Whoa looks like Cookie Monster got a  hold of that tumbler

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Batmobile-The-Tumbler-Batman-Super-Heroes-minifigure-Building-Blocks-Toy-Set/151901554505

And to think you suckers all paid $200 for your Tumblers!

The stickers are easily removable with a hair dryer 

Hair dryer will remove those stickers.  But first, weigh the sets.  If they all weigh the same, keep 'em.  If one is off, I would open, inspect.  Return if something is missing (bags, figs or tires).

I never return a banged up set that is complete if its essentially retired, even if seals are loose. 

 

Edit: ninja'd by BA

10 minutes ago, trekgate502 said:

Whoa looks like Cookie Monster got a  hold of that tumbler

 

Too funny!  I was thinking the same thing.  My wife asked if I ate the box.  

8 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

Hair dryer will remove those stickers.  But first, weigh the sets.  If they all weigh the same, keep 'em.  If one is off, I would open, inspect.  Return if something is missing (bags, figs or tires).

I never return a banged up set that is complete if its essentially retired, even if seals are loose. 

 

Edit: ninja'd by BA

I'm pretty new to this, but I'm going to try out your suggestions.  Once the weekend hits, I'll get to work.  

As far as weighing goes, do you really think that's necessary? Could these be returned sets?  What is the proper weight of an untouched box?

Appreciate all the help!

5 minutes ago, Bearville said:

I'm pretty new to this, but I'm going to try out your suggestions.  Once the weekend hits, I'll get to work.  

As far as weighing goes, do you really think that's necessary? Could these be returned sets?  What is the proper weight of an untouched box?

Appreciate all the help!

Very, very likely.

Definitely weigh them.  Buy a decent scale.  You'll need it for shipping anyways. 

7 lb 10z

17 minutes ago, Phil B said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Batmobile-The-Tumbler-Batman-Super-Heroes-minifigure-Building-Blocks-Toy-Set/151901554505

And to think you suckers all paid $200 for your Tumblers!

"You need to build it yourself this toys"

16 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

Very, very likely.

Definitely weigh them.  Buy a decent scale.  You'll need it for shipping anyways. 

7 lb 10z

Weighed and they all came to 7lb. 10oz.  Wife thought I was nuts.  

Next step is sticker removal.  

The destroyed one could be opened and put together.  Looks like a fun build.  I could bring it into my classroom and show my students.  They'd freak out!

9 minutes ago, Bearville said:

Weighed and they all came to 7lb. 10oz.  Wife thought I was nuts.  

Next step is sticker removal.  

The destroyed one could be opened and put together.  Looks like a fun build.  I could bring it into my classroom and show my students.  They'd freak out!

Welcome to Brickpicker.

11 minutes ago, Bearville said:

Weighed and they all came to 7lb. 10oz.  Wife thought I was nuts.  

Next step is sticker removal.  

The destroyed one could be opened and put together.  Looks like a fun build.  I could bring it into my classroom and show my students.  They'd freak out!

Spousal derision is par for the course for a lot of us here.

2 hours ago, Mos_Eisley said:

This is my recommendation to every new investor rushing to the scene:

Imagine a world without BrickPicker. One where people make simple decisions on their own.  In this world, one would choose which sets to buy and when to sell them, without help.  Are you going to make the right decision every time?  No, but you aren't going to anyway. But what you will have every time is more experience.  The people who have been the most successful at this had nobody to ask for help. Nobody to tell them how to do everything.  You'll be far better off in the long run if you don't let the majority make your decisions for you. 

Sort of. You'll be better off if you gain experience by making mistakes on your own and if you listen to those who came before. It's not an either/or situation. 

Imagine if you said "The best way to learn to be an engineer is to go out and make mistakes over and over until you're good at it. Pay no attention to what other engineers say." You'd sound like an idiot. Integral to the learning process is watching and listening to others so that you can build on their experience and hopefully avoid making their mistakes yourself. Yes, lessons learned on your own are more powerful, but that doesn't mean we should only learn on our own.

Should we always go with the majority opinion? Of course not, but it's a place to start. What if the majority opinion is "Lone Ranger sets suck. You should avoid them." You'd be pretty sorry if you ignored the majority opinion just because you wanted to make the mistakes on your own. Ultimately it's every individual's job to sift through the noise and find the information that is actually useful, but ignoring it altogether is folly.

Edited January 13, 20169 yr by johnwray

6 minutes ago, hepcatpunk said:

Spousal derision is par for the course for a lot of us here.

The funny thing is, she's totally into this new obsession.  I LOVE Lego.  We LOVE Lego.  We build sets together as much as we can.  We've even pushed our daughter aside just to build her sets.  We can't get enough!

And now, collecting in bulk and keeping seals intact just feels awesome.  But, watching me run around with a scale and a hair dryer is causing her to think twice.  

How do you guys do it?  I'm slowly running out of space.  

Sorry, this thread is reserved for the Tumbler.  Can't wait to open one!

5 minutes ago, Bearville said:

The funny thing is, she's totally into this new obsession.  I LOVE Lego.  We LOVE Lego.  We build sets together as much as we can.  We've even pushed our daughter aside just to build her sets.  We can't get enough!

And now, collecting in bulk and keeping seals intact just feels awesome.  But, watching me run around with a scale and a hair dryer is causing her to think twice.  

How do you guys do it?  I'm slowly running out of space.  

Sorry, this thread is reserved for the Tumbler.  Can't wait to open one!

Everything will be fine until one day she starts screaming through the house because she can't find her hair dryer.  You shamefully admit that you left it in the garage as you were unpacking sets from your latest haul.  Not like this has happened to me, just sharing because it could happen to anyone and you should be prepared when your wife flips out.

17 minutes ago, Bearville said:

The funny thing is, she's totally into this new obsession.  I LOVE Lego.  We LOVE Lego.  We build sets together as much as we can.  We've even pushed our daughter aside just to build her sets.  We can't get enough!

And now, collecting in bulk and keeping seals intact just feels awesome.  But, watching me run around with a scale and a hair dryer is causing her to think twice.  

How do you guys do it?  I'm slowly running out of space.  

Sorry, this thread is reserved for the Tumbler.  Can't wait to open one!

Best advice is to sell something (for a profit) and buy her something with the proceeds. 

13 minutes ago, Migration said:

Best advice is to sell something (for a profit) and buy her something with the proceeds. 

Yup. Best advise. I surprised my wife with a trip to los cabos. Now I hardly hear any objections. 

On the tumbler front received mine from target and I am shocked and happily surprised that they came in minty

36 minutes ago, johnwray said:

Sort of. You'll be better off if you gain experience by making mistakes on your own and if you listen to those who came before. It's not an either/or situation. 

Imagine if you said "The best way to learn to be an engineer is to go out and make mistakes over and over until you're good at it. Pay no attention to what other engineers say." You'd sound like an idiot. Integral to the learning process is watching and listening to others so that you can build on their experience and hopefully avoid making their mistakes yourself. Yes, lessons learned on your own are more powerful, but that doesn't mean we should only learn on our own.

Should we always go with the majority opinion? Of course not, but it's a place to start. What if the majority opinion is "Lone Ranger sets suck. You should avoid them." You'd be pretty sorry if you ignored the majority opinion just because you wanted to make the mistakes on your own. Ultimately it's every individual's job to sift through the noise and find the information that is actually useful, but ignoring it altogether is folly.

We aren't talking about something that has a right or wrong solution.  Asking an engineer how to do something that must or should be done a certain way is entirely different than something that is all based on opinion.  Someone can present all the graphs, charts, and anything else they want to throw out there, and it will not make the decision to follow their suggestion any more successful than listening to someone who just has a gut feeling on what set is best.  There is enough information posted in these forums that requiring specific help to make a $200 decision is unnecessary.  

But it doesn't matter.  My advice was really only my second pearl of wisdom that I would tell new investors.  The first would be - don't do this.

13 minutes ago, Mrbigz8657 said:

Yup. Best advise. I surprised my wife with a trip to los cabos. Now I hardly hear any objections. 

On the tumbler front received mine from target and I am shocked and happily surprised that they came in minty

I'm hoping for a decent return on these (no rush). As for condition, I have to take a closer look tomorrow. Most look decent.  I have one that I can get my fingers into.  The good news is, Target credited me 5% on all orders.  

In regard to the wife, I'm gonna play it by ear.  She seems happy at the moment.  Don't know if it's the money or the space that will eventually bother her.  But I will definitely take everyone's advice!

 

49 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

Everything will be fine until one day she starts screaming through the house because she can't find her hair dryer.  You shamefully admit that you left it in the garage as you were unpacking sets from your latest haul.  Not like this has happened to me, just sharing because it could happen to anyone and you should be prepared when your wife flips out.

If we can afford to buy 10 Tumblers, we can certainly buy our own hair dryers!

I went to the Lego store today and they had one last Tumbler but opened box due to loosen seals, gave me 500 bonus points ($25 off for next purchase).  I opened it right on counter to make sure everything was sealed, counted six tires and the manual was sealed.  They wrote SCP on the UPC label to make sure I could not return it.  Its okay.  I'll build it.

Just opened my order of 2 tumblers from Walmart.ca.  I'm 99.99% sure that I got their last two.  Anyway, they came in the official Lego box (2 per) and they're both minty fresh.  Seal codes are 41R5. FYI to anyone who cares.

The last of my Barnes Tumblers arrived today. Came in a nice original lego carton box with air pillows.

pristine perfect condition

7 hours ago, Nawoo said:

The last of my Barnes Tumblers arrived today. Came in a nice original lego carton box with air pillows.

pristine perfect condition

Did you get tax by the government?

7 hours ago, Nawoo said:

The last of my Barnes Tumblers arrived today. Came in a nice original lego carton box with air pillows.

pristine perfect condition

I have two coming from Barnes, here's a question...

 

Is there any value in leaving it sealed within the Lego carton? 

10 minutes ago, josh_676 said:

I have two coming from Barnes, here's a question...

Is there any value in leaving it sealed within the Lego carton? 

I haven't seen any statistics indicating that there is any value added by selling an item in the original LEGO carton.