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  1. I searched for a thread for this set but didn't see one. Mods, if I missed it then please feel free to combine them. With the recent clearance of this set at Target and Walmart, and the varying opinions on it's potential value and seemingly over abundant supply (at Target at least), I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread to discuss. Personally, I am a big believer in this set. It has five figs, four of which should be popular, a so-so bat-plane, and the very unique steam roller that the Joker drives. The steam roller is what caught my eye at first when this set was released. I think it fits the Joker to a tee, and I doubt we will ever see one again. This set should pair well with the funhouse and yet to be released joker land. I currently have 27 of them all bought right around the current $35 clearance price, and the chance to buy several more. At 30% off I think this set is a no brainer, but the abundance of them at Target intrigues me. Why do they have so many, as compared to other retailers like walmart? My walmarts have been out of this set for awhile, but target keeps bringing them out to refill the shelf every time it's empty. Since it appears that many of us are loaded up, this set may take awhile to see any solid gains, even if you are patient and roll the dice to try and score some at 50% off or more. Has anyone parted this set out with any consistent success? What are some other opinions on this set's potential?
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  2. We share information. They get ours, we get theirs. We will also send new members their way with links on the set guide page and visa versa. We will pick up new members and the Classifieds could benefit as well. Their sales can increase if their prices are lower. We become the Ultimate LEGO Price Guide.
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  3. Look at what came in the mail today. Thanks to trekgate for running this small contest to make things interesting. What I am also impressed about is the nice packaging in addition to him coming through.
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  4. DadsAFOL, I am going to hijack your initial post here to put what I had written up but couldn't post because I had no idea my internet just went down, but you still get the credit for finding it first Today, Ed and I are very happy to announce that the BrickPicker Price Guide now includes current pricing from BrickLink. This has been a request that we have been asked about MANY times over the past few years and there wasn't really all the much we could do. We asked and while there was interest, not much could be done with the old owners of the site. A few days ago, I received a note from the COO of BrickLink asking if we interested in moving forward with what can be considered a information partnership between the two sites. BrickLink is also including a link to our price guide on all of their catalog pages. The BrickLink price values are based on a rolling six month period, so make sure take that into account when you looking at the prices. Newer sets that have just gone EOL will see a greater discrepancy until the time and average catch up. We are also including BrickLink marketplace information with a direct link to their catalog to look at and purchase sets. I hope everyone here enjoys the access to have the values for the two largest marketplaces all in one spot. Hopefully this will be the first of many chances to work with BrickLink moving forward. There will be an opportunity to add different features with currency and different regions. I will be looking into those options soon. At this time it has been announced on BrickLink and honestly, I have no idea why some Bricklink members are so upset. They will have the opportunity to earn the business of people that are serious about buying LEGO. With the Bricklink set prices on every Set Guide page, there is now the opportunity for BrickPickers to check out prices and sets on Bricklink. This is added exposure for Bricklink sellers that they didn't have before. As we always say, price your items correctly and they will sell. This applies not only with Brick Classifieds, but with Bricklink as well. I am not upset at all by some of the reactions, Ed and I have come to expect it. Let us know your thoughts!! DadsAFOL's original post I searched but didn't see any forum post about this. The BrickLink catalog pages are now linking to Brickpicker. That should drive lots of new traffic. Example: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=10182-1
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  5. Yes I will have an announcement post on this but I am having a bad day. Verizon fios is down for me. Server issues. Etc. we also have their price guide info on our price guide pages
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  6. Just read their forum posts in response to the announcement. Their haters are too funny. It's like they'd prefer to live behind the Berlin Wall or something. I just hope those people don't come over to our forum
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  7. More information and crossover is always good in my opinion, as a seller and a buyer. BL forums are among the most drama-filled I've ever witnessed, even after 20+ years on the internet and even including gaming sites populated with hormonal teenagers. I wouldn't let knee-jerk reactions there faze me a bit.
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  8. For one Scooby has been around since 69 vs 84 for tmnt. I think both were cool abd I grew up with both. Scooby has more appeal I think with the older group as so many watched it growing up. It also has Halloween appeal which is a large grossing holiday for retailers. While I can see where you are comparing the two being franchises geared towards kids turned Lego, I think the tenure and Halloween feel of Scooby and gang will out perform tmnt by far. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app
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  9. Thank you Target Inventory Tracker. Day 2 . Wife took over for me today. Did an excellent job. 6 Sentinels 3 Benny 4 Dropships
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  10. Creating a new Topic for Walmart in store since the other one was created for online. So today was like Christmas/Black Friday and Boxing Day rolled into 1 at my Walmart. Hope some of you get lucky and find the same 3x 70814 - Emmet
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  11. The last 2 pages of the thread mention sets purchased with codes from week 51/14 3/15 and now 5/15 and I guess they pack more than 1 box per day or it might be because I am dating a girl whose friend works on the production line - choose whichever seems more coherent
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  12. Town Hall just sold for $505 shipped on EBay.
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  13. My last 3368 Space Centre gift wrapped with a BDay card for $115+ shipping.
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  14. Free shipping doesn't really skew the cost of business much more if you build it into the price correctly. Always play it on the high side and then reap the rewards if someone buys the item in the same zone as you. It also gives you more room to work with if you have "Best Offer" enabled. If they are in the same zone as you, it gives you more wiggle room to negotiate.
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  15. LEGO Life Sized C3PO bust by Joris Blok LEGO Star Wars Life Sized C3PO bust by Joris Blok LEGO Star Wars Life Sized C3PO bust by Joris Blok
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  16. I snagged a used, complete with instructions (no box) 10189 Taj Mahal off ebay a few days ago for $600 - 10% ebay bucks = $540. It arrived today. Super stoked! I have nowhere to actually display it, so I will probably just build & then flip for profit.
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  17. just got hold of a Ninjago Fire Temple 2507 set from a department store with lots of shelf wear today. Not sure how come it was still on there after such a long time!!!
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  19. Bone Golem by LowestForm0fWit
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  20. Most of mine don't either. I just took the picture to screw with my wife. She was not amused when she thought I would be coming home with another stack of LEGO.
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  21. I have updated the title and starting post of this thread. I did not want to create another topic since it is already here. Don't worry about the negative comments. We have heard it all before. The sellers and members that know its good for them don't really care. They welcome the business. Everyone here can welcome the data. That is why it is all good. We are happy and the people working at BrickLink are happy. The rest will unfold.
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  22. that's pretty much what baseball is all about man, thanks for sharing =D just glad it wasnt the pine tar incident, lol
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  23. The first time I went to Kaufman was in the 70's as a kid. George Brett was my favorite player and he was manning third base. I still have his rookie card.
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  24. I think it's a great set for building and playing for kids. Heck, I just purchased two at $36 each (sealed bags but no box) for my son's upcoming b-day and extra parts. I'm just not investing in this set even at $35 each. Why? The Super Hero theme is saturated and there always seems to be a new kid on the block or flavor of the month. i rather spend the money elsewhere in themes where I don't have to worry about refreshes every year with vehicles and / or minifigures. I can only imagine the prices this set would have fetched if part of the Batman 1 theme...
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  25. I'll trade you 2-3 Targets for your 1 WM with the Xwings another 2-3 Targets for a Meijer I'll send you the ones closer to mykingdom if you don't mind LOL
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  26. So now that that is out of the way can someone explain WHY changing box is a valid reason to stop making a set that has been out for less than a year??????
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  27. I literally just pulled off big chunks of the side until I could get at the gearbox. If I remember correctly it took at least a half hour. I think I mixed up both sides though. Just dive in!
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  28. good news now is you can priority mail a lot of the larger sets in your close zones for $10-13. So in essence as long as they even out in the long run it takes the sting out of it. Strange when you can send a SSD type package to Ohio for $10-12 yet sending a ToO out west is $25-30 with the dimensional charge I still leave it all free as it does seem to balance out to what I have mentally figured in to the cost.
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  29. Also on topic - it had been awhile but finally sold a set of Series 1 Mixels for $119.95
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  30. Birds. Awesome instructions you get 3 seperate high quality books. The Robin was the best build but the Blue Jay looks the best IMO.
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  31. I agree it would be nice, but it sure isn't a priority. I normally try to target canadian buyers but it's hard(er) to know where I stand with American buyers since I see their canadian shipping cost and have to go into each listing and pretend im from the U.S. Even then with sold listings, it shows what my shipping would have cost vs what the buyer paid. So I don't know if it was $5 $20 or the $44.15 it shows me.
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  32. Mine just arrived today. I would be working on it, but the one I ordered is a birthday present from my wife. She hasn't even had the decency to wrap it. She has left me to stare at the box and wait a few more weeks.
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  33. I am ecstatic! I was surprised that the Daily Bugle made it to today, so helped it finally go out of stock. Debating how many GotG sets and 2014 Batman sets to nab, as they'll likely be around another year give or take.
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  34. Checking status of trains today I saw that the US plug versi
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  35. Looks like someone is buying a mani & pedi in the not to distant future. [emoji6]
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  36. I can't add market street #10190. Or I would have to add the haunted house too. (just kidding ) Market street does not belong to the modular theme: it's a "Factory" set like sets 10200, 10183, etc. http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Factory It only appeared on the back of the green grocer (so 3 sets were displayed to show that "hey, some more are coming ! Look how cool they are when you display many of them together !" and once the fire brigade has been released, the good old cafe corner took MP's place)
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  37. I agree with pretty much everything you've said. My first thought was that the Joker is going have to drive something when he goes to work at Jokerland. I like other Batwings better than this plane thing, but at least it's a little different. I do think that having two vehicles, one being pretty unique, alleviates some of the "minifig concerns". I agree that it is weird that most of the Targets I searched were stocked to the hilt and the Walmarts were barren.
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  38. Very cool, that Trek's alright! Looks like a Uline box!
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  39. I agree that I think Lego has a plan and they are running it. I do not think Disney will make them put down everything for a box art change. I think they will make them say within 24 months we want it all redone. Well guess what most sets go within 24 months anyways.
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  40. This one time.... I had a kitchen in my house.
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  41. went to a different tru no register lock got two more pit stops Sent from my 831C using Brickpicker mobile app
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  44. Creative Tower 10664 for $109.99+$7.49 shipping credit
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