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For all of the companies I've worked for, generally it was ok to buy product and do with it as you wish as long as you were not on the clock and you did not use your employee discount. I don't know if that's Lego's policy. So all they would have available to themselves over us is stock status. I guess they might need a forum thread, "what I heard from myself today."

You should have told him that he can buy one from you for 300 euro :-P

Called Lego again because I wanted to return my exo suits :-P.. I also asked them again about the HH that I have on backorder. The friendly lady at the phone said there was a small batch coming in where also all the Lego employees themselves were excited about, because there was a frenzy going on under the staff itself to obtain also a HH. So.. first divide the shipment under the staff. is there anything left? OK than we are going to fulfill some backorders LOL.

for 135

Having LEGO declare a set "retired" is just a confirmation of what a sharp and savvy investor investor already knows. If people are waiting for a set to be officially marked as such, they are already too late and will never make any money investing in LEGO sets.

Dump the crap, not a FB.

Keep FB but buy more TH. With 90 day free returns that would be the best strategy right now IMO. I was a doubter 3 weeks ago but after TLG tipped its hand then it is time to go all in. I am in this game to make money, not to be right.

When you have dozens of similar boxes of fun piling up - it isn't so much fun.

I do have to say that if this bad boy is truly gone this year and gets the "official" mark from Lego, then me picking up 14 in one fell swoop at the very end may go down in my very own history books as an amazing opportunity. When SSD was going and I was able to snag 4 from amazon at the last minute of random inventory I thought that was great. I am now at 24 of these, I figured I was done and wrote it off, thank you Brickpicker!

If you read enough of the posts these last few weeks - everything is retiring.

The more I look the more the more work I see.

My eyes!

Mixels are a horrible investment. Everyone should stop buying them. That way I can come and buy them all up.

When the movie "the Avengers" came out I saw it on opening night and bought a large drink which came with the Avengers souvenir cup. I then sold the cup for $36. So ticket $14 + drink $6 = $20. I got paid $16 to watch the Avengers.

Dunno but the EEE will not retire before 2050 considering all these dedicated containers.

Everything is retiring this year!

Hi all, After some beta testing, I have recently shared my software to synchronize inventory between the BrickLink and BrickOwl marketplaces. It runs on a seller's own computer, handles orders both ways, everything is saved as BrickStock compatible BSX files, and it should be rock solid against anything (even yanking on the ethernet cable in the middle of an update, a power cut while writing a file, etc.). So, there it is: http://www.bricksync.net/ My original plan was to make it open-source and donation-supported, but various people commented that very few people would donate if they could avoid it. Well, they were probably right! So, the only limitation is that a seller with over 250000 items will be kindly invited to support BrickSync, otherwise a little math question/puzzle will be asked to check for new orders. (I still plan to release the code under a General Public License if the donations reach a certain amount.) So, better plan ahead for the extra workload of doubled sales! And If you become rich and famous thanks to the software, please remember that it's primarily donation supported. Thanks. Stragus

Hi guys, Just spot a 50% off deal at Sears, see here: http://www.sears.ca/product/lego-creator-highway-pickup-set/616-000053108-4654041. For this Creator set although it has been retired but there seems no much investment potential, I think it could still be a perfect gift! I bought this thing last year for my son's birthday at 20% off, and it is quite good. Personally I have grabbed extra 4 more for the Xmas season. Good luck!

Check the date on that article, Aug 14th.

No kidding. And find out whos buying all that bc I've got some overpriced legos to sell them

Tell him if he got an $1100 offer he should take it and run because he won't get anywhere close to that from an informed buyer.

I unexpectedly found a pile of Series 1 (not many yellow as I recall) - maybe 30 total - sitting at the end of a clearance isle where there were no other toys in WalMart a couple weeks ago. Was in a hurry and foolishly left them... haven't seen any anywhere since. Around here Series 2 is like this: Flurr (blue) is nowhere to be found Slumbo (blue) exists in quantity only one place Jawg (brown) is getting hard to find Lunk (blue) is of course a little scarce but nothing like the first two. One of the B&M stores has about thirty of him along with all the orange and brown. Targets have tons of Series 3, Many TRU do as well, and I see considerably less of the purple ones than green or gray. Anyone surprised at the bright color dominance?

I have no trouble investing where others see no point I can't believe I almost listened to the people who begged me not to get a ton of Hoth Echo Base when they were $80 or so (CAN). People hate on lots of sets...but if you think it is cool, I say diversify and get a couple tucked away. I suspect in all the hubbub of other large sets retiring or going in/out of stock, that you won't have too many competitors in the aftermarket. At the very least, you don't have to compete with Emazers, who would likely have 65 of these to unload....

You do know you will attract a lot of seedy men in macs calling at your door if you go sticking a red light in your window.

How many kids errrrrrrr disguises do you have?

Mixels a good investment? No Mixels a great investment? Yes Word

If I remember right the answer is no.

Seen the new Keanu Reeves new Movie John Wick Last night and it was great, His best movie in years. And like I said best action movie in years, All Star cast, Great Acting by everybody in the film, He Looses is wife, wife leaves him a small Dog, but the bad guys want his car and kill his dog, and then the Revenge Killing starts, and I mean Brutal Killing, Check the reviews which at least 3/4 of them are great. since I go to the movies all the time, Fury was good, The Equalizer was good, but John Wick is the best. So Go See it its great. Score 9/10 Ed

Have bought them also at 135 euro. I don't think it will be much cheaper, so better safe then sorry. ToysXL already had 3 for price of 2, but the price of the TH was 179,99 and you had to find 2 other lego sets similar to that price. And they didn't had a lot of Town Halls. So then the best price would have been 120 euro's a set. But I am happy with the 135 euro.

If only there was a website where we could learn more...

Little plastic LEGO flowers.

I'll drink to that! For those that were lucky enough and fortunate enough to stock up on these you will all do very well in the future. For the rest of us there will be a lesson learned on waiting and not buying. (esp with modulars) This is my Freshman year and man have I learned a lot about lego buying, investing, collecting etc. Thanks to BP and all of the great insight on this forum.

Yes, no more discussion please. I'm traveling this week, otherwise this discussion would have been ended a long time ago.

I guess that's the moment when it is appropriate to call people too greedy ;-)

Estimates are always waay off when you actually get there (likely there'll only be 60 lbs), imho, some moderately good money sets in there but unfortunately the easy flip ones appear to be too far gone (incomplete) to be worth the effort to rebuild, once you include multiple BL order shipping costs. The starwars sets are common, the city vehicles do well selling as individuals (rather than rebuilt sets), the figs are a nice wide selection (some good ones). For a parter-outer it's a good selection, for rebuilds - not so much. it's basically a $5 per pound offer due to the work involved. missing instructions isn't a significant deterrent, they are easily found for free next to free as they are all recent sets - most of them are pretty easily recognisable.

I would have thought that kind of thing would be frowned upon by their management (who probably each have 20 stashed away themselves). Got my order from the 1st this morning. Got a fright when I saw the shipping box was open and the white plastic ties were gone, but it's in perfect shape thankfully.

So, there are resellers among lego employees, hmmm ? You can't trust anyone these days. What a shame ! (100th page of the HH thread: I was there )

Yes, in a local toy shop that was also the one that had some 21110.

....and lose ALL of the manuals? I'd be leery about this one. Personally, I'd stay away from this lot.

Maybe they could talk them out of it using walkie-talkies. Or at least club them to death with those

No snacks?

Lego police aren't issued any guns, they would be defenseless against the impending pack of wolves that would run amok amongst Legotown.

Try again, I think you should see that it retains your selection now. I have added this to the Brickfolio and Set pages. I increased the limit so you should have more than enough likes available

Without a Town Hall to uphold the law and keep Lego towns protected, I fear anarchy, pandemonium, and martial law may run rampant. Also, wolves. Without a city council to address the problem of wolves, there will be no organized defense against them.

If I have a good planned out idea of just the pieces needed/wanted for a MOC based on the ones included from a set then I'm sure it is quite possible as there usually is a handful of stuff leftover. There is for consideration how consolidated a list could be made between the pieces wanted and the sellers out there with most of them available. Then compare all that trouble to the sake of convenience with buying the set outright from the store. For me none of the parts go to waste and I enjoy the challenge of trying to design something utilizing the included parts only. Funny thing as I go with the MOC, I find myself constantly modifying it because a new idea using some of the parts lying on the sidelines pops up. I lost track of the times taking apart my Small Cottage MOC to implement another bit of furnishing I didn't think about when drawing up the initial blueprint in LDD. Heck, I ended up scrapping my original idea and went freestyle. Now it's my favorite house on my desk ....even if it is a tiny one sitting there beside the towering Haunted House. Ha.

The car, or ACTUAL, living beetles? I have many around our garden and will gladly trade them for a T1.

Charm will work over anger 11 times out of 10.

I built this set and absolutely love it. The build was far more technical than the box graphic would imply. I have several stocked for investment, and will acquire a few more. That there is NOT a lot of buzz on this one makes it more appealing to me... Less stockpiling by fellow investors + the passion of LG train enthusiasts (of which I am one) are a recipe I like. Hoping I'm right!!

Series 1 Mixels, $110

If it hit the wire, NSA most likely has it already. If it was encrypted, then NSA has it for sure... But yeah, I see your point, once your volume is high enough, it becomes similar to any business - you don't want to provide an easy way to access your business data