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Well hello good morning Ironbrick, how have you been?

Sorry, you're right .. I don't own any of those bootleg fakes so I can only judge on what I see or read. PS Oversized copy is not identical, but now we're getting technical aren't we? What I see is fakes and copies and sellers who are skirting the laws overtly. See, the thing is that you may not agree with the premise of buying for the quick flip around here but it's 100% LEGAL to do so. Copying someone else's product/design without permission, marketing it as the real thing by copying their logo and marketing materials, selling them with the promise of getting around tax laws .... NOT LEGAL. Every single member of this forum who has posted illegal ways of obtaining discounts or selling their product has: 1. had their posts deleted 2. been warned or banned from posting without approval 3. been outright banned from the site My comment is simply ... I love those fan-made products that do not claim to be authentic products. They take a real idea and make it better (I have not the time nor the money nor the desire to collect them, but many do). Licensing? That's an issue for another day .. That local collector that I've traded/bought/sold with showed me on the back of the Takara Tomy boxes the TWO Chinese symbols/letters/words (not sure what to call them, I do not speak Chinese) that are different on the KO packaging. They are buried in the back near the UPC symbol. That is legit unscrupulous branding and packaging. How many people likely have those thinking they are genuine? If those asshats who made bogus bricks made their OWN designs of the UCS Millennium Falcon and it was better, go for it... sell it, make a profit. Then you can deal with Disney and licensing. But when they piggy back their own business plan on the success of someone else ... well, that's poor and unethical if not illegal in many parts of the world. PS I'm not judging you for your beliefs, I'm judging because every single person who has disagreed with you on these forums gets some over the top holier than thou bullshit in response normally avoiding the entire point of the original comments/discussion and directing that conversation in a direction about unsavoury resellers and how nasty we all are. TL;DR When members are asses in the forums, they get modded without question (I'm not perfect, I've been modded myself). Fakes and knockoffs of any kind are not welcome because they're highly questionable, likely unethical and often illegal. Discussion is tolerated because it does affect the LEGO reselling market. That's a pretty bold and jaded statement. Have you ever considered taking a break for a while?

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@Val-E, I'm still sitting on 2. @gregpj and @flynnibus, it's an interesting debate (even though you two are in a wrong thread lol) but one issue... @flynnibus can you STOP insulting this community, what the hell makes you think that walking into somebody's house and acting up is ok? Pls don't answer, just go silent period, or leave. I'm sorry but I've had enough of you as many others I'm sure too.

New Haunted House for $380. Last year when they were selling for $380 I thought just one more year. Well here we are... Next year it will probably be $600

For New Englanders: Bennys is going out of business, everything is 40% off starting today. Most lego got wiped out pretty quickly this morning. I went to a few stores looking for a destinys bounty with no luck. Guess I'll have to wait for Walmart clearance for that. I did get a bb-8, star destroyer, the new at at, case of ninjago movie figs, and a couple elves for personal collection. Also found a friends pop star house for $30. Oh and a Christmas duplo set I didn't know about that looked pretty good.

Hi all, Currently I am at Santioago Island, Cabo Verde for a 5-day project which got me stuck here for almost 3 weeks. Past weekend I decided to go out and enjoy the local hospitality. I am sure the world could learn a lot from these friendly people. Here are some of my pictures:

You're comparing apples and oranges .. I said knock offs. KO versions. Not true third party or fan versions or whatever you want to call them. Many of those are licensed or so totally different (like your Collector Kingdom MP-10) that comparing them is only shoving your head in the sand about the issue of fakes and how so many manufacturers of those fakes STEAL licensed IP, use inferior quality materials and outright LIE in their online advertisements for those products. I have no complaints about manufacturers who sell on their own merits or acknowledge "fan made model" which is common with Transformers. I would much rather buy a real version with paint issues than a fake with paint issues. I would much rather buy less LEGO products with slight color variations in the bricks than bogus bricks that have ZERO quality control measures in the chemical composition of the bricks. And I know that's making a big leap, but the Chinese businesses/manufacturers cut corners - we all know it, we just don't all choose to acknowledge it. PS Your comment about a community of scalpers is 100% uncalled for. If you don't like this community then might I suggest you find somewhere else to post and hang out. Frankly, it's not welcome. PPS I've called out many members over the years about their ethics. PPPS If anyone wants to get a kick out of ethics, read what this seller says about import taxes .. https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Masterpiece-Diecast-Oversized-BestGrey/dp/B018OPZYCQ .. WHAT A LOW LIFE PIECE OF TRASH. ** EDIT: He even stole someone else's photos and just blurred the text out. **

Wow over 200 sellers now on eBay. That is nuts. Everyone, I mean Everyone is hoping for a 10179 repeat. It will be blood in the streets.

That poor little boy, bottom right, in the yellow shirt. He needs his own festival.

Not today but a couple days ago. Proposed on the London Eye (they have a package deal for you) She said yes. She puts up with me and lego so it was a no brainer!

Let's be realistic here. I don't think every one that is up for sale is someone who intended to resell when they queued, however when they are seen going for ridiculous sums you would have to consider listing and grabbing another at RRP. I'm glad the small margin on the standard release meant I didn't have to even contemplate that choice.

Mine moved to backordered just now!

The only thing blocking a normal castle theme, or space theme for that matter, is Lego.

I was told that stock is done for the year from a store manager and that they didn't expect to get anymore units in until they fulfilled all the backorders. They sold/pre-sold 15k units already according to her. Because of this they'll print more VIP cards then they planned. Phone person told me that the store has a different distribution center and so many had already been allocated to them. That's why the stores were able to get another shipment. She hinted that there may be more despite what I was told by my local manager. She also mentioned that the next backorders from online orders will be filled Oct 16-20. She has no idea when the next set will be ready. Anyways, hopefully this post doesn't get buried because of moderator approval. Only time will tell if what I was told is accurate???

Hi I am new here but have been following this thread for a while. I live in Calgary, Alberta Canada. and on sept 14th, they had 23 copies of 75192. I did not line up, instead took my chances online and like everyone else, after an hour of server issues I was able to place my order and today it is still 'waiting for stock' last thursday, the lego store in my city had some in, I went and bought one just to secure myself a copy and to ensure I have a perfectly mint box for collecting. they had 5 copies last Thursday. and while those where sold out quickly after wards, today I Called again and they say they got another 6. remind you we only have 1 store in the city. somehow I feel the allocation has something to do with sales? seeing many here a reporting single digit stock count. So the pattern is, Lego will nearly want to restock the store front even if it means online stays out of stock indefinitely. The same with the Saturn V, I was fortunate enough to have stumble into them at my store and I bought one. My brother on the other hand, refused to pick one up when I texted him and so he is out of luck again as he is waiting for the online to be restocked. I also talked to my Lego sales rep and he says Lego has priority restocking the store due to their business model of drawing potential buyers if you visit. So if the UCS falcon is as popular as everyone thinks. the real shortage is online. not at the stores. stores will continue to have regular shipment. I have already seen 3 restocking since sept 14th at my store. This completely does not reflect what is happening shopping online. If anything, I reckon TLG will keep the online status out of stock as long as possible. which means your best chances at buying a copy if you do not have one is at the store on oct 1st, or when ever they get a surprise shipment. I can honestly see TLG keeping their online status out of stock indefinitely.

they do get special shipments other than the normal weekly truck. The sets that came in the beginning of last week were actually direct fedex shipments individually packaged just like you would get from Shop at Home. They actually had the shop at home receipt in them just addressed from LEGO to the particular LEGO store they went to. normally a release day set would be in 2-3 weeks before it went on sale on a exclusive. This one is a bit different obviously so the originals were only in a few days before VIP. Then the fedex shipments came with some small 2-4 shipments. Then Thursday and Friday more came in depending on where you were with quantities ranging from 5-12 for the most part.

just a note the dimensions of a box that are on the box are for the inside shipping size. The actual box is actually always a hair bigger so shippers will measure that box up 1" on all 3 sides which sometimes can put you in another DIM weight. Example 24x20x8 turns into 25x21x9 technically they are like 24.25x20.25.x8.25 but they do round them up

Call eBay and get the return reason changed. Likely picked "missing pieces" or "not as described", which puts the return on you. They can read through your messages and correct it for you. Have had to do it a few times myself.

Beanie Babies should make an appearance soon!!

Promo is instore only

Wednesday and second week on Friday 6 Oct

Clone Turbo Tank, Vader's Tie vs A-Wing, Captain Rex's At-Te, it's hardly something new for Lego to ridiculously over estimate the pricing of these Star Wars (and other theme) sets.

Yes. I was dripping with sarcasm. But thank you for checking up on me in case I was driving home fully loaded.

Lego 71014 DFB Complete Set of 16 Mini figures..... $190 ... personal delivery......

eBay 75049- snowspeeder - $55 (open 99% complete) 41054 Rapunzel tower - $47 75904 - mystery mansion - $149 40176 - Scarif trooper poly - $12 (ditched my last one since i saw they are going to be available at TRU)

There are actual 4 of us covering all world time zones on shifts. I´m off in an hour and the Nexo hating one will be up next.

Finally sold my last Ideas Birds set. Buy-in was € 45, sold for € 80. Glad they're gone.

You should NEVER regret such things. If you would have kept them, then also other persons would have done that. As result the price would stay stable at $60 CAD... And now I will say you what I have had in the past: 30 Caffee Corners 25 Green Grocers 100 Mars Rovers :-)

First of all - I apologize for editing your post but those two particular names are not welcome in the general forums. The quick explanation is that we have no desire for search engines to reach these posts. That first one in particular has a history here - many a bad link were posted (unintentionally bad) and some users even had their router's DNS entries rewired due to some malware on that site. I'm not really taking offense, I'm asking why you choose to be here if you don't agree with what this site is about - making money from LEGO? And I'm telling you that your language and replies with respect to resellers aren't conducive to intelligent and appropriate conversations. Nobody believes the word "scalper" is meant to be a positive thing and yeah, sometimes people on this site buy up all the products and resell them to make some money and often take advantage of a manufacturer's own inability to see the larger picture about perceived or caused scarcity. Some question the ethics, some are just jealous they don't have the capital or foresight and others are just ... well, spoiled and upset they can't have the nice things too? (I'm not even sure on the history of why scalping is illegal... I guess the event promoters don't like the bad press it generates and it just seems to be an easier thing for the law to control.) So to be blunt - If you want to hang out in these forums, I am asking you to be more respectful towards the members and what goes on. MOST active posters are resellers in some way.. some long term, some short term. And yes we makes jokes about people being QFLLs or reseller scum but they've been through this type of discussion multiple times and it's a joke people don't take too seriously. I have to agree with you about the erosion of morals in our population.. it's kind of sad. Unfortunately that leads often into political discussions so I'm going to tread lightly, but I maintain that if you're supporting those companies, you really ought to think about why and perhaps change your own behavior before passing judgement on "resellers." (this is a general comment, not directed to you or anyone in particular) Capitalism... gotta love it to hate it.

Well, I learned something today... I guess that makes sense if you're buying stuff to fit a particular size. Thanks. (I still think it's stupid :))

same here.

Order just went from waiting to backordered, yaaay. Now i'll see what CS gives me as my estimated delivery.. Might save me an ungodly hour Lego store camping Wednesday morning if the estimated shipping date isn't too terrible.

Where is the Mop guy when you need him .................. Anyone? I sold 2 of my remaining 3 in the past 2 months...... I will keep the last one for me......

been this price for month walmart.ca

Yesterday I sold two 4002016 50 Years on Track, one in mint condition and one with a little scuffs in the box... 420 shipped for both on Ebay....

Found Cindy kitchen 30551 at LLFL today.

I will never buy anything knock off, watches, collectibles, toys. The problem here is not the knock off, its lego devaluing their own brand. Which means no longer a limited, rare collectible with value, which now just makes it a toy. And no one pays top dollar for a toy.

Hope this will help you to answer your question. It's not about the cast alone. 4:16 - especially.

The margin in the product itself may be consistent with other products... that doesn't negate it's other issues.... like size, low volume, and higher risk. Since we are talking TRU here.. we are talking about retail. In retail, shelf space is an important commodity. Inventory is intended to CYCLE, not sit. Sitting inventory is cost as it's taxed and potentially depreciating. Unlike a private reseller, a retailer is not intesting in holding out and waiting to sell something. The space that sitting item is taking up is losing them money compared to that same space being used for something actively selling. And why retailers will aggressively put things on clearance.. instead of just 'waiting for a buyer'. A set like 75192 is less desirable for retail because It's extremely large - meaning it takes up expensive shelf and warehouse space It's a price point completely different from your average shopper in that aisle meaning its difficult to promote and attract the right buyers Its a low volume product. 10% on $800 may sound great... but 20% on $60 x 30 sure sounds alot better!! Deadhead, damaged, or returns on such a high cost product are a huge liability Often vendors diffuse these risks for retails by offering different programs where the retailer is almost like a consignment instead of just buying stock. TLG isn't going to make friends with it's retailers if it sticks them with open box or 'faulty' returns on high cost sets. TLG would also have to pay them a lot of money to get them to showcase these products because of the increased space these products need. Getting your product on the endcap with those big displays isn't something that just happens by chance But the TL: DR is... high dollar, low volume, risky inventory is always less desirable vs high volume, easy to manage product.

MILF #1 bags. With the help of a few drams of scotch...

Just finished up ucs y-wing. I like this build, the detail on the ship is well done. It seems to hold up against repeated fuzzball attacks too! (I'm fostering those guys for local spca)

So just to get away from the stock issue talk. I actually started building mine last night, I never had 10179 and have never even seen one, so the size of this thing astounds me. I'm building it on a 6 seat kitchen table and I'm still short of room. Luckily most of the build is modular so far, so I can put the main model to one side while building then add it to the frame when all pieces have been used up. I know that some are hard-core and want to build this opening and sorting all bags at once but I can't imagine the scale of workspace you'd need to do that. I'm around 1/3 of the way through the build and got through ep IV,V,VI in the background while building. Only annoyance so far is the stickers, why oh why could they not have printed them. Especially the large ones supposed to represent the corridors which are difficult to place and adjust. Yeah £650 is a hell of a lot of money for a retail Lego set, but I don't regret it for one second and those who are struggling to get hold of one, don't give up, it's worth the wait.

I will keep saying this - some of the best designers working for LEGO, are working on Ninjago.

They won´t be MISB anymore if you did that.

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