1 hour ago, mauro23 said:

And why do they produce even mre now????

The four I just received at the 50 per cent off sale price have seal codes of 50S6 so obviously returns, 3 in good condition one scratched.

45 minutes ago, grabbitfast said:

The four I just received at the 50 per cent off sale price have seal codes of 50S6 so obviously returns, 3 in good condition one scratched.

That´s a very early production run so either they are returns or it is an awful seller.

Edited February 22, 20187 yr by Val-E

10 minutes ago, Val-E said:

That´s a very early production run so either they are returns or it is an awful seller.

Yes I had to double check but definitely 50S6 ,so my assumption is these were first off the line and first in the warehouse and so being a poor seller had more recently produced sets stored on top or in front of them and accordingly last to leave, not uncommon in stores I previously worked in many moons ago.

Saying that I would have thought a large company like Lego Sah would have employed stock rotation systems, but maybe the Warehouse staff have a different story to tell.

Edited February 22, 20187 yr by grabbitfast

CHAOS rather than LIFO seems to be their method.

Perhaps these are just boxes they found during inventory at the back of the shed.

Edited February 22, 20187 yr by Val-E

41 minutes ago, Val-E said:

CHAOS rather than LIFO seems to be their method.

Perhaps these are just boxes they found during inventory at the back of the shed.

Or in the back of the CEOs car.

Edited February 22, 20187 yr by grabbitfast

6 minutes ago, grabbitfast said:

Or in the back of the CEOs car.

The new CEO doesn't even know what LEGO is! ;-)

70917 available at Asda George again £69.97 Will most likely be gone very soon.

Scuttles 50% Debs. Decided against in the end.

15 hours ago, grabbitfast said:

70917 available at Asda George again £69.97 Will most likely be gone very soon.

Still too high for this turkey. TLBM sets are only worth it for the parts. I'll buy a couple at £40.

 

2 hours ago, TabbyBoy said:

Still too high for this turkey. TLBM sets are only worth it for the parts. I'll buy a couple at £40.

 

Yeah, I'd rather take a risk singing USA National Anthem during NBA All Stars Game than investing in TLB sets especially in EU region.

5 minutes ago, Shewie said:

Yeah, I'd rather take a risk singing USA National Anthem during NBA All Stars Game than investing in TLB sets especially in EU region.

In the style of Borat?

1 minute ago, TabbyBoy said:

In the style of Borat?

 

I surprised by how despised the TLBM sets are. No one knows how they're going to perform. I dot. See why they're still considered untouchable even at 50%off. I think there's value I there at half of rrp. I can see a sequel film being made and these have some value.

woudl I rather have TLBM at half price or Saturn V at full blown Rrp... not much in it I think.

When I see regular price in poland of the set going for 60% of RPP and the seller is offering 60 boxes for that price that triggers red light for me. Not to mention he has to pay 19% of the tax because he provides receipt plus service fee and free shipping.

Nope for me.

My local Debs has had TLBM sets at 50% off for over a week now. People aren't buying them. That's not a good sign.

28 minutes ago, Lego Benito said:

My local Debs has had TLBM sets at 50% off for over a week now. People aren't buying them. That's not a good sign.

It's a sign that I saw as soon as TLBM was announced, I'll not buy this crap at ANY price.... maybe 90% off ;-)

There are two sets in the range worth picking up at 50% off, 70917 is not one of them unfortunately.

25 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

It's a sign that I saw as soon as TLBM was announced, I'll not buy this crap at ANY price.... maybe 90% off ;-)

but 5 hours ago you were buying at £40 

i think it will be ok. You can sell 4 of the figs now for £40ish. If they stay exclusive....

4 minutes ago, roxio said:

but 5 hours ago you were buying at £40 

i think it will be ok. You can sell 4 of the figs now for £40ish. If they stay exclusive....

Hypothetical. It won't be that cheap so I'll go without. If this ever reaches RRP, so will a Star Wars set.

1 hour ago, Val-E said:

 

I'd say a Lego Forum all about buying Lego as an investment might not be the best place for them to post? ?

1 hour ago, grabbitfast said:

There are two sets in the range worth picking up at 50% off, 70917 is not one of them unfortunately.

Arkham Asylum and Pinguin Arctic Roller?

I think the mini booster set Joker Baloon Escape will do just fine after EOL.

1 hour ago, grabbitfast said:

There are two sets in the range worth picking up at 50% off, 70917 is not one of them unfortunately.

You say that but looking at sold BIN prices on eBay look acceptable for 70917. Buying in at -50% means you can even make a QFLL return. £30 profit on a £70 buy in for a flip looks okay. That's during its current life whilst still freely available. I'm not saying this set is a moneymaker. But there's profit in it already.

 

Sometimes on BP people seem to jump on a bandwagon and deem something a turd when actually there's some profit in there. I'd rather buy 70917 at half rrp and make a 40% return (£30 profit on an £70 outlay) quickly then buy Saturn V at RRP and have to hold it for a year to make something similar. In that year of waiting you could churn that investment multiple times.

just like without nexo. Nearly everyone branded the theme a turd. But when TRU had them at half price one of our BP friends in the UK was flipping those on eBay for RRP and making £40 - £50 profit per set.

4 minutes ago, andyposterfan said:

Sometimes on BP people seem to jump on a bandwagon and deem something a turd when actually there's some profit in there. I'd rather buy 70917 at half rrp and make a 40% return (£30 profit on an £70 outlay) quickly then buy Saturn V at RRP and have to hold it for a year to make something similar. In that year of waiting you could churn that investment multiple times.

just like without nexo. Nearly everyone branded the theme a turd. But when TRU had them at half price one of our BP friends in the UK was flipping those on eBay for RRP and making £40 - £50 profit per set.

Jang's review was quite positive and there's a couple of good figs in the set, the theme's a bit overdone but maybe there will be less competition amongst other re-sellers.