Brickson

lol sorry, I dont spend much time here, just figured it wouldnt hurt to throw it in here

Lego store dude keeps telling me the ninjago building is probably out the door end of month during black friday, maybe discounted

I'm pretty sure the MF and DS will never retire, unfortunately.

It was pretty obvious there was low demand for this theme. You had to time it right. Can't hold low demand sets for long after retirement otherwise you'll be waiting 5-10 years to get decent profit.

Sold Just updating this thread since I got a PM about it.

Haha yew pstebbing we know what you're doing and thank you for the input, it's not really adding anything anymore though mate. The fun thing about lego is it doesnt matter what's surprising, its often surprising. Thanks Alpinemaps I appreciate that. Lets not forget I'm offering well below cheapest, and I'll throw an OBO on that. Come winter if there's no remake, maybe offering 2K wouldnt have been such a bad move. Maybe trying to flip it in a city where it's easier (not a lot of high stakes collectors up here). In any case I'm losing interest in this topic and will prob just gamble on eBay. It'll be like roulette.

Yah, there really is precedent for it though. With the blatant 10188 re-release, not letting the modulars retire, it seems like a changed Lego, maximizing profits. I'd still buy the hell out of that IPO though LOL

Thanks for all the info guys. I've been out of the game a while. I doubt there's a remake coming. Then again, I doubted there would be another 10188 so I'm not a trustworthy source ?

Oh awesome. Ugh. Got more info?

Hey guys! It's Brickson! Soo.. it's come to this. I need funds, got credit cards to pay back before I move to Japan. Japan guys! Selling this thing is such a PITA though. Either I gamble for 5K on Amazon.com (pray it's not one of the guys who returns it), or craigslist and hope they don't hope it then "change their mind" (I've heard the police station has a meeting area to avoid a stabbing). Or...? How about only dealing with a reputable member at Brickpicker. Seems like a better choice. Or Bricklink... So here we are, you, I, and a 10179. I'll sell it 30% lower than I can find it anywhere else. $3000 USD. That's still about a grand profit for holding on to it for 2 years. Original box. Mint, no damage at all. It's not the first edition that has the seal on it though. I think it was made a couple years later (2009/2010). I got it from an official Lego Ambassador, good guy, if you're interested I can give you his LinkedIn to verify. I'll upload pics if somebody's actually interested. It was taken out of the original box only twice AFAIK, once when I bought it to verify, once to take a pic for this forum (I'm talking about the packing box - its sealed ofc). Only selling to reputable/long time members. Shipping double boxed fedex, or pickup in Vancouver BC, Canada. Best, Eric

Hey zak, I'm not clear on what you mean here, mind explaining? When you wait for the qualifying period, why wouldn't you still send to FBA rather than handling all your own orders? What is FBM? Why sell them at cost?

All valid points with the exception that waiting until end of double VIP would be less time than required to sell off bricktobers. Everything else valid.

Probably, but you could spend that $45 on something else immediately and flip that for about the same or more than the Bricktober sets. I guess it's up to preference and what you think will be easier to sell.

I thought the price I was paying for living in the lower mainland was 1 million for the cheapest house, lol

That Amazon reply is pretty funny though you gotta admit, it's basically 4-5 responses copy pasted as one response just to get the point through and hope you fall asleep before finishing it.

Cancelled :-/

If it's for a personal build, for sure. Only 60 bucks above MSRP? It'll resell higher than that used in a year or two.

OOS Funny enough one of the rare times I had the intuition to check manually, and it was in stock, then get to cart and poof. Check email and see you tipped them off a few minutes earlier. When enjoying BrickPicker kindness backfires lol

Yah that would be a big factor if one thought the dollar would stay this low for as long as one would hold this set. For me that seems a little unlikely. There's better opportunity out there right now IMO due to all the retirements. But if I had a lot of capital to blow (more than 10K), I would absolutely do this.

Working for me! Thanks mate!

Not seein' it. $109 for me

OOS (Basically, just 1 left)

Overpriced lol. If you're a reseller, it's not fair to call that overpiced. It's just "the price" of a retired set (plus amazon fees).

Seriously? I was there last night and as per usual that TRU was scavenged. I seem to always miss it with this one

WKB?