I'll keep everything in here so that there won't be too many stuff scattered around the forum

 

04/10/2013

 

DJ

Architecture, VW van, Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Fire Brigade, Sydney Opera House just arrived <<< I'm waiting for their next sales to get one of these set

 

Toy-R-Us

VW just arrived, but all gone. They said more stock will come in 1-2 week time. 

 

Big W

They're clearing out the shelf of many city sets right now. The shelf was almost empty. Might see something new soon

 

Target

Batman Arkham Asylum & R2D2 were there. Probably about 6 each.

BB-8 with a Santa Hat is kind of special?

The Santa hat i think could be had easily from previous Xmas set. The BB8 can also be found in a few other Star Wars sets hence Ed think there is no special minifigs. I agree with him on this but at least the SW advent calendar is better than the Friends and the City ones? or are they the same?

They were all the same price at big dub - but I like the Star Wars one better

Yea, the city ones have never appealed to me much. 

 

What I meant by the SW calendar is that in previous years you had a bodafide Xmas fig with unique colours and prints. Last year it was a white Xmas Chewie,  year before that a Santa torso C3PO.

An Xmas hat I can whack on any fig and it's not special. Still is good for army building and has some ok stuff. I wouldn't say they are good for investment. 

the rocket is back at LEGO Shop at Home

https://shop.lego.com/en-AU/LEGO-NASA-Apollo-Saturn-V-21309

With a limit of 1 rocket per purchase. Lets hope they do that with MILF next time.

Edited October 30, 20178 yr by Amac
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$129 at Myer with code if you can catch one.

Full price , but at David Jones now.

Anyone after small to medium retired sets at just above retail , PM me what your after. I’m in WA , so postage probably involved but pickup def available.

Anyone after small to medium retired sets at just above retail , PM me what your after. I’m in WA , so postage probably involved but pickup def available.

Not feeling the love anymore?

Not bailing , just need some room. eBay been working ok recently but I’d take less for easier transactions.

Saturn V back at Target.

I seem to be talking in an empty room here haha , but never the less.....

I have been looking at Gumtree LEGO for quite a few years now and I have never seen as many UCS sets for sale as recently. 

Perhaps remakes or “from the vault” are the cause. 

 

That is true, plenty of UCS....the remake must be hiting home. Many Saturn V for sale too....

2 hours ago, Furious_george said:

I seem to be talking in an empty room here haha , but never the less.....

I have been looking at Gumtree LEGO for quite a few years now and I have never seen as many UCS sets for sale as recently. 

Perhaps remakes or “from the vault” are the cause. 

Hi George, I'm listening mate and I'm sure there are a lot more others who keep tabs on this thread.

I was surprised with how many original Taj Mahal sets have now been listed since the announcement was made that it will be re-released.  I didn't realise how popular the original was.  Personally I'm happy that LEGO are doing remakes of some of the popular sets as they are out of reach to the average collector in the post retirement market.  Lets be honest, if they remake kits that have been retired for 10yrs I think that gives ample time for people to hold and resell.

What I really want to know is who are these people willing to pay over $2K on eBay for the new UCS mill Falcon? impatient??
 

 

Edited November 11, 20178 yr by be_inspyred
typo

Now at TRU...5 boxes of Saturn V staring at me from the shelf

On 11/11/2017 at 10:24 AM, Furious_george said:

I seem to be talking in an empty room here haha , but never the less.....

I have been looking at Gumtree LEGO for quite a few years now and I have never seen as many UCS sets for sale as recently. 

Perhaps remakes or “from the vault” are the cause. 

 

Buying a UCS set is much easier than selling it for most people.

On 11. 11. 2017 at 3:39 AM, be_inspyred said:

What I really want to know is who are these people willing to pay over $2K on eBay for the new UCS mill Falcon? impatient??
 

 

- id say "plain stupid" .. unable to run some searches on popular web searches, toy chains etc.. easily influenced by "hysterical" titles such as Last chance, Massive discount etc.. you have that (by THAT I mean these illiterate, IQ-low ppl in every country.. that is what you get to see when there are some elections.. frankly.. not everybody can be super smart as Stephen Hawking but I got to see that the populaton of "less intellectually equipped persons" kind of dramatically increased in our Central European region).. it just sucks and you cant do a bit about it

The market is no longer what it was. UCS is no more slam dunk unless you get in at a steep discount. High-quality clones are definitely not helping. Sleeper sets are where it's at. FWIW, UCS MILF is a good flip if QFLL can get it.

UCS sets I’ve been seeing are long retired , nothing recent. Interceptor and y wing are sitting there now, fairly well priced but no takers. Couple of years ago , these would have been snapped up in a flash.

Hey people. Looks like Big W are having 20% sale this weekend. Also there is strong possibility of additional savings using "Family and Friends" voucher.  See attached link for further info https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/342485

cheers

Edited November 16, 20178 yr by Amac
update

Big W have 20% of Lego, plus they have a "Family and Friends" voucher for another 10% off this weekend. It appears that they stack.

 

On 11/18/2017 at 1:11 PM, Don_510 said:

Big W have 20% of Lego, plus they have a "Family and Friends" voucher for another 10% off this weekend. It appears that they stack.

 

yep they did stack.

Always happy to pick up speed champ cars for less than $15.

On 11/18/2017 at 2:11 PM, Don_510 said:

Big W have 20% of Lego, plus they have a "Family and Friends" voucher for another 10% off this weekend. It appears that they stack.

 

Finally picked up the RC tracked racer 42065 and a couple of speed champ cars.  Nothing else really that good online...

On 5/12/2017 at 10:42 AM, whoisbiggles said:

Star Wars Encounter on Jakku 75148 is discounted to $55 at Big W.

My local has had at least 20 on the shelves all week - doesn't seem like much love for this set.

7 months on and my local Big W still have 10+ of these turds sitting on the shelves @ $55.

The discounts of the last two weekends didn't apply. Still waiting on the store manager to bite the bullet and put a clearance price on these.

Myer ebay has assembly square for 255 shipped with code PMYER

24 minutes ago, ED-209 said:

Myer ebay has assembly square for 255 shipped with code PMYER

Thank you, had checked a couple of times this week to see if this had been added.

Fingers crossed that order wont be cancelled.