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Today I went to my parents house and got all of my old Legos. I had the foresight to organize very well before I stopped collecting. These sets are all from the late 80s and early 90s. Most of them are complete with instructions and boxes. There are also a bunch of old Lego Magazines in an envelope. I will be doing inventory, and some building as time permits. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I am both on and off topic in adding a few thoughts for those people that are upset. Guess what? I got 30 RI's and 16 Exo's. Guess what else? I am not a big time reseller. It is a hobby. I have a lot of fun with it. Most times I don't get tons of deals. What do I do with my Lego finds and profits if I am lucky enough to get in on a wave? I use it to collect for myself, to flip, to long term invest & appreciate. Why? To help make money in order to be able to feed my families Lego habits, other toys and not accumulate debt in the process. For those people who think I acquired too much? Guess what? I offered one member on here that I'll sell them a RI at cost + shipping and in fact that I'd probably take a raw loss on it by a few $ to even help them out. It was for their daughter as a present. Another brick picker is setting me up most likely with the 3 SDCC Lego mini sets from this year at a very fair price. Guess what I did? Offer him two RI's at my cost + shipping and that I'd take a few $ raw loss on it to help him out. I also just got hit with finding out tomorrow I either have a replacement engine in my relatively new car under warranty or I get an $8,000 bill. I do not have $8,000 out of the blue to pay for that and it would take a lot more than 30 RI's to cover that after sales, expenses & taxes. Yes we want to make money. That is being American. Yes we take care of our own. I've already planned to lose real $ on 3 of the 30 RI's that I have gotten. I care about people. I do not know what defines a large reseller or someone who thinks 30 RI's of 16 Exo's is a lot. I have worked very hard constantly monitoring brick picker and many other sites and staying up in the middle of the night to order them. Yes it is hard work. But yes I think you'll find many people here have a heart. I care. Most do. Be kind too. Rewind. Relax.

While I do respect people's opinions, I would have personally kept this one to myself. If one suffers from degrees of mental illness like he did, there is no way you can comprehend what he did. You were not him and have no idea what he went through in his life dealing with it. I am not sticking up for or agreeing with his actions, but I am not going to judge him or anyone else. P.S. I will probably be locking this thread soon since I already have the gut feeling it will go downhill very soon.

That's like telling superman who Clark kent is

Since nobody else seems to want to... (we all know people are getting the email notifications). Supraboy888 is an ex-user from the Vancouver area who boasted time and again about all the good deals he was getting (mostly illegally by failing to declare what he was bringing back at the Can-US border). He then spoke grandiose tales of selling his goods for small fortunes on Kijiji and other local selling sites/markets. When he sold a $20 set for $40 it was $25 of pure profit. (math mistake intentional) But his most famous quote (paraphrased of course) was that he could sell his goods out of his trunk in the TRU parking lot anytime anyplace for more than MSRP like "hotcakes". He has been banned and I can't remember what thread famous brag that was in. I don't remember exactly why he was banned other than he was just a real d*** in the forums. He stills sells locally on Kijiji and from what I understand he sells for quite small margins. I can't speak if you're truly selling them for the markup you've said (only you know the truth) but people are just reminiscing at your expense about a fool of a member. I think the advice here is .. be humble, don't act like a Supraboy888 and we'll all just get along. PS Vancouver does seem like a very good resellers market. There is definitely the population to support some large scale reselling so I'm not doubting you've scored some good deals. Sounds like you're piggybacking your costs onto some business expenses (i.e. gas $) but it never goes over well when people claim it costs them nothing to score such good deals... At a minimum takes "time" which is something not every member has in boat loads, or trunks full.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, my friend...

Is it that trunk sale that runs at certain TRUs near the Canada/US border?

I'm just gonna relax and watch you guys duke it out. My hotcakes are almost done and I don't want a rat to eat them.

I try to be somewhat tactful when I discuss how many sets I buy. It is possible that some members could be less boastful, but the site is about investing and "reselling" so I guess it has its place. The Exo Suit has stirred up some pent up anger and jealousy from certain traditional LEGO fans and collectors. They direct their anger towards our site and members and many of these elitist hypocrites like to preach about resellers as being the antichrists of the LEGO world. Most of us here are bigger fans of LEGO sets than many who condemn us. It used to really bother me, but after watching the site grow over the past three years, I realize that most LEGO fans have an interest in how valuable their LEGO collection is, regardless if they are resellers or not. People care about their value and how to save a buck or two and that is who makes up our membership, not the vocal minority of heavy duty resellers that sometimes dominate the forums. The Exo Suit will be back in stock at some point and things will quiet down again...until the next hot set comes along, then all Hell will break loose once again. Hopefully more people will learn from this experience and realize it takes some effort at times to acquire a popular item and to prepare a gameplay to do so. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

I got everything in except the front center red wedge and the jet for the back. I couldn't wait anymore so I decided to put it together anyway. Sorry for the less than optimal lighting. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

OK got it down. Thanks for patience. Box, Open Box, Stack of 21 super, stack of 9 damaged, and 2 photos of the worst of the 9, only 2 were like this, the others much better. It will nose-dive a little I imagine, want to move them out but not crazy. Will sell the 9 damaged at a discount, have 3 for fellow BP'ers that asked and will sell 10-12 of the remaining 18 great shape ones and then hold the rest.

Tears are welling up in my eyes. Door to door, border to border, post to post, parking lot to parking lot, frying pan to drowned in butter & syrup, resellers cannot be stopped!

Any smart reseller, like ex-member Supraboy, would have carried in 10 Exo-Suits to show them what's up.

In all it's glory. You can see where the gap is missing in the back of the red wedges. Can be solved with a red 2x1 if you don't want exact. Swapped out Robin's arms to light flesh ones with green gloves to better match the 60's outfit. There are no light flesh legs though. Get on that Juniors set people, cause it's gonna be gone before you know it! Thank you again TOK for putting all of this together~!

If you mean take up tons of space, give you a hernia as you carry it into the post office, and leave you lying awake at night after it ships praying that the buyer doesn't open an "item not received" claim against you...don't worry, it will!

I always sort by type using the bricklink categories as a guide. It's very easy to find a black 2x2 corner plate in a sea of similar type/size plates. It's hard to find the same piece in a sea of black.

Some time ago I would have said, start by sorting by color. Now I think it might be better to start sorting by type of brick. It is later easier to find a red brick in a pile of some-color bricks, than finding that red brick in a pile of other red stuff.

KEEP CALM AND BUILD LEGO

It's a french tradition.

Picked this up yesterday locally. Didn't have instructions, but had the box (strange) and is missing a few pieces. They were asking $65, but took $50 right away when I offered. Would have liked to have gotten it for a little cheaper, but seems like a decent buy.

We need a thread to reminisce in at least. I really miss those threads where a certain member would buy every piece of clearance he could then the next day post regretful pictures of his way too full house and wonder what happened. Or the boastful tales of returning mountains of product to the LEGO just to "stick it to the man" because ponytail wouldn't help him out. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Brickpicker mobile app

Thanks for the explanation. That saves a lot of inquiries. Your answer will go over like 5 birds in the hand, hotcakes and syrup and a trunk full of Lego sales.

It's a shame members like Supraboy and TheHobbyRat, etc are no longer around. I am not sure if any one can replace them

TRU parking lot, B-Wing pilots are wearing Exo-Suits, it's craaaaazy!

Nice. Used Hogwarts sets are one of the easiest sellers on Ebay too. You can get 250$ easy for a complete one.

Here is another time lapse build for your viewing pleasure.....

maybe he meant continuous, never ending cough

Funny you mention that because I came across something where a guy goes around to various fast food chains to see if they can make the food look like what is shown on the menu or commercials. Plenty of the comments on YouTube left below it are humorous too. There is a point where we can't really expect something to look precisely as good as it does in the ad but you should end up with something that actually does resemble in some way what you paid for.

I got one research institute in from LEGO Shop at Home! Take that people!

Fianlly finished last weekend. Boy, time sure gets away from you in the summertime. Final bag#7's finish the model.

I suggest speedorz duels

biting nails... on my legs....

Please keep the posts about the Exo Suit set. ..and no, you are not allowed to post about jacking Exo sets even from the Balt area.

Wasn't the RI available from Lego itself for days? If somebody really, really wanted this set - there was ample time to buy it. Ok, that would assume you actually knew beforehand that it would be released Aug 1st, but that was not a secret either.

Let's take him out. You me and emazers own Baltimore market. No room for others. You have been warned Christopher, watch your back in the lego aisles.

GhostDad: How dare you make it impossible for investors to predict your next move! LEGO rep: Here's your ban

If you can't store 2 Exo Suits... It's time for some re-org.

Sounds like a supply and demand thing. Wouldn't it be awesome if a city like Beijing or Tokyo had a craze for lego. Shipping there would be problematic though. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Ok everyone, back on topic. I don't want nightmares of unwanted members like Supraboy ruining a wonderful 70+ page thread like this. RIP Supraboy, where ever you are...

Congratulations!

It is the pensions, retirement benefits, etc.

I have found figs with weapons sell better than ones that don't. That said, try to paid the set-accurate weapon with the fig if you can. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Hopefully we'll get a Krampus minifigure.

http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=41999-1 41999 was a limited release done about this time last year. Most Lego stores only got one shipment and when it was gone, it was gone. Suffice to say, the price on eBay immediately shot to ridiculous levels. And.. I put off buying one... Doh!! sorry my </bad>

I just updated the Wanted List typed out in the code box of my older posts here. It now should add two red 4x4 wedges and the single black 1x2 tile has the printed screen same as the actual set. Thank you for pointing out what I managed to miss. Nice.

Does anyone really know? I am just gonna sit tight for a little while longer.

This post might offend some. It's not my intent. Like Ed stated, "Is that our fault? No... If you want something in life, make a plan and get it. The people who complained and didn't get a set were not prepared." These soreheads seem similar (and worse in some aspects) than the $99 10227 B-Wing ones. As much as people can cry and stomp, 21109s were available at different times through multiple retailers (like $99 10227 at TRU) for over a week. It appears people tried shop@home only a handful of times before either giving up or being satisfied with 2 sets. Then there are others who proactively checked other retailers. 1.) found target didn't have limits and 2) TRU had it for $25 so people bought more or their initial 21109(s). Additionally, other retailers (Amazon) also had 21109s in-stock on and off. People just needed to check a couple of times per day. So don't go blaming other folks because Little Johnny didn't get his Exo Suit set that daddy prob really wanted. I spoke my peace. I'm done.

Let's be grateful they didn't make any sacrifices to the beautiful aesthetics of the model just to accommodate a feature that doesn't even work on a kids set.