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Makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately, it never seems to work out that way. "Surely the Haunted House will be around through October..." "They won't retire R2 before the new movies..." "The Pet Shop will go before Town Hall..." TLG operates by it's own logic.

When did this become "who is the biggest star wars geek" thread?

I am only sharing my opinion. I get cryptic when I know for sure.

retired tag is a death certificate. death certificates are issued many hours after the actual death.

Like all those new vehicles in Episodes I-III really made for a memorable movie experience. LOL.

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Because you bought the 1 left?

Indeed, and if we're going to "brickroll" then use this one.

When people buy me $500 gifts I hope they got them at a discount.

I am posting here only to help people make more money and dissolve confusion about optimal investing strategies. And because I like LEGO. Also it is possible to be totally wrong, it's mathematics. Maximal gains has nothing to do with expected returns and I did not misunderstand anything. My style may be sometimes blunt which is a result of a mix involving exhaustion, personality and maybe a little intent. I don't like to be wishy-washy, but I also don't state things I am not sure of. I could spare my time writing these posts, the only reason I do this because I like to help. Lots of people here clearly don't think like investors while playing around with large amounts of money and it's best to eliminate harmful misconceptions as clearly as possible. Whether it's LEGO, houses, paintings, etc. investing is the same with its own mathematics. You do better if you are aware of it and can turn it to your advantage.

Let Stephen Colbert Explain The New Lightsaber:

So after geeking out on all the space stuff I decided to take a quick dig through one of the bigger tubs this morning before work and see if I recognized anything. 2 minutes later I came out with this gem: I'm pretty darn sure thats the upper left section of a market street 10190. If all the pieces are here I'm sure this is going to be the best bulk lot I'll ever find.

For every one Mark Cuban, there's plenty of bankrupt would-bes. I'm not criticizing your religion (you did say "put your faith" in him), but LEGO isn't like other investments. All TLG has to do to kill your "all in" is rehash the set you're "all in" about. Why are folks lukewarm about the Red Five? It's not the only X-wing UCS made. Maybe another is around the corner. What if they build a new TH, the 1892 version? Diversification is a way to adapt to a changing environment. It's worked for this planet for several billion years and through multiple mass extinctions.

Yes. KOTOR is my favorite game of all time. IT took place before Darth Bane. Who invented the rule of two when he decided the dark side was to watered down being spread out over so many Sith. Other groups of Sith think that is ridiculous, since the Dark Side and the Force is infinite and cannot be watered down. I tend to agree with that and think the rule of two was really just a way to consolidate material world power and not have so many lackeys looking to kill you and take your position. Look at me pretending like all this is real history. I'm such a nerd

I don't think ignoring Lucas' wants was a bad decision, given the prequels.

Jar Jar clearly states "Weesa free!" at the end of ROTJ special edition. If Jar Jar says that everyone is free, then the empire has indeed fallen. That's good enough for me.

How about an idea for a spoof: "How ROTJ really ended after the movie ended" Cutscenes of people from all planets celebrating (a la end of ROTJ). Dark. Cutscenes of 3-4 Star Destroyers entering the orbits of these planets from hyperspace. Dark. Scenes of Star Destroyers bombarding the heck out of planets. Dark. The leftover carnage. Is that too dark ?

If those pics are real I can finally have the Cobra Kai trick-or-treating at Halloween.

I better hope they are real preliminary or fake because they look terrible. Nothing really unique. Just replace regular characters with zombie heads. I hope these are not the actual figures.

This. It is hard (for me) to justify Red5 when there are better options for my money. Some of us are not blessed with unlimited capital and just need to make the hard choices. ETA: Damn this sounded too real... back to my jokes and youtube videos

Once again...if you want a Red 5 and don't have one, I would suggest you buy one now.

Let's show our love for Jar Jar... VBG

When ur pooping schedule is off and you are forced to use a public restroom. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

Bought other two 42000 Technic Grand Prix Racers for 50 euro each.

Two more Series 1 Mixels for $123.

So much for everyone's excitement about Throne Room Duel. These sets say "all the talented designers are working on Force Awakens."

First rickrolled, then brickrolled, now we're fatrolled.

Since I have completely avoided Chima and it is going away I find myself desiring the Cragger Command Ship and one of the Elephant things. You can tell I do not know this line but those two things I liked...

TB will not be anywhere near $850 in two years. You can save that.

The Emperor stroke me as someone who enjoyed upgrades. From Chief Senator to Emperor. From older to much younger apprentices. Bigger DS2. etc etc

Stumbled upon this...http://www.thetoptens.com/most-powerful-sith-lords/

Jar Jar was clearly an imperial spy by the time ROTJ came out. If you believe anything he says you will find yourself staring down the needle of an interrogation droid

Han Solo calendar coupons. One week to go.

So, I get a call and they found another TH so that

I am going to have to disagree with you guys. I recently got back into lego, specifically technic and space (no star wars). I really liked the unimog and have been watching it but did not feel it was worth 300$ vs some of the other sets I had yet to get. Now with the arocs coming out I could care less about the 'mog. The new model has new pneumatic pieces, more parts, and in my opinion looks better than the 'mog. The number of people who are lego fans and also big Mercedes fans and have to have all the Mercedes models is probably so small its not worth mentioning statistically. And no regular collector of technic will pay more for a unimog than an arocs, while the arocs is in production. So I believe it will affect the 'mog in that it will cap its price under the arocs ($250). I would pay $200 for a mog personally, no more than that, and I would have to really think about $200. I will however be buying an arocs when I can get it at amazon ~20% off. BTW a guy over at eurobricks is gifted at building models from photos and has built the preliminary arocs for viewing.

With the amount of time these have been available, and that they're selling like hotcakes (the #1 seller on shop at home), this is most definitely another production run.

5 x RI have shipped from LEGO Shop at Home Wonder where the stock came from. Wasn't there a message on the US LEGO Shop at Home saying that it was no longer available for purchase

raven you convinced me to keep these. I really think this set is retired. 1) Toys R Us product page is removed 2) Not for sale on eBay by Toys R Us 3) Lowest on eBay is $87.00 4) Lego Shop at Home shows the item as sold out and on sale 5) Is this site reliable? http://shop.brick-a-brac-uk.com/products/lego-60064-city-arctic-supply-plane It says it is discontinued This set was in the United States according to brickiest from August 2 2014 through December 28 2014. If this holds up it is one of the shortest timelines I have ever seen for a non promotional set. I am calling it... it is all but retired except the badge. Wow

If you want to think a little professionally consider the other type of sets you already have and think about your investments as a portfolio. How much share in monetary value do you want to allocate in it for X-Wings? How much do you want to spread the risk (job of a varied portfolio)? It's no use to think about investments in isolation. The number of R5s you want to purchase should be related to the quantity you own from other sets. You don't want a skewed portfolio optimally.

From Indianapolis, where all my orders seem to be fulfilled from. I called Target and they are sending a replacement "in a box". Rep claimed they recently got a lot of shipping complaints for what it's worth.

Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese on Geonosis?

better yet, i don't understand why all sellers (on bricklink) don't just include the paypal paying link in the bricklink invoice.

Doubt it will affect it at all.

Pure serendipity. I went out to buy some yoghurt, popped into a shop across the road just for a quick look and came out with all that stuff. Got the yoghurt too.

I guess amazon uk was happy with all these orders from overseas. So they could send the beat up boxes there that the picky british do not accept to get.

Not disputing the content of your message, but I'm skeptical that Joe Schmo Lego store employee has access to some online database of set retirement dates or future production run data. That info is golden, Lego knows it, and if this were true, it would be widely known and reported in this community. He was just blowing smoke and giving an opinion with this info, IMHO.

Good to know! Thanks guys!

Perhaps dump all lego and money should be going here:? I spoke to a lady at Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday and SHE TOLD ME "CHILLOW IS DONE, WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY MORE IN!" Get your cases of Chillows NOW GENTLEMEN!

10030 - Imperial Star Destroyer (Sealed) - $1141.20 after fees (Purchased for $300) 4184 - Black Pearl (Sealed) - $245.70 after fees (purchased for $90) I have one more sale in the works, but I'm not going to jinx it, wait till it's all done and the money is in my hands...

I hate it when, I can remember every little detail of something that happened 17 years ago but cant remember a single thing that happened yesterday....