Which brings up an interesting point , how long is too long to hold on on a set .. anyone getting peeved over this is boarderline hoarding 

No borderline about it. It's been over a decade.

Just now, Val-E said:

 Same with those that got Town Hall at 350 USD or more and those will be the ones annoyed.

The only people they should be annoyed with are themselves though, they've had long enough to sell and it's not as if we haven't known this has been coming for more than a year already.

Which brings up an interesting point , how long is too long to hold on on a set .. anyone getting peeved over this is boarderline hoarding 

Havnt been doing this that long but I personally will not hold a set more then 3 years max. I'm an open person..my strategy is all about buy in. If I buy at X and can sell at Y and make Z I am happy.

Days of buying and holding for years and making 10 times your money is gone.

When an item retires I'm looking to sell 6-12 months after. Sets I bought last year are slowly retiring now and I plan on selling this year. If I make 50-100% I am happy/fine. Grand slams will be few and far between.... consistent profit and turning over product is what I'm focusing on.

One would hope that people who bought it when it came out sold and moved on but I guess there will be more than a few who bought it from other resellers in the golden age expecting infinite returns. Same with those that got Town Hall at 350 USD or more and those will be the ones annoyed.

There's a significant difference to buying a set at 1.5x retail directly after it retires hoping for gains and doing the same at 10x retail after a set is long gone and has plateaued.

5 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

The only people they should be annoyed with are themselves though, they've had long enough to sell and it's not as if we haven't known this has been coming for more than a year already.

Yeah, yet there will be people who still hold on to their 10179´s till the bitter end, hoping that somewhow the new version will not damage residuals of their ones.

Problem with these higher priced sets is they are not easy to sell quickly at a high price and we have seen what happened to 10188 if you procrastinate too long about selling them and the remak turns out to be a direct clone.

Official presentation may happen at NY toyfair, which opens on Saturday.

Well, usually those that are buying at the higher prices are buying for their personal collection. 

Well, usually those that are buying at the higher prices are buying for their personal collection. 

Unless you're Darin.

1 hour ago, Val-E said:

Official presentation may happen at NY toyfair, which opens on Saturday.

I believe something else is scheduled for that.

I believe something else is scheduled for that.

Do tell!

18 minutes ago, CM4Sci said:

I believe something else is scheduled for that.

i can't attend this yr. 

53 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Unless you're Darin.

True... there are a few high stakes rollers.

I don't think you can compare 10188 and this. 10188 was barely retired for 9 months before 75159 was released. This has been 10 years.

6 hours ago, CM4Sci said:

I believe something else is scheduled for that.

POTC ship, maybe. And also the summer wave  of SW playsets should be revealed.

 

looks good.  update:  it appears lego 's tweet was removed and then reposted.

https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/status/844626752257359873

 

 

 

Looks great, excited to get it.

"I'm lovin' it!"

This puts an end to my desire to bricklink 10129.

Edited March 22, 20178 yr by oneknightr

"Oh, it's beautiful."

I do love how it's pretty much scaled to the minifigures.

 

This will be available 4/29 for early VIP access but I wonder how it affects any May 4th promos - if stores sell out before then?

So 200 USD/ Euros plus 10% for Lego taxed countries?

I like how they bring one guy on to talk about all the stickers.

 

I like the functions of it with the brakes and harpoon - cool additions

9 minutes ago, TANV said:

"Oh, it's beautiful."

I do love how it's pretty much scaled to the minifigures.

This is not scaled anything close to minifig scale.

10kg cargo capacity? Are the Rebels running a low cost airline?