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Seal codes are something the sellers who cash in on this during christmas can use to try and protect yourself. Take note of the seal codes and put them into the auction somehow, buried in the description or whatever. Put a photo of the seals on these where the code is plain to see. If you get a set returned next year with different codes, you know you have a scammer on your hands and you can try to argue the codes with ebay CS since the customer did not send back your item. Better than nothing.

Yeah well enjoy your free healthcare and better music.

Since they come up with 1 exclusive each month on average they probably need to retire some stuff to achieve a sustainable steady state in production and marketing. After all not many exclusives retired this year, I remember only FB, WV Cottage and SSD, the latter still available in Europe. The others are unconfirmed. Meanwhile we had the 3xE, PR, Sandcrawler, Mixer, Sea Cow, Tumbler, Mini, Slave-I, Simpsons, WV workshop come out this year. 10 sets. LEGO has to maintain balance somehow, the number of available exclusives shouldn't go to infinity.

So, if we took all the EOL rumors and looked at them all at once, Lego is retiring their entire product line at the end of this year? Is that about right?

Very hard to tell because it will vary according to the SW movies, the success of modulars, the possibilty of new SW sets already released... My two cents if you want to keep these sets for (let's say) 7 years: HH : now $280 (or so), max $800 Imperial S : now $430, max 800$ PIF (gadget, ah ah... bref) : now $550, max $1000 Unimog : now $260, max $400 So the best is the HH in my opinion, and the safest. PIF and IS are ok too but problem is you will have to pay a lot of money to get them. I would pass the Unimog if I were you (I don't think the ceiling will be very high, it's not as "collectible" as the 3 other sets)

As a lifelong NY Yankees fan, I am a huge Derek Jeter fan. I found this video of his Top 10 career plays done with toy minifigures(Sorry...not LEGO, but close enough). Hope you enjoy it.

Rumor I heard was that they had to clear the production lines to produce more Deloreans because of recent surge in sales.

I called LEGO Shop at Home to ask and they said they said the set is retired, they have none and will not be getting any more. Congrats to those who loaded up on this one. (For the record I have none, wanted none (personal preference) but I am happy for those who do it should provide a great return)

I think you're going to be in for a long, frustrating day. In any given city-wide or regional sale of this type, the chances of you running across a motivated collector willing to pay market (or slightly below market) prices is likely to be very low. And, although you are not paying eBay or Amazon fees, your costs in whatever you purchase for your booth/table set up and your time are real - you may find it was actually cheaper (and certainly less time-intensive) to sell on eBay or Amazon. If you decide to go through with it, I'd load up on a lot of very cheap items that might appeal to the parents of the children you will attract - your booth will probably be a hot favorite with the kids, but for actual money made I'm doubtful. If you're interested in selling to your local market, Craigslist is probably a much better bet - less time consuming (generally) and local collectors are much more likely to check there from time to time. If you're interested in the whole face-to-face aspect of commerce, see if there's an AFOL event coming up anywhere near you - a booth there with competitively priced items should do much better. Best of luck to you, and if you go forward I hope I'm horribly wrong and sales are terrific all day.

This is the perfect set to box up your inventory of, put away, and forget for eight to ten years. Massive investment volume will hurt this model in the short and medium time frames... But as a long-term HOLD this has all the ingredients: iconic/timeless model, no remake potential, displays beautifully and the details are extraordinary. It will take time but the last guy holding this in inventory is going to be sitting on a gold mine.

No matter what, this set is pure plastic gold. I think I might try a lobster in the spa. 4 days of lego-free bliss. "Oh sir, and how will you pay, VISA, Mastercard?" "Rover, dear sir"

On tv closet. My gf's first (of 3) overpaid investment. On commode my second favorite yellow people And the rest on the desk Queen Anne is sailing off soon tho, don't care much for it. Will be replaced by a nice blue maersk train

Lol I sold it to him.... Great fellow brickpicker member. He has an awesome collection. I have very strong access to the Tumbler as I travel daily for business and have access to seven B&M stores in So. Cal. And AZ. For those interested.... In last two weeks: Three flips @$290, Craigslist One @ $250 to fellow Brickpicker who caught me traveling at THE right time, Two more inventoried to sell, and will continue to acquire as Holidays near. There are multiple Craigslist Tumbler listings that are keeping these below three hundred a unit- should get higher returns in less metropolitan areas, and much higher as holidays approach.

It was. At least at Walmart, TRU and Amazon for sure. Can't recall if target too.

I BL'd mine for a shade over $800. This was all new parts, no used. I did not want off white parts included in my TM. I did make a large order with LEGO Shop at Home on parts that were in large quantity such as the turnstyle base in white and also the yellow technic parts since they go for a ton on BL because of being in 10179. I do not have manuals at this time but am always looking for a set to complete my TM. I missed a set on ebay a while ago and a crappy set went for over $100 on BL.

Congrats!

Yeah, only Millenium Falcon could probably replace Taj Mahal on the list of wonders....

lego has stability of the build standards??

That's what happened last year with the FB at my local Lego store. They stopped getting FB in June/July and then it went EOL toward the end of the year.

Actually I have called before on winter village market and t1 vw camper and haunted house. They give very informative answers and I've gotten stock levels a couple of the times. That being said, I love your idea of buy from target, and return after 10/1 if I can get the lego orders placed I want. Of course that is delving into the ethics thread that we shouldn't be discussing, but I feel our view on this is one with the universe.

Do you mind me asking how much that cost? I know the manuals can go for 80+

From when I BL'd mine, I don't remember any real rare pieces outside of the black technic parts that are on the interior. It's just the shear magnitude of the piece count. I would think if it was displayed and they are worried about a possible missing piece, it will be from one of the spires or the tip of the dome. It's a pretty structurally sound building.

- Sorry, I am confused... why would anyone think that this will not be available in 2015? I.e. why "feel", when TLC says they _will_ be available in 2015? or I am reading your statement wrong?

Ich korrigiere das mal ein wenig. Die Mehrwertsteuer zahlt jeder, egal ob er ein Gewerbe hat oder nicht. Allerdings k

Like everyone said, you're in for a long day of you try to sell your goods. You should go and hunt for Lego deals there instead.

I bet you will get yours...

cool. i'm a season tix holder (sat plan).

Stickers... sadly.

was at "available now" for a few minutes before going to call to check, if you don't follow daily deals thread

The Toys R Us parking lot is getting full.

Muss man ein Gewerbe anmelden wenn man etwas

The end is nigh also in Europe.

You are showing your age.. haha! I used to watch that show =)

Stupid auto correct. Check out the guys other listing. $800 for used Mega Blocks.

^ http://mobedal.wordpress.com/2014/09/15/leaked-2015-lego-sets/

Want some ketchup and mustard with that relish?

I have consistently gotten around 60% left from buyers as well - I wouldn't suggest annoying people for feedback.

I believe

Leave the ethics talk in the thread Ed Mack started. I believe he asked to keep it there.

Welcome!

How do they expect me to feed my family with that kind of margin? I mean it's a $30 set, it should hit $300 this year;)

After landing AA at $20 each I would have needed to buy some new pants as well so the price would have gone up a bit.

Went to Lego B&M St Louis today. They had 4 Tumblers. I walked out with one I got for $94 after cashing in my $110 in VIP points. The guy even said "good thing you got it when you did, it's going to be $800 on ebay at christmas." I just laughed and pretended like "who would do such a thing?!"

I think the only time not to use them is when you are earning double or triple VIP points on all cash spent.

This is a terrible promo, why would I want Batman in a rainbow suit.

I dunno about this list. Probably the top 15 toys we have the most stock of and need to move.

I'd sell any set for 4 x MSRP less than a year after EOL...

I don't know art, but I know what I like, and for some reason, the first thing that came to mind for me when I saw this thread was this painting: And anything by Walter Inglis Anderson