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It’s the “pick one up off the shelf, take it to the register, and pay for it” promo. It’s on SALE. In store. All brickheadz are 20% off. What am I missing here?

But, you did wake up today in Hawaii...so there's that Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Over the past three months: All on Ebay with Free Shipping ALmost all buyins were sale less than retail. Most at 30% off. Some more, some less. Elves 41179 Queen Dragon: $147 60052 Cargo Train: $249 Volvo Technic 42030: $340 Ningago Raid 70603: $43 Exo Suit 21109: $35 Friends Heartlake Riding Club 41126: $100 Frozen Castle 41026 $63 853600 Statue of Liberty Magnet: $14 10237 TOwer of Orthanc $250 Friends Heartlake Riding Club 41126: $100 Fire Brigade: $360 Friends horse trailer 41125: $75 Friends Heartlake Riding Club 41126: $100 Friends horse trailer 41125: $75 Rancor Pit: $109 Rockerfeller Center: $105 Hobitt Goblin King Battle: 100 Technic Bulldozer 42028: 100 Frozen Castle 41026 $63 Minecraft Nether Fortress 21122: $79 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 Friends horse trailer 41125: $75 Creator 4993 Cibvertible (USED) $47 Fire Brigade: $360 Exo Suit 21109: $35 Exo Suit 21109: $35 Friends horse trailer 41125: $75 Holiday 40106 and 40107: $47 Technic Blue Crawler Crane: $235 Jabba Sail Barge 75020: $156 Friends horse trailer 41125: $75 Ghostbusters Ecto 1 & 2: $75 Seattle Space Needle 21003: $69 Tower of Orthanc: $249 6212 X-WIng: $119 Elsa Castle: 41148: $79 Ghostbusters Ecto 1 & 2: $75 Volvo Technic 42030: $340 Technic Blue Crawler Crane: $235 Millineum Falcon Micro fighter series 1: $32 Benny's Spaceship: $114 Double Decker Couch: $40 Benny's Spaceship: $114 Sydney Opera House 21012: $125 Volvo Technic 42030: $340 Leog Movie Metalbeard's Duel: $69 Double Decker Couch: $40 42009 Technic Mobile Crane MK II: $359 Creator WInter VIllage Market 10235: $170 9396 Technic Rescue Helicopter: $159 40223 Holiday Snowglobe: $42 Technic Bulldozer 42028: $100 853600 Statue of Liberty Magnet: $14 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 76023 Tumbler: $284 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $23 Lincoln Memorial: $85 Willis Tower: $89 853600 Statue of Liberty Magnet: $14 Back to the Future Delorian: $135 Hobitt Goblin King Battle: 100 Lincoln Memorial: $85 Double Decker Couch: $40 40223 Holiday Snowglobe: $38 40223 Holiday Snowglobe: $38 Double Decker Couch: $40 40223 Hliday Snowglobe: $38 Rancor Pit: $109 Benny's Spaceship: $114 Double Decker Couch: $40 Ninjago MechDragon 70725: $75 Cloud Cuckoo: $32 Simpson House: $231 Holiday 40106 and 40107: $47 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 Dolphin Cruiser: $135 Simpson House: $209 Benny's Spaceship: $114 Ninjago Lighthouse Siege 70594: $89 Death Star 10188: $429 Rancor Pit: $109 Tumbler: $284 Tumbler: $284 Fire Brigade: $360 Death Star 10188: $429 Technic Bulldozer 42028: $100 Leaning Tower of Pisa: $80 Batman Scarecrow 76054: $44 Ninjago Lighthouse Siege 70594: $89 Elves 41179 Queen Dragon: $140 Holiday Christmas Train 2015: $44 Elves 41179 Queen Dragon: $140 Jabba's Palace: $174 Holiday Christmas Train 2015: $44 Slave 1 (Small version) 8097: $129 Batman Cycle Chase 76053: $25 Elves Aira's Airship 41184: $36 City Cargo Train 60052: $249 Death Star 10188: $429 Tower of Othanc: $242 Leaning tower of piza: $80 Tower of Othanc: $242 Technic 9398 Crawler: $279 Creator Fairground Mixer: $249 Creator Fairground Mixer: $249 Friends horse trailer 41125: $62 Friends horse trailer 41125: $62 White House: $115 White House: $115 White House: $115 White House: $115 Leaning tower of piza: $80 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $20 Friends Summer Caravan 41034: $45 Friends Summer Caravan 41034: $45 Friends Summer Caravan 41034: $45 Rockerfeller Center: $105 Elves Ragana's Magic Shadow 41180: $115 White House: $115 White House: $115 White House: $115 White House: $115 Creator Robot Rescue: $43 City Cargo Train 60052: $239 Friends horse trailer 41125: $59 Gingerbread House: $79 White House: $110 White House: $110 Super Heroes 76010 Batman Penguin Faceoff: $19 Super Heroes 76010 Batman Penguin Faceoff: $19 Super Heroes 76010 Batman Penguin Faceoff: $19 Super Heroes 76010 Batman Penguin Faceoff: $19 Midieval Marked Village 10193: $189 Dolphin Cruiser: $140 Midieval Marked Village 10193: $189 Milennium Falcon Micro Fighter: $32 Midieval Marked Village 10193: $199 Mon Calamari 7754: $129 Technic Dragster 42050: $92 Batman Catwoman Cyclechase 6858: $19 Friends horse trailer 41125: $62 TEchnic Crawler 9398: $279 Seattle Space Needle: $69 75013 Umbaran MHC Star Wars: $69 Goblin King Battle Hobbit: $100 City Train Station 60050: $159 Creator Hot Rod 31018: $23 White House; $120 Lone Ranger Train: $179 White House; $120 Holiday Snow Globe: $38 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $105 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $105 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $105 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $105 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $105 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $105 Technic Construction Crew 42023: $114 Ninjago Zeppelin Raid 70603: $44 Lone Ranger Train: $175 Double Decker Couch: $44 Friends horse trailer 41125: $62 City Airport 60104: $140 Friends Sunshine Ranch: $109 Technic Cargo Plane 42025: $140 Creator Lighthouse Point 31051: $64 Jurassic World Raptor Rampage: $125 Brick Bounty: $209 Sopwith Camel: $179 Double Decker Couch: $44 Lord Business Lair: $79 Sydney Opera House 21012: $129 Heartlake Riding Club: $99 Technic Crawler Crane 42042: $239 Volvo Wheel Loader 42030: $339 Tower of Orthanc: $245 Concstruction Crew 42023: $109 Lincoln Memorial: $90 Friends horse trailer 41125: $62 Burj Khalifa 21008: $69 Kingdom Joust 10223: $179 Winter VIllage Market 10235: $159 These were all sold between now andd Sept 9. I've been busy.

Go to the Amazon product page. Click on "let us know about a lower price."

Do I have to talk to a human? ?

Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lego-minecraft-the-skeleton-attack-21146/6279010.p?skuId=6279010 Minecraft Skeleton Attack 21146 $27.99 Regular $39.99 lowest I’ve seen it thus far

Time to break open a few copies and build this MOC?

Kylo Ren's Tie Fighter 75179 $47.99 (40% off) at Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Star-Wars-TM-Kylo-Ren-s-TIE-Fighter-75179/754096201

And yet here you are posting in a thread dedicated to the "charade" Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

After nearly two weeks my small order finally arrived from Brick Picker's member Huskers1236 BrickLink store. We theorized maybe the post office drove from Nebraska to Maryland to personally deliver the package or that they walked it there. The post office provided daily updates such as, "Arrived at another facility." The pony express could have gotten the package here faster! The order helped to complete a Joshamee Gibbs minifigure I had leftover from selling a Black Pearl, a Luke SkyWalker figure I had sitting around from set 7965 as well as add a Kingdoms - Jester minifigure to the 7094 King's Castle Siege set I am almost done building. Every castle needs its resident court jester. It is always great when fellow Brick Pickers connect such as when 167pilot and I met in person for pick up on a BrickLink sale.

Detective’s office at B&N.com https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-lego-creator-expert-detectives-office-10246/32910015?ean=0673419230001&st=PLA&sid=BNB_New+Core+Shopping+Top+Margin+EANs&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_m&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5tWx76WP3wIVirjACh20DQfWEAQYASABEgKcnfD_BwE Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Move-Hub-88006 I'm intrigued by the new Power Functions Move Hub. It's pricey at $79.99 USD but the creative opportunities it opens are great in my opinion. Two integrated motors, tilt sensors, two inputs/outputs... That'll be a huge improvement to the method of javing two independent motors on 42065 Technic RC Tracked Racer this year which was a really fun build.

You just walk in...

Your preachin to the choir brother

/S Here in Djibouti, the Saturn V is already retired. But we do connect to the internet by sticking a Ethernet cable up a Cheetah's butt... so things may move faster here. /S

FYI - got the Blinq Batman caves in. I think the mailman was unhappy as they came in four huge boxes and he put it so I couldn't get out my door! All sealed and no real problems with any boxes. Unbelievable value for parting out at that price. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

But is it better to spend VIP points during 2X VIP???

First off, if you knew me and were familiar with this site, you would realize the answer was meant to be somewhat sarcastic and funny. Secondly, I didn't recommend it, nor have I pitched the book for years. Yes, the prices are outdated, but there is useful information in the book for novices, plus it's a really nice book. Bad business? LOL...Don't you have to make money from something for it to be a business? The book made me practically nothing. I have't received a check in over a year. But it was a cool experience to write two books and to write monthly articles for BLOCKS magazine and I can tell people that I am "published." Well let me introduce myself. I am the co-owner/creator of the site and I am from NJ, but I do not do the well done videos, belljohn does. For a person who talks a big game, you certainly don't pay attention. You have 358 posts and have been on the site for a year. A quick search on the internet can do wonders... https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/12/27/lego-investors-profit/1732525/ I agree, the real good information is on this forum and from all of its diversified and intelligent members. People like belljohn and I don't do this for money, it's a passion. Enjoy the site...

Serious answer...I wrote it.

Maybe check your email a little more closely, my code was in an email called "Earn Double VIP Points on every purchase, limited time only!" and it was the second item down below the announcement for double points Dec 7-10. If people hadn't posted here about the email I would have deleted it. The email was recevied at 2am Pacific Time on December 7.

I didn’t buy a UCS MF either, but they sent me the black VIP card in the mail, I got the code via e-mail yesterday, and I’m now unbanned from LEGO Shop at Home. Don’t know how that all happened, but I must be on the nice list this year.

This clown actually thanks lego for using a resealable bag instead of a poly. Too many reviewers are scared to say anything negative about lego.

There is a strategy more and more Amazon sellers are employing this year. Wait until December, drop huge quantities of items, undercut by 10-15% That being said i went through 40 75878 Bugatti Chiron's at 49.99 which i picked up for 17$ each this October. It is now down to 43.50 for an inexplicable reason^^. I'll wait to restock.

They came with copious amounts of packing material - the sealed air bags. Just a metric ton of it. One huge box had three sets in it, one had one, one had two, the other had two. The one with one in it was a huge box for just one set. Filled to the brim with the most packing bubbles I've ever seen in a box. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Old Fishing Store and promo shipped from S@H

I’ll repeat it pages later, but everyone selling these now is foolish! $75-$100 CAD in 2 years. Mark my words.

Check your B&N. I just bought out my local store (they only had seven). They are currently 20% off, plus membership discount. I had $18 worth of gift cards to use, so I got them each at $8.67 after tax. Throw in the free HP figure promo at $75 to sweeten the deal even more. This little set has potential.

Just to derail the thread, what´s the best proper direct discount anyone has seen on the Falcon so far? There have been a couple of 30% offs in Europe plus the odd flash sale.

They're getting screwed either way.

They release the kraken nightly. Interesting.

Nice - Looking forward to mine as well! Multiple shipping boxes for me as well - I really hope that I get a lot of extra packing material too (cause sometimes that's what really makes me go woohoo).

This whole VIP Black Card stand process is a debacle. This stand should be free after buying the $800 set early in it's release. It's another way to suck more money out of us by spending more than $35 for free postage. At the very least, the stand should have been offered during the Black Friday weekend sale What a sad joke LEGO Marketing has become. Despite having great consumer service, LEGO certainly turned into one <insert here> company. Update: the disgust in me got to the point that I just called LEGO and explained my frustration with the whole Black Card item in 4 sentences. The rep listened and stated other folks today also called to complain. I explained it wasn’t about the money to spend but the principle itself. The rep offered to take my unique # from that email and is having the stand shipped to me w/o a purchase

I may be bragging just a LITTLE, but here is what my CS rep did for me along with 200 points. And i am not making this up. I am still in shock !!!

Good pick up there. Only wish I could have found those WM online coupons. I think everyone in my area cleared them out. Could try to get Target to price match for 5% more.

May want to check that. They usually don't give VIP points on the part of the order that you don't pay actual money for.

Hardly. I'm selling Supermarket and Puppy Day Care for 2.5x RRP, Foals Washing Station for 3x RRP, and Puppy Pampering for 4x RRP. Others aren't doing as well as those, but you should at least try to be somewhat accurate when laying out your latest glass-half-empty drivel. Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

I love the set, but at full pop, no. Money could be better spent elsewhere.

If only someone would of warned us during summer... that was the first reference of train staying and station going as well, not to be confused with the other 100 times it was asked... brick bank and joker manor too, just a little snippet of a bigger riddle to come...

I got married this past weekend. Here's our wedding cake. Needless to say, the wife found it quite charming.

One thing to add to Achilles' advice...get a hang of how easy it is to sell before you start going deep on buying. If you look back over the various clearance threads on this message board and others, you will see a lot of people who come in, get geeked up about buying clearance, buy a ton, and then disappear. Buying is a lot easier than selling and it is very easy to get overextended, particularly if you're using credit to buy. Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

"If it was easy everyone would do it" - I don't mean this to come off as condescending, but there are no easy answers. I have been doing this for several years, and I am still learning, adapting, and refining my processes. I am sure several of the vets here would echo that sentiment. But there are tools, sites like this one, and others, that can help you learn and grow. But like most things, the best teacher is practice. Even without insider info, there are ways to make educated guesses as to what is retiring - there are some predictable trends, and not so predictable trends - For example, we know what themes LEGO is still using in 2019, and we can see that "LEGO Batman Movie", "Cars", "NEXO Knights" and "Elves" are not among them - so we know those sets are retiring. From themes that are continuing, such as DC Super Heroes, LEGO typically only has one BIG SET (140 ish price point) for each super hero line, currently Flying Fox for DC And the Sanctum for Marvel. Flying Fox has been out for a year and a half (Release dates available on Brickset.com), so it's an educated guess to assume that set is on its way out, even without having any other info. Some other info we do have on this set however is that it's been cleared out from most major retailers at steep discounts. That also can usually be taken as a sign of something retiring. Every set retires eventually. Some sets bring better returns than others at a different timeline and for different storage spaces. All those nuances are things you'll have to figure out yourself. From my example above, I think most serious LEGO investors are shying away from most LEGO Batman Movie and Cars sets, even at steep discounts. Elves seem to be a mixed bag, and I find NEXO Knights interesting. After the relative flop that I consider most of CHIMA to be, I avoided a lot of NEXO - And some of those sets have actually appreciated quite well - and I just haven't put much into the theme. But as someone else said, you can't buy it all. And some decisions will be winners, some will be losers. If you have more winners than losers, you're doing well. Personally, I have more Joker Steamrollers and Gorzan Gorilla Strikers than I care to admit. But I have far more Gorilla Grodd goes Bannanas and Joker Manors to make up for it. And here's the thing, MOST "losers" still sell for close to MSRP, so if you bought at a decent discount, 40% or more - You're still going to make a few bucks or come out even. That's one of the things I like about doing this, since at worst you are likely to break even - It's a pretty decent risk. The sets I have bought over the years that sold for less than MSRP 2-3 after retirement I can count on one hand. If I were to give advice to someone just getting involved, I would say this: Have a budget and a plan. Don't overspend. Be realistic. And definitely do not buy every set that's retiring or every set that's 50% off. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BUY. There are better/more efficient ways to go about it all, but as we all keep echoing - things are changing constantly. The Amazon gating thing is kind of a big deal. I don't even know if I *could* start doing this today with a goal of making money. Once you're already entrenched and have a system/rotation, it's a different game. Even as someone who has done this a while, and who (I consider) to have decent success, I would be lying if I said I totally understood it. I really thought 31038 Changing Seasons was going to be successful, and it has turned out to be pretty much a dud (even though I personally love the set). I would have never guessed that a set like 31032 Red Creatures would have been the smash that it is, but I ended up with a fair amount of them anyway. You are here, which is a major step. I was doing this for years before I discovered this site, and the information and experience found here have been instrumental in helping me grow. So from here, I'd say do a little research, dip your toes in, and see how it goes.

You should familiarize yourself with the fact that this is a bias. This does not mean all arguments from authority are wrong. I think you're going a downward spiral of trying to prove a point nobody else is really interested in. Don't let yourself get worked up and just enjoy the fact that we're all sharing our passion for lego and business here. Regarding the best way to see what are the sets to buy, I would recommend: - look at how many people say they've got a set on brickset.com (might be saturated) - Look at Brickinsights to see how people rate sets - Look at performance of past sets that are similar. - Look at sets that are offered at a discount - Really take the size of a set into consideration as storage will cost you. - For estimating a retirement it is good to check how long similar sets used to run for. Added comment: I'm in no way an authority, so you can trust me

i just bought a bunch of Lego Joker steamrollers from some guy named Terry. I am on my way I tell you.

Though some have tried .....

A good look here...with annoying music.

Yeah, I saw that. Cheapskates.

This is a good looking set. Well designed. Even with all that sidewalk on the corner, they packed a lot into it. Not sure what my favorite detail is... the dude eating a cookie out of a bowl with a spoon...... or the dead fish floating upside down in the tank

It's that easy......? How about this: If you bought 100 shares of Netflix in June-July of this year, you'd be down a minimum of $5,000 right now.