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Scored a nice deal last night. Guy posted the CMF display box with figures for $20. It was posted four hours ago but I decided to call anyway. Surprisingly, they were still available. I then did my routine next line, "You got any more Lego you're looking to sell?". He says he has a 95+% complete 4842 Hogwarts but no minifigures for $40 and a few loose Star Wars and Zombie figures. I show interest and he says, "If you buy the CMF display box and Hogwarts for $60, he'll throw in the extra figures for free." I said DEAL! Met him and here's what I got. I dug in the Hogwarts bin and found five HP figures! I'm still in shock with what I got for $60.

Decide what? If you're ready to join the masses who can't decide if "investing" is really for them? Or if they're just a QFLL? I'm sorry but I'm so tired of reading these posts... "If it's not looking good enough, I'll just return them." You should have left them where you found them then.

Not even in the same ballpark.

Merry Christmas 2016, everybody! http://brickset.com/sets/40223-1/Christmas-Ornament

How about some set names to make it easier for us to offer our opinions that you seek?

Got a very lego week this week ;-) Me and my wife booked a trip to legoland billund with the kids in may :-) Also in the process of being trained as a lego serious play facilitator. Spent the whole day playing with them brickies. Might not be a very usefull post but sometimes you just want to share the excitement. Have a good one!

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/the-last-days-of-target-canada/ Just for kicks.. it's a very long read, but has some great info about the big mess they made.

#TRUTHBOMB

You must be too new to remember Hxckid.

Collusion on prices on eBay or Amazon or any other secondary market site is near impossible. Many people sell cheap for various reasons. Many just need the money. Some steal the items so it's easy to sell cheap. You will always have someone sharpening their pencils.

Yes

power move sir I applaud you in my opinion this set is far rarer than most people think

I really don't understand why people think the secondary market should be manipulated by pricing collusion. Hold your price if you're firm on it, but don't expect everyone else to follow suit. There are many resellers who are buying on credit so the timing of their sales is very important. I don't agree with that strategy, but I also don't think we should all get together and set our prices the same across the board. That's not how the free market is supposed to work.

Don't give TLG any ideas otherwise next year we'll get Nexo Christmas - What's better than Santa's Workshop? Santa's Workshop on tank treads!

I know it is like preaching to the choir since most followers of this thread have already given, but we have 6 days left and I know we can do more. So far we have raised $20,990 from 461 supports of an average of $45.50 from each supporter. A lot of cool prizes have been added since I first donated, so I am looking to donate again. Christmas Amazon payments have been distributed, and eBay fees have been paid, so lets all put in another $20 to make it to $30,000 in this last week. In true pledge drive style, I pledge $300 if we can make it to $30,000. I want to dump it all into Bundle 3 and see how big a tower I can make with 5,000+ Duplo blocks.

That is an awesome deal! This reminds me of the crazy ridiculous deals my sister scores on CL. She recently got that Hogwarts castle and a Death Star, both used and complete with all minifigs, for $275. People do not have a clue what their stuff is worth except where I live it seems.

That's awesome.

Can someone be banned for bad punctuation, grammar, and communication skills?

$20,000.00!!! NICE!

Description from this set as found on Brickset: I had high hopes for this set and am very pleased with the results. Rey, BB-8, Unkar Plutt, Teedo and another Jakku Thug are included along with Teedo’s Luggabeast which is mainly brick built but includes some new leg elements which are articulated independently. This model measured about 15cm in length. I cannot comment on the quality of the minifigures as they were not shown. Unkar Plutt’s junk shop at Niima Outpost also appears in the set and looks as ramshackle as it is in the movie. A couple of small huts and tents are spread across a 16x16 plate and a 8x16 plate along with lots of small assemblies which represent old engines and other bits of scrap harvested from crashed Rebel and Imperial starships. This may be the only interesting new set of the TFA Summer 2016 sets! Eagerly looking forward to the first pictures of this set, when it will be displayed at the Spielwarenmesse in Nuremberg later this week!

I've been moving Mixels Series 2 in individual tribes for $30 pretty consistently for the last month or two. Valentine's Day vignette (40120) and Cupid's Dog (40201) sets together for $40.

I would beware of the listing where the seller all of a sudden moved to a different state when you contact them. There were listings last year in the Los Angeles and Orange County in CA area for hundreds of star wars minifigures, UCS sets like Death Star 2, and other old star wars sets for $400 to $500. When you text them or email them back, they also say they moved out of state suddenly. If you pay with paypal, they would be happy to mail them to you, etc etc etc. I passed. I told them that I only meet in person for CL ads.

Somebody saved you some trouble.

Like I said many moons ago, feel free to do whatever you want. I will be more than happy to be the guy selling for $1 below your prices.

Gives a new meaning to a Lego set being "leaked"

Repeate and extrapolate outside the BP community and we have the explanaton for growth. Not the only set to be in that situation and fantastic for the QFLL´s.

Bought two more at 382 each.

18,000 piece master piece build of Arkham Asylum by Australian builder Dayton (Forgotten Day):

Not sure where to post this. Not even sure there would be a market for it, buy hey it does say limited edition The next issue of Star Wars is due on 10th Feb and will be issue number 8

On topic: I found one at a B&N. It might make sense to check there, too.

Decide what? If you're ready to join the masses who can't decide if "investing" is really for them? Or if they're just a QFLL? I'm sorry but I'm so tired of reading these posts... "If it's not looking good enough, I'll just return them." You should have left them where you found them then. Get off your high horse. I'm so tired of reading self-righteous posts like this. The fact is that we all have to decide on the best way to allocate the limited capital that we have available and it is not always clear on the best way to do that at any given time. It sounds like this poster was presented with an opportunity and wasn't sure if it was the best way to allocate his capital and bought into it so he didn't miss out. So, what exactly is the problem? There are a couple of problems here. The first - and you bring it up - if you've got limited capital the you need to invest smartly. Which doesn't mean diving head first into 50 of a single set. If you're questioning whether you are making the right decision when you are purchasing it, then you are doing this wrong. Never once in my time have I ever not made a confident decision when I've decided to invest. Does that mean every decision has paid off? Of course not. Does that mean I don't have regret sometimes? Sure. But am I confident in my decisions? Yes. If OP wasn't sure that this was the best use of his capital, then he shouldn't be making the purchase. Is this really a life lesson we need to be taking about here? Seriously, these are things I talk to my kids about. I'm not trying to be insulting. But seriously, I had this conversation with my 8 year old yesterday about why she wasn't allowed to buy an app this week (because she had already used her app allowance) and if she was bummed about it she should have saved her money. The second problem is relates to retailer return policies. Retuning a product in these numbers just screams reseller. And it screams to the retailer that they need to tighten policies. Put yourself in their shoes. Would you want to absorb 50 returns in a day? For no reason other than the customer changed their mind? It makes it harder on all consumers when these companies start cracking down on returns. When you've got a legit return (for anything) and you can't enjoy the flexibility you once had, it's because of return situations like this. There is no high horse here. Everyone needs to make their own decisions. Just because you see a poster say that they'd buy 100 at RRP today - that means he's in the situation to do so. And he knows his own situation. He knows what he San afford, he knows what risk he is willing to absorb, and he knows how long he is willing to hold. If you aren't in a situation to buy 50, and be willing to accept the risks that come with that capital outlay and holding, then don't buy 50.

Well, I just saw this. Very awesome guys! It is good to know that the guys running this site are very good people. I was glad to contribute.

He shouldn't have flown it out the showroom. Instant depreciation, right there.

The force awakens sets, but I'm sure they were there as a Christmas sold out prep. I'd love the slave one and sand crawler please!

Am I the only one who wonders if Walmart is ever going to do their usual January sales? Ever since you guys broke Walmart by purchasing hundreds of Cargo Trains at 50% off back in October/November, their sales/clearance disappeared.

The zombie bride is a sweet figure

- double VIP points with a holiday promo at LEGO Shop at Home. - gift cards with rewards at TRU. - bn membership, buy it instore for shipping to your house with membership 10% discount and a discount gift card for another 10-12%. haven't tried this jedi-mind trick but have heard it works. - rare one-off sales/price mistakes - case in point target 15%+ off sale one afternoon like 2months ago that included all exclusives and was very very expensive day.

Nice. Gotta keep the spouse happy. Thanks for reminding me too.....I gotta give the wife a couple bucks. I'm due. A trip to the local LV store always works.

Queen Anne's Revenge and Black Pearl - $240 combined on CL. They are keepers. My husband and son are ecstatic. I saw the post an hour after it was posted originally for $155. People sent in higher offers. I told them I could not match the higher than $240 offers but could pick-up in 30 minutes. SOLD! My husband picked up. Young man wanted money for Star Wars Legos and was getting rid of his ships (keeping his Imperial Flagship). Wish I had known that and could have executed a good trade. Oh well...happy here. Picked up a 4842 HP Castle on eBay for $200 with ship. No box but manuals and all figures. Listing indicated a low completion % but the pic told a different story. Think it was a typo on the seller's part.

Went searching for Tumblers but didn't find any so had to console myself with an Ewok Village, a UCS Tie and a random Mos Eisley at TRU

While we were getting pounded with the white stuff, my wife and I decided to put together this magnificent set. We really didn't have much of a choice because Target had sent us this one with a nice little rip/hole on the side. It was weighed, so we were confident that everything was right here. Bag one was opened and I immediately went to put together the Joker. Legs. Check. Body. Check. Hair. Check. Head....... NOTHING!!! We looked everywhere and couldn't find it. As pissed as we were, we finished the set. Luckily nothing else was missing. I immediately went to the site and ordered a replacement part. And of course, it was OUT OF STOCK!!!!! After digging out, I decided to call Lego. I couldn't accept the OOS notice and an email stating they MAY have found one. I spoke to Mike at Lego and he located one immediately. The piece will be in mailbox in 5-7 days. On top of that, I was able to get 300 Lego points because the Tumblers SAH sent me were not all mint. WIN/WIN!!

Small Square by Vincent Kessels

Got tickets for the newer bundles (GE on down to friends bundles). So I now have at least 1 ticket for each with a few extras for the ones I REALY want like Th, R2 etc.

Unfortunately, this was still not enough to offset the heavy depreciation that Benny´s own personal transportation vehicle suffered over the same period.

Modular Police Station - Edit 3 by Duncan Adkins

I bought three of them for 140 euro each in october, flipped two of them for 190 euro each and kept the third one in stock. I'm hoping the same store will do this again anytime soon

I think your points have been well made. I'm not talking about buying but returning. There gets to be a point where they will ban you from returning.

I'm pretty sure there's a life lesson in there, but i'm too obtuse to find it.

Hell yeah. It seems that LEGO is beginning to make Technic flagships being targeted at AFOLs. I welcome it, a return to my roots. My first sets were large Technic ones, being a 5 years old. Skipped Duplo and SYSTEM entirely. My friends were building LEGO Town police cars while I was assembling this: Probably my all time favorite set, of course mainly for emotional reasons, but not like it would not stand the test of time.