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Built this today. By far the most challenging set I have ever built. Many times I worried I made a mistake, particularly the rubber hoses every where! Massive impressive set though!

6x raptor escapes at my cost+shipping... + a favour down the road to a fellow BPer Edit: On brick classifieds too

With moving and a being in the busiest part of a seasonal occupation I haven't been able to build much lately, so with a couple hours of down time I figured I better pick a good set, I think I chose quite well.

where's the (4) thumbs up button when you need it.

This goes beyond the investors - I am also concerned about my customers being left to feel like stupid idiots who just got screwed (seemingly by me). Yes, we make money, and yes, the prices can get ridiculous - but at least (until now) we could honestly state to a buyer of high prices sets, that even though they are expensive, if the set continues to be taken care of (and loved), the price will likely continue to increase. Once the high priced collectors start associating their purchases with the negative feeling of getting screwed - many will likely stop.

Orc Forge is starting to get some love on Amazon, sold one so far for $95. Sold 2 more 75021 - Republic Gunships on EBay for $190 to a repeat buyer in my shipping zone. It only cost me $10 to ship them insured.

Saw this set linked in the comments about the new WV Toy shop over at Brickset. See what you think. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/107984

Made some improvements on my Green Grocer with the help of brick builders pro.

$95 for Creative Tower 10664 on eBay

I wouldn't use the BrickPicker prices to set prices on EBay or any other marketplace. It's a good gauge for value of a BrickFolio as of the previous reporting period, but it's not an accurate reflection of the current market. Use the "recently sold" filter on EBay and also browse Amazon, Bricklink, etc. to get a read on what prices other sellers have their items listed at.

Some people love to hate on City but if you pay attention there are some winners...

Amazon 60059 - City: Logging Truck - $63 (is there an end in sight?) 7913 - Clone Trooper Battle Pack - $45

Which will then become a $25 box instead of a $10 polybag.

I've been on a minifigures kick for investment purposes lately. Grabbed 2 complete sets of series 13, 1 set of simpsons series 2, and 2 sets of monsters series 14.

heh yup GG re-release proto...

That's the new GG...

Turns out most of my listings are priced at what they've been selling for recently so that's good to know just gotta be patient I guess

The lazy approach would be to just follow Exciter's lead. ;-)

My mantle isn't wide enough. Maybe glued to the ceiling upside down. It would certainly be a conversation-starter.

and although i was "+ve" that this set would do well but have Never thought that it would reach these prices so soon. i thought they would hit $80+ only around holiday season of 2016. not holiday season of 2015 { man have i been so wrong }..... btw, galerco still has over 300+ remaining. wow! am i speechless or what...(more than 700 sold) in measly few months.

It was however on sale for the 27 or 28 at wm.com for a long time. Then on sale in store at lego b&m for 27.98. Didnt last to long though. Maybe a week

Space Needle too! Volkswagen T1 #1 on my list.

Sold a Charlotte Grand Opening minifigure set for $85 (inc ship), but was troubled that it was going to Denmark. I guess I irrationally (?) think that country is full of QFLL spies.

This is much better than the Halloween set and will be a great one to part out, whether for personal use or sale. Those turkeys are expensive.

Some people think the Volvo loader will retire early but Technic sets are almost always out for two years (plus or minus last stock). Based on that, MKII should go this year (anytime) and the loader next summer... MKII may very well break that trend but the loader is licensed so Lego will be constrained by the license!

Architecture wait times can be tough to stomach - White House and Brandenburg Gate need to be culled...

Maybe some people bitch and moan no matter what. Lego doesn't give two bits if a few buyers are pissed about the reissue. Not a single one of them won't keep buying Lego to resell or collect because of 10249. You can bet they're looking at how many 10199 sets were produced and sold vs winter cottages and WVM and SW. It has to be about the money.

The new Arocs Technic truck (42043) should excite a lot of people. With the new pneumatic II pieces that are out, the set will one day bring in a nice price on the secondary market. However, I love it for other reasons. Just finished building it....and it was a blast. Also, I remember years ago when the Mercedes Benz Unimog came out and Artifex Creations put out a lighting kit specifically designed for the truck which was pretty cool. Their site is down for maintenance, and I am not sure if they are in the Lego lighting business anymore, but I thought of doing the same thing with the Arocs. I used the products are lifelights.com. Pretty happy with the results. A brief tutorial and more pictures can be found at: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/418368

That's awesome that the Gunship is nearing 200...

The ideas for product is endless....they don't need to do remakes.

For the horde!

Mississippi Steamboat "Mark Twain" by Vasek Vrzan

How perfect... Today is National Waffle Day !

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.

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.

Galeria kaufhof Germany, bougt them online, but there is still stock in the stores. Going next thursday to the physical store, to buy 5 more. They retail for 200 in Germany, but I got a 10% discount.. Can pick them up for 180. Thank you Germany.. Always better than those stupid Dutch prices (230 euro). Same thing with temple of airjitzu.. 200 in Germany, 230 in Holland. Update: it's back to 'out of stock' from 'sold out' in US

Yeah, not saying that it will match the returns as quickly, just saying the sale price at shop at home isn't necessarily a death knell, either is potential hording. Related though, I see a lot of people mention "x" has a huge fan base often on here but I don't know what people base it on. Saying that as someone who is looking at his built Delorean in his office right now. :-)

Yeah I'm kind of on a roll here. Steam Temple

If you look real close, you can see a Death Star in the sky above the Tower Bridge on the redesigned box for #10214...

Bought 5 extra today, minty mint. Overpriced sets are always less hoarded, think it will pay-out as long and even short-term investment. Payed 180 euro for each, while it retails for 230 here in Holland. Lucky me

The thing is it´s not just the rereleases we have to contend with - there is now mass media coverage/promotion of selling lego for profit and the somwehat overinflated importance/ self consciousness the brand has taken on in the last years what with the movies and the documentaries. The upside is that they have SW and a lot of other great licenses/sets in their portfolio and that the AFOL market seems to still be expanding from a niche to the mainstream so it all maintains an equilibrium - for now. In 12 -24 months the picture could be different.

Nothing wrong with retiring with 20 years worth of lego sets to build right? who needs country clubs and world traveling....

Oh there's a downside...

I built the MKII today. It was my first technic set ever, and chose the biggie. It's very impressive, but Technic just isn't my bag. Building it felt a bit like a chore to me, not the same relaxing enjoyment that I get from regular brick builds. Mistakes made building on a set like this, are super costly too. I missed a small gear in one spot, and didn't realize until further in the build. It took me an hour to get it apart far enough to insert the gear, and get it back together. The set seems like an engineering marvel, just not a "fun" building experience in my book.

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

Your wife probably looks better in yoga pants than after eating a cheesecake, every time you buy Lego.

On the topic of buying HH even now at 2x or more MSRP: Phase 1: My son got interested in Lego 7 months ago. I hadn't so much as looked at a Lego in 20 years. All I knew was he desperately wanted new Lego passenger train. We bought and built it together, along with station. Phase 2: I thought "wow this is so cool! These sets are WAY better than they were in my day!" Phase 3: I go online and start looking at what else Lego makes. I stumble onto Haunted House on Lego SAH (it was still up with a SO tag). Jaw drops. Heart rate increases. Phase 4 (also known as the self-denial phase): I do my research, see it is seeing on eBay for almost $400, and show my wife the set, but promise I would never spend $400 on a Lego set (because THAT would be crazy). Phase 5 (also known as "emersion from dark ages" syndrome. Also known as the angry wife phase): I buy a brand new HH for $350 shipped. It arrives in beautiful shape. Wife finds out. (Domestic episode deleted from post). The point of this whole diatribe was that the HH was the one and only retired set I just could never live without. I can pass on all the old Star Wars stuff, pirate ships, TH, FB, whatever. But this was a "biological imperative" - there was no way my heart/head combo was ever going to let me live a life that didn't contain the Lego 10228. I would have paid $500. Today I would pay $600 if I had to (and didn't own it). There is something magical about this set and I feel very strongly that there are THOUSANDS of people out about to have their ownHH moment in the next several years. This set will hit $500 two months, eclipse the Town Hall by October 2016, and leave TH in the dust in 2017. Just watch and mark my words. (Phase 6: new guy thinks he's smart enough to lay down epic predictions at 4:00am cuz he can't sleep)

I really don't get why some people have to rag on others. You don't know what he paid, you don't know what his shipping and commission fees were. You don't know what you think you know and it makes you sound foolish. Criticizing other people's actions while making myriad assumptions adds nothing to Brickpicker and certainly adds nothing to this thread.

I wouldn't do a return without opening and checking