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No. Officially it can not look. Is... or is not. There is no look like.

Trek, man I gotta believe even Ed himself is a little bit overwhelmed by your faith in him...

Calling all Canadians!! Walmart.ca is magically loaded with all sorts of LEGO EXCLUSIVES in stock online! Grand Emporium, Camper Van, Pet Shop, Town Hall, Sopwith Camel!! GO NOW! Load up and avoid the Ban hammer! lol

This is a known issue with Town Halls. If they are being retired early, it's probably because Chinese counterfeiters have infiltrated the production line. My first Town Hall came in a box stamped "Make Happy Luck Toy" and included Batman and Robin mounted on Speedorz. Also, the bricks appeared to be made from some sort of hard cheese. I wasn't brave enough to taste one. Fortunately, LEGO Shop at Home was very understanding when I called to start the return process.

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Received my Town Hall from S@H today. I just opened it up and I'm concerned the minifigs are Chinese fakes. What should I do? I guess if I submit a missing parts claim, they'll replace the minifigs.

I got my first one today. Don't really care if it's retiring now or not. Can't beat double VIP points and the Christmas promo on an exclusive.

That is not all you just said. We can read it. It's still there.

Ummmmmm no its not.

...or....ahhh....forget it.

It has been mentioned before but it all falls back on TLG. The fact they underestimated the demand for a set like this so close to the holidays is a head scratcher.

Well, we still have no idea what is the usual size of the production run for something as big as TH or HH. My feeling is that for each set, the size of each run is the same - this would be the easiest to plan when multiple elements of supply chain are involved (printing, box manufacturing, etc). Also, something tells me that they were on schedule to produce 38R4 no matter what. BUT... the rumors are flying probably around some information that there is no next run scheduled (or there is no run scheduled for start of 2015). But this could be deceptive in the sense that TLC could probably easily skip a run based on market conditions, but will still schedule it for next run. i.e. hypothetically, they might skip run 48R4, but have no intention to skip 18R5 run. Some insider might have seen that TH is not on 48R4 menu, and communicated that. But he might not know about 18R5 or just did not bother to mention

As Jeff said, the only spreadsheet I have is my brain. You take some information here, some there, hear a rumor, look at stock levels. It's intuition. It's karma. Whatever. Many people on the site have the awareness. I guess when you study this crap for 20 hours a day, you get a feel for the way things operate. LOL

It is not retired until it is retired. And it is not retired yet.

Exciter1 and Ghostdad May be on to something here. So, I opened up my TH yesterday and wouldn't you know it, It came with a Fortune Cookie.

Ed's spreadsheet is in his brain.

No it does not really retired yet

Either you have not been fully awake when you wrote this, or I am not fully reading it now. Or in other words: what?

It's official. FYI... http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/1219-dino-theme-discussions/?p=344663 LEGO Jurassic World Sets Officially Announced Universal Partnerships & Licensing announced yesterday, what has been rumoured for a while: The LEGO Group is an official licensing partner for Jurassic World. The movie directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will premiere on June 12th, 2015. The partnership between LEGO and Universal includes the release of several construction toy sets to be released in May, 2015 and supposedly also a video game. The press release quotes Jill Wilfert, The LEGO Group

You were really exhausted. Let us know 4 times. Lol ;)

Well, we've had some recent break-ins in the neighborhood so I would keep my cash under my mattress, except that's where I store the larger lego boxes. Not only does it save space, but the corrugated cardboard adds an extra layer of cushiony comfort.

this...i only sell internationally via gsp.

Well - I had a similar experience yesterday: two HHs from Target arrived in one box, poorly packed and creased boxes (but still sealed). I called Target and explained the damage. After a couple of minutes on hold: guess what they did - they will refund one of the HHs, and I can keep both damaged ones. So in the end I got two HHs with box damage for 50% off. That's what I call a deal. Especially when I want to build one myself anyway. Target made my day today.

Greetings from Pennsylvania, United States! I've been on this site for almost a year now, but I just haven't been too vocal yet. I have really appreciated the wonderful tools this site has to offer, especially the brickfolio. I've been reading a lot on the forums as well and using the links here when making a purchase. I was an avid lego fan until I was about 14, went into a 10 year dark age period, then a friend of mine rekindled my love for lego about 3 years ago. Started to seriously invest last year. If your new to investing, this is definitely the place to be!

I took my boys to the Richmond VA Lego Fest this last weekend. I was really impressed that Lego kept my boys excited about building 4.5 hours. Lots of builds and games to play with no lines. My wife and daughter were supposed to attend but had to attend a soccer tournament. Boys day out was awesome. Enjoy the video.

Hey man this is a close knit forum and 99% of people get along great, the 1% get modded and will eventually just get banned. You are more than welcome to join this forum everyone is friendly and willing to discuss. Be part of the forums and participate in a friendly non confrontational and you will be fine. You are more than welcome to stay and not rock the boat. It's not personal it's just the way we do it here.

You're right about holding periods, but that's precisely why I want to minimize them. The notable difference between FB last year and TH now is that FB was at the time the oldest modular out there. Ditto for GE this year. Buying any Lego is a leap of faith of course. The company nearly went bankrupt on two occasions back in the late 90s - early 00s. I try to minimize the risk of holding inventory by minimizing the time for which I hold it. Nearly all Lego price appreciation occurs post-EOL, so it makes sense to buy as close to then as possible. Sure, you risk a surprise retirement, but in the past surprise (out of order) retirements of exclusives have (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong) been extremely rare and involved either the UCS B-Wing (poorly rated, poorly designed set that LEGO Shop at Home dumped at 50% off just ahead of EOL; now that's a sign!) or the Death Star (with a long life due to pernicious Imperial influence over TLG).

STOP TALKING IN ABSOLUTES. UNLESS YOU ARE GOD OR THE CEO OF LEGO. all it does is create about three pages of pointless back and forth crap of well how do you know etc etc. Besides I think you are wrong. And Hxckid88 in usually right.

Got a backorder in a few days ago from LEGO Shop at Home, date code was 37R4. September 9 backorder. Had two. The other was cancelled (the only two I've ordered).

You're in luck! This whole forum happens to be CHOCK FULL of 3rd party sellers.

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Mscheaf is correct. It's basically a marketing gimmick. The vast majority of sets that retire never get a retiring soon tag. You'll notice the current list of retiring soon sets is mostly clunkers, or "series" types of things they want to move out to release the next wave.

Everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie? So then the pie keeps getting larger, lol.

If you are a believer in the codes, then yes. It also could mean that the set will be available in the short term. This added interest in this set could make LEGO change plans. We can be our own worst enemy in terms of set EOL. The GE could be an example of this.

Can Someone explain to me why threre are so much exclusieve sets are sold out in the US? While these sets are still widely availeble here in Europe. Even HH I can still buy at my local Lego shop for retail Price.

Trek has a case of "Single White Female" for Ed Mack Furthermore, Trek tried to secretly changing his profile pic but I just let the cat out of the bag

I never got an answer about opened or not. It sold for $601 + tax, which is another 10% and handling fees but this around $665. Way too much for me to take a gamble.

The argument against modulars (too many people stocking up on them) is basically an argument against lego investing generally. It may be true, or become true at some point, but it is an argument against buying any lego for investment purposes, not just the modulars. I could also make the same argument against, for example, stocks (very, very pricey by historical standards using real, i.e. GAAP earnings, especially if cyclically adjusted), bonds (near record-low yields), or real estate (check out those home prices, once again way exceeding historical norms relative to median income). When central banks are flooding the world with currencies of all kinds, "cheap" investments are hard to find. Sadly, Lego does realize that, as evidenced by the new, 30% more expensive SSD, 50% more expensive B-Wing, and so on. The question becomes, just what do you buy for investment purposes in this sort of environment? Holding cash only guarantees a slow bleed to inflation.

Hopefully this time next year she recommends Brick Classifieds to get your R2 or AA.

If I was running TLG, I'd play the game with all of us resellers. I'd retire some sets early so that the value of the LEGO sets seem to be very high and profitable. People will think all sets in the line will follow this particular set. Meanwhile I over produce others so that the resellers will hoard and stock up on them hoping to hit the next jackpot. Right before resellers realize they bought crap, I'd end this line and start creating new lines to keep things fresh and people hopeful. Maybe even make a little profit off the crap they bought just to keep them happy and keep hoarding. With the money TLG is making I believe they can afford a few market analysts to model this market and maximize their profit. They probably read through brickpicker everyday just to gain more insight on the market.(Hi lego analyst, please tip the scale in our favor a bit more. Thx) We are all puppets in this game. With all that said......I just bought another pet shop....

I'm sounding like a broken record from another thread, but it's all about patience. A year after it's retired? Maybe I'll go ahead and make $100. The quick grab for cash might cut into my long-term profit, but to each his own. I still find a $100 return on a $150 investment pretty damn good for only a year. But if I wait five years, who knows? Maybe the return won't be worth my capital being tied up that long, but that's why investments should be made with $ I can file away and forget about while it grows. No, the new modulars will likely never reach anything close to cafe corner money, but they're still solid winners.

Sold a Police ATV polybag for $5. The time it took me to research market price, take photos, list, print label, find envelop, etc is worth much more than the set. Googled the recipient's address, saw the house and decided to include a Worriz fire bike as a small surprise for the kid.

Hello fellow BrickPickers... Starting October 1, 2014, BrickPicker will be starting a BrickPicker Blog Group. In the past, we utilized blog contests to acquire new content. We would like to improve on that method and actually pay experienced and knowledgeable BrickPicker members to write new content for the site. The content will be similar to older blog articles and reviews, with a heavy emphasis on LEGO investing...but any quality LEGO topic can qualify. Qualified members will earn a $5 Gift Card to Amazon, LEGO S@H, etc... for every 1000 words/5000 characters in the content that is submitted and approved by Jeff and myself. There is a new application in the Wordpress blog editor that tracks this and the "readability" of the blog. It is one method that I will use to differentiate quality writing from poor writing and helps take photos and images out of the equation as well. I will talk more about this to approved blog writers. How does one become an approved blog writer? Several ways. Mods will have access to the group and will be able to post new content. Previous blog contest winners/runner ups are automatically qualified to be a blog writer. Jeff and I will invite some people who we think would be qualified to write content(if they are interested in doing so). Also, members can either produce content or show me previous work that indicates high literary ability. Approval is not guaranteed, but we will be honest and fair with any member that is interested in joining the group. We are trying to up the content bar. Jeff is working on a new homepage that will have a more interactive blog section to it. Some blog writers will have the ability to produce daily updates/content on the homepage that be front and center on the homepage. We want to produce "new" content, not just post links from other sites...and are willing to pay for it. If you are interested in joining this group and believe you are qualified, let me or Jeff know by PM. We will be sending out some invites to people over the next week or so. If you want to start writing, you can begin in the Wordpress blog editor. Please ask Jeff or I to enable your access to the Wordpress editor. There will be a private forum for blog writers and I will go over the new editor app and readability indexes with members. Also, Jeff will come up with a basic tracking system for blog writers that shows what they have produced and how much they earned. Any questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks...

I'm super excited I finally got a misb black pearl for $100!

A few Town Halls Maersk EEE Daily Bugles 1 divorce A few new friends under the bridge

That Lego lady is hot. New Lego modular: The Spearmint Rhino?

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"

All this talk of the movie and I hope some of you are smart enough to pounce on the set with Rocket Raccoon. If comic book sales is any indicator, the ugly Raccoon will do a Deadpool on you. So do yourselves a favor and load up while you can. These guardian sets will have a surprise exit and before you know it, you'll see a nice triple to quadruple due to that Raccoon. Hop on the set for a Rocket ride.

This isn't aimed at you, humanvege, and I'm probably among the minority, but I'm glad they're finally doing this. It will become the norm as more and more people abuse the return policies at various retailers. I know, I know, they have a return policy, you're not doing anything wrong, you're the customer, you're always right. Here's the thing, they don't want people buying up every hot set during peak selling opportunities, just so that they can return the rest of the sets they can't sell when the time has passed. Now the retailer is stuck with a bunch of stuff they can't sell for a while when they could have sold it all to end users to begin with. Everyone thinks it's no big deal because they're just one person, but this is going to continue to be a problem as more and more people abuse returns.