On 5/24/2016 at 11:24 AM, ad2001 said:

27 minutes ago, themoose9 said:

That's not how you extinguish fires?

more than likely, your bottom will be grilled first

I like something about the looks of this one - Amazon

42033 - Technic: Record Breaker - $15.00 (25% off)

Also at KMart.com (buy 3 use $5 off $35)

Cargo train is back.

http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-cargo-train-60052/-/A-15645520#prodSlot=medium_1_40&term=lego?clkid=d1a3a14eN0cc4a666ef66ccae830556ba&lnm=81938&afid=Brickpicker&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002&clkid=d1a3a14eN0cc4a666ef66ccae830556ba&lnm=81938&afid=Skimbit+Ltd.&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by Artlegion

3 minutes ago, Artlegion said:

Cargo train is back.

http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-cargo-train-60052/-/A-15645520#prodSlot=medium_1_40&term=lego?clkid=d1a3a14eN0cc4a666ef66ccae830556ba&lnm=81938&afid=Brickpicker&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002&clkid=d1a3a14eN0cc4a666ef66ccae830556ba&lnm=81938&afid=Skimbit+Ltd.&ref=tgt_adv_xasd0002

No shot. Can't add to cart. 

I could and it said "only 4 left". Didn't order though.

EDIT: Tried again 2:42pm and still possible, "only 3 left".

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by Phil B

5 minutes ago, Phil B said:

I could and it said "only 4 left". Didn't order though.

EDIT: Tried again 2:42pm and still possible, "only 3 left".

HA! Phil B, you got the magic touch. I tried chrome, which told me to F myself, even after hard refresh. Then I tried FF after seeing your comment and hard refreshed that piece. BAM! Worked...Thank you for making me try harder...(Not that I could do that b/c I went every route possible) but it worked, so thank you  and thank you @Artlegion sorry to be so quick to dismiss.

1 minute ago, midbenne said:

HA! Phil B, you got the magic touch. I tried chrome, which told me to F myself, even after hard refresh. Then I tried FF after seeing your comment and hard refreshed that piece. BAM! Worked...Thank you for making me try harder...(Not that I could do that b/c I went every route possible) but it worked, so thank you  and thank you @Artlegion sorry to be so quick to dismiss.

Great to hear! I used FF.

3 minutes ago, midbenne said:

HA! Phil B, you got the magic touch. I tried chrome, which told me to F myself, even after hard refresh. Then I tried FF after seeing your comment and hard refreshed that piece. BAM! Worked...Thank you for making me try harder...(Not that I could do that b/c I went every route possible) but it worked, so thank you  and thank you @Artlegion sorry to be so quick to dismiss.

Strange. I'm using chrome without any issues.
Glad you got one!

Just now, exciter1 said:

I can't give enough 'likes' to this picture, thanks for the smile during work.

8 hours ago, dcdfan said:

looks like Trump

1 minute ago, brickolodon said:

 

he has more hair than Trump

Thanks for the new Daily Deals update.  I love having that back and on all the pages again. Feels like old times

1 hour ago, GhostDad said:

Well, if you sell for $90 + actual postage on eBay, you will lose $12 or so to eBay + PayPal fees (assuming TRS discount), and then another $3 or so for the shipping box.  So you might make $15 off your buy price of $60, when the set retires and if the replacement is significantly different.  City sets that aren't "unique" are usually a bad idea, even at 40% off.

I didn't say sell for $90 ASAP. It's just an example. I do not think this set will make hundreds of dollars, but I do not think people will lose money buying it at ~$60 dollars. I try to buy sets that I won't have to take a loss on and then let the big money winners find themselves. If everything you buy makes some money and some of those make much more then I think you'll be fine. You are more than welcome to stick to the big winners that clearly have unknown growth potential, but those types of sets generally must be purchased at near full price and the growth doesn't always pan out. It is like investing in low risk vs. high risk stocks. The police station is low risk at ~$60

Police Station at $60 is an absolute winner. I disagree about the profitability of City sets. Most of the larger sets do very well, especially at Christmas. 

60117 - Van & Caravan $14.82 (26% off) at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017B1AW3K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1464221950&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lego+60117/?

statistics....police stations always the best annual sellers for lego but they updated and release new version every year...

2015 #3 - City Police Station 
http://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/annual-report

http://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/events/annual-result-2015#/fphead

I don't remember exactly but in 2014 Police Station was #1 seller

1 hour ago, exciter1 said:

The right City sets outperform most exclusives and the turn around is 1-2 years, instead of waiting 4+. 

And lower buy ins.

I like this Police Station's chances this Christmas if the other options are Prison Island and Swamp Police Station.

1 hour ago, exciter1 said:

The right City sets outperform most exclusives and the turn around is 1-2 years, instead of waiting 4+. 

for example, the arctic theme

here is a RL big city example: bought last year fire station at Shopko for $45. built it, sold it a few months later as is, missing a few minifigures and sold it for $68. still made $5-$10 and kept the minifigures. so...police is pretty low risk at $58

Just now, justapilgrim said:

here is a RL big city example: bought last year fire station at Shopko for $45. built it, sold it a few months later as is, missing a few minifigures and sold it for $68. still made $5-$10 and kept the minifigures. so...police is pretty low risk at $58

 

Until everyone buys at 58$ then u need to drop the bar even lower

 

1 minute ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Until everyone buys at 58$ then u need to drop the bar even lower

I hope gramps ain't buying at $58.

2 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I hope gramps ain't buying at $58.

Gramps? I thought that was Gilligan.