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OK I now have a smarter system set up for capturing changes in the "retired product" Lego shop search results. I ran it a couple of times and found quite a few sets that I had missed off my list. I've filtered out any Duplo sets, or accessories like minifigures, motors, cables etc. This is a list of all the newly found ones. I've also added a column called "Status Updated" that records the date I ran the numbers and found the newly tagged Retired Product sets. And attached is an updated full list of all sets to date. As sets drop off the Lego "Retired Product" search page into oblivion this will soon be one of the only sources for that info. EOL dates table.xlsx

This is why selling your SSD out of your trunk in a TRU parking lot is king.

Lots of cool features in this set. The ship even includes a sleeping quarters. I love that the captain comes with a cup of coffee. Take a look.

Every Long Term Investor should be buying the 10188 Death Star whenever you have the money, when it does retire its not going to take 3 years or longer to reach $800 or more, The Death Star price will rise fast. Look at all the guys who said it would take 3-5 years for the SSD to be a money maker. So everybody who who missed the boat on the SSD don't make the same mistake on the DS.How many people on here are regreting not buying these, I am sure there are plenty. "So Buy those DS"

Did you open the box and say "Look sir, droids."?

There is such a thing like a consensus around here? I must have missed it.

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Sold a 10212 Imperial Shuttle for $475 shipped

Hello, my name is Matt and I am from the St Louis area. I am 35. I used to have a massive Lego Star Wars collection, but sold them all about 4 years ago when I got divorced and needed money bad. I would like to get back into this because I realized I made a TON of money. It was all accidental too. I had been buying those sets because I like Legos and Star Wars. Half of them I had opened and built. Even the ones I opened sold for more than they did when they were new. I could not believe it. I did have some very nice rare sets. I had the Jango Fett Slave 1, the original Sail Barge, motorized AT-AT, old hoth set, cloud city, just to name a few. I had so many. I even at one point almost bout the UCS Falcon new for $500. Man. MAN. So now I am wanting to get back in the game, but more for investment than my own peronal enjoyment, although I will still keep a couple to build that I really like. So far I picked up 5 ghostbusters Echo 1, 5 Delorean (I have a feeling these will do really well, especially with people my age, in a few years as long as lego doesn't make a bazzillion of them and if they don't whatever, they weren't that expensive), I have a back order in for 2 Sopwith Camels and another backorder in for two Grand Emporiums, I managed to find a 6211 Star Destroyer on Craigslist for $110 (Can you believe that??), picked up a couple new star destroyers (one for me to build and display in my vintage video game room (yes I do have one) and a new AT AT, and I also have plans to get into the Haunted House, big R2, VW camper, and tower bridge as well. And I am ALWAYS scouring Craigslist and little random stores and stuff for retired sets. I feel like I know a TON about Lego Star Wars, but if there was one series I wish I knew more about it would be Super Heros. I just never got into any of that as a kid except for X-Men and I just don't really know which ones are going to be sought after sets like I do with Star Wars. Besides the Legos I work as a software developer for one of the largest law firms in the country. I also collect vintage video game consoles and games, have a GTO that I work on making faster, play on an airsoft team, obsess over my body and fitness, ruin that on the weekends because I really really like good beer and whiskey, and enjoy watching my Cardinals and Blues. Oh yeah, I read all the time too. No, I don't have time for sleeping. Great to be here, I will try not to be a d*** Matt

Well, we made it! Didn't think it would sell this soon. 9492 - Tie Fighter - $100 shipped

I care, congratulations!

I wonder how many people who bought the DS at 20-30% off 2-3 years ago have dumped them to clear up shelf space? I have to imagine there are some who lost patience, got out of the game, or simply wanted to reinvest their money elsewhere and dumped them for a small loss. If they did, it could help it's long term value. I'm guessing that anyone who recently got into this (within the past year or two) probably has very few of these, if any. It's expensive, hardly anyone promotes it as an investment on this site, and it's widely available and rarely discounted anymore. Those are all fine ingredients for a successful investment if, and only if, there isn't a large amount of veteran investors with piles of these. Disclaimer: I have only one and I purchased it off AWD that is a Christmas present for my son in 2015.

Valar morghulis - all sets must retire. The DS will retire, all Lego sets do. Even if it is a top seller it won't stay that way forever, eventually the set will look dated (it arguably already does), and the market will be saturated. This set will do well, eventually. I don't like this set as an investment because I feel like its going to be a very long hold before you see great gains on it.

I just finished this build. It's a detailed look at 75053 The Ghost paired with 75048 The Phantom. A solid build with a lot of playability. Lego accidentally placed two wrong pieces in the bag. They look similar in appearance. I had to order them so they are not included in the build. Enjoy.

Got my extra one from LEGO today. In best possible condition! See picture

ONCE AGAIN CAN WE PLEASE START INCLUDING THE PRICE OF THE ITEM YOU SOLD. NO OFFENSE BUT IT'S JUST USELESS JIBBER JABBER IF YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THE PRICE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO INCLUDE A PRICE THEN REFRAIN FROM POSTING HERE. THE TITLE HAS BEEN CHANGED. THANKS

It took me 10 seconds. The link for that video is http***//www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuxM-avNfLo*** So I copy/paste "tuxM-avNfLo" in the "search in this topic" case... What's my price ? edit: ok no need for a price: I'm a brick advisor now ! (750 posts full of engrish words, yay !)

You can't blame predictive texting for that typo. It's breakfast time here. Another day another Lego deal to be done! 500 posts, woohoo

Damage claims? Do you know who you're talking to? Emazers laughs at taxes, customs, return policies and damage claims. He laughs right in their faces.

So here is how I am Boxing up My SSD and Death Stars. I am using the 24"x8"x20" Box that you get at Staples or Uline Bundles of 25.Put a few layers of paper or Bumble wrap, Put the SSD in the Box, I take the paper and pack it all around the sides, put a few layers on the Top and then I put a Fed,Post office flat box on the top. Seal the box up. The weight is 19 lbs, 10 oz. Simple job. "As for how much shipping is if mailed in the US. I Live in baltimore Zip Code 21220 and I checked Fedex Site for me mailing it to Zip Code 90017 in Cal. Fedex Ground was $33.69 now thats not including insurance. So thats pretty cheap for going from the East Coast to West Coast. Ed

Also, here's an updated graph with the month scale properly reflected.

That flat gray one.

Hotcakes and hatchbacks!

We all love hotcakes

Blasphemy! You have to show the customer who's boss. Here's how you do it: Take the DS out of its brown Lego case, then duct tape the troopers box to the middle of the DS. Then print out a shipping label and stick it on the troopers box. Drop that puppy in the mail and you are done.

I hope they weren't stacks of Duplos :O

Picked up some complete modular buildings (pieces only) 10182 Caf

Excellent (as Mr. Burns would say). This is making me itchy to unload my 4 that cost me $40 each.

If it is on the internet, it has to be true!

I only have one and I have video where some guy smashed a Super Star Destroyer into it.

Holding for 3-5 years is NOT flipping. The flippers do not want to be associated with you either Seriously though, you were not the first one I heard uttering the same sentiment about business and economy.

Every generation thinks the world is going to end, some literally think that, but the generations keep on rolling along century after century.

I'm holding mine until we have the first female president

congratulations. they came in a box .

A 6286-1: Skull's Eye Schooner for

There is a quiznos by my house I am gonna go check the dumpsters to see if they have a box big enough to ship it in. If they do I'm probably gonna buy it.

You really know how to choose your women!

No Biniou, it is: 1. Buy a SSD now (or more than one), wait for 1 or 2 years, sell one, then with that money you can buy 3 or 4 Tumblers. 2. Buy a Tumbler right now at MRSP to build and for your own collection.

No harm but during these 3 years (or so) you could have invest in other sets so no need to buy some now (unless you want it for yourself of course!). What's the best way to invest ? 1. Buy a SSD now, wait about 1 or 2 years, sell it, then buy a Tumbler, maybe with double VIP or coupons in TrU ? or 2. Buy a Tumbler right now at MSRP, and seat on it for 1 or 2 years ?

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Of course I was just saying that in the future I find it much easier to just order online for the sole purpose of being able to use the shipping shipping box. Never had any dented Lego boxes either.

When the wife finally serves me with the papers, I shall buy this and call it my better half.

I would suggest taking a hard look at your inventory over the next month or so and sell off the sets that are not true "winners" during the Christmas season where you can at least make your money back on them. Everybody buys sets that they wish they didn't in retrospect and if they are just going to sit taking up space without any real growth in value then it's better to cut bait so you can use that space and money for sets that are winners.

Trust me, it doesn't really work that way. My 17 Epic Dragon Battles are proof...

here is a post i made comparing ups and usps rates for shipping a 10221 using Emazer's post. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/11319-10221-super-star-destroyer-eol-and-other-topics/?p=318430 in summary for shipping one 10221 SSD from Balt (21220) to Cali (90017). $400 insurance. 20 pounds. 24"x 8"x 20" Box USPS Priority will cost $61.35 (buying online) USPS Standpost = $44.96. UPS Ground = $27.84 (entry level biz account) UPS Ground = $42.71 (no biz account) Fedex Ground = $33.69 (no biz account & no insurance) Fedex Ground = $30.32 (standard -10% biz account & no insurance)

I can translate the headline for you. Congratulations ! Now everything you'll buy will be chinese fakes. My pleasure.

Any Zerohedge fans around here? The nice thing about lego sets is that, while the market is obviously manipulated (by Lego, no less), it's usually a fairly transparent and predictable manipulation. There is so much nonsense going on in the world of "real" investments right now. The obvious downside of a stack of lego Death Stars is they don't produce anything (heck, even the real Death Star wasn't exactly a productive investment for the Empire), but on the other hand, you know exactly what's inside those boxes. None of this "non-GAAP operating earnings" crap to wade through. Lego would even look to be a solid inflation hedge if it wasn't for the Chinese counterfeiters (sort of a wild card right now, but at this point they worry me as much as the Federal Reserve, which I would also report to eBay if I could). It's interesting to compare the MSRP on the new wave of Star Wars sets with the older versions; basically, with similar piece counts, the AT-AT is now $110 instead of $100, the SD has jumped from $100 to $130, and the B-Wing has leaped from $35 to $50. This is of course setting aside capital gains due to collectibility of the older versions.

It went out of stock within 30 minutes of being back in stock.