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Not true. Not even close.

sold another 21103 BTTF - $84.99 BIN Free shipping. Buyer is next state over. After fees and shipping, $40 profit on a $27.99 buy-in less than 1 year post EOL. time to go to $89.99.

I did stop at a few Wal-Marts on the way to Pittsburgh yesterday and I didn't see a single Raptor Escape. From what I've observed the past couple weeks, this one is fairly rare right now, as most of you have noted. My local Wal-Mart had 20 of them that I've been watching the past few weeks or so. I'm not sure why this Wal-Mart had received so many? I did bite the bullet on them this morning. I left one with a loose seal. They're still out there at a few stores.

9 Raptor Escapes yesterday from 2 local Walmarts. This makes a total of 24 to add to the stash of 15 that I bought earlier in the week.

Does anybody think that Lego paid 5 million dollars or more for the JW License and retire the sets in a few months, even the Lone Ranger sets were out for about 8 months. and that 5 million is most likely on the light side, for these sets not being around for Christmas will be a shock to me and many others. Ed

im not looking to sell just amused by all those saying what a non ucs ugly gray ball non to scale play set not adult oriented over rated pile of bricks without a nameplate it is. Let see out of stock at 399.95 and to $578 in less than a weekl. Not bad for such a dog.

No. Where are you located?

Build this beast today. I bought it last year in a bulk lot for 60 euro. Finally got the time to build it today and guess what... it is 100% complete! That does not happen so often.

More are still arriving. 17 I.Rex, 16 T.Rex, 10 R.Rampage enrote to AZ for FBA. Looks like they may sit in their warehouse for a while as I wait and see how this theme pans out

Bought 20 of the 75918 T-Rex Tracker

A little while back Brickset posted this inventory data for the EU. We weren't sure what would happen with it, so we wanted to wait a while before posting up any page that included this info. It's been a while and they are still posting it on their site, so we are going to make it available here as well. I am working on new a new price guide template and this information will be included there as well. I will be adding the charts to it soon as well. These pages allow you to easily see the themes as a group. You will also be able to see the number of sales for the prior day and the percentage of inventory sold. http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/eu-inventory.cfm

They have to produced more IR than RE because RE is a WalMart exclusive while IR is available worldwide. Now the question is when this theme soars, which one will the grand/parents buy to the child... the $100 RE, $200 TR or the $300 IR?

These are pretty ridiculous, but the amount of $$ I would spend on GoT Lego would be ludicrous.

it (JE 75920) finally is - just broke the $65 BIN Free Shipping barrier. Next stop $75. easily $100 with nice customer feedback because they are soooo happy you sold them one by xmas if it really is done.

Looks like 75919 IRB, 75917 RR, 75918 TRT, and 75920 RE are still out of stock. 75919 went OOS at many places yesterday. I knew of 4 locations one could still get them, but now those options are gone. 75918 and 75920 also are OOS at rrp at the usual retail suspects. Interestingly, prices on amazon jumped much higher today. RE is now in the mid 70's, up from the low 60's. IR shot up into the mid 170's, and trex tracker is now close to 100. The amount of resellers has also dropped by a few. All good signs ..

People are going to be surprise by how fast this hits $1000.

Here is the latest look at the EU inventory for Jurassic World. The numbers in yellow show the amount sold yesterday and the percentage of inventory sold.

I do not know personally. I haven't done any fieldwork lately. But what I've heared they are still available in shops. In Europe people are on vacation now. People do not buy so many Lego. They buy swimming pools and other outdoor stuff. Maybe in September the run on these sets will start. Cause I cannot imagine they are not popular with kids.

I don't recall ever hearing anything like that.

I'm holding these… at least until the next film.

I'm just looking to break even. It would still beat EDB...

Honestly at this point i'm not sure any JW world set qualifies to be branded as a "Massively Hoarded Set"

I'm up to 15 or so and got 2 more stores in sight. It's up to almost $70 on Amazon. I do know from talking to Entertainment Earth my agent said that Hasbro is stopping production on many toy lines like Transformers to make room for all this Star Wars frenzy about to happen. I'm hoping Lego just don't have time to make more of these or the entire JW lineup for that matter.

Great minds think alike, also at Southcenter grand opening...

I thought you always hung around truck stops? ;)

I am not sure if this is helpful to anyone (probably just me), I created this simple page for myself a while back and it helps me get a quick look at the sets on eBay and if there are any good deals. This is nothing fancy at all. If you don't use it, no big deal. For me, I just get a quick overview and I jump through set numbers quickly to see any sets I am interested in. I also use it to see how quickly some sets might be moving each day like the Death Star or these Raptors. Raptor Escape: http://www.brickpicker.com/ebay-search/?set=75920&minprice=38 Death Star: http://www.brickpicker.com/ebay-search/?set=10188&minprice=450 You can even add a &maxprice=600 at the end there if you want to really narrow down the listings http://www.brickpicker.com/ebay-search/?set=10188&minprice=450&maxprice=600 I know this is nothing that you can't do on eBay itself. But for me, it works and I like the format and for whatever reason I feel it saves me time.

Buying retired sets can still be a great investment. It takes a bit more research than just buying off a retail shelf, but the potential rewards and the added benefit of diversification in your portfolio can be well worth it. Here's a blog article I did that touches on it: http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/brickvesting/second-wind-retired-lego-sets-experiencing-a-growth-comeback/

This business starts to look more and more like the real stock market. When there are rumours or signs of a take-over or merge of companies prices spike! If this all turns out to be false alarm this person who sold for $600 is a real lego broker. Respect!

Maybe all the real DS hoarders just don't set up a Brickfolio...

$100 of other stuff to get Lego Store Set 40145. Yay!

Interesting indeed... if you own 10 DS's that will be roughly about 4k... Interesting indeed.

What is with people assuming that just because a newer version of a set comes out, the retired version will automatically be secind fiddle? How many people would rather have the old batcave over 6860? How about the death star 2 over 10188? Investors seem to be overlooking the power of the lego brand and the enthusiam new fans have for collecting, especially when they first get into it. I mean, just look at me. I just started collecting and investing in december and I have spent a ton on sets for myself. Also, there is not a finite group of people these will be sold to. There are new lego fans made everyday.

agree 100%...

Yes, they are pointing you in the right direction. Like I said, this was rough, just something i was using. If members find value to it, i will add simple form fields at the top (will probably do a little later) You can type out words as well

in US sells for 15-20 currently

I've always get the ban hammer at the back of my mind so I try not to let the points accumulate above $50 or so, just in case.

Universal (right studio) could have asked a fortune for rights long term so Lego opted for a short term and less money. They sold out, that's the goal right? Makes sense to do short runs for movies on release and rinse repeat for next big thing (see star wars). They have SW to plan, civil war, whatever bat v superman, as well as all the new creator ninja etc. It might be done

Just started my town hall 8 upgrade

Just grabbed 10 Raptor Escapes from local Walmart - I was debating whether to grab 10 REs, or 5 REs and 5 RR to sell as a bundle. I figured the REs were rarer given the WM exclusivity so I opted for these. I can always buy the RR as it's currently in stock just about everywhere except S@H.

I won't go as far as to say this lineup is done, but I think generally speaking Lego has it's hands full at this particular moment. They don't wanna short themselves on the Star Wars front. This is their bread & butter, because it's every other Star Wars licensee bread & butter( don't run out of stock). Couple that with not shorting bigger exclusives items along with the existing long term mainstay themes. Bottom line is something has to be cut out. I think there's potential for a mass of retirements sooner than later in all themes.

Hit a couple KMarts on the way to Mayhem Festival for 75+% off. 6x City: Cargo Truck $9+ 3x Chima: Twin Bike $5+ 3x Chima: Gorilla Striker $11+ 1x Chima: Lion Attack $5+ 2x TMNT: Shellraiser $14+ 5x Hero Factory: Dragon Bolt $4+ With coupons, all for under $150.

Disclaimer: I have no horse in this race, being too late to the game to stock up early and not enough capital to go nuts on this set in the last year or two, so for those and many reasons people have already stated, I avoided it for investment. I did grab one in a perfect box this spring for myself before it was too late. I think this initial spike (which may happen more than once in the next few months, if the death star is only "mostly dead" at this point) is truly the only predictable growth for this set, other than growth in general. Why? The apparent EOL timing is like NOTHING we have seen before: - 7 full years in production, essentially unheard of... - Substantially into the "popular" era of Lego investing, where an exponentially greater number of people are pouncing on it at the seemingly most opportune time... - A few months prior to the massive hype for Star Wars in general, meaning not only extra interest but extra product competing for the consumer's dollar... - and an unknown time period prior to the "remake", should such rumors prove true. I suppose one can look at almost every set as a unique situation, but as the post-10179 "Top Dog" in Star Wars, if not all of Lego, everything is magnified here. Let's face it, this is kind of a big deal. So, a little analyzing and comparison from Brickset using these numbers makes me think: Death Star (1.25) 7647 people have the set 6136 people want the set In production 7 years $400 US Millenium Falcon (0.4) 2749 HAVE 6924 WANT Produced 2.5 years, EOL over 5 years $500 US Super Star Destroyer (0.84) 4045 HAVE 4822 WANT Produced nearly 3 years, EOL about 1 year $400 US R2-D2 (1.93) 5769 2990 Produced 2.5 years, EOL less than 1 $180 US Ewok Village (0.84) 3773 have 4488 want In production nearly 2 years $250 US Red 5 (1.25) 4108 3276 In production 2+ years $200 US Sandcrawler (0.67) 2634 3927 In Production 1+ years $300 US Slave I (0.72) 2552 3544 In production less than 1 year $200 US Tower Bridge (1.84) 5696 have 3092 want In production nearly 5 years $240 US Fire Brigade (2.29) 10206 have 4453 want Produced 4 years, EOL for 2 $150 US Grand Emporium (2.64) 11545 4379 Produced 4.5 years, EOL nearly 1 $150 US Pet Shop (2.76) 11117 4032 In production 4+ years $150 US Palace Cinema (2.22) 8826 3983 In production 2+ years $150 US Town Hall (1.89) 8294 4378 Produced 2.5 years, EOL nearly 1 $200 US T1 VW Camper Van (3.81) 9071 have 2379 want In production nearly 4 years $120 US 1. More people WANT this set than any other listed except 10179 - significantly more than SSD (#2), nearly twice as many as EV (#3) and TH (#4), over twice as many as R2 and TB, No doubt the price point is the major factor here, especially considering the production life. If all those people couldn't afford it in the last 7 years, why would they pay a (major) premium in the next 3? There are valid answers to this question, but think about it. With the increased awareness of post-availability value spikes, how many of those people are biting the bullet and getting one now before prices supposedly skyrocket? How many "unaware" future customers do not use Brickset? 2. There ARE a lot of people who OWN this set already - nearly 3x as many as 10179, 2x SSD, more than R2 and TB, nearly as many as TH, but not nearly as many as FB/GE/PS. How many owners have extras to sell in the coming months / years? How many investors check the box on Brickset? 3. Overall interest (HAVE + WANT) is nearly that of FB/GE/PS, more than T1/TB/R2, way more than SSD. Clearly this stat isn't a main factor in terms of investment value. 4. The ratio (HAVE / WANT) is basically half that of FB/GE/PS and much less than R2/TH. This is a very good sign in theory, but going back to the price point, how many of those unfulfilled wishes will come true? And how many will forget / modify their dream once the new set comes out? That ratio will obviously increase as time goes on, and it is already well above (worse than) SSD, which is performing worse than R2/TH so far. However, long-retired UCS sets with even better ratios have not done well as investments, so do these numbers really mean anything? (Stick that in your ventilation shaft and smoke it)

neither its fine

You forgot the /micdrop

emazers did.

I don't think Raptor Escape is going to be at WM or LEGO Shop at Home again, period.

Regardless of whatever happens 6 months from now, there is an opportunity for some flippers to make money off these sets in the near term if the shortages continue. Not everyone has to invest in big ticket sets to make money at this game.

2x 10218 Pet Shop @Target B&M, $104.98/ea. I assume they were online returns. Boxes and seals are minty fresh.

I completely agree. The $15 set might be tied with the Double Decker Couch as my favorite $10-15 set of all time with the cheeseburger, golden sarcophagus, and golden headdress mummy. Great unique pieces. The choices of great sets that will be sold out this Christmas are too big to comprehend. Time to start flipping a coin to see which to stock up on.

Bought a Ninjago 9443 Rattlecopter for 27 euro.