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OK, I was sticking to my price point and I declared I wouldn't sell a 9468 - Vampyre Castle for less than $200. Well, I just sold one for $200 on EBay. Join me, raise your prices folks!!!

Looks like people are starting to pay top $$$ for the Robie House - 21010. Sold one of three for $350 on eBay.

True a lot is up in the air whether The LEGO Movie related sets and items would be remembered or worthwhile later on considering it is a homebrew theme and we have seen how low on the totem pole similar original lines have gone (although some have yielded a select winner or two from time to time). The Sea Cow is a wildcard not really fitting under anything previously released with the build being half Pirate while the other half is steampunk; something LEGO has not yet tried. Such uniqueness could be what shall set it apart or bring the whole thing down. Who truly knows what the current generation will remember let alone the next. Heck, how many people know Godzilla's original name of Gojira or the fact that famous kaiju was inspired by The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms or even why do people remember 'it' in the first place after all this time? Moving along, all of the sets for this theme are basically City vehicles featuring an alternate mode with the exception of a few including the topic in question's design. While each captures the beauty that LEGO offers in freeform creativity, people typically purchase for just what it is. Maybe that soaring destroyer of lavatories will pique someone's interest or perhaps the western tavern turned biplane shall catch somebody's attention or perhaps not. Each set was based on something with little time on screen in a few shots after all so who knows. For me the characters who stuck out were Lucy "Wyldstyle" simply for being her awesome self, Vitruvius since it's difficult to not notice Morgan Freeman ever, and 1980s something astronaut Benny because same as his spaceship he encompasses everything that made Classic Space a classic. He also reminds me of the enthusiastic passion one had when building as a youngling that seems to get forgotten over time. On that note I feel like Benny's Spaceship is a good set; possibly the best from the line. It is not a perfect recreation of Classic Space but makes for a nice nod towards it while bringing forward something new. The Sea Cow does something similar nodding at everything Pirates yet being different at the same. Whether that will be enough is anyone's guess.

Arg the ISD has me in a serious building mood and I have so much other stuff to do, but whatever. Cracked open and built my only fire brigade ($120 from Amazon 2013). The details are incredible. Can't wait to do the rest of the modulars.

No it didn't. They traveled in time and used the ship to reach the base on the moon to kill Jar Jar Bink's mother so he would not exist. Lots of emotion.

And those who think they are buying the HH when actually they are getting a VC.

70503 - Golden Dragon for $45 on ebay

Great news for eBay sellers: FedEx One Rate means more ways to save on shipping. You can now print FedEx One Rate labels right from the eBay label platform and can get a simple, predictable, flat rate shipping option for your express packages. With FedEx One Rate you can add to the box without adding to the price. This means sellers no longer need to weigh or measure express packages under 50 lbs. Ship up to 50 lbs. in FedEx One Rate paks, boxes, and tubes Ship up to 10 lbs. in FedEx One Rate Envelopes 12 different packaging options Up to 45,000 drop-off locations FedEx One Rate pricing is available for these FedEx Express services: Standard Overnight and Priority Overnight One Rate 2-Day and Express Saver One Rate In order to use FedEx One Rate, you must package your items using the One Rate packaging options (Envelope, Pak, Small Box, Medium Box, Large Box, Extra Large Box, Tube). This could save us some money with the Small Box as the dimensions are quite large. I do not know if there are any eBay discounts but, if there are, this update brings the cost down below USPS for a variety of items, particularly bulk and used sets (and heavy dolls or cosmetics?). http://www.fedex.com/us/onerate/rates/

They were selling at 33.99 here. Theoretically Ghostbusters should gain the same or even more appreciation depending on how long this set is still around. Choosing between the 2 looking at construction, minifigs, stand etc, Ecto-1 is the better one by a mile.

My girlfriend makes stained glass fan art stuff, ... i thought id share this because its pretty amazing, i love star wars and this is so sweet, she rocks! shes doing boba fett next, so stoked.

Amtrak your silence precedes you on my question. LOL

My additional 50 10695s have shipped. One could conclude from my experience that walamrt is only enforcing limits on amiibos. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

That is really good news. This could be a $250 set by Halloween

I was using your voice.

Yes, and you if you want to be extra safe, place an order for some other stuff before you order another Red 5.

every order is in processing. All should go through. Seems they r enforcing limits on just amiibo

Sold 26 series 3 mini-figures for about $316, 7 guerrilla suit guys in there at $25 a piece. (CDN).

Jor-el poly 10 Loki's cosmic cube 100

7965 for $235 shipped Dewback + Sandtrooper from the Cantina set for $23 shipped Series 2 Mixels Frosticons - $30 shipped

I think the issue of people being on the fence is because it`s such a "weird/foreign" concept. You really have to have a different perspective to see the potential of a set like this as opposed to UCS sets or Modulars, or even the larger Creator sets. This set is weird. I prefer to say unique, and it`s clear that many others think the same. That`s the issue. I`d say expand your thinking and buy at least a couple, if you`re spending hundreds on Modulars already (not that those aren`t great investments, obviously) but adding some of these even if not just 1 isn`t going to hurt. I think many will be surprised for better or for worse what ends up happening when it is finally gone. When to buy, well it never hurts to do so early, but I believe it`s got some time left on the clock. If you really want to invest though, of course do it asap to make sure it doesn`t leave unexpectedly.

I don't have a sea cow yet, but I do have that same bench. It was a steal 2 years ago on BF at Home Depot for $19.

I understand some of the characters in the film are new as they were designed specifically for it but essentially the whole thing is based around a product even older than Star Wars by a couple decades while at the same time younger than Marvel by a similar length of time. The first Monsters Inc. movie was shown in theaters fourteen years ago yet people still remember little Mike and loveable Sulley apparently enough to warrant a sequel just four years ago. Toy Story seems to be another memorable series that will not go away with short made for TV specials aired in the past couple years to a rumored fourth film coming out in the next couple years. The notion of saying nobody will be interested in the characters or film after several years sounds logical in some cases yet if there is anything showing strong after all these years of cinema and television, people rarely forget the unforgettable titles that become true classics. LEGO bricks may be a kid's toy but the company and its product have proven to be more than that. I wonder what all new characters will premiere alongside old ones in The LEGO Movie 2.

I LOVE the Brickfolio option on this site and have found it very, very useful. I wonder if there could ever be an option in the future to have two Brickfolios in the system: one for investing (as is currently) and one for the sets that I'm keeping personally. I already track the latter loosely, but being able to see which sets I'm spending my personal money (or profits) on, how many pieces I have, and what the actual used value of it is would be awesome. The obvious way that I can think to do this now is to create a second BrickPicker account and store all my "kept" sets there. But I know you guys keep track of accounts and Brickfolios and didn't want to screw up your numbers, because what I'd enter there wouldn't be strictly (or at all) for investment. Any chance this could be a coming feature?

It's right on International Drive just down from the Convention Center. If you like wings/fingers and cheese fries, I recommend the Zinger Mountain Melt. This won't be in the nutrition thread.

Thanks for not taking this further into the gutter. Or around the corner behind the bushes.

Yeah I fixed it. I'm currently taking English classes at HXkid University I sit next to emazers....it's not working out so well ;)

6289 Redbeard Runner

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.

I went to the Milton Keynes store today on a PS hunt. They had 3 on the shelf. As far as they are concerned this set is not done, they had more out back. I mentioned the delays on LEGO Shop at Home etc... But they think it might be down to the double points period and also they think lego are pushing the Agents Carrier set (not correct name) which is delaying gate next batch of PSs. Could be true. Who knows. But I don't think the PS is done yet.

I somehow dont think the end is near on this one. Just this last 2 months alone I have seen this set in Intertoys Amsterdam,Frankfurt Lego store, Galleria Kaufhoff, Copenhagen Lego Store, Legoland hotel in Billund and at Billund airport. Today I saw a few in London Lego store. Thats more than 20 on dislay. All of them have this year's seal codes. I wouod like it to retire but somehow I dont think it will happen so soon

I just put something to the effect that box may have some shelf wear. Thing is you can put whatever disclaimer you want, they can have their kid drop it after opening and blame it on you. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Picked up the Mammoth walker for $33.75 before tax from Meijer. I think the set looks pretty cool. Actually going to build it. Prehistoric AT-AT

I finally had some success with WM clearance! Not sure if it was worth all of the cancellations and such, but got the following: Chima Stomper 70145 ($40) GOTG Milano 76021 ($35) Chima Fire Temple 70146 ($35) I've been canceled on about ten times as many orders through the WM app, but nice to get a win!

It's kind of like needing to recreate LOTR The THREE Towers :)

I don't see it as a problem, I see it as an opportunity to get more of these.

The 41999 is a limited edition fan design of 9398. 9398 came first, hence the now "non-standard" technic number. This is a case where 41999 was driven too high by speculation and panic.

The laws of supply and demand apply to Lego as well.

Very little disparity between new/used prices? People who are buying this set are building this set, it would seem. I think many of us can agree on moderately high risk / high reward for the line as a whole. Personally, I bought Benny right away last year, with a TRU coupon / discount. Bit of a high price now, but who could have predicted it would be so widely available at 50% off? Besides, the idea was that my son could have it as a gift at some point. Sea Cow was always interesting, but not a priority of any sort until late last year. Once these sets started drying up a bit, I realized I always lingered just a bit in stores looking at details on many of these sets (even on the "toilet/trash" stuff) just like I did my favorite themes, and figured if sales really were as poor as they seemed on the line as a whole, and TLM became any kind of an enduring franchise, I would seriously regret not having any. So I bought up one of each, as well as any real hot deals. Sea Cow, again, is basically just a magnified version of this description to me. I'm not a ship or steampunk nut, but I think it is pretty awesome just for what it is, and wouldn't want to fork over $500+ for it years down the road. The sooner it goes EOL the higher the potential reward for stocking up on them. The longer it lingers, the more potential downside if it never takes off "long term". I am also curious what some of you mean when you say "long term". In this period of hyper-flipping, some people think a year is a long hold. Is anyone seriously considering Sea Cow as a 5+ year investment? Do you believe it will follow a pattern similar to the norm, and plateau approximately 2 years after sold out / eol? I personally think it won't have the endurance of the iconic SW sets or something like the Batmobile/Tumbler/Helicarrier, but then if many less Sea Cattle are produced and TLM endures at all, that line of thinking is more or less nullified. It could go completely bonkers 3 years from now, similar to what PotC ships appear to be doing, or faster and stronger. This one really remains a mystery. Maybe Lego put it out there as a sort of experiment, not knowing what to expect from it, either. TLM sets have probably been a mild disappointment to both them and us so far, overall, but is that because they just weren't popular, or were significantly overproduced?

Correct. From FB onward (I wasn't paying attention for GG and CC -- my loss!), they were all $150 in the states, except for TH, which was $200, and now PR and DO, which are $160.

Over the weekend, I had guests in town who only go to the casino when out of town so we played blackjack last night. I won some Lego Ex astris, scientia.

I can't find Aaron Rodgers on the draft list anywhere.

March 31st http://www.cineplex.com/Promos/giftpack/learnmore

marvel comics, SW, etc has a long history, Lego Movie not, it is a made-up, new licence, which has just a temporary efekt - something like Monsters inc, after several years nobody will be interested in Movie characters.

This set has unintentionally become a running gag without even trying. Thank you LEGO for this golden opportunity!

At LEGOLAND California they have one built in the store window, with a little bit of an MOC of the ocean underneath that really makes it look good. I'm working on recreating that look for the one I will be building. Here are some pics

Sold 4 of these in the last day (64, 65, 66, 66) on ebay bin free shipping. Going to wait a week or two for the price to go up some more before selling more. Luckily I went deep (for me) on these when they were going for 27.99. My wife thought this was going to be a total stinker which makes its success even sweeter. This set will make it to $100 by xmas.

Like BOGO 50% off exclusives, good times. Ex Astris, Scientia.

2 days ago you were given good advice and followed it. Why would you then go and give the opposite advice to a new member?

Managed to sell one locally today for $340 CAD and have another interested party...just trying to decide where this one will level off price wise. Maybe around $325-350 USD over the next ten months? Or higher?