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100 Brickheadz Mandalorian w/ child. First ones started being delivered today.

my kid built them. I contributed by applying the stickers.

LegoSteve has spoken... This is the way.

I am finishing up the long process of closing out my storage unit and getting prepped to sell. I moved the last of the shelves upstairs around 11:00 PM last night, and today (between working the day job) I've been unboxing, sorting and shelving sets. I picked up the last two loads and swept out the unit yesterday, to that chapter is closed. I can't finish building my theater room until I clean it out, so lots of stuff going on the market soon. Oh, since non-LEGO stuff, I'll focus on the room itself. It now has walls, doors, and climate control.

7709 Sentai Fortress. I know this set doesn't get much love (or Exo-Force in general) but I had a great time building it. Quite a bit going on in this set, 2 mechs, 2 tall towers, service area, entry gate and walls. I had to put the towers on the inside for it to fit on the shelf once it was moved, it was almost 3 feet wide without doing that. I think if a set like this was released today under Ninjago it would do really well, but hey, it was cheap even after 10 years of retirement Bonus: I wish Brickset had a tag for "folding box". And that Lego did that anymore in general

I hate that I know you're talking about the left one. That swimming level was a beast, and then once you get to drive the car, I could never even figure out where to go!

Up for retail, Darth Vader's castle at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Vaders-Castle-Building-Pieces/dp/B07J6F8H3M/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=LEGO+Star+Wars+Darth+Vader's+Castle+75251&qid=1594849032&s=toys-and-games&sr=1-2&pldnSite=1

Great advice. I had similar advice 19 years ago. I heard a radio show about investing that said the same thing. Buy what you know. So I looked around my advertising agency that was filled with Apple computers and I thought maybe I should buy some AAPL stock. This was pre-iPod (August 7, 2001 to be exact). My buy-in was $12K at $1.40 per share (adjusted for splits). Best advice I've ever had. Now I understand that was a once in a lifetime lucky payout but still great advice. Maybe we need an investing thread. We're WAY off topic.

I agree with all of this. While I bought individual stocks in March (for the first time in 15 years) I'm not buying now and have already sold more than half of what I bought in March. I've held onto Amazon and UPS - online shopping is booming. Definitely not a market expert, but totally believe this: "We've not begun to feel the economic sting of the pandemic, and the US seems culturally and intellectually incapable of addressing it." Which is why last week I moved 50% of my stock-based mutual fund 401k money out of stocks completely and into stable value. When the inevitable crash that's coming does happen, I'll buy back in with that 50% and smile. I'm betting the market is much more likely to decline by 20% than increase by 20% by year end - so preserving some equity. As heard on a Joe Rogan podcast, "the stock market is a graph of rich people's feelings."

There’s a separate thread for these type of questions. This question has also been recently asked, refer to that thread and for future such inquiries:

I think the best time to buy stocks was back in March when I posted about it in these forums that I was moving Lego money that way. It's worked out pretty well!

Everytime I see you posting here, i get excited and rush to the thread, hoping for you to annouce 1000 pcs of a specific lego set😁

Amazon has the Hogwarts castle coming soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GH953JN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_dDVdFb0YSPTZD

It’s even more depressing when you watch the speed runs and realize most of the challenging moments were completely avoidable (including the need for scrolls to blast through the narrow passages in the final stage).

Yes, that first TMNT game is insanely difficult. Even as an experienced and intelligent adult, try beating that game without using a walkthrough or any external help, and you'll soon be banging your shell against the screen.

No Minecraft Mountain Cave craziness (WOW!!) but sold a sealed Darth Revan for $70 shipped on eBay. I accepted the offer which was a little lower than market value because I have six more to sell.

minecraft mountain cave for $939 fbm ($1002 with tax).

Yes, absolutely. Buy a hair dryer. It works wonders. You don't want a snooty Amazon or eBay buyer seeing that the set they just paid $200 for only cost you $14.98.

Sales have definitely slowed over the last month, but it's just a lull. The reality is that COVID isn't going anywhere anytime soon and we'll be in this for quite a while to come.

While sales may not be anywhere close to the April/May level of insanity - things are still going strong, and are far from over.

It will be back

I hadn't done any day trading since the dot com bust, but got back in in March and did that until May. Made a good chunk of change on the airlines and cinema stocks before they took a second dive. I've been on the sidelines since writing and buying back covered calls since the volatility is commanding a premium and you can potentially pay off the buy-in price on the underlying stock in a year on some of these. I agree that now is not the time to buy. FOMO is running rampant and I don't see a long-term stimulant for some of these high-flying stocks -- those aided by covid will probably revert to pre-covid sales after the pandemic so why would their valuation remain 50 to 100% higher than pre-covid prices in some cases (I'm looking at you, AMZN)? I took most of my profits in May/June and threw them into boosting my LEGO inventory -- ironic given the brokerage accounts were loaded up with LEGO sales from the Christmas season. Who knows, might be shifting back again if the market corrects this fall when LEGO sales pick back up for the holidays. I went ahead and ordered a few 31097's from Costco just now to justify posting here

to me...getting into stocks now would be the quintessential "buying high" unless day trading...I would advise caution

I am not seeing any deals for Joann in the feed at the top. Try doing a hard refresh?

i hate that saying.

Addendum: Diversify your current assets further, especially into liquid assets. Cash remains king. Furthermore, ignore FOMO and focus on beefing up your assets more.

Counterpoint - don't buy stocks. We've not begun to feel the economic sting of the pandemic, and the US seems culturally and intellectually incapable of addressing it effectively. The market will fall & fall hard sometime within the next year - better to buy after a fall then near all time highs.

I was aware of that MOC. I was just saying if LEGO is going to do a re-release, the above set would make more sense than just re-releasing the ideas set and neglecting the original designers from more royalties.

Tip of the Day: Buy Stocks. This is the strongest Bull run ever. Even with all the uncertainties going on around the world, the market is numb to it all, as the proof for me was this quarter. I can not believe the bounce back. Many factors such as 0% interest rate is pushing this market to all time highs, over and over again.

When I get the same "What's your bottom price?" messages for five of my listings, and I go to add the user to my blocked buyers list, and he's already there.

Yes, remove the price stickers. Always use a heat gun and, if necessary, a Scotty Peeler and some Goo Gone. I've seen a bunch of "I was overcharged!!!!1!!!!" negative feedback over the years because sellers didn't remove price stickers.

You must’ve missed my post where i confessed to giving my failed “investments” to my kids’ friends that I dislike. See Jyn Buildable.

Unless you would also think it was wise to add a note with a shipment such as "Hey dumbass, thanks for giving me $200 for a set I just paid $15 for" Yes, removing the clearance sticker is a very good idea.

I was planning to gift the Chima sets to my nephews, but I failed to get them interested. They're more interested in computer games and sports than they are sitting down to build something. It's too bad. So now everything is getting ready for resale.

Always. Especially, if you care about your feedback.

That's too much labor for me, but I was getting annoyed by messages from looky-loos whining about price differences, so I covered them up with black stickers.

I don't have a system anymore but I couldn't get rid of these games as collectibles. Still have them after all these years.

Lots of memories for me. My brother and I would always inhale dinner as the first one done and upstairs got to be player 1 and decide what game(s) were played that night. My parents recently retired / moved, which means we had to go through all our boxes of stuff that we still had at their house. I received the NES and the games. My initial thoughts on this set were meh, but after going through my games, I like this set more and more and think they could add so much to it such as Excitebike, Spyhunter (if they could change the scrolling), Castlevania, Megaman, etc. And for the math discussion...

Youve got a new follower now! I spend most my time scrolling through for laughs. And i only use my cats for videos

In stock for backorder ship July,30 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/pirates-of-barracuda-bay-21322

LEGO 41437 Heartlake Resort - £60 last one on the shelf hidden at the top.