Leaderboard

We are from the planet Duplo and we are here to destroy you.. Daughter's favorite line from Lego Movie.. ; )

No price is too high for an SSD. I'm snapping up all I can right now at $800, 'cause some anonymous guy on this site told me it's sure to hit $2k by this time next year. Last Fall, I was buying SSD's at $700 and passing up HH and TH at MSRP to free up funds. So far that hasn't worked out, but I'm sure it will given time. After putting all my retirement funds into Phoenix real estate in 2006 and buying shares in offshore oil drillers on margin last summer, it's a relief to have finally found a sure-fire investment in SSD's at 2 x MSRP!

Finished the Imperial Shuttle last night. Thanks again to a fellow member for making that happen!

Use of Sarcasm is a privelege not a right

I learnt how to pack 20 TH

No... but give us the adress (just in case, ah ah...)

I believe the discount in seller fees is 1% for a basic store so you should look at your total final value fee amount paid in an average month and see what that 1% would mean to you. I signed up for a store last year before Christmas and I'm glad I did. You get 150 free listings a month and it gives you a lot of freedom to not have to worry about using free listings or paying for listings individually.

Set goes OOS - "OMG it's retiring!" Set is in stock - "Final stock before supply runs dry! OMG it's retiring" Give it a rest, not every set is retiring.

Mine still reads zero. Same as yesterday.

I just lost a couple of IQ points reading the last 2 pages.

underrated post of the day.

If you sell 10 of these at current price? Man! That is some serious cash that needs some serious thinking. I would buy a few Tumblers and invest the rest in a nice far tropic paradise holiday alone with my wife.

No brainer, 10188 Death Stars.....

NOOOOO

I guess one should not overestimate potential buyers' knowledge. Just like the thing with all those stickers on EEE, which 90% of investors know about but maybe less than 1% of all potential buyers - GE imo just looks better on the box than FB for example. So even if every "expert" dislikes GE because of some internal issues, most buyers will judge the book by its cover right away. And not only here but probably in every case of a set. That is also why I've always had a problem with the argument of "a great building experience" of a set. How many buyers will know about that 5 years after EOL? How many will even care if they knew? And how could one ever advertise a great building experience when selling? I'd say: Nobody gives a pooped snack about buidling experience and not about interior detail or any flimsy joint or unstable Tumbler build or anything like that. In a nutshell: What is IN the box, counts significantly less than what is ON the box IMO. Just my opinion. Most people just don't catch up on a set (or anything) they are about to buy. If they want it, they just go buy it. Remorse comes afterwards at the earliest. Just my experience. Never underestimate the apathy and ignorance of people.

Everyone has $$$ in there eyes when a set retires because of the initial price bump. It's a slow climb after the initial little spark. One prime example is the 41999 if anyone cares to go through that thread you will see that most everyone thought that this would be the biggest thing in the history of lego sets. That's not been the case, as if yet anyway and probably wont ever be. IMO of you already have your desired number of the GE then just move along to your next set. By the way the GE is generally considered the worst by many enthusiasts as far as inside detail goes. It is my favorite modular though.

yep, that's exactly who I'm on the phone with. I obviously don't care to have the item from them but at least get bozos like this off eBay.

Let me try that table again - copy and paste from a spreadsheet looked great in the discussion board, but pretty ugly in the post. Item Theme Title lego max Retail Year 10188 UCS Death Star 2 400 2008 10234 Advanced Sydney Opera House 2 320 2013 10237 LOTR Tower of Orthanc 2 200 2013 10240 Star Wars Red Five X-Wing Starfighter 2 200 2014 42030 Technic VOLVO L350F Front Loader 1 250 2014 71006 The Simpsons The Simpsons House 1 200 2014 75060 Star Wars UCS Slave I 2 200 2014 76023 DC Universe The Tumbler UCS 1 200 2014

sold another one as well for a $100 also a Red 5 Damage for $260. 2 generations in one day lol

Just sold my last 9493 X-Wing in my flip stash, sold my last few for $100 on EBay. Now I need to figure out what I'm going to do with my long-term stash.

Stopped back in on Friday after work and got 2 Ninjago City for $30 (previously $75) 1 Mammoth Stomper for $30 1 Ninja Turtles Sub for $25

Or walk into the store. My wife and daughter saw them without me pointing them out (I wasn't with them) and they fell in love.

yes! sell them all and invest in a set that might retire or have far slower growth after retiirement. regardless of investing, the principle is the same. never sell when the investment is still rapidly appreciating. Starting later this year, more and more our members will regret selling 10221, 10228, and 10224 for even 1.5x to 2x MSRP. These are the only post-2010 released sets that have even a remote chance at hitting the $1000+ mark.

Swedish chef by grubaluk Waldorf and Statler by grubaluk

you do realize that u posted the same post three times and two were removed .

Duplo.

!!! I've checked the sets I received today (41039 summer ranch, friends), and a side has 3 numbered seals (42S4) and the other side has 3 blank seals. I guess it's a new way to seal boxes.

Oh, my bad. I thought these were all from that time @ Target. I would definitely open one. I'm not saying to, just that I would.

IMHO the blank tapes only mean that when lego has sometimes less printed seals than expected to seal their sets, their employees in the factory do use some blank tapes (half blank / half numbered). "Hey Miguel, can you go get some more weekly tape please ? I'm running short of it" "Ok Fernando, seal boxes with half blank tape and half numbered while I'll get some other" That's all... (see my post below) I didn't realized you asked me to check. I'm in europe so obviously it's not the same compared to the USA (not the same factories). I don't remember ever seeing a blank tape on my boxes, but it means nothing. I only weighs my sets. As far as I can remember the "standard" here is 4 numbered seals on a box. (see my post below)

This happens every time retailers are OOS.

Please no. Holding out for double VIP!

I think the only difference fee-wise is that with a personal account, your first 5 payments received each month (or year?) don't get charged transaction fees. On the other hand, with the business account you can send invoices, take payment from customers' credit accounts (PayPal credit or PayPal-linked credit cards), etc. You also have instant access to your funds no matter the amount - with personal accounts they will sometimes hold your funds for a period of time (as much as 7 days) before you can use them. I use invoicing frequently and like the flexibility I have to move funds around immediately. The fee increases are negligible and honestly I did not even notice the difference.

Has anyone ever bought Mixels from Japan sellers on Amazon. I need 2 more Velectro to fill out some sets. There are sellers at $16.88 there, wondering if they are US version and not counterfeit. I haven't heard anything about alternative versions of Mixel packaging so I might take a chance on 2 from there. If anyone has any info on the subject, please let me know. Thanks

Great tip - just sold mine maybe thanks to that!

Coins are a much more mature market than LEGO in every sense of the word.

Had you communicated with any of them? I think people tend to leave feedback if you've had an exchange.

I agree: But I'm weak and I still like it.

I learned a long time ago that one instance of something happening isn't enough to call it the new norm. But I am cautious.

It'll be April 1st whatever year it is

Try misspelling Millennium with 1 '******' (Millenium) if you are on eBay. Mine were sitting at $220 for too long so I went and copied the title of 1 that had just sold for $230. One of my co-workers pointed out that they spelled Millennium wrong. Over 100 new views in 24 hours and three sales. Wish I would have raised my price higher than $230. Might be worth a shot for you too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bricksonwheels/sets/72157650767249366/ Harley Davidson Cali Style Lowrider by bricksonwheels

yes for the personal build, no for reselling interests. there r many other sets with great discounts who will perform in the same way or better (IMHO)

My last 3368 Space Centre gift wrapped with a BDay card for $115+ shipping.

I bought a Ghostbusters Ecto-1 for $41 shipped, no tax off of ebay. Think I got a pretty darn good deal.

IMO If you want to build it, yes. If you want to resell it in Spain or the Eurozone in general - NO! If you want to resell it in another country or hold for 3 years, maybe.

I say it IS all 3; Super (investment potential) Star(t praying there won

I agree with this. They take a fair fee considering the customer base, ease of listing, and partnership with Paypal/ease of payment. I am a big fan.

Kinda off topic...Ebay gets a bad rap. Thanks to them, I don't have to worry about protecting customer data, driving traffic to my website, updating a website with the most recent features to ensure a good user experience for my customers. etc. I can focus on my business. People who ***** about the fees have never tried doing the above. The cost in time and $$$ is a lot more than the percentage you'd pay to ebay or amazon.