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The sold out colour is red!

Lets move some bricks. This is good spot to drop them!

Ok, the data I have since 2007 is as follows: Format: Year/New Exclusives / Retirements 2007/ 5 / no data 2008/ 7 / no data 2009/ 6 / 6 2010/ 7 / 6 2011/ 7 / 5 2012 / 8 / 7 2013/ 9/ 3 2014/ 8/ 11 2015/ 9/ 3 confirmed + Red 5. DS, SW, PS, Tumbler??? This is based on EU set launch and retirement dates. I have the full list of launched and retired sets but it is too much work to type up - bbrickset is your friend for that kind of thing. As we can see, 2013 and 2014 stand out for the few and many retirements but the overall average prior to 2015 is 7 launches and 6 retirements per year (hello Mr Death Star, T1 and Tower Bridge!)

You have 4 girls? God bless you and good luck!

Three magic words when posting on eBay: Immediate Payment Required

For those wondering , 76022 is that X-Men Sentinel set. I needed to look it up myself

Holiday Train/Gingerbread House combo for $90 on ebay

It does not matter, it will come back, it always comes back. What is Dead (star) May Never Die.

All this time I thought that was my default. Seriously, before today, all my sales were immediately paid. Changing all my listings... You gotta watch your eBay listings like a hawk. I have that stuff happen to me sometimes. That or Free Shipping or what counties I ship to - all occasionally change from my standard.

Sea Cow from Amazon ... zzz ... time to hit the 7 day snooze.

Sold one at $169 FBA, could probably sell remaining 5 in a day at $159

Oh and I just bought a used 10030(finally) on Ebay. He accepted my $900 offer. No box though. Instructions are in great condition. Seller has good feedback selling a bunch of UCS sets so I'm stoked. Earned me $54 in EBucks too

Sold 12 of the Hero Factory shield parts for the Batpod for $167 shipped.

That must have been a big polybag.

I am ok with the 26 GH I have now + 2 more coming shortly.

LEGO head honcho's probably reading this thread and laughing at all of us...

Bought a 75019 AT-TE at Ross today for $44.99

I built 6955 Space Lock-Up Isolation last night. This was included in a bulk lot I got off CL. I have never owned this set or built it and I was a little skeptical about it overall when looking at the instructions. It is an older space set from 1989. This is an amazing set! Not the most detailed, but it has one of the coolest play features I have seen in awhile. The entire platform/ holding cell/ satellite array pivots and rotates when turning the wheel on the side! The little cell can fit onto the shuttle and the shuttle can dock on the moving platform. I can imagine kids playing with this for hours. Once I get the parts cleaned up I will be posting a YouTube video of it. Surprisingly there is nothing on YouTube already.

Architecture - feel free to move if not in correct thread: Year / sets launched / sets / retired / sets available at end of year 2008/2/0/2 2009/4/0/6 2010/4/2/8 2011/4/1/11 2012/4/0/15 (record high) 2013/3/6/12 2014/2/4/10 2015/3/6 (TBC) /7 TBC Studio is not counted but the limited edition sets like Robie, Ssung and MS are. If all retirig soon sets go by end of year, we will have the lowet number of sets since 2010. Six new sets are confirmed for 2016 so far.

I´ve got it all written down on a scrap of paper - give me a sec and I´ll post the summary.

It's really dumb this counts as a return as well. I figured it was a return status when they kept asking for my ID. So dumb...

Not sure what you all mean by LEGO islands?

I wanted to highlight your post. Maybe I've missed something like this In the past, but think it's important to mention. We have that spreadsheet for the modulars. It would be interesting to take it a step further and do one for all exclusives. How many exclusives have we gotten in any one year? How many have retired in that same year? How many exclusives do we typically see on the shelf at any one time. By no means is it some secret insight, but it does offer some additional analysis for consideration.

Although Amazon will allow you to set a restocking fee, in practice, it is something that is pretty dangerous to use since saavy customers can simply file an A-to-Z claim to avoid the restocking fee and those will really screw up your metrics in a hurry. The better practice in my experience is just accept the return, swallow any loss that you take on it, and move on. In the long run, maintaining good metrics is far more important than the loss that you might take on a single item.

So, the EU retiring soon list makes for a possible New Year sale on whatever is not sold out by then. Intriguing that Tumbler seems to be the surprise large exclusive retirement of 2015. Our definitive 2015 exclusive list seems to contain 6 items: EEE, Red 5, ToO, Seacow, DS and tumbler with PS strangely absent.

... when you have the identical amount of two sets, sell them in pairs and close to the end realize you have two of the same left ...

Yes, those have been international buyers. Oh, and that's the 2014 & 2015 cubes as a combo.

Duplo Build & Play Box (4629) - $70 ($19 clearance at TRU last year) - FBA Lots of Mixels Series 3 - $60 - FBA A-Wing (75003) - $60 - FBA City: Cement Mixer (60018) - $48 - FBA City: Train Station (7937) - $95 - FBA 2 x Target Minifigure Cubes - $55 - EBay

I'm almost peeing my pants of the excitement... ... ...

10188 DS SOLD OUT EU Can someone confirm i'm not dreaming ?

IR $208 amazon

Not a spoiler but more of a what if... Darth Plagueis is prob my fav Star Wars book. When they announced the EU was no more, I always wondered why this book wasn't included in the new canon as it was released not that long ago. I wonder if darth Plagueis isn't really dead... I stumbled upon this video last week and forgot to post it. Then I was reminded about it after reading this blog. http://makingstarwars.net/2015/12/people-magazine-confirms-snokes-height-and-weight-from-star-wars-the-force-awakens/

I just wanted to share a special moment I just had with those of you that are thinking of contributing and would really like to see your published work on the store shelves. Today was finally the first day I got to go to a store and see if the book was available. I got to say it was a pretty surreal moment to walk down the isle and then see your name on the spine mixed in with the rest. It was a lot of work, but in the end I am grateful that we were giving the opportunity and this next book will be even better.

Good luck getting that feedback removed. You will need persistence or luck in large amounts, maybe both. I had a similar situation last year with an old Star Wars polybag set. The mom who bought it let her kid open it and build it then left negative feedback for it being "so small" and "such a ripoff". I even bold / highlighted the piece count in my listing description... It took a lot of convincing eBay that her "honest experience" had nothing to do with my performance as a seller, only her failure to be a responsible buyer.

i think some folks are over-thinking the investment potential of this set. if 76023 performs even half as well as 7784 (The Batmobile: Ultimate Collectors' Edition), it's a success in my book. that $70 set is now around $400 for MISB ones. http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=7784-1

7 at mine, I left them

Bought my first Tumbler today and kicking myself for not getting it during the GBH promo. This set will be around, at worst, 1 more year, and at best a few months, so it makes sense to buy now I'd say.

The "creative dioramas" and "real life" type of photos that we will use in the introduction and scattered throughout the book can use any LEGO minifigure you want, as long as they are from a specific theme. Even if they are mixed up themes and are dynamite photographs, I can figure a way to use them. My list of minifigures that are getting individual analysis and write up can be a standard type of image or creative as well. We will find ways to use great photos, regardless of the figure, but try to stick with the basic outline. If there is a minifigure that I left out that should be included, let me know. I believe one release is good for all the photos submitted.

I'm planning on updating the list this week. If anyone has some updates for me (besides the obvious ones of Hulk, TFA TIE, etc) throw them out there please. Don't worry if it seems obvious - I could have missed it.

Me, I prefer to look at the aisles as half full, not half empty. I guess it's just my optimistic nature.

One thing to keep in mind when they do not apply the 10% off and CS does a return/repurchase, is if you do too many of those you may be locked out from returning items or being able to do the return/repurchase for the savings. This kept happening to me almost every thursday during the 2014 Bricktober and the head CS would always take care of the issue, as soon as I walked towards her with the receipt she knew what happened. Then she told me about the max return policy, but she never gave the magical number of returns. just a little FYI

I'm so far ahead on those sets as it is that I'm not concerned at all about the unfulfillable units that I get back.

https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/help-page.html/ref=ag_201725780_cont_scsearch?ie=UTF8&itemID=201725780&language=en_US That's policy . I would advise to let the customer know if you go that route . As long as the Dino isn't missing you can eBay it and still come ahead .

no offense taken, you could have dont better on the price though. mine went for as high as $160, sold all 10 in less than a week. ( missed the CL part, good price for no fee/shipping)

He was joking...

I think Ewok Village, Tower Bridge, Petshop could be gone by Q1 2016. For rest of 2016, fairground mixer, Simpsons house, Sandcrawler, Palace Cinema,T1 Camper. Surprise retirement could be Opera House.

There is no going back when LEGO announces "Retiring Soon." It might take a little longer in the US, but LEGO is moving on to other projects I believe.

local b&m lego store downtown chicago, cant believe they haven't sold out yet... they also had bulls players signing autographs at the adidas store at the same mall which made the trip there extra sweet for me

I hate keyword spammers.. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/LEGO-SEASONAL-CHRISTMAS-TRAIN-40138-SET-NEW-STAR-WARS-CITY-FRIENDS-MARVEL-DC-/262171052955?hash=item3d0a9ccb9b:g:tuIAAOSwAKxWVh34 Your listing has NOTHING to do with Star Wars, City, Friends, Marvel or DC. What a tool and yes I reported it. I hope this seller reads this, but I doubt it since they sell a bunch of other crappy toys that aren't LEGO.