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Also... Just to provide some photo proof of what I'm saying is legitimate: these are in stacks of 12. Figured I should prove myself due to me being a noob here.

Got the easy part out of the way - LED strip installed. Re-used the same strip from 10179 without having to modify it. I did of course have to modify the build a bit to fit the wiring without it being too obvious. Had to customize a side panel so it could go through the center, but it covered up pretty well. The strip does have a sticky back to stick it to something, but the pressure from the boat masts is enough to keep it in place with force alone. Made a custom little "holder" for the power box on the interior, and the receiver for the remote is accessible from one of the greebling display holes in the model. Not much i can do about this, needs to be somewhere the remote can talk with it, but it doesn't look all that out of place. And when done it again looks great, this light usually stays on 24/7 and acts as a night light for the living room, so it hides the ugly backside engines a bit Gotta say both this model and 10179 sure make it easy to access the interior to do modifications, all these easy to remove panels are great This LED setup does need to be connected to a power outlet, and last time everyone was telling me to paint the cord the colour of the wall, this time i will, but no i will not decorate the wall like the back of an ISD or a space scene Special guest: Jumbo Tsum Tsum Jabba, he's so awesome, makes a great couch pillow! Next step will be prepping the set for mount "alignment", have to of course remove the whole bottom turret section, reinforce the frame, and make some adjustments to level out the frame a bit as i can already see some differences from 10179 where my current mount build won't work.

Well thanks mate! Even going a little over what's offered. Appreciate it. To anyone else too... If you'd like to buy through eBay, just make an offer and state you're from BP, and you'll get a deal. Thanks all. Update: also, I've started the spreadsheet of distribution people, and should reach out to you at some point later today.

On display at NYCC, I can't get any closer to it right now, but it looks cool and is much bigger than I was expecting.

It is actually a lot harder to get scammed on a higher dollar set. It requires more limit available on the card if it is a hijacked account and they are scrutinized a lot more. (especially over 1k). For now the switch scammers are not after ebay. That seems to have migrated to Amazon more. Most the scams are the hijacked accounts and those are all covered as long as it is verified and eligible for seller protection. The ones that say they didn't get it are always covered with delivered status and actually have had a good amount now where they just deny the buyer outright from doing it multiple times in the past. Same on the returns now. Lots of people open then try to never send it back and escalate it and they also are losing. The hijacked ones are annoying but it is usually cheaper items under $100 I see it on. Minifigure cases are a high target for whatever reason. Guess they have wide fan bases and easy to resell for them, idk. That is probably the highest rate of hijack scams I see chargebacks opened on. I don't see the point to stop selling items in fear of anything when the exact purpose of the high fees we do pay is for there systems to catch these problem transactions. My fees are going towards them processing my transactions and payments and trying to detect what they can. There will always be something new around any system and it is part of business. That being said I've sold 3 so far for an average of $1367 sales price. Have 1 or 2 more coming in this week. They are still pretty damn hard to get and I don't say that often about any LEGO set.

10240 Red Five X-wing for €280 (buy-in was €189). So that's €91 cash profit. Using this sale to pay for my purchase of one 10225 R2-D2 from @Ciglione

Some items %50 off starting tomorrow: BAF Rey/Finn, Volcano Base Camp, and the City Service Station. Good items to combo and get freebies on. I just want that Spartan Batman, but no interest in the sets for investment.

Is there a deal on the blanket? Nice pic though. Nothing excites me more than stacks of polys.

TRU had a flash clearance sale last night on a few retiring sets. Managed to grab 2x Rebel Combat Frigates for $118 ea shipped! Anyone get anything exciting?

UK RRP and you're on.

Bag #3 kind looks like it's from StarWars: The Battle of Endor #8038 to have that many DBG tile 1x4, G Bamboo, red tech brick 1x1, blk turntable base, rd tech pin 3L, dbg tech brick 1x2, dbg plate round 2x2 and dbg brick modified 1x2x11/3 curved shoulder brick ... all together it's a pretty safe bet.

Bag #2 appears to have parts from the Monster Hunters: Vampyre Hearse #9464

Could it be this nameless "DUPLO Free Agent Football Quarterback" has a certain resemblance with a real life Free Agent Football Quarterback?... https://ideas.lego.com/projects/bf0ace65-057c-4384-94fc-50ed5e8c5c5d

Sold a set to a buyer. Feedback was left "Item arrived quickly and in perfect condition!" Message arrived from same buyer stating that the item was in great condition, but they thought it was pretty cheap of me to reuse a box and not put their set in a box that was picked up new from the store. Pretty sure on this order I used a Target shipping box that was in perfect condition. Set wrapped in bubbles and sent on its way. No reason to respond and upset one of our valued buyers with too much money to blow. But I'll have to hack down a tree next time for a fresh box when I see his username appear. At 400% profit nature will just need to take one for the team. I'll plant a sapling in its memory.

Thanks for everyone who followed directions. Overwhelming response, but that's to be expected. I will message everyone back at some point, and I will continue to get Lester's until I can't, hopefully able to provide everyone with an order. If not possible then I'll message those whom I can't get one for. Basically will go down the pecking order of who was first, etc. Cheers mates. Please don't message me anymore regarding the Lester's, unless you've previously done so!

Finally got mine! This one will fly across the Atlantic in 12 parsecs ?

All of the Lester talk has been moved here:

Little follow-up: The packages from amazon arrived today Three fullsized Walkers in pristine condition in very nice boxes as well. Got lucky this time

Thanks everyone for all the helpful responses. As everyone has stated, I want to help the community first and foremost, thereby hoping to have some favors in the future turned my way. So here's what I figure I'll do: First, if anyone has a sealed Chrome Stormtrooper that they'd be willing to trade for a Lester + cash on my end, that'd be the real trade I'd be looking for. Otherwise any other SW polys that are slightly rarer I'd entertain offers for. I would ask, however, that any of these offers be evaluated on the market of the fig being $35, or so, roughly. Which most anyone would probably just rather buy one, but had to throw it out there. Other than that, I will sell everyone ONE for now, at the cost of $13 + shipping worldwide (wife's idea, she's just as in charge of the money as me so have to head some advice). I apologize for anyone who has previously messaged me about getting them more, but this will be the easiest way to distribute them to anyone who would like them, and I'm hoping most people wanting them are collecting. Also, if you'd like one, please message me as well. It will be easier that way for me to keep track. Hopefully this is fine, and fair, with everyone here. Any questions let me know. Also, so far I've gotten another 24 today, just as hoped, so have a decent stock starting again!

I'll try to get as many as I can for people who would like them!

Nice one - nothing tickled my fancy. Did score the following of eBay: LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon (75030) - UNOPENED LEGO Chima Fire vs Ice (70156) - UNOPENED LEGO Ramses Return (3855) - THIS HAS BEEN OPENED BUT INCLUDES ALL PIECES OF THE GAME For the princely sum of $34 posted. If the MF's condition matches the photos, will be tempted to list the next time there is an eBay discounted FVF offer.

am I the only person thinks clayface looks ugly?

Anyone pick up the Classic Batcave. 28% off $194.. http://amzn.to/2xYIcvS or Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Super-Heroes-Batman-Classic-TV-Series-Batcave-76052/47348012

Month of September 75919 Indominus Rex £195 (buy-in £75 cash but closer to £60 after giftcards & freebies) 75919 Indominus Rex £210 70504 Garmatron £60 (buy-in £6.50?) 9470 Shelob Attacks £50 (buy-in £12 or £6) 10674 Pony Farm £40 (buy- in £12) 10659 Blue Suitcase £30 (buy-in £7.50) 41015 Dolphin Cruiser £100 (buy-in £30) 75916 Dilo... Ambush £60 (buy-in £20) 41171 Emily & baby dragon £30 (buy-in £3.30)

Where did you buy the lights? I would like to get it too. Thanks.

Yeah there may or may not be two more coming out soon

wonder how many times that gets posted per week

silent mary is 172 at disney store FOHAW : $119.96 BB-8 : 89.96 code : treat no go on Disney Castle.

These ones are most likely Ninjago: Epic Dragon Battle #9450 (Bags 6,7 & 9) bags 2 & 3 are something else.

Edit: Thumper beat me to it, ya that one

Awesome!!

Lighting looks awesome!

What's changed is the number of people endlessly speculating about the same set of facts: -inability to keep the set in stock at launch -rumors of a limited production run -LEGO issuing a response to the rumors -more rumors and LEGO reiterating the response -the set continuing to go in and out of stock, though seemingly at significantly different rates across markets -the horde being well aware of this set All of which results in constant comparisons to big EOL hits on short production runs and sets that have been running a production marathon. There are really only 2 new facts: when the set's come back in stock in the US it's taken longer to sell out and reseller prices have been in fairly steady decline. Both of which have more implications for whether it's a good idea to keep flipping the set than answering when the last 1 will be available at retail.

Wow... posted on Sunday and still no help here? Jeez guys... can't help out a noob? My 2 cents... How long does it take to make a profit? As long as it takes . Seriously tho, Nothing really appreciates until it retires. Your S.O.H. is the only one that is retired, and is still struggling around $360 on eBay (probably still selling at a loss if you paid retail). This set was around so long, there are quite a few out there in reseller hands, keeping the price down... but hopefully it will improve in the next year? Frankly, reseller interest in large, expensive exclusive sets like the first 3 on your list has declined greatly. There are simply too many "investors" and not enough buyers for sets like these nowadays. They are expensive, they take up a lot of space, and take a long time to turn a profit. Most smart brickvestors have moved to smaller sets which can often be bought at good discounts, and be resold within a year or two at 50% to 100% profit (or more). Of course... when the herd moves one way, opportunities can dry up, and the pendulum may swing back to big exclusives again... no one knows for sure. If I were you (impatient, and with little storage space) I would dump all of my inventory for whatever price I could get, chalk up the losses as "lessons learned" and start over.

It looks like Duplo+ is taking off.

Jang's review of the first pack is up, and he mentions how his TRU (he's in CA) allowed outright purchase of the pack.

Again, just to reiterate, to do a better service to keep this thread on track, message me directly about snagging a Lester. No reason to continue to swamp the polybag thread. But, seeing as I did this to myself, I will add this to all: I will only be taking requests until later TODAY (early tomorrow morning) at approximately 12am PST October 5 (8am BST, 3am EST). This will enable me to actually have ones to everyone who wanted them, and won't continue to give myself an insane amount of work. Thanks again for the positive feedback. Or comment and message me but just know i may not respond to all comments and such right away (I'm on vacation too.) ?

I I have a few of these picked up in SAH when you could flip for £170 - £180, but looking today they are listed on ebay UK for £123 BIN collection only which just seems mad. There are over 100 listings BIN and 10 on auction, like someone said above maybe it's the resellers buying all the stock, myself included. ( I wont be buying any more) There is however 1-2 selling everyday at the moment so demand is there. I'm not selling for £10 profit and am happy to sit. I have no interest to build the set so won't be opening one up.

First constant order updates on Falcons now offers and transactions in polybag thread. What has this world come too. I'll take 1000 for $10,000 while we're at it

Definitely possible. And always in the mood for good tequila mate. ?

Not any more trouble than anyone else wanting one. I'll keep updates as we keep trying to get more.

Dang, that sucks, but still not an issue to going back multiple times a day over the next week I'm here haha. Can be done. Also, if we could get a thread started for this that might be easier, maybe not the right place to flood this with requests and info on the one polybag. No idea how that works though (still a newbie here.) For sure, easy enough as long as my plan goes smoothly.

Accounted for! Not a problem. Probably would be easier, at least from my standpoint too haha. One for you too, cheers.

Works for me. I have six others wanting one, so if I can get the stock, I'll happily send one your way, no problem.

Party, we missed a party?

Paypal sends the tracking number to the buyer's email automatically. I never update the order to include the tracking number. I get 1 every 2 months/140 orders asking for tracking number by email. If the buyer receives the package 4 days after payment there is never an issue anyway.

fba - 5x indominus rex $249 today alone. repriced higher. guessing this will be a very in-demand set this holiday season. Trex trackers also moving quickly at $149 - i'm almost out but at $49 buyin, it was a nice medium length profitable hold.

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???

Do you share a flat with Nigel Farage and Guardiola?