What Lego set do you have buyers remorse on buying?

[Anomander]

18 minutes ago, Haay said:

 

And a regret I have is:

To have underestimated how much the AT-AT and ISD would become in demand after their retirement at the end of 2015. Just a few months before their retirement I saw them everywhere discounted to around €100 a box, and in my lack of experience thought: everyone and their uncle even remotely interested in a LEGO AT-AT will surely have bought one now at this discounted price. Why would anyone still want them with a large markup a year from now? As we all know history taught me how wrong I was in thinking that way. Do not underestimate the love of Star Wars fans for iconic LEGO Star Wars vehicles! I should have bought more of them...

I doubt their sucess will be repeated with IST as the pattern now is everyone jumping on the sets that were the previous year's sucess story.

Still, I have 10 to be a reassured lemming.

My biggest regret since starting at this 2 years ago is 3 x 10188's at €400 each . Holding on to them out of greed despite knowing another DS was in the works now has me kicking myself at turning down €450 offers just before the new one was unveiled.

Now waiting until the ones panic dumping theirs at sub €400 prices have cleared away.

Edited November 28, 2016 by Anomander

[Guest TabbyBoy]

Too many to list but, basically everything at or close to RRP as they've all been heavily discounted since or hanging on too long.

The worst:

71006 Simpsons House - Bought at RRP and is expected to perform badly. I hated the new show so I sold 2 at a £20 loss.

41007 Friends Pet Salon (and most other Friends sets) - Bought 20x at 50% off and sold 17x 2 years later at break even and 3x at a small loss.

21109 Exo Suit - Bought 10x at RRP and sold 8x for 40p total profit. Gave 1 away as a present and will soon give the last 1 away as no longer collectinh IDEAS.

10245 Santa's Workshop - Bought 1x at RRP and keeps coming back like a dose of a nasty disease.

21102 Minecraft Forest - Bought 5x at RRP and tanked soon after EOL and never recovered - I missed the window!

79008 LOTR Ships - Bought 10x at 40% off and still not able to shift for enough to cover fees, my contacts DON'T want them!

[Tom J]

On 28/11/2016 at 1:42 PM, TabbyBoy said:

 

79008 LOTR Ships - Bought 10x at 40% off and still not able to shift for enough to cover fees, my contacts DON'T want them!

These are above RRP on eBay now. Sold a few that I had at half price from TRU 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

23 minutes ago, Tom J said:

These are above RRP on eBay now. Sold a few that I had at half price from TRU 

I've sold 10 , for £70 cash, £100 total profit.

10240 Red 5 X-Wing is my biggest disappointment to date. I've just sold a pallet's worth for RRP to get rid, no more Star Wars for me unless >66% off but, I'm taking a long break and offloading everything first!

[HappyHawkeye]

Tower of Orthanc, easily. More like BOREthanc amirite?

[Guest TabbyBoy]

10218 Pet Shop now that it's just been resurrected. I'm therefore returning 5 of mine to John Lewis tomorrow while the returns window is still open.

"Temporarily out of stock" at LEGO UK ;-(