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There was no porpoise to that joke.

Perhaps a good set to shell out on.

I like it - looks like a hit to me rather than a turtle disaster. Apologies, couldn't resist.

6 legs dude.

– 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback (75884) – 14,99 Euro – Ford Fiesta M-Sporr WRC (75885) – 14,99 Euro – Ferrari 488 GT3 Scuderia Corsa (75886) – 14,99 Euro – Porsche 919 Hyrid (75887) – 14,99 Euro – Porsche 911 RSR und Porsche 911 Turbo (75888) – 39,99 Euro – Ferrari Garage, Ferrari 250 GTO und Ferrari 488 GT (75889) – 99,99 Euro

It's pretty appropriate that your favorite classification for sets is "turd" since you're basically pulling all of your opinions out of your a**. ...and yet you don't let that stop you from concluding that a set will crash and burn.

This is the reason I block HI from my listings... Sorry Hawaiians, a few bad apples really ruin your batch

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local Tesco is going through some reconstruction in January so they are fire selling everything inc Lego for 50% off, someone posted a photo in our Lego FB group so I rushed in but every exclusive was gone (they had Porsche, TB, BigBen, Par. Restaurant, Detect Office or Bucketwheel of what I remember), so I grabbed last VW Beetle and some friends Grand Hotels, minecraft Fortresses, ninjago Dragon's Forges and bunch of Louvres and Buckinghams

That guy will be posting in the regrets of 2018 thread come 12 months.

He knows the system pretty well. Says insulting things like “liar, grinch, etc.” but nothing that would violate the system. He’s left over a half dozen negative feedback comments for other buyers in the last six months, many reply in the feedback they’ve given him a refund. Thus, I’m 90% sure he’s a scammer and using the economy shipping loophole to HI to scam free product with refund. I’m going to refund him, otherwise eBay will leave this as a strike in my selling profile and refund him anyway. I normally feel bad when a package takes too long and wouldn’t mind refunding a buyer and letting them keep it. But not for scammers. Luckily, there’s a chance USPS can intercept the package before it arrives. The problem is it has to be returned to me via priority, which would cost me $60+. That’s why I choose to have them ship it to a nearby Goodwill. This way I get to write it off as a tax donation. Best thing is I don’t mention anything after I refund the buyer. I just block him and let him watch the tracking number as it changes and he gets to figure out just how badly he’s lost in his scam.

hoping lightning continues to strike in this theme.

Rounding up my sales numbers a few days early before the year closes. This was my first full year buying from Kmart. Half way through the year we found out we are moving, so I've spent the second half of the year paring back my inventory. I sold off about 2/3 of my inventory over the holidays through eBay. This was also my first foray into buying new sets. Most of my Lego sales on eBay are used items. I definitely had some lessons learned. Winners: 41178 Elves Dragon Sanctuary I picked up for $2.75 Losers: 75151 Clone Turbo Tank for $60 and 75157 Captain Rex AT-TE for $64 (luckily I just bought 1 of each, but I regret the points I used to get the price so low). Still sitting on these. Haven't tried to sell them. Note: MSRP noted below is Lego's MSRP (not Kmart's). SOLD INVENTORY eBay Gross Sales $2,229 Assumed 82% eBay Net (Shipping, Fees, Paypal) $1,828 Total KMT COGS $869 MSRP of KMT COGS $1,990 Average Discount KMT Legos 56% Return on Investment 110% Total Profit $958 REMAINING UNLISTED/UNSOLD INVENTORY Total KMT COGS $478 MSRP of KMT COGS $1,297 Average Discount KMT Legos 63% Now I just need someone to take my 2 fake Christmas trees off my hands. Craigslist and OfferUp have been silent. Thanks to all the helpful people on this thread. Hope everyone has a happy new year!

I think we need to break it down into two lots; retired and still on the market. The most popular sets (Krennic,, Y Wing and U wing) are going to last till at least the summer so there is no point in stocking up unless the price is excellent as they will doubtless be on clearance. Of the rest, AT ST seemed a good choice but is already partially remade for TLJ. I´d avoid the others unless at least 70% off as they are all unremarkable. I notice you didn´t mention the Constraction figures. KS20 might do ok but the rest are complete turds.

4 x 20p at the local charity shop.

Original Ideas submission:

Here´s a list to build on in order to sum up the most important events in the market and on the forum this year. Feel free to add any I missed. It´s in no particular order. UCS Falcon and Saturn V release and supply drama. Lego Group poorer financial results and change of CEO / laying off of staff. @TabbyBoy returning to the game (and leaving and returning). New themes such as Brickheadz, Pirates of the Caribbean (return), Super Hero Girls. Continued trend to wards bigger and more expensive D2C sets. Amazon gating and increase in scams. Facebook Marketplace consolidation. Chinese clone consolidation with paid MOC designs, Lego re-release of Taj Mahal. Gingerbread House and the power of professional influencers to create demand. Assemby Square anniversary modular. Death of Dimensions. Deep discounts and oversupply. TRU slow death.

this small guy is also gone on Czech e-shop

If Snoke can read his mind and set up psychic links across hyperspace and see everything he should damn well know what Kylo is about to do in vivid colour. There may not have been a lot to Maul but at least it all worked and was cool

Yeah, him killing his master made total sense in the movie. Hey, I can link 2 minds together and know your thoughts. Wait I can't sense that old lightsaber 2 inches from my body...brilliant.

I understand the 41172 but I feel like I am missing the big picture on 41181...Val always sounds convincing tho ?

I think if they had drip fed them like Microfighters (4/6 per year) or had shorter lives (mixels) then that could have been the case. It just seems they are making too many too quickly and only the really limited edition ones will do well.

No Offense Val, but violent posts like this help my profits tremendously. Thank you! Carry on.....

The fleet showing up on Scarif and the use of the hammerhead was worth the price of admission for me in "Rogue One".

The battles and large ship sequences really stand out to me. I think they are great. As far as over the top cool characters, I agree, pretty thin there.

In my opinion the new movies have not produced any characters I really care about. There are not really any great scenes that standout. Even the prequels had some really cool characters introduced. Grievous and Maul really standout as super cool characters.

well me and the girlfriend love it - we are working on building a whole theme park. Yes would love a big proper creator one but this will add colour and looks good as a 'kiddy coaster' plus get two and we'll get to add a pair of rides to the park for (hopefully) price of one creator ride ?

While it was featured for 30 seconds, the hammerhead corvette was one of the most impactful (<-- yeah, I know) ships in the film. I would been all over a AT ACT, imperial cargo shuttle, and a corvette. Having said this, most of the R1 sets are still great builds and I remain confident these will be popular for years to come.

I’ve seen it twice. On first watch, midnight on day of release, I came out really, really underwhelmed. After second viewing I’d forgiven certain things, and there were some background things I missed first time round which were good to see. Overall though, it’s far too long, the casino section is pointless and unimpressive (very 90s-calibre effects in parts), several deaths are annoying, and various storytelling decisions are twisty in a really unsatisfying and clunky way. Luke’s PLANET OF MYSTERY, pent up over two long years, is just rubbish. Every time we were there and a CGI character entered the frame, I just wanted a cut to something happening in space. There are exceptionally good bits, but on the whole I think they’ve gone the wrong way in several areas. Ultimately, I wanted it all building to a Force and saber-frenzied ending. What we get is a rug-pull that already leaves Ep IX work to do in currying fan favour. Also, Daisy Ridley is really, really bad in this film. I enjoyed her work in TFA, but she is not good here.

I think we are seeing the typical disparities between markets, as with Secret Marketplace which is gold in the US and can still be found in shops here below RRP. 41175 has been pretty much 30-50% off on Amazon all through its lifecycle so there are a lot to soak up and we know this is a niche theme. So far, all the sets ending in a 1 have been winners so that sounds like reason to believe in 41181.

I think the Dragons have been very central to the success. S1 only became popular once people bought into the dragons of Series 2. Series 3 they've tried to sell idea of a goblins theme as the collectible element but they had to include a dragon as a banker. 2018 they've moved onto weird bat creatures and buildable creatures but they still can't drop the dragons. I don't think the theme will fall due to hoarding. I personally think it will fail because it's no longer dragon centric.

asking for basic rights is never going too far FOR SPARTA !!!!!

kids will want the baby turtle.

This is the only "bad guy" set in the current reveal. That should help its sales, along with another great looking brick model. The tower itself doesn't have a ton of depth, but looks to be quite detailed.

That is an excellent price.

AtST also only set with Baze. He is a main character so is a MUST have for people collecting rouge one minifigures. That will help drive this set

I'm just at my local shoppingtown. No thing at Woolies, only polybags. I finally got my Myer glitch sale BB8 click/collect order. Took a while but 82.96 is a very keen price.

And people wonder why TRU are in trouble. Either they are charging 20% more than RRP or giving stuff away when it doesn´t sell.

$5 cheap enough for you? https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=107531876

I hope you are right, bought one for 45€ today

What do you attribute this to? More resellers..more quantities shipped in, or just less demand? I think on some sets the time to sell was at least 2 to 3 months before the xmas season influx of supply.

Yeah please no picks this time no more NASA projects pleeeease

Totally agree. Let´s hope the skip this one. They are having enough trouble making S5s to want to take on any more trouble.

Lego investing rule 101: Invest in all things dragon and dinosaur related. Avoid all things cat, dog and bird related.

Pffft...You guys all suck. *I* like it! Cool that it's a 3-in-1. It doesn't have to be freaking huge. Just gotta be able to motorize the thing.

Good deal at $100 for a personal build but maybe Gray2010 was referring to investment potential? This is a big heavy set which is going to cost more to ship. Is there enough meat on the bone at $100 + tax + shipping + fees...depends on your expectations of "profit". Picked up my 42069's for $69.97 and Friends Roller Coasters for $49.97. Best potential will probably be after retirement.

Personal Set Winner: Jestro's Headquarters: Buy in $20, sell $80+ (7 of them) and probably being able to flip some Rockets within a week of getting them for about $50 profit each. Worst Decision: Not sure yet, I have some inside thoughts but am overly pleased with my 1st near full year of doing this via starting with bulk buys only and moving into sets and deciding which one's to break out into the BL store while buying bulk around town. Best Decision: Shutting the BL store down in August to organize everything so that when an order comes in I can pull it very quickly and know exactly where an item is vs knowing "about" where the items may be. I even built a 9 dresser drawer (about 4 feet wide, 5 feet tall) specifically for all my New pieces and absolutely love it. I sometimes wish I would have built 2 at the same time though as the lots/part numbers continue to increase. I originally thought that 10,000 pieces was a solid store size, then I thought 15,000 was good. Now I'm at 50,000 and still looking to continue to add more and more as time allows me with family/other job. Every order, no matter what size or sale amount puts a smile on my face. Other Best Decision: Starting to do this. I think I was hitting a mid-life crisis while going through some health issues, lyme disease like, never confirmed but treated as if it was in the end (after nearly 3 years of searching for an answer) and needed to find an escape at home and just from everything else. I believe I found that new spark in my life. Looking forward to a fun 2018.

heyy..! I dont know how this one is called.. but it looks pretty much like a kind of a Bumble Bee cartoon from the 80's created in cooperation of Germany and Czech Republic but they all look so irresistible to get..