14 minutes ago, Theconfusedgoose said:

People say I'm easily confused. I would love to see the life size tumbler pics. 

Not the tumbler but close

 

Now that all makes sense of why derin  would need so many

26 minutes ago, Anomander said:

Daaaaaaamn!

You've bet it all on black

He's saving them for a rainy day fund.

Honestly, if i would've had 100k in the bank a couple months ago... when target was down to their last 2k or so, I would've bought as many tumblers as I could with that 100k. That would've taken 500 tumblers off the market for a couple years at least. Not sure if that would've effected the market much, since there's still 28,759 tumblers at resellers hands. 

1 hour ago, Theconfusedgoose said:

Oh so I should go buy as many of these as I can find? 

Not sure if trolling or seriously this mis-informed. 

Apparently mis-informed. Please enlighten me. 

Apparently mis-informed. Please enlighten me. 

Troll

On ‎3‎/‎27‎/‎2016 at 6:13 PM, darin said:

....or 60

@darin good almighty ...

 

how many sea cow am i seeing? only 11?

Finally opened mine and built it this weekend (40th birthday present). This is one awesome set! Woot!

23 hours ago, Theconfusedgoose said:

Apparently mis-informed. Please enlighten me. 

I like your style man.

 

Back in stock and available for home delivery on the Smyths website as of 10 minutes ago! Here we go again . . . . !!!

1 minute ago, Manse1001 said:

Back in stock and available for home delivery on the Smyths website as of 10 minutes ago! Here we go again . . . . !!!

Probably returns, they'll be in rag order if anything I've bought from Smyths online late in day is an indication.

10 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Probably returns, they'll be in rag order if anything I've bought from Smyths online late in day is an indication.

Only time will tell I guess, however the website stated all week they would be available to order from today, and as of this afternoon they was taking orders so were obviously expecting stock as opposed to a few returns !? I just wish these things would disappear altogether so we can forget about them for a year and offload in 2017 for a bit of profit !! All they are doing at the moment is taking up valuable storage space !! 

11 minutes ago, Manse1001 said:

Only time will tell I guess, however the website stated all week they would be available to order from today, and as of this afternoon they was taking orders so were obviously expecting stock as opposed to a few returns !? I just wish these things would disappear altogether so we can forget about them for a year and offload in 2017 for a bit of profit !! All they are doing at the moment is taking up valuable storage space !! 

 

25 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Probably returns, they'll be in rag order if anything I've bought from Smyths online late in day is an indication.

Can any of our UK friends confirm if any of these Smyth-stock tumblers have 2016 seal codes?

I've been under the assumption these are all sets that were produced mid to late 2015 and are just slowly leaving the warehouses but it would be a different story if you're seeing newer seal codes.

 

Thanks in advance. 

1 minute ago, mudcatsfan said:

 

Can any of our UK friends confirm if any of these Smyth-stock tumblers have 2016 seal codes?

I've been under the assumption these are all sets that were produced mid to late 2015 and are just slowly leaving the warehouses but it would be a different story if you're seeing newer seal codes.

 

Thanks in advance. 

The 3 I ordered back in Feb all had 2015 seal codes, can't comment regards the ones for sale at present, but I may be tempted to order one more and then I'll let you know. To be honest, I can't see how it can be the case. Lego officially retired the set so they can't be fresh, I can only assume its old stock from warehouses around the UK/Ireland that they are trying to shift, however I've been saying that the last half a dozen times they've come up for sale so who knows what's going on !?!?!?

There's only 1 left by looks of it.  Not interested in getting any more. Especially given that it's likely to be a battered return. 

4 minutes ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

There's only 1 left by looks of it.  Not interested in getting any more. Especially given that it's likely to be a battered return. 

Until the next set of 'Flippers' can't pay their credit card bills and return them and the process starts all over again !!! Hopefully at some point, Smyths begin to lose patience and sale them off in store at a reduced price and we finally see them back of it until next year especially if it is battered stock !

Edited March 30, 20169 yr by Manse1001

I'm waiting for the next newspaper headline when so many casual investors get burnt. "Lego Tumblers a poorer quick flip investment than HD-DVD"

Edited March 30, 20169 yr by Fenix_2k1

Had to turn that Tumbler Alert off, My wife thinks I have a girlfriend.

Damn, Target keeps teasing me...

2 hours ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

I'm waiting for the next newspaper headline when so many casual investors get burnt. "Lego Tumblers a poorer quick flip investment than HD-DVD"

What are they selling for across the pond in relation to RRP?

Up 20-25%

Just now, Val-E said:

Up 20-25%

Ah. From what I've been seeing, it's hovering around +50% here. Anyone care to speculate reasons for the secondary market price discrepancy between US and EU? Is it popularity or availability? 

It´s only selling in the UK and Germany for the moment. The market is pretty sluggish in general though, only Red 5 is maintaining the 50% up initial blip. Next week, I´ll update the prices chart.

17 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Up 20-25%

More like 30-40% I'd have said

15 minutes ago, tjj1984 said:

Ah. From what I've been seeing, it's hovering around +50% here. Anyone care to speculate reasons for the secondary market price discrepancy between US and EU? Is it popularity or availability? 

I'd say two reasons:

1. Smyth's keeps selling more of these somehow, but the US retail stock seems dried up other than a few Amazon blips

2. The Dark Night / Superheros in general seem more popular in the US

Just my guesses. In other words, you got it right: Both availability and popularity.