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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?

Exactly, time should be better employed scooping up RE´s! Besides, semi-pro investors should know their set numbers by heart - even if a lot of people don´t move outside of their Ecto´s and Santa´s Workshops safety nets.

10-4 good buddy :)

Hehe, this time it was me: ;)

Less than 10 ten 10 a week IIRC.

BMW I8 was the last rumour I heard. Don´t know which is less appealing TBH!

Amazon is up again, backordered for 11/16. EDIT: Oops gone again current BB price is 66.90 with 18 offers lower than this. Seller has a limit of 5, so I would guess he's pretty confident in his stock on hand. Current number of offers 357. Ebay doesn't appear to have changed much.

Architecture white house down from £39.99 to £27 and flatiron down from £34.99 to £22.70 at Amazon UK

In for 1. I want it myself ✌️

Ask him to pay for shipping, give him a Paypal invoice, get the money, and ship the item out. I don't see why not. You get the money first (he's the one at higher risk) and should be cover by Paypal seller protection.

Sold a Fallingwater for $190 shipped on Amazon.

Thanks. This seems like a decent price on bubble wrap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PBKUBG/ref=ox_sc_imb_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1JFE6EN10LBEH Might as well start packing like the pros.

I prefer to use shipping paper over air packs but I'm running low. Is this my best option (quoted from Exciter1's original post)? I'd like to have plenty on hand for the holidays. I find my stress level goes way down when I can easily find boxes and shipping supplies. Shipping Paper: Collect it when you receive shipments.http://www.amazon.com/Pratt-Multipurpose-Packaging-KPR30241200R-Length/dp/B00AI652CM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408061459&sr=8-1&keywords=pratt+kraft+paper+1200?

The recent posts in this thread make me scared for people. If any of you think any investment can have an increase in value with no down side risk you have been fooling yourselves. A few down or flat months mean nothing in the big picture of Lego investing. If a flat or down month has you panicking, you better just get out now. Quit risking your money and move on. With certainty you will lose money with this very upside down approach and understanding of investing. Very disconcerting.

Wow, the similarity between your MOC and Livia's Popstar Villa is astonishing. I'd recommend that you start an online petition to assert your legitimate claim immediately!.

A working PC case made from LEGO, far out.

I'm about to meet a guy to sell my one and only Exo Suit. Buy in was like $32 and some change. Selling it for $35. Looking forward to getting rid of this one. $3 profit.....woohoo!!!

How is a 25% profit over retail a total waste of time I have sold several for $35 after a $24 buy in an I am thrilled. Profit is profit

I love the deli. With two of them you could probably scale it up nicely to fit next to the standard modulars.

LOTR/Hobbit, hands down.