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We should steal Lego's blueprints for DS, so that they can't make no more...

Outside of the realm of fantasy and rank speculation, there is zero evidence to support the theory that this was an intentional ploy by TLG. You and a lot of the other conspiracy theorists around here are making the classic mistake of trying to figure out another person's intent at arms length by applying your world view to the situation. Keep in mind, TLG has gross revenues each year of over $3.5 billion. How many DS sets do you think sold in the days after it hit sold out status? Let's just say that retailers sold a total of 10,000 copies and that TLG sold each of those copies to those retailers at its standard wholesale discount of 30% (the number sold is almost certainly high and the wholesale discount that retailers like Amazon and Walmart command is likely low). Based on those numbers (which I admittedly pulled out of my butt), this ploy would have driven sales that represented approximately $2.8 million in revenue or less than 1/10 of 1% of TLG's annual revenue. I'm not sure if you've ever worked in a company whose business generates revenues in the same neighborhood as TLG's, but I have and I do currently, and I can tell you that I've never seen anyone waste time or resources playing stupid games like everyone seems to thinks TLG is playing with resellers here, particularly to have such an insignificant effect on corporate revenues. To assign intent to these recent events is to believe one's self to be far more important in the eyes of TLG than one actually is.

The six stages of DS investing... Complacency - I could be slowing building my inventory of 10188s but they take up a lot of space and I don't have the money to tie up. Panic - Oh crap 10188 is showing sold out! Lube up the CC, Ima' get 'em while they're hot! Denial - Listen, it's not coming back, 'Sold Out' is just a place holder until they mark it retired. It's like the exact same thing with different letters. Anger - WTF do they mean they're making more?? It's retired! I'm taking this s**t back! Depression - Lego investing really sucks, there's no big money anymore and what little I can make is gonna disappear when this bubble pops. Acceptance - I'm actually happy I got these 10188s. I can make some space at the bottom of my bed and just skip lunch for the next few months.

Luke has failed we need a true hero

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Completed the TB yesterday, took about 9 hours total. This set is very large when completed and looks amazing. I found this to be the most challenging/annoying build thus far....not because of the difficulty, but the sorting involved! Over 4000 pieces, and the bags were not numbered! I guess they didn't bother numbering bags for the older sets, there didn't seem to be much logic with the various pieces in the bags. Stopping every few minutes to look for that "one" piece was annoying. Here is a better pic.

I just picked up two MISB town halls at retail. Thank you fossilised Lego market of Namibia!

This is actually about a week or maybe two old now, so not 'built today' but built recently! I'd mentioned plans of doing this in a few other threads during the spring. Finally finished my first iteration. This is my modular Bike Shop & Cafe, comprised of 3 copies of the 31026, plus a tiny handful of extra bricks from my own collection. I googled other people's variations on this set, and I think mine came out quite unique; I was going for the older building look that fits the early 1900s (and other modulars) for the shops on the ground floor, but wanted to do a 'new reno' flat on the upper floor. I managed to keep a handful of the original set's features present on the ground floor, but went full custom on the next floor. The modernized hipster flat is complete with an eco-friendly green-roof, providing fresh produce for the chef next door at Chez Albert. One may also note the owner of the flat has purchased some of the abstract art from the painter that lives next door too... [did I go too far? lol] My images are too large to fit in one post... Edit: and now I can't upload any more? Guess this is all you get. I have a whole wack of shots of the inside, everything is fully furnished. Aw well.

So should I begin scouring local Targets for returned Death Stars marked 50% off?

Unleash reverse panic! http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Death-Star-10188 Out of stock, expected ship date Aug 09 2015

OMG! I think Lego did this on purpose. So people will be bankrupt once PR, PC, Tumbler and PS retire soon.

To add to this; "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. I find that I frequently need to remind myself of that quote. Anyone who works, or has worked, for a corporation should know that no matter how profitable a company is, or just how well oiled of a machine they appear to be... screw ups happen... more often than outsiders know.

up to 21 and have 4 more waiting at the walmart near my vacation destination. please stay sold out.

Fairground mixer. This set is an engineering marvel. There is a WOW factor that took me all the way back to Space Lock-up Isolation Base. If sleepers still exist, this may be it for 2015.

Perfect, except that after #5, you're supposed to loop back to #2 a few times before moving on to #6. It's sort of like Chutes & Ladders.

Research Institute.

Another case of a sold out reverting to something other than retired

The bigger problem is OP ordered from the seller's website and not eBay

It´s not a surprise now you´ve told everyone!

Watch, TLG will surprise us by retiring 3 modulars at once (PS, PC and PR).

Certainly, (b) is the more likely scenario, no argument there. But to dismiss the possibility that TLG is aware of and potentially exploiting the secondary market when it's useful seems a bit naive to me. If TLG has decided that they do in fact want to EOL DS and they still have 20,000 of them sitting in their warehouse (poor big business planning and all) they would want to move that inventory ASAP. Two ways to do that 1) have a sale or 2) create the impression they are already gone.

Bought the Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion today. Toys R Us markup up to $95. But used the 25% off coupon to get it down to $71. Then used my 20% off gift cards to get it down to $57. Forgot I had a $25 R Us Rewards, otherwise I would have gotten it cheaper.

You're in the what set did I build today thread... the answer is clear, build it!

i wonder how much you have to pay someone to say its an 8.0. and woo-hoooo anyway - its an 8. at this sales price point it seems sort of silly to have wasted your money on grading.

There is one fundamental flaw with this theory...by the time that a set hits "Sold Out" status at LEGO Shop at Home, TLG has already made all of the money that it is going to make on the set and does not gain any further direct benefit from the 1000s of units that are sold in the wake of the retirement. Once TLG sells a set at wholesale to a retailer like Amazon or Target or Walmart, it has already made its money on that set regardless of whether the set is sold to a consumer one week, one month, or one year later.

sold yesterday for $1025 + $99 shipping - bit of an anomaly with the grading but still...$1K http://www.ebay.com/itm/2010-Lego-Star-Wars-10221-SUPER-STAR-DESTROYER-Ultimate-Collector-Series-AFA-8-0-/331606693022?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d354c949e

These mechs are awesome. After discovering Mixels purely by chance, and then discovering people were building mechs out of these sets I had to have a crack at it myself. Unfortunately I'm a poor photographer

he means if you are reselling these down the road that the condition of the box will not drastically effect the value of the set.

Built the Shuttle Tydirium last week, and it's now my new favorite non-exclusive Star Wars kit. All it needed was a stand, so I bricklinked the parts I needed so the stand is as new and shiny as the rest of it. Beautiful kit for those of you (like me) who do not have the UCS version.

stop Raptor time...

Rather early for next year but there seems to be a little info about a couple of new sets based on the Frozen franchise more than likely to capitalize on the future sequel. One can only imagine what other sets will be made available to go alongside these. Perhaps Sleeping Beauty's castle with Maleficent? The list has been updated with the rest of the rumored sets and their respective pricing. 41066 - Anna & Kristoff's Sleigh Adventure = 29.99 €41068 - Arendelle Castle Celebration = 59.99 €41069 - Palace Pets Korallina Day at the Pool = 7.99 €41140 - Daisy's Beauty Salon = 9.99 €41141 - Belle's Royal Carriage = 9.99 €41142 - Palace Pets Royal Castle = 19.99 €

Disassemble them and bag the pieces in a zip lock, then box. They will stay much cleaner and you can always build them again if you want to change up your displays.

In for one and a couple more if Target and Amazon get them in stock. I'm a believer.

I just bought one from eBay for $320 including shipping, with a description (via questions) of used, with broken seals and some box damage but all inner boxes intact. It arrived today, just as described. The box has some tape marks and ripped off graphics (about 2% of total surface area) and the outer seals are broken. But all four inner boxes are sealed and mint, so is the instruction manual. I think this was a good pick-up for my collection at $320 (I didn't previously own one), but what do you think for resale? How much will tape damage and broken outer seals affect price? 5% off new? 10%? It's certainly going to beat any "used" set out there. Kind of a new one for me. What do you think?

Any predictions when they will release the first "official images" of the sets? I really hope it's not on September 3rd at 11:49pm.

I have some that have a date stamp from the third week of May, but that's the latest date stamp I have.

Then you probably want to wait and weigh it. If it really is 24lbs, that's enough of a discrepancy to complain IMO. But before you complain, decide what you want to do about it? Are you looking for some $$ back? Do you want to return it? I don't intend this as rude, but perhaps the question "what does about 30lbs mean?" ought to be asked before buying it?

https://youtu.be/EuYyo3LuEQs?t=49 4 bags of parts 2 bags for the dinos 2 booklets 1 sticker sheet

The listings were identical in content description. I did use PayPal. I have no idea how much the lot weighs as I have not received it yet. The argument for all boils down to semantics. What does "about 30 lbs" mean? To me something in the 28-32lb range = "about". Others may have a different opinion. I paid ($250) which is ~7.81 (@ 32lb) - 8.93 (@ 28lb) per pound expecting the lot to be ~30 lbs... I do try to be as honest and forthright as possible. I will have the actual weight this evening. Right now it is only speculative and argumentative.

No worries, they will add the printed cockpit with the new and improved X-Wing. When ever it will come out.

Rare trumps Licensed Set. Maybe tops 150 euros once there are really only a handful left.

At that clearance price it's an easy flip for a decent return over the next few weeks even if you don't want to hold long term.

I can see MOCers wanting multiples of the mansion set. I think it lends itself well to expansion. Ok, who am I kidding. I'm buying two for myse... my daughter. We'll see what we can create.

I certainly wouldn't consider myself a conspiracy theorist, you're inferring quite a bit to get there. I don't believe TLG is out to get reseller or even spending considerable resources on the topic. I do however believe that TLG is aware there is a secondary market and could be finding ways to exploit it when its advantageous to do so. Lets go with your numbers, aside from the 2.8 million (which is a pretty good return on 5 minutes worth of work from an $18 an hour web intern) there are other reasons TLG may want to move inventory, a box redesign or logo change for example. All that said, it could very well be that TLG did simply sell out of DSs, end of story. Very possible, I don't know or claim to know any different. What I do know is 1) Regardless of the actual numbers, when the most expensive item a company manufactures, which has been readily available for 7 years, goes completely sold out across all major retailers within 48 hours of a change in status on said companies webpage, that's powerful. When you have sets like PC and PS which for months can't stay instock at MSRP, that's powerful. IMO, TLG would be foolish not to realize these trends and more foolish not to exploit them if they have reason to do so. 2) This is an open speculation thread and I'm speculating. No conspiracy or tin foil hat, just discussing with an open mind to try to make the most informed decision possible in the future.. BTW, I don't see how it's relevant but the company I work for did almost 9 billion in 2014.

I ordered my first TOO from Amazon. Welcome Tom! You should drop by this section for more info as a new member http://community.brickpicker.com/forum/21-introduce-yourself-new-member-faqs/

At least Ewok Village is 68% off right now. http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Wars-10236-Village/dp/B00F15OA5A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437934764&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+ewok+village

At some point, box condition won't matter much. Just ask the 10221, 10224 and 10228 folks :( Hope you don't end up regret returning the imperfect boxes.

Decent day buying today....all items on great clearance prices! Couldn't pass on any of it -- did pass on all the FRIENDS series and elves stuff - don't know anything about - all 50% off. AT-AT, picked up 12. Some turtles, tons of Cantina's (18 total) and Batman joker steam roller sets (I think 28 total) and some other low end junk.