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Got three sets on craigslist new in sealed bags but open boxes. $475 for all three. Seemed to good to be true but all legit

Order a bunch and find out!

Yes, eBay has a fruitcake once in awhile, but after 2000+ sales between eBay, bricklink, brick classifieds, and my local craigslist I have yet to have a person return anything or try to scam me. Face your fears and start selling online. This guy is too demanding for what little profit you will be making.

You can use code BUYSAVE3 to get $30 off 3 X-Wings and free shipping. Actually, with 4 you get $50 off and each X-Wing is $43.49

Posting these so I don;t get tempted: Shopko.com has several sets on clearance online. Combine with a loyalty account and coupon DADSDAY1 for $5 off $25/$10 off $50 and you should get the below prices. Must say I am having issues with their shipping quotes - it's charging me shipping though that used to be free for Loyalty members, and what they charge is more than what shows in their shipping table. 75092 Naboo Starfighter - $29.99 75102 Poe's X-Wing - $45.99 75100 FO Snowspeeder - $22.99 41097 Heartlake Hot Air Balloon - $11.49 ea if you buy 2 41106 - Popstar Tour Bus - $36.99 60074 - Bulldozer - $22.99 41062 - Elsa's Ice Castle - $22.99 76037 - Rhino & Sandman - $22.99

Lol, but if it was you here in Florida I'd go through with the sale just to meet the infamous @exciter1

A few recent sales on eBay (prices include shipping): Town Hall $585 Grand Emporium $328 (last one) Ant-Man $80 Haunted House $425 (sold within 30 minutes) Riddler Chase $43 ($14 buy-in) Arctic Batman $33 (paid retail at EOL so minimal profit)

There is no way I'm driving more than 20 minutes to complete a sale unless its with someone I've done business with before or a reputable BrickPicker member (did that three times, drove 1 hr+, all were very positive experiences). The chances of a random buyer reconsidering their purchase and not showing up are just too high. Its just too much of a hassle. Pass.

Well, then you got one heck of a deal for the scariest LEGO giraffe I have ever seen.

Wish I would have used the funds from my Epic Dragon Battles to buy more Haunted Houses instead. Oh well.

I'm happy with the returns and its part of my overall investment strategy to sell a few now.

I thought it was HappyHawkeye's BrickClassifieds store.

Diner Table by Matt De Lanoy

To those who cleaned them out, my wallet thanks you.

Is it 100% accurate? No. Does it look cool while resembling the subject matter quite well? Yes. So, guys, which one is the more important factor and will determine investment performance for a construction toy? Healthy criticism is good, but lately I feel that a non-negligible amount of people are talking about very high standard sets like they were on the same level as Hoth.

Got a package the other day and finally opened it. My reaction was captured on video.

There's something that just seems a bit wrong to me with buying a large number of high value sets like this and then returning them just because you couldn't instantly sell them for an easy profit. How will you feel when someone buys several expensive sets from you then suddenly wants a refund unexpectedly after a few weeks and having accounted for the extra money? If I owned a store and someone pulled a similar stunt I would ban them from buying again from me. When stores start to get problems with returns like this, this is how stores procedures could affect other buyers generally going forward. Bad ethics if you ask me, but it's your choice at the end of the day. What if everyone did this though?

The Hobbit Unexpected Gathering 79003 - $121 shipped on Amazon FBM (paid $52 at during Walmart clearance)

Can't wait to see the modifications people are going to make. I'm sure we'll get some different colors. I already want it two-tone. I also want to see it turned into Herbie. And yes, I know some of you hate Herbie, but oh well. Old school Disney fan, so I want to see Herbie.

Found these locally...

If you're looking for the Train Station this isn't a bad deal Lego Train Station - $39.89 with $10 off coupon and red card

Same could be said about the GE. I really see the ads getting less by the week.

Good advice from back in the day!

Yes, they will. There is no set time table that I am aware of though. Check your store every other day or so if it's close by. You will probably hear about further markdowns here as well. If a set is already at a decent price and you are worried about missing out then don't gamble on it and buy them now. With the current $10 off $50 coupons I have cleaned out all of my local stores of Poe's X-Wing and City Bulldozers. Both come out to 43% off after coupon which is good enough for me. I have been leaving all of the Naboo Fighters, Friends, Elves, Ninjago, Minecraft, Elsa Castles, Deep Sea Helicopters, and First Order Snowspeeders. If any of those make it to another markdown I'll consider them, but only if I can stack with a coupon or Senior Citizen Day discount.

A colleague of mine called the original Beetle "8 bit Nintendo"

My family had both the van & beetle for most of my life growing up, and I can quite easily say this is beyond beautiful well as incredibly accurate to the car while surprisingly still LEGO. Although the 2008 model might be considered a collector's item, to be honest that one was a poor model looking like somebody took a sandblaster to it. Anywho, only thing that could make this new one better would be a "Herbie" makeover.

Does this banner come with a company name?

That reflection of a headless guy with multiple arms/hands was kind of distracting

or "the price goes up $5 for every email i send to cover the cost of replying to stupid questions"

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Off to the My Order Status thread to see who actually gets them and how many arrive in plastic bags.

Agreed, tell the buyer thanks but no thanks. I wouldn't even do the 40 mile drive for the original sale... find some place near your place that you are comfortable doing the exchange and tell the buyers they must come to you.

@TigerEyez I'm not an expert on these things, but I think this guy is too much hassle. You are the seller. He should bend to your needs. If your profit is negated by the drive, etc, find another buyer. P.S. IMO the buyer makes the drive, not the seller

No, and I spent too much on vacation.

So I've built the first set. Just trying to work out how to go about building the full bridge. Do i use the larger span of the model as the centre sections with small extensions for the on off ramps or should i use the longer span of the model as the on off ramps with a longer central span?

Yep. Those light bley taps come in handy for Lego CMF keggers.

I believe that much of the criticism comes from LEGO continuing to attempt to make sets that are less LEGOlike than they should be. LEGO bricks have studs, and do not generally have seamless smooth curves. When they try too hard to look like something that they are not, the limitations of the medium (the LEGO brick) will inevitably show. Certain imperfect details on a more traditional LEGOlike set would likely go unnoticed (since it is clearly meant to convey something, rather than to show it in precise detail). But when they go too far, and too much of a set looks perfect, those flaws stand out, and look awful. LEGO needs to let LEGO be LEGO.

Instructions for RHD version: Step 1 - Hold instructions up to mirror. Step 2 - Build.

Ebay 2x Town Hall - 595$, 600$ 1x EDB - 121$ Amazon - FBM 4x Ninjago Golden Dragon - 86$, 86$, 86$, 92$

EBay 10228 - Haunted House - $428 FBA 75040 - General Grievous Wheel Bike - $55 75054 - AT-AT - $240 60058 - SUV & Watercraft - $34 41050 - Ariel's Amazing Treasures - $32 70126 - Chima: Crocodile Legend Beast - $23 60015 - Coast Guard Plane - $70 40125 - Santa's Visit - $24

Does this set come with a Ted Bundy minifig? If so I'm in for 20.

i like how it looks. seems to be the perfect size to sit along side the VW T1 Camper and Mini Cooper.

I have 16 cases open with Ebay for all of the items TRU has not responded to. I blame myself. That morning I was all And I should have been all Now I'm all

Ditto

Mock Tudor House

Agreed. That is why I made the comment about not being concerned that the UCS TIE would cap the FO TIE price on the secondary market. If it gets to the same price as 9492 within a couple years that should be an easy double with the right buy-in price.

Concerning "distance ran": What you are talking about is the value of that statistic for the team manager or physio. I dont disagree that they can use that stat for the purpose of player fitness and health. But what do you need that stat for (as a TV viewer) regarding quality/efficiency of a player? You simply don't. Still that is what the UEFA stats table shows when a player is substituted. It's really no wonder how much BS people talk about football when they are being educated by media experts who have no clue themselves. In the end John from the pub thinks he is SO educated about football because he watches every bit of coverage offered, while in fact it would be better to listen LESS to what they tell you on TV. Apart from that there are also several threadbare flaws in how the game is played itself - I know that it sounds totally arrogant to say that as an "amateur". Still, for example, everybody could witness yesterday that Iceland's long throw-ins were pretty dangerous, even creating one or two chances right in front of the goal. But how often do you see this in other teams? It is a great way of using throw-ins really effectively, much more dangerously than all those pointless corners (which are mostly useless because of the position they are executed from - as well as the main problem of the sport: the lack of precision in playing the ball with your foot). But why is everybody so keen on corners and nobody cares about long throw-ins which are much more precise and dangerous? It's like everybody sees what happend, but forgets it the the moment. Why doesn't EVERY team practice these long throw-ins into the box? Why don't they have specialists for it? To me it's so obvious what an impact that "tactic" could have, but no one from any pro staff seems to care. What I'm trying to say: Be it the way the game is played, the way it is refereed or the way it is analysed, much of all this is so outdated and bland (compared to how other sports have evolved over the years), it often just hurts to see what is happening on the field as well as to hear what is being talked about afterwards. But if you try to address that (for example in a forum discussion) everybody is just like "Yeah, yeah, say what you will, everything about the sport is just fine and knowledgeable people are doing their job." That is one reason why some things (that should be adjusted) will never change in this sport. For me personally it is also frustrating to see how easy to please people are and how conservative they think. But that's just my problem.

Thanks to Foxhound for pointing this out in the Retired Product Update thread. Adding it to here for future reference. Officially retired in the US. I'm a happy camper. Hoping the ride up will be fast and wild, but I'm patient if it isn't.