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Wrong thread folks, please take the stock market discussion somewhere else. This coming from a guy in the business.

Guys I don't think the Finance executives for the Lego Group would keep their jobs long if they spend millions investment in creating 1 set such as the Triple E, having it sell so well it sells out constantly, and then discontinues it in its first year....not to be rude...but come on, use some logic here.

Sell it and buy a used set for a lot cheaper..

Used / complete 7199 temple of doom for $84 shipped.

My Thoughts: http://blog.brickpicker.com/building-temptations-true-cost-opening-building-lego-sets/

I usually soak the parts in warm water and dish soap overnight, then rinse and let air dry. Some parts with you might have to scrub with a soft toothbrush to get gunk out of smaller crevices. This method has always worked well for me. Of course, don't soak any parts with stickers or they'll peel off. For sets I have displayed, I usually blow them off with an air duster a few times a month to keep the dust down.

These were not the droids he was looking for?

I don't agree with the highlighted part of this statement or think it makes any sense. Unless you are gambling in a Vegas casino, you aren't going to get good returns on anything in less than two years. Really, unless your timeline is five years or more, you aren't really investing. You are just speculating. And I'm not just talking about Lego's here, I'm talking about any investment. If you invest in the stock market (which I do through my 401(k)), you should plan on having a five year timeframe at least if you want pretty good chance of getting a return. It takes time for companies you hold stock in to improve their performance, and sometimes there are market downturns, etc, so you have to have a long term timeframe in order to invest successfully in stocks/mutual funds. So this idea of "Why would you invest in Legos and wait for a couple years to see the margin you see... why not invest elsewhere?" doesn't make sense. You can't invest elsewhere in less than two years. You can only gamble elsewhere in less than two years. Real investing takes time and patience. And as far as the economy being on the upturn goes, that's pretty debatable. For most people the US economy is still in the toilet. Lego investors are fortunate that our target audience of "Rich AFOLs" has been doing better, which helps us, but in general things aren't better. For example, Walmart just released an investor statement saying that their lower to middle income demographic is still doing badly, which has hurt their results. So a lot of companies you might invest in, especially those catering to the broader segments of the US economy, are still not doing well and that can certainly hurt performance of other investments. So in summary... there's no free investment lunch anywhere. I have both Lego and stock/mutual fund investments, and I have long time frames. That is really the only way to go unless you want to gamble.

Built a mini-squadron at the Lego booth Disney Star Wars weekend.

Charlie Sheen

Sweet!!!!! Can't wait for page after page of speculation.

it came out in January, why on earth would you think it would?

My eyes

If you want to save some money, do what the others have said and sell the one you have and use the profits to buy a used one in good condition. If you want to open the set and build it, go ahead and do it. The decision is up to you.

We opened an MISB Green Grocer last year for our collection and zero regrets. We paid just over $550 US sealed for it. But I'm a total LEGO snob and rarely buy used sets to build... Can't stand cleaning someone else's dust.

Monster Fighters Haunted House 10228 $90 on clearance from TRU!! And they threw in a Spider-man polybag. Ha! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Some people do small incisions at the top of the package to verify. I personally open them, leave them un-assembled and put them in small plastic bags.

Picked up another 10225 R2-D2 here in my city (Enschede, the Netherlands). Some wealthy people bought it for their son for bithday, but he didn't wanted it already before even opening the wrapping paper. It was completely new in ToysXL wrapping paper. Box in perfect mint condition with all the seals there. Paid 125 euro for it :-) quite a steal here in Holland for that set, it is 180 euro's retail. Now got 3 R2-D2's 10225, really happy with it.

Just means a small local store run by minimal staff, usually family members that are the owners...not franchised, single location.

Sign

Peter Criss

Everyone EXCEPT all the newbies.

Here is a quick comparison for all three of the minifigure scale MTT's released over the years including this new redesign. Year: 2000 Number: 7184 Name: Trade Federation MTT Pieces: 466 Minifigures: 7 Retail: $49.99 Year: 2007 Number: 7662 Name: Trade Federation MTT Pieces: 1330 Minifigures: 20 Retail: $99.99 Year: 2014 Number: 75058 Name: MTT Pieces: ? Minifigures: 14(?) Retail: $79.99(?)

Huh, thought tiger blood was maroon. Okay, um. leather

Think I would have went with "my eggo" after this...

Believe me, everyone here knows this.

Feel free to do so with your own collection. This dude can do whatever he wants with his.

I personally hate it. Compared to the previous version, it is just terrible. It's not so much the lack of figs, the thing just looks wrong. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Lethal Weapon.

The organization thing bugged me too. I mean, I thought it was an unwritten rule that all LEGO fanatics had to be at least a little bit OCD as well. He had a bunch of Blacktron II sets all displayed in roughly in the same area, and it would have been so easy to just group them together. They were so close, yet so far away. It actually made me kind of antsy.

My recommendation is that you sort all the pieces by color first. While you are sorting by color, pick out pieces that look rare/strange to you and pick out pieces that have stickers or are printed. These types of pieces will help you greatly when you try to identify which sets you have. Once you are finished sorting by color, sort further by splitting each color into two piles: larger pieces, and smaller pieces.

SSDs From Double VIP and Friday shipped

I think I saw a tube of kragle

I think that person should be banned from LEGO

I have recently gotten into buying incomplete sets on ebay and completing them and selling them. I have had good luck so far. The key is waiting until you have several sets to complete and then trying only to place 1 or 2 orders on Bricklink to complete them. This can be difficult if you are missing rare pieces. It's time consuming also but I enjoy doing it so I don't mind. You can make good money if you are dealing with sets that are worth good money on the secondary market. A $25 set probably isn't worth it now but just make a list of what you need and the next time you are making an order check to see if you can pick these up as well.

I finally finished building my R2-D2 after starting to build it five months ago. Great set and display piece.

The argument against the 10188 is that it is a childish set and was never designated as a UCS set. It is not accurate in appearance or proportion. Same goes for the Ewok Village and Sandcrawler. Sorry, the Sandcrawler is a nice set, but it certainly isn't UCS quality in my eyes. LEGO did the entire line a disservice by adding the little hokey gold emblem on the box stating it's a UCS set. LEGO really cheesed out on the Sandcrawler UCS set IMO. It's better than the first version, but a proper UCS Sandcrawler should have been 5000 pieces or more. They threw on the corny UCS emblem to increase sales. There is also something to be said about a classy looking box and set. All you have to do is look at the classic box from the 7191 UCS X-Wing and compare it to the boring looking UCS Red 5 X-Wing box. No comparison. The sets are similar, but the 7191 looks more valuable. To me, LEGO really missed a golden opportunity to make a truly iconic theme of LEGO sets. They should have made all the UCS boxes in a similar fashion to the Architecture boxes, black and classy with the STAR WARS emblem standing out in a glossy gold color. The could include a quality instruction booklet with each set, that has a professional look and feel(like the AS book). Each set should always include a plaque. The UCS series could have expanded to other types of adult oriented models as well.

Ed can't be more right.

The poster doesn't say UCS sets, it says "ultimate" . There are 4 or 5 sets on there that are not UCS sets. The 10188 is not a UCS set. Period.

The PC term is "flapjacks".

I think I'm seeing a pattern emerge. These scenarios seem to play out thusly

It is a bit overpriced, but I really like it just for the fact it is something different. Getting the balloon cart (and throw in the hot dog stand from previous Lego giveaways) will add a bit more to it as well.

Enjoy~

Stage 1. Now I need to plan out the roads and where I'll put my modulars.

Here are some pics of my Winter Village display. Those of you with WV scenes will recognize them. And yes, this is the display with the "Where's Waldo?" Gingerbread Man. it appears he is in one pic here - can you tell which one? I apologize ahead of time for the bad lighting in my dining room. The Winter Village Cottage and Post Office square Winter Carnival square Bakery and Toy Shop square Here are some vignettes from the Display: Puppy Love Music Echoes through the square Training the dog Fun in the Snow with Dad Cat Fight!

I tried to buy from Canada and have it shipped to a US address (parcel receiving company) and my order got cancelled.

Perhaps with all your lego and web based know how, you 2 could launch a completely seperate site for the selling of lego sets--with no connection to us? I like the us vs. them vibe of this site----the semi-underground nature of friends helping each other pay the absolute least for each of their sets, while discussing ways of maximizing profits turned at the expense of "everyone else". Somehow the posts here of "I just sold a 4x4 crawler to some dope in Australia for $600" would be extremely upsetting to the fella in the next forum over that just paid it.