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Just picked up this cl lot for a hundo. 8 first gen friends sets, sponge party, crafting box new in open box, couple city trucks, and a couple tubs. The sets are all bagged individually. The little girl assured me they were complete, sure enough I built spongebob and it was all there including extra pieces.

Sold the Grand Emporium I bought yesterday ($100) for $250 shipped on Ebay.

Another successful trip outside my normal range. $64 Hotel x2 $30 Pop Star Bus x2 $25 Elves Purple Dragon $15 Pegasus Sleigh $9 School of Dragons $18 Crystal Mine $7 Ariel $2.50 Party Train $2.50 Emily Jones $7 Duplo Rocket x2

After tremendous success of "daily deals-Antarctica", I feel like shopping for LEGO from Asia this evening, any good deals?

ordered this: but received this: either way, price $10. Kmart.

Finished! It's missing about 30 pieces that will be easy and cheap to buy from BL. I purchased it couple weeks ago for $240 on CL thanks to a tip from @terrymc4677 Will sell on eBay for $600-700.

I asked my four girls how they would rank the Elves, Friends and Moana sets. They collectively replied: Elves first. Friends second and they have Moana sets? (they have all seen the movie) They are a pretty good microchasm of the under ten girls market. My son, when he heard me poling them chimed in, " dad, those sets are not any good". Just one families opinion LOL Paul

Couldn't resist:

Wow....guess I know when I fell asleep last night. So, second try.... Am I the only one wondering how to become a LEGO authenticator? I'd be happy to accept the fee to inspect the goods.

All I know is that my daughter loved the movie and the music so we will be getting the sets at some point. Hard to count out any of the Disney "princess" sets with the way they have been performing after EOL lately.

The new business model seems to be similar to the TRU model. Overprice sets, offer generous discounts. Profit.

I have felt a great disturbance in the force As if hundreds of loose QuiGon, ObiWan, Darth Maul 3 packs were suddenly listed on ebay in 9 count quantities.

I am not sure what is worse; the mini batwing or this knighton rider I am waiting for February, I have a lot more faith in the batman minifigures...

Man... if I was ten again, I would love to race both down my stairs on Hot Wheels track (bonus points if they break at the bottom). But I'm not.

Fortrex for $100 with $55 buy in price, :))

Opened box, sealed insides Grand Emporium for $100 on CL

The losers are likely the 6 extra bags that filled up the full box of 60 bags to make it 3 complete sets + 6 spare bags. Those 6 extras are (in Europe at least): Pizza Planet Alien Mr. Incredible Stitch Mickey Mouse Genie Syndrome Winners are, as far as I know: Buzz Lightyear Maleficent Alice & Cheshire Cat Peter Pan & Captain Hook Ariel & Ursula Donald Duck & Daisy Duck

Angry turds.

Went to the local Lego store today with the family. Someone returned a sealed Lincoln Memorial earlier that day so I bought that for $23 along with some Batman minifig polys (2 Red Hoods I think). Picked up 2 replacement promo Batman movie polybags (wife 'accidentally' threw out the original ones from Jan 2. - made her ask for them).

Not LEGO related, but my kids needed new sleeping bags for a sleepover. Bought some boy/girl colored ones at *Bleep*'s Sporting Goods but even after washing them 5x they still reek, so had to find proper cotton lined ones. Stumbled upon the Coleman Green Valley sleeping bag on sale at KMart/Sears for $34 and change. Played around a little bit between the three sites (Sears.com, KMart.com and SYW.com) but got the following to work both on SYW and Sears: 2x $34 for the sleeping bags (similar price as it sells for on Amazon.com) $10 off $50 coupon (9700073570204686 or 9700073575450545 or whatever code the "Go Elfin' Wild $10 off $50 Kmart" coupon gives you at http://shc.cpn2c.co/RecomService/web/bE3R ) $8 in surprise points that somehow appeared on my account for use at Sears only, didn't seem to have a minimum spend, and applied together with the coupon Total out the door: $50 (that's $25 per bag, 45% off MSRP) But here comes the kicker: I see more free LEGO in my future ....

Lol "Kennobbi" I feel like this set is "action features with stuff built around them" instead of a nice scene with action features built in. Not a very good set.

Jangbricks review of The Phantom (II):

Jangbricks review of 75169 - Duel on Naboo. At least Jang had fun reviewing this set!

I think eBay just found a way to take make even more money.

They're not moving at $79 around here either. It doesn't help that the online price everywhere is $79 too.

Nice shot.

Palace Cinema on Amazon Warehouse for $130 - could be good for building. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00BFXP3G2/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ

about 100 Dimensions packs for $1 ea

Spaceport and Utility Shuttle were winners in my house. Even when the shuttle was in the hanger for repairs, there has been a lot of activity:

Please include set names! There are some people nearing their 40's here. They might not be able to remember all the set numbers.

I am stealing Jaisonline's idea from last year! For each LIKE $***THIS***$ post gets I will donate 1 dollar! 1 like=1 dollar towards the schools raffle!

He's working a psy op; talking down Lego investing in the bubble thread (to scare off competitors) while he stockpiles every retiring Architecture set (so he says in the Arch threads). Actually, I'm not sure how the second activity furthers the goals of the first, but I bet there's a secret plan in there somewhere.

Hi Folks. I'll do the same as last year (copying Mos' original idea) to support the children of NJ's St. Paul School. For each "LIKE" THIS SPECIFIC post gets, I'll put $1 toward the raffle. Thanks, JA Is Online

I got tickets for all of them except the Death Stars ?

TOOS at SAH EU now.

With the right discount it might

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Keychain-NK-Jestro-853525 you can use $5 in VIP points to offset shipping

That's right. Minifigures are only head, body (with arms and hands) and legs. All accessories are counted as parts. Even the little antenna/scope is a separate part! It's not included with the helmet. http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=61190d&idColor=85#T=P&C=85 I moved this stuff over to the main 75106 thread.

LEGO: Bricks & More Valentines Cupid Dog 40201 Building Kit $9.99 + Free S/H w/ Amazon Prime Limit of 3 http://amzn.to/2jO6HU5

details on how/where? clearance?

Not to poopoo, but the TRU deal may still be best for most of us here, considering just about all of us dabble in discounted GCs, rewards points, free polys, and TRUTH. Not sure how many of us are apart of the gamers club at best buy.

over the last week amazon FBM - 2x Raptor Escapes for $149.99 each on amazon FBM. down to 4. 2x 31009 Small Cottage for $49.98 FBM. Paid $15. 3x Microfighter Clone Turbo Tanks for $39.98 each FBM. paid $7.50 each. 15x Emerald Express - $17.74 each. paid $3. these things are in demand because of the new little blue train. i repriced $5 higher to see what happens. 5x Disney Princess sleeping beauty's Bedroom - $39.64 - paid $9. all out of these gold mines. lots of small boxes.

KMART - 60080 City Spaceport $81 ($119 RRP - $40 discount - $8.99 in points) . It shows 'hot buy' so you cannot apply coupons, but surprise points work. I just picked up one for $69 (used $10 surprise points) and one for $74 (used $5 surprise points) with GC, after tax.

We already have this for sports cards and comics. I suppose other items are next. They will just network with the guy from Pawn starts and use all of his contacts to authenticate items

Very low sporadic stock at TRU UK for £66.67. At that price it's an excellent buy for a retired Star Wars set. I really like the set. Of course you can keep picking up the tenth reinvention of the X Wing if you want, but something about this and the little Tie Fighters is rather cute. Nobody liked The Ghost until it retired.

Well, 2016 is wrapping up... So, as we sail into 2017 and a whole new set of sets are on the way, let's take a look at the retirement sets and what they could bring us in 2017 and beyond. Here's what I speculate. #19 - First Order Snowspeeder - I think this set will double, but it will be a slow double that might take a few years to get there. It's quirky, it was only seen as a background in the movie, and you barely saw the snowtroopers in action. Overall, it sits as one of those sets that will be in a grey area. #18 - Hoth Attack & Droid Escape - in the US these sets had a 9 month shelf life. There really is nothing to either though, and the Han Solo minifigure from the Hoth Attack set was in a polybag a few years back. The snowtrooper, and rebel trooper are also in other sets, so nothing too exclusive here... but Hoth Sets always seem to do well. I expect this one to also double in the future. Droid Escape has the Jawa's.. This is a set you pair with a Sandcrawler. #17 - Sith Infiltrator & Naboo Starfighter - The sith infiltrator has never been a set that has made a lot of profit, and I don't suspect this one will either. On top of that, Darth Maul, and Qui-gon are in an upcoming set, so those figures are going to appear again. I guess, the Watto Minifigure is really the best thing in this one, but Watto is not that iconic of a character. I feel the same way about the Naboo Starfighter. #16 - Hailfire Droid - This set is below average in my opinion. The first Hailfire Droid was far superior. The minifigures on this one aren't really going to boos the value either. This is one that might hit 2x but take forever to sell at that price. #15 - Anakin's Custom Jedi Starfighter - This set doesn't do much for me, but it's one of those quirky sets that some star wars nuts love to own. Sooo... i'd stash a couple just in case. But, I suspect it will have slow resale potential. #14 - Set of Series 3 Microfighters - Microfighters have some juice to them. I recently sold off a series 2 set for almost 2.3 x it's original RRP value. I also have sold series 1 complete sets for quite a good amount of profit. Overall, I still think these little sets have some legs. Selling them in complete sets makes it easier though.. and just how i've done it. #13 Imperial Troop Transport - Rebels set with 4 stormies. Overall, they are unique to the rebels theme, but i'm not sure the Stormtrooper figures themselves will be as in demand. With the Rogue One battlepack containing more troopers, and every advent calendar containing one, I doubt these skyrocket in value. Still could easily get close to 2x. #12 - Geonosis Troopers, Shadow Troopers, and Senate Soldiers - i'm grouping these together. All of these have interesting minifigures, but i'm not sold they will quickly double your money. Overall, good to have a few laying around, but nothing worth having a ton of. #11 - Tie Advanced Prototype - Cool ship, and interesting build.. It's rebels though, and i'm not sure the rebels theme will have long legs. Same can be said about the Imperial Assault Carrier #10 - Obi Wants Interceptor - Anakin's Jedi Interceptor has almost hit 3x... I suspect Obi's interceptor will do a similar. It was around for a lot less time than Anakin's, and I don't think as many copies were produced. #9 - Resistence Troop Transporter - I personally like this set. It's plain jane, but with Carrie Fishers death, this set could very well have some momentum. It also had a relatively short shelf life of a year. Overall, not the most iconic of ships, but it's Leia's ship. #8 - FO Transporter - Captain Phasma, with Flametroopers and FO Stormies will sell this one as EP 8 and 9 approach. I personally like this set out of all the first wave of Force Awakens sets. I know others don't, but I like the minifigures, and absolutely think the ship design itself is fun, quirky, and serves its purpose. My son also plays with this one quite a bit. #7 - Ewok Village - This set has already jumped up in value... To me it's a great set, and just one of the best Star Wars sets any kid would want. It's also stacked with minifigures and has a iconic exclusive Leia figure.. #6 - Battlefront Battlepacks - These sets have some interesting variants, and minifigures. While the builds are nothing great, the minifigures like the Shock Trooper, and some of the rebel alien soldiers could be solid "semi" rare minifigures in the future. I see these easily doubling, if not quadrupling in a few years. #5 - Vaders Tie Advanced vs A-wing Starfighter - What I like most about this is how short its shelflife was. That alone should make it a rarer set in the future. This one is a crap shoot. I think it can go either way... but I think because of that it's worth putting in the top. This is a set that either goes near 4x or hovers near 2. #4 - Death Star Final Duel - Iconic scene from the OT. OT sets are usually solid, and this one has a lot going for it. I think it could do well. It's already jumped out of the gates. #3 - Battle Droid Troop Carrier - Say what you may about the Phantom Menace, but these Droid vehicles are gold as investments. The MTT from 2014 is already 160 on amazon, and this set is it's little sister. I personally, think this was an awesome build, and a great freaking set. It's by far the best troop carrier, and no one was talking about this one. I give this one a real chance to hit 140 in a few years. 3x or bust on this one. #2 - Sandcrawler - Give it time... lots of time, and this set will be the one where you make the most money for little effort. Even if this set doubles, you make hundreds on it by just having to go to ship a set once. Not bad. #1 - Imperial Shuttle Tydirium - This is by far the best set that retired, IMO. The minfigures are great, and I really like this set and think it will perform very well over time. I also don't see them making this one again in a long time.

This set will not fail.

I just hope I'm reading it right.

Treasure from the death by legomeee

The Easter Bunny by Tom