I saw an article about this and I decided I should share it with you guys/gals. There is a new animated Lego movie coming out called.... "The Lego Movie" by the Warner Bros. (I'm pretty sure they could have came up with a better name.) (: Anyways, the movie is slated to be shown in U.S. theaters on February 7th 2014. (Shown in 2D and 3D.) The cast includes Will Arnett from "Arrested Development", Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson from "Taken 2", Alison Brie from "Community", Nick Offerman from "Parks and Recreation", and Elizabeth Banks from the "Hunger Games." The directors/writers are Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. (21 Jump Street, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.)

Considering the popularity of Lego and the star-filled cast, I think this movie will do great. What is your opinion about the release of a Lego movie?

When I was a kid, McDonalds actually had real polybag sets as happy meal toys. They were small quick, but excellent builds with several cool pieces.

A few years ago, as an adult, I got some race car sets from the happy meals to see how Lego does happy meal toys these days. They were pathetic. 3 pre-fab pieces with 8 lego studs in the center of each to mix and match few-fab car parts. Really pathetic.

And now, they have given up on lego entirely with happy meals and instead put 3d drinking cups as happy meal toys. That's awful. The Lego Movie was a great opportunity for Lego and McDonalds to really step it up like they used to do back in the day.

Maybe the cost of Lego sets these days make it impossible to justify putting real lego pieces in happy meals anymore idk. But we still have memories of the good old days I suppose.

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It's probably because the size of the pieces are choking hazards. I liked the cups personally. I was able to get 6 full sets

I wasn't a big fan of the cups, just have the emmet one, but I think the Unikitty cup was in demand?

I really wonder how well these "The Lego Movie" sets will do. I see in many local stores that they do not sell that well anymore. Also they do significant discounts as if they want to get rid of them. The initial buzz is tempered now. I`m really curious how well the second wave of more expensive sets will do. Okay I love the spaceship, spaceship, spaceship. While the Construct O mech looks cool, it 's also rather expensive and children seem to forgotten the movie already

I really wonder how well these "The Lego Movie" sets will do. I see in many local stores that they do not sell that well anymore. Also they do significant discounts as if they want to get rid of them. The initial buzz is tempered now. I`m really curious how well the second wave of more expensive sets will do. Okay I love the spaceship, spaceship, spaceship. While the Construct O mech looks cool, it 's also rather expensive and children seem to forgotten the movie already

Don't forget there should be another bump in interest when the dvd/bluray comes out.

Blu ray/dvd release date is now june 17th. That's a hell of a lot better than having to wait til august.

Worldwide? No date listed on amazon UK. Yet....

oh im not too sure about worldwide. That is the US release date.

oh im not too sure about worldwide. That is the US release date.

Doh!

It' probably will be within a few weeks of the USA date.

Going to be a very expensive June with LEGO Movie DVD, Emmett Construction Mech, Benny Spaceship and Ghostbusters all hitting the shelves.

Going to be a very expensive June with LEGO Movie DVD, Emmett Construction Mech, Benny Spaceship and Ghostbusters all hitting the shelves.

20 dollar dvds will always break the bank.

 

The Lego HISHE (How it should have ended)

I wonder what kind of coffee Batman drank.

 

*sniff* *sniff* it smells like whisky

Of the ones I actually build, Metal Beards Duel was really fun. I was laughing a bit at how ridiculous it is as I built it. Creative ambush was cool too. For what you get it almost seems a bit under priced. Of all of them, the Sea Cow is my favorite. It's a bit too pricey for now, but if there's ever some kind of sale/promo, I'll get one for sure.

Currently, the Flying Flusher by far. Who doesn't love a set with a Porta Potty and plungers. The bony thing that could have made this set better is if the doc had a "straining" facial expression.

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Currently, the Flying Flusher by far. Who doesn't love a set with a Porta Potty and plungers. The bony thing that could have made this set better is if the doc had a "straining" facial expression.

Like this?

By the way, that's a favorite set of mine as well. I mean come on, it's THE FLYING FLUSHER!

So, has anyone started to buy "The LEGO Movie" sets for buy and hold purposes, or for holiday season flips?  I still haven't committed to this theme for the long-term, but I won't hesitate to grab some on clearance.  I'm just not sure how many restocks we'll see, or if any will remain for clearance?  They still seem to be selling well.  The margin isn't there yet for me to consider flipping any of these.

 

I would like at least one of each set for the collection.

I'm on the fence myself. The excitement seemed to dwindle pretty quickly. May be revived for a short time when the DVD is released, but only time will tell. My Walmart has the Ice Cream Truck on clearance, but I still haven't pulled the trigger. Not sure.......

Flipping is almost impossible on these sets. I bought some for really really dirt cheap! But nobody wants them and my profit margin is maybe 25% on 3 sets combined.

 

I do not know for the long-term. But I think I will cease buying movie sets for now. There is no money in it at this moment.

I'm on the fence myself. The excitement seemed to dwindle pretty quickly. May be revived for a short time when the DVD is released, but only time will tell. My Walmart has the Ice Cream Truck on clearance, but I still haven't pulled the trigger. Not sure.......

 

The ice-cream truck I might buy one. Is nice to add it to my city.

With the way they timed the movie and now DVD release, I'm not sure how much this will be on the average kid/parents radar come the holidays. I always seem them on the shelves any where I look. I'll wait until they are on sale/clearence and grab some. Best bet seems to be to wait unilt the second movie comes out at this point. The 2-1 at least have the added value of being unique city sets.

I intended to pick up a few CCP when i saw them in Target a few weeks ago as they were sold out pretty much everywhere... but now they seem to be in ample stock and i'm glad i didn't!

 

Not saying it's a bad set, but i put that money elsewhere and have lots of time to get some before a potential X-mas shortage. That is if interest for this set actually lasts until x-mas.

 

Otherwise i have not even considered any other sets to get in on early.

Yea ccp is everywhere now, I wish I didn't get the 3 I have. Hoping for an Xmas shortage lol

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My one Walmart carries only three of these sets anymore barely because I guess they had to make room for all the Star Wars sets while Target has the shelving space for all but they are consistently going between sold out and fully stocked. It's really weird. Currently I am only missing Super Cycle Chase and Lord Business' Evil Lair aside from the three huge sets eventually coming out later on of course. All the while, I have not seen a single sale for any one of these, not even a dollar. Not like they ever needed a discount to move anyway.