Leaderboard

I think you are mis-reading the situation. This is the time of year when TLG does a major overhaul of its product lineup and retires a lot of sets. Typically this has little to do with the velocity of sales for a given set and everything to do with the time that the set has been on the market. There are obviously exceptions to this, but it generally holds true. Also, TLG has already perfected their system and it has little to do with the market that everyone here feeds off of. TLG makes their money by constantly refreshing their product lineup and moving the sets that they're selling on the primary market in large volume. TLG routinely kills off sets that could continue to be profitable (as evidenced by the money that we all make selling them on the secondary market) because it can sell larger quantities of the sets that are coming in behind them and, thus, realize a greater aggregate profit than it would if it continued trying to milk the existing sets. There are obviously exceptions to this, but it also generally holds true.

I wish people would stop using just set numbers.

Supposedly a 'leak' of the minifigure based on a character called Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens.

Looks like today there was a little movement. Still #2 in building toys, but now #7 in toys. Current BB is 66.99, I can't tell the inventory, because they placed a purchase limit of 3. 364 offers with 12 lower than his price. Lowest price seller has 7 in stock. The lowest domestic U.S. offers on Ebay are in the $58 range including shipping. Looks like somewhere around 400 BIN listings. multiple sold BIN in the $60+ range recently. Sorry if these updates are annoying, I'm just interested in the movement of this set.

Sold a holiday set combo for $105 on ebay with free shipping to international buyer via GSP. Out of pocket cost: $40. Only going to no-so-far KY so only $6 to ship. Combo included: 40138 Holiday Train 40125 Santa's Visit 40124 Winter Fun 40093 Snowman 40092 Reindeer

We got it, lol

Listed 3 holiday trains for $34.99 each on amazon non-prime, not expecting them to sell and they all sold out within the last hour. I was not even close to the lowest price among third party sellers. I will most certainly take it.

Causing a stir, look at the product description. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Force-Awakens-Piece-Puzzle/dp/B0153YLTIY/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1447098640&sr=1-2&keywords=star+wars+1000+piece+puzzle

Yep. You are good. You've got your funds, and an order to ship. You are only required to get it to the global shipping center. After that it's out of your hands.

The only thing that the retiring soon label is useful for is identifying sets that will definitely be retiring soon. Put differently, the absence of the label from a set that is long in the tooth doesn't provide you any information about whether that set will retire or stick around. It's basically just a marketing tag.

why Red Alert? On a sidenote: Maybe the LEGO limit is the reason why the empire only had two of these.

Sold 5 SW advents (75097) for $60 each this weekend on ebay. seems like the market for these is heating up. I jacked up my price for now since im down to two, was not expecting them to go this quick. buyin was around $20 each from kmart.

225 C-3PO Polys

So the main black character in the new series is related to the only main black character in the old series? SMH

Where on earth do you guys live....? Haven't seen these in the wild in a while.

ISD 75055 no longer in stock at Target so I decided to check US Shop at Home. Not sure if anyone bothered to check the DOM so I loaded Firebug to inspect. ISD 75055 Sold Out in Orange = <li class="availability-future">Sold Out</li> Benny's Spaceship is Sold Out in Red = <li class="availability-questionable">Sold Out</li> That same red css class is also used for the Death Star (Temporarily out of stock) and Indominus Rex (Temporarily out of stock). Not sure if this helps or has already been discussed but thought it would be helpful to share.

No, it does not.

Funny thing is I flipped a couple of T-16s and pilots when they came out to keep the Tuskens for cheap. There really should have been another minifigure in that set though because almost nobody cares about the T-16.

Err, sometimes I want to eat a quasi-Mexican food without the need to spend the next 1/2 hour in bathroom ???

It's great, if you eat it before midnight. After that, it turns into a gremlin.

Maersk EEE 10241 was "retiring soon" in US/CAN for a couple months. From what I've seen; items tagged with "retiring soon" are items they want us to gobble up and "help" them clear inventory of, maybe because of slow sales or too much item on hand. Most exclusives seem to sell through on their own without the need of the retiring soon tag, Maersk potentially having poorer sales in US/CAN could explain why it was given the tag.

Wrestling Champion seems to be the most probable candidate. At least I can finally make a MacGyver minifgure now.

I prefer the roll and I don't have to go dumpster diving. It does last a long time.

Yes, that's still the best price. My last two orders dating back to June 2014 have been $26 each.

This is fast approaching 400 sellers on Amazon . This is an jaw dropping number . Once folks realize there is little money to be made this year , the flippers will head to the exit all at once causing the price to crash . That is provided Amazon sells out ofc.

Wait that last friends set is a copy of my Emmet's Beach House MOC I want 1%

42050 Drag Racer in higher resolution Tumbler tyres??

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.

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

looks like it could be ET with googles.

Yes. Sams Club is a little cheaper. Looks like their price went up to $14.98, but still $0.06/ft. Uboxes=175' roll Sams Club=240' roll Scotch Cushion Bubble Wrap, 240 sq. ft.

Anybody look at the new "customer satisfaction" metric? I looked at mine and i'm at 100% dissatisfied because some yahoo who asked to cancel an order, marked my response telling them that we cancelled for them no problem as "not helpful".

Jeff and I just got off the phone with the publisher discussing our next book and he had many great ideas on how to get the BrickPicker community involved. The next book will have a creative element to it that will enable us to incorporate some of member's building and photography skills. Jeff and I will discuss this more next week on the site, but I think there will some great opportunities for the "LEGO fans in you" to show off your skills, get a little recognition and to maybe make some money as well. Our publisher also asked if we could reach out to members who bought the first book and ask them to leave a positive review on Amazon.com. Jeff and I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. Ed.

You don't have to read it to get the TV series. The comic is at least 2-3 seasons ahead of the TV show. The comic series is 12 years old now so it's just way ahead in terms of story. There are differences but they have hit most of the major plot points consistently.

This is simply Amazing.

Question is if there will be enough buyers for 300 euro set that is "only" BMW i8 . If this ultimate car really will be technic batman UCS im expecting regular licensed fees that are astronomical, so this isnt set for me...For collectors this will be interesting set, for builders probably not so... Still waiting for info about bucket wheel excavator...

The Walking Dead doesn't belong in the complaint thread. Although it's pissing me off that we don't have any confirmation on Glenn's status. I just want to know!!

I think I will be dissapointed if it is based on the new batmobile.

Looks more like an Asgard aka Anunnaki aka Grey...your typical alien friend. Although I see the Lobot. Let's see what we have frozen in the labs.

I buy items on CL and get them shipped to me a few times a year. Make the buyer make it worth your while because you shouldn't take $5 less just to do them a favor. Now, if you want to ship me one, then that would be great because I don't have one :)

Emazers recommend going to your nearest Vitamin shop or GNC etc. He said they throw out tons of shipping paper.

42009 also creeps quietly into SOLD OUT mode on a Sunday at US shop. Interesting for us Europeans to monitor how it sells in other places over the next month or so.

I found the Sea Cow on Reddit

You need to reply in some way or the other. If the issue at hand is closed, but you still have an open message thread, all you have to do is mark as " no response needed ". There is a check box for that . And that's that . keep in mind that Amazon keep track of those , so only use that once all relevant communication is done or you receive a suspicious message .

0x8C00

Damn! You get a jelly like. I pay anywhere from $1-2 per avocado.

Salsa and avocado on an omelet...yum! Did I mention that I live in the Avocado capital of the world, where I can get 25 avos for $5.

​depends on where you are ordering from. but following have been my experience: a. if one orders quantities closer to the listed limit (its likely that one is going to be short on the count). for example if the seller has 2X4 black 3020 available 120 and the order is also 120. its fairly possible with likely outcome that its going to be short. b. high volume items like pins mostly will be shorted. eg. if the order for 3000 parts. then its fair that it would be short few numbers. but not always. some sellers have actually sent me few hundred more on 1000s orders. overall in my experience mostly they are short than over :) last but not the least i have found a lot of sellers (more than 10 so far in my purchases from over 200+ sellers) that they would ship the item short on count and some tell you and refund you. some don't tell you anything but refund you the same day you receive the item. very few actually (only 1 of 200 so far) who sent me a message saying hey we are short the count does this change anything on the order... i have been buying from that person ever since. have ordered over few thousand worth of parts.