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The black card worked wonders for me. I was in line at the local coffee shop and I reached in my wallet and picked up my LEGO card by mistake. A few young ladies saw me whip out a black card and instantly their interest me tripled. I could feel their gazes and hear them licking their lips at the thought. Then my thumb moved and they spotted the Millennium Falcon, and not the Mastercard logo. Not only did their interest drop, but it fell in half compared to the original interest level. My wife had quite the laugh.

Anyone who has ever had a boat or a dock knows there’s nothing cheap about either

Newbies flippin 6 month old sets on clearance for $5 profit and Exciter be like, Das cute. I sell 4 digit lego ID sets.

D2C set with estimated RRP around 160 euros and release probably in March or April seeing as the boxes are already available.

Leave it to the community to get creative:

Still buying Chima? X2 Glad I had to stop for milk.

COme on, TLG would never rip off a rejected Ideas candidate.... Seems it has the same box size as Saturn V.

calm dahn?

When I´m lost, I use Alpine Maps too.

Thanks for the input. I've decided, after reading 30 pages of almost all glowing feedback (plus one negative from over a year ago from someone who claims they didn't get their item), to send the guy a message via EBay checking if he really wanted mine when there are 20+ listing at half price. I mentioned that I appreciated a quick response, and that lack of response meant I would cancel the order. Hopefully I get a "oh shoot, sorry" response and all is well. If not, I cancel. EDIT: Phew, glad I did this: "Yes I did not authorize or purchase this. Please cancel it and I will get in contact with eBay". Looks like he got hacked.

starting over business relationships that have been built the last 19+ years is the most aggravating thing to me. Everything was centralized, then they wanted to spin off, now they want to dump all together. Confusing when you built the brand names and they have been synonymous within each other for the last nearly 2 decades. Paypal had some rough customer service spurts during the middle years but they have been rock solid for me the past 5-7 years as far as customer support and services offered for large accounts goes. Be interesting to see what comes of this after it is all unveiled but I am not optimistic.

#Jealous

https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/7uld5f/lego_ninjago_70657_the_dockyards/

Did a small carpentry job for friends in-laws as a favor. They gave me $150 Lego gc which I used on a ninjago city with 60yrs set a couple days ago. Today I went to the Lego store to get a sat v for me and the 2 seasonal brickheadz for my kids Easter baskets and another 60yrs set. Used $20 in vip points.

Here’s the full album: http://imgur.com/gallery/ytjVO

Just for reference, here is the link to the original IDEAS proposal from 2015, which had 800 pieces. Knowing how TLG like to put cheese slopes and 1x1´s everywhere, I estimate a lot more pieces for a 10 inch high version https://ideas.lego.com/projects/0fb496b8-e406-421f-b9f0-bba4f476fbce

Very few people looked at lego sets as a speculative investment play when GG retired (in 2010 (!)), which is why few copies were saved and prices for it are high now---demand is reasonable, but supply is low. GG also sat for a long time at 20% off on the shop-at-home website in Oct of that year, showing that demand was moderate for it, even then. 2018 might as well be a different world: more copies of modulars are being produced, many are being horded, and they don't last for weeks on sale. Depending on your time line and buy-in price, any set can successfully appreciate. I think the "buy it, forget about it, then cash it in" days for modulars are long past, however. Tread cautiously.

I've decided to make a pause and ignore my crypto holdings for the month of February. Will look at the rates again after my birthday in March. Hopefully it will be on a more sunny side by then.

Anybody who is reading this thread and disappointed with the offer needs to call LEGO customer service today and let them know we expected better. We were early adopters of the biggest and most expensive set ever and were promised great value, and we’re getting peanuts. I think the worst thing about the double VIP points promo is that there’s not even really anything that great out in the Star Wars theme right now. I wouldn’t even know what to buy, everything is kind of lame. Anybody have any suggestions? Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum

Bang On Another Thousand.

I bet you make more on the promo.

I guess Ebay want to improve the experience for hackers as now they will have access to funds as well as ebay accounts under the same roof.

Whoever got all my Legoland sets for a single figure sum back in 1984 did well for themselves.

They suck you in with a cheap boat only to deliver a punch to the stomach with the dock.

Lego only puts out a really nice ship once every few years. The last great one was QAR and that was 6 years ago. This set will be appreciated and sought after long after it's gone. I'm in it for the long haul.

Just finished mine, and it's breathtaking. (27inch screen just behind for straight size comparison) I know it's an offtopic but regarding the Star Wars promo. I talked today to CS girl late afternoon and those people have really bad time right now because people on the executive positions made such stupid mistake with launching completely unprepared campaign (Black VIP cards) from top to the bottom. Majority of those folks there are in their early 20ties and whole day they are facing backlash because of Black VIP card fiasco and the fact that everyone in store will be able to get the 2x VIP for SW not just only the Black Card owners. So the story about exclusivity of owning the Black Card can rest between books on the top shelf atm. I feel genuinely sorry for those people.

DS watch for February: Minimum Amazon Europe price 212 euros. 300 USD FBA Amazon US.

So long as they stay the hell away from Lego it´s all good.

Bought my tickets - always enjoy helping a good cause

Bitcoin is currently trading at $8,540 USD. Personally, I think Ethereum (ETH) is in a better position to gain in value than BTC. But I wouldn't do anything today. In fact, I would wait for the dust to completely settle from this ongoing sell-off.

..and some more. Dow plunged 600 points BTC will go to 5k next week...or two. Sent from my SM-N900T using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Mr ADHD when it comes to titles (me) has been busy all day with my little ones having the day off from school. I fixed it even better than Greg did.

Is the bottle half empty or half full then?

I changed it.

Just wait for better deals on STAR WARS sets in a few months from other retailers. Double VIP isn't always the best discount.

Love this, absolutely love this, but wasn't a UCS Hulkbuster an Ideas candidate already?

Had to dig them up way far in the back of Mom and Dad's attic.

Ahhh, the days before Fire Stations had helicopters.

Found a redesign on reddit I like a bit.

They are worth what you're willing to pay and they are not easy to sell. Those prices are on the high-end.

I think you will see a lot of rockets, Porsches, Bounties, Parisian Restaurants and BWE´s being hoarded to very little effect as the money is nearl always in what the horde overlooks. The hard part is knowing the overlooked sets that will do well!

You would have passed at 50-70% off? I could not.

Just a reminder of the 2018 D2C price points: 76105 Infinity War (160 euros) 75181 Star Wars Y Wing (200 euros) 10261 CREATOR Expert (320 euros) MAYBE THIS ONE? 10262 CREATOR Expert (145 euros) 71043 Harry Potter UCS Hogwarts (485 euros) 75222 STAR WARS Cloud City (500 euros) 10263 CREATOR Expert Seasonal (100 euros)

this is crushing paypal stock in the afterhours - down 11%. not surprising that this happened. paypal's value now dwarfs ebay's. paypal is a means of payment at all ebay's competing marketplaces and retailers so paypal is facilitating ebay's competition and getting bigger and bigger. ebay will become a large stake holder in Adyen and make a killing when it IPOs later this year. the cycle begins anew. this can't be good for sellers.

FBM - 4429 - City: Helicopter Rescue - $175

Had time to finish it up today. Looks good and will display it with destiny's bounty at the warehouse

You greedy Brits wanting even more LEGO stores ... The Netherlands hasn't got any LEGO store! TLG expects us to drive for a few hours to either Germany (Oberhausen or Essen) or Belgium (Wijnegem) for the D2C sets, seasonal sets and Ideas sets that are not sold in 3rd party toy stores in The Netherlands. If there's ONE country in Europe that finally deserves to get their own LEGO store it's The Netherlands!

Get an iphone or a cheap video camera. I videotape every single box I pack. About 2-3 years ago, a guy I shipped a $15,000 baseball card to (Eddie Mathews 1952 Topps, PSA 7) said I sent him a $5 card. I met with the police and provided the postmaster general with a copy of the video. Guess who is in jail or heavily fined for trying to commit mail fraud? That guy. Guess who saved $15,000 by taking a 2 minute video with his Canon Pure Shot camera? This guy.