 1) When you run out of room, what do you typically do? Stop buying altogether? Sell your losers or marginal gainers? Dump inventory at a loss? Take a break for 6 months and just build? 2) Tax advice: most of my sets were purchased in the past twelve months. I don't want to risk anything with the IRS. Should I simply contact a tax accountant to get my record keeping up to par? I have my receipts and have been tracking purchases since day one but I have no clue how to properly calculate profit or capital gains once things start to sell. 3) Shipping: I think everyone uses USPS. I probably need to buy a scale. I keep as many boxes and shipping materials as I can. Do you invest in a label maker too? 4) What should I sell? I have some sets that have already appreciated. I have other sets that I'm not too optimistic about. Here are some highlights of my collection. All set quantities (in parenthesis) are estimates. Potential Profit: Jabba's Palace (10) Constitution Train Chase (10) MHC Cannon (10) Helms Deep (2) Two Face Chase (3) Martian Manhunter (5) Darth Revan (5) Mirkwood Elf Guard Poly (20) Losers or sets I don't see appreciating any time soon: Attack of the Wargs (10) Vampyre Castle (4) Sail Barge (5) Republic Gunship (5) Millennium Falcon (4) I also have some LOTR / Hobbit that I'm not sure about: Unexpected Gathering (10) Black Gate (4) Mines Moria (2) Goblin King (1) Barrel Escape (8 ) Any obvious sets to dump at this point? I'm not emotionally tied to most of these. Any advice would be appreciated. I'm basically looking to free up some shelving space, regain some capital for the holiday season, and get some practice selling. Thanks in advance for your input!

So many plastic jokes to make...

Yes you can win them all, its called being a god. Os the Kanye West of lego investing.

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8061 - Atlantis Gateway of the Squid This is the first Atlantis set that I really enjoyed putting together. It's a decent set, with a lot of "mystery" during the build. I liked how surprised I was while building it, with trying to figure out how it was going to come together. This was my last Atlantis set to put together. So glad to move on to something else now. Next in the queue - Slave 1

Welcome I'm in *** too an hour south of atl Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

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Welcome to the site.

Welcome to Brickpicker!!

Welcome! I got into Lego pretty heavily this year and started with some Monster Fighters as well--lots of great advice on this site whether you're looking to collect, invest, or both. Spending time reading through the various threads will really pay off down the road.

Sell Savage And Grievous by themselves, sell a lot of clone troopers, if you have a clone captain or commander in there then sell them by themselves. Sell the droids together as a lot, sell the Magna guard by himself. Savage and Asajj also sell well as a pair.

Call me an old man but I don't understand what this means I see you use it in a lot of your posts but usually in the context of something like: Did your dog die last night? :D

I gave up after the first one.

LOL! I watched it too. I wasn't going to, but my co-worker wanted to see it when we were traveling, so I caved.

Nice^^^ Although I think you may be missing one or two Clive Cusslers.

I'm returning my exo suits to buy more 6862

Yeah, but that chemist is kinda cute.

Hi Alpinemaps, Good Morning. I was neither complaining nor crying about anything in my post. I was simply disagreeing with marcandre's statement about consumers having 'plenty of opportunities' to pick up an exo-suit from one of the retailers he mentioned. I stayed up late on August 1 and have received my order from LEGO Shop at Home. I could have purchased more at Target.com the next morning, but didn't since I had already ordered what I wanted from LEGO. I'm able to stay up-to-date on release dates, stay up after midnight to place an order, and scan some sites now and then during the day. This may sound easy enough to do, but I've got to believe that most people don't want to do this. Many have more important things on their mind, need plenty of sleep for whatever they've got going on the next day, or both. I don't want to hear about how one needs to work hard to be successful in this business. 99% of the people who want the item aren't in the business of LEGO investing, they just want a cool set that's reasonably priced. Saying that a week of intermittent availablity gives one plenty of opportunities to do so is just not true. It's an extremely greedy statement.

The exosuit just went from "Temporaly OoS, back September 11th" to "Sold out" (like the research institute some days ago).

Tonight I built 4184 The Black Pearl for the first time. It was the cream of a bulk lot I picked up a few months ago and I left it for last. Interesting build, and what an impressive result!

Well, I can answer some of your questions. 3) USPS Priority is great for postage until you hit about the 3 pound mark. Then FedEx and UPS Ground becomes much more cost efficient especially after 8 pounds. If you have a biz account, UPS and FedEx will save you even more. I think DINM wrote a blog on this topic. 1) harder said than done, when I completely ran out of space in the past, I bought new shelving units. However, I can't fit anymore in my house or the wife will put on riot gear and come after me (and rightfully so). I begin selling off sets that are more than 3 years retired (start with the older ones first) or sets that I feel have peaked (e.g. 2012

Who goes to the bathroom without their phone? That's when I bought my exo suits...

The Delorean is a beautiful car and will always remain special to me, but the version TLG decided to produce simply doesn't sit well on my desk as a display model. Try selling them on october 21, 2015.

The A-Team van would be my choice for sure. That would be bada$$. What about Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari? That would be cool too. I love all that 80's stuff.

Congrats BA and Jais!

People are happy that can get some then quickly become "upset" that others can too. Nature of the beast urmmmm game . ;)

No, it will kill the quick flip value, it should still be solid EOL.

My concern with this is the lack of clear identification that it is a licensed Mini product. No sticker and no identifying anywhere on the bag that it is. The mini Camper though did and had a VW licence and logo on the bag. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

To build? Why do I have a hunch that you will build and display each version?

They sure show you who has the balls (in case pic is not clear, they put a line over $49.99 and had $59.99 in bold)

Enjoy~

I am the same here. I will build them. I only have them in the bags if I have extras, but that rarely happens.