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I buy up a ToO, really beaten up box, but as it

All this practice does is hurt the legitimate ebay sellers including most of you on here, yet every time one of these type auctions comes up of $50 Death Stars or half price this and that people bid on them with the hope they are going to get something that will never come. It affects ebay sellers as a whole as ebay then takes proactive measures like restricting additional accounts a legitimate user may have or putting harsher monthly limits on sellers to protect them from getting more damage from hacked accounts. If something is over 50% off on a hot item you know its not legitimate so why bother!!!! The attitude that I am covered by paypal and ebay so it doesn't matter is the wrong one to have. It still have repercussions on the site as a whole. Just report these type auctions instead of purchasing them and hoping for the best.

I'm not trying to bust your you know what but your attitude is precisely why scammers are so successful. Your logic is if it's a scam oh well ebay or paypal has got my back. Meanwhile the scammer got away Scott free with your money. Who do think reimburses you? The thief? It comes from PayPal or ebay who have to foot the bill, and then people wonder why the fees they charge keep going up and up.

Is that the guy waiting on his Death Stars to arrive or waiting on them to retire LOL?

You may as well open your PayPal case now.

They produce the set for an additional number of years equal to the quantity you order.

Lol @ "when they arrive".

I ended up placing a couple orders from zavvi.com after they were rumored to be sold out. I didn't think I would get anything but today I got a nice surprise in the mail! I read they made 500 of each color, I ended up with 4 copies of red vinyl and one of them is #000001 as shown in the photo! Never expected that! If anyone ends up with an extra yellow and wants to trade for a red, keep me in mind. Time to break out the wheels of steel.. lol

A resurgence is imminent and a Katy Perry polybag may be pending for the full ensemble.

Atlantis is doing so well in retirement Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Can't agree more with this. Look at the price people will pay for a bumpy grey triangle (aka: Super Star Destroyer) if you need proof.

Stained Jenna Jameson jigglers? Those crappy huge Hasbro X-Wings that are out right now?

Who's your source?

Bulk lot of 30 GS Creepers at $7.50 each. Huge Gains on GS , HUGE I tell you!!

Ah, the classic Chinese 'Lego to Jewelry' bait and switch. It's the oldest trick in the book. I still have a giant heap of costume jewelry where my stack of MISB 10179's is supposed to be. I just can't bring myself to take the loss and accept that the UCS Falcons I was promised by 'supertrustguy99' (only $99 each with free shipping!) will never arrive... I mean, delivery from China can take a long time, right?

Point taken I shall see if I can get in touch with ebay regarding a possible scam. In the future I will be a lot more careful not to be taken in.

That could have been easily covered had USPS stopped subsidizing those damn mails from China.

To me, these look like City-ized reissues of the AquaZone and AquaRaiders themes.

My wife complained when I have her that same disclosure. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

Not enough to satisfy the demand for them, apparently?

I am a seller that calls them new. If I part out a set (minifigs), are they used because I sliced open a big bag to take the minifigures out? I don't use stock photos on sets like that and I also list a good description of what was done so it isn't a surprise. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Something about Star Wars and spaceships seems to trump all rationale when it comes to Lego investing. I have an equal share of these two so I'm happy to see either win. Assuming TOO poofs out completely soon, I expect Red Five to win the 1-2 yr appreciation race and TOO wins long-term.

I might have bought a couple of those X-Wings at Sam's Club, but I'm not sure what they finally cleared out at? I think I saw them at $19.81. I thought about rigging them with some rocket kits for some Saturday night fun.

like clockwork...

I would believe it if SOH was mostly star wars grey...

i Like this boat. It is like the dolphin cruiser for boys And will likely be very popular amonst boys.

Oh goody, it's Cash4Gold but with LEGO.

Hello Legofans ! My name is Dylan, i live in France and i'm a 21 years old. I doing Lego's Investing since 2012 and i'm a big fan of Lego Racers range. My big research at the moment is the following set: Lego Racers 4578-1 Ghost 2001 (http://urlz.fr/1sqt). Please submit me your offers or let me know if you find interesting offers. I hope to find my happiness among you and especially spend pleasant time on the forum. Peace. ++

Went to local LEGO store today and saw couple Pets Shop on the shelve with seals 03S5

mscheaf so that no one interprets me wrong - I am not saying it is retiring. i am not saying it is even close to retiring. No one please read my comment as it is retiring. I am saying for instance the arctic supply plane lasted 4-6 months and if you call LEGO Shop at Home they say it is retired. There is a new lego retirement game possibly afoot that we do not understand. If the LOTR license goes (which we have no basis for) then this is the only other set of LOTR Hobbit I want to collect some of. So since I want to have some for sure, I am going to choose to invest into it. It could be a bad choice. I don't know. Realistically this should last into 2016 at least. Common logic would say it will be here until late 2016. But beyond the one for me from the Meijer santa bucks sales I have no other and would like to have a few before it goes - 2015, 2016, 2017, etc., etc. Plus put that with online only in my area and I just feel the need to get a few (maybe 5) in case. Could other sets retire early and I miss them? Sure and that's fine. This is one I want a few of. Not buying 20 now. A few. We've been suggested to invest early and buy spread out smoothly and often to avoid the panic. I want some with me to avoid any panic down the road.

Why reading it? Ummm because I still buy and sell ucs. You know, what this site is about?

December 30. Pretty sure Red Five is not standing by.

I think it's the case of lots of recent spaceships, no ? I mean, lots of spaceships have to be built in some big steps (most of the time, as many as the number tagged on the bags). If you do not connect them together (bag 1 with 2 with 3...) you can scratch you head but in the end, you realize the overall design once they are all put together. Last time I had this "mind-f**k" was with the galaxy squad crawler (#70708): "is that the head ? the torso ?" and in the end, you just add some few pieces (legs, eyes) and... hey ! Here it is ! Cherry on the cake was to see its legs move... awesome. Maybe you could try benny's spaceship... (big and cheap price) If you're into star wars, according to Jangbricks, the new TIE Advanced Prototype (#75082) : "the entire build process was incredibly satisfiying and I felt like I was learning the entire time". So it might worth take a look....

Once you build ultimatethat's all you'll permit 'cause anything less is schmidt and that is a definite you must admit.

I can remember buying those classic Space minifigure packs with something like five to six characters featuring weapons and gear for around $5 which seems bizarre compared to nowadays. ....We're gonna need a bigger boat.

"Infocom presents...The Crescent Hawk's Revenge!" DOS games may not be flashy but they were classy. Brickmechs Brick Commander I could not find a physical build but did come across Brick Commander's digital rendition which you can download the instructions elsewhere on his site same as all the other mechs he has recreated. The design is based on the MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries one which looks like the "unseen" original. Also I came across instructions for the Thunderbolt above in the form of an LDD file. The link is added to that post. Edit: I found a different Archer on Brick Commander's site here. It's definitely an older bulkier take at the mech.

So sorry for this mess. I just spent an hour weighing my inventory, and all my large sets were within 10-15g of each other (Harbor Freight scale with +/- 5g resolution). Shipping weights will be your best way out of this. (un)fortunately, your weight variance is very large, many pounds. This will appear in your shipping weights. Do your packing slips have weights recorded? Even without this data available to you, I would ask Walmart to try and recover shipping weight info from their system or UPS/Fedex. Obviously, the tracking number will be of immense help here. If shipping data shows a discrepancy of a few kg, then you've got everything you need to prove to Walmart that they shipped sets with many missing pieces/bags. At some point, if Walmart hasn't yet resolved this, I'd open the underweight sets and inventory what bags are missing. Its possible - possible - that someone pilfered a complete set from 2 or more other sets. In this case, the missing bags from your set would be telling. The lego bags will be marked with numbers. If I was thinking deviously and wanted to short a few sets to make a complete one, I'd simply take all the #1 bags from one set, all the #2 from another, and so forth. Practically, there's no other way to do that; trying to discern individual bags would be a nightmare. Anyway, knowing what bags are missing is additional evidence for you with Walmart that someone shorted your sets on their end, perhaps to steal a complete set of their own. Good luck, and keep us posted. From now on, I'm weighing every set I receive for which I have other sets to compare to. And not a bad idea to weigh outgoing-sets, with perhaps a photo of the outgoing shipping info + the set on a scale as a bit of proof of what you're sending. I'd also *not* tell buyers I have this info recorded. Would be very handy for counterevidence against shady buyers looking to skim parts or some other scam in the future.

This. I agree with everything you wrote. For that reason I have more Red 5 than ToO to invest mid term gain and flip into more. I have more Red 5's than ToO's but I plan to get more ToO's soon and a few EEE's to boat it all around in. LOL.

I'm not stepping in on srosters market either. Those x-wings are ridiculously large

DS production has stopped and all its assembly lines have been turned over to SOH production, which is soon to flood all markets, everywhere. Please don't ask for my source.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moclug/sets/72157618924468833/ Flo's Diner by MOClug

I was tempted to buy some with the Toysrus offer some days ago, but I passed. With a Voucher and cashback each set would have been about 27 Euro. I guess it will reach 60 Euro sometime, but will not move so easily.

I couldn

Yeah until it keeps getting repeated on forums like this one and people realize how easy it is to do.

I bought a flower cart for $9.99 shipped, I like the actual poly a lot and I know it'll really compliment the detective agency when I get it!

How about this? Olivia's Basement: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=64484 Perhaps the best part of the MOC is the wall shadowing behind the ladder. If you read the post that's what inspired the moc in the first place.

Finally Finished building This monster. This is Designer Han low lowloader. Full remote and PF + pneumatics. This is probably the most expensive set in my collection to date.

I am trying to contemplate what purpose such a unique vehicle would serve at an arctic outpost. The best I can come up with is that it's used for joyriding on Saturday evening poker and beer night. Look at the smile on the pilot's face- he is clearly not "working". My guess is a mixture of quaaludes, JD, & Dimetapp.