6 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

How much is too much to pay for the RE, I know it is retired but my kid loves the JW sets an this is one we don't have,

is it worth buying 2 one to store and 1 for him?

I know they were sold on sale at 29.99 & 39.99 retail but now people are scalping high.

 

Dude, people on a web forum can't tell you how much is too much to pay for something. We are all collectors, with varying desires for certain sets. C'mon man. 

1 hour ago, MarxMarvelous said:

According to stock tracker every walmart in my area has 2 or more of these for $30. I checked two walmarts, they had zero. Not going to bother checking the rest. I hate walmarts inventory. How do you even run a business without even knowing what you have on hand to sell? Blow my mind.

Lol I thought everyone knew Walmart stock tracker was FAR WORSE than Target, and we all knew how much you hated Target tracker

23 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

How much is too much to pay for the RE, I know it is retired but my kid loves the JW sets an this is one we don't have,

is it worth buying 2 one to store and 1 for him?

I know they were sold on sale at 29.99 & 39.99 retail but now people are scalping high.

 

Speaking from a dad perspective (and a cheap dad that can generally get good deals on lego sets ), I would have a hard time paying over retail or even retail for any Lego sets for my kids. Primarily because even though my kids love legos, and especially love getting a particular set that jumps out at them when they see it, the enjoyment of building and playing with that set fades very quickly. In other words I think that I could get them a different set for less and they would pretty much get the same overall enjoyment from it - or, could get a bigger set for the same price as a RE and they would arguably enjoy it more because the build is more challenging and/or the end result is more impressive. $70 can get you a pretty great set if you work some magic with sales, gift cards, etc.That being said, none of my kids have a predisposition towards really getting hooked on particular themes, so that probably makes my conclusions about what to get them easier.

From a practical perspective, if this is a set you would really like to get for your kid, I think buying now and buying two is a good way to go about it. Eventually the profits from the second copy should pay for at least a good chunk of the first, getting you much closer to what you would have paid retail.

36 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

How much is too much to pay for the RE, I know it is retired but my kid loves the JW sets an this is one we don't have,

is it worth buying 2 one to store and 1 for him?

I know they were sold on sale at 29.99 & 39.99 retail but now people are scalping high.

 

hi. everyone's situation is different.  you will need to decide for yourself if buying 1 or 2 makes sense. i have some helpful info below for your review (suggestions ands links)

i would also suggest reading this thread (i know it's 47 pages long) but there are some great posts here.

38 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Lol I thought everyone knew Walmart stock tracker was FAR WORSE than Target, and we all knew how much you hated Target tracker

ok.....

47 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

How much is too much to pay for the RE, I know it is retired but my kid loves the JW sets an this is one we don't have,

is it worth buying 2 one to store and 1 for him?

I know they were sold on sale at 29.99 & 39.99 retail but now people are scalping high.

 

LOL, coming to a website focused on purchasing LEGO sets to sell for a profit and still talking about those dirty scalpers?

7 minutes ago, thoroakenfelder said:

LOL, coming to a website focused on purchasing LEGO sets to sell for a profit and still talking about those dirty scalpers?

If anything, he was thinking of joining the dark side

50 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

How much is too much to pay for the RE, I know it is retired but my kid loves the JW sets an this is one we don't have,

is it worth buying 2 one to store and 1 for him?

I know they were sold on sale at 29.99 & 39.99 retail but now people are scalping high.

 

 

1 hour ago, Deanfjr said:

How much is too much to pay for the RE, I know it is retired but my kid loves the JW sets an this is one we don't have,

is it worth buying 2 one to store and 1 for him?

I know they were sold on sale at 29.99 & 39.99 retail but now people are scalping high.

 

you should have bought it @ $29,99 now all the scalpers are going to ......

i am not sure how many around here landed those $29,99? my area walmart were out of this for few months at least (i believe there was nov restock?). but between june and november only 1 restock. so it had been scarce. Sale price and sale quantity and availability they are very different beasts all together.

 

I know this is a given, but it is now official in North America region. Lego have officially slapped the retired tag on RE. Interestingly, no retired tag on the high profile sets that have been "Sold Out".

 

 

9 hours ago, tacsniper said:

I know this is a given, but it is now official in North America region. Lego have officially slapped the retired tag on RE. Interestingly, no retired tag on the high profile sets that have been "Sold Out".

They 'officially' did that on Tuesday.

On January 19, 2016 at 6:11 PM, trekgate502 said:

I kept buying them up off eBay at 60 bucks a piece and from walmart when they came back a few weeks ago.

Happy with the decision.

She's Gone

I nabbed a few off Bricklink at $50-55 myself.  Great set - just needs a little percolating time...

Interesting. Too bad I didn't grab any in store during Christmas. I have one for myself though hehe.

All as i predicted...sold all mine in Dec2015, hope to restock but i missed it (no RE in my area), saved couple for my collection.

20 minutes ago, brickolodon said:

 

All as i predicted...sold all mine in Dec2015, hope to restock but i missed it (no RE in my area), saved couple for my collection.

 

100 ROI on mine (sold in last few weeks)

The kiddo cracked open an RE last night.  The first set we've opened from this line.

Getting high on our own supply.

27 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

The kiddo cracked open an RE last night.  The first set we've opened from this line.

Getting high on our own supply.

Now you NEED to open Raptor Rampage for the other two... and you NEED to open T-Rex Tracker and Indominus Rex Breakout so you can recreate the scene from the movie. NEED to.

1 minute ago, gregpj said:

Now you NEED to open Raptor Rampage for the other two... and you NEED to open T-Rex Tracker and Indominus Rex Breakout so you can recreate the scene from the movie. NEED to.

He's asking already, believe me.

1 minute ago, exciter1 said:

He's asking already, believe me.

I don't see a problem with it, I say go for it.

I am surprise the $75-ish listings are not flying off Amazon when Prime eligible ones are at $95. 

Because supply and demand.

On ‎2‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 8:52 AM, exciter1 said:

The kiddo cracked open an RE last night.  The first set we've opened from this line.

Getting high on our own supply.

Raptor Escape has jumped from about 100 to 150 sellers on Amazon since retirement.

8 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Raptor Escape has jumped from about 100 to 150 sellers on Amazon since retirement.

Already made my $5 * n profit on RE, now it is everyone else's turn

 

Not happy with all the sellers(though not surprising in the least) but happy to see ebay prices heading in the right direction again.  You still get the under cutter that is losing money for a quick sell but for the most part, it's back to $75-80 shipped.