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There is no need for this. They do the best they can for free. Everyone wants to take shots at the Mods, but until you walk in someone's shoes, it is easy to talk. It is difficult keeping the threads in order. Many people post threads that can be added to an existing thread. They take pride in their efforts and try to keep the forum clear of spam and obscene discussions. This forum is pretty lenient. Other LEGO forums just remove your post and you disappear from the site.

I don't mean this as any sort of criticism or taking sides, but I could see some value in longer/busy threads like this being updated with a new thread yearly, or something similar: "Retiring Soon - Open Speculation - 2015" or something like that, which might make it a little more convenient for looking for current or even researching particular information from previous years. I can see this working on a few other threads too - Order Status, LEGO Employee Said, etc etc. Just might be more efficient/convenient.

Don't worry half the people on this site will be Scrambling to buy Death Stars when its just about to late, and coming up with the $400 to buy them will be another problem for alot of other people. So you guys that still believe this set is a dud or will take years to make big money will miss the Biggest Boat yet. Ed

I wish I had a case of Ravens Monday's.

Looks Like Someone's Got a Case of the Mondays!!

Don't get excited...The Madhouse video was in reference to this forum and people thinking the Sandcrawler was retiring.

Source

Look at the recent releases of the Maersk line of sets and I would have thought that they would have performed better. Enough off topic conversation. The Mods will delete all of my posts now.

The value of time is very relative. I have a house full of kids (6 of them most of the time) and a full time job. I'm in better shape with a buy and hold/traditional investor perspective. I don't have time to spend running after clearance deals (which aren't that plentiful around here, anyway). More power to those who can. A 2.5 hour round trip to the nearest LEGO store is a trek when there's homework to help with, dinner to cook, and soccer games to sideline-pace. I think there's room for all sorts of strategies, and I won't poo-poo anyone who's making money and happy. Missing one of those two... why do it? There are other ways to find happiness and make money. Missing both, well... I still don't think the Sandcrawler is retiring this soon.

But that's completely different than being surrounded by other Brickpickers.

Wanted to post a close-out to this thread. The Cafe Corner (with original box/instructions) sold buy-it-now on eBay for $1300 less than 2 hours after I listed it. Prices on these are definitely trending upward, and very few original (used) 10182 kits have been available the last couple of weeks. FYI. edit: and I had messages from 2 other eBay members asking if I had any others at that price. Clearly, $1300 was probably underpriced a bit. Again, FYI for my friends here.

In the style of Jeff Foxworthy: If your Barnes & Nobles were full of Fallingwater sets last week but had none this week... .. you might be surrounded by Brickpickers

So to recap. call to check at shop at home US (has anyone called?) gone from shop at home for the rest of the world. no web page available Amazon was sold out for awhile and had 1400 last time I could see the stock levels. currently in stock OOS at B&****** web Gone from BAM web Has been switching tags all over the place the past few months from "sold out" to "30 days" None in the Downtown Disney Lego store I went to last weekend. Its all speculation, but I'd say there are some signs there.

With few exceptions, the forums are to express an opinion about Lego and a Lego investing, not about complaining about the organization of said forums. That said, the site's Admins and Mods have actually provided a separate forum for this discussion: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/4926-forum-rules-regulations-facts-and-etiquette/page-2#entry145308 And if you are just having a bad day, feel free to post here: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/6535-complaint-thread/?fromsearch=1 The forum has been around a lot longer than your time here as a member. The site mods and admins only ask that you give just a bit of consideration to where to place all subsequent posts. It seems this agreement we have with our members is working as the site is now 40,000 members strong, and there have been almost no complaints registered about moving posts. I sincerely hope you heed our advice and become a productive member of the community. Have a wonderful day.

Or better and do the right thing and report to police.

This type of price matching is frowned upon around here... It falls in that grey area of what some might consider unethical. TRU does not price match clearanced items so advocating "hiding" the clearance tag is a no-no.

I had a great CL transaction today. Grabbed a 10198, 8097, and 7676 for $260 only to find this beauty... And it was a good day.

Everyone else that has said the exact same thing he did is 100% correct also.

I am one who is staying away from this set. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a cool set and will do well when and if it ever retires. My son has one in our personal collection that we assembled together. It was a great build and he plays with it all the time. At $400 a pop though, I'd rather get 2 Slave 1s or 2 tumblers. I think both of those sets have as much if not more potential as the DS, and they don't weigh a crap ton, so shipping will be a lot easier. I've been buying one of each of those each month and will continue to do so for the bulk of their life cycle. This way I can accumulate my target on those and stay under the radar as I do it.

Amen, brother!

^Yes. Us member of this forum like to think more highly of ourselves than we should. A few hundred people buying a few thousand sets is not going to change the production plans of a multi-billion dollar company.

what I gathered from post......"MODS and admins you are doing a crappy job running this site and I know what's best for this site because I have 9 posts". I'm not sure who moved your post but I will definitely find out and let them know you do not approve. My suggestion to you is if you feel you know how to run a FREE site any better you should stop wasting your time here and start your own.

3x arctic base camp $36 1x Benny $36 Fred Meyer!! (50% off already reduced) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Just about the only thing I am going to guarantee around here is that the majority WILL ignore that little snippet of wisdom... Too bad there is no blog about "reseller etiquette and advice for the new investor" to cover such topics as: the BAN Hammer and Lego's stance on reselling Ordering limits in general, and other options to accumulate stock How to handle coupon confusion with grace and patience 0 feedback buyers - innocent or not? How to spot scam / counterfeit listings and avoid supporting their sellers TRU parking lots Useful, anti-inflammatory phrasing of questions and opinions on this site and so on... As for Red 5, I believe it was a very poor seller for many of the reasons that have not been mentioned these last few pages, and I believe it flew LOW in the trench avoiding EOL radar for far "too long" (given the horde's recent acuity and ferocity) due to all the other recent Sold Outs, holiday disruption, surplus stock nearly everywhere, and other factors. I believe it has not been produced in quite some time... and probably wasn't intended to be made again. I would be quite thrilled, however, to see it come back in force for a while longer. If we were ever to find out that the horde triggered such a thing, that would make this a seriously fun business!

I wonder if I can make money by renting my services to people. I accompany you on your cl deal. I punch hard. I'm a decent shot and am referred to as the hulk on an Internet forum...... Any takers..... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

This is not related to the Birds set, but thank you to all above that expressed concern about our cat. I haven't been back on here since then to post. Unfortunately, we had to put her to sleep last Saturday, so it's been a rough week and a half. Again, I appreciate it, and please give all of your cats, or pets of whatever furry kind, a hug and appreciate them while they're still here.

Doesn't everyone know that magnifico is alpinemap's avatar? I based my entire investment strategy on this!!!!

Some valid points above, but I see a couple of the City sets at MSRP 24.99 and $39.99 doing alright in the future. There are a couple of interesting vehicles that likely won't get remade at any point in the near future (if at all) so they look to be good buy ins. A couple are also already sold out at S&**** or OOS (and likely on their last legs) so although other retailers have stock I think they are decent buys. I've had some success with smaller CITY sets if they are unique or if I've gotten them cheap enough. For newer sets, the train station is a pretty good deal. As for SW - I like the Cantina especially at this price. It isn't as close to EOL as the CITY sets I've targeted (got shipping confirmation on all my orders, so the code does work as long as you keep clearing your cache, and they haven't banned me or cancelled orders for using the code too much) but it is OT and with Target gone I don't know if any other retailer is going to have it for 30% plus off.

I second what Ed says above. These guys read all these threads and that is a pretty big task and try their best to keep it in order. Members do crazy and lazy things all day. Bad titles, duplicate posts, put the same post in multiple topics, don't search, answer members questions in PMs, etc, etc. It happens all day, every day. If the mods didn't do what they do, then many people would be complaining that there is no moderation and everything is a mess.

I think you will. I like this set alot and it hasn't gotten much love on the forums. It'll be sleeper gold if you got them at discount.

Not trying to cause any trouble on the forums. I'm just a newbie finding my way around a new community. Big apology...again.

Sorry folks, I had to lock this thread and clean-up posts that had zero to do with the topic. It will be unlocked shortly.

I realllly hope you're right. If your local Craigslist is nothing but adds for retired sets and bulk LEGO for $10 per pound... You might be surrounded by Brickpickers. I smell a new thread coming.

Who knows. DeTomaso made lots of birds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/detomaso/sets/ But I think LEGO has already selected the best three birds (in their opinion) from those different themes: Tropical, British, and North American. So I would say that it's very unlikely to see more as Creator lego sets (and nearly impossible as Ideas set). Well, if he lists his Oceana Birds sets on the Lego Ideas website, and it's supported (10,000) , maybe... (the kiwi is cute !) https://www.flickr.com/photos/detomaso/sets/72157633593548759/

Thanks for posting this. I picked it up today. It's deleted now, but it was a Palace Cinema and an Architecture Studio (first edition version) for $250 total. Very nice guy. Adult collector. Having to sell off a bunch of stuff due to a personal situation and home for sale. He said he would be posting more to Craigslist, he had one of a bunch of random sets, mostly recently retired or current super heroes, Star Wars, the Hobbit, and a few Ideas like Minecraft, BTTF, and the Ecto-1. Probably a good deal to be had there for someone for the whole lot, but I only had enough cash for what I planned to buy.

I'm out of likes, but let me just say that I support these pick ups completely.

Exactly. This is what happened in Phoenix last year. There's a name and an address. Deadfraggle has potentially received stolen goods.

Got it ! ..thank you won't happen again ! Always trying to help others .. that's me ...

No worries. It takes a while. I've figured out most of them but there are still some that puzzle me. I don't use a windows machine but I guess on that operating system "F5" refreshes the browser window. So when a set sells out everywhere online, occasionally one of the big players (Target, Amazon, ToysRus, Lego shop at home) will find a pallet or whatever and upload a few sets. It's sporadic and they sell out really fast. People usually post them in the daily deals threads. Everyone runs to that website and refreshes the page until they can hopefully snag a few sets. When they are all bought up you will see someone in the daily deals thread post "poof", meaning that its sold out. Maybe it comes back again? maybe not. It's kind of a last ditch effort to grab retired sets at MSRP. Thats how I was able to get all my GE, TH, SSD, HE, etc. after they had disapeared for most people online. So thats the 'F5 phase'

Whaaat?!? I thought you were saying that Jokerland is retiring. I was already getting excited about the profits I can make on a set that retires before it even gets released, but oh well... life is just too plain.

and Kansas

right there with you. Much rather have 2 Tumbler, 2 ToO, Almost 3 AA / R2 when they were available and a slew of other sets. Not saying it won't go up in value just not one I'm worried about accumulating. I'll let a few exclusives pass by for other ones I like better and feel better with and get can high quantities on.

I love this site.

Insert Ed Mack cryptic comment here.......

Ghost Dad I see what your saying and agree with performance to date - but - I think things will change when Episode VII is released. In a major way. I could be wrong but that is my opinion both for a to be retired R2D2 and a potentially retired Red Five.

A buyer purchased the rest of my Iron Patriot polys in one shot @$28ea.

May 3-5th Only; LEGO

I think you have to know what your goal is first. If you're just trying to identify what sets may be present, that's one thing. If your going to sell it off in mixed bulk lots, that's another thing, and if you're planning on building your own parts library or bricklink store, then you have to go all the way. I just went through a 90lb lot with over 200 figs that were all jumbled up - individual hands, legs, arms everywhere. Old Harley Quinn's head with Han solo's torso and one orange arm, one blue arm - that kind of thing. First sort (1 big bin for each category): all bricks (including modified), slopes, plates 4x4 and up, plates that aren't a square or a rectangle, plates 1-wide and 2-wide (same bin), anything that's 1x1, anything with printing or a sticker applied, all wedges and hulls, all minifigs parts and accessories, anything technic (except bricks), and anything "interesting" (like a slope in a rare color, an odd vehicle plate, anything that might lead you directly to only a handful of sets). I throw things like telescopes, goblets, coffee cups, "flames", bones, barbs, binoculars, and loud hailers in with the 1x1's. And then 1 bin for everything else. Second sort: the "everything else" bin gets sorted into big pieces and not big pieces. Plates get sorted into 1-wide, 2-wide, 4-wide, and 6-wide. Bricks get sorted into 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6+, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6+, and everything else (1x1x5, 1x2x2, 4x8, etc.). Slopes (both regular and inverted in the same bin) become 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, anything thats 2 bricks tall, and everything else. Third sort: 1x2 plates get separated into modified and regular. If you are trying to re-create sets, you'll spend a lot of time going through modified 1x2 plates, so you can certainly subdivide these. Same with 1x2 bricks. If you're going for sets or inventory, then technic gets sorted into axles, connectors, lift arms, pins, gears, and everything else. The "everything else small" bin from the 2nd sort gets all the handles, panels, seats, stop bars and light saber wands, and barrels/ trash bins/ container boxes pulled out. The "everything else big" bin gets all windows/ doors, and windscreens pulled out. Target has these cheap bins that they sell in bundles of 5. I think they're 6qt bins with your choice of green or grey snap on lids. They're like $5.25 for 5 bins. I got 40 of them at first, and also used large Lego PAB cups for some parts. That ought to give you a really good start.