1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said:

So about 10k units ???? Good thing I only buy what I like ... 

and I take it you don't like the 10697s.

1 minute ago, pstebbing said:

and I take it you don't like the 10697s.

No , it means I'm gonna build a real house of Lego when the wife puts me out .. beats building one from cardboard , those don't last long ( don't ask )

17 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

No , it means I'm gonna build a real house of Lego when the wife puts me out .. beats building one from cardboard , those don't last long ( don't ask )

and here I thought you meant you decided against purchasing the brick towers this year...

Looking forward to seeing your skills in full scale House MOC.

FBA

Dimensions Ghostbusters Slimer Fun Pack for $18.99 with a $10.60 cost during BF weekend so I made $1.50 but I got the free...

Dimensions Green Arrow pack, sold for $50

Sold within 2 hours of being checked in, leaping over two other FBA sellers at $40 but those guys were in backorder availability because of an FC transfer for using IPS. Just more justification to spend the extra time and effort to do DIP when getting close to Christmas. Also gotta love those impatient gamers.

Edited December 6, 20169 yr by grackleflint

48 minutes ago, pstebbing said:

and I take it you don't like the 10697s.

Just a matter of timing. First time out for Xmas, these were gold. This year, with the cat out of the bag, not so much.

Just like what happened with the Santa Workshop...first Xmas you could flip them for $150, last Xmas..no way with so many sellers.

This year, the Christmas sleeper flip seems to be the 10252 Beetle..selling for $169+ (only 31 sellers) on Amazon FBA while the same cost and more widely known 10254 Holiday Train is at $156 with over 110 sellers (I'm expecting a race to the bottom for this as we get closer to Christmas and people need to dump stock). So you are making $30 and if you got it during the Double VIP with the free snow globe, you are doing very well. Don't think this will be the case next year.

Edited December 6, 20169 yr by grackleflint

75020 Sail Barge £150 (£50 in)

Several 10240 Red 5 X-Wings to BP members at cost. NO MORE LEFT !!!

Huge box of 10,000x grey 8x2 plates for £250 (cost me £25 at auction last week).

Gave away a smaller box of 800x yellow 4x2 plates to local primary school (£0 cost).

Getting rid of some of my non retiring shelf warmers.

Tower Bridge £170 bought £167

Palace Cinema £100 bought £95

I'll rebuy these later next year if SOH and PS perform. 

Then a couple of odds n sods

Creator Bike Shop & Cafe £80 Bought £40

VW T1 £75 Bought £64 + Snow Globe

All local cash deals.

1 hour ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

Getting rid of some of my non retiring shelf warmers.

Tower Bridge £170 bought £167

Palace Cinema £100 bought £95

I'll rebuy these later next year if SOH and PS perform. 

Then a couple of odds n sods

Creator Bike Shop & Cafe £80 Bought £40

VW T1 £75 Bought £64 + Snow Globe

All local cash deals.

I also dumped my TBs and probably won't rebuy due to suspected massive hoarding and I'm taking a long break from investing.

I forgot... I've also sold a couple of VW T1s in the old box (before the "fix") for £75 as they'll be worth less than the newer ones. Next time LEGO shows them as Back Order, I'm dumping the lot (I have 20 left) for £75 cash.

4184 POTC Black Pearl for $475 via Amazon FBA

Picked this up for $49.50 at the post-Christmas Walmart clearance those few years ago. This was the first LEGO purchase strictly for reselling that got me started on this ride. It was my first LEGO love but figured it was time to let it go with the possibility of new ships with the new POTC movie. Maybe it will keep rising like the Imperial Flagship...

All...the good old days

Ugh. I will forever have that pallet of Black Pearls for $60 at Costco stuck in my mind. Stupid dark ages.

30 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

Ugh. I will forever have that pallet of Black Pearls for $60 at Costco stuck in my mind. Stupid dark ages.

Don't remind me about the 20 I left behind at Walmart for $60 each (because this thing called TOILET PAPER was "more important" to fit into the literally full car, in addition to the 10 I did actually buy) or about the 10 I returned to Target for $85 each because I found so many at Walmart for a lower price.

Edited December 7, 20169 yr by minicoopers11

FBA

30302 - Spider-Man Glider Poly - $15
41085 - Friends: Vet Clinic - $50
60055 - City: Monster Truck - $40
75040 - SW: General Grievous Wheel-Bike - $63
40026 - Statue of Liberty Poly - $19
5003084 - Hulk TRU Exclusive Polybag - $13.50
70800 - Lego Movie: Getaway Glider - $28
79001 - LOTR: Escape from Mirkwood Spiders - $54
10504 - Duplo - My First Circus - $70
5001623 - SH: Jor-El Polybag - $14
 

brick towers always take a dive after BF. wait till late summer of next year...

Not competing on eBay or Amazon with any of you lot...

2x 70810 Sea Cow for £350 cash - £103.78 profit

5x 60080 Spaceports for £250 cash - £193.35 profit

1x 10240 Red 5 X-Wing for £165 cash - £4.99 loss

5x 10552 DUPLO Creative Cars for £75 cash - £50.05 profit (BTW... These came from John Lewis and were 66.6% off!)

 

 

56 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

FBA
60055 - City: Monster Truck - $40

 

Wow wow wow. I left a grip of these 2 months ago at a Kmart clearance at $6 a pop. Worst decision evar!

3 snow globes and a toy soldier for $135 Cdn. Made some folks very happy.

Edited December 7, 20169 yr by IanWrites

5 minutes ago, pete411 said:

Wow wow wow. I left a grip of these 2 months ago at a Kmart clearance at $6 a pop. Worst decision evar!

I did the same thing at a big Tesco a couple of years back when they had a whole shelf with 4439 Helicopters being sold off at only £4. These would've been an easy £30 flip with a month but, I just left them - duh.

Four sets of 1x1 letter/number tiles from Business Card Holder 850425 for $76 shipped. That set ended up being a nice partner outer.

Wish I could have got in on the red 5 train

2 x  Sets of series 4 mixels £40 each (£9 in)

9488 battle packs × 3 £20 each  (£4.50)

City Monster Truck. Who knew people would pay $40 for a small non-licensed set.
I found out recently I still have one. Was going to give it to my nephew, but my wife thought it was too dinky. I'll give him a Darkseid invasion. It'll be a decade before I see that double RRP.

43 minutes ago, donbee said:

City Monster Truck. Who knew people would pay $40 for a small non-licensed set.

Another example where Phantom Bricks and Planet Fun Toys parked hundreds of these out there at a lower price than everyone else.  They are stuck at $35 and will be for some time, at least on the primary listing.

1 minute ago, zskid00 said:

Another example where Phantom Bricks and Planet Fun Toys parked hundreds of these out there at a lower price than everyone else.  They are stuck at $35 and will be for some time, at least on the primary listing.

Ugh, boom goes the dynamite.

Still a great return on a small, inexpensive set but undercutting everyone else by $5 on a $40 price is no fun.