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This site has become inundated with 'How much do you think set X will make for me?' or 'I do my own research, but just for fun, what set is likely to be a good investment?' questions from low post members. I'm new to this site myself, but if someone spends a little time to browse the forums, it's glaringly obvious that no-one really can predict how any set is going to perform post-EOL - especially with the glut of new investors - any more than when a set will retire. TLG semingly taking delight in thwarting resellers with unpredictable long runs for some sets or re-releasing other retired sets to stymie the prices for the retired sets. This post isn't an attack on you, just I see this question all the time here. And yes, I know it's fun to speculate, dream of Sandcrawlers becoming the next 10179, and no harm in asking as that's what a forum is for, but I see a growing resentment by many older members here in reaction to seemingly lazy help-me-make-money-without-researching-the-info-already-speculated-upon-many-times constant questions. To answer your question with my own guess, I would say maybe the SC could retire later this year as Smyths aren't stocking it anymore, and they still still stock EV. This is if it follows the usual availability cycle of 2 years since it was re-released in 2014. Who knows? It could become the next Death Star and keep going for another 6 years. The only way anyone knows if it's going to retire is when LEGO Shop at Home stick the 'retiring soon' label on it.

Happen to be sitting here watching Batman Begins on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Quickly reminded that the Tumblr is so freaking badass. How many Movie vehicles have so many cool quotes? "The tumbler? Oh you wouldn't be interested in that Mr. Wayne..... Does it come in Black? He's in a vehicle....it's a black......tank. Commissioner Gordon; "Ooh, I got to get me one of those." Pursuing police officer; "He's flying on rooftops!" The set is going to do just fine.

I've been holding out for a couple locally at RRP. I might just go ahead and get them. I've been waiting for a discount. Lucked into a private sale this morning via a blind EBay message. Didn't appear to be scammy and just a LEGO enthusiast. They offered to accept an invoice. Town Hall, Fire Brigade and Grand Emporium for $1080

Easter morning fun with the kids...

In the process of sorting/ building from my $280 bulk purchases over the past two weeks. There are two diagon alleys, two burrows, a Hogwarts castle and express, rancor pit , and some ninjago sets. I can't believe how tedious and time consuming this is. Building a diagon alley now.

....or 60

Between a birthday this week and Easter we had a few things to build today. 41089 Little Foal 10665 Spider-Man: Spider-Car Pursuit 70736 Attack of the Morro Dragon Morro Dragon looks and builds so much better than I expected. I really liked it.

unloaded my one and only 9500 Sith Interceptor for $175 amazon FBM. bought at TRU with a coupon and a gift card a while ago for $60.

But time spent doesn't count in he Lego world of investing. Right?

I hope they're saving up for a new camera...[emoji4]

A Swiss retailer has added some placeholders for the summer sets. Main conclusions are that the Porsche will cost at least 300 euros and does not require batteries - that likely means no PF included. Strange box size too, like the Mini but twice as thick. It has all the hallmarks of being the August exclusive release.

Is it true? Did I actually use points today to get something? Yes! Thanks to @California92563 who walked me through it over the course of the entire day. Geez...I'm old and don't get this technology stuff I guess. Got myself 31044 Park Animals for $9.50, after using a $6 off $12. Let's see if this can start turning into something else.

I went to the Science and Industry in Chicago last weekend with my family and we went through the Lego Exhibit there. They had an area in the back where people could create their own buildings with tons of open Architecture Studio sets as the building material. Overall it was quite incredible to see some of these sculptures.

Really enjoyed this build, mostly b/c my almost 6 yo did it himself. Love the turquoise bricks too. Side note question for any reading...I went to the Science & Industry last week and got several pictures of the new exhibit there. Pretty impressive. Where would be the best place to post some of those being that I certainly didn't "build" them?

I have a big box of HP I need to go through as well.

FO TIE, Advanced TIE and Poe's X-wing poly's for my son as part of the Easter egg hunt; Olaf's summer time fun, Friends popstar and parrot polybags for my daughter. Love the X-wing, really nice looking build. FO Tie also really good looking.

Did a TRUTH run on Thursday and picked up 3 42009 Mobile Crane MK II for $130 after 10% CC discount. 20% coupon did not apply since they were on sale at 40% off. The boxes are in kind of rough shape so I hope they sell. Also picked another crane that had a pretty much destroyed box. The manager did a price adjustment to $99.99, before the 40% discount was applied. So it ended up being $60. Considering parting out or building it since the box is in such bad shape. Also picked up: 2 60043 City Prisoner Transporter at $14.99 each 1 21301 Birds - Doing my part to get it retirement. 2 60034 City Arctic Helicrane 40% off

I was itching to use that 20% off coupon since it was the last day. Ended up with a UCS slave I for $173 out the door. My TRU had one on the shelf much to my surprise. I did get that free ninjago promo with it as well. Also went to a local liquidation store and they had a sealed ucs tie fighter. Walked away paying $150 cash for it.

They look like twins...

Good discount....happy Easter...I want you to see this item at Amazon.com LEGO Architecture New York City 21028 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017B19DOY/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_ZR99wbHN8N8Y7 $46.99

You should follow this thread...[emoji4]

Lego Dimension Wonder Woman Fun Pack (Just kidding, I pulled this off of Reddit)

Sold some mega bloks in a lot of minifigures. I happened to sell to the one mega bloks collector snob out there. He says I left a few random pieces out-of a lot (99% minifigs with a few tree stump things), and a cape is different color. I can shenanigans, but no one ever buys mega bloks except this guy. I just about want him to file a SNAD case, because there is no way I would want to keep that crap

TRU ad is up.....blah/meh/grrrr

If I next find a set at Walmart that's pre-2015 it's a sure sign of the apocalypse.

He was joking...[emoji2]

I'm still trying to figure out the "yes they take 3p because if they don't I'll make sure they do" comment.

I'm holding off on putting my money in the friend's theme park sets because 'one day' when the real theme park sets come out I won't have to sell the friends lolly coloured sets for a few cents.

Lego 9441 Kai's blade cycle. cool bike. From a craigslist bulk buy. My kid loves putting it together.

topic: GC (GIFT CARD) TRU GC at ebay.com $85 for $100 (email delivery) -> Error Codes: 70245 70358 TRANSACTION_REFUSED RESULT: morning: called PayPal, talked to 3 different levels of support, transferred to ebay, tried few things and ebay bounced me back to paypal, had to go back to work evening: called PayPal again, spent hours on the phone and eventually the last rep told me that I really had to wait 24 hours before I could complete my purchase today: the $85 for $100 email delivery is gone unfortunately I have to agree that, sometimes, depending on circumstances, GC excellent deals might make you waste so much time that the savings are not so worth it

Perhaps the lavender base of the bumper car section is a bit much in terms of color but oddly enough the palette choice on everything else is not too far off from some theme park attractions. If anything getting a Top Spin ride plus a little cotton candy cart is sweet.

Mmmmmm pancakes...............

I just wish this was a regular theme and not based in Friends crazy color world.

Seriously, a completely separate thread for gift card chat would be great...

Damn resellers hoarding everything. /s

The new film is horrible. It curently has a 29% critic score on rotten tomatoes Batman begins was 85% Dark night was 94% rises was 87% So it's not even close. BATMANvSUPERMAN sold well the first weekend because of 2 big names but will quickly fall off and be remembered as a very bad movie. Which It was. Tumbler is and will stay the most iconic batman display piece for at least another couple of years.

Brickville, thousands strong, and adding more and more everyday. Neighboring profitville seems to be struggling these days.

Welcome to Brickville, Studville...

Hello very first Juniors polybag...

I wouldn't buy another one... I'll actually probably sell off the only one I have, even if at small loss. I tend to be a bit ruthless with eliminating items that don't show signs of returns. For me, as I don't have a significant amount of capital to put towards inventory, it makes sense. Longterm, being able to put that money towards something that will have better chances to appreciate will counterbalance any short term minor losses from selling a disappointing purchase.

After following this procedure, I was successfully able to purchase a 4th and 5th Babies R Us gift card today. That is on top of the 3 other TRU GC's purchased from PayPalDigital Gifts and 2 from Gift Card Mall. So, It appears the limits are not being applied. I did have to wade through PayPal verification issues. Andy

i got checkout errors one time when i was over the limit a couple weeks ago. @exciter1 had posted that he was able to get 4, i kept getting errors when trying to check out with 4. error was ebay/paypal would say the transaction couldn't be completed and i needed to verify my account via phone/text. tried that, nothing. called customer service and all that... they didn't know what the problem was, etc. went back and just reduced quantity of GCs to 2 and was able to check out.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!.

Finally had time to make the 2+ hour trek to Atlanta to one of the LEGO stores for double VIP and picked up the following: 1. 10240 Creator Tower Bridge for $239. Wifey says "the Tower Bridge is mine, and I haven't built it yet. Why don't you buy the damaged box one they have today for me to build and we can save the pristine box one for a rainy day" 2. 71006 Simpson's House for $199 (I decided my recent BN Kwik-E-mart acquisition needed a friend). I picked up an extra 1000 VIP points because the seals were loose on one flap of each box and the manager had to secure them with some extra clear tape. As they are both for personal builds, I welcome the extra $50 discount. No other box damage noted. 3. Complete set of 9 figures from Mixels series 7 for $45. I've only seen these in person at one store so far, with no discounts available. Double VIP seemed reasonable. 4. Pitates chess 40158 for $49. My boys want this this set for Easter, so wifey told me I was buying it. I know better than to argue. 5. Easter chick 40202 for $10. Wifey hands one to me and says "why don't I have one of these yet, they're cute?" (Of course I have 5 coming in the mail Monday). 6. 3 X Ninjago KAI's mini dragon 30422 for $0.

Great technique, gives an excellent effect.

Lego Techniques: #3 Staggered Shingles by Sean and Steph Mayo