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poe 75102 sold via CL for $100 paid $56 at ShopKo 10 minutes before the sale. Wish my store had more. Was really my first true QFLL and the feeling was great. The ShopKo shares the same parking lot as the movie theatre and a dad wanted to surprise his son with this after they were done watching the movie.

I sold 5 gallimimus trap polybags (30320) to the same buyer on eBay for $125 shipped! I wish I would have gotten more of them lol. These things put that $10 Dino set (5882) to shame and I owe alpine my gratitude since he grabbed them for me

Just want to add that I've been holding onto these for months for him, and just handed them over yesterday. Awful nice of me not to "lose" these in my garage or charge him the going rate.

I have mine set at $750. It's only a matter of days.

Yep sometimes I'm off I've been selling for 450 time to move on keeping half selling half so many people on here seem so fickle with things r2 bad tumbler bad episode VII bad star killer bad insert whatever bad the horde ruined it I can't make anything the good old days are gone so on i choose to be positive i just continue to be amazed by everyone who says Lego investing is horrible and the horde ruined it fine good deal get out of the market (not you but you get the idea) maybe some people just love to be miserable all the time I don't know im not saying that everything in life is wonderful I am saying it is how I choose to approach things

I had the pleasure of interviewing Serafin Maranan of Architects Orange and LEGO Artist Christina Griffin Hull about their collaboration to bring the architecture firm's latest building to life as a LEGO model. It was really interesting to learn about how Serafin brought his experience as an architect, and Christina helped translate architectural language into LEGO elements. LEGO Model of "Urbana" in San Diego. Serafin explained that “Urbana is a 6 story mixed-use infill project in downtown San Diego. It contains 96 rental units and over 1,100 square feet of retail. It has garnered many design awards and one of Architects Orange’s seminal projects.” Photo of the real building. I shared some highlights from the interview here, and you can read the whole article at http://brickarchitect.com/2015/urbana-architects-orange/ Serafin: “Christina and I complemented each other. As an architect, I understand and appreciate scale, proportion, accent, color, detail and alignment to make the kit of parts fit my vision of the model. But Christina’s vast understanding of what LEGO parts to use and innate understanding of LEGO building techniques to execute my vision was paramount to the model’s success.” Christina: “Serafin came into the shop with ... blueprints, photos, and drawings for me to work off of. He came in every few weeks to check in on the build. ... The most helpful was when he would mark up the photos of the model and send them back to me.” Some details from the LEGO Model Christina: “We tried to come in with the model reflecting the overall “feeling” of the buildings design while showing “pops” of details that were precise.” Urbana in profile. LEGO Model and Architect's renderings. Serafin: “I would like to use LEGO in our office as a design or presentation tool if the right opportunity arises but I’m not sure if we have anyone in our office who can do that or have access to so many parts.” For the whole interview and more photos, visit http://brickarchitect.com/2015/urbana-architects-orange/ Sincerely, ---tom

If you're starving and somebody throws you a cracker, you gonna be like this: "Goddamn, that's the best cracker I ever ate in my life!

If Lucas had made it, it would have sucked.

I'm getting a serious case of deja blue, here... Holidays are the best time for selling all the "junk" I pick up on clearance 10 months earlier, not for unloading serious investments, as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe the price drops on major exclusives around the Holidays are due to the simple fact people need money and will sell for less to quickly obtain it. I would estimate the vast amount of people selling for lower prices are impatient and/or short term types too anxious to wait for the right buyers. The Holidays really put a squeeze on people and force them to react differently than they normally would.

Yeah, you're right. I've never seen a movie where a droid escapes with valuable information on a desert planet, only to be found by accident by a person that has fantastic powers but doesn't know it, and is chased by an army of white armored soldiers lead by a black suited leader, stopping off at a cantina of weird aliens, then onto a weapon capable of destroying a planet by using a giant beam, where a rescue is performed, a mentor is killed during the rescue, and it turns out the weapon has one weakness that can be exploited by flying down a trench. Sounds all new to me!

Wal-Marts are starting to unload the trailers. Found a couple 76009 - Superman Black Zero Escapes for $5 each.

Here's the Target DPCI 204-001-462 Looks like some in the stockroom near me, also a few stores have them out and selling.

Spoilers for episode IX After mortally injuring Kylo Ren, Rey (who refuses to turn to the dark side, regardless of her destiny), is in the process of being killed by his master (who has just given up trying). Kylo Ren will then lift the master (up, over his head) and throw him down a shaft, killing him. There will then be lots of dancing, singing, ewoks, and gungan type celebrations (maybe even some smiling Han, Luke, & Leia ghosts).

Bought 5 Gallimimus trap on ebay for $22 and sold last one today for $42. Amazon FBA.

Ok, today I earned a QFLL badge, beginner edition. I sold a 31050 Corner Deli for $79 shipped one state over. Net profit of 59% for a 36 hour hold.

Christmas Holiday is the worst time to sell exclusives as many sellers are actively looking to off load and not what consumers are looking to buy putting a downwards pressure on price

Me and my buddy, we're just camping out.

Star Wars...

Eric, go watch the movie first. It will avoid you asking stupid questions.

I thought the Empire Strikes Back was a great movie even without a DS

just got another one. Started with 8 three years ago sold them to fund our brick link store now back to 6 which will be funded by the brick link store

Hi All- Thank you for the awesome info on this site! I fell into Lego reselling exactly a year ago. This is by far my favorite site for information. Up until now, I mainly have dealt in used Legos. I've been lucky to find some gems on Craigslist. My husband, three kids (ages 6, 4 and 2) and I love building. (4 and 2 year olds are awesome color sorters!) My 6-year old has an insatiable Lego appetite and has already declared he will design Legos as his job when he grows up. I think his favorite build so far was the Tower Bridge. (In one year, we have built Imperial Flagship, HP Castle, many Star Wars UCS, Market Street, Cafe Corner, Fire Brigade, Black Seas Barracuda, etc...) We have fun building and then selling. In my first year, we have profited close to $8k. If you asked me at the beginning of the year, I would have said that I would have been pleased with a few hundred dollars in my pocket. I just started dipping my toe in the water with buying new sets. I kept noticing the plethora of 75919 Indominus Rex' at our Lego store, so I thought I'd purchase some and give it a try. So far so good! I'm an addict to the forum dealing with the fruitcakes on eBay. It is a great forum for laughter, learning and venting. If anyone can recommend good forums for following the deals on new sets, I would appreciate it. Also, any good threads to read on buying new? Again many thanks and happy holidays!

Paraphrasing from another member on the TH thread: The three worst mistakes in reselling: auction, ebay, and Christmastime. I guess that makes R2 auctions on eBay right now the worst decision ever... just putting 2 and 2 together here. There is a season for everything, and Christmas is not time to unload high end collectibles. The people who buy them are busy buying junk for their kids and Aunt Gladys.

Lately? Where were you in 2012?

exclusive's taking a price hit a christmas is sort of a known trend. people are out bargain hunting for gifts to give to someone else so its not too surprising they turn into a cheapa$$. marketplace is flooded with sellers because of the perception that Christmas is the time to move stock (at a crappier price point) which exceeds the demand for sets and then the price suffers. let's see how any of these retired exclusives are doing in April and May when people are getting their tax refunds.

I think people just love to be miserable. I don't always have a lot of sets that really take off, but with the help of this forum, a lot of research and hard work I can confidently and honestly state that I have never taken a loss on a Lego set (and I'm also not sitting on anything that is already retired that I anticipate taking a loss on). Instead of focusing on the potential missed profit, I revel in every sale I make. I smile when I see a 'your item sold, prepare to ship now'. Life is good, but I'm a Lego Brick Half Full kinda guy, I guess. To get back on track, I'm pretty happy with 10225. I think some of the ebay fee promos (coupled with sellers wanting to cash in for the holidays) has caused a little stagnation on some of the class of '14 sets. That being said, I doubt those that are selling are going to investors, so hopefully end users are opening up, building and displaying R2 this winter. I still think patience is the key here.

Because I bought 3 sets of tickets back when they first went on sale. And I wanted to give it a fair shake. It almost seems like Episode IV reimagined. I saw Episode IV 10 times in the theater in 1977-78, and countless times on VHS/DVD/Bluray since, so that could be why this does not feel new. If I had never seen the previous films, I would say this was a good film, but I just can't get past the zillion similarities to a movie I saw almost 40 years ago. It's as if Disney went back to square one on this one, and used Ep IV as the formula. I wonder how bad the original plot they rejected was (if they did).

The more I see it, the less I like it. Ep IV rehash.

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...

31048 Lakeside Lodge

Jeff just sent me this photo from a local Target. No STAR WARS sets left...LOL

"We need shelf-filler, stat! Quick! Unload the trailers!"

ya ISD and AT-AT is no brainer right now. Buy them all now before its too late. I am not flipping these probably till next movie.

Just checked... all of the sub $80 sellers have no more than 1 or 2 in stock. The seller in the buy box has over 20. Could stock levels may be part of the algorithm?

Hope so.. need to refill, know a few CT that still have many good sets on shelf. wasn't sure about the Imperial Destroyer like Tacsniper told me to buy .. well bought 5 , 4 sold for 180$ each already .. need to get more .. bought 6 at-at : 2 sold 150$ each, keeping all other at-at for more $$$. To me At-At is way better to ship than the big Imperial, shipping is a killer for that set ! Weird how so many people are happy with the price I ask on my adds come pay and are wonderful and thanks me for saving their christmas present, and so many emails that I'm an A$$hole stating that I'm stealing poor people with my asking price ! Well I can't be loved by everyone I guess! One lady asked me to make a good action by selling her an At-At at 100$ , told her I'd do better than that : "I work for the CF I've done my part already helping everyone, are you able to tell so? ! " Rude, Rough, but fair enough.. don't judge someone when you don't know about their history !

After seeing the film I am for sure buying this set. Originally I wanted nothing to do with it after the last one being released. But now I am hooked and have to have it. I am sure there will be or have been lots that are sharing this same feeling after seeing the film.

What you call a "rehash" is just a another part in this same storyline. It is a sequel so by definition it has to "rehash" the same storylines. The things you are talking about like a Boba Fett movie are completely separate stories. I think people are not realizing this. Did you really think that Episode 7 was going to be a completely different story will completely different characters? It's called Episode 7 not Episode 1 of an all new different Star Wars story. I agree that reusing the Death Star idea was a misstep but other than that I don't get the bashing of this movie, I really don't. You will get your new Star Wars stories, Rogue Squadron, young Han Solo, Boba Fett movie, etc.

There has definitely been a spike in Ebay sales of Lego SW over the last few days. My new sold items filter above 50 euros is about 80% SW stuff where a couple of weeks ago JW was moving more. Let the good times roll.

Everyone needs a little dose of reality sometimes- especially short term expectations of 2-3x rrp in the near future. If I thought Legos were total duds, I'd take my money elsewhere. However- expectations were high for JW short term, and we know how that has shaped up thus far. That said- I love my little droids- paid full price for them last year and was happy to do it. No faith lost but you can't expect every set to pull in serious money.

Better hope no one offers her more money before you pick up.

Just got out of the film about an hour ago. I would rate it a very good action blockbuster, not a classic film by any stretch of the imagination. It would fall in 3rd place behind Empire and New Hope for me. Loved JJs characterisation and the new actors. Surprisingly I wanted more of them and less of Han, Leia and Luke. In the first 15 mins there was more interest and intrigue than the entire 3 prequels. I did not like the constant nods to the OT - by the end of the film it was too much and hokey. One character channeled Hayden Christensen's whininess big time and going forward it will be a cringefest every scene he is in. Hoping JJ is done playing it safe and appeasing OT fans. So much potential I cannot wait for the second installment. I feel Rogue One will actually be the better film, but then again I am a huge Ben Mendelsohn fan and I feel he has more talent in his left pinky than most of the cast of TFA

All I do is count the money I make. I don't care what MSRP was. My buy-in is much more important in my investment decisions.

Dear undercutters, I and many other sellers will inevitably follow your price down, so I don't know what the F you think you are trying to accomplish, other than making less money. Sincerely, a guy who wants to make more than ten cents per sale

The boxes make a great place to rest a pizza on.