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Lets elaborate on that "sell it now and buy another set who can do X2 in a year". Maybe if you had an insight into retiring sets or were just plain psychic I would say this is a perfect philosophy, however you're point is flawed. I am sitting on a huge stash of T1 Campervans that I was convinced were going last year or this. I have Tower Bridges, Ecto-1's, Pet Shops, Brick Bountys, all sets that I was convinced were retiring soon and look how that's turning out. Predicting retirements is difficult and selling a set that to just rinse and repeat is going to get your fingers burnt soon enough. Over the last two years I watched numerous sets that I've sold rise in value while the sets I replaced them with sit stagnant in my loft. One more thing. Very very few sets double in price after one year. Plus when you factor in tax, eBay fees, Paypal fees most good sets will only return 25-50% max after 12 months of retiring. For every 1 successful set its very easy to invest into 4 poor performers.

When your police force is on horseback, news travels slow.

The rumors are true. Picked up my first ever friends lego set at ross, dolphin cruiser for 44.99. I like this ship and i liked the price. It was also worth it just to see my son stare at me with a look of disbelief as i paid for it. He made a couple loud comments about not wanting a girls set in front of some women but then in the car away from any girls, he says "i think i want to build this ship, it looks pretty cool". Punk kids these days

Maybe now they plan to give a car away if you buy the Lego.

Supraboy has my vote

I just sold my used, built once, SSD for $800 +shipping. Not bad, since I got to build /display it and my buy in was $270 (from AWD).

Flippin' them like hotcakes, ironically in the TRU parking lot. Probably the one he stole them from.

What is this patience thing of which you speak?

Waiting is not fun so many will dump this set early and move on to PS, Red 5, ToO, DS etc. No risk of hundreds of offers for TH, while it is guaranteed for the 2015 sets. Changing market conditions and changing production policy has added a ton of value to the already retired sets. Once the number of offers dips below that critical point you are going to see $100 jumps quite quickly on this set IMO. I don;t believe we are too far from that tipping point and this time next year things will look alot more interesting.

Town Hall is not a set to dump for a quick bit of profit. The rarity of this set will ensure than in a few years time it's one of the major players.

This is a great article to read : http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/community-lego-blogs/the-lego-december-effect/ the blogs are full of gems , I would encourage members to read them when time permits.

Also, you have the ability to Ignore Users. Look under your forum settings area. If there are people you don't care to see their posts, that should help filter out that stuff you don't care to see.

Funny to read all the butthurt in the comment section. What's funny is I would bet nearly every Lego "collector" has sold something on ebay/CL/Amazon, what have you, and made money on it. Then talk out the other side of their mouth and claim resellers are the devil.

That probably will be one of the questions in the trivia.

Waiting on a $5 bricklink order (shipping included) to sell a $225+ set.

I have also got the email, without details. Such events used to start after midnight... but, when I checked New Zealand page after their midnight, there was no activity. Only now there is something new - gingerbread bonus set annonce and notice about these sets: *Hurry! Limited availability of the following sets at the discounted price: The Brick Bounty (70413) MINI Cooper (10242) Sydney Opera House™ (10234) Ewok™ Village (10236) LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 (31313) But no discounts when I go to web sites of each set.

No tax, no shipping. Very simple and painless with Paypal, $13.50 later I am officially not a slacker with regard to this any longer. Oh and this too...

These went quick in-store as well... I pass 4 walmarts on the way home from the office, the first 3 stops had none whatsoever (& these were the usually less trafficked ones) in the 3rd I happened upon the stock clerk in the toy section restocking the endcap with the Duplo boxes & she said they sold 60 boxes of the classic in the first couple hours the store opened, there was a line up at the door before they opened! (they're already on local kijiji at $65) the last store on the way was the fancy new superstore which is always the busy one, so I wasn't even gonna bother but in the excitement of the quest I forgot to get cat food so stopped by anyway - they had just rolled out a fresh new pallet full - in the food section! as there wasn't any more room next to the toys. (I bought the kitties the slightly higher end tins this week :-) btw - a little bird told me there are 2 pallets to each store per Wednesday truck, 2 trucks during the pre-black Friday sale - so the next restock will be next Wednesday over-night... just say'n

Great article. Please take 2 minutes and read it. But if you're lazy, it basically suggests that many investors expect prices to peak in December, when in fact they often decline. It is theorized that too many sellers, hoping for December gains, put their product out there, and increased supply leads to lower prices. I actually saw this play out last month for the 10228 Haunted House. I thought October would be the perfect time to take some profit on one of mine. Ebay prices in September were around $445. So I put mine up for sale in the beginning of October, and what-do-you-know... a lot of folks had the same idea, and prices dropped almost 10%.

Any news guys? On SaH Germany: 10234 Sidney Opera House from 279,99 euro for 265,99 euro. Wow! That persuades me to buy ten!

I don't find price appreciation boring in the slightest! Stagnation, perhaps...

Some do, some don´t.

Ugh.

I think that price is only pulling up three bulk listings on eBay which is skewing the result/value. There are currently 100 listings on eBay. via brick fan: Update: I’ve been told the street date for the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Hulk (5003048) is December 6, 2015.

10211 grand Emporium.............$200 sealed.........=)

Thousand piece AT-AT set releases are on a fairly consistent 3-4 year cycle. 2003-2007-2010-2014. http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/search.cfm?searchterm=AT-AT 2017 would be the earliest we "should" see another release and with the new movies coming out maybe they give the old sets a little longer time out to pasture. This set is second largest AT-AT and only 1 piece smaller than the motorized AT-AT by piece count. Given the upcoming movie release schedule, if we get lucky with no new AT-AT until 2018, 75054 should do pretty well. Wild card is if we get a UCS AT-AT which i kind of am hoping for. I have 10 to sell before xmas 2017. I wish i had 5 more but i'm saving up for black friday brick towers.

AA, EEE, R5, SOH, HE were on it.

There are ups and downs in any marketplace. In the LEGO secondary market, prices on the whole, usually rise in the Fall and early Winter and drop after the New Year. My theory on why some large and expensive exclusives drop when they should be rising is based on the new wave of resellers. This is a newer phenomena. Year ago, almost all LEGO sets would rise though the Holiday season, but I believe now the current makeup of resellers is to flip for quick profits, instead of holding for long term gain. Many new resellers get anxious holding a set past a year, so they sell these big sets that they made some quick money on to lock up profits. Over time, after more exclusives are resold, the prices continue to increase at a solid pace. If people would just look at the history of some of the current $1000 sets out there, you would see it was a slow climb for the most part, over yearS, not months. People selling their Town Halls right now is understandable, but my sets increase in value long term with each early sale so I really won't complain.

Retired modulars are for adult collectors. They shouldn't be so season sensitive unless it's a surprise Christmas gift. If I want a retired item, I buy it, no matter what date of the year; The reason for more listings could be finance: investors locking in profits (smaller than should be) to reinvest in 'better' sets. Or just cash- constrained investors looking for some breathing space. Selling TH (or HH, FB etc) is exactly what you shouldn't do, unless you're afraid of remakes. The larger the lego community, the better the retired classics will do. Last thing on my mind, is to sell my best sets to reinvest in popular (maybe never retiring) current items... FBarcelona has written excellent articles on the timing to resell top sets. I suggest everybody to look them up. Take care

Bought another one of the Vader/Luke Buildable Figure Combo Packs today at TRU and got the two free polys (C3PO and Space Vehicle). Trying to spend the minimum to get the free polys---time will tell if the Vader/Luke is a good choice. I'm not sold one way or the other. Oh, and found a Gallimimus poly buried in the Space Vehicle bin....$3.05 after discounts.

Here you go: http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/community-lego-blogs/the-lego-december-effect/ Might revisit this next year once the data comes in.

Harrison Ford actually shows emotion while talking! Must watch TV folks!

Found four of these for $12.56 each today on clearance...I don't care whether it appreciates or not...I've already made money :)

Just give him a neck brace instead...

Happened already. Someone drove their tractor into the James Gate site, attached to a trailer full of barrels, and drove off.

70413 Brick Bounty and 31313 Mindstorms EV3 were just set to limit 1 in EU, too. Just sayin.

That's half the fun of visiting /r/lego on Reddit. For all the "resellers are the scum of the earth comments"

And that is what will bring in strict purchase limits.

You mean 9493, and thanks I appreciated the profit :)

Classic Creative Box/towers... lots & lots of em' ;-) on wm pre-BF sale, $40 cdn (-3%cc)... At 3 cents an element it's hard to pass up.

So, EV & MC are probably staying...

You know it and I know it, but this is not a game for those with weak stomachs. LOL. There won't be too many gifts from LEGO like the Town Hall in the future.

Coming from an inventory manager for a "big online retailer" that sells this set, some of the comments on this page are so ignorant and incorrect. I will simply shake my head and move on.

And, once again, please don't panic... you always tend to! Patience, after holiday season prices will climb again.

Ask them to apply 10% off. When the TRU CCs went down a while back the employees just applied the TRUTH manually.

Yeah, I had the same thing today, the "Use TRU CC" button was missing, even manager couldn't figure out why.

Just my 2 cents... When amazon is shipping damaged boxes, then it's a sign of no stock left. Basically they are passing all the returns.

As a 16 year old myself, I'd go for a Super Heroes set over Star Wars (larger mass appeal, even though personally I am a bigger fan of SW). There are also some pretty cool CITY sets that I'd also recommend, and you actually get more since its a non-licensed theme. If you don't mind some research, Brickset has written up an article on 2015 Holiday toy suggestions for sub $25 and $25-$50.

Huw over at Brickset just posted a great review of the book. http://brickset.com/article/17591/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Collectable-LEGO-sets We shipped him out a review copy and I know I am very happy that he liked the book. Huw knows his LEGO and I have met him on a few occasions. He loves LEGO and is very serious about it and his site which is why it is the most popular LEGO site out there. Getting a nod of approval from him means a lot to me.