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OMG...! https://www.flickr.com/photos/titanscreations/sets/72157652011179380

yes please I will take this one.... 96 6863's sorry for the non lego items but they were part of the deal!

Just sold 21010 - Robie House on eBay for $379.95 Sad to say I have only one left...

​25% of $24.49 so $6.12 each ​yes that is my primary business

Hello fellow BP community members - I've been following the 'Retiring Soon' chat and have been coming back and forth to the Terms and Acronyms pages to refresh my memory on what they all mean. To make things easier - here is the list from above, along with all I could find in the discussions I follow, plus a few new sets. 3E = Maersk Line EEE (10241) see EEE AA = Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout (10937) AC = Advent Calendar (any theme) AFOL = Adult Fan of Lego ALE = Adult Lego Enthusiast - an easier to pronounce alternative to AFOL B&M or B+M = Brick and Mortar - stores that have a door you walk through to purchase your LEGOs B&N = Barnes & Noble - Book Store Franchise that sells select Lego, primarily Architecture BC = Batcave (6860) BD = Boeing 787 Dreamliner (10177) BF = Black Friday BI = Building Instructions BL = Bricklink(Largest online LEGO store for new/used parts and sets) BOGO = Buy One Get One - usually a percentage discount on the second item purchased or BOGO = Buy One Get One Free - purchase two items for the price of one BP = Black Pearl (4184) BP = Brick Picker (you) Brickipedia = Another awesome LEGO resource site. Brickset = Top notch LEGO website with LEGO set data, reviews and new information CAD = Computer Aided Design CC = Cafe Corner (10182) CC = Cloud City (10123 or otherwise) CCP = Cloud Cuckoo Palace (70803) CMF = Collectible Mini Figures (any series) CS = Customer Support - talk to TLG on the phone! CUUSOO = A Japanese partner of the LEGO Group. They work with the LEGO Group to produce community supported sets. If an idea submitted to the website gains 10,000 (originally 1000) supporters, it stands a chance of being produced as an official LEGO product. CW = The Clone Wars (Star Wars) DA = Diagon Alley (10217) DC = Dolphin Cruiser (41015) DDC = Double-Decker Couch (70818) DO = Detective's Office (10246) DS = Death Star (10188 or otherwise) EDB = Epic Dragon Battle (9450) EEE = Maersk Line EEE (10241) EN = Emerald Night (10194) EOL = End of Line. Basically, when a set is retired from Primary Market. ESB = Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode ET = Eiffel Tower (10181) EU = Euro or European Union EV = Ewok Village (10236) F-Mixer or F/Mixer = Fairgrounds Mixer - see FM FA = For Auction. FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions. FB = Fire Brigade (10197) FG = Fairground (theme or in general) as in FG:FM, FG:FW (*new) FH = Farnsworth House (21009) FM = Fairground Mixer (10244) FS = For Sale. FS/T, FSOT = For Sale or Trade. FT = For Trade. FW = Fallingwater (21005) FW = Ferris Wheel (10247) (*new) FWIW = For What It's Worth GC = Gift Card GC = Grand Carousel (10196) GE = Grand Emporium (10211) GG = Green Grocer (10185) Greebles = Pseudo-technical detail added to a LEGO creation to enhance its appearance, frequently seen in LEGO space and mecha creations. HD = The Battle of Helm's Deep (9474) HE = Horizon Express (10233) HH = Haunted House (10228) HP = Harry Potter (in general) IJ = Indiana Jones (in general) IMHO = In my honest opinion IMO = In my opinion ISD = Imperial Star Destroyer (10030), microfighter (75030), etc. JP = Jabba's Palace (9516 or otherwise) LM = The Lonely Mountain (79018) LTOP = Leaning Tower of Pisa (21015) MC = Minecraft (in general) MC = Mini Cooper MK VII (10242) MF = Millenium Falcon (7965, 75030, 10179 or otherwise) MF = Monster Fighters theme MM = Mini Modulars (10230) MOC = My Own Creation - Lego fans build their own sets MS = Market Street (10190) MSC = Metalbeard's Sea Cow (70810) - see Sea Cow MSRP = Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MrskLCS = Maersk Line Container Ship (10155) (*proposed ???) MrskSCS = Maersk Sealand Container Ship (10152) (*proposed ???) MrskTrn = Maersk Train (10219) (*proposed ???) OH = Olivia's House (3315) OOS = Out Of Stock - status on Lego SAH, often as OOS 30 days OT = Original Trilogy - Star Wars Episodes 4, 5, 6 PC = Palace Cinema (10232) PEE = Painting Easter Eggs (40121) PR = Parisian Restaurant (10243) PS = Pet Shop (10218) PSA = Pirate Ship Ambush (79008) QAB = Quinjet Aerial Battle (6869) QAR = Queen Anne's Revenge (4195) QFLL = Quck Flip Low Life R2 = R2-D2 (10225 or otherwise) R5 = Red Five X-Wing Starfighter (10240) RI = Research Institute (21110) ROI = Return On Investment ROTJ = Return Of The Jedi, Star Wars RRP = Recommended Retail Price S-house or S/House = Simpson House - see SH S1 = Slave I (75060 or otherwise) LEGO Shop at Home = Lego Shop At Home - see SAH SA = Shuttle Adventure (10213) SAH = Lego Shop At Home SC = Sopwith Camel (10226) SC = Star Wars Sandcrawler UCS (75059) SCMF = Simpsons Collectable MiniFigures SD = Slickdeals.net SD = Super Star Destroyer (10221) - see SSD SE = Shuttle Expedition (10223) SH = Super Heros theme SH = The Simpsons House (71006) SL = Statue of Liberty (3450) SOH = Sydney Opera House (10234 or 21012) SOP = Sydney Opera House see SOH SSD = Super Star Destroyer (10221) SW = Santa's Workshop (10245) see SWS SW = Star Wars (in general) SWS = Santa's Workshop (10245) Sea Cow = Metalbeard's Sea Cow (70810) - see MSC SoL = Statue of Liberty (3450) T1 = Volkswagon T1 Camper Van (10220) TB = Tower Bridge (10214) TF = TIE Fighter (75095-UCS and the like) (*new) TH = Town Hall (10224) TLA = Three Letter Acronym - too many of these! TLC = The LEGO Company - see TLG TLG = The LEGO Group - The preferred term to use. See http://www.brickwiki.info/wiki/TLC_vs_TLG TLM = The Lego Movie (series or in general) TM = Taj Mahal (10189) TOOS = Tempporarily Out Of Stock - a status on Lego SAH TRU = Toys R Us TT = The Tumbler (76023) Taj = Taj Mahal (10189) ToO = Tower of Orthanc (10237) Tumbler = The Tumbler (76023) - see TT UCS = Ultimate Collector Series (Star Wars or otherwise) UG = An Unexpected Gathering (79003) UN = United Nations (21018) USR = Ultra Sonic Raider (9449) VB = Volkswagon Beetle (10187) VC = Vampire Castle (9468) VIP = points you want to accumulate as a Lego Very Important Purchaser W-House = White House - see WH WH = White House (21006) WM = WalMart WV = Winter Village (theme) WVB = Winter Village Bakery (10216) WVC = Winter Village Cottage (10229) WVM = Winter Village Market (10235) WVPO = Winter Village Post Office (10222) WVTS = Winter Village Toy Ship (10199) YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary

All this has happened before, and all this will happen again. - Battlestar Galactica On this discussion the above is applicable.

What is gained, in terms of story, by watching the first three? Nothing, IMO, and you get to avoid Hayden Christensen by not watching them.

I found a lone series 13 cmf at my local target and when I smooshed it I found out it was the unicorn girl

We should just ignore any possible signs of retirement and buy whatever we want. Sold out everywhere? Who cares, that happened before. Limit raised or dropped at S&H? That means nothing. TOOS? That happened all the time with other sets. Production codes from more than a year ago? We can't be really sure what those codes mean. They're pointless anyway. If you like any set as an investment, buy some. Period.

​Sorry, not allowed to tell you - it is exclusive

​I can't figure it out either. The IS is by far one of the most elegant and beautiful ships SW ships to display in the form of Lego Set. It just looks epic!

New 7751 Ashoka's Starfighter for $99.90 off eBay.

What I truly don't understand is 10225 besting 10212 in price / MSRP. 10227, sure, the B-Wing is kinda weird. But the Imperial Shuttle is pure elegance. I think this is anti-Imperial bias at work, and the Justice department should look into it. What I will say for 10227, is it's far truer to the look of the 'real thing' than 10225 is. I can't make myself like that blocky, pixelated R2 sculpture, no matter how fast my 15 sets appreciate.

​Watch out, those bricks hurt, especially on your back.

The PT was a waste of Ewan McGregor.

Like stated above, Sandcrawler all the way if you have $300. It's a great build.

So it's been almost 3 months since this was labelled as Retiring Soon and it's still in stock in North America. I wonder if they'll discount it. I'm a buyer at 50% off

I'm all about that way. 4, 5, 1-3, 6. 1-3 are dreadful to get through for many including myself.

4 5 6 and spare them from 1 2 3.

I started to watch Episode I with my son, but found he was a little too young...as he constantly asked "Where is Darth Vader, Where is Darth Vader?" after every scene. My response was "Buddy, Darth Vader is NOT in every scene of all the movies." I then got up off the couch and replaced Episode I with IV and the questions basically stopped...haha In hindsight Episode IV seemed to work better...IMO

​LEGO + Video Games + Dr. Who ? I have not seen an Orc so excited in my life The TARDIS doors better be printed pieces

Took the family to NYC for Mother's Day, and we swung by the Lego Store while we were there. There was an ignored pile of clearance items off to one side. I was surprised to see (and grabbed) 2x 60064 Arctic Supply Planes for $13.48 each (reg $49.99). Also grabbed a bunch of "I Love NY" Lego Statue of Liberty magnets while I was there.

Robocop/ED-209 by Project Azazel

Got get em Tex er um Raven

I thought IMHO stood for in my humble opinion no?

Your honor, I present exhibit A:

​Don't worry... those newbies are probably trying to position themselves in the hierarchy without respecting us senile veterans.

are you trying to be rude? Really? I've sold close to 1000 lego sales in last year. I have done the quick flips, old retired sets, and used sets similar to the above poster. A quick 3 minute search on ebay has almost all his listing with at least 1-2 lower sale prices. I'm sure there is a buyer for every one of those sets out there, but probably not at the profit margin OP would like at the moment. we all know collectors buy all year round, but please show me the one active seller here that can't wait for May!! Things fly off the shelf in may!! Most upticks in price sales are in relation to recent retiring, sold out etc not sets similar to OP. To OP, figure out a price you are comfortable with, and give it a whirl, you will be surprised what things do sell, also what doesnt

Yeah the usual rumor wagon. It's almost predictable. I hope it will be Neuschwanstein. That would easily trump the Taj Mahal if done right.

​If it comes I believe it will debut in February/March as the previous landmarks did. At least as I remember and too busy to look them up.

I guess we all can agree that the chance this set will retire soon is becoming more big every day that passes. It has been around for quite some time. If you believe in this set make sure you have your desired quantity for investment. As it has been out for so long there is absolutely no excuse to have zero of these. I have my desired quantity and I am at ease. Would I like to have more? Sure. But others are more important now. Also I haven't seen a decent sale on this one the last months.

I only ordered 2 Slave-1s, but they arrived last week in one box with sufficient padding. +1 on the deal and +1 for TRU shipping. (Better than the AT-AT in a bag many of us received from Target.)

eBay: Trending at $369.95 shipped. $360-$380 shipped for past sales.

​It's in the trailer for the new season of "Rebels".

For me, I'm not sure what people are so worried about with regards to the 'darkness' of the movies. It's honestly no darker than a damn Disney movie, who ALWAYS kills off some sort of character. I know a lot of people may not agree with me, but I let our kids watch rated R movies, and they are only 11/10. We've raised them well enough they can handle it. Granted they don't have free roam of those kinds of movies. We do have our limits, but your general R movie with cursing and stuff is a moot point. They hear all that crap by that age anyways. Might as well slowly introduce the real word. I just don't want the kids to be so sheltered that everything is a shock to them. Anywaysssss, off my little soap box about that. As far as the movies, I see some points about letting the kids watch it for themselves, but I think it's a travesty to even show EP. 1-3. I'm sorry, but for me, I want the kids to fully appreciate the genius that was Star Wars EP. 4-6. It's a lot simpler, much more coherent story line than 1-3. 1-3 is just simply a bunch of fancy graphics and flashes. And honestly, it completely ruins the mystique of Darth Vader. I never grew up wondering what made Vader turn to the dark side. It didn't matter. That was up to my imagination. George Lucas IMO took away from the mystique of Vader as this all powerful ruler of the dark side, and turned him into the biggest freaking whiny p**** punk. /rant Sorry, I got a little carried away. I think watching 4-6 is more than sufficient for any kid honestly.

​Kind of breaking the spell, is not it? I like SW, but I like it for as it is. I don't think more into it than what I said above. I can understand you, but to do what I do I had to learn how to overcome personal biases. For an evening flick it is the best you can get. However I never had a great introduction to this universe, I just watched them on TV when they were aired on Sunday evenings. I even saw EPV first, so it was not in order. Without the hype it was on the same level for me as the Lion King or Back to the Future. However I like certain elements of this universe, but to match my taste the movies had to be more gritty, run-down and apocalyptic. No stupid characters. Mix in some amorality. For example I don't know if you played KoToR II, but what Obsidian did there was the closest to what I want to see. Nothing was perfect, the Jedi order was flawed and eccentric, the Sith were nihilistic and all of the characters were unique and twisted. No clear line between good and evil. Nar-Shaddaa was the asshole of the Galaxy with drugs, prostitution, slavery, crime bosses and smuggling, my favorite setting. Would be great for a Boba Fett movie.

this set is going to be the next 10179 IMO. Everything is conspiring to make it the sole r2 UCS for very very very long time.

Will this set ever slow down? Ebay sales continue to trend higher each week.

Please refrain from starting new topics regarding the same subject .

My biggest problem is how much Obi Wan aged is 18 years from III to IV. Not really my biggest problem but it's always pissed me off.

Fred Meyer has Lego BOGO 40% off this week except Friends and Elves. Was hoping they would get Jurrasic World sets but no sign of them yet. And Bellevue TRU has the Spiderman 2 Electro polybag for purchase for $3.99 had several dozen when I left this morning.

I think there has been 3 other non-UCS versions (granted 1 was a reissue and all were in combo packs) of Vader's Tie Advance before 8017. Non-related : My belief is that we'll likely be getting a non-UCS vader tie before a UCS one. It's been 7 years or since 8017 was released.

By the way by not releasing an UCS falcon LEGO can surely achieve one thing. It's the "I did not buy it when it was being produced and now it is so expensive" argument. It's the set you can always point at when you want to sell your product. The living example for people to buy sets before they are retired. By now almost everybody and their dog knows about the giant expensive LEGO Falcon. As long as LEGO can induce the regret in people for missing these sets the firm is sitting on a gold mine. If there is a set they should keep forever retired for this reason then it is the Falcon.

It'll be $199 US by 2016.

​Maybe so. Many people still ignore anything that looks like a Bionicle or Constraction set. Maybe they need to look at what their kids like to play with.

you might find one or two crazy uncles in Europe willing to pay that price and if you do, be sure to sell them everything else you have! My problem with this one is that is is STILL available in random places now at full RRP, meaning neither the horde nor general buyers are that interested. Ebay is limited to 250-270 for actual sales and those advertised at 350 are not moving. Yes, the movies and series will help but it´s not a spaceship and there are no minifigs so the collector demand versus hoarded sets is much lower than Red 5 or even EV.

10185 Green Grocer for $775 on ebay. Complete used from bulk lot.

Star Wars time has come again. The next six+ years will be a wild ride.

Maybe now that Lego is the #1 toy company in the world corporate espionage may kick up a notch. But I think the competition would be more concerned with what new products are coming out. Currently we see leaked photos of upcoming sets watermarked "confidential". I agree with Spanky's post so since only higher ups would know what sets are being retired it would be harder to lure them with cash because they have it already and the risk of them being caught would be greater too. Now if this was Apple I am sure we could find a copy of a document left at a bar with a list of all sets that are planned to be retired in 2015.