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Just been into my local Debenhams and saw some series 1 mixels just sitting there (about half a case)!! Needless to say I took them straight to the till and out of curiosity asked if they had any more. They popped out the back and came out with a nearly full case! So Ive just got 3 complete sets of 9, 3 complete sets of red and four odd for £111 . They also let me take the display case. How many sets of mixels come in a display case, any one know? Just to sweeten the deal they also had a near fresh case of series 13 MF so I did a quick smoosh and got all 3 hotdog guys (up to 14 of these now) Also bought star wars Advent calender these seem to be hard to find at retail at the moment.

I finished a 75054 AT-AT yesterday. I've wanted an AT-AT since I was a kid ogling the Sears Christmas catalog. I watched other Lego iterations come and go, but this fulfilled a life-long quest for me. Now it's going to accompany me to my office, sit on a filing cabinet, and get hijacked by pirate zombies.

I've never had it happen. My guess is that the people willing to pay $20 for a minifig are not the same people that smoosh packages in stores.

One Scooby Doo Mansion One Scooby Doo Lighthouse One Scooby Doo Plane One ToT One tan baseplate all for the Halloween display (along with Haunted House and Vampyre Castle). Will also add one full set of the Series 14 minifigs. Thought about using Ewok Village trees for a spooky forest, but couldn't risk breaking up the EV and losing pieces.

2 more sealed boxes of S14 CMFs at a really decent discount... for Canadians.

Only because you asked...

Goddamnit!

The one I have glows. I don't believe that the Banshee does however. I have both heads reversed as I like how the blank face looks compared to the printed one.

In stock @ Amazon but may require an extra 1-2 days to process...

Well the race to the bottom has begun.. Personally, I had a string of luck hit me, and I knew this had a limited opportunity to make some cash on these. And that ship is now sailing off into the sunset, unless you just want to make 5.00 to10.00 on a complete set, which to me is not worth it. Interestingly, those that flipped over the last few weeks (myself included here) made anywhere between 30 to 45.00 (or more) profit, from rrp by selling above 120. I managed to blow out 4 sets above that price point, and 2 below that price point. To put that into perspective, very few mini figure lines hit that number a few years after retirement! Simpsons series 1 still hasn't reached that number. The lego movie just began to hit that point, and that's been retired for over a year now. In all, I managed to sell 6 sets over the last two weeks. I have four remaining, and a few of the 3 per case figs, and now I think i'm just going to store them for next halloween, unless these become pretty scarce in the next few weeks. At this point, these extra sets are just pure gravy, and more or less play money, because the flips paid for them outright. But, i'm done with these and won't be buying anymore .. I thought about 2 more cases, but I think there is going to be a lot of these on the market in the next few weeks, and so margins will get really thin to the point where it's not worth it. I will say this about minifigures, you have to be selective. If you go in buying 60, and you score 10 figures that are just 5 or 4 per case, you thin your margins big time. At that point, it's really not worth it to have 2 complete sets, but 6 zombie pirates, and 7 crazy scientists with a scattering of 4 per case figures on hand. It's better to have 7 tiger girls, 9 banshees, and have the allotted 5 per cases stuck in complete sets. Your margins will be thin if you don't do it that way. You have to factor those 5 per case figures into your overall sales and so what you have in your inventory is key!.. So smooshing is an artform that needs to be honed in because it can save you time and money. The quicker and faster you are at it the better. I know a lot frown on it, but ohh well - it's a game.

Maybe they've "experienced" LEGO Shop at Home before...

People say this about every exclusive: 1. A member indicates that [Exclusive] is so hoarded that everyone must have them and won't appreciate. 2. [Exclusive] retires, 3. [Exclusives jumps in value, 4. Emazers indicates that everyone should have 40 of these OR another member indicates that you had years to get this set before it shot up in value. Ed and others have repeatedly mentioned that many, if not most, of the BP members are not hard core investors. This set will go up when it retires and a prime example of an exclusive that "everyone" had lots of is the 10211 GE. It hasn't performed spectacularly but you can still make $100 profit on the set and that's still a good return for a "safe" investment. It seems that exclusives are increasingly the safer plays because they will go up, but at a lower rate then some potentially riskier plays.

Birds - ExoSuit II - the sequel. The only people buying this set are QFLL wanabe - i sawer it in a documentary. No actual LEGO users are excited by Birds. Unless there is a second Birds release, this set reeks of dudness. Ecto will be one of those winners that was staring you in the face for so long you'll be questioning what was wrong with your mental faculties that you didn't buy more of these while it was available at target with a 5% red card discount. The LEGO investing sequel to BTTF. The reason to buy Birds is you're contrarian and you think BIRDS is uber-unhoarded. Which its not because of the documentary. So investing in Birds you have a bunch of newbs who will be disappointed when it doesn't go up as fast as they wanted because the intrinsic demand stinks and then they start dumping at a low price post EOL which keeps the growth curve down. Recipe for disappointment. Ecto might not be as hoarded as some would believe - its never been discounted in north america. I've only seen in on shelves in the lego store and at 2 TRU so not a lot of shelf exposure. Ghostbusters is being shown on a TV channel somewhere in the world right now. Birds? not so much. Even if ecto is hoarded, demand is only going to increase with the franchise reboot (even with the new actors nostalgia for the old slime will be there). I'm up to 30 Ecto and would like to be at 50 by December. I think it will be difficult to find in December-January and gone by Feb.

I caved, 3x gold mario amazon $55/ea, going to pick up a nice modular for my $40 investment

Just got the Lego Club mag in the mailbox today. I like the "throwback shout out" to the old Haunted House.

Yeah and I'm the one who is hated on and called the mean old grumpy MOD for calling those people out.......;)

I think he is running for US president now.

Minifigures plus is as legit as they come. I got a mr gold in the series 10 case I ordered from them. So all questions of tampering or not being honest or whatever were thrown out the window on that one. Minifigures plus is a great seller.

On a positive note, I have ordered multiple cases from Minifigures Plus and have always received a quality product. I ordered 10 Series 10 Mr. Gold CMFs and they were all in excellent condition and sealed. I am not saying every order (out of thousands) is perfect, but they have an excellent track record with Jeff and I.

This same logic applies to the VW Camper Van. Oh, fuzznuggitz, wait a minute...

It's a very nice set indeed! Looks great, compact enough, very stable and poseable, nice minifigs. Ended my quest as well ;-)

hey to anakin's defense there was also Jocasta nu..... The galaxies deadliest librarian

From smooshing 15 sealed boxes I have found it is extremely common for 3 or 4 of the same figures to be packed together!

Didn't buy it today, but finally received it today. http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=23631585 After inventorying, missing one hose, a crossbow, Han, Luke and Chewbacca. also, some of the stickers came off the sheet, so I need to source 4 parts with stickers, or just get a new sticker sheet. Not terrible for a 7965.

Walking past the new Star Wars sets, knowing that there are no longer any little ones at home eagerly waiting for their arrival. Time goes by quick - Enjoy Your Kids!!!!

Managed to find a top secret surveillance pic. That must be one of his minions putting in position some more Pet Shops on the trolley.

I don't bother. It's either for sale or it's not. EOL is only important to me as an indicator of when I start my countdown clock to selling. It's of greater importance to those that are trying to snag then at the last second instead of stockpiling throughout its life.

20% off a single item when using your TRU MasterCard for the purchase. Good 9/1/2015 - 10/31/2015

Yeah hate it. I'll do the hotdog guy only because its easy. And its the only one I can do. And because its worth the most. And because I like hotdogs

This is why I keep multiple disguises in my car. Agree about Squarefoot...the camera just seems trite. Also found Zombie Pirate forgettable, Super easy to find while smooshing due to all the unique elements, but my Imperial Flagship sailors find him annoying. I DO have a couple grotesques adorning my laptop to ward off evil emai- ...er, sprirts. Seems to be working so far, but the stupid ones are still getting through. I hate this disparity among Target stores, it seems (to me) that if one retailer has an item to sell and I have the means and will to purchase it, then we have already struck a deal. I SHOULD be able to clean out the whole store if AMEX approves the transaction.

So, we need to take some advice from Yoda. "You must unlearn what you have learned".

Here's a thought, since sometimes less is more in storytelling and filmmaking: We didn't need to see Anakin kill the children--our brains filled in the details and made it more horrifying than the Emperor with No Clothes (i.e., George Lucas) could have. It only follows that we didn't need to see Anakin become Darth Vader because our childhood imaginations made it a much more interesting story than those God-awful prequels. Lines like "he's more machine than man" and "twisted and evil" just set the stage for amazing imaginative horrors. Lucas's main crime wasn't making bad movies; it was making bad movies that didn't need to be made, crushing our imaginations. My favorite director of all time, Alfred Hitchcock, said it best: "It's not the bang that terrifies, but the anticipation of it." The anticipation is all imagination, and imagination trumps anything on screen. The best the screen can do is inspire imagination to go even further.

Mixels are 30 in a case. 3 complete sets and then 1 extra set of one color. I'm pretty sure Series 1 the extra set was Red.

I don't like the scene either and I'm not a fan of explaining it to my kids.

I can vouch for that assumption. The first row I opened in what I thought was an untouched box had 4 frankensteins in the first 9 packages.

Not me. I "forgot" to hoard these.

Yeah, I saw the cockpit canopy right off, the Leia and Obi-Wan confirmed it in my mind, along with the gray helmet and all of the wedges. I assumed that a large portion of the set would be there, but I expected a bit more would be missing.

Scroll back and see my post where I finally found some at a Target and they limited me to 2 per customer. I returned to that same Target the next day looking for something else and all 100+ S14 were gone. I doubt 50 people grabbed 2. More like 1 guy grabbed all 100+ and skirted the manager. So far the hardest to "find" one has been the Grotesque/Gargoyle. Somebody around me must be building an army - doesn't help they can be found in 2 seconds. Personally I was disappointed with Squarefoot. Catwoman was my fav before seeing her and after getting her I am in love with her smirk.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5795/20057655743_38434738f8_b.jpg Good luck!

I'm loving this CMF series as an investment for us north of the border since msrp is the same for both. 25% ahead of the game at the get go and any other discount we can find is gravy with a cherry on top!

Kraken by Sean and Steph Mayo

Train Station by dfalkner

What remains, he was floating around Endor the last I saw?

Found Benny's Spaceship at Walmart for only $75 and the Dropship for $80.

He's not in the movie.

There's an interesting tidbit I did not know. Also as Ed said, thank you for taking the time to respond here.

Built Vader last night after a long SW flipping day. Nice build, lots of big molded / angled parts making the cost seem worth it. Vaders head is prebagged and its a large nice quality cape. Lots of poses and movements with the ball joints. Not your typical LEGO build at all but still pretty cool. Might do Grievous out of the line as well.