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Just driving on a freeway with wife checking craigslist. 10 minute detour and $50 later, complete used Pet Shop with box was added to our trunk.

So, statistically, you're saying you're next? It's been nice knowing you. If we don't hear from you again, we know why.

I know that everyone is scared to have people over to their house because of all the horror stories they hear on the news and websites but the chances of this guy being a craigslist killer are basically nil. You only hear the bad stories and no good ones. The latter outnumber the former by millions I'm sure.

And this is why any Modular is a long term winner. Each of these Modulars will reach very high values at some point. As more people buy and enjoy the new ones, they will then pay top dollar for older Modulars to complete their collection. Will it happen overnight? No. But it will happen.

My Benny Mech-warrior attempt

Stopped by a Target just now on a hunch and got the new TMNT sewer ship, the City Cargo Plane each for 50% off, plus they have the Groot and Rocket Raccoon $50 set for $40. Picked up 3-4 of each. I can flip the first 2 right now at retail price and make 100%.

You guys sure? Looks legit to me.

To save money, coupons, discount gift cards, 8% rewards back, 10% off Thursdays and Saturdays, free promos, no tax for some and no ban hammer.

You can get these today at TRU for $30.59 each + applicable sales tax with 15% coupon (-$6), 10% off Saturdays with with TRU credit card (-$3.40) AND you get the Batwing poly for free (if available). Decent cost for a $60-$75 flip.

The Tyson's store has this box in the back. I saw it from a distance. Looks similar to the pet shop. Some orange brick bricks. Looks like a two shops with brick built signs.

Has anyone seen this in the wild yet at their local BN?

Nope, too new in their systems, will keep an eye out over the next few days.

Great deal, on both. I started doing the math after I posted that, and realized it was probably TRU (although, as quoted below, it was Shopko). I'm headed out to TRU soon to stock up on as many Series 2 as I can get, and start working on Series 3. At ~$3.85 each, that's a great deal. My 2 1/2 year old son and I love Rebels. I'm going to take a look at the figures, and consider picking up a couple for him for Christmas. Yes, for him. Not for me. Nope. For him. Awesome, good score. Great price.

Here is a detailed animated stop motion build review. There a lot of useful details in this set. Hope this video will help you to decided whether to buy or not this set. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tVU1CGA2P8

Interestingly, walmarts page isn't even indexed on google search results and it doesn't show up on google shopping either. I don't know what the reason for that is. But with amazon, target and toys r us(49 left) all OOS or almost OOS this early in season, I am expecting a repeat of last years performance. I am definitely buying more in the next few days.

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True true. I don't like ships at all, let alone pirate ships but the QAR was a very nice one. Only problem I had with it that it was too large to put on display on my desk but otherwise, very nice. I think it will appreciate nicely in value.I don't have the Black Pearl but I'm sure they would look nice one next to another!

Last Night I built my used Queen Anne's Revenge. What a marvelous ship! I enjoyed every minute building it. Now I proudly display it in our livingroom. Even my wife was thrilled. Maybe tonight I will build the Black Pearl.

Another great video! Love the 'morphing' effect!

Whilst I agree with @rtisan above, a point to note for non North American investors these sets outside of NA do not do quite as well. Look at the CAGR figures for 10216, 10222 & 10229. Having said that I have been buying a few of the new 10245 because it's relatively cheap.

With the amount of investors entering the market every day it's going to be a different landscape for these large sets. Limited runs like RI, Mixels, and Mars Rover are going to have an easier time than large sets on the market for years. Surprise retirements like the TH will weigh heavily too. You gotta think Tumbler will be two years but what if it's five? Or only 18 months? Guessing winners now is fun but a bit futile.

I`d add to that, there are still going to be "better/more successful" investments that are out there. If it`s Santa`s Workshop vs Tumbler, I`d buy the Tumbler at this point no question (actually I`d buy both, but if you have to choose....haha). T1 Camper is always going to have a fanbase to maintain it`s popularity, it`s one of the sets that you don`t have to be a Lego enthusiast of any kind to want on display, same for the Mini Cooper/Tumbler/WV sets, and others. Also keep in mind that this set might stay around all year, or Lego might pull in, retire it, or re-release again next year. No way to tell for sure, so that will dampen the long term gains, until EOL that is, then I would expect every set in the theme to keep going up.

Said it before and will keep saying it, these are great little sets! Excellent concept and the price point is perfect. This batch looks fantastic, just like the previous 3, can`t wait to pick them up.

Good questions actually, I`ll give an answer a shot. The Winter Village sets have proven to be very popular, and thus excellent investment sets. Previous releases were available direct from Lego through the Christmas season, and more difficult to obtain/not directly available throughout the rest of the year (that`s the case with some, not all of them). My point here is that in this time it was possible to flip the set(s) for a quick profit, but time has also shown that the value of these will increase dramatically more with each passing year. Bottom line, these are great sets because Christmas isn`t going anywhere, and eventually they do have to be retired. Means that they are very safe/excellent long term holds, yet they also have the ability to sell at a higher price in the short term as well depending on availability. In the case of Santa`s Workshop, I`d buy literally as many as you can, it`s excellent for the price, and paired with the Workshop set will continue to be very hot items each year. The limit of 1 is clearly allowing a small profit bubble to form over the set as well at the moment, because some buyers understandably want more than 1 (for gifts, themselves, etc.) and that is difficult to do directly.

Well I think this R2-D2 from Sideshow is a cute little version to sit next to the Lego version (can never have too many R2's) I joined the wait list yesterday for the "exclusive version" which comes with extras over their regular version for the same price and I got an email today confirming they could get me one and I arm off the wait list and onto the official reserved list. Same price as their regular $149.00 Take a look its not big but its cool. https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/star-wars-r2-d2-deluxe-sideshow-collectibles-21721/?ref=Z1C3-r2d2

I have a 20% off BN coupon code expires Nov 16. PM me if interested. That is all.

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TRU.ca has some back in stock...I got my limit (2). We'll see if they actually ship...and if they do if they are in decent shape. Worth a shot, Canucks.

I bought my first one last weekend and built it during the week - really stoked that I did, was worth every one of the 319 dollars I spent on mine!

The only thing WM needs to banhammer is their fulfillment department!

Yeah, this doesn't seem to be a repeat issue of the FB mess. I checked 5 of my 36R4's and all are 2.585 kg-2.595 kg. I weighed a lone 27R4 that I could find and it's right in line with those (2.585 kg)

this set is rubbish except for some minifigure rarities. its designed to distract parents from buying the batcave and family house which are the picker uppers. city museum break in reeks of clearance rack potential so staying away from that too. this is just the (weak) opening salvo. there will be more deals coming up - especially if amazon goes crazy and then you can go and get your walmart to price match with no limits since its been widely reported in the financial news media that walmart managers have been instructed by corporate to match amazon.

Jek-14 is an interesting set. With how prices have been trending though I personally am not expecting any gains after EOL. Target will have them for $42 on BF. Does anyone see anything good about this set? It is Star Wars but it kind of fits in like Chima in a modular street.

If they have a new one for Episode VII, it will be a new design, not the Original Trilogy version.

So i got one hell of deal, i think even the best deal of the year for me. I managed to get 170 (yes, 170) polybags of this guy for under $5 each at my local Game Mania (Dutch Game Store). My question is: Should i flip them or keep them for longer?

I took about a year's worth of Japanese 10 years ago, and haven't used it since, so I'm not going to be of much help to you in that area. But I can say that yes, I think your guests would appreciate you trying to say the most common phrases (Just hello and goodbye in my opinion would be enough). Follow their lead in terms of bowing. If you're not sure that you did something correctly, just be humble and ask your guest! More than anything it is important to be mindful of your *attitude* toward your guests. To be a gracious host to your guests, to show that you are happy they are there, and to approach conflict with humbleness and respect. No stereotypical American arrogance or aggression (I think you know what I'm talking about!). Human connection is universal, and it's all about empathy and reading each other's wants/likes/dislikes correctly. If anything in this day and age you can't possibly be the first Americans that your guests have encountered, right?? Good luck and report back on how it goes!

There will always be H8terz hating on episodes 1,2 and 3.

Very nice.

Very cool. Makes me want to build one now.

Enjoyed that. Keep them coming!

It TLG doesn't retire it, I will.

Love it. I missed out on this modular so it was fun to watch it go up.

That's awesome. I like how you effects when building it aren't as choppy as most build reviews. It flows nicely.

Great building effect. Thank you for adding the the Brickpicker intro. Good luck on your channel! It is a lot of setting this up and producing the video.

it aint a set but its LEGO ... hope to more than double than what i paid for this ...

-1 ;)

$800 dinner or $8 dinner - it all comes out the same way in the end.

I have my full of these bad boys, thanks Wal-Mart.

Had a pretty good afternoon completing bag 3 of the Death Star, watching some WWII shows and reading the activity on the R2-D2 thread. Pre bag 3 The little guy helping me with his first official Lego build (not counting duplo) Then him crushing Thomas And bag 3 completed

while i have no proof, my gut still tells me 10214 is going away in 3-4 months. i'm prob wrong. nevertheless, i still hope it's iconic enough for future demand to combat it being available for so long. although well-known, TB is no Stature of Liberty, Taj Mahal, or Eiffel Tower when it comes to popularity. come to think of it, the Sidney Opera House might be more recognizable to the average person nowadays.