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The boy got some excellent grades so i let him open 2 sets and he picked my 2 scooby sets (tears). Got to rethink my incentive program.

For sure. In the past they used an end of shelf life model where they would produce right up until items were retired and put on sale on a specific date. During those times they had alot of stock on sale and they relied on resellers heavily to clean up the huge amounts of excess stock. During this time resellers had a great relationship with the lego store managers and got early access to sales and got to spend alot of money in the store. You could also call lego customer service and buy every remaining set in their stores (Green Grocer for example) across the country and have them shipped to you. Then about 3 years ago they changed to an end production date model where they had a specific date in advance where they would end production and that product would remain on shelves until it was sold out. This would help them be able to move stock at RRRP rather than massive amounts to resellers at 50% off. This is when they started the end of discounts on exclusives, and the banning of resellers both online and instore. With this model stock rarely lasted into the holiday shopping season for the retiring sets (FB, GE, SSD, TH, HH etc). This year the model changed again to "sets on demand". They want stock available to customers so there is no end production date planned in advance on the exclusives. They are doing more frequent smaller runs and as long as licensing is not an issue sets are continuing to be made as long as there is demand. I am expecting all of the retiring exclusives to be in production through the holidays and given to retailers and if there is any excess they should reappear on LEGO Shop at Home. This means you will see some sets listed as "sold out" or "retired" on LEGO Shop at Home but still being restocked at Amazon, Target, Walmart etc on a weekly basis, and the in some cases "sold out" or "retired" tags being changed back to "available now" on LEGO Shop at Home. Sets will retire, just not in the usual patterns we have seen in the past 3 years, and I am sure in 3 years or so it will all change again as ecommerce and consumer habits continue to evolve very quickly. I believe TLG has figured out the horse has already bolted as far as the secondary market is concerned so now they are all about capturing as much value as they can rather than trying a balancing act. Just MO.

Echo Base, yeah, let us build the big generator powering up everything on the outside hidden by nothing. No idea how the Rebels could have lost that battle.

Good to see Lego hasn't forgotten about their helicopter quota. Geez.

Wow. This topic really went down the crapper.

I always like to reminisce...one year ago we could have all been stockpiling R2s at retail. Now they are selling for $400 on Amazon. #bubble

That's where most of the book was written by the way.

Make hay while the sun shines. So sell/flip them now.

This is not a UCS set, this is a play set for sure. UCS should be removed from the title of this thread until we see something in print from Lego (in my opinion, of course)...

My expectations for any UCS set are extremely high and LEGO usually produces a top notch set, geared towards adults. This mishmash of sets is not up to UCS standards in any way, shape or form. Also, why release a UCS set based on a 30 year old movie when the new one is being released within the same time period. Makes no sense.

My latest sold for £129.99

You wrote most of the book in exciter's bathroom? Was his wife cool with that?

I don't know if that is a compliment or a review :)

Wow - They really beefed up that Escape Pod.

Well glad I stocked up on AT-AT. Every kid will need 3 to go along with this set.

That's one ugly Batwing.

I'd be more tempted to dump AT-DP polybags with this than C-3PO. I think that when people see the movie and realize that C-3PO has been a Sith Lord all along, they'll scramble to get his polybag, since it's the only way to get Evil C-3PO.

It's possible that it is not a UCS set, just a play set similar to the Ewok Village and 10188.

The Trees Have Eyes by AC Pin

Well, yesterday was free breakfast crunch wrap day. Couldn't have been a better time for the book to show up.

Something is terribly wrong with you

Stowed and ready. Locked and loaded just sounded weird.

About the end of September I tabulated the last 100 individual 71010 minifigs sold on eBay, and here's what I found: Top sellers (quan. sold): (1) Tiger Woman, (2) Banshee, (3) Spectre Top Avg. Price (incl. shipping): (1) Tiger Woman $9.09, (2) Wacky Witch $9.04, (3) Cheerleader $8.96 Avg. of all: $7.46 Just did it again for the last 100 sold now (end of October): Top sellers (quan. sold): (1) Wacky Witch, (2 & 3 tie) Banshee & Wolf Guy Top Avg. Price (incl. shipping): (1) Tiger Woman $10.39, (2) Skeleton $8.95, (3) Wacky Witch $8.43 Avg. of all: $7.44 Of course, take it with a grain of salt... small sample size... not statistically conclusive.

I like selling on Amazon and eBay. What I do not like is the idea of FBA, regardless of the potential higher profit margins. I just cannot get past trusting strangers with my inventory and feeling confident enough to know items are packed carefully for shipping. Although what happened to Undercover Boss and others in other scenarios can also happen to us sellers that fulfill our own items, it just seems that having to deal with incompetent workers at Amazon is a huge hassle. So in Undercover Boss' situation above, a customer (thief would be more appropriate in this case) ordered and paid for 10 30320 Gallimimus Trap polybags. 27 days after delivery, the scammer files a claim with Amazon stating the polybags were missing pieces. 1st, if I was an Amazon rep, I would question whether ALL 10 sets were indeed missing pieces. What is the likelihood that all 10 sets are missing pieces, and the supposedly missing pieces happen to be the most sought after pieces, the dinos? 2nd, after the buyer (scammer) took 40 days to send what they claimed were incomplete sets back to Amazon, the idiots at Amazon sent the scammer 10 more replacements from Undercover Boss' inventory. 3rd, if the scammer's claim was true in the first place, the replacement sets from Undercover Boss' inventory would most likely also be missing pieces and the scammer buyer would have the same issue as the original order. Wow, just wow! If I ever considered trying FBA, I will certainly avoid it after hearing stories like this So sorry to hear this happened.

After a what seemed like an eternity, I finally received my Bat-Pod last night. I was very surprised because I was expecting Lego to send me the tracking information, but nothing ever came of it and FedEx just showed up at the door. My first thoughts on this set are just spectacular. I'm a huge Dark Knight fan. I've seen the movies many times over, so I was naturally stoked when I heard about this contest. What a fantastic prize. I'm shocked to see Lego do something like this as a contest. It was a pretty straight forward build with nothing really too overly complicated. It's also pretty solid. I know I committed a huge sin in some investors eyes, but I don't care, It looks fantastic next to my tumbler and I will never get rid of this set. And besides, it will still be worth a ton of money regardless of the fact that I broke the seals. The box is pretty nifty with all the different angle views of the bat-pod on the box. One thing I find a tad odd are the instructions. It's actually thicker paper than your normal run of the mill thin paper instructions, but I would've expected maybe something along the lines of an architecture type of binding and quality. (I really shouldn't complain honestly though since it was a free set, but I can't shake the feeling that all the effort put into this set they could've done something really special with the instructions.) One of the biggest things, is that there are like 3 or 4 mistakes in the instructions that had me scratching my head a couple of times trying to figure out what in the hell they were trying to get me to do. But the actual pictures do help out, so you need to keep an eye out for those. I think what I find intriguing is Lego never actually making this a regular production set to go along with the tumbler. This thing would sell tons. Who knows, maybe Lego one day will put it into production.

Picked up a Hero Factory Rocka Steakth Machine 44019 for $0.03 at toys r us as well as 14 x Halloween Bats

If all these rumors are true, this feels like Jokerland all over again but double the price.

You should've bought them all and quick flip them. Right... Like hot cakes in the parking lot I suppose.

I'm hoping a UCS Chopper or USC BB-8 model is released as it would help create further 10225 demand. 10225 was a pleasant surprise after doing my build / review here.

Wait at the peak of this set to sell. It won't matter if a seal is off as long as its new and sealed. They will be opened up anyway by the buyer.

Well but LEGO wouldn't retire it before the new movies! That wouldn't make any sense! I'm not selling via amazon and on ebay germany you can still get these for arount 300. I hope the new movies will help this one rise to 400 on ebay, then I'll sell the rest of mine.

I have wrapped or boxed delicate items before ( e: Christmas ornaments ) and just stickered the box. As long as the customer is happy you are fine .

I don't care whether the new movie tanks or rockets. I just want to know when Ecto-1 retires.

If they bring out the new GB theme (IF) I hope they do not produce a set too similar to the haunted house... I still have some of them and want them to appreciate a little more before I sell. If there is another set the size of the scooby doo theme mainset it wouldn't be a problem I guess but with a HQ for 350 coming out in January and not yet a theme announced I'm staying cautious about a possible theme and sets... If they do not bring out a GB theme I guess HH might appreciate even more. (Please read in british accent: Dear beloved Mods: I was not sure where to post this. Feel free to move it to the HH thread if you think it is better suited for it).

New trailer !

Ladies man in the house.

If you thought that that was funny... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-targert-exclusive-Lightning-Lad-5004077-/121733719526?hash=item1c57e525e6%3Ag%3A~pcAAOSwu4BV0fZd&nma=true&si=clRnzLXRQSq9ejPgsARS1p5mbXs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-5004077-RARE-includes-Lightning-Lad-/252055308613?rmvSB=true&nma=true&si=W0ZpxMoLGl3jD6MQ%252Bo6dGsTp2%252F8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

My boys had a night light that they weren't using. So I bought a LED bulb to replace the incandescent so that heat wouldn't be an issue. We routed the cable through the back, placed the light in the large center void, hooked it up to a timer, and voila! Simple....yet effective.

This is the first time I've ever posted in this thread, but I feel a little like a kid in a candy store. I found myself an early Christmas present! Used on Craigslist...$700 with box and instructions. Was only missing about 12 pieces which we easily found in our collection. Out of 5922...that's pretty good! The light is nothing original, but really enhances nighttime display! Sits quite comfortably next to the Eiffel Tower. Now I just need the GC!

Buy during double.VIP (could do online shortly, but widely available in store) makes every 10th one free or 10% off driving cost down to $9 each. Sell train promo for $25 locally (no fees, I've sold 3 already), drives cost down to around $6.50 each, we can round up to $7 for tax. Easy as pie to sell amazon for $20 W a $5 shipping credit. Buy box was in the $30-$35 range. Amazon takes about $4.5 in fees, but in cost less than $3 to ship firsr class package. Easy to net in the $18 range for a $7 buy in, even if you whack $4 off thay you are doubling up. There are plenty of steps.there that fall into YMMV, but these are the little tweaks that I was making a couple of bucks a sale last year to doubling up this year I sold around 25 this way and made $200+. I use the $0.50 6x6 boxes from WM and a label writer, super easy and quick to ship

Mondays, am I right? It’s Killing Me To Go To Work

How's this? http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/13714-bricklinking-for-the-thrill-of-the-build-and-the-lowest-price Guess who the last poster was?

The wife gotta move out.. gotta need extra space for them UCS sets coming up

Tom Baker.