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It's a great set. Period. Seems like there will be a lot of people with hurt feelings once again because they didn't acquire this set, assuming it was going to last until the new STAR WARS movies came out. They will pick the set apart, complaining that it doesn't beep or light up, or that it doesn't move with a motor and remote control, or some other silly reason. I guess the 10179 Falcon is a loser because it doesn't have a working hyperdrive.

To be fair most of the criticism is "this set sucks, can't see why anyone would like it" rather than "this set is a bad investment because <insert thoughtful discussion here>".

Little Johnny gave grandma his Christmas list this year: Lego Hawnted Houzze Lego Town Hall Lego Ar tooo dee tow Lego Camel that flies

I never said my method made sense or money...

Desire increases exponentially for those things that are difficult to obtain

Wow...I could not disagree more. Sorry.

To the Tower Bridge....?

Here is what I replied "No" to... There will be 1000x the number of R2's, Town Halls and Haunted Houses on the after market. This was in reference to the 10179 Falcon. I know there was 20,000 First Edition 10179s made. So at the very least, there would have to be 20,000,000...or 20 MILLION R2's, Town Halls and HHs floating around in the storage facilities across the world for your statement to be true. Sorry, that is not reality. As for your other comments, what I make or why I stoke the flames is none of your business. I could easily keep the information to myself and let people fend for themselves. I have enabled thousands of people to take advantage of private information for FREE. They have gotten solid information from me on the Rover, RI, SSD, TH and now the 10225, all in the past 6 months. The site's costs have to get paid with something, so if Jeff or I ask people to click on a link, it costs you nothing, but helps keeps the site operational. I really don't understand your other points. Are you telling me that DOUBLING your money in ONE YEAR is a bad thing? I really don't know of many other investments that exhibit returns like that. Good luck with your future investments. I hear Hasbro will be making a remote controlled R2-D2 that beeps and lights up. Sounds like a solid investment.

Check out some of these fun LEGO T-Shirts!! Click the pictures to see them on the shirts. They have probably 50+ different designs <----- I might buy this one for Ed Here is a whole page of them....

Until now I never understood why people bought sets for long-term investment right the day they came out. The last couple of weeks have taught me otherwise and I will change my buying habits accordingly: If there is a set you are interested in, go buy it every now and then starting on day 1! Since a have kind of a (low) fixed limit on each set anyway and buying early does not hurt too much regarding space and this way is a much more relaxing approach to investing - knowing you have at least the minimum of sets you wanted as early as possible.

People were saying this a lot about the SSD #10221. "Its all grey bricks", "tedious build", "too big to display", "box too big", etc, etc I just ran the latest price guide update and it is now at $711, up almost 80% in the last 6 months. I say its doing pretty well. This one will too.

If he goes EOL you would need something else guarding him. Especially when equipped with power functions.You couldn't buy more (GE is closed), you couldn't adopt some (PS gone), you couldn't complain (TH closed), you couldn't even get a used/dead one back to life (HH done). You wouldn't find your ONE without the view from the ToO (missing), and even if you would, the firepower of the SSD isn't anymore. You got to take care of the one R2D2 that you have, especially when the "power" is with him. Hire a tumbler, and open a secret research institute inside the TB. Develop a new exo, bricklink a UCS spaceshuttle, and deconstruct that darn death star. Gosh, it is late.

Exactly...I could have said something weeks ago about the 10225 or the 1...........

I hear the Earth is flat...

Who cares if the kids like this set? Do kids fly a $3000 10179 around a room? They aren't the ones dishing out $$800-1000 for one in the future.

I don't think most people who will be buying this in the secondary market, will be buying it for a toy. It's a display piece, and one that even non-SW fans would recognize. I could even see some SW fans who aren't even that into Lego wanting this set. It's not a set that's really aimed at kids, though some kids might like it. As an older Lego fan, this set appeals to me way more than DS, Sandcrawler, etc. And as an adult, I've got the money to spend on it.

Or they discontinue it because they 'have' to get rid of an old set to introduce a new. That way shelf space isn't messed up. LEGO has done it for years. Balance the income outcome ratio. Might want to check it out.

I am not a Lego train expert, but in defense of the HE I have a quick personal observation.... Building a MOC train station with my daughter for our city and was surprised that the city trains did not have doors for passenger loading and unloading (just removable top). The HE does, so I guess that is what will be in our train station. I gotta think any AFOL building a city would also notice this and quickly gravitate toward the HE for a more realistic set. Not sure if this will matter investment-wise, but I am going to pickup a few more just in case.

Do you know anyone who decides to not buy an aftermarket lego set because the price/weight ratio is too expensive? Or even the price per piece? If that was the case then we'd all be out of business. In my opinion, R2 is a unique set that can't be compared with anything else out there. It's not a bust, and it's not a ship or playset. I'll admit that makes it riskier than other investments because of the unknown factor, but I don't think the risk is that great compared to the potential returns. None of the UCS sets (except for the "new" UCS like the Sandcrawler) are minifig scale, and none can "interact" with other sets, so I don't understand this criticism either. My adult friends love this set, even non-Lego people. My kids love it. Hell, even my dad loves it and he thinks I'm dumb for putting any money into kids toys, whether for investing or for personal building lol.

i said it more than once and say it again. dont bet all your money on r2d2, there are plenty of others sets that have not been crowd-EOLed as of yet out there. 'tis the season to buy them. DIVERSIFY for a steady ROI.

I've been in the stock market long enough to know it's never a good sign when everyone says 'Buy now! Everything's a winner!' This is supposed to be a thread for 'general discussion', not just 'positive discussion'. The way anyone who expresses a less than cheerleader level of enthusiasm for a set gets immediately mocked as a total idiot is pathetic.

Even birds like R2

Yeah no.....he isn't even a good one.

Mixels. And only Series 3.

You had't even had to have any additional information. I know that this is my usual mantra, but if anybody looked at the ratio of new and retired exclusives in the last year(s) should have known that something has to balance it. It is just clever observation and deduction, I was telling the same since January without any hint received. What took people off guard is that LEGO had not done the balancing spread out uniformly but compresses it into these few months. My personal guess, which is totally irrelevant to anything by the way, is that LEGO did not want to make a move until they figured out a way how to handle resellers in the future.

R2 is trying to fix it as we speak.

Ed Mack: Lookie, lookie here...This thread is dead. So many sets to retire and so little time... Willy Wonka: The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last!

After reading the last 100 posts in this thread. I am still convinced that it is DS who will retire together with R2. I have no proof. But my gut feeling was also right about R2 and TH. I believe Lego is refreshing the entire Star Wars line to get ready for the new movie to be released next year. These times are very interesting and is costing us investors alot of money and stress. I wish everybody wisdom and good luck. Cause this can make us all some good money. p.s. I also believe MF is done. Just my 0.02

Don't feel too bad about Grandma. The last story was a BP person sending Grandma in for a bunch of RI's in an altercation with a Lego Store employee and coming out with 12 or something like that.

I love this video..pretty amazing what they did to put it all together. Had to keep reminding myself I wasn't watching a video game: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/whats-harder-skiing-night-led-suit-filming/

Bought all nice, clean and used complete(no boxes)-10221 Super Star Destroyer a 10227 B-Wing and a 75059 Sandcrawler for $750 shipped. Coming from an adult collector who displayed them in a sweet SW room which is a nice touch. Keeping these for me will allow me to unload all my MIB SSDs and my MIB B-Wing when the time is right. Cross the Sandcrawler off my UCS want list. woot!

It's about to disappear way to go Brickpicker

Not odd at all. It's the time of year. It has begun. These forums will be funny this time of year with a lot of new users. Omg omgggg every lego set and I mean every one is oos at Amazon. Sigh.... Yupp. None are retiring. Its Christmas. Noobs.

Wait until trek starts calling all stores across country asking to ship ...

$120 is the new selling point for Mixels Series 1.

This and people in general are just impatient and want immediate results. These are the same people that won't last long in this game.

It seems there is another Lego Batman movie out for release soon on February 10th of 2015 with an exclusive Batzarro minifigure. Source: The Brick Fan

Here is what you're looking for I think. Thank Spanky. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/87-10224-town-hall/?view=findpost&p=356709 http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/87-10224-town-hall/?view=findpost&p=356757

don't worry .. its not your luck. its the probability factor right? as you start ordering more, likely hood of damaged product arriving at your door is higher. you will learn to adapt to those variables soon enough to be able to get the better condition boxes and sets. for myself i have learned to avoid the last minute rush purchases. that's when most of the damaged sets are arriving. so, pace yourself and when everyone is after the just vanished one doing F5. and losing sleep.. and what not; move to another set and order. this way its less stressful and you will receive most of the mint boxes

Availability at retailers is not, historically, reliable indicator. It is more reliable for exclusives I guess (cheaper sets do get wiped out towards christmas), but if not for that mysterious "change in focus" you are hinting at, people would not have put as much weight on reseller availability as one of the signs. We know that there is about 10 week cycle for big sets - depending on the demand (real or artificial), promos, and allocation for retailers, sets could disappear for 2-3 weeks, just to reappear again.

Quick flip is over. Now is a good time to get some with double VIP points. And hold them up to 2016. This set is very known, lots of people who didn't bought it will still want one set to complete their Ideas collection. I stick with my plan to resell my sets with the white classic spaceman.

I'm sure it was just a coincidence, but two minutes after I edited my listing for a set of the series 1 Cragster Mixels, to include the word gray in the title, they sold. $35 shipped

Tread lightly. Is it worth a ban from ebay over 10 polys to save a few bucks in fees?

Because he is a troll.

Next week's episode "Empire Day" is up on xfinity. Great Episode.

Whats going on with this Set?? Sold out now on Amazon since last night among some others.......Target still in stock though

I have both the DS and EV on display in my house and when guests come by the first thing they all go look at is the EV - I've gotten many more compliments on it than any other displayed SW set I own. EDIT: random side note: George Lucas' daughter Amanda and I were on the same little league team as kids sometime between 1988-1991 and he used to come watch our baseball games.

So there goes my idea of buying a sprinter and traveling across the country buying LEGO and calling it "American Brickers". The show that follows expert Brickpickers as they scour the country's junkyards (Wal-Marts), basements (K-Marts) and barns (Craigslist) for hidden LEGO Gems.

There are a bunch of issues to consider: 1. If the tracking shows delivered but the buyer states they did not receive the package, I do everything I can to help them find it. I let them know to call their local post office (I provide them the phone number, which I can get by googling "Post Office" and their zip code) and tell them to ask to speak to the carrier who scanned the package as "delivered". I give them a description of the color and dimensions of the package and the type of packaging so they can describe it to the carrier. If they call within a day or two, carriers often remember specific packages and can sometimes figure out if they've mis-delivered them. Keep in mind, the post office DOES occasionally screw up - a buyer is not necessarily running a scam if the post office says "delivered" and the customer says it's not. Also, some postal carriers scan all their packages delivered at the beginning of their shift - so at 8 a.m. the buyer may freak that the package shows "delivered" when it won't actually get to him until 4 p.m. And then sometimes, the carrier runs out of time on his route and doesn't deliver all his packages that are already scanned until the next day. 2. If the package is "lost in space" (no recent scans to tell you where it is), you can get the current tracking at USPS.com and ASK FOR EMAIL UPDATES (there's a box to click). You can ask for updates just to you, or to you and your customer. I don't know if I've just been lucky, but EVERY time I've had a package that the post office just vanishes in a puff of smoke and is stalled on tracking somewhere for days and days and have used this service, the package miraculously re-enters the flow of packages within a few days. Like I said, could be luck, or maybe they have to explain "never arrived" packages in some kind of internal auditing that this track-trace function generates. 3. If the package never does scan delivered, you will be refunding under both eBay and PayPal rules. This does not mean you should insure every package you send - for most sellers, that's a spectacular waste of money. Insure what you cannot afford to refund - for some folks, this "pain point" is $50, for some $1000. Bottom line, if you put a dollar or two in an "insurance jar" on your desk, you're going to find at the end of the year that you have a large surplus of cash even after a refund or three.