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My big CMF order came today, all sealed cases and only a few opened outer factory boxes. 660 series 4 and 1080 series 5 for a total of 1740 minifigs!!

No. Perhaps the Snake Minifig may go for $25 to help of set the cost. Oh, and we call them customers.

It's funny how people forget that the Ewoks were 2 seconds away from ripping Han Solo's flesh from his face once it got nice and crispy on that fire spit. MMM, tastes like chicken. Cute and furry, my arse. I don't think it's a male / female thing. Its a question of age. The show How I Met Your Mother makes this case via "The Ewok Line". Personally i think the theory needs to be updated to curve back down as perhaps the current generation are not fans of the little cannibals.

There is one set in this collection that for some reason stands out from the rest lol

Expected launch date, if they release a new one is pretty much january. LEGO seems to get on a schedule with certain exclusives. January: Modular April: Simpsons May: SW UCS, carnival August: cars September: winter village

worked some more sorcery and found these little gems today

Ewoks blow. The original was fantastic, and it appealed to me, a 12-year old kid just fine without cutesy characters. I tolerated Yoda as the rest of ESB was fantastic and dark. Lucas ruined his own series with all the kid-crap. He claims it appeals to kids, but all the crypto-Floridian bunk in prequels certainly went over most kids heads. EV will no doubt make money. But it's no SSD or MF. Of the current sets, I think in the long run Slave 1, Sandcrawler, and DS are the current stars. Sand crawler isn't selling nearly as well as other sets at this stage of life, I think that's the sleeper here. IMHO.

Uhm... could you post a picture of your stockroom, LOL ?

It only appeared in the Original Trilogy, now that's a bad thing? I can't keep up anymore.

Buy her a present with some of your profits, she'll soon get off your back. Failing that you could try growing a pair.

Lego Stock Tracker for Target worked perfectly this time for me. 5 Dolphin Cruisers at 37.98, 6 Sunshine Ranch at 34.98, 5 Ariel's Magic Kiss medium sized set at 14.98, all at 50% off. Good trip!

1. You can have all the blaster rifles you want, if you can't hit the broadside of a sailbarge it doesn't matter. 2. A native force of jungle partisan guerillas, dedicated to their cause, protecting their home with a bunch of small arms and homemade booby traps could never defeat a technologically superior, much richer, better trained industrialized imperial foe. Just ask the North Vietnamese

Because.. George Lucas

who would have thought that some grown men might like my little pony stuff. yet there we go

I agree! Empire is my favorite. My favorite toy as a kid was a snow speeder. The poor family cat got sick of me trying to wrap the harpoon around its legs*. * no animals were harmed in these events.

My favorite is the Hoth Ice Planet scenes and equipment. I guess that is why I like Lego Arctic so much LOL. Can't wait for the UCS Hoth Base this Christmas.

Just wait for your first year to be up and you will be emailed the secret password to all your answers in condensed form. There's nothing to read. All you have to do is go down the list to see which sets to buy and when. It seems harsh, l know, but a lot of people put a lot of time into these forums and don't feel it's fair for people to just join the forum on day one and know everything.

I'm not Trek, but aside from exclusives I would start to look at some of the summer 2014 wave that is coming up on 1-year. The obvious winners are the ISD and AT-AT, though they could last another 12-20 months before they're done. I think the Cantina is a great set and could be helped by an earlier than 2 year retirement. My sleeper picks are the Grievous Wheel Bike and Coruscant Police Gunship, though the latter is a TRU exclusive and we all know how that could play out (prolonged shelf life and deep discounts for extended periods). If I had money to invest solely in Star Wars right now, I would go with the exclusives though. Red 5 and Ewok Village are prime candidates for retirement this year. There was a slew of regular sets effectively retired in late 2014 and I'm not sure if any more will be on the chopping block until much later in the year.

I pulled the trigger on one...

Kwik-E-Mart available at LEGO Shop at Home

E7 Trooptransporter by Raoulosos

I think we are already there.

I think the consensus is eventually.

The careful filing of topics into a relatively few number of threads is actually an enormous positive on this site. You don't have to wade through pages of different threads to find relevant topics on the set of interest, you just go to one place. Also, the length of this thread and the age is actually another huge clue if you care to think about it. And if you're observant, there's even more to be learned from that "old and irrelevant" info that you think no longer applies. Quite the contrary, that's some golden info that will tell you quite a bit about the future of not just 10188, but a number of other sets as well. If this was easy and obvious, many more folks would do it. It takes time and patience to learn the basics on both ends: the best way to acquire sets (and which ones), as well as the best way to sell sets (and when). We were all novices once, and we're all still learning. The suggestions you make are counterproductive and would harm the way many of us use this site. I appreciate your suggestions, nothing wrong with those. Understand that the reason things are done such as grouping comments into single threads by set is the result of many expert investors input, some serious wisdom on this site, and the result of many mistakes made by others before you. You're benefitting from all that. You'll come to see why things are done the way they are here, and hopefully recognize the value they'll ultimately represent to your investments.

For what it's worth, and I've stated I view lego as 98% investment. I say this cause I own 2 lego sets. I do not build them. To bank on that statement I hate star wars. I don't get it at all. I've seen every movie twice. As a kid and as an adult. Why do you all care or does this matter, from some one who has no interest in star wars the set that stands out to me the most is ewok village. It's just cool. Simple as that. I don't see a new ewok village coming out. They Will continue to make rehashes of insert any and all spaceship here. Ewok village is unique, appeals to those who don't care about star wars and is an exclusive. O yeah, one other thing the death star is retiring like now. What I don't understand is anyone on here saying a star wars exclusive won't do well. Has their ever been a star wars exclusive set that did not go up in value to a profitable level after fees and shipping. The answer is no. That is why I'm also always confused by these conversations. You could buy any star wars exclusive right now and you will make money on it. Anyone who says otherwise either hasn't or dosnt pay attention or has never sold a lego set in their lives. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

The next couple buildable figures have been revealed. Grievous looks pretty good and fits in very well with this series. Not so sure about the human characters though. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/04/15/heres-your-first-look-at-lego-star-wars-buildable-figures-of-obi-wan-kenobi-and-general-grievous/

You are disqualified, since you also said you like Jar Jar...

Y'all missed the Master Assassin sneaking in behind the girl in blue

Look at the number of minifigs in EV, nuff said.

Yeah, I keep looking for Vader there...

Here's the Canadian deal of the day hands down. I Received an email notification from ToysRus.ca that R2D2 (10225) was in stock though the e-mail link they sent me. Tried to order 8 but they only had 6 available, so my 6 are processing. Plus these were at 20% off ($184 each). I checked the website and it was never put back up there. Crazy but awesome! Cha ching!

Why is no one mentioning Sandcrawler in their investment lists? Where I live it is becoming very rare in the wild.

As others have mentioned, these are the items that most frequently go unscanned for me as well. I've never had a problem getting reimbursed for anything that wasn't scanned in though - just have to stay on top of it and open a call when you discover it. I believe that they start an investigation at the fulfillment center and look at video that was recorded during receipt. I don't do anything special to protect them, or even label them as I do with everything else, but I do put them on top of everything else in the shipment with the barcodes up to make it as likely as possible that they will be noticed, scanned, and caught on camera. Also - if you haven't already, sign up for a professional seller account if you are going to be selling a lot of polybags. That extra $1 per order really impacts the margin on each sale.

It looks like a scene out of Pleasantville.

I just label them and throw them in the box with the other stuff . U don't need extra bags . Never had an issue .

I can say that they don't muck around, within in 15 minutes it went from "In Process" to "In Warehouse"

Pet Shop ordered 15th March has changed from Backordered to 'In Warehouse' today, hopefully ships on Friday

I built all Legend Beasts from Legends of Chima except the gorilla. What truly awesome organic designs. I dig how each look very much like the creature it is meant to represent well as being quite poseable in a number of ways. Trying to find enough display space for the Eagle was the toughest since that wingspan takes up so much area. The Lion and Wolf are exceptional but my personal favorite of the lot is without a shadow of a doubt the Wolf Legend Beast. She is totally bitchin'. I can say that because the build was exactly that and she is a girl wolf. In other news, I finally tackled in building my very first Mixel mech design using the Series 1 Infernites. It took at least three hours I believe to design and build but the results are smoking. I used just about all the pieces the three critters in the tribe gave me leaving maybe ten parts I didn't have a use for. I even managed to make a small scout vehicle to go with the mech so that was cool. Hopefully I can take some photos in the next few days of my Mixel mech with scouter and while at it get a few shots of my spite cottage too.

Word. I've been stocking up on Star Wars stuff. I think we have no idea the explosion that will happen with Christmas and Episode VII this fall. I may sell off most of my modulars except TH to cover more funds for more SW sets for the fall...

Not sure about all the Juniors sets, however, Defend the Batcave in particular will do well long term. I parted this one out before xmas for profit and then sold them during xmas last year for $50 (buy in 22.50) when they sold out everywhere. This has the limited retro batman and robin minifigures which are based on the 60's TV series. The only other set that has these minifigures is a rare 2014 san diego comic con set. The Joker minifigure is sort of rare too and sells pretty easy. A few rare bricks and plates on top of the minifigures makes this a parter outer set or long term hold. The minifigures alone were going for $30+ when it first came out. Once it is EOL and a new crop of obsessive collector batman lego freaks come out of their dark ages, they will bid this set up to $75. Small box, easy to ship, takes up little space. What's not to love. LEGO Juniors. Its not Duplo.

I just scored a used city level crossing (7936) for $15 shipped on ebay

They'll come in handy in 2028 when it goes EOL ???? Sent from my SM-G900F using Brickpicker mobile app

I will photograph it with Red Five next to it. Couldn't transport it today as the weather was bad. the wings are pretty repetitive. The second side I flew through compared to the first . I think that is how Red Five and this are though, look great when finished but both fairly easy builds for the price point. Going to do Slave 1 next and see how that build compares seeing they were all the same pricepoint.

No pics regarding the interior. Personally, for a smaller modular type building I would care less about the interior vs the exterior and whether it looks good with the other buildings/street. If the real creator or someone sold this building for a 'reasonable price' with all the bricks/instructions in bags I would buy it for sure. There's many other customs builds online...the Chilli's Restaurant is my favourite I don't have a big collection of bricks myself or ever ordered before so simple kits would be useful for buyers like me. As a side note, my 5yr old loves using the spare brinks we do have to build his vehicles and things...it's funny/scary because I tell friends/family he's a Lego Weapon's Specialists because he loves to custom build prison's, attack mode looking vehicles, weapon's, etc. I know all parents say this but I'm amazed by what he builds everyday...sometimes I don't want him to break apart his creations so I can use the 'kragle' lol. But he needs to break stuff apart to build new things and will fuel his imagination.

Volksrod Ratrod by Lino M

Just picked up my first in store haul. Was going in to pick up reduced At-At's and ended up picking up the following: 2 x At-At's 30% off 2 x Agents HQ 50% off 1 x Milano starship 30% off 1 x Arctic Base Camp 50% off Agents HQ and Arctic Base Camp weren't sets I had picked out, but with those discounts I'm happy. Get 3% on rewards card too. Sent from my SM-G900F using Brickpicker mobile app

Great idea, Mr Plow!

Having analyzed those LEGO Webshop EU graphs a bit for info on exclusive sets, one could draw some conclusions like the following 10 fun/trivia facts (without liability) - if the data found there is more or less correct: 1.) "Is this good or bad?" The worst selling exclusive sets in the shown timeframe of March 2015 were: - Benny's Spaceship - Sydney Opera House - Architecture Studio - Ewok Village - Fairground Mixer - Metal Beard's Sea Cow - The Tower of Orthanc So, not too much love especially for the LEGO Movie sets with Benny's Ship seemingly being THE worst selling exclusive overall in March. Now the big question is: What is better - Investing in slow sellers, so there is less competition (but also less demand) post-EOL; or investing in the big sellers, having to deal with masses of other resellers (while having more potential buyers)? 2.) "...if only this was less expensive" While Sydney Opera House, Ewok Village and The Tower of Orthanc didn't sell too well, they all made remarkable sale jumps in double VIP time, from which one could conclude that people merely regard them too expensive instead of generally unattractive (while the sales of the two above-mentioned Movie sets did not profit from double VIP...) 3.) Red 5...4...3...2...1 The EOL run for Red 5 seems to be in full swing because sales pre-2xVIP and during 2xVIP were somewhat identical and surprisingly high (for the set itself and also in relation to other SW sets) 4.) Too much, too late The Exo Suit is selling pretty good, but LEGO has amassed way too much stock for a set that should have been retired one month ago - maybe they ordered that massive stock some time ago already and were not able to cancel it while realizing too late that demand was not keeping its high level (like at the introduction of the set) and so they would get way too many sets in the end. 5.) The "No-restockers" While most sets got restocked 1-4 times during the period, there were 5-6 exclusives that got no restock at all - all of which are sets that were already stocked in high numbers. If this is a hint for possible EOL, I don't know. Why there are some sets stocked in very high numbers and others in rather small numbers - I also don't know. It might be a question of production capacity or/and LEGO's EOL plan. 6.) Old vs. New Death Star and Sandcrawler sales seem to be OK to good and pretty much on par - potentially leading to two quite different views on the sets (Death Star being 6 years older...) 7.) London calling It seems like 3+ Tower Bridges are sold for every 1 Sydney Opera House. 8.) Duel of the necomers Slave 1 seems to have slightly outperformed the Detective's Office during 2x VIP looking at "sets sold per day (when in stock)". 9.) Investors' Nightmare One of the worst selling non-exclusive sets is B-Wing with about 1 ("one") sold set per day in March... 10.) PC or PR Palace Cinema and Parisian Restaurant look to be selling equally well, having quite similar stock numbers (during March) and having gotten 3 restocks both (in March).

Not sure how AFOLs would properly display that Shipwreck set unless they already have a bottom of the sea sublevel on their city layout.