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Prime day is not black Friday in July, it's April fools in July

I have not been contacted by LEGO yet, but reading the other posts on other sites, I removed the photos until LEGO says its ok to.

I feel this signals the end of my youth. I received my Masters degree today. This can not be just a coincidence.

I guess others were right. I do feel regret. Regret I bought 4 and had to carry them to my truck. Brings back SSD days

Dont be jelly, but I totally scored the 60% off butt wipes for my kids.

Amazon's business model looks more and more genius as time goes on. Basically, they sell their final 1000 or so to resellers, who then put it back on amazon at inflated prices, hoping to make 10.00, meanwhile while amazon takes a majority of their profits by scoring another 15% from their sales. So, not only do they make retail on selling them out, but they also make continual residual income on those products later. The movie Rogue One is coming out in December of next year. It takes place right before the events of Episode 4, and the movie's premise is based on rebels stealing the death star plans. The Death Star is a main part of the movie, so yes, I think the rumors of a new Death Star based on this movie are very accurate, now that this death star is retiring. The rumors earlier this year was that this Death Star would retire by summers end, so that the new one could be released next year.

They mention Brickpicker....also say that the resellers are the ones that bought them all up.

I will tell you how I got 4 in the past 2 days from Target for $285 each if the powers that be allow me to. The days of the $252 BN and $200 LEGO Shop at Home are done but the $200 TRU are not. I have two rewards waiting if the DS returns if not I will get some $50 EV err Sea Cow

It's Jek-14's X-Wing!!!

In for ten now. I just want to make sure I get enough of these before the next production run

I bought the $10 back with amazon gc. It seems like the lowest denomination you can buy is $45. Not bad for $10 back on this. Not sure how to add the affiliate link:http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=lp_11633657011_gb1h_rlm_m-8_8422_004f9f6a?rh=i%3Agift-cards%2Cn%3A11633657011&ie=UTF8&node=11633657011

I feel a Cyber Monday Trivia Question...

Death Star retired? I warned y'all!

Clarify me one thing, the chima bikes are the prize or the punishment?

They do. It's a manipulation of offers from various retailers. I am not taking sides on it, but the retailers could consider it a violation of the intent of the offer. But there are loopholes and people find them. I don't know whether I should condone it or congratulate people for being creative. We try not to promote ideas like it for fear of losing our affiliate advertising.

One of these days, Lego will honor resellers by producing a UCS F5 Key, to be displayed with pride above every brickpicker's keyboard.

A couple of things There are many today who would be clamoring to buy them now at msrp in the us if they could it is already rising. Everything is relative. Second Ed Mack posted yesterday about his lesson of not buying two more of the UCS MF when they were still there. I started off yesterday buying 2 at MSRP no tax. Then I saw his post and it reminded me of his lament and I got 2 more. Then I thought more and got 2 more. Did I pay retail ? Sure Do I have a bunch before these? sure Were they discounted ? Yes, Are these Discounted ? No , as it stands today 24 hours and msrp looks pretty good. Other friends I know bought them from various places at large discounts yesterday. I am happy and at peace with my decision. This is a great day in Lego and Star Wars history. It may be a huge win, I think this Christmas the price on these will skyrocket. Could I be wrong ? Sure and if so that is fine. I do not understand all the negativity about it. Cheer up. This is a great day in history whether you have 0, 1 or 500 of them.

Yes alot of us were getting the DS for $262 and the R2 Droid for $120-127 from Barnes and noble, and when Toys R US had those buy 2 get one free exclusives use to be included, so DS were about $260 or so.

Due to its long life span, many have already sold or have dropped out of the DS race. People that have purchased it early never would have thought it would last 7 years. IMO, most of the sets are being held are from individuals, not companies. One of the most important aspects of operating a company is Cash Flow. Companies do not sit on a $400 item and wait for it to retire. More than a hundred copies? (120 x $320 (assuming a 20% Markup) = $38,400 plus storage Amazon, Target, TRU, Walmart are the biggest Hoarders.......and look, They have to let it go at msrp.

I'm new to the forums (and this site in general), so indulge me. Am I correct that prior to the release of 10188 back in 2008, nobody (not a single one of us) had yet experienced the profiteering opportunities that were forthcoming in Lego investing? (see e.g. 10182 released in 2007, 10185 and 10189 released in 2008, 10196 released in 2009). Yes, the 10179 was already out when the Death Star hit shelves, but nobody had flipped one for a profit (any profit worth mentioning). At least not yet. So during the massive lifespan of the 10188 (2008 to 2015), we have learned all that we currently know about this "hobby." Yes I called it a hobby; I know there are many who do not pursue this endeavor for recreation or pleasure, but rather as an occupation. I am not among that group, so I'm calling it a hobby. When the 10188 arrived, we knew nothing (Jon Snow). Nothing of what UCS or exclusives or modulars would come to be, nothing of how to size up a set for investment potential, nothing of what AFOLs would come to want, and nothing of the emergence of future AFOLs and their eventual emergence from the dark ages. When the 10188 left us (yesterday) look at all we now know. Everything that any of us really know about this hobby (there's that word again) has been learned while the Death Star sat there on the shelves, watching us. All we have done, all the sales and massive boons and missed guesses.... it has all occurred as the DS looked on, watching us scramble and lament and speculate and celebrate. Falcons and Carousels and Grocers and Mughal palaces and so much more have all come and gone during the life of the DS. The 10188 is the only set that has remained available during all this time; it is the only product we have been able to change our minds about (sometimes over and over again, back and forth, yes and no, buy more or abandon what I have). All the while it sat there at $399, any time we wanted it. How many DS have been sold in the past 28 hours? Hundreds upon hundreds. And how many of those have been purchased by someone who didn't know SAH had just flipped it over to "Sold Out?" My guess is about 3 total Death Stars. Every one of the others that has been purchased since yesterday at dawn was purchased by a person who knew of the 10188's new status at Lego.com. So what does all this mean? What's the point, newbie? The point is that anybody hoarding Death Stars and hoping for massive future profits is going to end up very happy. Why? Because you now control the entire market. The bloggers on this site probably hold 90% or more of all 10188s purposely being held for future sale. You command the product, you command the price. You have formed a monopolistic association. But isn't that true of all high-end exclusives that have gone EOL over the past several years? Yes and no. Not to this extent, not even close. I'd guess 80% of people who bought the 10179 bought it because they thought it was cool as hell. 80% of DS sales have been for future profit. Therefore, I think the 10188 has the greatest future potential of any Lego set ever produced. Yes, that includes the 10179. So how many do I own in my collection, hoarded away in pristine SAH boxes, all lined up side by side in the storage room? None. It just looked kinda clunky so I passed.

Anyone thinking that TLG is going to do an exact or updated replica of this set is dreaming. At this price point, they will have to make it different enough for consumers who have already bought 10188 to think that it is sufficiently different to justify buying a whole new Death Star.

They already own your future disposable income. Today is about luring new Prime customers for the 4th quarter and moving one step closer to ending Walmart and Target.

Looks like the f40 is available for "pre order" at LEGO Shop at Home - I know I am in the very small percent of people who are going to order one today. After reading a review posted in this thread the building techniques look pretty interesting and I am actually looking forward to building the set.

7/14/2015 2:14 PM Death Star "Sold Out" on Lego Shop at Home It has seen the end of the death star. It will soon see the end of each of your credit limits. --------------------- (tomorrow) 7/15/2015 8:59 PM Death Star back in Stock at all retail outlets

you really should care my friend

Love the show but it is not officially retired . Lol @ Bp comment

You do not remember Bambi? The Lion King? That would be Disney's signature stamp on the project.

Our kids just like to spread them around the house and ask for help to look for them - which really means can you look for them while I do something else.... at least they're hard to vacuum up.

F5 standing by...

Sure, but last year you said that in the TH thread, and that turned out to be much ado about nothing. Here we are a year later, and everyday I walk by a stack of MISB Town Halls that no one's buying. (Granted they're in my closet, but still...)

Service Truck 42008 up at 3pm eastern, lets put in some bets 24% off and sells out in 90 seconds.

They probably bought it cheaper than Mrsp. With some BN magic and target vodoo you could have them at the 300-350 range .

Me too. Kinda sucks that my kids are in their 30's but a dad's gotta do what a dad's gotta do! do do, hehe, I made a funny

Thanks for your well written and thoughtful post. You are no newbie by the way. LOL. I've been going back and forth about this set for days. LEGO gave us an opportunity here and some took advantage of it. If things remain as is and the 10188 does retire for all practical purposes within the next few weeks, this set will do well...very, very well. Why? Simply, it was DAMN POPULAR BEFORE RETIREMENT, it will be popular after retirement. This set lasted for years because it was a money maker for LEGO and super popular with LEGO and STAR WARS fans, regardless of the $400 price tag. New versions will be different enough, with different characters to be a non-factor. Regardless, if the set retires now, people will have at least another year or more to reap the profits from hungry STAR WARS fans who enjoy LEGO bricks.

Only if the remake is better. Some are not.

Clearly the ban on Target resellers is having an impact. Target would have been poofed yesterday.

I'm back from the future. Death Star for $950 shipped. -Emmet Brown

Thanks, worked for me. I grabbed 2 x Star Wars: Mos Eisley Cantina for $46 each.

I edited it above but just in case: Not sure how to add the affiliate link:http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=lp_11633657011_gb1h_rlm_m-8_8422_004f9f6a?rh=i%3Agift-cards%2Cn%3A11633657011&ie=UTF8&node=11633657011 It is $15.99 on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Minecraft-Cave-21113-Playset/dp/B00NW2Q6ZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436945396&sr=8-1&keywords=the+cave+lego (sorry - not sure how to create affiliate link)

lots of women's underwear coming up in 20 min. And Mega**** Battleship at 3:00am PT. I'm having Black Friday 2014 flashbacks.

OK. My bladder got me up. If you want a laugh, read the Customer Questions for the 10188 on Amazon.

I did not feel comfortable bidding that much on something that I just couldn't ensure was complete. Too many pricy parts that, if missing, would not make this a good deal after all.

TRU hasn't had the DS for around 2 weeks and when they did off and on over the past 2 months it hasn't lasted a day. I monitor TRU because they offer the best price by far with incentives. Even though walmart has a limit of 5 Target should be next as they now offer the best price with incentives.

ring ring ..:)

For the best toilet paper deal, I'll mail the lucky winner a corn dog.

That is hilarious. I totally would be cautious about this sale. And to add, definitely sounds like you are not dealing with an adult. I would send a reply, "Did you call me a figit?"

Another build, it was great!