Guest TabbyBoy Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 For you guys on the other side of the ocean it's indeed time to celebrate! Here in Europe it's still available here and there... In fact, last weekend I saw a brand new box of 10221 in the Lego shop in London, only one though. But didn't see any R2-D2 which puzzled me a bit.... I hope 10221 OOS status on lego.com/uk soon gets changed to - sold out! Not by a long shot, a couple of years at least is needed for values to rise enough to cover fees and P&P. Too many in this game for StarWars sets now. You can still backorder 5 in the UK so, there's another production run at least. Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I totally agree with whoever says it's gonna be a while before we see decent profits from this set. After fees and shipping, which is a big chunk I don't see any reason to sell anytime soon after retirement. These big sets are hard work which I don't think some people realize. All they see is $$$$$$$$ Quote
hannibal Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I didn't say profits on these is knocking on the door right away. We all know this set in particular has to be kept for a long while.... At least it's becoming more and more scarce on the shelves, which is great thing to see Sold out in the US now, its a matter of time for this to go sold out in Europe too... Quote
trekgate502 Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I do not agree that you can't make a decent profit on these soon after they are gone from retailers. It shot up to over 600 quickly during the first out of stock wave and my cost on mine was $400 each including any tax and shipping. If someone bought 100 of these and made $100 a piece selling at $600 each with free shipping, that is a 25% pre-tax return fairly quick of $10,000 Conversely for those who do not want to be all in on single large sets and worry about long appreciation time. The target desert skiff for $19.99 was interesting. It may fail, but if it does anything well even close to like the Wolverine's chopper (I know it won't do near that good but that is an excellent small set ROI story), but think, if it got to $45 a piece in a couple of years, and you made $10 each pre-tax and you were that person who bought 800 of them on ebay, your talking about a 33% pretax return. My point is congratulations to the people who bought SSD's to resell. Congratulations to those who buy small sets and plan well to do a lot of transactions with a lot smaller sets (which happens more often). There is the opportunity for everyone to do well. Can't we all just get along? Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Good luck to you if you are an average Joe with a full time job and try to sell 100 of these ;) Quote
trekgate502 Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Haha, I didn't say I would do that, I can't afford buying 100 of them, though perhaps emazers is giving out low interest loans! Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Good luck to you if you are an average Joe with a full time job and try to sell 100 of these I don't want to imagine the storage space needed for 100 of those Quote
trekgate502 Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 I don't want to imagine the storage space needed for 100 of those touch Quote
StarPod Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 In the awful event that it does come back in stock i will have to order some more Quote
hannibal Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Good luck to you if you are an average Joe with a full time job and try to sell 100 of these Hah, my thoughts exactly! Quote
hannibal Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 In the awful event that it does come back in stock i will have to order some more Quote
naf Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 With any set that I buy, I ask myself "am I willing to hold onto this and have my money tied up for 2 years + however long I think it's going to take for the set to go EOL (enter retirement + sell out). It seems like its the exception and not the rule that sets will take off right after EOL. Having said that, the SSD did jump up pretty fast when it was sold out last time which I think is a good sign. That combined with the fact that we have a new movie coming out next year makes me believe we won't have to wait too long to see decent profits on this. It may not peak next year, but I think anyone wishing to sell will make a decent profit. Quote
legone Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 After what happened with the Mars Rover this morning (175 gone in a few minutes), and with the SSDs on Amazon earlier (999+ within a day), we should suspect that orders from brickulators like us make up a big chunk of the market during the final days of retail shelf life of any important set. Quote
stephen_rockefeller Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Maybe, but it probably has more to do with LEGO hitting all time popularity high among parents buying sets for kids and also adult builders. Quote
jbacunn Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 After what happened with the Mars Rover this morning (175 gone in a few minutes), and with the SSDs on Amazon earlier (999+ within a day), we should suspect that orders from brickulators like us make up a big chunk of the market during the final days of retail shelf life of any important set. That was an inventory issue with the SSD. There is no way that 1000 of a $400 set were sold in one day. Not a chance. This was true for the Rover but it's a relatively cheap set that has been OOS for more than a month and was labelled as limited edition from the start. People saw it and jumped on it. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker Quote
No More Monkeys Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 It is at call to check availability at SAH, in case someone wants to call to check availability Quote
asharerin Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I don't think "sold out" or "call to check for availability" count as news on this set. When it changes to "retired product" that is news. Sold out, call to check, temporarily sold out, appearance in catalogs, appearence on store shelves, mean absolutely nothing. Quote
No More Monkeys Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I don't think "sold out" or "call to check for availability" count as news on this set. When it changes to "retired product" that is news. Sold out, call to check, temporarily sold out, appearance in catalogs, appearence on store shelves, mean absolutely nothing. So, when do you propose we do the panic buying, we all like? Quote
asharerin Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Panic buying is not a smart way to do business so I would not advise it at any stage. Have a plan and stick to it. If you run a business based on fear and greed your are not going to be successful. Quote
No More Monkeys Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Panic buying is not a smart way to do business so I would not advise it at any stage. Have a plan and stick to it. If you run a business based on fear and greed your are not going to be successful. Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Panic buying is not a smart way to do business so I would not advise it at any stage. Have a plan and stick to it. If you run a business based on fear and greed your are not going to be successful. Dude, have you read this thread ? :D Quote
redghostx Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Imagine the inevitable panic buying if LEGO Shop at Home changed the status to retiring soon. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Brickpicker mobile app Quote
naf Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I don't think "sold out" or "call to check for availability" count as news on this set. When it changes to "retired product" that is news. Sold out, call to check, temporarily sold out, appearance in catalogs, appearence on store shelves, mean absolutely nothing. You must be new here. Quote
trekgate502 Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Poof. I haven't been able to be fortunate enough to say that yet, so I just thought I would a few days late. Quote
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