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This will go well with the release of the Detective's Office I think. Not smart having those cookies lay about though.

Interesting experience today via CL. A good one actually. Very nice guy, met me at a Mickey D's and I sold him a SC. The interesting part was he mentioned brickpicker during the transaction. I replied with "oh I guess you know what kind of scumbag I am then" heh heh. Had a good laugh, he doesn't resent lego investors though instead seemed genuinely interested.

Sales are winding down finally...outbound stack (near) is gradually getting smaller than inbound (far)...inbound today is a DS, some Cargo Terminals, Sail Barges and other small misc. (76000, etc)

This reminds me of this scene in Bad Santa. Well they can't all be winners, can they? NSFW language

Candy.

Some of you guys are out of your minds. Yes, anything can happen when it comes to Lego retirements but just work with the data you have staring you in the face: One insignificant retailer says it's backordered, everywhere else is sold out with no sign of a return. I interpreted Ed Mack's post as "You're all insane and won't believe a set is dead until its bloated corpse is lying in front of you and its too late".

Too late, I've already returned all mine so I can rebuy with double points and Winter Soldier polybag.

How can they be upset? They sold out of tons of stuff, and when there nothing left, no promos, we still go back and buy the scraps for an EXTRA 5% Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

I bought a 100% complete Holiday Train 10173 with manual and box for $300 cash on CL. I was just looking for a deal, looked up insane ebay prices probably due to Holidays of these even in used condition. .

Ed, we need another vague but important message from you telling us about how the whole world of Lego is going to be turned upside down.

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pretty much my area as well from Sandy Springs up to Alpharetta, where my warehouse is. When you're in town let me know. yeah yeah yeah. You keep migrating over this way LOL. You're the Cobb county BPer. Been doing way to much Fulton shopping of late!

I'm an Atlanta native. Born and raised in Alpharetta. No beach there so now I'm in Jacksonville, FL. Entire family is still there in Alpharetta and Sandy Springs though so I visit quite often. Welcome to the site!

They're not, at least not by eBay. You can manually cancel their bids as they come in, but should one sneak through at the last moment, eBay will issue you a defect if you cancel the transaction after the auction ends. Too many defects, no more eBay selling account. And, for those who are using the far more lucrative method of fixed price instead of auction, there is no bid cancellation or accepted cancellation for the non-supported requirement of 0-4 feedback. In being penny "wise" in protecting yourself from the supposed increase in risk of zero feedback buyers (a risk that I have not personally seen in 17 years of selling on eBay), you are perhaps being pound foolish by leaving money on the table by running auctions versus fixed price listings. I would not recommend fooling around in an eBay gray area that's more likely to lead to trouble than avoid it. I also wouldn't recommend auctions over fixed price listings except in very specific cases (a very rare and very desirable item that will surely attract a lot of buyers, or a very flavor-of-the-month very rare item -- new style iPad, hottest toy this Christmas that's out of stock everywhere, etc.)

Emotionally, I have that problem with Super Heroes sets. I've never been into the comics they're based on, so if I just buy based on my own interests I'd never touch 'em. But you've got to consider past performance. Folks love Batman. I mean, even Wyldstyle fell for him.

That's some club she has there.

Hello all, I've seen a couple of posts from people from Atlanta so I know there's some of us here! I've been a Lego fan since I received set 6054 when I was 5 years old. I've owned quite a bit of sets over the years. They were mostly Forestmen, Exploriens, Ice Planet 2002 (6879 is one of my favorite small sets ever), Castle sets around that time (6081 & 6082), and random others. Once I turned 15 I stopped caring about them, at 18 I moved out of the house, and at age 20 my parents gave (GAVE, not SOLD) away every single one of my sets and parts to one of their friend's kid without me knowing it. It was their house though, and they had purchased those for me, but it made me sad nonetheless! Fast forward another ten years from that black day - I have some young'ns around the house and one is starting to get to the age of Lego. I slowly started building his collection with some Junior Lego (straight up skipped over Duplo) as he isn't even of the age to play with those but he loves to play with the minifigures and build towers out of the blocks. I am a collector and investor (and accountant by profession). I've invested/collected in quite a few things including rare coins, bullion, comic books, sports memorabilia and other items. I am going to add Lego to this list as well. Just made my first purchase thanks to someone on this board giving me the heads up on Horizon Express 10233 in stock at Target - nabbed three of them before it went poof! They were delivered yesterday morning and it brought back all those feelings I used to have playing Lego. You all have a great community here and I look forward to contributing to the betterment of it.

48R4 from LEGO Shop at Home double vip last week. fresh off the presses.

Should just be filled trays. The seals do pop easily and can be loose

And that's no offense to exciter, he's got some darn good one liners!!

My whole life begins to shake.

An alternative theory - Things are great. LEGO Shop at Home told me when I said it is like a mass discontinuation of almost everything that "well there is a ton of great new product coming out next year". Could it be they have almost emptied their warehouse of tons of old things like the exclusives and they are doing this because there is a bunch more middle sized & smaller sets they want to get rid of because they really are doing an Extinction Level Event on their old product lines. This goes with Mos Eisley's thoughts and I typed them before reading his post but had not posted mine yet.

They don't appear to be having a problem moving exclusives so I would say that policy has no impact on sales. What they aren't selling through is all the regular stuff that you can still get at a discount. But the reason they aren't selling through their own supply is because the majority of sets are still available on every other retailer's shelves. I'm pretty sure their sales are up so significantly this year over last that regardless of what happens the rest of the year, they will still have an increase. I expect more sales, including LEGO stores, after Christmas and early next year to get rid of all the old stuff. They have clearly produced more of mostly everything this year, so just because it isn't all gone, doesn't mean they haven't sold the hell out of what they have been producing.

The 25% discount, does it require a paid membership? If it does not, then I ask for a spare one The BN near me has a terrible selection not worthy of a paid membership, but fallingwater and sydney opera house are both waiting for me to build. BN has changed their email marketing preferences: Opt-In to B&****** Marketing & Promotions If You Have a B&****** Account: 1. Sign in to your B&****** Account. From the My Account drop-down menu at the top, select Manage Account. 2. Scroll down to Settings and click Email Preferences. 3. The Change Communications Preferences section appears. Select the type of Barnes & Noble promotions and events you

And I'll make it more interesting.... PM me your email, and I'll forward you my 25% off coupon that I won't be using, no minifigs required.

I have no idea what to even remotely say to this. Jeeze, I am so sorry. :resent:

I'm really not too worried about Minecraft returns. They'll be ripped open and mixed in with other pieces on Christmas morning and the parents are just relieved they could get one or two sets, as scarce as they were.

To the $299 AA, I had one listed the same, saw prices creeping up and raised mine to $333 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Welcome to the site, I spent 20+ years in the Marietta/Kennesaw area before I came to the same conclusion as tmock12, only I went to South Carolina instead of Florida.

I have kicked around that idea of a restocking fee, but just like having quick & easy returns set up (which I have tried) - it tends to backfire. The quick & easy is definitely a defect magnet, as it is too easy to claim something was wrong and avoid return shipping costs - just by clicking a button (without the need to contact the buyer to explain). I believe that restocking charges would only make buyers who experience "buyers remorse" more likely to feel justified in abusing the system. By the way, I never have a problem with accepting a return, or canceling an order. It will sell again (generally it sells for more) - plus I like to have as much inventory as I can in my store.

Maybe it passed unnoticed - with all the EoL action going on: SC EoL

What do you think is the investment value of minecraft micro world sets? The playability and value seems to be inferior to the new minecraft series ...

That would have been huge, sorry to hear. I have seen this: http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/39241/more-gamecube-controllers-and-adapters-promised-by-nintendo

Honestly thought the buyer wasn't going to pay and was just trolling me... My auction was right under TRU ebay's listing for $209.99 after-all haha. I would definitely try selling some smaller sets and "test the waters" on which avenue you think best fits your selling style. I personally rarely use CL/Kijiji as i just don't have the time and the little time i do have i value too much to be wasting time arranging meetups and the headaches that come with no-shows or late buyers etc. I have had to play the balancing game these past few months with which sets to go for. So many winners seemingly retiring which will all be winners. But i don't want to tie too much up. Passing on R2 myself, mainly just because i can't get em all. I was debating passing on AA, but with my recent sale of one I've grabbed a couple to hold.

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Thanks, I'll look it up. I appreciate it.

Eventually, the internetz just runs out of good available names...guess it could be worse:

Awesome I'm very familiar with that area. It's great that you don't have to deal with it! I live over near Woodstock. I commute to Atlanta every day unfortunately.

I wonder how many of us simply ran out of money and room to hoard the AA. The SSD, TH and HH will do that to you.

I wouldn't worry about getting a box of rocks sent back to you (they are way too heavy to ship) - it is much more likely to be an empty poly bag.

Yes. I wouldn't bother bracing. You've got people who don't normally use ebay buying presents, that is all. You might get one feedback (lol).

They're from the expanded universe. They were once cannon, being from the Force Unleashed games. But of course Disney, being the good old company they are, made that series non-canon. *sigh* They were under the control of the Shadow Guards (which as there are more Troopers than Guards really should've had 3 Shadow Troops and 1 Shadow Guard) and had stronger armor than the normal Storm Trooper. They were trained to fight against Galen Marek. And here's the interesting bit, their armor is not a black, more of a dark metalic gray. So, these Shadow Troopers are DEFINITELY based upon the Force Unleashed and not the other Shadow Troopers used by Blackhole. Which had black armor. The LEGO Group really did their research this time around.

Just an update...I called Lego customer service and explained the situation. I told them to charge my card and they did. The woman I spoke to had no idea these were being double shipped. As a thank you, she didn't charge me any sales tax. -Jeff

Instead of debating and banging it out on the keyboard, cut a promo like this one and post it. It will be far more entertaining.

i am traveling for work. but managed to get following 4 boxes of Series 2 Mixels 1X 9493 (54.99+tax) 1X 10221 (@ 399.99+ tax)

For me it took about a year before I could start cycling my stock. Patience is the key!

From my perspective, J.J. Abrams gets the benefit of doubt. He has given us: Lost The recent Star Treks MI: 3 Super 8 (absolutely outstanding film) Cloverfield (another incredible film) ... and has focused his work on being LESS CGI-dependent, and more story development, character-development, and old-school filming techniques that feel much more authentic (ex: puppeteered Yoda (awesome) versus CGI Yoda (sad.). Thank GOD Michael Bay wasn't given this project. Honestly, I can't think of another director more qualified to handle this material. I believe he'll do for SW what Jackson did for LOTR, and what Sam Raime did for Spiderman 1-2. Here's to hoping.

Sooooo I had the idea to list my Creative Towers on Craigslist. Had probably 5 replies of "Since these were $30 at Walmart I think $35-$40 is a steal for you." Man come on. Who calls and tells someone what is fair based off of what they were at a store. I went out on Thanksgiving and almost got mauled by the hoards of people then had to wait to checkout and you think I held this for you at $5 extra. Insane.