I am having trouble deciding which modular to buy for investment purposes...I'm thinking Fire Brigade but its been out a while which worries me...any thoughts?

Some don't consider it a true modular, but my vote would be for the Haunted House.

none.... 

FB or GE

Personally I think Cinema Palace isn't that cool looking and if I recall town hall is a little more expensive because it's taler

Haunted house, though not considered a true modular by many. 

I have a feeling the existing corner sets will outperform the in-line sets. Think about it. There are only 3 corner sets so far. People that missed the Cafe Corner only have 2 options for corners as endcaps on their collection. I have a feeling the Grand Emporium will be gone before another corner comes out. My gut says Grand Emporium is the best choice.

Town Hall.  Largest and most overlooked of the bunch.

My standard answer: whichever one discounted 35% or more

 

 

I could have sworn we just had a similar topic on modular 2 or 3 days ago.. :dejavu:

Town Hall.  Largest and most overlooked of the bunch.

 

I agree. I saw this set in person and it is awesome.

Fire Brigade or Town Hall. How about the non-existant Bakery modular?

Palace Cinema - it's awesome and a corner.

I will go with the Pet Shop. No doubt.

I'm still going with Grand Emporium but I can see Town Hall being a potentially great investment many years down the road from now.

And Haunted House (awesome as it may be) is not in any way, shape, or form, a modular type of build.

My standard answer: whichever one discounted 35% or more

 

 

I could have sworn we just had a similar topic on modular 2 or 3 days ago.. :dejavu:

Where have you ever seen modulars discounted?

I think the best looking one is the GE

I would go with the Town Hall. It is more "under-the-radar" in comparison to the other modulars.

Town Hall.  Largest and most overlooked of the bunch.

I am also going with Town Hall, it's huge, its more expensive, and like Ed said, overlooked. I don't think as many people are stocking up on this one as compared to the others, which means less supply on the secondary market and will hopefully mean better returns for the people who invested in them.

Fire Brigade is my other choice, mainly because everyone will always want a Fire Station.

GE or TH

Town Hall.  You just don't hear a lot about TH and with it being a bit more expensive it could have driven away some people. It is definitely awesome, though, and looks great with the other modulars. 

Flip a Coin, They're All good investments. 
Pick the one you think will go EOL first.
The ROI would be approx the same % for all.

 

Having said that, The FB should leave us first.
 

I'd imagine they're all good investments, I doubt any of them will make a loss. If I had to choose, then probably the town hall or the first corner set to retire - grand emporium!

Fire Brigade would be my investment choice if it wasn't 4 years old.

I think it might be too soon to answer this question, considering we don't know the lifespan of sets in this theme. Sure, you could go buy a dozen Town Halls, but what happens when Lego decides that every modular gets to sit on shelves for 4 years?

All i can say is i've built the cinema and the brigade. Cinema is okay but not a fun build. Brigade wins.

Here's the Beauty of the modulars. Well never see a remake.

Having built all of the current modulars, I would say that Town Hall was my favorite build.  It was big, detailed, came with a ton of minifigs and is completely under appreciated among forums that I have read.  Now, considering the investment side of things...I think you just have to go with whatever EOL's first.  Fire Brigade is a fantastic set that will certainly be sought after by 2014-2016 AFOL's who come out of their Dark Ages.  I came out of mine Jan of this year and of all the modulars that were retired + FB I would have probably spent the $500-800 to get a FB over the CC, MS, or GG.  Once It's gone lots of new AFOLs are going to want one (Even if the supply is high for the first two years)  Just my 2 cents

If I had to buy one now I would favour the oldest, but if taking time out of the equation I would say the Town Hall.  Just such a nice build and a little overlooked by the masses I feel.

Well, now that the Town Hall is all of sudden being talked about quite a bit, I guess I should plunker down some serious cash on it!

On a serious note, I know we really haven't talked much about the Town Hall before but the thing is it has a very long road ahead well away from retirement anytime soon. I'm used to seeing talk springing up anywhere near it seems time for a set to kick the bucket as it were. I think the Town Hall will be phenomenal when it is discontinued for a good number of reasons. Until then, I'm sticking with my original pick of Grand Emporium.