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There were some hints...

In the last couple of days: - Sold Series 1 Mixels for $110 (Bricklink). Net $45 after fees, acquisition costs, shipping, etc. - Sold my last set of Red Series 1 Mixels yesterday, for $45. Bummed to see them come to an end. My stock in Series 1 Mixels is dwindling. Still have a few sets left, along with some of the individual Mixels. It's been a great run.

Yea... this set is awesome! Had to share this pile

Built two of these today and 2 1/2 of the cars that go with it. Cool and quick sets. .

Old grey both light and dark. I primarily work with lots from after the change to bley, right now I'm piecing together a 4708 and a 4709. I keep looking at the greys and thinking they're dirty.

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Sold a Ninjago Fang-Suei clock. (Finally!) I was jumping around the house and my wife was looking at me funny. (I think some of you can relate to that joy.)

4 Master Builder Sets $100 each (paid 50) 1 Rockfeller Center $75 Helms Deep $180 Damage Box PC $190 (had $100 into it) 3 UG $100 Jek 14 $70 Sold a Damage Box SSD $700

I had to stop piling up because my car was full Great set, awesome price!

Would appreciate if someone across the pond would call LEGO Shop at Home and ask them if it is going to come back in stock or not. If they say it is not it looks like we may get in reverse what happened with the Super Star Destroyer and have a month or two more of it in the United States.

We already do have something to handle this. Its the Variations tab that you see when listing a product. This is here for those that may want to list parts. That is why I have a bunch of the part colors already listed in there in their different categories. Then there are a few CUSTOM attributes there for people that may want to sell items like you or many some clothes, etc. We will continue to fine tune it, but it does already exist. It also allows for different pricing for each item as well as quantity management. So you can say I have 10 red ones at $5.00 each and then I have 100 Blue ones at $4.00 each, etc. You can also list sets this way. You may have 100 #10188 Death Stars. You can use this to breakout conditions. 50 maybe MISB, 20 may not have a box or no minifigures, etc. Then people can select what they want and it will allow you to set the different prices.

Sold out at LEGO Shop at Home Europe. Edit: Now back to OoS, expected ship date Jan 27. Edit 2: Again back to: >> Starting the dance?!

Thanks raven... That is pretty simple. I have some lights that might work in that scenario, except I've loaned them to a friend's daughter for a junior high science fair. Probably goes without saying, but this site is great. I know people keep some lil nuggets, but I appreciate your help in improving my photos.

Here is an overhead pic of what the setup looks like and a cropped photo of a set using this system. No flash, just the lights in a dark office with no real bright light. Its 2 copy stands side by side with 3 overhead lights (can get away with 2 its just for my jewelry listings). The lights are dirt cheap on ebay. The copy stands with 2 lights are about $125-150 on ebay. You can buy used copy stand and lights though. For big sets out of your house 2 would be needed to make it work for exclusives. At our warehouse where most of our listings are done its a custom station made out of of door with a large white fabric that goes up and all the way down so it eliminates anything but the item after the crops. There we just use the light put out with our normal office light but same principal for if you have a small space and want to take crisp photos for your listings.

Assuming you don't have the two yet, another question would be: which would you mind less building if worst comes to worst? Which do you like more?

Built this set last week and agree that it's very nice. We have it displayed on our mantle. I hope there's another version with some new birds coming soon. For everyone with cats please give them a big hug when you get home today. We just learned today our youngest (<2 yrs old) has FIP and may only have a week to live. We had no idea this was coming other than that she wasn't her usual self the last few weeks until I took her into the vet today. It puts Lego investing and other issues much into perspective.

Or perhaps we could spell stuff out like a civilized society.

Sure! We have limited space so we hang a lot of stuff from the ceilings and walls. I just use push-pins on all the lightweight stuff. A screw in hanging Ring or hook works well for the larger items. You can get by with some surprisingly light weight monofilament (2-4lb. Test). I used 20 pound test for the larger models because that's what I had. It's best to find the stud underneath the drywall with a stud Sensor but they make some pretty reliable self tapping drywall anchors as well. You can find them at any hardware store. There's no need to drill any holes. I find a #3 Phillips head screwdriver works best but a #2 will work as well. Not everyone has a #3 at hand. They look like a white corkscrew and are available in different sizes. Be sure to get the appropriate size ceiling hook for the anchor. You want to be able to screw it in without over tightening and dislodging the drywall anchor. Another technique would be to just read the directions on the package. But my three-year-old says, "Ah! who needs'em?!" models

Miracles do happen.. 4 TH from TRU order place early AM on 1/10 actually shipped today.. Was waiting on cancellation like the last ones I caught but this time they shipped. Am I concerned there is only one tracking number? Maybe just a little.. Also, received all my Rovers today. Seals older than my previous batch, all 51S3. No new run, sorry.

Frys has it. No limit and no tax. http://www.frys.com/product/7512276

Can you please condense or abbreviate this post into 40 characters or less so that we may better understand it. Thanks! **P.S. How dare you use proper sentence structure, what would HXC think?**

Raven, If you had signed the damaged SSD box you probably could have sold it for $750.

I like em too.. For reviews.. : ) Probably being too critical of their EOL advice, should keep my mouth shut when I don't have anything good to say but is a slow day. I do think their current EOL advice for DS is good.

Well, they speculate, just like we do in the "Retiring Soon Open Speculation" thread. We're all wrong and waaaay off sometimes.

The brick show guys are good guys and members here. There investment stuff seems to be off at times that being said that's not really what they do. Their lego reviews are second to none. 90% of what's said in this forum is also BS so there is no difference in taking advice from them or taking advice from joe schmo here.

More like win one, lose the rest.. 90% of what that guy said in that particular video is proving to be 100% wrong. People taking investment advice watching videos from brickshow probably need to rethink things.

what store has 15 boxes (cases?) of mixels laying around? and who is giving out the arctic scout polybag?

I don't think there was any kind of scandal that turned regular buyers away, and even if there was, it certainly isn't impacting your average buyer today. Resellers were the only ones who ever really created any kind of great demand for the set from the start.

It's interesting to note that many CS reps seems to say something similar about seeing a product life cycle window. They use varying terms, but they do seem to see SOMETHING. The window they see is probably a guide for them, but is subject to change (as seen by examples where things just sell out quicker or slower than 'expected). Therefore its probably not USELESS info when we hear from a CS rep, but also certainly not gospel.

I called CS and the agent was 100 % sure that it will return. They just don't have a new date of availability and an appropriate status. "It's definitely not the same 'Sold out' as with R2-D2." He said currently software has it in product range until December 2015 but that doesn't necessarily mean they will produce it until then. As always take it with a grain of salt or two.

i beg to differ. Buying TH now at above MSRP is almost a sure bet, as retirement is on hand, and demand is higher than supply. If buy other sets there will be greater uncertainty as retirement is unclear and lego may produce a lot more sets that satisfy demand for a long long time. Examples are 10188 and 10214. I believe TH will reach the price level of today's green grocer easily within 2 to 3 years.

It just makes them look silly really.

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Yeah when i was down in FL Watching the bama osu game it was during the under armour game weekend of which my friends dad is one of the coaches. Basically a bunch of college scouts and coaches watching and everyone was like who has someone like this 3rd on there depth chart. Crazy stuff. But if braxton is back and healthy and barret too its a tough decision

Way to go Buckeyes!!! Great win!! Just a magical season! A great example of a team peaking at the end of the year - three fantastic wins against Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon. Underdogs in each of those games, but convincing wins each time. The Cardale Jones story is one for the ages!

congrats indeed. Has to be one of the strangest endings to a season. Be interesting to see qb camp at osu next season. Most say even winning he's still 3rd in depth starting off next season. To inexperienced to declare so most likey transfer. Good problem to have though.

I'm new to this, but I'm in for 3 of these. My goal is to simply sell 2 to pay for the cost of 1. Anything above that is gravy. I could give two craps about LOTR, to be honest, I don't hate it. I don't love it. I simply haven't given the movies or books my time. This set though, transcends any of that. It just looks like a blast to build, to play with, and it turns people's heads when they see it. It's unlike any other set made by lego. I know many people who feel the same as myself. They don't love or hate LOTR and still think this set is really cool and would love to have one. Perhaps I'm being simple mined about it, but that's why I'm investing in this one.I think It's going to be a winner.

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I agree to what biniou says. Both have potential and have their pros and cons. Looking at PS you have a set which is part of a successful lineup of sets (the modulars). Once it's sold out it will gain... don't know how much though... (that's the big con...) On the other hand you have ToO which is a real nice set and especially LOTR Fans might want it someday. I really like LOTR LEGO and The Hobbit LEGO as well, but to me it does not seem that the lineup is as successful as the modulars lineup. But still this set is unique. The only question will be if you think that there will be more people who would buy LEGO for quite some money that already own other modulars and want the PS in their LEGO Neighbourhood or if you think that LOTR Fans (not all of them will be into LEGO...) or other LEGO collectors would prefer to have ToO. Another critical question is: Which one will go EOL first? Other sets that might be worth a look: TB (Tower Bridge), Ewok Village (EV), X-Wing UCS... personally I don't have any others on my wish list right now. If by any chance I have some money left the next few months and there's still some left I will probably get me another ToO and another EV. (Because I already have as many PS/X-Wing/TB as I want to have... not because I think ToO or EV are an superior investment (I only add this so that you do not think "oh he's getting another ToO or EV... probably I should go for them too and not for PS (or else))).

Point of clarification on this, you can claim EITHER Milage OR actual costs (gas, repairs, etc). In the vast majority of cases, Milage is the easier/better way to go. I think it was .56 a mile this past year. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/small-business-tax-faq-29131-2.html Is a decent rundown on vehicle expenses claims.

I've found a few of this set mostly at Target. Right now on their website they have it listed at $12.99 so if your lucky to find one or a few don't forget to price match.

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Removed a couple bricks from the bottom row on the back and put in 2 LEDs (pre-wired with resistor). 9V battery that is going to have a lego housing built for it. Looks really cool in the dark.

Wasn't that awfully polite of you? If I know one thing about Star Wars fans, its that they won't ever let go of the original Trilogy. Darth Vader, Luke, Han, Jabba, R2, C3PO, Boba Fett - the list goes on... The popularity of the new Slave 1 set also backs that up. The big question for me is will the new Star Wars films pull new fans into the original trilogy? It's a big unknown but I think the answer is yes. My brickfolio thinks so too!

Take a minute and think about how dumb the average person is. Then, consider, 50% of people are even dumber than that.

Regarding the debate on the popularity of this set, I saw this thread on the Reddit lego sub. The membership of this subreddit has a lot of hardcore fans and I think they can be a good barometer of a set's popularity. Here's a small discussion on the modulars that took place yesterday, where they rank them. Like anything, opinions vary, but he Pet Shop seems to be well received overall. http://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/2rf3eh/rank_the_lego_modulars/

Love 'em! Series 4 is my favorite yet.