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New box confirmed in USA lego store 45R5.

Brick Bounty at $70 Two Demolition Sites at $50 Small truckload of Fire Trucks at $13 Stack of Ghosts at $60 and assorted one-off midline sets. (Oh and a Blue Power Jet for $30 and some Beach Huts for $15 and a couple of Treehouses at $21 because I'm a sucker for a 3-in-1.)

Just out of curiosity, what do you perceive to provide a better opportunity cost? The $200 that you aren't going to spend on another Tumbler would instead provide a higher return in, say, December 2016, on ... a .... what ... exactly? Another Pet Shop? Doubt it. Red Five? Maybe... but doubt it. Anything with a minifigure named Bart or Homer? Seriously doubt it. T1 or Mini-Coopers? Definitely doubt it. Tower Bridge? Opera House? TFA? Jurassic World? 6 x Birds at $35 a piece? Actually that's a maybe.... If you could find a pair of ISDs or ATATs for $100 a piece, today, then I would concede that one. But I don't think you can. So what is the opportunity you're losing out on by tying up another $200 in a Tumbler?

I haven't been able to hunt much, since we did the Christmas thing with the in-laws and family on 12/26. I did pick up a few things locally, but it was slim pickens. I'm going to avoid planning anything for 12/26 if I can from now on. We also had a two-day trip planned for Great Wolf Lodge and left yesterday. I made stops at 3 Wal-Marts and was able to get the following, but the one Target we stopped at didn't have much of interest, so I left with one First Order Tie poly. Star Destroyer - $99 Shuttle Tyderium - $74 Halo Pelican - $69 Halo Wraith - $15 Minecraft: The Mine - $69 Juniors: Defend the Batcave - $21 AT-DP - $20 (damaged box from Sam's Club nearby) AV-7 Cannon - $30 Utility Shuttle - $19 Police Dog Unit - $17 Morro Dragon - $49 Ronin R.E.X - $35 Master Wu Dragon - $30

No shortage at this Target, and they have more on an end cap. Only if I would have brought my sorting basket. I could have knocked these out in 10 minutes.

I was actually thinking of Game of Thrones by the end of it, how they set up a cliffhanger and reason to come back with the way it ended. Which of course all started with Empire Strikes Back. I can nitpick all of the Star Wars films (with love) for various reasons but the issue I and I think most people have with the new one is a more fundamental problem and that is that we were fed a recycled version (basically a remake) of a movie we'd already seen. No surprise I suppose given that it was JJ (MIssion impossible and Star Trek Into Darkness) Abrams doing it. I did not wait 30+ years from Return of the Jedi for the next chapter only to be fed a story I'd already seen but with various plot points jumbled around and passed off as new, as technically beautiful as this new film was. Empire was not the same story as New Hope, and neither was Return of the Jedi despite the otherwise common element of the second Death Star. They were all very different stories, as were the prequels, but united around certain age old themes. A Death Star is not a theme. It reminds me of the South Park episode where the military approaches Hollywood directors for ideas about how to defeat aliens and Michael Bay keeps saying "explosions" until the general dismisses him saying "Explosions aren't ideas, they're just special effects". I enjoyed the prequels quite a bit and find this latest movie too small in scale and too derivative. At least with the prequels Lucas attempted to enlarge the story and show us a different point of view of the Star Wars galaxy. I didn't get that here, and that's particularly disappointing since I was really enjoying the movie due to the charisma of the new characters and the more original plot points right up until a certain planet appeared. At that moment I knew exactly what was going to happen from then on and the goodwill of the first half of the movie evaporated. I now understand why the prequels are so widely disliked. It's not because of Jar Jar, or midichlorians, or Hayden Christenssen. It's because they weren't exactly copies of the originals judging by the overdone praise many people are heaping on this recycled story as "fresh" and "original". They had better have something new up their sleeve for Episode VIII, because even the most awestruck fan of this story can only have it retold so many times before losing interest. And if their "original" idea is for Luke to say "I am your father" then I will laugh out loud in the theatre.

Built 31050 Corner Deli: for a $40 set I could not be happier, there are some really interesting building techniques and the color scheme really pops - similar to the Detective's Office. Highlights for me are the windows frame details, the skylight building technique, and the way the "corner" is modular and can easily be removed to make the building have a front and back as a stand alone building.

http://www.ebay.es/itm/Lego-10240-Star-Wars-Red-5-X-Wing-Starfighter-New-MISB-/221959572686?hash=item33add24cce:g:W94AAOSwd0BVx6sO Double RRP within a week of retirement. Seems legit.....

Recent Architecture builds: Villa Savoye - it's VERY small but aesthetically pleasing. Robie House - I was missing about 90 pieces from my ebay order but the seller was really helpful and the last pieces arrived yesterday. This is a fabulous piece with some really nice techniques and looks a lot better than the other large sets (I haven't built my Imperial Hotel so I can't compare it to that yet) but I have seen enough 1x1 and 1x2 plates for now. The designer crammed a lot of detail into this set and it is surprisingly large. Next I will crack open my sealed Imperial Shuttle on Thursday or Friday (I do have a trade post for it if anyone is interested)

My kids have been bugging me to go the the Great Wolf Lodge for a while now, most of their friends have been, it sounds pretty cool. We'll probably try and go later this year. Picked up 6 arctic bases and 100 red carpet poly bags from Target yesterday. (Using some of the polys as party favors and donating the rest to my kids elementary school)

Show me a not-fat picture of Val Kilmer holding today's newspaper.

Alpine refuses to acknowledge that it exists

Bought a couple of tickets for the raffle to support St. Paul. And don't worry guys, I never win anything.

BN has just over 1800 in their Monroe NJ warehouse for store distribution.

They are not retiring the Exto 1, Look at the Product info on the Ghostbusters HQ and it says the 21108 Ecto 1 will fit in the House, so if the Ecto 1 is retired, what is Lego going to tell the thousands of people who call and complain, If you want the Ecto 1 get it on Ebay or Amazon for $100 or so. Not saying down the road Lego comes out with a new one, and changes the info on the HQ. My Lego store in MD got in cases of them. Ed

I think people are so used to watching quality TV shows like GoT, Breaking Bad, etc. So when a perfectly acceptable reboot (of some sort) of a beloved franchise comes along it gets nitpicked to death. Even when the bar was set at "Attack of the Clones" (!!) level.

In for three of the raffles. Thanks for all that you do for us Ed and Jeff! Good luck everyone!

Hasn't even officially retired yet and still available at below retail at Amazon. Patience is called for.

I'm in, least I can do for everything I've learned from this site. (fingers crossed for that HH!)

In for two more tickets - t'is the season for giving.

This was him yesterday

Didn't Quacs just sum it up? They all have Rock on speed dial.

Oh goodness no, to the stock market. Simple fact that one will not loose money on a tumbler, good luck with that in the stock market. It amazes me how deep these threads go on the unending debate for every set, with all the same questions and answers. Tumbler will do fine, it will beat almost all other alternative asset classes on a year over year basis. That does not mean 50-100% return in 12 months.

All WM clearance. 5x T-Rex Tracker for $49 ea. 2x Naboo Starfighters for $35 ea. I left more than 10. 2x First Order Snowspeeder for $30 ea. I left more than 10. 2x Spaceport for $89 ea. I left at least 5 I passed on 10+ Minecraft Mine at $69. Probably should of grabbed some. Passed on lots of random City sets as well.

Train them young, get them involved.

And what about the Indiana Jones saga? I mean, you can´t blame a 2 trick pony from wringing every last cent from their successful franchises - Vin Diesel would be jealous at having two to choose from! Indiana Jones saga? They haven't made another Indiana Jones movie since 1989.

If you call - You might want to skip mentioning "While I was busy, parting out my set".

I am hoping to have a huge update by the end of the week. It's been nuts for the past 30+ days trying to get answers, updates and fixes for the data I am seeing. Maybe after it goes live I will explain all the differences. I am "supposed" to get an update later today with a chance to get more data to work with and see if its right. I am hoping it is, then I can work on it over the next few days and get the everything back in action again.

Wouldn't knowing that skew everything?

Follow up: lady was super awesome . Wouldn't keep the set even after I issued her a full refund . Thanked me for a sincere apology and classified it as an honest mistake that happens .

Fantastic find!!! I understand the superhero buying binge. I did that when I first came out of my dark ages(just a couple months ago). In one day I spent well over $100, which came as a total shock to me because I didn't even realize until that moment how much I like superheroes.

That because your an Average Guy.

An Unexpected Blizzard by eyescream54

Not a complaint about other eBay members this time, just a tidbit for those who feel uncertain or intimidated at the prospect of pushing eBay CS around a bit when necessary: I had a seller defect due to shipping time on an item that took like two weeks to arrive... no complaint from buyer, in fact they had left positive feedback and I never thought twice about it. Called eBay CS when I found the defect, though, and had to be transferred three different times, verifying my info and explaining to some degree the issue each time, before I finally got someone who could theoretically help ("escalations" department seems the general go-to when you need more than the typical BS responses). As he investigated the sale date, date the label was printed, and date first scanned, he started right in on the canned response about verified tracking scans and handling times that amounts to "sorry, tough luck, not going to provide any service to you". I flat out interrupted him and said "Let me point out that I live in Texas, and the first tracking scan for this item was several days after the sale... in San Francisco. The buyer lives in New York.. There's no way you can hold me responsible for a delay due to USPS mis-routing the package." After several seconds of silence, his tone of voice totally changed and he went with "OK, it looks like we are going to be able to remove this defect for you..." along with the in depth explanation of how that process works. It is often a simple battle of wills... but technique goes a long way, too.

status update! still there, still $8

Just finished my Tie Fighter a couple days ago. Very enjoyable build, Although the wings were very repetitive.

Back in for a ticket for the new Bundle too. I love a raffle, even more so when it's for such a good cause!

This is right about where I thought it would be. Not the Zombies or Chopper Showdown, but very solid. I know comparing growth to MSRP vs buy in is a long running debate on this site, but I think for smaller sets that generally are easier to find at clearance we have to assume the majority of investors weren't stocking up on these in huge numbers at MSRP (or if they did, they won't be in this game long). Solid if unspectacular growth is what the majority of my portfolio is about.

IMO, this set is definitely not one to stockpile on. I'm at 2 and I'm good. I would not buy anymore unless it was ridiculously cheap, and I do not see that happening. I think the opportunity cost is too high investing in multiple of these sets.

I bought tickets for all of them even tho I never win raffles.

you didn't mention you can get 3 for $25 in on HH and minifigures good luck

Glad to support a good cause. Here's to quality education!

Thanks for creating such a great site to remind me how to spend hours of time with Lego when I thought it was just for kids. I think I might spend more time with Lego sets now than when I was a kid. This site and you both deserve a cut of my proceeds. Good luck. I would love to know the metrics of BPs donating. We should be able to get half way to $100,000 without too much trouble.

Good luck and I will be happy to support. I didn't see it on the raffle web site page, but is the deadline for purchasing tickets Jan. 30 or anytime before 12 p.m. on the 31st?

There seems to be a "World" theme coming in the Duplo range. The flagship set has kind 15 figures and 5 animals from different regions of the earth and for each region there will be smaller sets exploring the respective "continent". Especially the biggest set will be very popular, I think, because you never got so many different (including completely new) figures in one Duplo set before.

This one. Seller has been regularly refreshing the ad for well over a year. Sometimes I feel like I should contact the person and mail them $1 to throw the item in the trash and delete the ad. http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/bab/5264422699.html

Understood. I just think the number of "investors only" on this site would suprise you. There seem to be a large percentage here who care nothing for lego bricks as toys and view them strictly as a commodity. I could be wrong but those types of members are the most vocal in the forums so that is what I am basing this comment of off.

Time for it to go. I hope TLG pulls another Town Hall and $149 seems sort of low priced now for a modular given that there will be other modulars for $159 and 169. So confusing for the consumer -which to choose .