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"If I'm elected president the Lego deals will be HUUUGGGEEE."

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Lucked into another Grand Hotel at KMart this morning on the way home from a meeting. They were rearranging and this one must have shook out. $65 after 40% off and $10 off coupon.

Darn it. I hate to think that I'm personally responsible for such an appalling theme. At least it sounds like an honest misunderstanding. I said, "make more big, complex classic castle and pirate sets with lots of small pieces" and Lego heard, "release a line of Lego/Duplo hybrid Jetsons-themed monstrosities with giant clunky pieces in day-glow colors." I really need to learn to communicate more clearly.

Oh..Right.. Sets that you bought last week? got it.

You Europeans are all doom and gloom these days. This set has been available for several years and already got whatever extras sales the GBHQ and new movie were going to push. What purpose do they have to keep it? As stated on several different threads, there are too many new Ideas sets out or coming out to keep them all around. And it still took more than a few days to sell out after getting the "Retiring Soon" tag (which generated articles on every single Lego/AFOL site and blog). That isn't exactly some kind of insatiable reseller appetite that DEMANDS a complete change in production schedule for a set that probably isn't that profitable since there are IP royalties and designer royalties to pay. I'll eat my words if I'm wrong, but there are plenty of other profitable sets to make, so it isn't as though Lego factories are sitting on their hands waiting for something to do. They will be too busy making Nexo sets for @GhostDad...

If you're getting charged for return shipping on a damaged box from Amazon you're doing it wrong. Contact customer service.

On the plus side, no helicopters - yet.

I like them all.

Reading your recent posts, I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one whose favorite Winnie the Pooh character is Eeyore.

Totally different times . Folks used this site to gain an advantage now u need it just to stay in the game pretty much .

I really like the ? Truck. In for 10.. or 30 if Kmart is still in business next year.

No... I think he is more a cuusoo man.

Our latest LEGO tutorial!

Pet shop back in stock now at shop at home. Yay.

If the mystery machine does not out perform the 8 retiring soon sets by this time next year I'll happily eat a double triple-decker sardine and marshmallow fudge sandwich

Plus 5% off with the REDCard. Tempting to order another SC...

Well... Most sets generally have a bad track record. But the UCS Imperial Shuttle and Diagon Alley both got the retiring soon label and did well. More recently, even the (imho) toylike and uninspiring EEE got the retiring soon label, got its quantity limit jacked up to 5 from 1 (big red flag there!), and still did alright post-retirement, tying Tumbler on after-fees profit off a smaller investment and box size, and beating the pants of Tower of Orthanc. I really don't think you can generalize off the retiring soon label alone. Let's just say Pet Shop will definitely underperform GE, which underperformed FB, and so forth. If you can find an investment now that looks as promising as Lego did three or four years ago, by all means choose that over any of this year's retiring lego sets. Re: Nexo Knights. This theme is a seriously bad sign. How Lego decided this was a good call is beyond me. They haven't screwed up this badly since Galidor. Even Galaxy Squad sets looked cool. I mean, they sold terribly but they really didn't look half bad. If I had still been 10 years old, I would have wanted all of them. But Nexo Knights? Stupid, ugly, blocky, waste of plastic. Shame on you Lego.

For undercutters

Well, things have certainly picked up this week.

This isn't funny anymore, doctor who £23.97 (52% off) Man o man every day that goes by this set is looking more likely to be a dogs dinner than a chicken dinner http://direct.asda.com/lego-ideas-doctor-who-21304/000790416,default,pd.html?source=2925&promotype=Communities+%26+UGC&cmpid=afc-_-GEOR-_-awin-_-47868-_ -generic&cm_mmc=GEOR-aff-_-awin-_-HotUKDeals-_-47868&awin_aff=47868_HotUKDeals_Pepper Deals Ltd_Communities+%26+UGC&awc=2925_1478565569_fb9f3695f9403d892e57cc09041e0f05

The GT3 is now available at Toys R Us online, with a BOGO50% sale starting tomorrow. SOH also in stock online.

"Retiring Soon" sets are where profit margins go to die. In the USA they can't even convince resellers to buy at a discount. How times have changed.

Your an ideas man.

Change your flag to Germany, insist on a free shipping price and you´re sorted.

Judging by the desperation of some to sell their stash, your message inbox should soon be getting plenty of traffic!

Great news! That means it will retire in November.

At least you guys are being fair (cleaning up both sides) - I was starting to think that this thread was "rigged".

Come on guys black friday only comes once a year, everybody needs to start camping out right now and punch everyone in their way to get that 50" tv that you can get cheaper at other times of the year

the online ones... nothing else is worth going in person... but seriously I only went to LEGO stores last year ($66 AT-ATs plus promos). There was nothing else that I saw for in store deals that were not available online, or later in the season.

Picked up my Lego Technic 42030 Volvo L350F 3 off £86 each Tesco Direct, came in plastic bin liners fortunately arrived in good condition.

At this time of the year, there's a supermarket chain that does 50% off in toys. One pays full price and 50% of the amount paid is credited on the supermarket's client card. I almost didn't went because it opened early and I thought I wouldn't find anything worth my time and waking up early. Guess what? I found 5 Ant-Man sets among other left-over sets! There was a limit on 3 of the same toy so I went home to get my GF client card and when I came back one of the sets was gone. Bought 4! What a lucky find.

Sorry, couldn't hear your accent on the app.

Gone with these, personally. Argos codes inc if anyone wants to peruse their local store

Is this the pet shop thread? Did I make a wrong turn?

I'm going to go with you on this... It's pretty ugly up front. Too many studs and the tiles for the ship number NCC-1701 are giving me a WTF moment staring at them. And WTF doesn't even begin to explain this..

You got a shipping box!!? I haven't managed to get one in 3 straight orders from my Amazon PRIME account.. they just keep on slapping shipping labels and red sharpie all over the box and send it on its way.

Just did some fact checking.

I had that happen once....I purchased an item on eBay and the USPS opened the package and deemed that it was not covered under Media Mail. The postal officer gave me a card that showed the correct amount owed and said that I needed to cover the difference. I "rejected" paying for it (said that I needed to get in contact with the shipper) and the post office said they would hold it for a week till I could sort out the issue. I e-mailed the person on eBay and they refunded the amount that it was going to cost me to go pick it up at the post office. Worked out in my case, however this may happen to you if the post office checks the contents. Or the shipper may not refund you the difference and the item will get returned to them, and you will have to get your money back from Paypal since it was not officially delivered. Generally, sellers will try to work with you on this type of issue. Hopefully, it works out well for you and the seller.

With this strategy, some members have to seriously consider another career direction.

bricklinked mine recently in Sand Blue instead of Sand Green, 293 euros for pieces and 65 euros for shipping I have bricklinked it with Cafe Corner and 3 Battle of Endor AT-ST units since I believe that doing it all at once provides overall savings

$800 later (that was my atm max) nothing I could do I ended up with all the sets . I was like $800 and that's all I can do due to actual limitation . After looking at used sales value on eBay these I think I can get double my investment .. But these are going in my room as part of my collection

I think most here would buy these for a $1000 if they were found in a pig sty and covered in muck.