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One wood hope so....

Yup. You make a purchase like that once, realize what you're supporting, and then recognize and avoid those listings going forward.

Welcome. The key to making money around here is buying the right sets...at the right price. You should never pay full retail price.

Built one of many UCS Star Wars ships that I have in storage. Felt good to actually display it. Stand is from WickedBrick.

Stolen probably. ?

I agree, but the troll in my couldn't resist posting it. sorry.

You're getting to the root of the issue, but it all stems on how TLG wants to grow.

I think it will stick around.

Wooden it make sense to just buy a few of these just in case TLG discards this set and it's entire branch of possible new sets in the future?

Lets not leaf this up for speculation ...

Going out on a limb there....

Online return Stranger Things @ Target for $128.10 and $10 gc

That should change with the white baseplates coming out.

0 percent chance these aren't stolen.

Another trip this morn. Will qfll all this and make another trip tonight with fake moustache.

I keep the 3 I bought two years ago at the front of my storage so I can get to them quickly when the inevitable rush comes. Also, they serve as sentinel reminder to stay in my lane.

I still have those sitting in storage. My kid didn't even want to open one on Christmas.

Three years and counting

I'm just concerned that support for this will dry out and it will go up in flames.

This makes so much sense, since the first Black Widow was so popular.

So much for no more licensed brickheadz Let's see if LEGO can create better version of Minions than MegaBloks

I also dismantle the winter village buildings by section each year, and store them in the small white gift boxes (https://www.target.com/p/2ct-china-gift-box-white-wondershop-8482/-/A-54632670) that Target clearances out at 90% off each year. This slipper box size is good for minifigs and polybags, too. For storing modulars, I find the large flip-top decorative type of storage boxes are just the right size https://www.michaels.com/large-christmas-cabin-deep-tab-paper-box-by-ashland/10602036.html so that the buildings don't need to be dismantled too much for storage. Michael's coupon magic can often get these down to below $5 each.

40377 - Donald Duck 40378 Goofy & Pluto 40379 - Valentines Bear 40380 - ? 40383 - Bride 40384 - Groom 40412 - Hagrid & Buckbeak 40418 - Falcon & Black Widow 40419 - Hogwarts Students ?? 40420 & 21 - Minions 40422 - Frankenstein 40425 - Nutcracker

lol yea. or houses. its the packaging. don't care what anyone says.

I used to take them apart, but now I bag each section and label the bags together. It makes it much easier to put back every November.

My last qty 99 purchases were for quite a few orders of 4515 back in 2008 for just over $4/set. I sold the last ones for $85 on Amazon in 2013. Haven't been able to figure out how to replicate that margin... ?

There are times when paying over MRSP is more than justified .

I believe @exciter1 said Taco Bell (or similar) for dinner also does the trick...

Need a LEGO booty call service.

A year later, a busier setup, and an additional messy kid. Baby #3 due in March, Boy #3. At this rate all those Elves sets I have set aside for "future girl" are going to end up on Amazon. Will give it another try in a few years.

This is a potentially good idea, as they could stem this theme out. My guess is that these are around for at least tree years.

Great idea! I'll go first... We are still assembling, so here is a pic of the Winter Firehouse that I modularized a bit. Tonight I am going to attempt to put it on a MILS platform thanks to AlpineMaps.

eh... maybe you just convinced me to put these white plates to work using the MILS for the winter village... something to start to do this evening!!!! Thanks, I was worried about what I was going to do with the 5 spare minutes I have.

Thanks...I'm going to look like a genius in front my kid ...milking these precious years b4 dreaded teen years.

Rubber bands on all 4 wheels to maximize grip and make your battery life more effective. Put one on the wheels that control the spin function on the tree so that gets maximum twist

I mean... I guess it's ghostbusters.

with the rumor of more Ghostbusters sets in 2020 for the new film, i pray to every god & power ranger that they make an Ecto-1 the size of this batmobile. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

We saved all of our Smugglers Bounty boxes and Marvel Collector Corps boxes and they are about the perfect size for each individual set. So we have each box labelled and we don't really have to disassemble much. Works very well for us.

We do the similar thing, try to keep sections together so we don't have to build everything from scratch the next year (would take forever) as we own all the winter village sets and get the new one each year.

Haven’t found an idiot to offload them to yet .

History tells me, those don't all mean much. You place your bets and hedge your risk, so far in this game my net return is about 105%.

That's a good point, but imagine shipping is paid by the buyer, and you get the set for 20% off. Granted the ebay and paypal fees eat into it, but unless you can find your niche on craigslist or something along those lines, ebay, amazon, etc are about it for some if not most of us. But, buying 30, 40, 50% off more times than not, you are going to see a profit.

Honestly, if you are buying sets at RRP you'll never make money. Most serious investors/resellers look for an average of 50% off RRP for a buy-in or more. My average buy-in for the Mini was $34.15 for example. Using sales, rebates, points, bonuses, etc. for various retailers is essential.

Gotcha, was looking at the wrong thing: 467222

I am have received In the lego carton many Saturn V’s , Porshe 911, UCS snowspeeders and more recently Buggati Chiron and Voltrons...

How in the world could you be complaining about Indominus Rex sets? If you haven't at least doubled if not tripled your money on that set then LEGO investing probably isn't for you, no offense.

+1 for the term “mega turd” ted.

Lol. Location, location, location!!!