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This one time.... I had a kitchen in my house.

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All you guys that don't like the Ewok Village and don't want to invest in a few I bet 99% of you will be panic buying when its to late and say man why didn't I get at least of few of these, don't worry it will go up in price very fast. With Double VIP I will be getting 8-10 of them. So don't make a big mistake and not get at least a few of these, you will be sorry if you don't. Ed

I had a lady once ask if I could ship a used Ninjago Fire Temple mostly assembled.... She had a disabled kid who loved Lego but wasn't able to build and she said her fingers would get sore from all the assembling, reassembling as he played with them. To help her out, I ate a few bucks in the cost of shipping a larger box and packed it extra carefully so she only had a half dozen steps to reassemble. What did I get out of it? No feedback. Beeee.... not-so-nice-word ...... ch.

I got my PC(s) with 31% off 6 months ago, so I really don't care if it is a good timing to get some now, or not... -I already have the number of sets I planned to get- Don't panic and stick to your plans. Buy when you see a deal in sets you want to invest in. All sets will retire sooner or later. It'll avoid you some panic and enjoy seeing people running around while you have a cocktail.

*** PURE SPECULATION *** Hmm, maybe not stop but postpone ? If Disney insisted on paying for new boxes with their brand, wouldn't TLG need to stop producing the sets until the new boxes were designed and mass produced ? Also, this would give them the chance to clear out all of the old boxes by giving discounts. Once the new boxes are done, the discounts and Sold Out signs can be removed That would cause chaos for sure

About Disney and exclusivity; Disney sure loves having their products rare and hard to find... at least for limited time before they disappear. Look at all the Frozen merchandise like the Dolls, they keep coming with new ones and the other products seem limited runs. Other thing: their DVD's and Blu-Rays of the Lion King for example are quite hard to find on regular bases. They keep re-releasing new versions in a limited run before they are hard to find again. If they do the same thing with their Starwars license then this could mean rarity all over on future sets. I hope it makes sence what i wrote above, i'm kinda in a rush at the moment. "Well, gotta go now, how am I supposed to send this thing out?"

And all the pirates

EV = Stand up double RI = 7 stolen bases in one game

OK, here is a theory. All the new Star Wars sets are coming out with Disney branding who are rightfully putting their stamp on all their Star Wars assets. This is no doubt part of a new licensing agreement leading into the new films. Quite possible they also stipulated that existing sets pre Disney branding must be changed (effectively retiring the set) at some future date most likely before the new films are released. Think about it. R5, R2, MF going or gone no surprises there. But throw in S1, EV, SC and DS all in Oct just prior to a huge new wave of EP7 sets are released. Would that surprise you? Would that cause just the right amount of chaos?

Forget about it rfish. He will not tell us if he knows about specifics. Which is good. Cause then we (the hoard/horde/herd) will jump on these sets and they will crumble under its own success. You have to use your own brain and analyse the market. No guts no glory.

There is no way PC is retiring soon. "At least not before Halloween or before Episode 7 movie comes out.

Terry's pic inspired me to hit 3 Targets on the way home 18 Steamrollers $35 5 Sentinel $35 2 Ninjago City $85 10 Spiderman Helicopter $31 8 Benny's $69 12 Technic Snowmobile $13.98 Kind of shocked how easy it was to obtain Target clearance this go around. Usually non existent. Think the steam rollers are plentiful enough they will hit 50% off.

I really don't care if it retires this year or next year, but like I always say when you can pick up what ever Exclusives you can if you have the money, especially the ones that been out for a while. Ed

I'm not exactly sure when it happened, but I think that predicting EOL sets has jumped the shark.

No, I highly doubt your average person who is interested in this set and saying, "wow, this is great, I'd buy it right now if those logos were printed, but since they're stickers, I'm not interested."

Important here is... who is pulling the strings in this case? Lego or Disney?

Hey hey! spoiler alert!

The emperor did say he sent an entire battalion of his "best troops" to Endor, so I'm assuming these are highly trained troops and not just conscripts. But you're right, the Ewoks had home field advantage and used it well. They look cutesy but they don't shy away from murdering people - they were about to cook Han for dinner until Leia showed up.

I was able to pick up the following in one store: 3x Police Drop Ship - $60 each 1x Starwars The Ghost - $60 each 2x Trash Chomper - $20 each 4x Castle Cavalry - $20 each 3x Lego City Starter Set - $30 each 4x The Bat vs Bane: Tumbler Chase - $30 each 2x Creator Small Cottage - $20 each 2x City Stunt Plane - $15 each Gonna go check couple other WalMarts to see if I can get more of Tumbler Chase

OK from what gregpj said on the one mscheaf mentioned that was not a box change that was a different product. There is a difference between a obsoletion and replacement (those are not our terms but they are printing and fulfillment terms) and updating the box art under the same sku. It makes complete sense that it would be easier to obsolete the part and replace it with a new upc and product than trying to refresh the old one (even if all contents are identical). But I will stay with that I am wrong and mscheaf is right. Hope that makes him happy. He can get back to telling us the town hall and r2 and everything else is not retiring.

Plus the workers who built the ships, the engineers who designed the ships, the pirates who try to board the ships....

I appreciate a good stand up double. I also appreciate opinion, although those opinions can be shared with more tact at times. I'm not a huge fan of this set, but did I mention I like a good stand up double? As a Royals fan, I've come to accept good small ball--every at bat isn't a home run.

Ewok Village is a quality set that should get some love. Looks nice displayed. It's a stand up double in baseball terms.

Ah! But you assume a flat universe. If the modulars exist on a 3D manifold, then three 90-degree turns could complete the block. In which case, no more corner buildings are needed and this set is done. I have no proof that my modulars exist on a spherical transform, it's just a theory.

Sorry to say that but the way you argue is fatuitous/narrow-minded. You hate Ewoks, you don't invest. That's alright with me and I couldn't care less. But seriously investing (especially with big money) is not about your personal liking or disliking of something. If you only buy sets for small money and your emergency plan is to open them and use them yourself if you don't get as much as you wanted for them your personal taste might be important. But I guess nobody here opens 10 R2D2s even if he likes them. (okay bad example, I actually can imagine how people would open 10 R2D2 just to put them everywhere and build cool tables etc. ^.^ ). For most sets I buy it's true that I like them and it's difficult for me to invest into sets that I don't really like, but still I do (because it's not about owning them myself but about selling them later on). Do I like the UCS Helicarrier? Nope... Did I buy one? Nobody cares :-P (but yes I did...). It's the same with the UCS Tumbler or SC and so on. "At RRP... 1x EV = 12x RI, let's see how it pans out a year from now." --> That's the second point why to me your argument isn't any good. Selling 1xEV is 12 times less work than selling 12x RI. Personally I do not see how this is so much of a win. You might be right about it being the winner financially speaking, but I wouldn't be too sure about it (especially if you count in your time selling it etc.). Also 12x RI is 12x the risks that come with selling. I don't say that EV is one of the sets I'll go big with, but my aim is to get my minimum full of them. So let's see what other sets there are that might be worth getting (which might be close to EOL): - ToO - UCS X-Wing - PC - ((probably not anywhere close) UCS Sandcrawler) - Seacow - PS That's it for me when talking about the bigger ones (other people here might have other opinions). EV Contra: 1. it's expensive 2. not necessarily made for display purposes only but rather as a play set 3. Ewoks might not be the most popular thing in the SW universe 4. Collectors might not want it as much as they want other UCS because of points 2 and 3 Pro: 1. it's expensive! (you people know why this is a Pro don't you?) 2. not necessarily made for display purposes but rather as a play set --> personally I do not agree because it depends on how you display. If you want to display Star Wars scences (and that's a lot of fun!) then this set is pretty nice for it even though it's not a large model of some vehicle... And even though the opinions about this set when it comes to being displayed are divided I've seen not few reviews or posts where people discribe it as an eye-catcher (even compared to other UCS SW). 3. Ewoks might not be the most popular thing in the SW universe, but they are cute little furballs and even though I agree that it's a little bit silly how they've been used in the movies it's a matter of perspective. A lot of (female) friends of mine just LOVE the Ewoks because they are so adorably cute. Also children are not as bothered about them as adults might be. Will parents stop showing their children the original movies? Maybe, but probably not for a long time... Oh there are those cool Ewoks and the Ewok village! One of the main settings in the final movie of that triology... oh and look! there even is a LEGO set for it! doesn't sound like people might be looking for it in a couple of years? I guess one can argue... 4. Collectors might still want it just because it's an UCS or maybe they don't... I mean honestly it doesn't matter which UCS SW we're talking about, there always will be collectors who will want it and those who won't. Do I want to own a SSD? Nope... But I really wanted an AT-ST and if there ever is an AT-AT I'm in for that too! It's a personal thing and with 7 billion people on this planet there are enough potential customers for every UCS. 5. BECAUSE investors ambivalent feeling about this set there might not be as much competition later on... In conclusion this set might not seem like an obvious winner but also it doesn't seem like a total loser. To me it's one of the more thrilling Sets that came out the last years. Also: I don't get what exactly should be wrong with the box art... I mean I don't think people really care that much about it anyway. (Yeah okay the new UCS Tie Fighter box art really is cool and makes you wanna buy it! But most box arts are more or less neutral I'd say). The wonderful thing about LEGO these days it that there are so many cool sets that potentially are a good investment that it doesn't really matter if you buy EV or else. I only want to point out that EV has quite some qualities which stand in favor for it compared to other UCS. If you are an investor it doesn't really matter... if you miss the boat on EV it probably won't hurt you as much as missing the boat on the MF or the Imperial Flagship etc. did. I don't think EV will come close behind some of these sets but if it does I'd be upset not to own at least one or two of them.

I doubt anyone cares how many you have. Trek was just trying to be a comedian.

Well, now you have 5, it needs more sausages.

Not sure if it has been posted. but shop at home has Tripe-e 10241 as retiring soon.

The only cancellations I got were the 7.00 and 15 dollar ones from store pickup Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

If you think 6866 is only doing pretty good, you'd better be prepared for disappointment down the road It is doing phenomenal considering MSRP and when it was actually retired. I would check the prices for the rest and sell (I know Canada is different than US) since the upcoming remakes are going to kill the values of those sets

I think if we had better mods who would do there job it could be found.....

I was going to argue at first but then realized that you (seemingly) are essentially comparing CAGR per modular starting on it's EOL/Sold Out date. This is valuable thinking, despite my doubt that it will actually happen. What certainly(!) will NOT happen is FB/GE/PS/PC etc. doing "just as well as GG" when directly compared to it as an "in at MSRP" investment at any given moment, or in the long run. All that additional demand will apply nearly as much to CC/GG/MS as it does to the others, and the supply on those is so low in comparison that the value should always be at a premium, and the later sets should NEVER catch up. I think you basically would agree, but I just wanted to put it in a different perspective for some of the newer audience who may not be fully informed.

Yeah... we were arguing on who's turn it was to ask and I pulled the shortest straw. Thanks in advance.

I told my wallet to man up and grow a pair. We're getting all of these.

I love this set. Going to use some VIP points and get another

Definite block. Stop the headache before it begins.

so you don't see a problem ordering 50+ CTs? perhaps you should give him some hand warmers, a tip or a GC to a local eatery. You can afford to spend nearly $2k on CTs but you can't help out your postal worker?

he's been sending samples of Suave with his LEGO orders so I can see how one would get confused

sweet, its much cheaper, like 3.75.

12 out of 14 CT have shipped today, from CA as well.....

I bet them Red5s are the ones that sitting there

I have fond memories of them from from 35 years ago and I still would, if it wasn't for Jar Jar.

Same with me, the $15 store pick ups were cancelled. Some online are still processing.

haven't seen those yet, just looked them up and look very nice. Will have to pick up a set as well

I read this and understood exactly what it meant without even having to think about it. I've either reached a new level of Brickpicker Zen or I've spent way too much time here over the last year . . .

Without knowing your buy in price it is hard to say. There was a nice window for the Hellicarrier breakout set before the new Hulk based set came out - you probably could have sold easily then (especially if you purchased at 20% off or more) but I think the short term window has closed, unfortunately. Remakes and/or less minifig exclusivity are hurting the value of some of your sets, and I don't see them turning it around in the short term. I would hold at least until Christmas this year and then maybe try to sell some.

I at least use an old GPS. These are the waypoints for the KMarts in my area. What can I say? I'm hooked on phonics. Actually, I'm waiting for my kids to lose my AOL CD before going to the next level.

The real 60051/52 train question for me--at this price, is it worth it? There's always a new iteration of the train which limits the growth of the old one. Even if it has a short life (and that's a big if), there's a new cargo train coming. Again, those with $99 buy in are in good shape, but I'd have to pay close to retail price and there's better upside to something more collectible and exclusive. I wouldn't hesitate at $99, but $189 + tax... I'd rather buy another PC or ToO or Tumbler.