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Ok, special note to self. Make sure joyjoy and MartinP don't do any math things for the site

I have much to be thankful for. I'm starting this thread to give public acknowledgements to a few members who have helped me become a better investor by sharing their insights and wisdom, helped me find exclusive deals, shared breaking news on anything LEGO, or supported a good cause. Feel free to acknowledge someone here that has gone out of there way to help you or someone else in the Brickpicker community. I don't say thank you enough so this is a chance for me to show my appreciation. So to kick things off, here are just a few members I'd like to thank. @Ed and @Jeff - what can I say? This site is amazing. You guys do a phenomenal job moderating the forums. The information is invaluable to anyone who is obsessed with the LEGO investing hobby, myself included. @No More Monkeys - for keeping us informed of what's in stock any time of day or night. @33Lego - like NMM, thank you for posting what's available in basically real time. @emazers - for sharing your wisdom and investing philosophy. @exciter1 - for welcoming me to the site and encouraging me by answering some of my earlier posts @Bold Arrow - for letting me sit at the bar that one night...and thank you for posting so many great deals, AWD included @xeeej - for hooking us up with some amazing gift card deals this year. And finally, a special thanks to everyone who helped Gavin celebrate his birthday earlier this year. The Brickpicker community is one of a kind, and I'm proud to be a part of it.

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.

True dat! One man's trash is another man's shipping and packing material.

I don't recall authorizing your PTO, step into my office after you are all caught up.

Ummm I do. [emoji6] Edit... Emazers would he good for writing and article too.... We should both write it on an iPhone

The think this NYT writer is a reseller trying to drive the price up.

Darth Revan - $30 Iron Patriot - $33

Ok, I guess maybe I am doing the equation incorrectly. I am dividing 16,000 / 23,261 = .687= .$.69 per brick? Am I doing the math wrong?

Thought these were quite cool http://imgur.com/a/gh79J

I can't believe we're discussing the little Trooper set as a reason why the DS won't retire. We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. A $12 battle pack is not a gateway to a $400 playset; it's a way to get some "army" minifigs out there. Clones, battle droids, Imperial whatevers, Hoth rebels, Endor rebels

the Brickshow and its founders are respected entities in the Lego world .

After many years as strictly a buyer of Lego related goods, I sold my first sets today! 2 of them to the same buyer, a Curiosity Rover and a Research Institute. A nice healthy return on both, the Rover I got a really good number on. All in all very happy! Thanks to the fantastic members here for all the advice and info I`ve learned over the last 1.5 years, very grateful to all of you!

This thread is for confirmed "Retired Product" status updates as per Lego.com official website. I decided to create this thread as somewhere to keep track of confirmed EOL dates as per Lego "Retired Product" tags. Leaving the other thread for rumors and speculation (I have been through all 75 pages and pulled any confirmed retirement dates in to here). The "Retired Product" status can be found on Lego.com by searching for "Retired Product", this link should take you there: http://search-en.lego.com/?q=Retired+Product&cc=US Yes a "Retired Product" tag does not mean the set cannot be found at other retailers, but it is an official confirmation that the set is EOL (End of Line) at Lego and that future production and sales have been halted (there may be some exceptions to this and we can never say Lego will never ever bring them back). I'd like to keep this list updated and populated with any changes, so please post them (for the US based Lego Shop at Home only please). Because the Lego.com site does not have a date when a set is retired I have used the latest stock availability date as recorded at Brickset.com. On the Lego site many sets get a "Sold Out" tag and/or a "retiring soon" tag, then at some arbitrary time they get a "Retired Product" tag. If we think about it, the actual date of retirement is the date it goes "out of stock" for the last time. As such I'd like to start capturing set's "Sold out" status dates as well, but that can be a phase 2 project. So for now if you spot a new "Retired Product" post it below. This is a table of the most recent few months. Attached at the bottom is a full Excel spreadsheet with all the sets I could get from Lego.com. I hope you find it useful or interesting. EOL dates table.xlsx

I don't agree with this: "The company stirred excitement this month by offering a line aimed at girls called the

i bought 10 polys weeks ago one for each of the big tumblers im gonna get

Nobody around here writes that well so it ain't one of us.

Agree that it's over rated. I liked it but was not blown away. It was too jokey for my tastes. Agree that Zoe Saldana was the weakest. Planet of the Apes 2 was the best movie I have seen so far this year although X-Men was very good and the the best comics movie.

Boo. It's been kragl'd.

Whoa, that IS a good idea. I might have to stock up on some battle packs.

It's 68 cents per brick.

Isn't it .68 cents per brick?

It's $16,000 and has 23,261 pieces. I am not sure if your math is correct

Oh thats a blog article. We will be starting our blog articles again very soon.

That's true, but if a set doesn't grow in value like you wanted it to, you can always open the box and build the set. Lego sets are meant to be built in the first place.

Sometimes google can be your friend... http://thebrickblogger.com/2011/02/lego-colors-introduction/ What's the real reason? Color is injected into the mold at the same time as the ABS pellets. They used to used pre-colored pellets. Some have criticized the QC in China but by all accounts they are using the same equipment over there... What is theorized is that Lego uses a China-sourced ABS in China which is lesser quality. Bromine is also added to the mix when molding a piece to reduce the flammability of the ABS but unfortunately that chemical is apparently quite susceptible to UV rays.

Not necessarily, second run might have been approved, they still have to manufacture and pack the sets. But since they know how many they'll produce, they can go ahead and sell them with that expected ship date.

First thing came to mind at The Unboxing stage was "How many more manuals is he going to whip out?". It certainly looks like a fun build and I just had to satiate my desire for these northern explorers by purchasing the smallest set for myself. I might open it tonight just to build something. I get antsy when I can't get a moment to create for a while.

I wouldn't pay 70% over MSRP for any set one week after EOL (or 3 months after "practical" EOL, if you want to count from the day it was not widely available in stores). I would invest in other sets that are likely near EOL and have somewhat similar ROI potential but can still be bought at MSRP or below, such as Grand Emporium, T1 Camper Van, etc. But that's just me. I know I can be completely wrong. Good luck with your investment (and we are in the same boat).

Did we combine the ds and Ssd thread?

If we're depending on customers in China, we're in serious trouble. China makes its own "legos" in huge quantities at low prices. Everyone talks about how China and India are the future. No, they're not. China is a giant fixed-investment ghost-town building ponzi scheme, and India is a third-world nation with a first-world debt problem. You would be hard-pressed to find a functioning democracy as fiscally incompetent as India. If it were in the euro zone, everyone would be talking about it as the next Greece. Anyway, Lego's future, like its past, is North America, western Europe, Australia, and the "western" Asian countries: Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Lego itself claims to have big, bold plans for China. Good luck with that. It hasn't worked out very well for other western companies. Basically, you enter the Chinese market, all your IP gets stolen, and then the government prosecutes you for being an illegal foreign monopoly.

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

Legoland Florida had 8 of these left on the shelves yesterday. (For reference point). They said they had just got in a small batch in the morning and these were all they had left. They were limiting them to 2 per "family" FWIW - they didn't have any GEs and said they were not getting anymore.

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

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

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

Put them in ice. If it can keep a mammoth intact, i'm sure it can hold an exosuit fresh.

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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.

They help out in an emergency if you're out of toilet paper.

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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

I am....SMAUG! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rIe4DeXW1M I loved this scene and thought it was appropriate for the new set coming out.

Being an orc and lovin' Steampunk just seems to go hand in hand. Ork shredder by captainsmog, on Flickr Ork Shredder - back by captainsmog, on Flickr

1) That's effed up. 2) You know what you should do.

How hard do you think it is for people to find this site the way it is? It shows up when you search for sets all the time. Bricklink has a price guide and billions of resellers it doesn't look like that has hurt them at all? They do no marketing what so ever, but yet people find them and buy from them. eBay has the tools for searching for what the set has recently sold for. Is there really any mystery left. The goal here is to give super low fees so that you as a seller can offer good pricing that will offset the high fees and move inventory. Of course we are going to market it, but whether its attached to this site or not is irrelevant. If I don't attach it to the site, I think that would be bonehead move #1. Thousands of visitors come here a day already from Google and other search engines. If I don't start to market it on the home page with new listings so that people can find it and take a look, I am already hurting business. If I start all over at a new domain, well, I am starting over. People at least can learn the history here at Brickpicker. It has an established member base of almost 30,000 people. That sounds pretty good to me to start looking, no? Are you going to inflate all your prices, if so, don't expect many sales no matter where you go. People are not that dumb. If you see too many issues for you, then I understand you don't want to try it and that is ok. Ed and I are going to give it our best shot. What do you really have to lose?