Good price. That's where I've been acquiring them as well.

Have you found these sets perform well after EOL? I am thinking of keeping one and parting the other.

4x76013 Joker Steamroller at 54.99. Not cheap but I didn't want to be caught without.

Ouch. You are in Belgium so I guess that's a good price. These were recently on sale here in the US and on Amazon they are $41.99.

Ouch. You are in Belgium so I guess that's a good price. These were recently on sale here in the US and on Amazon they are $41.99.

Still regret not going to Target when they had it for $25/$30...

Ouch. You are in Belgium so I guess that's a good price. These were recently on sale here in the US and on Amazon they are $41.99.

 

They were widely available in the US at $25, and some folks even picked them up at $17/ea.  If that set even gets back to MSRP soon, they'll be a hoard to unload here.

Make a wanted list and sort by stores-unique lots.

Am I the only one who creates a few wanted lists (usually by set, but could be by anything), and then gives that to the computer to figure out what the best (read: a good) store combination would be given the current stock on BL? It almost always needs some tweaking and makes some assumptions (shipping...), but I couldn't imagine doing that by hand, especially not for orders with triple-digit different lots.

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I picked up a Republic Gunship at TRU for $115.  They had two more I would have bought but one had been resealed and another one had a hole in the box.  

They were widely available in the US at $25, and some folks even picked them up at $17/ea.  If that set even gets back to MSRP soon, they'll be a hoard to unload here.

i am of differing opinion here. i believe more than 70% of those were picked up by part-out-ers.

10% were picked up by parents/general public for gifts.

only 20% are left for the resell as a whole set.

 

of all the resellers;

80% bought @ $23,98 (50% OFF)

5% bought @ any further discounts.

15% missed it waiting for further discounts....

 

if anybody picked them @ $23,98 to sell @$49,99 are (mostly newcomers in lego world) going to be in rude awakening when its time to ship them out. Weird shaped box with almost 3lb. going to cost @ least $13 to ship.

profit of $6-$7 per item.. yes its 15%-20% ROI but not what they would have expected.

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Still regret not going to Target when they had it for $25/$30...

Yeah, the two that I bought were priced at $29. Wish I could have bought at $25 or $17 but sets don't come down in price like that in my area. If I want to buy any I have to buy when they are available at whatever discount they are selling for. If I don't then the sets sell out.

Yeah, the two that I bought were priced at $29. Wish I could have bought at $25 or $17 but sets don't come down in price like that in my area. If I want to buy any I have to buy when they are available at whatever discount they are selling for. If I don't then the sets sell out.

Same as me here. But $29 is still better than $41 now...wish I bought it at $30 when they had it at my target. Went back 2 weeks later, all gone...sold out...

Same as me here. But $29 is still better than $41 now...wish I bought it at $30 when they had it at my target. Went back 2 weeks later, all gone...sold out...

It's all good. It's just time to move on to the next set or round of clearance that will be coming up. The good thing is clearance sales and deals are still able to be had in the future. It's not a one shot thing. If you miss out on deals one time it makes the next time you find a great deal even sweeter.

Ouch. You are in Belgium so I guess that's a good price. These were recently on sale here in the US and on Amazon they are $41.99.

 

I know they were in sale at US. Unbelievable how much reduction was received on this set. Here, I have followed this set for last 2 months but couldn't get it cheaper than that. I also followed stock of our largest retailer and it didn't move so not hoarded much here. Only set of the retiring Super Heroes i'm buying.

 

 

I've bought 5x 10218 Pet Shop from Lego.de for 712,50

New and sealed 10240 X-Wing for $170 cash

6x Technic 4x4 Crawler 9398 @ $200 each

Wow, where were you when these were sub $150 for a long time.

Not much meat left at a buy in of $200. Shipping that bad boy will be about $30 plus or minus a few bucks plus another $30 in fees.

New and sealed 10240 X-Wing for $170 cash

 

That seems very low...but anyway...you have anymore to sell to me?

Wow, where were you when these were sub $150 for a long time.

Not much meat left at a buy in of $200. Shipping that bad boy will be about $30 plus or minus a few bucks plus another $30 in fees.

If he sold right now. That's a big assumption.

Wow, where were you when these were sub $150 for a long time.

Not much meat left at a buy in of $200. Shipping that bad boy will be about $30 plus or minus a few bucks plus another $30 in fees.

In my dark ages. And when was it at $150? Recently?

Ordered 660 (11 cases) of series 4 CMF and 180 (3 cases) of series 5 CMF @ ~$4/mini tax and shipping included

In my dark ages. And when was it at $150? Recently?

I believe it was on permadiscount @ $160 for a good chunk of its life.  Even LEGO Shop at Home dropped to that price toward the end.

I believe it was on permadiscount @ $160 for a good chunk of its life.  Even LEGO Shop at Home dropped to that price toward the end.

When was this? last year?

When was this? last year?

If Camel Camel Camel is to be believed from about May of last year to Dec.

http://camelcamelcamel.com/LEGO-4653947-Technic-9398-Crawler/product/B006ZS4SXQ?context=browse

When was this? last year?

I bought 1 @ $160.98 + tax @ Toys R Us in November 2014

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I amazon uk'ed 5 at @ $134 ea. But this was in 2013. In terms of profit vs. time held, I think you'll come out ahead, canon.

I've been on an Atlantis kick.  I bought a huge lot of 20+ used sets for about $140.  As well as a NISB Portal of Atlantis for $55 and a NISB City of Atlantis for $90.  I think I may have the whole theme now - lol.  These are not for investment (that's probably obvious).  My kids and I were watching some old Brickshow reviews and thought a lot of the sets were really cool (Portal of Atlantis and Angler Attack especially).

 

New collectors should peruse some of the old forgotten themes.  You can get some cool used stuff that no one else even thinks to looks for on Ebay auction.

 

Also, completed my set of Dragon suit ninjago minifigs and my Vader minifig collection #allthevaders.

Snatched up some 2/$5 minifigs from TRU. Series 12 and 13. Hey, it's something...