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The Bat will make your wallet fat....

Build the Technic 42042 Crane the thing is a beast and imposes its presence once done challenging build end result is amazing. Great playability i saw a video where someone turned it into a RC.... might do that at one point.

Local supermarket is clearing out its toy section: 10 x 41005 Heartlake High at 28 Euros each 10 x 75030 Micorfighter Millennium Falcon at 3 Euros each 10 x 75031 Tie Interceptor at 3 Euros each 5 x 75049 Snow Speeder at 25 Euros each 5 x 41039 Sunshine Ranch at 40 Euros each Not bad for a grocerie shopping trip...

If your LEGO investing strategy is built around surprise retirements (TH), it's simply unsustainable. I'm not sure flipping is a sustainable strategy, either. I know it's not for me. My Tumblers are going into long term storage. Years from now, when the kids who couldn't afford these as teen/tween fans of The Dark Knight are making bank as young kid-free professionals, we cash in on their sentimentality. I'm not saying I'll hold them that long if the price is right, but that's what long term investing is about.

Having fun selling AT-ATs this week... 2 people have not paid almost 48 hours later... another person who received theirs claimed that the box was not as described... they claimed it had been opened and retaped closed on the end... i thought this might be a legitimate claim til he sent me this pic......

or flat?

all i'm saying about my tumbler stash is that i have more 76023s than wives.

Maybe he is a honey badger?

Y'all centrally located people are spoiled. For me, it's: "Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8. Ebay sale! Oh, would you look at that, USPS Zone 8."

Every time I see someone bragging about their mad stacks of lego..........or every time emazers call us stupid for not having enough of a set.

Amazon FBM - Someone bit on a Star Wars 3-in-1 Super Pack 66473 with AT-TE, Homing Spider Droid, and Corporate Alliance Tank Droid for $286 plus expedited shipping credit. Fortunately they were in NY so Priority Mail shipping was cheap for me. I was able to net $244 after fees and shipping and my purchase price was around the $100 range from TRU.

Not sure where to post this as this is not an official set nor is it a MOC (as I did not create this build)…but I purchased the Starlight Train Station from BrickBuildersPro http://www.brickbuilderspro.com/ (I need to make sure to give credit to them because they do great work) about a year ago. We were planning on a trip and my youngest had never been to an airport or on a plane. So, we Bricklink’ed all the parts and customized/stole/borrowed others ideas to change the train station into an airport in our Lego city. We were able to explain what was going to happen on our trip to the airport step by step, and I think the airport turned out nicely. (We have not fully customized the entire interior yet, but that work will be done over the next year). I do not remember the number of pieces, the cost (thank goodness) or the amount of time involved. But we enjoyed the process. PS - Sorry for my lack of photo skills...

Let us see we could have - Half a Death Star 1977 updated doll house appear - Half a Death Star 1977 updated super detailed expert collector's set appear - A full Death Star 1977 updated doll house appear - A full Death Star 1977 updated super detailed expert collector's set appear - A full Star Killer Death Star 2015 super detailed expert collector's set appear I am sticking with my original prediction the death star is done: - Death Star 10188 .... All 1977 variations Long Live the Death Star: - A full Star Killer Death Star 2015 detailed expert collector's set will be released I think the old Death Star is going to be gold that being said NEVER invest more than you would put in a stock market with international risk equity investments IE I am not telling anyone to buy the 10188 I could be very wrong. But it is what I personally believe and am choosing to do.

If shipping hurts that bad stop offering it up for free. eBay offers a calculated shipping option, use it. It will even charge the buyer full price while you get a discount so you will make a bit off of it. Instead of just complaining about it do something different for a change.

Wow alot of people have 50+? You guys are my heroes! Whatever! I highly doubt that there are many people here with 50+. I am sure many will claim this though. This thread is getting hilarious. Weird that we see all these claims of MASSIVE hoards but few pictures. Let me guess...50+ of a set can't fit into a camera shot?

Pretty good sample of reviews. Looks like the film will be ranked up there with Empire and A New Hope. Pretty cool. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/star-wars-the-force-awakens-gets-the-nostalgia-novelty-mix-just-right/2015/12/15/c2e8a38e-a365-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/12/16/review-star-wars-the-force-awakens/77342318/ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/movies/star-wars-the-force-awakens-review.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/star-wars-force-awakens-review-thrills-strong-one/ note: not that it matters much but Adam F. Goldberg (huge SW nut and creator of The Goldbergs TV show) tweeted his ranking after the LA Premier : "Ranking: 1. Empire Strikes Back. 2. Force Awakens. 3. A New Hope. 4. Return of the Jedi. 5 - 8 Prequels. Thank you JJ." https://twitter.com/adamfgoldberg/status/676641527599341568

That's why I always use a public payphone when I order.

znj, great point. i'll do my best Ed Mack cryptic post impression. "Some sets will win, some will lose. Some were born to avoid the blues. Oh, the Batman franchise never ends. It goes on and on and on and on. Tumblers driving in the twilight before the frantic chase resumes since remembered it was but alas, no more. "

Don't overthink this set. It's a winner. Batman is always a winner. They need to move inventory for other big boxed sets. This set will be completely irrelevant in the Batman movie LEGO set world in a few months and they need them gone. People will miss it when it's gone.

FBM 9494 - Anakin's Jedi Starfighter - $125 FBA 41011 - Friends: Stephanie's Soccer Practice - $33 4200 - City: Mining 4x4 - $22 60016 - City Tanker Truck - $50 41005 - Heartlake High - $90 10660 - Juniors House Suitcase - $50 6230 - Hero Factory: Stormer XL - $60 41020 - Valentine's Day Dinner - $26 44029 - Hero Factory Queen Beast vs. Furno, Evo and Stormer - $60 9470 - LOTR: Shelob's Attack - $70 6857 - SH: Dynamic Due Funhouse Escape - $75 75919 - JW: Indominus Rex - $206

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How can you not care if a particular set is heavily hoarded or not ?

I want to clear up this misconception that appears to confuse so many. ALL Lego sets are heavily hoarded. However it's not so much the amount of stock on the secondary market that depicts its price but more the demand.

Here in the US, this set has been widely available at Lego Stores and online at SAH, Amazon, Toys R Us (OOS now), Walmart, Barnes and Noble, and Target. With minimal effort. one can stockpile a dozen plus in a given week so you better believe that It's been, and will be hoarded by the horde. That said, I think this set will be highly collectible but as with any exclusive in the modern Lego reselling market, it will be a slow climb to 2x RRP.

Post pics if you can. Buying a 10179 is an event to remember.

I guess this counts as building. Have to share the story. My grandfather passed away last year. He liked to build model airplanes and things but had never mentioned Lego at all. So I get a package in the mail from my grandmother that I opened today, addressed to my kids. Inside is a note that says grandpa had bought a couple of sets at one point to tinker with, and she thought my kids would put them to good use now. One set is 4095 from the Inventor series (which my son is furiously trying to put together now). Has some sort of battery pack recorder thing we have to figure out. Very cool. The other set was a yellow and chrome broken mess...that I realized was the 10026 UCS Naboo Starfighter. Now rebuilt, 100% complete with nameplate and everything. Unfortunately no instructions - had no idea how expensive those suckers are! Only 3 on Bricklink for like $90 each lol. Anyway I have never liked that Naboo Starfighter, but it certainly will hold a new place of honor in our house now. :-)

he don't want the free gift to ding his box

Please not a UCS TFA Snowspeeder. That would be a big letdown.

What is that?!?!?

Meow.

I remember waiting for Money Orders to come before shipping holofoil Charizards, without tracking mind you..

You might expect this from someone with 0% feedback, but not the case here. This person is an experienced eBay buyer. And I quote... "Thank you will mail check this week" sent to me via message regarding an auction that ended. Can I just go ahead and cancel the order? Who still sends checks? Really? I thanked them for their winning bid and said I only take paypal. If they do not pay or respond at 48 hour mark, I will send them a cancel order link.

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I've been using a mix of free shipping and calculated shipping for about a year now. There really isn't much difference between the two as far as what sells higher/faster. If an item is priced appropriately it will sell. I have noticed that my items that use calculated shipping tend to sell to buyers that are in zones nearby (surprise surprise) probably because I'm less expensive than the free shipping folks even though I am making more $$$. eBay charges you the same rate for shipping and final value anyway so you may as well make their system work to your best advantage. Or just complain about it. I would rather try and keep a bit more $$$. And the ignore function would block out too many delightful conversations such as this.

If you have a store just go into vacation mode.

Probably but that doesn't happen very much these days.

It would be doing way better if it would have just went quietly in the night.......

Was having a sort through my stock last night and I stumbled across an additional ISD that I wasn't aware I had, it felt like Christmas come early

I don't know about a surprise. I think for those that follow this forum got plenty of hints from limit reduction to it going out of stock to available several times and amazon doing the dance as well. IMO ToO got plenty of notice. However, Tumbler has been limit 1 from LEGO Shop at Home for the entire year. So not as easy to hoard in comparison to able to order 5 at a time. I think there is a bigger market for Batman merchandise than Lord of the Rings. They will always be making super heroes movies, comics, cartoons etc. Whereas LOTR a whole different story. If we see a new UCS Batmobile from the new Batman vs Superman movie, we will def. see people wanting this for those new into collecting.

21010 Robie House for $160 shipped in state. I am excited to finally add this to my architecture display and to have my partner build the roof so that I don't have to!

No, $150 is way to high for 42009. $10.49 is the right price.

Really depends on how soon is "soon". If it disappears in a week that tag won't make any difference. If it lingers for six months ala' EEE then, thats a bit problematic.

Is this a serious question and are you referring to the 10179? If so the answer is no......not ever.

I did, but I'm old enough to remember smoking hot Demi in 80's movies.

It was awfully kind of Lego to slap a clear retiring soon tag on a product that has been out less than two years. Perhaps a small present and token of appreciation for messing with us on the rest of their line all year!

That's the holiday gift giving spirit!!

So you're not such an average guy after all.

Spotting one of those in the US is like spotting an AT AT below retail

Sold a tonne over the last 7 days but the highlights are: 3 x fire brigade 10197 / Amazon £300 each 4x Heartlake Highs 41005 / Amazon £89.49 each 13 x Mirkwood elf army 79012 / Amazon £69.99 each 9 x Shelob attacks 9470 / Amazon £46.45 each 12 x Uruk-hai army 9471 / Amazon £67.95 each 12 x Toy workshop 40106 / Amazon £27.49 each 19 x Ice skating rink 40107 / Amazon £23.99 each 4 x Maersk Triple-E 10241 / Amazon £229.99 each 10 x AT-RT 75002 / Amazon £39.95 each 10 x Dynamic duo funhouse 6857 ( got no faith in this set anymore ) Amazon £79.99 each God knows how many 9488's & 9489's must be around 50 on Amazon £27.49 each, these paid off big considering i got them all for £3.25 each 10 x Golden Dragon 70503 / Amazon £99.99 each 8 x Delorean 21103 / eBay £129.99 each 7 x Heartlake Vet 3188 / Amazon £119.99 each 3 x LOTR Battle of Helm's deep board game 50011 / eBay £49.99 each 6 x Wedding favour set 853340 / Amazon £27.49 each All prices include shipping. Not to mention a load of series 10/11/12/GB minifigures and 100's of polybags. Best thing is only had four INR's in the last 30 days ( a new Christmas record ) and no complaints! Almost forgot, sold around 50 mixed series 2 Mixels on eBay/Amazon for £10 each

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