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Here is my thought on the R2-D2 Droid, don't wait to the last minute like alot of you are doing, buy one now and then so when it does get ready to retire the panic buying starts, now I am pretty sure it will be around another year or so, and why would anybody think that this will not be a big winner, the guys who think it won't be and are not buying any now will be the panic buyers when it does get ready to retire. Now I have 24 now, and will have 30-40 by next year. On the 24 I have I paid $134 for 4 of them from Amazon, and the rest from Barnes and Noble for $127 with 30% Kids Coupons and 10% Membership. "And I will be boxing these up in a week or two. So don't wait to the last minute. Ed

Your "glass is half full" discussion depends upon LEGO releasing more of these sets...which is always possible. It's my opinion this set is done in the US and soon everywhere else from what I've heard and seen. For arguments sake, let's say it is retired. You have the perfect storm coming for STAR WARS LEGO sets with the new movies coming out. You will not see another Star Destroyer or Super Star Destroyer released for a long long time in UCS form...Why? Because you have the Slave I coming out in a few months, which will fill another UCS slot withe the R2-D2, X-Wing and Sandcrawler still in production. This should hold you over until late 2015 when the new SW movies hit the screens. Along with the new movie, you will get NEW ships, thus new UCS sets. Comparing the SSD to other "large" sets is not a fair one IMO. The SSD is an iconic set. Only the 10030 and 10179 matches it's size and display attributes. I see the future value of the SSD very similar to the 10030...and in a much shorter time. If the set retires now, $1500 is not out of the question Christmas of 2015. That is how special this set is, along with the added interest of the new STAR WARS movies thrown in as a multiplier. Am I bullish on this set...you're damn right. If things go right, there will be many happy people who took a chance. There will also be mad people who didn't, but that is a bonus to those who did. The $400 price tag weeded out the people with limited budgets, which could be a huge benefit to those with deeper pockets. Everyone needs to make their own investment decisions. Discussions here are just that...discussions. There is nothing guaranteed or written in stone. My vision of where this set is heading can be derailed if LEGO releases more SSDs or there is a worldwide economic meltdown for example. If a person cannot pay their mortgage and food bills, they should not buy any LEGO set as an investment. Not one. Pay your bills and feed your family first. This is a business/hobby for people with extra discretionary income. But for those who have some extra cash laying around, this set will reward you better than any available LEGO set on the market or recently retired. Just my 2 cents...

Obviously, it is now EOL - We might need to change the name of the topic

"F--- him! Now, you listen to me! I want trading reopened right now. Get those brokers back in here! Turn those machines back on!"

You should ask him what he paid for his house. Maybe he bought it in 1960 for 20 grand and now it is worth 250 grand. Tell him he should sell it to you for 50 grand. That's double what he paid plus a bunch more for closing costs, etc. Greedy jerk.

Well maybe Anthony used to work @ 2nd&Charles

Last year the Star Wars Advent Calendar sold out much quicker and clearance opportunities were few and far between. The 2 years prior they were readily available through December and many stores still had enough to clearance them after Christmas. It's a bit of a gamble because last year there was a good opportunity for resale but the previous years they didn't move because they were everywhere.

We discussed this yesterday. Gains can be evaluated multiple ways. For an individual accounting purposes, price paid (AKA cost of investment) not MSRP is used to calc ROI or gains. Our personal Brickfolio uses price paid. For general purposes and discussions, MSRP is used instead of cost of investment since not everyone pays the same amount. The BrickPicker price guide uses MSRP for this reason. Thus $99 10227s and 10221s (any price under MSRP) are both doing good depending on the conversation.

I had a BIN going for $62, but decided to end it today. I'm going to hold on to these for a little while after all. If the letter earlier in the thread is true, and this is it, then this could go bigger. I did have a question come from a buyer this morning - he did a best offer that was rejected. He wanted to know why I thought "100% profit ($40) + eBay fees wasn't enough for a greedy guy" like me. Block.

I wonder how many people on here weren't even born when that movie came out. "One Dollar!"

find out fast how much small packet parcel cost to ship to the continental US and take that amount and add it to your desired start of your auction ... for instance you want to start it at $30 with a shipping of $10 ... start that ebay auction at $40 free shipping and go from there ... list it for a one day auction buy it now ... if it sells fast list the other for $45 and so on ... good luck with your haul ... many of us here in the USA dont have that kind of luck at our B&M stores ...

BRB, plugging my Grand Emporium into my Laptop...

Yesterday- 10RI's and 6exos Today- 15RI's All from TrU B&M store

I may have learned nothing else from Trading Places, but I learned this.

Come on, let's be realistic, if you have kids they end up under the couch, behind the fridge, or in various places on bedroom floors.

How about the EOL of yet another Supraboy account?

A few nice perks this month: Free Worriz' Fire Bike with purchases $50+ Free White Classic Spaceman promo with purchases $99+ September 17-30th VIPs get early access to a new Holiday themed set Batman Tumbler available on September 1st, 2014. New LEGO Catalog Hopefully, in the new catalog we'll see the new Lego Ideas sets, so we can figure out if they have the same "Limited" tag as the Mars Rover.

Poof. And like that, it's gone.

I just scored these for $50.

Not me. don't have time for that today. Supraboy has several accounts, why keep them closed, he will just create another one.

Ed's house...

Just picked up a couple over the lunch break at TRU in Ottawa so they are getting to the shelves now.

Maybe they hang out at the same computer

On the contrary my friend, it is better to identify and BLOCK problematic buyers BEFORE money changes hands

I wish I could give you a "like" that was a positive for you, but a sad like, as I don't like what happened to you. Sorry.

This is my make shift lego USB..,

Not much of a resume enhancer, unless he put it on there as "I know how to move product."

I do not think it is EOL but do think that demand will continue to be greater then supply even if they do 2 more production runs. I would hold at least untill Xmas. If you see another round released you can still dump them on eBay. I am keeping 10 for the long run don't want to miss out on a good opportunity if the set is done. I think at the low buy in price the reward outweighs the risk.

Architecture studio 4 bucks from ebay.

I bet Trekgate was solely responsible for holding the price around $58

Finished the Black Pearl last night. Very easy but fun build. The finished product as many of you know is amazing.

so you are the one getting them from my cart! I was shopping for other stuff... got creator bike shop, surge & rocka for $3 each, bad cop's pursuit for $2, ua infearno for $4......

I imagine he will probably have an anxiety attack after he realizes how much you guys have paid for some of these items... lol nice finds

Shipping was combined too, 4 for 40.95. Pays to get up early

A seller on ebay listed five of them for $6 each plus $8 shipping?? I bought four, left one for someone http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-21110-Research-Institute-New-Sealed-/181490221162?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item2a41a9006a Probably was supposed to be 60 each.

man this would be the perfect business opportunity for someone to just open up a big warehouse with nothing but dropboxes with locks in it for canadians to use as US addresses for getting cheap Lego, hell you could probably build the entire place for free in somewhere like North Dakota, I doubt the antelopes and buffalo care

Both lines are crap. I could not sell the sets for 2x MSRP when they were still in production. Blah blah blah boring, blah blah blah small, blah blah blah brown * *The last set I criticized / blasted did rather well after EOL.. so here is hoping

One live auction from Canada going now. If you want to get an idea on pricing http://www.ebay.ca/itm/151377090401?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 They have been found by some in Canada. My TRU had 1 (when I was there) obviously others have had a few more

Bought 2 Sopwiths, 3 Simpsons Houses, 2 MKII cranes, and a Sydney Opera House at a good discount on eBay. In my excitement of discovering that shipping was only $5 per additional set, it did not occur to me that this would be over 70 lbs in a single package. So unsurprisingly I got a giant box of pancakes today...but at least they were nicely priced pancakes.

I'm betting they pay taxes on all that income also right... that's why those marginal returns are so lucrative.

I would. Since this will be retiring soon, Amazon recently jacked the price up from $15 to $19.99 and now it's $18.99. LEGO Shop at Home is $19.99 as well. I bought all 5 of mine for $15........I couldn't get them any cheaper and I didn't want to miss out. Remember, MSRP is $19.99, so $15 isn't a bad price. There are just other people who were able to snag them on a good sale or used gift cards and stuff.

What did Obi-Wan say? Obi-Wan: So what I told you was true... from a certain point of view. Luke: A certain point of view? Obi-Wan: Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.

I definitely agree that this just needs more time. The selling prices are deceptive because most people bought these at a big discount, so most sellers only need to get to 25% over retail to double their money. For the majority of investment sets, it takes 2 years after retirement for a set to sell for twice retail. Everyone's feeling on investing has been skewed by the huge returns on a few high profile sets. Be patient, and every set in the LoTR line will do just fine, especially if you are comparing it to average returns in the stock market.

I've also had to get one out of a nose once several years ago. He only made that mistake once.

I am 38 and still have trouble putting together sets that are more than a few hundred pieces (I must have close to the world's shortest attention spans) so kudos to your son. He sounds like master builder material. Make sure to take your kids down to Canby and visit my old mentor: https://www.facebook.com/bricksandminifigures He also host birthday parties. The owner has unsurpassed lego knowledge and the staff are all awesome.

Pic and it did happen :p

There was a member who had K'nex figures as his avatar for quite a while before changing it to something else, we won't hold your choice against you. At least we will wait till your offline to make fun of you.

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!

This isn't true. At least, it isn't always true.