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2x 75106 Imperial Assault Carrier- $30 each at WM 2x 75082 Tie Adv Prototype- $19 each at WM 2x 75082 Tie Adv Prototype- $9 each at another WM 1x 75048 The Phantom- $26 at B&N (planning on building this one with the Ghost) 1x 76023 The Tumbler- $200 from Target

Little Guggenheim action off brickclassifieds.com

Well, some would say "buy now, ask questions later" http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-high-speed-passenger-train-60051/-/A-15645519

Hi all, Just wanted to let you know how the garage sale went Ran it for three days and sold the following Set # Name Theme Paid Sold Profit 10527 Ambulance Duplo $ 7.71 $ 10.00 $ 2.29 10539 Beach Racing Duplo $ 11.93 $ 18.00 $ 6.08 10589 rally Car duplo $ 7.54 $ 12.00 $ 4.46 10592 fire Truck Duplo $ 11.26 $ 20.00 $ 8.74 10662 Lego Large Duplo Box duplo $ 31.80 $ 48.00 $ 16.20 10692 Classic Bricks Classic $ 11.02 $ 14.00 $ 2.98 10697 Lego Large Creative Box Creator $ 37.07 $ 65.00 $ 27.93 21113 The Cave Mindcraft $ 11.65 $ 16.00 $ 4.35 31000 Lego Creator Creator $ 3.46 $ 5.00 $ 1.54 31019 Forest Animals Creator $ 10.05 $ 15.00 $ 4.95 31021 Furry Creatures creator $ 13.35 $ 15.00 $ 1.65 31025 Mountain Hut Creator $ 31.79 $ 40.00 $ 8.21 40138 Christmas Train seasonal $ 0.00 $ 30.00 $ 30.00 40139 gingerbreead House seasonal $ 0.00 $ 35.00 $ 35.00 41033 Jungle Falls Rescue friends $ 13.77 $ 17.00 $ 3.23 41068 Arendale Castle Disney Princess $ 39.63 $ 45.00 $ 5.37 60002 fire Truck City $ 13.36 $ 18.00 $ 4.64 60022 Cargo Terminal City $ 78.44 $ 125.00 $ 46.56 70411 Treasure Island Pirates $ 15.90 $ 25.00 $ 9.10 70803 Cloud cuckoo Palace The Lego movie $ 15.90 $ 18.00 $ 2.10 70818 Double Decker Couch The Lego movie $ 12.71 $ 20.00 $ 7.29 75000 Clone Troopers vs. droidEKAS Star Wars $ 9.54 $ 13.00 $ 3.46 75000 Clone Troopers vs. droidEKAS Star Wars $ 9.54 $ 13.00 $ 3.46 75001 Republic troopers vs. Sith Troopers Star Wars $ 9.54 $ 13.00 $ 3.46 75019 AT-TE Star Wars $ 51.94 $ 100.00 $ 48.06 75020 Jabba's Sail barge Star Wars $ 71.55 $ 120.00 $ 48.45 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina Star Wars $ 51.94 $ 80.00 $ 28.06 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina Star Wars $ 34.64 $ 80.00 $ 45.36 75053 The Ghost Star Wars $ 73.27 $ 90.00 $ 16.73 75080 AAT Star Wars $ 19.86 $ 20.00 $ 0.14 75081 T-16 Skyhopper Star Wars $ 17.91 $ 21.50 $ 3.59 75082 T-16 Skyhopper Star Wars $ 17.91 $ 21.50 $ 3.59 75105 Millennium Falcon Star Wars $ 117.66 $ 140.00 $ 22.34 75094 Imperial Shuttle Tydirum Star Wars $ 84.79 $ 90.00 $ 5.21 76031 The Hulk buster Smash Marvel $ 15.89 $ 17.00 $ 1.11 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush Hobbit/LOTR $ 79.49 $ 85.00 $ 5.51 79119 Mutation Chamber Unleashed tmnt $ 23.31 $ 20.00 $ (3.31) 79018 The Lonely Mountain Hobbit/LOTR $ 91.68 $ 150.00 $ 58.32 3932 Andrea's Stage friends $ 3.18 $ 10.00 $ 6.82 10674 Pony Farm Juniors $ 21.45 $ 30.00 $ 8.55 10697 Lego Large Creative Box Creator $ 37.07 $ 40.00 $ 2.93 21107 Micro World - The End Minecraft $ 17.36 $ 25.00 $ 7.64 21118 The Mine Minecraft $ 78.46 $ 100.00 $ 21.54 31021 Furry Creatures creator $ 9.62 $ 15.00 $ 5.38 31026 Bike Shop & Café (Creator) Creator $ 56.45 $ 75.00 $ 18.56 41004 Rehearsal Stage friends $ 15.90 $ 15.00 $ (0.90) 41010 Oliva's Beach Buddy friends $ 6.35 $ 10.00 $ 3.65 41032 First Aid Jungle Bike Friends $ 10.01 $ 11.00 $ 0.99 41032 First Aid Jungle Bike Friends $ 8.36 $ 11.00 $ 2.64 41032 First Aid Jungle Bike Friends $ 8.36 $ 10.00 $ 1.64 41034 Summer Caravan friends $ 20.43 $ 25.00 $ 4.57 41038 Jungle rescue Base Friends $ 40.85 $ 40.00 $ (0.85) 41094 heartlake Lighthouse Friends $ 25.94 $ 32.00 $ 6.06 41085 vet Clinic friends $ 10.06 $ 22.00 $ 11.94 41085 vet Clinic friends $ 10.06 $ 22.00 $ 11.94 41085 vet Clinic friends $ 10.58 $ 22.00 $ 11.42 60002 fire Truck City $ 11.12 $ 18.00 $ 6.88 60034 Artic Hellicrane City $ 24.32 $ 30.00 $ 5.68 60042 High Speed Police Chase - Damaged) City $ 13.50 $ 13.00 $ (0.50) 60053 race Car City $ 5.26 $ 10.00 $ 4.74 60063 City Advent Calendar City $ 27.02 $ 35.00 $ 7.98 60066 Swamp Police starter set City $ 6.76 $ 10.00 $ 3.24 60079 Training Jet Transporter City $ 30.40 $ 37.00 $ 6.60 60117 Van and caravan City $ 15.89 $ - $ (15.89) 66535 Obiwan vs. General G Star Wars $ 45.30 $ 45.00 $ (0.30) 70005 Laval's Royal Fighter Chima $ 21.20 $ 30.00 $ 8.80 70008 Gorzans Gorilla Striker Chima $ 30.74 $ 35.00 $ 4.26 70009 Worriz' Combat Liar Chima $ 46.75 $ 50.00 $ 3.25 70009 Worriz' Combat Liar Chima $ 46.75 $ 40.00 $ (6.75) 70105 Eglor Chima $ 7.95 $ 6.00 $ (1.95) 70100 Ring of Fire Chima $ 4.24 $ 6.00 $ 1.76 70129 Lavertus Twin Blade Chima $ 9.56 $ 12.00 $ 2.44 70131 Rogon's Rock Flinger Chima $ 12.72 $ 22.00 $ 9.28 70146 Flying pheonix Fire Temple Chima $ 63.60 $ 80.00 $ 16.40 70160 riverside Raid ultra agents $ 5.30 $ 8.00 $ 2.70 70164 Hurrican Heist ultra agents $ 37.10 $ 35.00 $ (2.10) 70227 King Crominus rescue chima $ 43.36 $ 55.00 $ 11.64 70402 The Gatehouse Raid castle $ 23.83 $ 32.15 $ 8.32 70733 Blaster Bike Ninjago $ 9.12 $ 15.00 $ 5.88 70733 Blaster Bike Ninjago $ 9.12 $ 15.00 $ 5.88 70743 Airjitsu Ninjago $ 7.39 $ 8.00 $ 0.61 70753 Lava Falls (damaged) Ninjago $ 3.18 $ 7.00 $ 3.82 75018 Jek-14 Stealth Starighter Star Wars $ 53.63 $ 65.00 $ 11.37 75034 Death Star Troopers Star Wars $ 13.77 $ 15.00 $ 1.23 75075 At-AT Star Wars $ 7.42 $ 10.00 $ 2.58 75078 Imperial Troop Transport Star Wars $ 7.72 $ 11.00 $ 3.28 75080 AAT Star Wars $ 16.89 $ 20.00 $ 3.11 75082 tie Advanced Prototype Star Wars $ 30.91 $ 35.00 $ 4.09 75085 Hailfire Droid Star Wars $ 16.10 $ 20.00 $ 3.90 75091 Flash Speeder Star Wars $ 25.43 $ 27.00 $ 1.57 76010 Penguin Face Off DC Comics $ 13.77 $ 13.00 $ (0.77) 76010 Penguin Face Off DC Comics $ 10.57 $ 13.00 $ 2.43 76012 Batman: the Riddler Chase DC Comics $ 25.12 $ 30.00 $ 4.88 76014 Spider Trike vs. Electro Marvel $ 9.82 $ 12.00 $ 2.18 76019 Starblaster Showdown Marvel $ 9.04 $ 14.00 $ 4.96 76019 Starblaster Showdown Marvel $ 13.52 $ 18.00 $ 4.49 76031 The Hulk buster Smash Marvel $ 20.71 $ 20.00 $ (0.71) 76031 The Hulk buster Smash Marvel $ 23.69 $ 25.00 $ 1.31 76041 Hydra Fortress Smash Marvel $ 32.80 $ 40.00 $ 7.20 79003 Unexpected Gathering Hobbit/LOTR $ 44.51 $ 100.00 $ 55.49 79017 The Battle of the Five Armies Hobbit/LOTR $ 42.39 $ 55.00 $ 12.61 79118 Karai Bike Escape tmnt $ 9.15 $ 10.00 $ 0.85 70401 Gold Getaway castle $ 13.78 $ 20.00 $ 6.22 70401 Gold Getaway castle $ 13.78 $ 20.00 $ 6.22 0 Friends Set Friends $ 13.74 $ 15.00 $ 1.26 0 Princess Set Princess $ 12.24 $ 15.00 $ 2.76 0 Hydra Heist MArvel $ 14.41 $ 15.00 $ 0.59 $ 2,605.63 $ 3,492.15 $ 886.52 So for three days I sold over 100 sets. Even bought some sets on Friday night and sold them on Saturday. A few notes about the sale Friends were a hot seller. Girls really liked those and having a selection was important. Duplos also were another hot seller – could have sold more if I had them. I sold CHIMA!!!! - $281 worth. It was nice to move some of that. Enough to almost cover my sand crawler. Now that is an upgrade in my mind I ran for three days this year. Last year I ran for two and since it went so well I increased it to three days this year. Super hero sets did not sell this year. Last year they flew off the shelves. Never assume what will sell. Have a selection so they can go through everything. Collector sets hardly ever sell. Really, only sold two sets that reached “collector status” in both years I have done this. You can sell current sets if the price is right (falcon, shuttle, etc.) So, anyway I took my profit and put it towards the family vacation and started to reinvest the original investment. So far – I have purchased three brick bounties from a local mom and pop shop that still had them at retail (99.99) per, a sand crawler (which I bought for May the fourth), a Tyridium shuttle, a deep sea helicopter, a rhino vs. sandman, nether fortress, desert outpost, general Grievous, batboat harbor pursuit, helicopter pursuit (2), and a boulder blaster. My moral, if you can do it, those small sets do payoff if you can sell them en masse. My second garage sale allows me to do it. Not everything has to be sold as small sets but if you sell 50 of them then that profit and effort is worth it. My second moral, if someone is willing to buy Chima – Sell it!!! Sell it quick and when they come back to buy another $100 worth of chima don’t let them see you do the “I’m selling my Chima happy dance.” - JUST SELL IT!!!! In case you were wondering 60117 was given to my wife to give to a friend. I counted it as a sale but hat is why it is a Zero

IIRC, Yo-yo...

Minecraft The Farm is $16.79 at target before red card - MSRP is $29.99. crafting box is $35 - the cave - 12.79 even the loathsome ender dragon is looking attractive at 47% off msrp with red card. it's nice that target is discounting some of their already discounted base prices. snagged 2 HST's for my kids LEGO town.

Best price I've seen on Cargo Train - $107, High-Speed Train - $82 and Police Statilon - $58

Sets on sale http://www.target.com/sb/lego-toys-featured-brands/-/N-56h33Z5tdv0?lnk=siteM38373446_Link1#navigation=true&category=180009&view_type=medium&sort_by=bestselling&facets=d_deals%3ASale&offset=0&pageCount=60&page=1&response_group=Items%2CVariationSummary&zone=PLP&isLeaf=false&custom_price=false&min_price=from&max_price=to

Jabba's Sail Barge 6210-bought used online :-)

Heartlake Shopping Mall for 45 in the clearance section at Walmart. Going to build it tonight for my daughter to wake up to.

It's actually 30% off. RRP on the Lighthouse is $49.99. (I know Target is showing their regular price at $40.99 and then 15% off of that is $34.84). (No, I'm not doing the calculations to check and see that's correct. Close enough for gov't work).

This set is now available on SAH. I bought 2 [emoji106]🏽

Well I obviously FAIL at LEGO. Putting together my bricklinked 10212 (so having to use printed out instructions). My excuse is cheaping out on ink but I've got to the stand and seem to have 2 4x1 dark grey bits left when I actually require black ones. Worrying thing is I also have 2 x 1x6 dark grey ones in my pile as well which i'm sure shouldn't be right. Will I be OCD enough to take apart the shuttle and see where I went wrong? Absolutely epic model though and HUGE - dwarfs tiny Jango Santa. I'd heard the thing was big but I reckon it'll be the corner stone of my display. Fun build and I didn't actually find it repetitive at all. I knew it would be up there but having one put together its firmly in my top 5 sets. .

Or baby pigeons in NYC.

Cargo Train 60052 is nearly 50% off after red card. http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-cargo-train-60052/-/A-15645520#prodSlot=medium_1_40&term=lego

Target.com has some nice sales. Too many to list but there are some 40% off. Some are sales on top of sale prices. Scooby Doo lighthouse for 35$ and Deep Sea Sub for $24 which I really like.

Woah nelly. Slow down. This is the same woman who lets me buy and store whatever I want. I'm one of the lucky ones. Despite the pirates set i am winning. Charlie sheen GIF here.

Finally bought a constraction Grievous to build for $17. It came with a GameStop across the street with 2x Iron Patriots. What a deal!

BrickFair 2016 MA Lego tumbler $300 Imperial frigate $200

Should be grounds for ex-wife

Amiibos are no LEGO sets. Just like Beanie Babies are no LEGO sets. The Super Hero theme is a weak one for the most part. The counterfeiting of Super Hero minifigure is a factor. Not every set is a winner. I thought the AA would be a winner as well. Might be...one day. Slow day at work.

Welcome to the site...Why would LEGO releasing a record amount of unique sets be bad for LEGO investing? Wouldn't that open up more opportunities for people to find sets that aren't stockpiled? I think you vastly overestimate what people have. LEGO sets are just too expensive to stockpile in numbers like you are assuming. There are a handful of people out there who can and are vocal about doing so, but this is the vast minority do not. I am not saying that things are as good as they once were, but you are basically writing off the entire LEGO phenomena and future generation's interest in the best toy ever produced.

I'm sorry but the current Lego market screams of speculation. Lego is on track to release a record number of different sets this year across all popular themes...and why shouldn't they? If people are buying ten of each set for so called investment reasons, why not make even more sets which in turn equal more sales? I love the people on this forum claiming that the Lego speculative bubble won't ever burst because you could always just sell the parts on Bricklink. Do you have any idea just how competitive it has become within the last year? The amount of work just now is almost not worth it especially with sellers getting lots at flea markets and yard sales and undercutting other sellers by pennies on the dollar. Imagine what would happen if sets had to be parted out and sold due to the speculative bubble bursting. The prices of most bricks would go to $0.01 each. If you can get retired sets for less than retail why would anyone be buying parts en masse? Make no mistake about it the part out values on Bricklink are nothing but pure fantasy even if you are going by the six month average of sold sale prices. It may take decades before you sell all those pieces! 2013 was the last good year for Lego investing. Now everyone and their mother is doing it. It is going to take a few good sets to retire and not sell above retail for the bubble to start bursting. Rest assured, it is all downhill soon enough... How many Ewok Villages and Sandcrawlers are sitting in unopened condition just waiting for...waiting for what exactly? Retirement? If everyone is holding them why would that even matter? The Death Star is really disappointing a lot of people, but one has to ask how stupid they could be for thinking a $400 set in production for 8 years was going to be a mass seller (post retirement). Sure, the smart ones were lucky to buy in at $299 a set and are now able to make a profit. Factor in eBay and PayPal fees (or Amazon fees) and you would have to sell at $600 to make a decent profit if your buy in was at $400 a set! Now with Disney in charge of the Star Wars franchise you can be sure that releases are going to be albeit certain and very few people are going to care about retired sets when a new version is right around the corner. Time will tell. Time will tell. It always does... I just don't want to be one of those unfortunate fools who has to sell 1,000,000 plus pieces on Bricklink while undercutting my competition just to take a loss on a mass storage shed full of retired product that no one wants. It is coming; oh yes, it is coming...

Same on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Trains-High-speed-Passenger-Building/dp/B00J4S6PGC?ie=UTF8&keywords=60051&qid=1463934150&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Shopko Friends & Family in store two day event. 20% off entire purchase. Stacks with clearance or sale prices.

I think the Cargo Train and Town Square were both $102 through in December from (can't remember where). Never seen HST train this cheap. Police Station is nearing Wal-Mart clearance prices. I would enjoy seeing Amazon price match.

I had the same problem, but Scooby Doo did show up at the very bottom under 'Customers who search for ... usually buy".

Is it one of these?

http://brickset.com/parts/category-System-Plants in here somewhere?

A well known online auction site. Through the Global Shipping Programme.

Depending on what it settles at, I'll likely get the fountain on EBay instead of buying for $75 at LEGO Shop at Home and getting it as a freebie. Would be a first for me though.

If I have an item that is heavy and in high demand, I use calculated shipping. For example, I sold some AT-ATs recently, 4lbs to ship and I price it at around the lowest Buy it Now + shipping cost within my region. So I probably won't sell to any that are far away, but in this case it doesn't matter since these sell very quickly.

Either offer free shipping or know your package weight and charge actual shipping. No third answer.

it's a good thing these posts don't have audio. better off not hearing what I just said.

Paging @Bold-Arrow........Paging Bold.....THE GREAT TRU COUPON NINJA! In the meantime.........

Welcome!

Welcome...757 resident here.

A-Wing vs Tie looks awesome. I can understand you don't like the look of the Ghost, but at least it is faithfull to the source material. As someone who really enjoys the Rebels series I do think that some of the ship designs are a bit uninspired, however the same thing can be said about some Force Awakens sets.

i want this as a UCS ! (no not the sofa) http://imgur.com/a/snxk3/layout/grid

Not disagreeing with your overall post, but maybe, just maybe, Tower Bridge and the T1 VW Camper Van have stayed around because they're really cool Lego sets which sell well and they're ageless so new afols are always going to want them. You do know also, that when you talk about the horde, that really we're all part of that horde.

Maybe not as much of a problem as a disappointment. I'm a collector first, and not ashamed to admit that. As a collector, I'd like to hope that my portfolio of personal sets continues to consistently grow in value. Honestly, I probably won't sell even half of what I've purchased because I value those sets like I do my art, sports Memorabilia and historical treasures. It is nice to know that I could sell them at some point if I wanted or needed to and come out ahead. If over hoarding / market saturation lead to a situation where exclusive sets don't appreciate strongly anymore, I'd probably have to reevaluate the sizeable chunk of change I throw down each month on my personal collection. As a reseller, I can probably adapt and overcome and continue to make a profit. My best gains so far haven't been from large or exclusive sets. I'm just not sure that I have the extra time to devote to doing it well, and doing it half-a** is a recipe for disaster.

Is there a problem, or are expectations the problem?

I think this is the most accurate description I've read to summarize the problem at hand. There is bubble talk weekly here, which permeates through many of the various threads. I don' think there is a bubble that will burst, causing prices to plummet significantly on LEGO sets like beanies or baseball cards, but I do think we are at serious risk of very small gains on many sets in the future. As described above, the sheer number of EOL sets available on the secondary market moving forward may keep appreciation rates very modest. People wouldn't pay $1200 for a Green Grocer if there were 200 sellers with available stock on Amazon. This is the biggest difference between 2008 and 2016. I will be very interested to watch the growth curves of exclusives purchased or retired in 2014 and later. Sure, @emazers is going to do well with his 60 Death Stars, because he purchased them at an average cost of something like $275, but could you do that today? TRU doesn't seem to do the BOGO on exclusives anymore, B&N has shut the coupons off. Where can re-sellers, especially those new to the game, pick-up large volumes of exclusive sets discounted at 35 to 40% off RRP? I think pockets of opportunity for good LEGO profit will remain for years to come, I'm just not confident that the long-term hold strategy will remain the most viable. Quick-flips, cashing out 6-12 months after retirement, parting out sets, trying to find the overlooked sets, etc are likely key to survival.

A close-up on the newborn. It's so cute I'm gonna DIE!