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They're on the boat!

Buy everything that's either on sale and/or in a pink and purple box. Exo Suits are near the end of their life cycle, AND on sale. I'd buy at least 50-100 of those. Chima is being phased out. Now is the time to load up. Welcome aboard the money train. Next stop, Profitville. You'll be thanking me six months from now when all of these sets I just mentioned are selling for five times what you paid for them. Welcome to the club. Glad to have you.

Built my first Architecture set tonight with my daughter...thanks redghostx for pointing me to a great deal on four Architecture sets on eBay!

Well here's a start with modifying the Brick Bank into a simple corner unit. 10251 Brick Bank MOD by norm.fm

Here are a couple of ships I am working on. I still have a few minor mods to make on the black ship and quite a few to make on the red ship.

Poe's X-wing back up on Amazon for $71.03 http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-X-Wing-Fighter-75102-Building/dp/B00WHZ6WOO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456250231&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+poe%27s+x-wing Limit 1

Well feck off back to Krypton if you hate Lego so much then

Nexo Knights. Buy as many of themas you can. Also, Chima's just retiring so you'll be able to get some good discounts before they disappear.

Started filling in the green plates and placing all the tress and such over the weekend. Still missing a lot of large leaf/tree pieces so what you see here is not the finished paddock interior. Also finally got the Goat figure and he will go where the horse currently is (along with a couple fence pieces and a chain around him). Instead of getting more expensive palm trees, i decided to go with brown 1x1 cylinder pieces and just pile them on top of each other with various leaves put on throughout. However piling these too high makes them unstable, so i just slid in some minifig wands/lightsaber blade pieces to strengthen it. Originally i was just going to do a little river/pond on the left side, but the paddock interior felt a bit boring with just trees. So i had these light trans blue 2x2 round Chima pieces from the PAB wall that looked great to make a waterfall. And then if i did a waterfall i would obviously need some sort of rock face. And luckily i had a generous amount of parts on hand to make a pretty decent looking build. Not entirely happy with it yet, but it will do for now. I also played around with somehow lighting up the waterfall from behind with some small brick LED's i have, but not sure i really liked the look. I'll also probably add the little Compy from "Gallimimus" trap to the inside of the cage (not movie accurate, but book accurate, someones gotta eat up all that dino poop :3) and maybe the Pterodactyl flying above the waterfall. Should have the rest of the pieces to finish up this week. Once the fences are placed and I've got the monorail tracks on the road.. it will all really come together and look awesome. This is the first time i actually picked the thing up, and it is just as sturdy as i planned which is great.

I'm filling out my NCAA Tournament bracket for next year too.

Everyone's first post now is "I just made my first Lego purchase, a Tumbler" or two or 20...

You won't ruffle many feathers in this thread. Not a busy topic. For the most effect, post in the Tumbler, Death Star or Daily Deals thread. More bang for your buck...

First rule is to open every new set you buy and count the bricks, you must count the bricks. Also, when new sets come out, that's the best time to load up on them, buy as many as you can, future buyers will appreciate first runs.

Some interesting info and no doubt some useful advice for Gazza. I've only been doing this for a year now and I'm pretty small fry but I am fairly business savvy (in addition to loving lego) and in my short experience Ive learned some lessons which I'd like to share. I did get some Dr Who sets from Myer during the sale and I was shocked at the speed at which they were gobbled up. Furthermore, on Facebook I see more and more (ad nauseum) lego fans posting "to build or store away?" (insert Iron Man eye roll here). I feel like to my mind sometimes I'm going from bull to bear in the course of one day. It's strange times indeed. A race to the bottom perhaps? Ideas and modulars are way too hoarded, and, while I believe that money will be made on them, I don't believe that 100% ROI will be achievable. Alucard has addressed this topic a few months ago and, while initially skeptical with beer-goggles on, now I believe him to be right. The days of doubling in value will not apply to these IMO. 12 month cycle? You can maybe tell that to my one Birds set, but not my 11 Ectos (which used to be a higher number before I liquidated a few at Xmas). Dr Who is almost literally flying off the shelves, so why would TLG pull the plug on it? Perhaps they got a 4 year licence for it? I've never ever known of a company that makes such strange business decisions as TLG so WTF knows. Maybe the Delorian has tripled in value, but what about the Exo suit or Research institute? They've made money, but they are really small sets and you would have to sell a few to make any decent coin. At the beginning of last year, my targets were Palace Cinema, Pet Shop and Ecto. All are still collecting dust. There's a lesson to be learned there. Dark Years has a point about international resellers. It is a real phenomenon that's a perverse form of globalisation as well as being a massive waste of fossil fuels. However, 11th hour purchases at retail price for just-retired sets has worked well for me. You need to do some legwork though. Even those sets haven't doubled in price yet but we'll see how they go. New listings seem to appear frequently even for highly-prized sets that were retired after less than a year. I can see many sets plateauing indefinitely. My biggest wins have been smaller sets which have flown under the radar and most of which do not have their own thread on this forum. I won't say what they are because at this stage in the investing game I reckon it's better to use the info you have and keep your cards close to your chest. I can tell you, however, that over the last year my return on investment (after expenses incl fuel) has been anywhere from 15-100% but no more than 2x RRP, with an average of 40% and a lot of time put in hunting, stalking forums/blogs, packaging, listing items and kindly telling GT lowballers that my price was specifically stated as non-negotiable etc...

Hello and welcome!! http://bfy.tw/4Okg

(2) Brick Bounty #70413. $50 each. Not bad. Retired already. nice looking set.

"Lego is better than gold!"[emoji13]

We get it. You think it's dumb that people are buying it. No need to keep posting snarky remarks.

I will donate a new Assault on Hoth to light on fire...

Yes ... and I hear that there's good money to be made on Lepin bricks as well .... it's the next LEGO that only few people know about. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=LEPIN

LOL, his initial post was something along the lines of "I don't care about this stuff, I think it's stupid. Tell me how to make money on it since I read in an article that you can." After that he got some "helpful" suggestions about sets to buy, including this one. If his attitude doesn't completely alienate people, his lack of interest in the product will cause him to follow fads and burn out on the product long before he realizes significant returns. Until then, I still think he should pick up Nexo Knights and Chima, get in on the next big thing at the ground floor and scoop up the last vestiges of a mighty theme in the clearance racks.

You know it!

They are not making a mistake for us. For prices to rise for the mid and long term holders the supply has to diminish.

See, there's the big difference. You said that you come back every day to read more. Someone popping up saying, "I care nothing about this stuff, just give me your hard earned knowledge because I am following the flavor of the week." gets as much valuable information as they invest their time in. He mentions Funko Pop, Magic and Pokémon. It's pretty obvious that he chases the easy dollar with the fast turnover. Hell, Magic and Pokémon have their rarity already known the moment you open them.

Oh and don't forget ... interest on a credit card is only 20%, and LEGO profits are easily 100-200% within 6 months, so raise your limits and buy as much as you can find. UHaul trucks are pretty cheap to rent.

Hmm....

I dig the waterfall. It could be my favorite area of the landscape thus far.

Light brick, we need a light brick.

Changing Seasons is $40 currently at KMart.com. Not too difficult to get them at $35 or below each if you order 2 and use the $10 off $75 coupon found here. http://shc.cpn2c.co/RecomService/web/bE3R Changing Seasons at KMart.com $39.99

Yeah...whatever...instructions are the new pseudo proof of originality. Without them, you should assume it's Bricklink'ed and you are basically paying him for his time in getting all the parts. Not worth it if you have a decent collection of parts and are willing to put in the time and effort yourself. That's why it's been sitting for so long. Anyone willing to pay that price is a serious collector. Any serious collector that's OK with not having the original instructions would just bricklink it themselves since only a few parts are rare and expensive. It would be a different story for a green grocer since the correct sand green bricks are essentially impossible to get in the correct quantity.

Jeff never stops working on the site......trust us.

MF $104 at Fred Meyer

Town Hall by norm.fm

Air Hockey table by norm.fm

I'd do it cheaper, if someone sends me a couple AT-ATs and the Assault on Hoth set, I'd throw the AT-ATs at it. Heck, I'd even include a couple of my extra Snowspeeders.

Perhaps you haven't read about a third of the posts from new members asking the same questions zod has........are they all trolls as well?

In for 10, thanks for the tip!

We can all sleep tight tonight knowing that you have it all figured out. Thanks from all the members here who don't have a clue.

75102 - SW: Poe's X-Wing Fighter - $71.03 (11% off)

What people mean by creativity on 75098, is just the fact that it's so plainly detailed. If you can call that set 'detailed.' The problem is, it's a 4 in 1 pack of a bunch of smaller sets combined. That's where it falls apart for people. I'm sure if they picked like 2 main things, like the actual base and the ion cannon or something and added more stuff for an actual assault, I think you would be hearing a different tone. So yes, Assault on Hoth is lacking in creativity IMO. It's trying to be ok at too many things instead of being fantastic at one thing. The problems with Ninjago, Nexo Knights, Chima, etc, is the fact that it is primarily directed at kids. (Yes, I know ironic.) But you have to look at a sets viability years down the road when people come out of their dark ages. Are they going to want to buy all those sets for a theme they missed out on?? Maybe...maybe not. I know I was a big fan of the Aliens sets that were released in the 97-98ish era, but I'm not going out of my way to get them either. It wasn't as important as a theme like Star Wars, etc.

Those flaming pumpkins make the perfect finishing touch for a Sleepy Hollow MOC aka the headless horseman.

Like this?

Have you guys seen the movie? Starkiller UCS isn't happening. A new DS is happening. Will it be better than the original? That remains to be seen. If it's just a moderate update to 10188 with modern building techniques and minifigs, it's going to crush anyone hoarding this set. If it's completely revamped and looks like the classic Batcave or Attack on Hoth, 10188 is gonna destroy planets.

$25 is a much better buy-in. I think this set is flying off the shelves compared to Seaside House.

I really don't see how any UCS Starkiller base can be considered plausible. This is the company that couldn't make Echo base anything more than a door and a snowbank, and people expect them to model an entire planet in UCS fashion?

Today I managed to finish building the Grand Emporium. For the photo I placed it between 10246 and 41101 which were built in the past two weeks. Some people complain about the built being repetitious but I didn't mind that. What I did find noticeable when I opened the bags was the absence of a brick seperatator as Its regular inclusion in bigger sets is something one gets accustomed to with time. I still have a second GE to realize an extension of this modular building at some point. The parts of two GEs might not be enough though.

IMO it is only the effect of Ebay's (at least ebay.de) latest campaign... 3€ in fees only for all your sales instead of 10%. That is what made lots of "special sellers" think to lower their prices by large amounts. *sigh*

MNIB or used?