4 minutes ago, grackleflint said:

Brick Bank back at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A85FXBC/

Finally nabbed one - thank you GF!

Friends Spinning Car Wash #41350 is $19.19 after Cartwheel at Target

https://www.target.com/p/lego-friends-spinning-brushes-car-wash-41350/-/A-53293972

4 minutes ago, Foreman Porgy said:

It also has a good amount of desirable parts. You can sell the figures for $16.00 alone and make your money back. 

I put stock in the very low probability of a remake.  I just don't see this ever coming back once its done....and its just quirky enough that SW fans may give it some staying power.  Not going deep on these but I think five or six is a safe hedge.

Also 16.XX.....thought it was 20 with the cartwheel?

19 minutes ago, njlegolover said:

JW was definitely a killing (indominux rex breakout at 50% at Target...my first arm sweep...never forget your first)

I sold a ton of those and raptor rampages for good profits.  I priced my last Indominus at 430$ thinking no one was going to buy it.  I guess I underestimated the power of Christmas.

Brick Bank back at Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A85FXBC/

Got my first Brick Bank! Now let’s see if Old Fishing Store will pop up.


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18 minutes ago, Quacs said:

Finally nabbed one - thank you GF!

Thank you .. Got one .. Appreciate it !

Many think brick bank will at least double? Just sold a GE for $280 locally and that is barely double for a 4 yr hold. Sad!

1 minute ago, jaylay said:

Many think brick bank will at least double? Just sold a GE for $280 locally and that is barely double for a 4 yr hold. Sad!

This may be a somewhat simplistic view on things, but I think GE was the first modular people started buying after the last big wave of "LEGO is better than gold" articles and such. I think it was a bit overhoarded - and since then, modulars and the big sets have performed weaker than the ones prior. Brick Bank, if nothing else - seems to at least be less hoarded.

Also, GE was out for apx 4.5 years as opposed to 2.5 for the BB.

This all may mean absolutely nothing, but if you're looking for reasons to be optimistic. :shrug:

1 minute ago, Achilles said:

This may be a somewhat simplistic view on things, but I think GE was the first modular people started buying after the last big wave of "LEGO is better than gold" articles and such. I think it was a bit overhoarded - and since then, modulars and the big sets have performed weaker than the ones prior. Brick Bank, if nothing else - seems to at least be less hoarded.

Also, GE was out for apx 4.5 years as opposed to 2.5 for the BB.

This all may mean absolutely nothing, but if you're looking for reasons to be optimistic. :shrug:

would people say Town Hall = Brick Bank?

50 minutes ago, NIevo said:

GC discount?

Discounted gift card. 

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Brick-Bank-1025
Available backorder

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5 minutes ago, vexxet said:

would people say Town Hall = Brick Bank?

I dont think so ... TH just poofed out of no where, and so many folks were hating on it that it was relatively less hoarded than the others . 

Brick bank was double this morning on amz. All this stock today dropped 3rd party price below 300. Likely most of todays stock went to resellers. Maybe lego brings it back after the demand today, who knows....

Well this was fun.

Went to local B&N tonight and asked if they would stack HP 4-pack with the BOGO, and they agreed. But warned they wouldn’t accept a return without the 4-pack haha.

So I grab (2) London’s, (1) Arc De Triomphe, and (1) Vegas ... all at $39.99

Rep rings the 4 up and sure enough once he scans HP figure it replaced one the sets, but he noticed and called a manager over to fix it.

Idk what this manager did, but price dropped back down and I paid and headed home. Checked my receipt later and they messed up and gave me 3 of the 4 at 50% off [emoji51]


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1 hour ago, vexxet said:

I sold a ton of those and raptor rampages for good profits.  I priced my last Indominus at 430$ thinking no one was going to buy it.  I guess I underestimated the power of Christmas.

It always boggles my mind the prices some people will pay for a $130 RRP set. My guess is late 20s/30s AFOLs getting back into the hobby (similar to myself from a year ago) and realizing how much cool stuff they missed out on the past 15 years. No way is Little Timmy's mom gonna pony up $430 for that.

12 minutes ago, emes001 said:

It always boggles my mind the prices some people will pay for a $130 RRP set. My guess is late 20s/30s AFOLs getting back into the hobby (similar to myself from a year ago) and realizing how much cool stuff they missed out on the past 15 years. No way is Little Timmy's mom gonna pony up $430 for that.

I beg to differ!  I’ve sold some sets in person to timmy’s Mom. You’d be surprised how many parents don’t think twice about dropping hundreds on what Timmy wants!  Silly but true

and sorry I’m sure this discussion doesn’t belong In daily deals ?

Edited December 21, 20186 yr by Mgip21

57 minutes ago, jaylay said:

Many think brick bank will at least double? Just sold a GE for $280 locally and that is barely double for a 4 yr hold. Sad!

Depending on your buy in, for many people here it’s more than doubled. 

Brick Bank is also the only corner modular until they introduce the garage.

Still, being one of two corner modulars is extremely rare on top of whatever shortage and aesthetic appeal.

In short, if it’s RRP or lower, buy it like you’re picking up gold from the streets.

Though, personally, I’d put OFS as having more long term persistent growth AND demand than BB. If BB is gold, OFS is diamond.

Agreed with you, it is all about the buy in. If you can get it for half price, and end up selling it at retail price a year down the road, if your customer bothers to look up the retail price, they will very often believe they got an excellent deal, getting an out of print set at near retail price. That same customer may balk if you paid retail, and try to sell to them for twice retail.

1/3 of the modulars have been corner buildings. I don't believe being a corner, is a reason people purchase it.

Corners
Brick Bank
Palace Cinema
Grand Emporium
Cafe Corner
Corner Garage

Middle of the Block
Assembly Square
Town Hall
Downtown Diner
Parisian Restaurant
Green Grocer
Detectives Office
Fire Brigade
Pet Shop

 

Edited December 21, 20186 yr by hushed

Man haven't had a good modular throwdown in a long time.  

Man haven't had a good modular throwdown in a long time.  

F5! F5! F5! F5!

gotta be a good daily summary about today's events coming up...

4 hours ago, odysea11 said:

My hesitation on this set stems from the mountains of them still sitting on shelves. The Targets around me are using these sets as shelf fillers to fill in the gaps....

 

2 hours ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Sand speeder on SD , #coincidence 

go ahead and buy it losers  - this thing will make it to 50% off easily on12/26.  its comical how many of these are still at like every store.

i'm also expecting to harvest greatly all the poorly placed elves technic and architecture stock that is tucked in the back corner of the books and collectibles sections at target  where nobody goes to find lego.

33 minutes ago, dx0520 said:

Depending on your buy in, for many people here it’s more than doubled. 

Brick Bank is also the only corner modular until they introduce the garage.

Still, being one of two corner modulars is extremely rare on top of whatever shortage and aesthetic appeal.

In short, if it’s RRP or lower, buy it like you’re picking up gold from the streets.

Though, personally, I’d put OFS as having more long term persistent growth AND demand than BB. If BB is gold, OFS is diamond.

 

Sorry, OFS?

 

2 minutes ago, cladner said:

 

go ahead and buy it losers  - this thing will make it to 50% off easily on12/26.  its comical how many of these are still at like every store.

i'm also expecting to harvest greatly all the poorly placed elves technic and architecture stock that is tucked in the back corner of the books and collectibles sections at target  where nobody goes to find lego.

 

Your lucky, our Target never has anything on Clearance for more then 20-30%. 

1 minute ago, NIevo said:

 

Sorry, OFS?

 

Old Fishing Store.

1 minute ago, NIevo said:

 

Sorry, OFS?

 

Old Fishing Store