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Well , yesterday I pulled the trigger on the modulars offer I had locally , all the modulars up to Palace cinema.... here's the first one I just finished building... not a missing piece..

I do not know what happened this weekend! Usually I have 3-5 to take to the post office. I actually have to package more. Some sets are Tie Advanced, Trex, Tumbler, Train station, Some hobbit stuff, grand emporium, and more that I can't think of as I spent the last 3 hours packaging everything.

Bought this bad boy (42009) for $80 Saturday off of the app "Offer Up". Ad was 5 months old, but sent a message to the seller on the off chance it was still available. Score!

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

Instant classic. Absolutely incredible build. So many Easter eggs referencing other Lego sets, including all the prior modulars. Easily the finest modular yet. Really rewards long-term fans that are familiar with others in the series. No less than *9* detailed interior rooms, each a tiny little masterpiece. 100% home-run from Lego, thank you!

I thought you were out?

Of course the 100k can be done, but you're not going to be able to just quit your job, curse out the boss, and then go home & start collecting your 100k salary. As far as what is better to do with your million dollars? If you have the million dollars to start, you should really just keep doing what made you that extra million.

3x Mechdragons shipped. I wonder what size bag they'll use...

Did you see the Fat Gent's video too?

Officially released on January 17th, 2017. A non-themed LEGO Chess set, with the included variant of the American Pool-Checkers game: It's got 1450 bricks, and costs $54.99 (US), £45.99 in the UK, and €54,99 / €59,99 (Germany / Netherlands respectively) in Europe. That makes a pretty good price per brick ratio with a nice collection of tiles and interesting/useful bricks as well. And here's a speed build of the set:

I had a decent 24 hour span on eBay ending Sunday afternoon. Sold 9 sets. All are new and a mixture of Jabba Palace, Rancor Pit, 1 75055 ISD, 4204 The Mine, 1 Ant-Man and Benny's Spaceship sets. Everything sold for $1350 before the vast amount of fees. Even w/ my UPS and FexEx biz account savings, shipping with US Priority is still cheaper because of eBay's USPS discount.

Pick a brick

I think anyone who bought the Enterprise at $99 is going to be pleasantly surprised by its performance.

Did you guys not try this link? http://www.target.com/p/lego-star-wars-resistance-troop-transporter-75140/-/A-49118966

? ? Quick! Kmart Blue Light Special! ? ? (Keep in mind retail is actually $39.99. Good deal anyway) http://www.kmart.com/lego-city-fire-response-unit-60108/p-004W007064166001P Ends in 6 hours. Use points and surprise points to lower your cost. I nabbed two for $15 each after points and GC magic.

Mega Blocks website is showing the Star Trek sets as "Discontinued". https://www.megabloks.com/en-us/shop/construction-toys/star-trek/uss-enterprise-ncc-1701-dph83

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$10.00 off $60 isn't bad. Use some of your points and you got a good bargain. Not much time left. The 15% off a single toy coupon does work with it even though its a hot buy. Just grabbed another one for $15.70 shipped after the coupon (-$4.05) and $8 in points. No other coupons work. If you have the $7 off $25 SP offer that's an instant 50% off before any other points. EDIT: POOF! Its gone. Good while it lasted. I managed to get 3 at an average of $15.25 shipped and after tax.

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1. Yes, you could make $100k profit a year. 2. It would require roughly $750k-1M in capital, accounting for your product & overhead (space & payroll required, as others have said). 3. If you have that kind of capital, there dozens of far better investments. LEGO is high-risk. There's easily a half-dozen strategic risks to the business model, and not nearly enough strategic advantages to mitigate them. 4. Therefore, treat LEGO "investing" like you do betting at the horsetrack. Enjoy the scouting and picking of winners/losers, strategy of placing your bets, thrill of the race, joy of victory - if you take pleasure in that, it can be the most profitable hobby you'll ever have, but don't fall prey to illusions you could make a living at it. Yes, there's always stories of someone who "wins big at the track". Or some old timer who lives there in the smoking lounge and actually does make a living on it. But that simply isn't the norm.

LEGO NINJAGO™ Nindroid Mech Dragon #70725 On sale for $ 21.25 http://www.kmart.com/lego-ninjago-nindroid-mech-dragon/p-004W005183505001P?plpSellerId=Kmart&prdNo=3&blockNo=3&blockType=G3

Yes, it can. But it requires a lot more resources than most people have at their disposal.

I would only email them and give them a quote for the tag and shipping cost as that is all they are asking for. I would add that you need to make a new listing for the parts and if they are still interested to let you know. It will expire on its own. You don't need need to do anything.

You'll have to ask your boss to send you to Detroit next time.

With Kmart its not always about the lowest price. Their coupons, points and SP offers easily take an additional 20-70% off their sale prices. As long as its 25% off+ at Kmart, it can easily be acquired for 50% off or more with basic coupons and SP offers. I'm actually surprised that they matched anyones price with this. They usually do their own thing.

Couldn't resist:

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.

aaaaaand next to a house

Drugs are bad mkay

Toys R Us is running a buy 1 get 1 free on all Toys to Life products online and in-store this week. Lego Dimensions is included in the sale as well as the online pre-order for the Lego Batman Movie story pack. The pack is RRP at $49.99 so if you buy two that comes out to $24.98 each. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=111584206 The TRU BOGO was posted a couple days ago, but I thought this Lego Batman Movie story pack deal was worth pointing out.

We have a few heavy hitters here. To make 100K I would assume you would need to have like over 1 million (fees, storage, employees, rent, etc) I'm sure the more $ you have the easier it is. You don't need 200-300% ROI to be profitable sell at 50-100%. I do it for fun and even if I had 7 figs laying around I would not invest it in lego. That money can be more Profitable in other areas.

Sky Joust @ KMart for $4.72. Looks like only 5 left or a limit of 5. https://m.kmart.com/Legends-of-Chima--8482--Sky-Joust--70114/p-004W004700321002P

Sorry for the updates this morning. Amazon made a few changes that were breaking the update and I cleared out all those costumes and masks.

Closest Walmart would be in White Plains which would be about a 25-30 min drive from Brooklyn. But it's a horrible Walmart overall. There might be a close one in Long Island but I rarely get out there. The deals at Lego stores within the city are the same as online but with the NYC upcharge everything is all marked up a bit more than RRP. If you are into the pick-a-brick wall, the city stores have been carrying pieces for a mini statue of liberty build. I haven't been to one in awhile so I don't know if they got swapped out yet but they have been available.

Well... must be your lucky day.

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For those wondering it was released in 2016. Target currently has the same price (although I'm not sure how long). http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-fire-response-unit-60108/-/A-49121244?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Toys+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Toys&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9014308&gclid=Cj0KEQiA-_HDBRD2lomhoufc1JkBEiQA0TVMmo2Nh5KhSQ-rWaSZ2CJ5tiXmQclAUBQypUtalYtC104aAs2v8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Thanks for sharing!

I only got the $10 off $60 surprise points. =/

Based on how 7 & 4 were the same I think it will be clearing asteriods for ISD's to navigate through.

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

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

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

Beer, yes. Cookies, no. Leave those at home. I work for Frito Lay so I'll provide the chips.

Your fav shop has you covered, literally...

Apparently the Euro currency is retiring soon according to some cut & paste image from 7 years ago.

There's a really good explanation for that. In The Netherlands, unlike in most other countries, we can subtract the interest paid on our mortgage from our income tax. Which in turn causes the housing prices to be exorbitant, compared to our neighbours. The debt shown above is mainly caused by mortgage loans covered by the housing property itself. It's not consumer debt where people buy stuff they can't afford based on installments. So it looks worse than it actually is.

Thats all good but can you stick it in the right thread please.

I'm a senior in high school and my Lego investments will pay for nearly all of my college tuition at Boston university. I've been in this game since 2008 and have invested more then 50gs from my company. Being I started so early in life I feel this could be something I do full time temporary as I do not believe the market will stay alive for ever. Sets from now on to the next 5 years I Believe will be the last of profits and it'll be time to move onto something new

While I am far from a full time collector, this would be my 2 cents. 1) Don't quit your day job. Even if you have $100k to drop into Lego investing to start a business, you are still looking at 2-3 years before you see real gains, and this is if everything you purchased was already End of Line. Also assuming everything you bought did well, which it won't. 2) Storage Facility You will need one. This also costs a lot of money and will dig into profit, See #1. 3) Buy on sale. The best way to turn profit is not buying at retail unless absolutely necessary, like on Lego exclusives, and even they go on sale, or have VIP points from Lego.com to bring the cost down a bit. Buying during double point times of year basically make them 10% off. Sites like Amazon.com will have several sets for sale much of the year, and with free shipping and no taxes(depending on where you live) that can save a lot of money. Getting their rewards card also gets you something like 3% off too. 4) Diversify Just like any other portfolio, you need to invest in different things. My Edward Jones account is loaded with different funds, money markets, etc. Your Lego portfolio should be the same, consider it a big plastic mutual fund consisting of different themes to make sure if one tanks, the others are there to pick it up. Remember, the only investment to make it through the depression without greatly struggling was the mutual fund. Diversification. I am sure there are many more tips from guys that invest much more than I do. I have put in around 10k over the last 2 years and won't be able to start selling until this next Christmas season, and even then it will be a select few sets that have appreciated enough to see any real profit from.