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So I've been buying used lots with sets my wife and I want, building everything, and then selling the rest to recoup some cash, coming out ahead, at the very least, factoring what we would've spent on what we kept. Perhaps when I've been watching you guys play the game long enough and have the capital I'll jump in. But for the time being I just wanted to share this: I bought a lot with a very apparent non-original-3 retired modular in it for the price of a used copy of the modular. Based on the description I was given, it sounded like there may be another in the lot, along with some other smaller sets. Received it today. Sure enough, had a couple "modern era" retired modulars, a couple more sets went for $100ish retail and oh what's a Darth Vader doing in here? What sets does this one appear in? I looked at the pieces spread out across the table and realized I also received a Super Star Destroyer!! Needless to say I was elated and have since been threatening the wife that I'm going to hover it over our modular city hahah TBD on keep, hold, sell. : D

Picked up a bunch of discounted double decker couch from Smyths and was given these. Clearly I have no clue on availability, or if all of the figs have posters. But…

and people said that keeping track of seal codes was pointless....

Honestly I think there is a very real possibility that new boxes have nothing to do with what is retiring and what they will produce more of in the future. The new boxes are for the Creator line only as far as I can tell. So TLG has a new Creator logo design and they want uniformity in their Creator sets; the sets they just released and the sets they are about to retire. Not a big deal. I don't think TLG is saying to itself: "we have to produce x thousand more of x sets (Tower Bridge, Palace Cinema, T1, etc) because we just changed our logo!" I think they will go EOL at the exact same times as they otherwise would have.

Lots of Vampyre Castles via FBA for $170, 12 Raptor Escapes for $80, City Train Station 7937 $95, Lots of Friends: Newborn Foal for $27, Stephanie's Bakeries for $16, and Lone Ranger: Constitution Chase for $137.

I take anything he says with a grain of salt.

buuuuttt they got Dinosaurs!!!

Even the sun shines on a dog's butt some days....picked up a Very Good Town Hall out of the Warehouse for $236. Not sure how they calculated their price for this, I think it may have been an FBA item from the stickers on it, but it made it an easy decision to buy. The box was rough, but I was only hoping for sealed bags. They were all included and sealed.

He'll get his Wall-E 25% off in 2020 when they are retired and worth $300

All of my Raptor Escapes arrived from S@H today with 20R5 seal codes.

60061 - Airport Fire Truck is now marked down to $14.98 at TRU B&M. Grabbed 2 w/ TRUTH and 13% off gift card for about $12 each.

I beg to differ...

But if the movie is a big success, on the 17th we europeans will clean out your ebay and amazon shops of star wars sets. Even before you have the chance to do your price increases.

Plastic is not the primary cost of producing a set.

Sold a 6866 chopper for 134 euros! Also a lord buisness lair for 85....... bought the chopper for 16 euros and the lair for 35........nice return.....

That's for the next box redesign.

If I wait long enough, someone always posts what I wanted to say but more eloquently. Thanks for that. At some point older sets--while still selling--just don't bring the volume of sales that something new would. Consumer fatigue, investor fatigue... it's like saying "The Sorcerer's Stone was a great book and sold well, so why did JK Rowling write six more?" Because consumers--especially fans--expect something new. A new book to read, a new set to build... books and Lego sets are different, sure, but the analogy is there Of course, we still have that DS to deal with... The one with Groot arm-wrestling an Ent? I'd pay for that.

Watch for the new Box Design.

Stock is up to 129 again. No new box so far.

Taj Envy I like them fun quick builds and the head pieces are nice. I am going to pick up Jango tomorrow at TRUTH Note: The football is not for size comparison Tom Brady was playing with it so it is deflated.

Finally got myself a Queen Anne's Revenge to build (used) for $140-ish (shipped) after eBay Bucks and Target/eBay gift cards. Looking forward to the build...not sure if it goes in line before or after the Black Pearl...or the T1...or the...

I just scored this for $50 plus $5 shipping on eBay it's opened but in immaculate shape so it's perfect for me since I wanna display the actual set

That's what I'm talking bout...

lol I forgot you live in place where 2012 sets can be found in abundance

Hmm, must be all them Bronies behind this.

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.

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.

Low risk , good margins and people will buy these continuously as they can't just buy 1 off of SAH for $10, they would spend 18ish with tax and shipping. So there is always value in them from the get go. Any leftovers you save for the following season and make combos. A lot of people aren't like us that buy $75 to get free shipping and promos. They just want that one small set to put on display for the holiday. I try to get at least 200 of each seasonal set. Sometimes not all up front but on the back end at clearance as well for the following year. Bats at $5 were a great investment last year and are already pulling $15 again. Combo up with the new one for $35 on a $15 investment. Takes a little pre-planning as well to make the combos work.

Only the popular guys get to get the cheerleaders.

when Gallimimus Traps were up with no limit I ordered 900. No sealed cases of those and came from multiple locations and wrong products as well in 20-30 shipments. Was getting bubble mailers with 1 for days. Wouldn't doubt you would have the same problem. Someone was told they are a "bulk" item and subsitutions can occur which is what happened as we all know. Just think the odds of you getting a sealed case are almost 0.

yes it did.

I bought Birds from AWD and whoever returned it had started building the bluejay. The other two birds were still in sealed bags. But half of the bluejay parts were missing. I think it might have originally been missing a bag because the stand was built right up to the point where the a missing piece prevented you from continuing with the build. Since I had bought it to build anyway, I just contacted LEGO and they shipped out the missing parts. But this is a case where Amazon should not have sold it through AWD. I always wonder how thorough their inspection is to confirm if a set is complete.

You win! [emoji2] ...of course, I'd hang it over my bed.

Yeah, I agree about Raptor Escape, and plan on the long term for that one. I should have tossed all my trex's, but at the time it looked like the most understocked of all of them because it was the hardest one to land at the time. Now looking back, it just looks like it was the last set to be released in significant numbers. I also think one thing going for Raptor Rampage is it's vastly under stocked. There's probably many kids out there that want that one but haven't been able to find it, because they want them all… So, even a minor restock won't suffice demand. I think the two raptor sets have long term potential.

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.

Birds is a hard one to call. A few months ago I would have said it was done as sales were sluggish, but now demand is keeping it sold out until October. If it does EOL then a fair few people will be left without one and we all know what that means.

Only because you asked...

21110: Retired 21109: Sold Out 21108: Available Ideas sets do not retire in FIFO sequence. Ideas sets with IP do tend to be available longer which makes me assume that Birds will go out first before Ecto-1.

Excellent, cheers.

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

Kraken by Sean and Steph Mayo

It's Nerf or....LEGO apparently. Nerf Maverick by Nathan Proudlove Nerf_01 by Micah Berkoff

Just managed to get a full box of the simpsons cmf for £60 in sainsburys. I love the looks you get at the tills.

Based on a real life Odeon Theater and LEGO's own in the Town Plan set (from 2008), this expired Ideas submission has a nice art deco styling. Odeon Theater

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