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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.

So I went over the deep end today and bought three bins from a CL ad near Philly. To date I've been a lurker on here, and dabbled a little in buying & sorting LEGO with a couple of small lots in the $45 or lower range so far. This popped up last night, and I decided to take the plunge: I paid $300 and the gross weight (including the bins & Mega Block content) is 86 Lbs. There's a decent amount of Mega Blocks, hopefully under 25% by the time I sort it all out. So Far I can tell there is the City Freight ship, a Technic Crane, and at least one big airplane. I also saw some of what appears to be the Black Pearl in there as well.

Poof. And like that, it's gone.

Mortimer, we're back!

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.

HA HA, Jeff is that you?

Ed's house...

I guess it takes a Darth to know a Darth!

Perhaps TLC had a little talk with Amazon. Maybe it was not supposed to be visible until Sept...

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 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......

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.

A lot of the sets in both lines fall into the unfortunate trap of having to slot into different price points on the retail scale. Each wave had to have sets ranging right through each pricing bracket. As such most of the small or medium sized sets failed to truly capture the source material and appeal to collectors. The strength really is those minifigures. From a personal position I have collected every LotR, but only one Hobbit (UG). As a big fan of both the books and the movies (hey it's compulsory, I'm from NZ!) I feel that my own thoughts should somewhat mirror those of the secondary market collector, as I've said before, it's the AFOLs, not the kids providing the majority of growth for these themes. One thing I want in a set is display potential. "Playing" with sets holds zero interest. Flick fire missiles on Weathertop! Give me a break! My LotR rankings go like this: Tower of Orthanc - No contest. One of my favourite sets of all time. So damn impressive looking. Helm's Deep + Uruk Hai Army - It really needs the additional clip-on to make the Deeping Wall look semi-realistic, plus the extra minifigs to bulk out the army Pirate Ship - It always gets great comments from guests. Not Immediately recognizable as an LotR set but the minifigs (9! including King of the Dead!) pull it through. It's big and commands attention. Black Gate - another imposing looking set. Especially if 2 are joined together (I still need to get around to doing this!). Mouth of Sauron who only shows up in the extended cut movies/books as well. Shelob - Giant Spider, enough said Council of Elrond - small but looks really nice on display with it's minifigs. Nice colour schemes. Everything else - most of these have been put away back in the closet with only minifigs left out. They generally have nothing to warrant some of my limited display space.

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

Spent more than I wanted Paid $204 for a complete with box 10027 train engine station, manual is excellent. A couple of the element bags were still sealed. Now if only I could finish bricklinking my incomplete 10027 and find a cheap manual for selling it, I'll be into something. It is such a great set. Even uses the older non-Bley grays. http://brickset.com/sets/10027-1/Train-Engine-Shed

Well gang, I just received my shipment from Amazon with the Exo Suit yesterday and I feel awesome. To everyone who made a public reply or sent a private message offering me one of their Exo Suits in case my order did not pull through, I thank you. I don't think elsewhere on the net would I have seen so many willing to do something like that for me. Thank you. Now before somebody nags me with "What's the seal code? Give us the code! GIVE THE CODE!!!!" , it is "20S4" so I'm guessing that the one Amazon sent me was an original production run or something. I don't know. It's your guys' thing. Here we go again.... :crazypilot:

I am pretty confident we will see them remaster the LOTR Trilogy in 3d.

We had a hot dog stand once...

I think this theme is doing rather well so far since you can buy most of the sets around 50% off except Orthanc and Helms Deep (25% to 30% off was the best I found). The MM is doing well if you only paid $40 a set. The latest wave of Hobbit sets does leave a lot to be desired, but again AFOLs can buy three or four of each set and make things in the kind of detail and according to the scale that they wish. As far as castles go Helms Deep was a nice departure from the previous paradigm. Yes, the Pirate Ship is not that great, but the minifigs are awesome. I hope they continue this theme since there is so much potential and room to make huge sets. I want to see the White Tower (Minas Tirith), an Oliphant (spelling?), and some Nazgul, a Balrog, and Treebeard as well as a set with cave and waterfall with Faramir and his woodsmen. Is that asking too much? Probably.

Or it's exactly why they live check to check. Buy legos you can't afford, preferably from me, and the debt keeps you living check to check. It's the American way!

I think Mines of Moria is a solid set if you put 2 or 3 of them together. The crypt just wasn't big enough, or maybe it should have been a $120 set.

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.

Sold my last Catwoman today...have one built and son playing with it already so didn't mind letting this final sealed box go. $35 after fees and shipping costs. Still relatively new to this hobby - bittersweet to see some of the sets I purchased for investing when I started disappearing for good from my closet. Make way for new sets/opportunities. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank-you to Catwoman, Hulk, Cap Am, Two Face, Wolverine, Kingdom Chess set, 41999, TC-14, etc. for helping me with ROI the past 6-10months. My inventory is 'small' but hope to see Superman vs Lex, Spiderman Cycle, Rovers, Uruk Army, and Grand Emporiums bring in some steady ROI the next 6-12months Maybe Funhouse and Arctic Batman will be a surprise with nice margins before 2016 too.

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.

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

Wait, I'm confused. If I am understanding correctly... it's possible to buy less than $100 from LEGO Shop at Home?! How is this miracle achieved? I've never heard of such a thing.