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My used Ewok Village sans minifigs arrived last week. Sorted the pieces over the course of the week then built up the village on Friday night. It lasted less than 24 hours where I dismantled it and put the purchase to it's real purpose. Saw this in the MOCs thread a couple months back and fell in love with it, had to have one. I present my personal edition of the 10236 UCS Lord of the Rings Ent!

Customer Service Agent: No problem sir, we can return these 8 MMs for you. Is there anything wrong with them? Customer: Well, nothing wrong with the set itself but I couldn't flip it for a profit because you guys restocked your shelves too quickly. CSA: Oh, I see... Well our 90 return window is for customers and not resellers. Let me call my manager over to see if that's OK. Customer: Oh wait, sorry, that was the "MM - Mystery Mansion" set that I couldn't flip... These are the "MM - Mystery Machines" and I decided not to give them to the kids that came to my child's birthday party a couple weeks ago. Sorry, I just can't keep all these abbreviations straight in my head... CSA: Well that makes perfect sense, let me start that return. Customer: Thanks, I appreciate it. CSA: You might want to check out Brickpicker.com .. they have tons of set abbreviations. You should learn them since that will help clear up misunderstandings the next time you need to return a cart full of merchandise.

Sold the 6 Jurassic World sets for $500

some are very conflicted and do all 3

Wait a minute... is this a cryptic hint about the Sandcrawler NOT retiring?

That was my line. And the year is not over yet!

the wild

Yellow series 6 mixels (the extra set per case) $55 shipped

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/kids/toys/lego-minifigures-monsters-series-14/673419231534-item.html?ikwid=series+14+lego&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0

on the other hand, the stickers allow you the flexibility of putting other companies' logos on the containers. There are quite a few online sellers capitalising on this market.

I found monster minifigures at Walmart on clearance for $1.00 apiece. 51 all together. First one I opened was Tiger Lady !

Does it matter ? Tatooine had 2 suns, when 1 set and the other rose. It was always sunny there no matter what

I do like R2 for R2, but I'm not sure TFA is going to have that much impact on his immediate outlook. We can speculate, yes, but I'm not sure TFA is going to make it jump 25% - 50% over current market value in 2015 - 2016. That's just my feeling, pure opinion, of course.

non-existent. however years ago when i used to drive into the city for work it was at $47 an hour at the rock (worked for AP back then). easily wiping out the "savings". Also, spiderman might steal your stuff if you dont tip his sorry a55

Not sure if BP still has a minifig wanted/needed thread. On a positive note you did get extras of some Rares like the Witch but I know that doesn't mean much when you need a complete set of 16. Not at home now but I should be able to cover you on the ones you need.

Alpine, Based on my experience, you maybe able to do it...however, the issue is the online process to order in the store. When the store creates the order (from their computer system), they are unable to scan the barcoded coupons and apply the TRUTH. So what they have to do is... calculate the percentage off by hand/calculator, then generate a promo code in their system that takes off that exact dollar amount on the order, and then apply it to the order. You then have to print out the order and pay in store at the front register. This all takes time and work and takes away from other customers. However, the biggest issue is that the order can be a "red flag"...as corporate TRU questions the reason for the promo code that was generated by an employee. There is no track record of a coupon being used, since there is no physical barcoded coupon that was scanned. (Their computer system does not allow this). This makes corporate TRU think that something is shady or that an employee is hooking up a friend with a deal, etc. This can cause issues for the store, the managers and the employees. I believe most try to avoid the headache, and understandably so. Just my experience...

$190 USD

Over the weekend I sold two Creative Towers (10664) for $95.99 including shipping.

It's 4 floors and has a ferris wheel in it. The good stuff is on floor 2. It's rumored to be closing at the end of 2015 because of a 10x increase in the cost of leasing the space. From the outside it's one of the most unattractive store fronts in Times Square. You're nuts if you drive down there... and sadly, there is no TRU parking lot for flipping your hot cakes!

It´s a given - all SW sets without Disney boxes were retiring this year, weren´t they?

Box size comparision Mini Cooper vs. old T1 vs. new T1

Received my 4 RE's today, all 22r5 as expected. However they were shipped in a WM box. Either i was wrong and it's 3 a case, or they took them out of the case into their own box. I was sure they were 4 to a case, but oh well no big deal as they are all in good shape. Canada post decided to pull this on me: All that's missing is a picture of the SAW clowns (Jigsaw?) face saying "i want to play a game..." Needless to say this was a pain in the ass to wiggle out haha.

I believe TLG only wants one thing: sustained profitability. Period. Full stop. No company of its kind wants anything else. So the question the Lego company is constantly facing is: how do we (1) keep demand for our products up and (2) sell them for as much as we can? 1) They want people to be scrambling to acquire the sets they produce; they want people thinking "I'd better buy this right now because who knows when it will be retired and gone forever!" That is a very good mentality for Lego's customers to have. Lego's customers will take a much different approach to buying if they know they can get this same set in a few years for the same price. 2) And let's talk about price: Lego is VERY expensive! Almost outrageously expensive. Seriously. $200 for a spaceship made out of little bricks with a Star Wars logo on it? That's not cheap. But a huge reason why people are willing to spend $150, $200 or even $400 for a box of plastic bricks is because consumers believe in their value. Consumers believe these sets will always be worth what they paid for them, and will maybe even appreciate. Consumers trust in Lego because they are well made, last forever, and retain value. So the $200 price tag is softened quite a bit when you know it will always be worth this amount, even after you open and play with it. Compare this to my other hobby: my wine cellar. I often compare the two in my mind, and I think the comparison is worth pointing out here. Wine is consumable. The moment I pop the cork on a $400 bottle of Bond or Schrader or whatever, that "asset" just became worth nothing except the pleasure I'm about to experience as I drink it. Tomorrow morning I'm going to pee it all out and recycle the empty bottle. And my $400 Death Star? I can open it up and build it with my son. And then display it for a year while he plays with it. Then tear it apart and build a new scene with some of the pieces and minifigures and toss the bulk in a storage bin. Then we can find all the pieces again and build it all over in five years. And then get tired of it and put it all back in the original box with the instructions and sell it used and complete on eBay for $700. It sure makes it a lot easier for me to spend $400 on a Lego set than a bottle of cabernet once I go through all of this in my head... To sum up, I think TLG wants to retire sets, loves seeing prices skyrocket in the secondary market, and will not do anything that is going to screw up its own sustainable profitability. What TLG has done over the past 10 years has seen the company rise from the ashes to become this massive leviathan of money-making. If they started re-releasing numerous old sets or making their products available forever (i.e. stopped retiring them after 2-4 years) then the consumers' mindsets would really change. And profits would go down. And that isn't going to happen.

Look at what received the Architecture treatment.

Craigslist score both for $150. Pretty happy with this, did not expect to have these anytime soon.

Was at target smooshing for a Witch while security stalked me for 10 min. Anyway I got Wolf instead. Need to refine my skills.

They finally arrived ! Let's see who can find what I am building right now....

Should ask which galaxy/star/planet this combination is. It could probably take 100 some Earth years for this star to set/rise, or a couple of Earth days.

and Walmart and target

T1 original box was used for numerous sets. For example 10226 Sopwith Camel.

Used ones can still be found for as little as 100 euros so maybe get one of those to build and keep the mint one.

It's all a gamble really, but it's still a better investment than most things. Even the worst lego sets don't depreciate anything like comic books or sportscards, currency, etc. Plus you can always open em up and build em!

never see those before. sound like these are not the cases youre looking for. get your money back and move along

strip style as in pegboard? i thought those are 80 or 100 count... this is what target gave me one time and it was way more than usual 60. if youre only getting 60 (on a beg board) from MFL you got ripped off and they were probably picked through

Yep, that is only 58

I don't think LEGO is doing bad QC at all... I think some of their recent designs stink, but that's a QC issue at design time rather than production time (hence my jab "kids with a dream"). What I was really saying is that I just think the comparison to auto makers is silly and totally off base. Because vehicles are in a completely different price category, they get treated completely different from inception to delivery to maintenance than LEGO. Who knows... if you have a receipt from a retail store, they'll likely try to help you out longer but at some point they'll probably either tell you to go fly a kite or ask you to return it to them for a credit rather than trying to replace the parts. But since we're making silly comparisons, no matter who you are, if you're business involves the use of "parts" you have to account for a certain period of time where those "parts" will be in demand. LEGO can do this because they know what the sales were and they reuse a very large portion of their parts catalog... they probably have an extremely good idea how many GEs had the missing floor bags. Auto makers know how many vehicles they sold so based on some educated knowledge, they'll know how many parts they need to produce for the expected lifetime of each vehicle.

So, is flipping TRU in the TRU parking lot permitted?

EEE is "call the check availability" likely they have a few left in stock for those that missed it before.

This is why we still need home delivery (in hand ! ).. .. now catch a skunk , put it into that small box lock it up.. and watch the delivery guy run tomorrow morning upon the opening .... a huge surprise THANK YOU for my box ! pouahahhah

Firsr class package FTW

built the Temple of Airjitzu with my sons this weekend. Two word: frickin' beautiful! It was really a lot of fun - but now I don't want them to touch it

Better images via The Brick Fan.

Sopwith Camel 10226 I've been putting off this post for a week as I tried to digest this build. It's not that I didn't like it, I just wanted to like it more. Don't get me wrong, I love the subject, there were some neat elements, the thing is impressive on display, and both I and my niece had fun with the build...I just wanted to like it MORE. I picked this one up for around $60 and for that price, I'm glad for the experience...also glad I didn't open one of my sealed ones. For the right person this is an amazing model and well worth the cost though due to its size, it takes a commitment to display. Oh well, spent the last 30 minutes breaking it down to move on down the road. Hopefully the next person who gets it likes it a little more than me.

My Wife: "Ok it's Friday night. How much did you spend on Legos this week?" Me: "Well, technically, I think it's 'Lego'. I don't think you pluralize it." My Wife: "Really? Like how the plural form of 'moose' is also 'moose' and not 'mooses' or 'meese' or something?" Me: "Yeah, I think so." My Wife: "Okay, well how much did you spend on Lego this week?" Me: "I'd prefer to think about it in terms of how much I SAVED on Lego this week." My Wife: .... (eyes narrowing) .... "I'm going to Lululemon. I'll be back in an hour." Me: "Yeah that's probably fair." My Wife: "And you're watching Miss America with me on Sunday night. But we can play a drinking game. You have to take a shot every time a girl says the word 'blessed' or 'opportunity' or 'surreal'." Me: "Actually, I'm totally in for that." My Wife: "But seriously, how much did you spend on LEGO this week?" Me: "On second thought, you might be right. It might be 'Legos.'"

Umm, yes....

I think he is running for US president now.

Disclaimer: I am a collector first and foremost, who occasionally dabbles in resale to make ends meet. I buy sets at probably a 9:1 personal collection vs. investment collection ratio. I'm the droid you're looking for when you list retired sets for well over RRP on Ebay. Currently I'm working on picking up sets from the following lines, with my ultimate goal to own the entire series of each when I'm done: Modular buildings, Architecture, Creator model buildings, Winter Village, The Lego Movie, all the major pirate ships since the 80's, Advanced models, large exclusives post-2011.