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The remaking of the UCS sets is bad for all LEGO investors. The impact is not only on the original sets that are remade, but on the line overall. Most buyers of the high flyers are speculators, who after getting burned (multiple times now) will certainly learn to avoid getting burnt again. Even the wealthy LEGO collectors (who aren't buying for investment, but for enjoyment) would certainly prefer to avoid making unwise purchases (this is usually a trait which helps to create that wealth). Although it doesn't alter your thought process or methods on investing, it probably should. I know you buy and buy, and do not sell - you have faith in the overall LEGO valuation continuing to rise (which is reasonable to believe). One day when you sell, you will be pleased with the results. Happy to have avoided all the good/bad investing decisions. But you are an exception - most investors need to understand that these re-releases are relevant, and should have an impact on how one chooses to invest. They are relevant and they don't help values long term, I agree. I am also a realist and realize their is a ceiling for many of these sets. Obviously, I am the "whale" collector that likes to stockpile all sorts of sets. My Brickfoilio is widely varied and I have many TMNTs, Lone Ranger, Prince of Persia, Atlantis and other subpar performers because I like the sets. I have all the older UCS sets, but I really don't care because they are keepers to me anyway. I have a few duplicates, but most I have a built copy and a sealed copy. I don't have 10 or 20 of a set like that. Only recently have I been stockpiling sets, but now I have shifted back to my original plan of buying one to build and one or two to save. I buy all themes and intriguing sets from those themes. Yes, the new STAR WARS movies are both a blessing and a curse for LEGO collecting, but as always, pick the right sets and they will appreciate well. The market is still strong, but no way as easy as it once was. But I build a set everyday with my son and see his reaction and my own and realize this is no commodity. It's the best damn toy ever created and there will always be people like myself wanting them all.

To be fair, the UCS snowspeeder was released over a decade ago. Considering how rare it is by now, it might as well have never existed as far as many people are concerned. And they have put out some good new UCS sets recently, like the Slave I.

2x Republic Gunships for $80 each at Ross.

If we have to rely on Lego Movies to showcase stuff then we are all in trouble! Ciglione will no doubt be praying for a time travel scene where Benny travels to the Wild West and meets the Lone Ranger then goes forward to drive a Unimog through the wall of Arkham Asylum.

I'm selfishly excited about this.

Enjoy these priceless days - they go way too fast.

I am only interested in getting the $20.00 Movie Stub, there is a link that shows what theaters might have the stuff. https://www.yahoo.com/movies/first-look-star-wars-force-140015010.html

#10237 sold shipped for 399€ on Ebay

Independence Day sequel. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Independence-Day-Resurgence-Trailer-Epic-Thrilling-Awesome-Watch-It-Now-99787.html

Grabbed 3 Tumblers from smyths at 20% off yesterday.

patience will be rewarded with this set. its been gone barely a year. there is bp blog article discussing an established pattern of modulars and other large exclusive's taking a price hit at this time of the year when resellers come out of hibernation. there is no doubt that influx of sellers will stretch out the x axis on the growth curve. still, at some point, you get to the seller's market where the people holding don't have to sell, and have figured out how much they want and are willing to wait it out. the seller's market is when there is significant price appreciation in a short amount of time. there will be a market for this set and there will be people paying top dollar. you have to ask yourself are you willing to wait it out and is it worth it to get to goal. given the remarkably short run of this set and sudden disappearance, the answer for me is yes. this recent trend points out that its not always up and to the right and there is likely a seasonal seller bubble more than accomodating any seasonal uptick in demand of what is still going to be a limited demand. only so many folks shelling out hundreds for a lego set. some folks have to sell. the price goes down. no discussion of a bubble over in the taj mahal thread. it will be interesting to see how TH is doing in 2018 when I would imagine we are getting into the seller market phase.

4 Braniac Attack £20 5 Ant Man £16

Step 2: Sold out. http://shop.lego.com/en-DE/Santa-s-Workshop-10245

Try using this link: PayPal postage PayPal hides the link, and you have to search the web for it.

Disappointing that LEGO cannot come up with new and unique UCS sets without rehashing old versions that were done quite well. There are plenty of different vehicles and characters they can be recreated in ABS plastic without having to resort to duplicating retired sets.

That are alot of UCS sets coming next year than. Wonder which other UCS set will be sacrificed. So... 10188 DS for the new DS. Hoth Base for Ewok Village. Snowspeeder for Red-5?

Not if there's a UCS AT-AT...

Inventory placement service is going to increase your per-item fulfillment cost by whatever the rate is - $.50, maybe? It's something you can turn on and off once you know where the setting is; it might be worth using inventory placement if you want to send them 80 of one set in a single box. CA to Jersey might make it for the last little bit of the holiday window. Ship Monday, could arrive Friday (and if it doesn't maybe get backorder status with Prime shipping just in time for Christmas). I wouldn't count on it but you could get lucky. And while sales drop precipitously right after the Christmas deadline, in my experience they don't absolutely crater until after the new year.

They get distributed all over the country unless you sign up for their placement service ( additional fees included ). And no, you can't just drop it off at your local warehouse .

You cannot drop them off. You will ship your product where Amazon chooses you to ship them. After a while you will notice a pattern for the shipping plan destination based on number of units, time of day, time of year and a few other settings so you can more easily get a fulfillment center close by and not a distribution center. Some distribution centers you will want to avoid at all cost. Good news is you can always delete a shipping plan before approving it if you don't like what warehouses they are giving you. After approving a shipment you will want to make sure not to cancel as more than a few of those will get you suspended.

Yesterday morning I saw that AT-ATs are going for a lot on eBay. Probably because they are nowhere to be found in stores. Listed one for $170, sold in 3 hours. Relisted another one at $185 this morning, sold in two hours. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the lowest price on either of these. Decided to relist another at $250 and see if anybody takes the bait.

I like selling cheap junk. It makes me feel like Watto.

I really hope it is a KICK @$$ set. Really...I want HUUUUUUGGGGEEE!!!! HUGE! $500....$600...$700. Make it a 6000 piece set that rotates and has working LEDs and a laser that burns through metal.

Sold my last 75021 Republic Gunship for 170€ excl. shipping.

Sold my used 9465 zombies with box for 144 euros.......have 1 mint zombies left.

Prices are crashing on ebay. Couple went in the 30's. Makes sense considering folks are still receiving these in the mail and apparently some are still finding them in lego shops. Almost worth buying on ebay to sell on amazon

There are a number of sellers that do this. I have an associate that has 1000's of figs in FBA. You need to package and label each individual item. I worry that the loss/error rate would be much higher for a tiny figure in the AMZ warehouses, but he seems to do okay with it. Like everything though, its supply availability and margin tolerance. The guys that are sending hundreds of figures in are willing to take smaller margins to win the buy box.

I"m wondering if Star Wars is just sucking people's attention right now, and so the modulars are taking a backseat. Give it another year or so, and if the new lego movie does showcase modular buildings again, which isn't a farfetched idea then I think you'll see a spike again. But, I do think a lot of attention from AFOL's wallets is on star wars. I don't think it's all doom and gloom, fellas.

So, since I'm busy buying parts right now - good time for me to get my orders processed quickly?

I'm wagering (with investment dollars) that the markets will align on retired architecture sets within 4-6 months, max. Hopefully...

I like this set, I'm interested in the instructions as well.. If anyone tracks them down, post here or send me a pm. Be neat to motorize the turbine.

I agree 100%. I'm all about rehashing some of the older UCS, give the new/next/ recently out of the dark ages people a chance to buy some nice UCS sets.. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan ( I like Technic, the Modulars Architect and DC lines), but I have the UCS Slave 1, UCS Tie FIghter and The Super Star Destroyer (10221) all still factored sealed, and I wanted to snag a few other UCS but I don't want to spend 2 grand for them. So for me, redo the older UCS and I will buy them.. I'm looking forward to this UCS set and the UCS Death Star. I really want a Star Destroyer (10030), but not at that price it's commanding. lol It's been said on here many of times, LEGO doesn't care about resellers, they want new customers and more of them, so rehashing some of these sets they give said mention groups above a chance at getting these sets, which includes me.

2x ISD $114 I hope for collecting, not reselling

Well, .......we now can remove the "Rumored" from the title.

You have discovered the "magic". The same very thing happens to me each and every time I telephone the USPS - the parcel starts moving the next day. Once this year I waited over an hour on the phone, and the "magic" happened - the parcel magically started moving while I was still on the phone!. All joking aside, telephoning (or I guess electronic filing, since you I see you used that) gets the parcel moving for whatever reason. This also works for international parcels that are insides Customs - any country's Customs. It honestly works every time.

Pretty sure no direct drop-offs. There are special requirements the carriers have to follow to deliver to them. You ship wherever they tell you to, basically, which means that a shipment of 5 SKUs could be sent to five different warehouses, or if you're sending multiple copies of a set it could be one to Tennessee, one to Wisconsin, two to Maryland, and so on. Standard-size and oversize packages will go in different shipments. It's generally best to get a lot of stuff together to ship and generate one large "plan" - usually I end up with two shipments, three at the most when I'm sending 40-80 items in at one time. You do get access to Amazon's insanely low UPS Ground rates for shipments to the warehouses. I've sent a 40-pound, 24"x24"x24" box to the other side of the country for $17. When you consider Amazon's low fulfillment charges and the price premium you can extract as a Prime shipper, you're ultimately shipping your stuff for less and charging more.

New LEGO day

Terrible or not, there's enough good content to keep me coming back and watching them again and again.

10245 Santa's Workshop is "Call to check" at LEGO Shop at Home EU - last call?

Thanks. Although nothing to write home about really... When are we going to have Galeria-like discounts...

Interesting idea. Here's what they deployed at Legoland California earlier this year, that's similar to what you describe: There are also micro scenes like this: There is also a trench run diorama:

Found these two pristine 75021 at Ross today for $79.99

Snow Plow call to check. I'm a fan of this set Pretty short run

This. The piece count will drop and the minifigures will be updated but the detail and functionality will be improved. This is for a new generation of buyers but Lego will assume that a good chunk of the 10188 owners will get the new one as well. The new one will not be tied to the new movies. Disney and Lego know how insanely popular the original trilogy is to both young and old fans alike, and both companies are in the business of making money. They won't risk a $350 to $450 set on the new films just yet. Do you see Lego basing the Ghostbusters Headquarters on the new films? Uhh, that's a no. Same with the DS.

I think main target are not the people who already have one. On the same basis why not retire 10188 after just 2 years because people already had it? New buyers were always coming, kids reaching the age where they can build one. If they could sell a Death Star for 8 years they will be able to sell it for another 8. Most exclusives are mainly bought by collectors, but I always thought DS is different. If it was sought after mainly by collectors then it would have been discontinued ages ago.

10188 is a great set to own if you are even a seldom lego builder. let's not forgot that. regardless of profits, lego sets are meant to be built.

We finished putting together all our Christmas sets. This is a new tradition for us this year and I am really excited about it. My husband is like, "they only add one set a year though, right?". Sure, just one set a year (plus the little scene sets and a polybag or two and maybe some older sets that I don't have yet).

TWELVE retiring Death Stars ELEVEN Santa’s Workshops TEN quick flip Raptors NINE long-term Sea Cows EIGHT Tumblers tumbling SEVEN Nindroid Mechdragons wait how many of these things did they make anyway SIX clearanced Chimas FIVE. MOD. U. LARS. Four MTTs because I have a feeling about this set not being on anyone’s radar and probably it’ll retire before the return window closes you know? Three impulse polybags Two Turtle Lairs And an X-Wing for under the treeeeeeeeeeeeee

I have shut down the account and will wait to see if they contact me.