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Over the past few days... 79111 constitution train chase for $113 shipped. eBay. Paid $50. 79008 pirate ship ambush x 4 for $91.50 each shipped. Bricklink. Paid $30 each. 6869 quinjet aerial battle x 2 for $88 each shipped. Bricklink. Paid $50 each. Glad these are gone. I've been trying to unload some of my duds lately. Will help pay the red card bill that should be coming soon for the 55 steam rollers I recently acquired...lol. I'm completely out of Chima, only have 2 ninjago sets left, and now only 2 Lone Ranger sets left (trains). Has anyone else noticed that Lone Ranger seems to be picking up lately, or is it just me? I've sold all of my Comanche camps and silver mines and am down to only the two trains. I've never adjusted my prices either. It always feels good to unload some dead weight and still make some money on it.

Are you guys holding your PEE long term or relieving yourself of them during the Easter rush?

I've made great progress on sorting/identifying my $200 Craigslist bulk lot purchase from Sunday. All of the following were in lot, and all were complete. MF 4504 had all the minifigs and accessories, 7676 Gunship was missing 2 figures. The Mindstorms was complete, and works great. All the Technic vehicles were complete, and fully working, including remotes. The 42006 included the power functions kit, 8293 I've built about 60% of the parts from the lot, what's left looks more generic, though it appears there's still a 10205 My Own Train left to build, as well as a Mindstorms RCX. Not bad for $200. In the pic, below: 8043 Excavator 42006 Excavator w/power functions 8293 9398 4x4 Crawler 4054 Millenium Falcon 7676 Republic Attack Gunship 8547 Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 3367 Space Shuttle

You mean other than 5 exclusive mini figs, arkenstone, lots of sand green bricks, gold, and most of the hobbit story wrapped into it?

Are any of you guys thinking of ditching your Chase Amazon card and switching over to the Amazon Store card? https://www.amazon.com/iss/credit/storecardmember/ref=storecard_van Limited time offer: a $40 Amazon.com Gift Card will be instantly loaded into your Amazon.com account upon the approval of your credit card application.

Soon you'll be able to create your own Lego art with them. Couldn't find the rest of them.

If Amazon starts collecting sales tax in Ohio I'm blowing the Complaint Thread up for a week.

Farnsworth is already officially retired and by amazon price already seems to be profitable flipping immediately. Shocked you leave any behind. If your store refuses the coupon, don't bother arguing. Just buy the cheapest thing you can find along with the falling water, say a pack of gum, or a book mark. Hand them the coupon, if they say it doesn't work on lego, say fine its for the gum. They scan it, the system WILL allow it for the highest price item in your transaction because the coupon does work for lego OTHER THAN LEGO IN THE TOYS & GAMES dept. IE: architecture (other than studio, mindstorms, DS, R2-D2). The cashier will make a funny face IF they notice, and you walk out with your item. Return or enjoy the gum as befits your gum preferences. When you speak of me,,,,,speak kindly. ****also note, this is not a hack, this is not cheating, this is how to get around a B&****** employee, whose misunderstanding of corp policy prevents you from using the coupon the way its intended to work. In their defense, their boss probably said, hey no coupons on lego anymore. They didnt read/understand their own fine print.

Here is another vendor to add to the list. GBE Packaging Their prices (per box) seem to be better than ULINE esp. with shipping. (fyi: you will save $ by shipping to your work/commercial address)

If you plan on buying/refinancing a house or buying a car in the next 6 months, it may have an impact. Long term, it won;t impact it, and will most likely even raise your CS.

You've sorted and built all that since Sunday? Don't you have a job? ;)

I ducking hate autocorrect. Dang it, it just did it to me again! :frantics:

$4 each is $36 a set, a little more depending on tax. They all fit in a $6 flat rate padded USPS envelope. So $42-$45 cost out the door. Even at $60 you will clear $10 after fees. I can complete sets, throw them in a closet and forget about, and then have stacks of $10 bills, super easy to ship, that are $20 bills when they hit $70. Easy money You are also forgetting the QFLL crowd. The NW FM crowd had access to series 4 for nearly 2 weeks before anyone other than a few random targets. I bought/sold 4 cases before my FM ran out. $500 in a week just for stuffing flat rate envelopes. Mixels aren't for everyone, but I'll take what I can get Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

I love how everyone is loving the Delorean now.......5 months ago is was like, "man I hope this XXXX set doesn't go Delorean".......no matter what, sets will retire in time and then when they do everyone always wishes they would have bought more.......including myself.

Wow, that's crazy. Soon they'll go even further and have the Fedex guy grab the package back out of your hands at your door, run back to his truck, peel out of your driveway in a cloud of tire smoke, and speed off into the sunset whilst laughing like a hysterical maniac.

Depending on your buy-in price, as always. I can already double-up...

It has been a good weekend but the start of the new week was even better! Sold: - 70505 Ninjago Temple of Light 100 euro. - 2507 Ninjago Fire Temple 200 euro. - 42000 Technic Grand Prix Racer 85 euro. - 70006 Chima Cragger's Command Ship 100 euro. - 70014 Chima Croc Swamp Hideout 140 euro. - 9467 Monster Fighters Ghost Train 65 euro. Man... I love this hobby!

Star Wars OT sets won't need the new movies to carry them as investments. And buying in at a ~$50 discount mitigates pretty much all of the risk that could lie in this set.

Well, what could it mean? Bunch of people thinking double VIP is the ideal time to stock up. And at least according to temporal extrapolation, there's good reason to do so: - All modulars had between decent and gains - All modulars retired after 4 years or less - PS is in its 4th year Avilability of modulars is more investor driven compared to average sets. Smaller production quantities and higher investor focus leads to less supply than demand whenever investors see a good opportunity to stock up. So I don't think what we see is TLG actually fading PS out yet but rather the effect of what investors think TLG will do.

very clever!

that reminded me of 2 years ago when we were in Murrells inlet SC. Went to have lunch at a waterfront restaurant (Wicked Tuna) and they said they were filming a reality show and we might be taped. I didn't care and just wanted to eat and signed the waiver. Turned out to be Party Down South LOL. We were in it for about 5 seconds.

No way am I actually paying to watch this. That kinda defeats the purpose of not paying for cable.

Hopefully you had stacks of retired Lego sets in the background for subliminal messaging to the viewers to drive business for you. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

Cold. It's almost April. Enough. You suck winter.

I have the third most of this set then any other. I also flipped a lot. I'd say I've owned over 60 of these. I have 14 left. Still landing them at Barnes and Nobles. Anyway here get then at kmart when they were, 45.00? Remember those days? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

I know there were words said by you, but all I saw was Zoey.

Hey come one, this is the complaint thread. I don't come here to read your "good news" Losing money at the casino, I have no luck. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

I'm selling 2x brown horses for $6.88 shipped from pick a brick. You can fit 14+ in a large container with plenty of filler bricks to keep. Nice way to build up personal brick stash. Have more pick a bricks full of stairs that are starting to move too Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

But aren't you a little biased? Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

I just came back from the future! Smaug will ultimately be the second largest maxifigure in Lego's history. (The largest being the hybrid maxifigure/build Galactus and Giganta being the third biggest maxifigure)!! Jokes aside, this set is gonna be a good bet. Building the set and having Smaug as a display piece is second-to-none. I got my third set on Sunday gonna buy my fourth and Simpsons houses this weekend too ))

Perhaps the question should not be if this set is going to increase, but how much the increase will be compared to other similarly priced sets at the moment. Speaking simply from the point of view of someone with limited budget

http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/11427-shop-at-home-offers-october-2014/?view=findpost&p=357511 Anyone looking to order a bunch from shop at home and stay under the radar please take a look at my post from this past October. This was the last time they ran double VIP, but they also were giving away the free elves workshop as an additional promo. I ordered one exclusive every day for the entire month with no penalty or suspicion of being a reseller. I received a bunch of VIP points which I cashed into two ewok villages, as well as 30 of the elves workshops that I should be able to sell for $20-$25 each this coming Christmas or next based on past history. My point is, you don't need to blow your load in one order. Spread it out. Be smart about it. Don't order the same set two days in a row. Wait for your previous order to go into "shipped" status before placing your next order. I know that buying is fun, and sometimes you feel like if I don't get it all now I will miss out. The sets will be there. It's not worth the risk. There seems to be a lot of new members lately asking questions regarding the banning process. The questions are being answered, but it feels like some are not listening to or taking the solid advice being given. This advice is not an opinion. It has all been learned from past mistakes. If you want to test the waters then go ahead, but don't be surprised if the ban hammer falls.

I thought the whole lineup should have been called juniors.....was excited when I heard, then super disappointed in just how juvenile they are...weakest pirates ever IMO

I have a strange feeling this theme is and will be a late bloomer. Money is there for the patient ones.

I removed the discussion regarding "creative" usage of USPS flat boxes based on this quote that can be found on either flap of the Priority / Express Flat rate boxes: "This packaging is the property of the U.S. Postal Service and is provided solely for use in sending Priority/Express Mail. Misuse may be a violation of federal law."

Yes MInt.com. It's a financial aggregator and a fantastic tool if you manage your own money. Edit: Legodog - Synchrony bank is the only account (out of about 25) I have that doesn't work, and that includes a mom-******-pop mortgage company out of the mid west. A lot of companies integrate now due to it's popularity. Synchrony feels the ads Mint shows to save you money or whatever compete with their offerings so they do not provide an api.

Aren't you the only picker in STL? I thought the rest moved to a part of the world where Walmart puts things on clearance...

Inspired by each superhero in The Avengers ensemble, here is a collection of themed soda vending machine stickers with instructions for your custom cityscape. "Have a Hero Cola and feel super!"

Some problems may be solved but I wouldn't say all. Here's a good one. I was talking with a lady one time and somewhere we started talking about banking. I asked "So you use Bank of America?" She replied, "Nope, I have B of A". ....What? :logik:

Yeah double VIP has torched my budget pretty well. I think EV has at least another year in it, if not more, and I've already got one, so I think I will have to pass on this. And that's tough because this is a really good price!

That will come in time as the site gets more sales. There will be a small widget added to the home page to show most recent sold listings or things that were missed out on but it won't be extensive until there is worthwhile data.

So sorry about this I will take the Painting Eggs off your hands to help out LOL

Chi Temples are finally starting to sell. Sold 2 for $140. I'll have to poke around tonight to see if I need to raise my price. When the final season starts up, I might liquidate the Chima before it's forgotten and the next thing comes along. I know others here have already got out.

RG-101 by dasnewten It's Clank!

While Blasting Everything is Awesome on the stereo.. HAHAHAHA..

Here are reviews on Eurobricks for 70411 Treasure Island and 70412 Soldiers' Fort. Pirates was possibly my second favorite theme behind Space but honestly they both sort of tied back then. In my scenarios the pirates were always the good guys. I guess now they would be so bad ....they're good. One of these days LEGO should mix the two together and release Space Pirates.

It would be nice if they came up with a Creator 3 in 1 version that is modular size, with this being one of the options.

Of course it is still early (or not yet even) in the "EOL" stage for all sets in this theme but you are correct that overall it has not been too good investment-wise. By CAGR in the database, Shelob's Lair (25%) and Mirkwood Elf Army are the leaders thus far. Mirkwood Spiders has really taken off lately, Lake Town Chase got a huge bump over the holidays, and Unexpected Gathering is finally starting its inevitable climb as well. ToO speaks for itself. The first four are very roughly double MSRP on eBay last I checked. Why those? The minifigs tell the main story, if you ask me - especially after the final Hobbit movie. But to address your question, is any of this performance "good"? For the pair of wave 2 Hobbit sets, I would argue yes. They can still be found in the occasional Walmart for up to 50% off and are fetching ~4x that. But it really depends on when they plateau, of course. On the subject of minifigs, Lonely Mountain has five exclusive version minifigs in addition to the big fire-breathing star of the show, including the three dwarves that "matter" in the movie besides Thorin. Perhaps more importantly, it represents the point of the whole dang story from start to finish. For purists, very little of that other "5 armies" spectacle was in the book, and none of the Dol Guldur business. Of course this probably won't matter a great deal but it is something to think about long term. Helm's Deep is not a great comparison, in my opinion, though arguably the closest between the two sibling themes. It did do quite well initially after becoming unavailable, but plateau'd very quickly too. Holidays and all that... It only has 3 exclusive minifigs out of 8 total, by the way, two of which are comparable to the Lonely Mountain dwarves in terms of being "second tier" important characters. No super-villain-huge-awesome-guy to carry the set at all. And unlike Hulk, we know we will never see another Lego Smaug. Furthermore, despite a very solid design, Helm's Deep suffers from "lots of grey bricks" syndrome. The Lonely Mountain does not. It is colorful and therefore more unique. Finally, Helm's Deep is just not iconic enough to represent LotR the way Lonely Mountain represents The Hobbit. It is much more similar to Lake Town in many ways, story-wise. The difference being, it survives.. mostly. Now, had Sauron "lived" in Mount Doom, and THAT set been released, WITH him as a maxi-fig, we would have an ideal comparison product. I realize Unexpected Gathering is much easier to display, so it may be chosen "over" this set by many folks who don't give a rip about any of the rest of it. But I think the (personally predicted) difference in supply will more than make up for that in terms of the sets competing against each other. Another way to put it is that this set is to The Hobbit what Black Pearl was to PotC, or Hogwarts to Harry Potter (imagine if there had only been one version). Obviously I am not the first to draw those comparisons.

Hey, so I finally finished my list of sets with prices I've paid. I've spent

Easy...keep your investment sets at your girlfriend's house. Your wife will never find them there.