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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?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Thank you Target Inventory Tracker. Day 2 . Wife took over for me today. Did an excellent job. 6 Sentinels 3 Benny 4 Dropships

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

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

Town Hall just sold for $505 shipped on EBay.

My last 3368 Space Centre gift wrapped with a BDay card for $115+ shipping.

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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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.

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!!!

That's what my kiddo is for! ;)

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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.

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.

that's pretty much what baseball is all about man, thanks for sharing =D just glad it wasnt the pine tar incident, lol

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.

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...

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

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??????

Um, that would be "The Princess Bride", an hour and forty minutes of back to back one liners.

Yeah, the land of Ja is stranger than the land of oz and land of middle-earth.

We should talk about motorization of Slave I, but maybe in separate thread

If selling as a set, taking a $10 buyin cost and assuming you are selling on Ebay, it'll cost you $7.20 each time you want to post one of these. Add in your 12.5% Ebay and Paypal fees, you will need to sell each one of these for $19.30 to just break even. Looking at the sold items on Ebay, I can only see 4 of this set that has sold in the entire year, meaning demand is nearly non existent for this set. So looking at the numbers I think this would be a terrible investment, unless you see something in this set that people aren't currently seeing.

I am more interested in seeing if this really goes, or if it will be like Daily Bugle which was clearanced last year at this time the same way, but then was restocked at Walmart and others. If it's going away, then I like it a ton. If it gets restocked, I still like it, but wonder how many will be stashed in another year. Daily Bugle will be an interesting barometer for similar reasons. As for the glut of Super Heroes sets, it is kind of tough since there isn't anything to really compare it to, but I am trusting the sets with 1 time only unique figs.

They don't have to pay any licensing for a ge though. I think that would have a difference Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

I contacted a store and they said they can't tell when they are comin in but check in a couple of weeks. They also found them in the system and gave me their listed pricing. Mini Cooper $149 Detective's Office $229 I didn't bother to ask about introductory pricing or discounts but I wouldn't rule those out.

I'm not complaining, just whining. There isn't a thread for that.

With the new sets coming I guess it's time to unload some old sets like the old X-Wing or the old MF... Also I really LOVE almost every single set from the summer collection! (I'm absolutely looking forward to the Ep VII sets as well!). I do not really like the assault carrier, though it's a nice idea to make things in mini format... but to me it's just not appealing (neither is the helicarrier with those super minifigures... just hurts my eyes). But as already mentioned it has got THE HELMET that we all (or at least every Rebels fan here) has been waiting for so eagerly. I also do not dislike the other minifigures that are included even though I'm not thrilled... The ship itself probably will be worth quite some spare parts for building my own stuff I guess... (I mean common... it's not really appealing to the eye...)

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."

I cannot find it to give you the link but last year I wrote a very long response to why they do not change the box even for a small logo in the design. I do not see them redoing any boxes. Anything can happen but my job is printing & fulfillment and you would not believe the number of steps and administrative work it would require to do something like that. In a world where it is a one off job sure change it and go at it very quick. But in a muti billion dollar corporation it is much more involved than that. Inventory numbers, versions, quality control, the list could go on for ever of issues... It is not worth the administrative effort to them.

Meaning that only guys who got the GG and the CC will be able to complete the block. Quite unlikely... Are you thinking about a block like this ?

Time to take the wife's jewelry to the pawn shop.

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?

How about: Highway to Heaven (easy, classic ) Remington Steel Moonlighting Airwolf (badass TV intro, laughable special effect and "acting") Bonus round: Street Hawk One more: Misfits of Science A bunch of "soft balls" for ya PS: Looking back, I could not believe my parents let me watched some of these stuffs

Yeah, sure. But 800

Creative Tower 10664 for $109.99+$7.49 shipping credit

Couldn't help myself today:

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

Well, they participate in the food chain and act as an important food source for polar bears.