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There was tons of anger a few days back when folks first saw the new set. Some of the ambivalence you're encountering is just because folks have already reached that stage of grieving. 1) Denial - We saw the title of the set back in January. Nah, they won't do a straight re-hash. They'd never do that. 2) Anger - We saw the product. Lego Nerds gone wild. WTF?!?!?!? Are they serious???? HOW can they do this to MEEE???? 3) Bargaining - We sold all our sets at 50% discounts from their 'collectible value' in a race to the bottom 4) Depression - I better sell my whole portfolio. This investing thing is over. 5) Acceptance - Hey you know what? If the US stock market can drop 1000 points in 10 minutes,,,,,i'm probably still fine with my lego-vestments.They won't do this with ALL my sets............right? 6) Rinse & Repeat - If they do this again just revisit step 1.

For those that missed out on this set, don't worry, it will be back in a few years.

I really wish they would have upped the ante a little bit and included the pumpkins from the Scooby Doo sets. How hard would that have been?

IMO this one is not as well done as the Valentine's Day and Easter sets, which is a shame because the subject matter is far more interesting.

sold a used Queen Anne's Revenge. Found it on CL a few weeks back for $165 and sold it for $255. Bonus that I got to do a fun build with my boys before selling.

Oh there's a downside...

Making some progress

I grabbed the last one from AMZ earlier. I hope that gives me the honorary title of the person who killed off WVM.

My guess would be that 99% of future buyers of this set after retirement aren't going to give a darn about what box design they get or even be aware that there was a box redesign.

I sold the minifigs for $100 + shipping, probably could have got more, but I'm keeping the set and wanted to keep the funds available

Hmmmmm...he is located in Ohio. That must be exciter.

Blurry image of 40123 (Thanksgiving) has appeared on other boards. Looks like its from the back page of the instruction book from 40122:

Lego my Lego.

Well... at least he placed the X-wings strategically so if you fall down from the stairs they will not break your fall. Looks like an egyptian pyramid trap.

Another thing I learned today: staircases in Holland are crazy dangerous looking. Complete with booby-trap-cord at the bottom, on the off chance that you DO survive the descent.

Hence launching the Cuusoo/Ideas program

Bought another ToO today. Makes a totall of 5 now. Will try to get 2 more so I can rest in peace. This better become a winner!

The thing with these interviews is that the author of the article will chose how they want to spin it. Words are taken out of context and negatives are ignored. But honestly, after today's bloodshed in the worldwide stock markets, the article is truer than ever and more people will be looking for someplace else to invest their money.

The Brickpicker Trade forum has been re-opened. One of the things we were waiting for was the feedback app to become available again. I was able to install it a few days ago. This forum is for trades only. Any type of selling needs to be done on Brick Classifieds. All new trade listings will need to be approved. A trade is basically a post that says "I have a Ecto-1 and looking for a Research Institute" (generally something like that). You have something and want something in return. I highly recommend posting photos of the item you have to trade to show people what it is that you have. It promotes safe trading and helps to answer questions about what you are offering. Once trades are completed, you can use the feedback system. The feedback form is quite simple: Just search for the user that you completed the trade transaction with. Select whether you were the buyer or seller. Select Positive / Negative / Neutral Leave a comment Paste the url of the trade forum topic As you build a feedback history, you will start to see the feedback in your profile area Before anyone asks, I am sorry to report that feedback from the previous forum is indeed gone. Too many differences between version 3.x and 4.x. These topics will not show up in the "recent posts" widget on the homepage, but once it gets going, I hope to add a different recent trades widget to that sidebar. I hope you find use for this section again, sorry for the delay, I was just waiting on some sort of a proper feedback system before making it available.

Sales made during past 2 weeks on eBay (all prices include free shipping): 1x Super Heroes Superman Black Zero Escape #76009 - sold for $20, paid $5.35 at Walmart clearance 1x Architecture Big Ben #21013 - sold for $33, paid $14.67 at Target clearance (Global Shipping program sale) 1x Creator Pet Shop #10218 - sold for $215, paid $160.49 at LEGO Shop at Home 1x Jurassic World Gallimimus Trap polybag #30320 - sold for $12, got free from Gamestop 1x Creator Palace Cinema #10232 - sold for $210, paid $149.99 at Amazon 1x Jurassic World Indominus Rex Breakout #75919 - sold for $200, paid $129.99 on Amazon 1x Ninjago Temple of Light #70505 - sold for $90, paid $39.32 Walmart clearance 1x Series 4 Mixels Set of 3 Globert #41533 Vampos #41534 Boogly #41535 - sold for $32, paid $3.21 ($1.07 each) at Walmart clearance 1x Ninjago Thunder Raider #70723 - sold for $40, paid $14.97 at AAfes 1x Lego The Movie Creative Ambush #70812 - sold for $46, paid $20.88 at Target clearance 1x City Museum Break-in #60008 - sold for $75, paid $30.58 at Target clearance 1x Lord of the Rings Council of Elrond #79006 - sold for $35, paid $16.05 at Walmart clearance 2x Lord of the Rings Tower of Orthanc #10237 (both to same buyer) - sold for $600, paid $400 on Amazon (Global Shipping program sale) 1x Star Wars Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas Battle Pack #75000 - sold for $17, paid $0.03 at Target 1x Creator Ferris Wheel #10247 - sold for $275, paid $214 at LEGO Shop at Home Sales made during past 2 weeks on Amazon (prices + shipping credit): 1x Architecture Fallingwater #21005 - sold for $165 + $5.99 shipping credit, paid $96.25 at Barnes and Noble

Paging sauramosis...he would definitely know. He's our resident SW expert.

If anything LOTR is going to "pop" post-retirement at this point (outside of Unexpected Gathering) I would put money on this one and maybe The Lonely Mountain if it disappears before the end of the year. This is such an impressive looking build and I actually bought 3 more of them in the last couple weeks after I thought I was done. I just need to make sure I pop the seals on one for my personal collection soon because it's going to be harder to open when the prices start to climb.

LEGO is a toy company, not a collectible company though. I'm sure they take pride in having a strong collector base and higher secondary market prices on retired sets (to an extent) which speaks to the quality of their product and the value that the fan/collector base sees in their product. They want that to continue but there are also many new LEGO fans that weren't around 4-5 years ago to buy the first Winter Toy Shop and LEGO is serving those fans here. I think they know well enough not to continue to re-release all high dollar retired sets but they don't mind stepping on collectors toes from time to time when it comes to their investment values. They would rather have the money in their pocket than on the secondary market all the time.

I didn't need anything but the figures for Raise...

I have a couple and hope to build one soon. Technic sets like these are for a different type of Lego builder. Gears and other pieces have to be put together with a little slack to prevent friction, etc. I find it very technical (pun intended ) and love it but I do see how building this compared to modulars, for example, can provide a different experience.

Sold a 7347 Creator Highway Pickup for 74.99 on eBay, paid $0---FAO freebie w/ purchase of GE back in the day.

100% agreed and paraphrased for general truthiness. It doesn't have to be awesome--it's Halloween.

This is just pure awesomeness. Huge transformable Optimus Prime. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113614

Looks like the article received 23,000 shares, and with Brickpicker getting plenty of mentions should be good news for the Macs. This I believe is the first UK article I've seen referencing Lego investing, and with the heavy bias towards the positives of making money without any mention of the negatives I expect this will bring an unwanted spike of new people into the market.

Pretty cute. Wish there was another minifigure though.

8x RE 75920 from my local WM All codes 22R5

I just picked up a complete used Vikings chess set for $65. Good deal? It was the last set I needed to complete my viking collection.

Who was trick or treating ? I thought she was going to the Bones' next door to borrow some cream cheese ?

I can only count a handful of times a skeleton answered the door when I was trick or treating?

Vampyre Castle $150 shipped

Even Robots are doing the dance...

Still showing sold out for me. Not sure what the eventual demand will be for this, but let's not forget that all of the same things were said about the Delorean - too stockpiled, had to be discounted at LEGO Shop at Home to get rid of them, was still available at Amazon/Target etc after sold out status, etc. It's doing OK now. I'm not buying any more Exos but I think the few I have will do just fine with some patience.

Raise CS can see the transaction history for the gift card on their end so you shouldn't need anything. They are very helpful in my experience.

yeah, that is a good one and fairly popular. some minor SW changes were Vader's eyes despite the same head and suit (both earlier versions). The Emperor's Royal Guards (from 6211 ISD ) also came with either red or black hands for some reason. Maybe 10199 Winter Toy Shop and it's replacement (ugh) should be included. Ha

This one is an easy winner. fits in perfectly with the vday and easter sets. makes me wonder even more why they broke away from the theme for halloween.

Precisely why I think this set will do well in a year or so when it is completely gone from retail and not hoard by many resellers. If the ship is in the new movie, it maybe even more sought after.

I have 5, but I can easily get another 10 at $190...difficult decision!

They quoted me wrong once again...I said and I quote..."LEGO sets are better than Gold...They are the best investment in the cosmos!"

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

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

This is getting really awkward...

Plan to go each day (I took a vacation day from work) but its b.s. that the promo t-shirts are only available in child's sizes so I'm rethinking Friday...imma keep my day off though. If I do go, I'll be the grown ass man in the kids size shirt.

Exo Suit is not for the faint of heart... well stocked by resellers, available longer than a lot of other IDEAS sets, etc. This is one of those put it away for 2-3 years and literally forget about it. Find them in 2018-2019 and you'll probably have a smile on your face. $20/each is a pretty good deal though. - How can you determine if a set is rare? You can't until it happens. - How can you determine if it will increase in value? You can't until it happens. We try to make edumacated guesses based on the past performance of similar sets. Sometimes the rarity smacks you in the face (41999, Research Institute) and other times it happens when you least expect it (Curiosity Rover). As for value, the set has to be desirable to increase in value. Take for example a flagship Technic set like the MKII or Volvo Loader. These are some of the biggest and best Technic sets out there... Until LEGO makes new ones (if ever) these things are likely to increase in value just like the motorized Excavator and Bulldozers which haven't been remade. But if you look at City police sets, they don't tend to do as well because LEGO remakes them every year.This is where the "at a discount" comment comes in though - at the right discount, money can still be made because they next year's sets may be more expensive, not as good, and likely won't see steep discounts until the end of their shelf life. This is all information that exists somewhere on the forums & articles in much more detail. Happy reading!