I am wondering if this Christmas is about time to cash out for these two sets or would you wait longer??

Might as well cash out and reinvest the money on other things about to go. You've already made killer returns on both!

My personal feeling is that the Burrow doesn't have a ton of ceiling left.  Hogwarts Castle, OTOH, I believe will keep rising if you can wait.  Just my opinion.

I sold 6 castles---4 used and 2 new in the last 8 months. Still have 2 used. They are great sets...but sooner or later intrinsic value comes into play. The new in box castles are ~350 now. I am guessing that is the close to the ceiling. As a parent of a huge potter fan who gives his kid most everything....and can afford it easily....300 plus shipping is the most I would pay for a new in box set...before looking at used for 250 shipped.--which I think is the ceiling on used as well. I plan to list one more used soon, and keep a used for us.

I would sell the Burrow now! The only thing it's going to do is probably decrease, plus it's going over $100 right now on ebay.

Our friend Fcbarcelona wrote a little article about december actually not being the best time to sell.

 

http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/5/entry-449-a-quick-reminder-for-the-holiday-season-december-effect/

 

I don't own the Burrow, but I did buy a Hogwarts Castle about a year ago for app.

Sell out.  Harry Potter won't be popular again until they rerelease the movies.  Considering how Peter Jackson can spread The Hobbit into a six hours movie Harry Potter will get remade and so will the sets.

I Sold one of each back in September, the Castle fetched almost 300 plus shipping and the burrow 170 plus shipping..... I think that is good enough...... My guess is that the popularity can fade a lot until Christmas 2014.......

Our friend Fcbarcelona wrote a little article about december actually not being the best time to sell.

 

http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/5/entry-449-a-quick-reminder-for-the-holiday-season-december-effect/

 

I don't own the Burrow, but I did buy a Hogwarts Castle about a year ago for app.

Our friend Fcbarcelona wrote a little article about december actually not being the best time to sell.

 

http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/5/entry-449-a-quick-reminder-for-the-holiday-season-december-effect/

 

I don't own the Burrow, but I did buy a Hogwarts Castle about a year ago for app.

I sold 6 castles---4 used and 2 new in the last 8 months. Still have 2 used. They are great sets...but sooner or later intrinsic value comes into play. The new in box castles are ~350 now. I am guessing that is the close to the ceiling. As a parent of a huge potter fan who gives his kid most everything....and can afford it easily....300 plus shipping is the most I would pay for a new in box set...before looking at used for 250 shipped.--which I think is the ceiling on used as well. I plan to list one more used soon, and keep a used for us.

 

Am I a fuddy duddy for not watching Harry Potter with my 5-year old?  I figured it was more geared towards late adolescent/early teens than early grade school kids?

Am I a fuddy duddy for not watching Harry Potter with my 5-year old?  I figured it was more geared towards late adolescent/early teens than early grade school kids?

 

If you really want to have fun with your kid watching movies, this would be my plan for the night:

 

7pm: Harry Potter (Any)

9pm: Fight Club

11pm: The Exorcist

1:00am: Any of the SAW movies, just so he can at least go to sleep with his head clear.

If you really want to have fun with your kid watching movies, this would be my plan for the night:

 

7pm: Harry Potter (Any)

9pm: Fight Club

11pm: The Exorcist

1:00am: Any of the SAW movies, just so he can at least go to sleep with his head clear.

 

...and I thought "Gremlins" was bad enough for any kid under 10.

The building toy license expired with Lego and Harry Potter never reissue it.  Unless there is a change of heart, it won't be back in a long time.  You should also wonder why Hasbro and Mattel didn't try to the license?!?!  The price will continue to go up until there's an announcement.  Maybe JK Rowling has so much gold coins in her swimming pool that she doesn't need anymore.  

The building toy license expired with Lego and Harry Potter never reissue it.  Unless there is a change of heart, it won't be back in a long time.  You should also wonder why Hasbro and Mattel didn't try to the license?!?!  The price will continue to go up until there's an announcement.  Maybe JK Rowling has so much gold coins in her swimming pool that she doesn't need anymore.  

There is a "voice": all the movies in 3D...I don't think will be new books (and then new movies)

The train and castle were available at some stores last Nov - Dec 2012. So it only had 1 full year of growth.

I would wait another yr at least on the castle.

Regrading the train... while I see the castle's appreciation eventually coming to a slow stop (this was a refresh), i do expect the train to continue growing, despite also being a refresh, the train appeals to non-Harry a Potter fans also. For example, It makes a good holiday train. While 4841 isn't accurate like the advanced train sets, it still had a following, I do own all of the train refreshes and admit, there isn't much diff between all 3. However, buyers usually flock to the last refresh and 4841 is no different, I'll sell my 4841s in 2 more years.