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75159... What's between 7 and 5? 6 What's 1 plus 5? 6 If you flip 9 upside down...what number is it? 6 666...The number of the Beast and the end of LEGO as we know it...

I get tired of hearing people say, "I have 60 of these and you should too because you'll be making a lot of money". You know what's more impressive. The guy that says "I sold 60 of these and made 3x or more from what I paid for them within a 2 year cycle". He who has the most stock is not as impressive as he who sold through his stock and made a good profit at it. Those that have the highest stock levels are not that impressive. It just means at the end, you could be the biggest fool being stuck with a lot of sets that could in the end lose you money.

Maybe this would be more fitting

From my honey hole ... 60078 Utility Space Shuttle x2 = $15ea 60077 Space Starter x4 = $5ea 70735 Ronin REX x3 = $20ea 70605 Misfortunes Keep x2 = $25ea 60134 City Park People x10 = $18ea 75828 Ecto 1-2 x6 = $26.67ea 31058 Changing Seasons = $25 31052 RV = $30 75137 Carbon Freezing Chamber = $10 76058 Ghostrider x2 = $10ea 76059 Doc Ocks Trap = $15

+ cheese slope

Well that does it. I'm outta here.

Technic Crawler Crane This one goes into my top 10 favorite builds and more importantly I didn't make any mistakes! All the motorized functions work!

None. Those days are long gone for exclusives.

I'm just going to throw this out here, because too many seem shell shocked from this, but as the dust starts to settle, I think it's evident the Star Wars line is hitting oversaturation. I've said it before, and it can be tiring sounding like a broken record, but just with this years sets, there is not a lot of interesting investment potential in any of them. Maybe the microfighters series 3 as a complete set will net you 2x in 2 years, but that's really the only ones I see, and only the completists that missed out on the first few waves will want them. Let's look down the list from this year. The two exclusives - Assault on Hoth and Death Star. We all know what people think of them. If Assault on Hoth retired within a year, those that stock it will win - and probably win big. If it goes more than 2 years, or stays out for 3 or 5 years, then forget it. Death Star - well, we already have heard enough. Let's look at the winter wave. You have Leia's Resistance Transport, Battle of Takodana, Bespin's Carbonite Freezing Chamber, Droid Escape, Hoth Attack, Kanans Speeder Bike, and the Homing Spider Droid. You also have 4 battle packs. Personally, out of all these sets, only the Resistance Transport, and the Bespin Carbonite Freezing Chamber jump out at me as potentially 2x sets within a year. Kanans Speeder Bike could be a good risk, because I rarely if ever see that set anywhere. It seems rather rare. I also like the Battle Packs, because some collectors love to army build. They always will net you 2x if bought at a discount, but that's low hanging fruit, and it takes a lot to make decent money at them. So, out of all those sets, Resistence Transport is probably my favorite when you way costs, time, and potential reward. Followed by Kanan's Speeder Bike (although the set is rather useless and it's all about the minifigs). Carbonite Freezing Chamber could be worth something, although the set isn't a home run in design, and Boba Fett is no longer a sure bet, and he's showing up in just about a new set a year. He's in next year's Desert Skiff, which was last released in 2012. Battle of Takodana could be an ok bet, but Kylo will surely be made in many sets, and Finn is probably not a big enough selling point. I like the look of the set, but it's not that special. Maz would obviously be the only reason to hoard this one, and that's only if she doesn't appear in any more movies, and they don't make her again, which is very doubtful. At best you have a 2 to 3 year window on this one if it retires this year. Out of the Summer wave sets, I personally don't like any of them as an investment. The only possible set would be Dengar's Eclipse Fighter, and at best the Jakkuu set because at least it's somewhat unique. But the freemaker adventures is a crappy show, and I don't see that following in even the Rebels footprint. I think those sets will just be duds, although the Dengar minifigure is kind of special. But, that's what is happening now. Lego is now just selling and serving up mostly crap just to sell us minifigures. So many sets now just seem to be poor designs, but they have this exclusive minfigure we haven't had in a while. At that point is it worth buying a set for 40 to 80.00 to get one figure? Probably not. As an investment, i'd say that becomes risky. Now we have the Rogue One sets. Out of all those sets, and granted, I haven't seen the movie - the only set that jumps out at me as an investment would be the U-wing because out of the gates it has a great lineup of key mini's and a decent new vehicle design. That's it. The AT-TE will be done again, although the Baze figure is a selling point too. The tank, while interesting is not "iconic", nor are the tank troopers, and i'm not sold on Magic Stick Man just yet. Krennic's Shuttle has potential, I suppose, but only if it's short released and this movie is memorable and considered one of the best star wars films made. It reminds me of a cross between the Tydirium Shuttle and Kylo Renns ship. I also think the Tie Striker is just another Tie Fighter variant. Those are getting old, and there's nothing in that set that screams "winner" over a 2 to 3 year period judging from previous versions of Tie's and their sell through rate. The Rogue One is a critically panned dud, or on par with something out of the prequel era, then I don't like these as investments as much. So, with that said, that's my take. We have hit the critical saturation point in the Star Wars theme. We knew this would happen, and it was predicted by many here as Disney came into power, and started cranking these out on a yearly basis. By the time Episode 9 rolls around, it might be time for Disney to take a 10 year break from Star Wars, but I doubt they will. Hence, we will see depreciating results with each additional year these films go on.

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here is the last of the birthday party stuff that I am going to post. I wasn't sure how much use this was going to get, but those kids played with the car ramp for almost the entire time. I was going to make one out of plywood, but didnt want to invest the time for some thing that was going to get used for a few minutes. All I ended up using was a long piece of cardboard, some foam insulation tape for the edges, paint for the finish line and some other boxes to prop it up. It was totally worth it. My kids are still using it two days later. Had some lego prizes for thr winning cars and everyone had a blast!

Bought 9678 this week for 6.99€ shipped and built it today. In my opinion, the minifigure looks great and the Cloud Car is a nice small build.

In that case, we'll definitely need to do a cover of Tommy Tutone's "Jenny." D-S-7-5-1-5-9 Would seem appropriate since (1) if the writing was in fact on the wall for this remake, it was on a bathroom stall, and (2) the design and/or marketing team was likely in the bathroom when they hatched this remake... BTW, first post. Really enjoy the site. Lots of good info and you all crack me up.

Here's the exclusion list. In case you can't read it, they are: 10214 10218 10220 10232 10236 10243 10244 10245 10246 10247 10248 10251 10252 10253 21128 31313 42056 42053 71040 71006 71016 75059 75060 75098 75827 76042 76052 10254 75159 21307

Do you want a pat on the back or something? Because it does sound like it. Most "prominent" board members also tell new and less experience investors about the potential risks (just not in these threads) and always tell people to make their own informed decisions (well, except for one very prominent member who has been pretty absent lately... long return lines I guess). So your criticism is very unfair with respect to the advice normally given. We do however like to share our opinions, which can be wrong. Nobody is perfect. I couldn't find the back patting smiling, so here you go just in case:

Actually, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls...

busy cracking jokes in the DS thread(s)

You can get one of these from a LEGO store employee. One came up to me and said since you're in here a lot, we'd like to say thank you. This is by invitation only. The exclusion list is extensive and includes almost every set you'd want to use it on. Almost...

75159 = 10188 + minifig refresh + $100

Nice to feel I can manage my own crazy deals like you mainlanders have been having these past months.

Hello friends, We are happy to announce that we have officially secured series 16 boxes. We have a limited quantity for now, but it should cover orders for the next couple weeks at least. Prices listed here are exclusive to Brick Picker and Brickset members. Box = $219 Set = $73 As always, for those who are interested, please direct message with your PayPal email address and we will invoice you. Shipping is expected to be around the third week of September. Happy building, Jon

Nuff said.

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Even though I've been waiting to crack open Cinda's castle, tonight I was watching the dark knight, and thought to myself, it's about time I crack one of my tumblers open, they aren't making any money at the moment so I might aswell get some enjoyment out of it!! Book 1 finished tonight, relatively complex build but very enjoyable so far!!

damn this thread is keeping me busy

Swiggety switch, the title's fixed.

I know that it is the minority opinion of most BP members, but I would love to see more Clone Wars material - Filoni, and team are great.

Well that certainly describes me. It's been, what like 3 days since the picture leaked and I still don't understand it. With the endless possibilities that LEGO pieces allow I just can't wrap my head around why the the most expensive set available for sale for the foreseeable future would be a refresh. I have to tip my cap to anyone who saw it coming because even now that I know it's happening and I still don't get it.

The best part is just few months ago, a few were saying this is one of the worst retired exclusives.

Picked up a bin over the weekend, approx 30 lbs, of lego from 89-93. It is mostly pirate, city and black tron II (never heard of this before) themed. There are no instructions but Ive been able to sleuth out at least a half a dozen or so sets from unique pieces. Included are 85+ minifigures and Ive only scratched the surface. Probably wind up with 110 ish or so once Ive gone through the whole lot. A cpl notables that I can remember are international airport, tron base, forbidden island, lagoon lock-up and Eldorado fortress................. Oh and all for the low low price of $75 clams............

Most of those are either ridiculously small or only present in one minor scene. Jabba's saile barge as a UCS would be epic though. The same with the palace.

With rehashes like these, Lepin counterfeit sets, and the influx of new investors everyday, my opinion on Lego investing has drastically changed. I have said many times I have stopped buying sets. This recent move by Lego really sent me over the edge.

I think most of these conversations in this thread are emotionally based. My original thought on the 10188/75159 was that it is ONE set...The longest running production set of all time. It must have made money for LEGO...a lot of money to be around so long. It is special. So special that LEGO decided to freshen it up a bit a roll it out once again. We all get it. We understand why LEGO wants to give this set another couple of years. It's a quick refresh and repackaging and thousands more will be sold. I think it is a wasted opportunity though. LEGO really could have done something wonderful...a true showpiece. It could have been a massive 5000-6000 piece set that would have displayed beautifully in every LEGO store across the world. People would have paid $500-$600 or more for something special. Now, many (...and I mean many of the true LEGO fans with money) will blow off the new set and rightfully so. Why? They have it. Personally, I will move onto other sets and themes...less and less STAR WARS sets by the way. With the exception of a handful of sets in the theme, the sets are just not that interesting or well done. Flashy boxes don't hide weak designs. LEGO is getting lazy with this theme. There are so many vehicles and characters that could get UCS treatment and are ignored for retreads. The future of LEGO investing does not lie with the STAR WARS theme in my opinion and that is coming from a guy with thousands of STAR WARS sets. What's next? Another Snowspeeder and Falcon? Another Imperial Star Destroyer? How about a UCS C-3PO? An AT-AT? A Venator? A Landspeeder? Mos Eisley Cantina? I can go on. There are a lot of smart people on this forum and many of us feel disappointed in this ONE particular set. I won't be disappointed in another UCS Falcon. I expect it. I just hope it is BETTER than the original...way better. That's all that I ask.

Cartwheel has 70% off Lego Movie, Chima, and LOTR Dimensions packs

Complete

I asked them to voice their opinion by voting appropriately in the Fall.

...and anything you can use it on will be OOS.

Borzerk's Journey by Henry F.

I haven't bought any since I loaded up on PC and PS. Which means one of PR, DO, or BB are the next to go.

Well @Ed Mack, some of us perhaps haven't known for a fact, but nevertheless had quite a strong feeling what was the potential evolution for 10188. I am really not gloating here, I would just like to point out that some of the matter-of-fact criticism towards less experienced members of the board, that very prominent members of this forum are often prone to, is sometimes misplaced. Not to mention the zealous dismissal of just2good's reputation when he first registered. DS was always an investment powder barrel, and apart perhaps @asharerin and @fossilrock everyone here was extremely aggressive in dismissing that statement without even a shred of self-doubt. I just hope we all have learned something from this: Gut feeling and (board) experience are no substitute for a proper risk/benefit analysis... That's coming from a guy who stocked on 10 Super Cycle Chases for that matter (ok, 50% off), I was just never so assertive in saying that was THE investment providence we've all been waiting for

Is this where I bring up Series 1 Mixels? /runs and ducks for cover

And here's what my son and I have been working on for the last week. I gotta say that it was an excellent build. I really enjoyed how it was put together. I don't even care if it's not screen accurate. It's a well designed build.

Started putting up the Elves dragons in my daughter's room. This is the first one to go up...

A little over half way. Lots of tiny pieces. About as wide as the castle