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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.

Here you go... 7666+7879=75098 $49.99+$89.99=$139.98 1321 Total pieces and 16 minifigures Throw in a Wampa maxifigure and a Power Generator and you are around $150.00. Even if you threw in the 8089 Wampa Cave, you are still at less than $180 with way more than what is shown on video.

An average of sold items. Welcome to the site.

Yeah, I was getting around to that.

Hi speedpro50, there is not "one" way to build larger MOC but several. The most important thing is that you have an idea of what you want to build and the material to do so. I would recommend starting either with small structures that you can connect later or building it level for level. For a building the level for level strategy should work nicely whereas for other things building smaller parts and connecting them later might be best. Depending on the size of your build, on the materials you do have, etc. you can use different techniques. One example: Some people like to build big walls or mountains. Not having that many bricks (or not wanting to spend that much time on building the supportive structures) they use LEGO Duplo bricks of all colours that you won't see later on as they make up the mostly enclosed interior. You can mix different techniques but I would recommend that you have a slight idea of what techniques you would like to use. Also maybe it is better to start with smaller to midsized MOCs. (Which is not only a great way to collect the needed amount of bricks till you can start a big MOC but also you can experiment with different building techniques!). There is a thread in this forum I'd like to introduce to you if you don't know it already: You can find several nice techniques there that you might like to try out! Just recently I've postet this link there: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=60907 This almost is a complete tutorial ^.^ If you use google and youtube search you can find many techniques, tricks and tipps (too many for me to post them here ;-) BUT we do have a thread where some links are posted! ^.^ ) If you do not have the bricks already software might be a good idea, personally I'm a bigger fan of handmade MOC. There are other forums out there that are specialized in building and you can find many great MOC there (for example http://classic-castle.com/) (Focus more on castle MOC) As a German I can also recommend: http://www.imperiumdersteine.de/ (focus more on Star Wars MOC) Since this is a forum more about Investment than about building I guess another forum might fit your needs better when it comes to building with LEGO. As I am very interested in building MOC myself I opened a thread for MOCs and MODs of BP members, I'd like to invite you to post your masterpieces there once you have had the time to build something :-) http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/14995-bp-member-mocs-mods/ Also there are tons of books about building with LEGO (google, amazon search, etc.) Mostly the price is too high for what they can offer you but sometimes you find good inspiration there. I guess there are flickr groups as well that focus on buildingtechniques... so some flickr research might help as well. I hope I could answer your question a little bit. Looking forward to see your and your daughter's MOCs!

The idea for a Ghostbusters headquarter in LEGO-form wasn't new when his Ideas project started. The designer of Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 used the firehouse as a backdrop for selling his project on LEGO Ideas, too. So it's not like the idea in itself is very original. It's interesting to see that there's still a Ghostbusters HQ on Ideas that can be voted for: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/89254.

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.

My counter tonight...too many sets I'm BL'ing right now...

I had trouble with that piece as well on bricks and pieces. It is in most of those new speed champions sets but I could not find it searching the set inventories either. I ended up ordering on bricklink where it shows up fine. Seems like a LEGO Shop at Home glitch, maybe if you call.

No, price matches negate all other discounts. That's their policy, most of the time.

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.

BUUUT....it's only "orange" sold out!!! :)

This was the most appropriate thread I could think of to post this, the USPS has posted some rate increase information that is proposed to start January 2016. In short, it's a double digit percentage increase across the board. One thing that stands out is First Class Package rates. Although increasing 12.8%, the weight limit moves from 13oz to 16oz. So there is some good mixed in with the bad (the rate increase). There is a pretty good blog post about it here: http://blog.stamps.com/2015/10/22/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-january-17-2016/

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

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

Tom Baker was the only one I ever watched. I have seen parts of other episodes without him, but nothing ever stuck as good as the episodes I watched as a kid.

Tom Baker.