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Just seeing this now on Brickset. Looks excellent! I love that they have added 3 minifigures, as well as a (sticker?) of a classroom board. What do you guys/gals think?

Also, the wife ran upstairs...here comes Fedex...no knock, tower bridges put downstairs with nobody the wiser.

Howabout some new talking points!!! So Ill jump in with the OP with some of my pics for worst performing sets of the ones that have come or will come out in 2014: 1. 70724 - Ninjago Copter: I liked this set when it came out. However, I have heard a lot of negative feedback and this set has sold pretty terrible for me. I loved the figs - but now most of them are in other sets. The actual vehicle is weird looking and almost out of place. 2. 75055 - Star Destroyer: I was really excited when I first saw this set. However now - not so much. Nothing really that much new with it, smaller than the original and at $130 way overpriced compared to others. A lot of people don't remember the last Star Destroyer (MIDI) did not do well. And you can say "MIDI sucks though"! But the MIDI Falcon did pretty well. Overall I am not going to touch this one (except to build it). 3. 75058 MTT: Really the same problems as the one above. Smaller, looks incorrect compared to the original. The first was a huge investment winner, but I just don't feel like this one will be. 10 years past the prequels, how popular will this be? 4. 79117 Big Turtle Lair Invasion Set: I have a hunch the movie will not do well. The first turtle wave didn't seem to really take off and now there are 9 more sets clogging up the realms. Though the biggest set in a theme usually does well, this one just looks weird. Its a bigger version of the first one and less impressive in my book. Weird colors and a myriad of randomness. Only saving grace is the badass slide. 5. 75060 UCS Slave 1 - Just joking, this one will rule.

amen brother. my wife is a doc and worked her read-end off. for decades even before collecting an actual paycheck. there wasn't much pink or purple in her hard work.

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Cedar Point is the best. Top Thrill Dragster and Millennium Force are ridiculous. Raptor is great too. I think they have more coasters than anyone. I love the giant arcade too.

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why do you guys need so many coupons, i've been using the same 30% off kids club coupon for literally months, i just pull it up on my phone, they type it in, and it keeps working

If this is really $19.99...man I'm all in.

Phht... try building SSD or Tower Bridge...

I like it! The box design is suberb. In my opinion, TLG should make more sets with similar box design. Give me a slick black any day over "busy" designs.

Maersk Train, $260 shipped. Not bad for 1 year.

Glad you guys brought that up, it`s great to see more sets that work to even out the gender balance. Not all girls go for the pink, and it`s nice that Lego appears to have realized that with a set like this. At $20-$25 it`s reasonably priced as well, hopefully they decide to make more. If it is limited availability, I see plastic gold here.

I could see this set selling very well for years. Could make a great graduation gift. On a side note, it's nice they have "girl's" sets that aren't tons of pink and purple. I'll be buying lots of these

Great news today! I heard from Lego LEGO Shop at Home and they honored my order which got blocked a week ago. Apparantly I got unblocked (unbanned) for whatever reason. Maybe because I called and tried to reason with them. Thanks to all you well wishers for your support in this thread. I will tread lightly in the next few months ordering from the LEGO Shop at Home.

It's a neat little set. I like the t-rex. Wish it was a little bit bigger

So would I, I'd like to sell my FBs for

If any Chicago BPers are reading this I just called the discovery center in Schaumburg. They had 2 on the shelf there the other day and I called to see if they are still there and she said "oh yeah we have plenty". So I'm going to swing in and get 2 or 3, sounds like there will be leftovers after that. Get 10% off if you get the annual pass, at $40 it pays for itself quick.

To be fair, the OP's list is really "sets that should theoretically do well, but won't for the following reasons." Everything except the technic set are exclusives.

In-store, but I'm not sure about S@H.

Exactly. Friends sets here seem to do horribly. Technic is a big winner. Ninjago is a consistent seller for me while Super Heroes is crazy. With the current sales going on here though, most of those sets are flying off the shelves. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I personally disagree with the lot but I also disagree with a lot of posts on here. Like all investments it depends what you buy in for. Regardless of my personal opinions ( not a steampunk nor Simpsons fan) I think each of these sets look amazing with their own uniqueness. Hate all you want but I think Lego has lifted the bar and the sets will do well. All that is needed is a little patience...

Here's a crazy money management solution/scheme Get a new credit card with 0% interest for a year (Chase Slate card). Charge the amount that you have in cash. Use the cash money in hand to make the monthly minimum payments to keep the 0%. Wait until Christmas time (or at worst 10 months) to see how much they appreciate then sell them (give yourself 2 months time) for whatever profit there is at that time and pay back the remainder on the credit card. See how much you have made in profit. If it's enough for you, rinse and repeat. Of course if you don't pay attention, miss one payment, go over a year, etc, you just totally screwed yourself. You can even invest the remainder of the cash on hand that's not needed to make the monthly payments (short term CD, money market, high yield bond fund) and make some small interest amount.

While getting bitten by genetically altered spiders may turn some into super heroes, the same cannot be said for the Pumpkin King... The only difference in an actual build would be the inclusion of a jack-o-lantern head instead of the orange blank.

If you can only afford to keep them for 3 or 4 months, then you cannot afford to buy all of them. It seems many on this site are investing money that they will need within 12 months. That strategy usually never ends well.

Have any background on these thoughts? 1. You think Benny's Spaceship is going to basically (whatever the hell X11 is) in 10 years? You realize only like 15 sets have ever hit 1000$ right? And none that were developed since like 2007. It would be way eaiser for the Sea Cow to hit that (and it wont) . I love when people trash talk the Bwing. Its gained almost 100$ in the last year and is still easily growing (just retired in October/November). Id love to have more Bwing sets: Sets I got a crap load of at $125 and expect that will hit 400$-500$ in 2-3 years. 3. Thoughts on why? I mean, there aren't too many big Star Wars sets that haven't done well (besides Grievous and the Starfighter - and the Sandcrawler destroys those.)

It's also smart to ride with your mouth closed at night. Unless you have special dietary instructions from your Doctor to consume bugs. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Sorry guys I think this is UK only I should have said in the title They are now out of stock online but still available for local collection Managed to reserve 2 so collecting later today

I don't think it's an indicator of retirement. It's sorted by availability then item number. For example the Camper is sat above the 'check for availability' which is sat above the 'sold out' sets, in turn these are in numerical set order. Once stock comes back for the camper it will return further up the list, probably sorted by 'new items'

Big point is - that you are getting at - Would anything surprise anyone anymore?

not so much fighting - e-jostling.

It has to retire sometime, why not now? It's only been 6 years. Then again it might not retire. The SSD won't retire and the GE won't retire and LEGO will have a nice surprise for resellers. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

worst decision i made in lego investing this year was not to keep damaged ssd's. keep them for now. you have 90 days to take them back to walmart. best case scenario they come back in stock from a new production run in the next 90 days and you return the turds or try and squeeze out a discount. worst case scenario, you have dinged up SEALED ssd's that if you hold onto a little longer you will stay make a lot of money. so you have a 3 month "option" on these ssd's. don't go shorting that market.

Looks like a great summer. First the SSD, then VC off of tru website, and now GE gone from LEGO Shop at Home!

TB ordered from ebay pawn shop for $210 shows up with some extra creases and dents in box not mentioned in description. Notice that someone else has returned this TB too in the last week probably for same reason. Asked for $60 discount or returning (with shipping at seller's expense). Got $60 discount so even though missed out WM TB deal still got a nice dinged up sealed TB for only $150 no tax or shipping - yeehaw!

*crossing fingers*

Too bad Friends minifigs can't sit on them. Could have done Friends Shopping Mall - Invasion from Hell

The vast majority of your buyers will build their sets, that is why a fun/solid build is important in the reselling world. The Sea Cow is unique, nothing else like it. It is whacky, crazy and fun and that's why "nerds" like me drove 50 minutes on launch day to grab one. Yes I can grab a lotr pirate ship, a triple E , or a POTC ship but it is just not the same . My two cents edited to ad: I cared more about the design over the role it played in the move

I went to my Wally World to buy some pool chemicals. As always I had to check the lego aisle. I saw a lone bat cave sitting there with no tag. I scanned it on my phone. Nothing came up. I scanned it on the in store scanner. Again, nothing came up. I saw an employee scanning some items a few aisles away. She scanned it, and said it wasn't in the system anymore. If I wanted it she could mark it down to $35. Score! I asked if they had anymore. Sadly, they did not. I already have several of these bought around $50, which I feel was a good price. Getting one for $35 made my day.

Assuming people still care about lego when it retires, sandcrawler will do just fine.

The Sandcrawler will be the only one of these I own, in the short-term. I may pick up a Simpson's House if the mood strikes me. The Sea Cow, we'll see, it's one to watch. I'll have a Fairground Mixer eventually. We mid-westerners are all carny's at heart.

So Luis, what do you feel like eating for lunch today?.......................Italian.

Here is more of what I would try and Bricklink:

We can't assume any of these sets are great sellers, true, but your point of LEGO extending set lives to 6 years was based off of one set, the 10188. There have been over 10,000 LEGO sets produced, and even if 10 or 20 had a 6 year shelf life, that is an outlier. The 10188 is an exception...for now. In no way am I knocking the 10188. I have pointed out many times that bang for your buck, it is one of the best sets LEGO ever developed and sold. Maybe LEGO is changing their philosophy on retiring sets. Time will tell. My original point was that by retiring LEGO sets, it makes them more valuable than if they were never or rarely retired. Sure, it helps the investors of the world as well, but most of all, this value after EOL helps LEGO itself. If an item is perceived as valuable after it is retired, more often than not, the same would be true when the item is being sold by primary retailers. It is much easier to sell a $400 LEGO set to an AFOL if they believe that the LEGO set will be worth more money one day than they paid for it. How many $400 boxes of plastic would LEGO sell if the pieces became almost worthless after opening the box like many toys? Not many. The primary and secondary markets compliment one another and the retiring of sets is a key component to it all.

I think of a price I'll be satisfied with sometime in the future. I'll go ahead and list the item at that price and then leave it until it sells. Sometimes it's 2 minutes, 2 weeks, and sometimes it's 2 years.

I just finish my R2D2 a few days ago Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

It's not a deal breaker, but for the person who is an investor and a collector, the free promo is worth something. It is much easier to buy a Lego set from LEGO Shop at Home and get a free promo than to buy it off eBay for $20+.

For all us old farts out there... this is what came to my mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_uwFcI8JE Not quite HH, but that one creepy house on a nice suburban street.

Three months after the imperial flagship was EOL I had taken my father in law to a Lego convention in Cincinnati. At the time the sets were selling on ebay every day for $400. They had a Lego store set up in the convention center. Sitting on the shelves were 8 copies (marked down from $180 to $120). I casually asked the store guy how many sets I could buy. He told me 5. So I informed my father in law that I was going to buy 5 and I was going to have him buy the other 3 (he's not a wealthy man and I informed him I would pay him back later that night). We went to the register to pay when I realized I had left my wallet in my car on the other side of town. I pleaded with the cashier to help me out and not force me to go across town to get my wallet. He thankfully allowed my father in law to purchase all 8 sets. So my father in law just put $1000 on his credit card. While driving home I was telling him about my strategy in investing in Lego. He then informed me that he wanted in on half. Meaning that he would buy 4 sets and I would buy 4 sets. What was I going to do. He saved me by paying for my sets anyway. He then got worried about what he was going to tell his wife. I reassured him that we could post 2 of the sets on ebay that night and a week later he would (should) be able to sell them for between $350-400 easily. We did exactly that and he was pleased. We then sold his other 2 sets the next week. Since then I've sold a couple of my sets. I have a few more still gaining in value. But to find eight $400 sets on the shelf for $125 ea. Without having to wait for them to "mature". That was a great day!!