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Thanks, Alpine. I really do have limited room to store sets and unfortunately I only have my closet to work with. I'm planning on buying another Pet Shop and maybe a Palace Cinema and then I may use the money for some other things that I need. Plus, I gave the wifey some money as well. It's the first time I've been able to do that and I wanted to show her that this Lego investing wasn't a waste of time.

Amazon Mystery Machine - $55 City: Logging truck - $58 SW: Droid Escape - $53 SW: 7913 Clone Trooper Battle Pack - $44 EBay SW: Republic Gunship - $180 Creator: Family House - $100

So I just made my first "pure" investment purchase it's 17-20 lbs. Of bulk for $143.50 shipped on eBay And from what I've seen I see the latest Harry Potter castle, hogwarts express, knight bus, Hagrids hut, freeing Dolby, possibly the smaller hogwarts castle add on, dumbledoors office, Loki's helicarrier breakout, that giant rare baseplate, possibly some clear bricks ( I don't know if they're real or fake) and whatever other mysteries lie in there . I saw a lot of minifigures and minifigure parts so I'm sure it's a winner, I can't wait to see how much money I make once everything is said and done

What a marvelous set and great build. Whoever says legosets from the 90's are boring... eat this!

too early my friend.

My yield from the 22 i found at Walmart earlier (rest are doubles, booo). Really wanted the Spectre/Banshee, but i'll get em eventually.

agreed but shipping the two together will be a challenge.

What happened to the price of this set in the US when the new version was announced? That was before pictures of the actual set were released which confirm it to be near identical.... When the new one comes out and gets down to 100USD on discount, most people are going to be looking very hard at those satellite dishes to justify paying 2.5 times more! Of course, hoarding 7965 till the new one retires as well or sells out at Xmas is another option but is it really going to ever be a 300/350 USD set? I´d rather be clearing the shelves of the new one before the Xmas rush.....

Believe it or not: LEGO The Lone Ranger Constitution Train Chase (79111) I even made some money! Very small money but honestly I'm happy that I sold it without losing money.

Just got the TRU pre-order and the box is HUUUGE (like Trump says). If the MSRP really is $49.99, its a steal. Time for some QFLL action.

Neat!

I sold two Grand Emporiums for $290 cash each via CL. My last two. Goodbye my friends, you have done me well.

I took a huge risk and bought a LOT of these at the end of last year thinking there was a good chance they would be gone in January 2015. Unfortunately it didn't happen so I've been holding them a while, but glad to see it is finally going up. Makes me feel a little better for all the room they take up!!!

Jugendstil villa in modular style

If you think you are brave enough to dare, check out this sinister surprise. 666 Market Street by Aliencat!

More Raptors, and stickers don't forget those...

It was good times. Even waiting in line, chummed it up with a guy from brickset forums and talked jurassic world and millenium falcon. Was also worth watching 2 adult couples maneuvering thru store in the most obvious way, along with tons of looks, nods, and whispering while trying to get more of the lego store openings than allowed. All that was missing to make it any more obvious would have been some camo face paint, walkie talkies and a t shirt with reseller printed on it. If they are reading this, next time remember to calm down and smile and act like you are in a toy store. Its supposed to be fun isnt it:)

I do. Most won't care. Disney has a huge fan base with about 95% crossover with Star Wars fans. It will only help sales to have their marketing behind it. I think most are happy Disney is adding movies, toys, other media and theme parks. All Star Wars investors should be pleased that the franchise is only growing in popularity. Disney was the ideal buyer for fans and I couldn't be happier. They are a great company. This is set should do fine as now they can make more Millenium Falcons without it being the exact same version. Prices certainly won't be going down.

Is it a cat in a bag? Miraculously only two are damaged.

13 Joker bumper cars. TRU I frequent had maybe 30 left in stock. after points and gc discounts it works out to just under $3 each. this store will not let you use gc and TRUTH anymore so best deal I could get.

Too early for you, but the right time for him. Too early for you, but the right time for him.

Got here at 930 and out the door with a temple of airjitzu and retail store by 1040. Super cool to get retail store and attend a grand opening. Got a pic with son in store so in 6 years when he is forced, i mean wants to apply to work there, maybe the pic will help grease the wheels to my personal goldmine....i mean a great part time job for him:)

Sold my last 3368 Space Centre for 175 euro excl. shipping. Sorry to see the last one go. One of my biggest success sets in my short reseller career so far.

The sweet spot to sell pricewise would appeart o have been April/May, the new one is basically a 2015 Model Year iteration and 8 out of 10 people would not know the difference - the box art is probably the biggest change along with the minifigs. Reminds me a bit of a certain toy shop set...... The new one is going to take the bulk of sales and only completists are going to be after the old one. The correction in prices already happened so now it is probably going to stagnate around the 200 mark or have very gentle increase.

(6364) Doctor's Office

I think the time to dump was a few months ago right before/just after the episode 7 set list was leaked. At this point if I still had any I would probably hold long term to see how it compares to the new set and for the OT die hards in the future. Unless you need the money, of course.

The Admins and Mods on Eurobricks should lock that thread for stupidity. They are basically promoting LEGO counterfeits. Dopes.

BONSAI! Plastic Bonsai Tree (Indoors) by Brickthing

It was so much fun, I'm going back tomorrow with the wife and niece for some minifigs. And you really should map out a game plan beforehand like we did...amateurs.

I bought a 10030 for $450 on ebay (apparently distressed box but sealed bags) yesterday. It has shipped but keeping fingers crossed that its legitimate as there was no pictures of whats inside the box.

I think the chances of getting another Deadpool minifig is a lot greater than the chances of not...

For anyone that still have the 7965 I would hold them, I still have 15 and I am holding on to them, does anybody really think the value of these will really fall to retail price of $140 from a yr or so ago. Its anybody's guess on what these might be selling for this Christmas and beyond but I would say it looks good for staying in the $250 and up range.

That's a nice looking box, if a bit on the large side.

Yeah... everybody has a different strategy and situation. Hence, If lego would present the next modular being a GE 1.1 he sold it just in time.

If the new MF is the prototype of all future MFs, then the current set,7965, would be the last of the OT MF set. Something to think about.

Depends how he uses the funds, could be a better move than holding.

Tony Abbot like Dorothy Mantooth is a Saint I think they are relying on the fact that the online vendors will apply the 10% component at POS. Further to my last, you will probably find that it will be offset against a new range of "postal concessions" that will be offered by the vendors in an effort to bring back our market -Amazon, etc LEGO Shop at Home already adds the GST component to the order anyway. Trust me, I know

I love this set & think it looks great next to the PotC sets. It's the pride of my fridgetop fleet...

A few sets every year? I'm going to call you out here - can you name those sets? I can think of two - 9465 Zombies (available July to October 2012) and 60064 Arctic Supply Plane (available August to December 2014). I asked this question a couple months ago (probably in the JW thread), and I think we came up with one more. But that's not indicative of "every year a few sets will retire after only being available for a few months."

Yes. If you're never planning on selling anything, this would be of no concern...

5 Exo-Suits at $27.99 1 complete Maersk Train 10219 - no box. (will resell ASAP) 2 WALL-E sets 2 sets of 2 Advent Calendars : SW and City (will resell by mid-Oct) 1 Batmobile from the Jokerland set. 1 complete POTC 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge - no box. (will resell ASAP) 3 Jurassic World Raptor Escapes 1 complete 5887 Dino HQ (no box) for $44 shipped off eBay. 2 Ghostbusters Ecto-1. 2 UCS The Tumbler.76023 1 Series 14 CMF "monsters" Series 14 box

TH? TH shouldn't even be in the same sentence with AA. Sorry, it's not a TH by any stretch.

My standard offers for used sets. All reference prices are price guide used values: mint, complete with box, instructions, and mini-figs: 45-50% complete as above, but no box or complete and dirty, non-mint, etc.: 35-40% complete, but no box or instructions: 25-30% complete, no box, instructions, missing minifigs: 15-25% dependent on condition incomplete: $4/pound

Saw this today...looks great.

Thanks for the comments and advice guys. Especially Terry... you were very straight forward. What I also do when I advice my friends. Appreciate that. I am still undecided. My wife likes it alot and told me to buy it instead of the Red-5. It is truly a unique set. Though I do not like it as much as I would like to. I am not an Ewok fan and I am not particularly fond of the boxart. But when I see it displayed in the Legostore it is impressive! When I check ebay it is offered more than ToO. ToO is retired in Europe. So I could draw a careful conclusion EV is more hoarded than ToO. Also it is a shame it is not an UCS set. The price certainly would justify it. Some months ago I mentioned in this thread that I would only buy one if I did not know what else to buy. And there it is. I dunno what else to buy. PS is so lame. Red-5 is not exclusive anymore according to Lego. I will leave it in the cart and sleep on it tonight.

4884 - Scrat & acorn

If you are a real fan of MC Escher's work like me then you may love to see this rendition of a classic work of art known as "Relativity" in Lego. The Daily Mail I also found this one for the mind perplexing "Ascending and Descending". Ascending and Descending by Brett Jordan

AT-AT-VW by lego_nabii