brickolodon Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I just have to point out that every Friends set over $9.99 is gone from my Toys R Us. The whole section is decimated. Same here LEGO Shop at Home: every set Large and Medium Out of Stock or Sold Out....Friends doing better that expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissi Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 According to brickset.com, 3315 Olivia's House United States 02 Jan 12 - 04 Dec 13 $74.99 United Kingdom 27 Dec 11 - now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipbee Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 At first I thought the new princess line will cannibalise friends, then as I go through the list of past, present and future friends sets, it struck me that the lego executive in charge of friends line has a better long term strategy that can satisfy AFOL inner urge to form streets from the same theme. First was city, then creator houses and most recently modular houses. Now it is possible to form friends towns. This certainly has better long term appeal as compared to the princess line. Girls can be just as obsessive when it comes to collecting lego real estates, as evident in modular houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacs Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 So do they just say sorry we can't sell that to you? Did you order any of the new Friends sets that are on TRU.com right now? I've got two Beach Houses on the way (shipped) arriving tomorrow. I ordered them last week Thursday. My Rapunzel's Tower shipped too, and should be here tomorrow as well (knock on wood). Both ordered through TRU online. And yes, the clerk at the register tells you after she scans the box that she can't sell it to you and puts it behind the counter. This happened to me with the new Hobbit Lake Town Chase set last month. Completely infuriating really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I've got two Beach Houses on the way (shipped) arriving tomorrow. I ordered them last week Thursday. My Rapunzel's Tower shipped too, and should be here tomorrow as well (knock on wood). Both ordered through TRU online. I saw the Beach House and Juice Bar in TRU yesterday, so they are making it to store shelves already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholovesboo Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I saw the Beach House and Juice Bar in TRU yesterday, so they are making it to store shelves already. Ah TRU, the sneaky sneaksters of sneakiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacs Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I saw the Beach House and Juice Bar in TRU yesterday, so they are making it to store shelves already. Yup, there's even a few sold listings on eBay for the Beach House - at great mark-ups BTW. Oddly enough, I got the two Beach Houses on the TRU BOGO 50% off, so grand total was a shade under $80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolim Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Having just written my monthly update of the top 20 set returns list I came across some nice surprises showing evidence of a couple of very strong performers from Friends wave 1. It really strengthened my thoughts on whether the theme would have good prospects or not. Check out the recent performance 3187 Butterfly Beauty Shop and 3934 Mia's Puppy House That's some very solid post EOL growth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Having just written my monthly update of the top 20 set returns list I came across some nice surprises showing evidence of a couple of very strong performers from Friends wave 1. It really strengthened my thoughts on whether the theme would have good prospects or not. Check out the recent performance 3187 Butterfly Beauty Shop and 3934 Mia's Puppy House That's some very solid post EOL growth! Surely you meant 3187 and 3942 Heartlake Dog Show ? Not that 3934 was bad, but for a $20 set, 3942 was a monster on its own right Although, there was another $10 set in this line that did better than 3942. I wish I had seen the connection sooner and kept a pile of those when they were 50% off. I will let the audience figure this one out on their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolim Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Surely you meant 3187 and 3942 Heartlake Dog Show ? Not that 3934 was bad, but for a $20 set, 3942 was a monster on its own right Although, there was another $10 set in this line that did better than 3942. I wish I had seen the connection sooner and kept a pile of those when they were 50% off. I will let the audience figure this one out on their own 3936 that would be Both that and the 3942 have very good returns over the last year. Neither made my top 20 at the end of Oct though. The 3934 makes the 6 month top 20 list at #9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 "Friends" have been good friends to me, So good that I may use the profits to buy a pink/purple car next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoltzjl77 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Olivia's Tree House just blew up on Amazon. I bought a couple of these at $14.99 back in September - just listed one at $44.99+$4.99 shipping and it sold within 5 minutes. I'm going to list the 2nd one at $49.99+$4.99. 'Tis truly the most wonderful time of the year to be a quick flipper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoltzjl77 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 ...And that one sold, too. Wow. Yeah, Friends sets just aren't worth investing in. . .said no one who knows anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janedoe Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 What's the deal with the dolphin cruiser? Is it retired or just plain sold out everywhere before christmas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt1147 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Just sold out (but it's back now) temporarily. It'll be around all of 2014... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 "Friends" have been good friends to me, So good that I may use the profits to buy a pink/purple car next! Pics or it didn't happen. Actually I totally want a pink car. Just so I can drive to work sarcastically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenteaboy08 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 My local Wal-mart has an abundance of 41013 Emma's Sports Car for 11.00 each. I know this is a small set and not that much of a markdown but do you guys think its worth picking up a few/all of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 My local Wal-mart has an abundance of 41013 Emma's Sports Car for 11.00 each. I know this is a small set and not that much of a markdown but do you guys think its worth picking up a few/all of them? I'd wait until they drop a bit more, I bought a bunch when they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholovesboo Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 My local Wal-mart has an abundance of 41013 Emma's Sports Car for 11.00 each. I know this is a small set and not that much of a markdown but do you guys think its worth picking up a few/all of them? No I would hold off. It's not a popular set. There are just too many darn cars right now in the Friends line and they don't seem to do well unless they're somehow animal-caretaking-related... Wait til it's heavily discounted or EOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 No I would hold off. It's not a popular set. There are just too many darn cars right now in the Friends line and they don't seem to do well unless they're somehow animal-caretaking-related... Wait til it's heavily discounted or EOL. I agree, that's why I've bought lots of: Emma's Horse Trailers Heartlake Pet Salons Heartlake Vets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 My local Wal-mart has an abundance of 41013 Emma's Sports Car for 11.00 each. I know this is a small set and not that much of a markdown but do you guys think its worth picking up a few/all of them? This set just came out recently. Way too early to be buying it in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoltzjl77 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Beach House and Juice Bar are at Wal-Mart now. I also saw a Sunshine Ranch at TRU yesterday. Cool set, I'm excited to build that one er I mean my daughter will be so excited to build that one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoman12323123 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Someone please reassure me . So for the last few months I was resistance on investing in friends legos because after all its girly legos which do not interest me at all!!! After shopping around looks like every target, walmart, kmart is completely wiped out of all the friends lego sets and seems to be super popular and sells very well so I went ahead and bought up tons of friends sets mainly from 2012 since closer to EOL. I think I added about 50-75 friends sets stuff like cafe, vet, stables, beauty shop, adv. camper I hope I am not wrong because It would suck to be stuck with 75 boxes of girly legos, Anyone else on this boat .. its hard to deny the facts that friends legos sells but nothing is a sure thing. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grolim Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Plenty of people invest in friends: http://community.brickpicker.com/forum/37-friends/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I like the vet set long term. Not sure about the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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