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I never have understood why people post pictures like this on their listing and enter their max quantity that they have. It's telling the potential buyer " I got plenty of these. No rush. Wait to see if the price drops further".

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...and again, you’re the problem

You never see them in the same place at the same time!

31070 3-in-1 Turbo Track Racer with money to spare.

A once in a blue moon occurrence: A new to eBay Seller who wouldn't post this box of bulk and lives 15 mins up the road for me. For $30, I got: 5771 Hillside House, sound brick still working and mostly complete 4204 The Mine, missing a couple of common pieces 60001 Fire Chief car, complete 4431 Ambulance, probably missing minifigures 7957 Sith Nightspeeder, complete Also found 21003 Seattle Space Needle, complete but no instructions 2254 Mountain Shrine, complete no instructions 10701 XL Grey baseplate, and most awesomely an unbroken plastic tub

After much research & deliberation this morning, we went into the store thinking we would purchase the Ferrari. However, once he saw the Fishing Store he started thinking about how he could get that instead. It didn't take too much arm twisting, but he now owes me $25 and walked out with the Fishing Store in hand. 2.5 hours later he's still building, and I imagine will finish it before bedtime. He loves it. Again, many thanks. Looks like Ferrari will be on his Christmas list. And as FYI -- Our store no longer had the Caterham. They did have a few of the Women of NASA on the shelf. Saturn V is still only sold upon request.

Perhaps it's their way of attempting to make up for other shortcomings.

I'm not even going to think about selling anymore until after BF. Most people haven't even started thinking about Christmas yet.

Yep, they said I️ could take home 10 or so asbestos tile before they close.

Out at Pottery Barn with the wife, can’t escape it. My mind instantly goes to sorting basket.

It would be even more helpful if Lego provided realtime video of their production line including packaging so we are ensured mint boxes and sufficient supply to flip.

Eh, 99% of people don't care or know who the designer is. Plus, he's not under some contract to never sign another one of these.

It definitely devalues in many ways.

You can try to fight it but your pretty much boned. Amazon has become a place where the buyer is always right so its easy to scam. It's infuriating. Try asking on the amz seller forums, you will get a lot more feedback there. At least it's just a $25 set. Many of us have gone through this with $300+ sets.

Looks like Amazon may have gotten all those wholesale pharmacy licenses recently to keep Jeff well stocked with steroids.

Love the battle pack.

Yep, the stained ones from the old Slush Puppies machine are already claimed.

Awesome .. gonna go hit a baby now

Red creatures 31032 for $75. Yay!

EBay Full set of 8 Bricktober mini modulars for $155+ shipping

TMI

You would think that instant checkout would keep these types away from your particular store. I didn't get hit this time around but did a few weeks ago. Fortunately the process of cancelling and getting parts back in store is pretty easy. I have held off from instant checkout until the bugs are cleared. There has been a lot of complaining on the seller side in the forums about bug issues so I have stayed away. Thanks for the order, hope all went well. I'm 2 months in and really like selling on BL so far. I have sold on Ebay for about 15 years now, but this is new to me. What I do like is that for the most part, you are dealing with informed buyers/sellers so it generally runs very smoothly.

I bought a total of 19, sold 2 at 49.99 and trying to stay competitive with lowest price on eBay without driving down costs. Only listing 8 and waiting until BF boom to see if price goes back up. I’m not panicking as long as there is money to be made. I still profit about $5- $10 per set I sell at this price point. Maybe more if I can source really light boxes. I think this is my floor though for what I’m willing to sell at. No more reducing to offload, the holiday shopping isn’t in full swing yet. If i still have some sitting there, then they will sit in my inventory until EOL. I have other products selling to keep a good cash flow.

Or sell a bunch now, make a ton of money, and buy a bunch more once it's back in stock for an eol that's a year away. But then I may get a couple returns on the 100 sets I sold at double buy in? Oh dang, nevermind.

The battle pack ruins the potential of the recent Droid escape set... another cheaper way to get the Jawas

Yeah, I’m gonna pass on those.

Give him another $20 and let him buy the Saturn V fun to build and educational at the same time.

Pretty much a straight re-release of the Falcon with rectangular dish and Chewie minifig.

If by tempting you mean you'd like to buy some at that price, I can make it happen.

Bought 2 Beatle Subs via eBay $44.99 each.

We make 0% on gift cards. Too bad! We make 0% on most things today. It all went to hell.

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You left 75% off LEGO on the shelf? May I ask why? It’s not like this is Chima or Angry Birds. Ninjago is a good seller.

Hockey players or the hockey parents? I don't know why but I just generally find parents go stupid when their kids are in sports. Let the kids have fun, quit hovering over them while they are practicing - let the coaches do their jobs!!

IIRC, you are about 15 months too late for this party.

Hockey/ringette teams and their new "pre-game warm up routines." I was sitting watching my kids skate and all of sudden I'm like what the hell is that noise and it's about 20 13 year old girls jumping and shouting next to the boards on the far opposite side of the rink... Apparently the signs all over the rink that say "No Dryland Training Within The Facility" aren't clear enough. When I told the coach that their girls weren't allowed to go into the rink area for their pre-game routine she says "Oh, I didn't know that." Da phuq you didn't. They proceeded to do it in the canteen area where there are also numerous signs. And when I was walking back to the stands the other team went rushing by to go do their warm up in the rink area. I kicked them out too.

I had to look that up....LOL

Let's keep this thread only for retired product updates (set number, name, S@H region). We have tons of other threads devoted to analizing past/future performance of sets / themes.

Found some scraps at a local Kmart. Maybe I didn’t look hard enough last time. Needed some extras to push me over $100 to use $21 bonus points. Also used some points accumulated during my clearance spree last week. This whole lot ended up being FREE.

It's OK, we knew you never left:

Gotta love it when the manager of the local TRU calls you and asks if you want all the leftovers from the BB-8 build....

Possibly. Could also be those who came out of their dark ages after the sets were retired. There will always be new people coming out of their dark ages, or growing up to an age where they can afford this hobby, who want retired sets at RRP and not at reseller prices. With each rehash we've seen there are those applauding, and those who think the remakes are terrible for the brand. Then there are the hypocrites which are my personal favorite posts to read. Where one rehash is great (because they want it) but the rest are bad for the brand. We are all only as loyal as our own self interests. I try not to get too involved either way. Just follow the money. If the market changes, adjust with it or get left behind. LEGO is doing the same thing. Adjusting to the market to bring in business and make sales. We're all, including LEGO, loyal to the bottom line.

Major dislike.@citymorgue is no troll. Just because he has a different PoV does not warrant name-calling. I find the various opinions on LEGOs recent move refreshing, and welcome them any time of the day. Personally, I think this is a dumb move, because how many people are really interested in this set? It had interest because it was unattainable, but now that it is, I don't think it will be a top seller. I'm definitely not even remotely interested.

I'm loving all this doom and gloom from you guys. As a strict builder only, secondary value is purely that, secondary. I don't really care what the value is, I love buying the sets and displaying them. The fact that you think Lego is magically going to go belly up just like that is so over the top. Like others have said, they are not here to protect your precious profits on sets. They are here to release toys to their fans. Of course they are wanting to get a chunk of the action, but so what. All sets eventually retire anyways, and they obviously can't remake every single set every single year. I'm fine with having an opportunity to buy a set that Lego stopped making years ago. I don't look at older sets and think, oh man it's so rare I have to have that...No, I look at a set, and think, damn I want to build that. There are plenty of retired sets that you couldn't give to me for free that I would want. And I've said this before, those that have been holding on perpetually, well I have ZERO sympathy for you. Greed bit you in the ass. There are things that I've collected over the years that have no value whatsoever because I loved the product, not because of some notion it will be worth money down the road. It just was a bonus on some stuff I've sold over the years that I was able to get my money back in a tight situation. But that is never my primary motivation for buying a set. And I can promise you, the vast majority of people who buy Lego don't immediately think, ohhhh, this will be worth money. No it's usually, oh look a really cool set that I would like to build and enjoy. I've been buying Lego for several years, and there are sets I had when I was a kid that I would love to have again. Even if I still had them, I would still love to have an updated model. It's always the minority that are the loudest, and quite frankly, I don't think Lego gives a crap what a few of you guys think about the perceived value. I remember as a kid, my mom got me the ISD for Christmas, and others as well over the years prior, and never once in my head did I think man, what is this going to be worth years from now. I still freaking have beanie babies for christs sake, and they are worthless. /rant

I don't know guys. I don't post often here but I do own two businesses. Out of curiosity, after buying over 100 Lego sets, I bought a couple of those "cheap knock offs" as they are described here. I won't say which, but it starts with an L. I wonder if people who are critical of them ever bought one? They are exact duplicates, down to the books. There is NO difference at all. The pieces fit exactly the same, which is what I was concerned with. I have the Ultimate Batmobile, Monster's House (because it was retired) and the Grand Carousel (same reason). However, I was patient and just got a Saturn V last night on line from TRU. Here's my point: anyone describing those as cheap knock offs doesn't understand the problem, in a realistic sense, this must be causing Lego. Rumor is they are going to lose their lawsuit in China, as that is the way all the copyright infringement cases end up going. The only way I see Lego battling this is to rerelease the popular sets. People like me would have bought those sets from Lego had I been able to. I only got the Batmobile to see if the quality was continuing. It is. I read these posts and laugh. Lego is in no way looking out for, not is interested in, anyone doing this to make money. I briefly considered it, and for many reasons decided not to. This definitely confirms that the long term hold is now a very risky proposition, and one I would never consider getting into. From a business standpoint, Lego is very smart to go back to the well and bring the big sets back. And the overwhelming success of the MF is going to gurarantee that they are going to start putting out the higher end, more expensive sets. Remember, Lego is a business. What a fantastic discovery on their part: $350-$800 sets that sell out! We're going to see more of this. And what I think will happen is the party will be over when they put too many of them out. But, we'll see.

I am not a fan of exact re-releases, but I would not ring the doomsday clock because of this one. LEGO will obviously not remake every set, not even every successful one. For every re-release of an exclusive there will be at least 10 that will never see a new release. So, what do we see here? The timing indicates that this does not take a place of a new exclusive, and since no designers spent unnecessary time on it, it can be considered as an extra in the release schedule. Thus, the complaints about LEGO losing its creativity are not warranted, like in the case of Winter Toy Shop. I would also say that it likely will not stop a new landmark from being released, as this is clearly for the fans only, as otherwise LEGO would not try to attract new customers with dated looks and building techniques. Then, what kind of exclusives are usually re-released? From what I see, they need to be either: Core elements of licensed franchises that are evergreens, and without any alternatives in the same franchise that have iconic enough status to make a large set sell well. Right now these are mostly SW vehicles. Sets that are iconic due to collectibility status and historical rarity, but they also need to be great on their own terms. Taj Mahal is one of these. About Winter Toy Shop: it did not fit any of the above criteria. Plus, it came instead of a new set. And accordingly, it caused an outrage. LEGO admitted that they made a mistake, and based on this, it can be said that LEGO will be afraid of releasing old sets that would take the place of a new one in a series or a release schedule. Any re-release that is not of a highly hyped set without any significant updates must only come as an extra in the release schedule. Then look at Taj Mahal. For LEGO, it must be an easy and cheap to produce sets due to the relatively small number of unique pieces. If it had lots of unique elements and minifigs, it might not have been re-released like this. I think its homogeneity was a huge factor when 10256 was considered. What does all of this mean to us? Well, due to the current market conditions, it is obvious there will not be new sets as desired in the long run as Taj or the Falcon. Therefore, they will not get a re-release due to some iconic collectibility status. So what is left is core franchise sets. If you avoid those, you can make a moderate profit if you play well.