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The only retired items that stand out are: 21110 Research Institute 60001 Fire Chief Car 60005 Fire Boat 60010 Fire Helicopter 60061 Airport Fire Truck 60020 Cargo Truck 10662/10682 Creative Bucket and Suitcase 401xx Seasonal sets (Valentine's, Easter Eggs) 71005 Simpsons Minifigures 60054 Light Repair Truck 60026 Town Square Some of the small 2014 Friends sets are listed. Same with the series 5 friends polybags (I think it is 5), it has a Penguin, Orangutan, and a Tiger IIRC. A bunch of smaller clearanced sets, such as the friends nameplate for your desk. Everything else looks similar to the last update and this was basically a system/creator and City update. Almost everything that was retired has not been available from shop at home in 2015. I have a post a couple of pages prior to this that listed most of the large March retirees.

I really hope people part out the dimension packs because I want Slimer and the Marshmallow Man. http://brickset.com/sets/71233-1 http://brickset.com/sets/71241-1 These will finally get me to build an Ecto-1 and put it on display. Awesome!

The struggle is real.

LEGO Creative Tower on amazon for $109.42 including shipping fee. Got extremely lucky, shipping to a buyer less than 90 minutes from where I live - came out to less than $8. Buy in was $30 from walmart's black friday blowout last year. Down to my last 4.

I thought this might be a good topic for some of us and maybe we can keep a running list. Here are some of the new sets that are not marked "Hot Buy" or appear to work with coupons. This will at least give us a place to discuss them. Ant-Man Final Battle Jurassic World - Dilophosaurus Ambush Jurassic World - Pteranodon Capture Jurassic World - Raptor Rampage Scooby-Doo Mummy Museum Mystery Super Heroes - Carnage's SHIELD Sky Attack Super Heroes - Rhino and Sandman Super Villain Super Heroes - The Batboat Harbour Pursuit Super Heroes - Captain America vs. Hydra Creator - Changing Seasons Creator - Adventure Vehicles Friends - Pop Star Recording Studio Friends - Emma's Tourist Kiosk Friends - Pop Star Dressing Room Friends - Heartlake Skate Park Friends - Heartlake Private Jet City - Space Training Jet Transporter City - Deep Sea Submarine City: Mobile Police Unit City: Pickup Tow Truck City: Excavator and Truck City: 4x4 with Powerboat City: Dune Buggy Trailer City: Service Truck City: Arctic Snowmobile City: Starter Set City: Snowplow Truck City: Arctic Outpost City: Square Ninjago - Blaster Bike Ninjago - Ronin R.E.X. Ninjago - Titan Mech Ninjago - Master Wu Dragon Star Wars - Imperial Assault Carrier Star Wars - Flash Speeder Star Wars - Naboo Starfighter Star Wars - 2015 Advent Calendar Chima - King Crominus' Rescue Chima - Mammoth's Frozen Stronghold

Pretty sure those horns on the terror dog were also on the cow skull in Silver Mine from Lone Ranger. As for these packs? Pure gold. Everyone that has an Ecto-1, and even those that don't yet that are fans are going to want Slimer and Stay Puft. Are you kidding me? Stay Puft Marshmallow Man as a minifig? Awesome.

I rearranged some bricks to make more room up front. The sitting Scooby fig can easily sit up front now. I'm still tinkering to see if fitting 4 figs up front is a possibly w/o gutting the original design. The camera and flashlight are still there but facing forward and backward instead of left to right the 2 light bley elements are the ones I added to secure the roof better (1x1) and borrowed two 2x2 lime plates (can be seen behind both outside elbows of Shaggy and Fred) from the Plane set.

KMart erred in my favor. After Target cancelled my Scooby plane, I went looking for another source. I had $10 in SYW rewards and there was a coupon for $10 in SYW rewards for spending $50. So I decided to order 3 planes and use SYW points to get it down to $50 exactly and replenish my $10. Today the box arrived, in perfect shape, and there were 7 sets in ther, not just the 3 I ordered. The packing slip says quantity 7, but the cost shown is for 3. No idea what happened, but not going to question it. It makes up for all the pancakes I've had delivered from them. I'll likely give a couple (or equivalent sets if these end up being at all scarce) to toys for tots this fall so I dont abuse the good karma :)

Buy a new set to save. Buy a clean used set to build. It saves money and space and prevents "Builder's Remorse."

21110 Research Institute is officially retired!

I built the 75059 Sandcrawler over the last 5 days and it is a thoroughly enjoyable build, except for bags 9 and 16. I really appreciated how the designers created the paneling and the guts of the vessel; I even enjoyed connecting the 300 pieces of tread! However, I am indifferent to the end result and this set appears to be one where the sum is less than the parts. This set is not worthy of "UCS" in my opinion as it lacks the display value of more recent sets: R2, SSD, and Slave 1 are examples of superior models and it isn't nearly as impressive as some older exclusives. Overall, I still recommend building one if you are a builder.

The house from Beetlejuice.

Thanks man! My wife is just as geek out as I am!

Would you mind listing all of the newly retired sets on this thread ? Someone might find it useful. I think series 1 The Simpsons CMF is newly retired as well

One thing I've learned in life is that if I have trouble making a decision and keep thinking about doing something (sane and legal) a lot, I need to just do it. The peace of mind and satisfaction that follows is priceless. I would apply that same simple philosophy to your valuable unopened sets. I bet there are a few that just keep calling to you... in my opinion, it sounds like finances are no problem, so if you originally bought them to build, then there is no harm in building them even though you instantly lose a lot of value. Another option is to check for used copies of the set for (often) half or less the price and "trade down" while using the extra moolah for whatever else you like. I imagine there are also several of your sets that have lost some appeal over the years, or perhaps you don't have space to display everything you bought... maybe you can "weed out" the least desirable candidates and simply sell them for fun and profit.

8x RE on Amazon for 78.77 Still have 32 left

Ha. Go through this all the time! I'm out of shelf space and while I want to sell it all and reclaim some money, I want to keep nearly all of them as well. It's a never-ending battle!

With all these Panic Buying, Lego must be laughing their Danish Asses to the Bank.

Forgot to post this when I got home from work. I had 2 DS with weights that were off so I opened them both and got the same counts on both bags. Built one so I know this is correct (turns out my scale was off): Death Star (10188): Box 1: #1 - 7, #2 - 5, #3 - 4 Box 2: #4 - 6, no # - 2 Box 3: #5 - 8, #6 - 4 Box 4: #7 - 11

yeah, would be nice to fit the girls up there with Fred or 4 of them. Getting 4 minifigs to fit will be tough unless the length can be increased 3 studs. I'm also thinking about ditching the stove and sink in the rear to make more room. Scoob and Shaggy were usually eating back there. I can't also understand the tape deck in-between the computer LCDs.

You are still wearing diapers???

Posted on Brickset, from member Grogall, who seems to have a good reputation in the community: "2nd version of Winter Village Toy Store (Nope) 2nd Version of Holiday Train (Nope) 2nd Version of the Workshop (Nope) I can only say it's sweet! :-P" speculation seems to be a candy shop or a gingerbread house based on his use of the word sweet being interpreted as a clue.

Since it is against the law, the short answer is NO. Discussions on this subject will be deleted from the forum

Yes, it's a much more complex system than simple supply vs. demand, because the demand for certain sets--even if they have very limited supply--isn't that high. I've posted this too often (likely), but a retired Lego set is no different than other collectibles in one key way: it's only worth what a buyer is willing to pay. As a collector, of course I'd pay more for a HH than a retired fire station. Okay, bad example because there's always a new fire station... But the meaning is there. A highly desirable set which sells well will garner a better price than an unpopular set with less supply. This is the beauty of uber-popular lines like the modular buildings. I will pay more for something I want. I'm not paying for scarcity, although scarcity does come into play. It's what has made TH the "perfect storm" of the last year. TH = cool theme + high desirability + relative scarcity = Don't count on T1 being a tragedy.

Excellent!

Wheels? You didn't want to snap together the 300 track pieces? ;) I think it displays poorly on its own but it looks good with other Star Wars sets.

Yes, you can compare this one with HH in the monster theme. Just I think it will not rise that fast.

Well, I think this set is a winner. Lifespan of approx. 2 years, popular theme, not to overpriced, ...

'The value to your collection' is a very arbitrary and personal thing and is something you will have to decide for yourself. As for ripping open sets you bought for investment... I find it's best to decide whether a set is for investment or personal use before you buy. Be comfortable with that decision before you get your wallet out or you will always end up with this conflict. I don't even see my investment sets as Lego sets. To me they are just boxes with a monetary value. If you want to buy a set to build then do that, and always open it (and the bags) before it goes EOL, even if you're not going to build it right away. That way if you want to get more MISB sets for investment you still have time to do that and won't have the conflict of opening a valuable post-EOL set. I'm not sure if you mean your collection is MISB sets or sets you've built. If it's MISB sets, then that is an investment however you look at it. You've put money into it and it has a monetary value. Otherwise it's just a bunch of pretty boxes. If it's a collection of built sets, then don't wait until a set is EOL before you decide you want one to build. I think this is where your problem is. If you are waiting for prices to rise and looking to sell, then you are an investor, and those sets are investments. You need to keep your collecting and investing separate. Or at least, approach them as separate things.

You sound like my wife. And she wonders why I leave piles of bricks for her to step on at night between the bed a bathroom........LOL The only problem is the things that take my mind off LEGO are other hobbies.....Comics, toys, SS, GG etc.........

IIRC, Fun packs are $14.99 & Level Packs are $29.99

Although Mystery Machine is currently out of stock for online shipping, it's not 'Hot Buy', and coupons worked like a champ on this. It's available for in store pickup, depending on availability.

It will be done by the end of the year.

Physical Lego Shop Lille. They had quite some PS left in stock. No PC at the moment, but more coming. ToO stock levels at Collishop very low. Get one if you need one I'd say. On Winter Soldier, I saw it indeed. TIP: buy DO and get 50VIP + WSoldier + Friend Polybag. That's what I did today :-) Personally I like the design of PR better than the PS. But people tell me PS is more compatible with a street. The build of the PS is nothing special except for the front window. PR has nicer techniques it seems (e.g. roof), but I haven't done it myself. Building my own house in lego-scale for the moment :-)) Garage ready, playroom almost... need to start the staircase! In the end you need a balance between both I think. I have enough PS, but not that many PR (yet). Both should be fine picks. Arguments about hoarding are moat as FB and GE were also very hoarded and still do well. Maybe the PS is the better investment pick, because once it's gone, it will hit 220E quickly and people late to that party will have to buy-in at these levels. And I think TH early retirement was a "box size" aberration. Recent modulars should go after 4 years. (or more) Take care

Easy..... not buying

People always want something for nothing. I don't do "what is your best price?" or any of that rubbish. I sell at the price I want or else it goes back into the cupboard until I try again. The sense of entitlement is disgusting but then some of these people haggle store managers for every last cent reduced

Mass panic can begin... - Pig is definitely gone, I had a call with LEGO today. Mauro P.S. Cool, that I have bought 10 of them one month ago :-)

Not a modular house but good inspiration for one. Also come on, it's steampunk. Steampunk Gatehouse

Wow. That is some girlfriend if she doesn't mind you giving her crabs.

Just had two of these ship from lego.com from an order placed a couple of weeks ago. Yay!

Lowest price on Amazon is $57.50 but not a great deal of money to be made flipping these right now.

People will still buy from us. Just means flipping will be much harder to do. That doesn't phase me in the slightest as I invest

They've done better than with the SW sets!

I use a heatgun and peel them off. Never had an issue. I never leave the sticker on as some buyers will use this as an excuse to extort a partial refund on a certain selling platform.

The Old Rat (Vehicle Fury Road style) Avernus (Vehicle Fury Road style) Family Cage - Fury Road Style vehicle

What if they did an Office Space theme? (Clearly this would never happen). They could do minifgs of Michael Bolton, Milton, and Lumberg at Innotech (complete with TPS reports that aren't stapled correctly) and a UCS Shenanigan's and finally we could get Jen Aniston in minifigure form.

I don't go to the Lego store often. I was just there yesterday after not having gone in the past 4-5 months. Saw the UCS Slave I on display and it gets me every time how impressive the set looks. I know it's still early for this set but I think this one's a winner all the way. Will try to get as many as I can with as much discounts/promos over the next year or so.

These next two have blown me away! By the incredibly talented Mike Doyle. Was tempted to post this in the haunted house forum. Enjoy! His second Lego piece was a Victorian home with an overgrown garden and a tree that had collapsed on to the roof. This took more than 450 hours to build and approximately 60,000 pieces of Lego.

almost all... http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Expert-Winter-Village/dp/B00F9R37JK/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1432754172&sr=1-1&keywords=lego+winter+market