Kenxxx Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 So what's rarer in the aftermarket? HH or TH? Looking at Amazon... they have about 83 sellers right now for HH, 114 sellers for TH. On Bricklink (selling new complete sets in North America) it's the other way around 36 to 23, on ebay I count around 63 HH to 47 TH. So lots of TH on Amazon, fewer on BL and Ebay. So far HH is the winner in % price gain, I think HH may be the rarer of the two. That surprises me just because I was under the impression that a fair number of people had been accumulating HH's. It was more or less expected to go this year... it just disappeared a few months earlier than most would have thought. On the other hand, TH seemed to catch everyone by surprise. I would have thought there'd be fewer in the hands of investors. Quote
exciter1 Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 So what's rarer in the aftermarket? HH or TH? Looking at Amazon... they have about 83 sellers right now for HH, 114 sellers for TH. On Bricklink (selling new complete sets in North America) it's the other way around 36 to 23, on ebay I count around 63 HH to 47 TH. So lots of TH on Amazon, fewer on BL and Ebay. So far HH is the winner in % price gain, I think HH may be the rarer of the two. That surprises me just because I was under the impression that a fair number of people had been accumulating HH's. It was more or less expected to go this year... it just disappeared a few months earlier than most would have thought. On the other hand, TH seemed to catch everyone by surprise. I would have thought there'd be fewer in the hands of investors. Maybe the hoarders are just holding onto them? Quote
Marzipan Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 I'm guessing there are thousands of HH in hoardage...I mean storage. 3 Quote
Val-E Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 I just bought one right now so clearly it is not done yet. Quote
Ensche Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 I just bought one right now so clearly it is not done yet. Just because you were able to buy one that does not indicate that the HH is not done...it is possible this was only remainder of stock somewhere! Important to know is: where did you buy it? Quote
Ensche Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 Depends on how many you already have. And do you already have enough TH and GE (perhaps you can find them, too)? The HH shows a decent development in value so far, even in Europe. But the other sets do, too... Quote
Val-E Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 Over the last year I have seen that my domestic market is quite small so it is a big risk to multi order too many of the same big sets at full price as there are just not enough buyers with that level of disposable income to take them after EOL, however there are a handful who can afford to buy them all. It is therefore better to create a wide portfolio rather than hoard the same set. Here what works is to do 3x2 flip raid on Mandalorians and other sub 50 euro sets and sell them at 10% less than MSRP but this is a hobby not a profession for me so I prefer to look at other options. Quote
Val-E Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 Almost anywhere with a decent sized toyshop is good but I doubt that airline baggage allowance will make it worth the while for larger sets - Tie fighters are maybe a good bet, seen loads of them. Quote
Alfiepops Posted November 8, 2014 Posted November 8, 2014 You could always go by bus. Loads of luggage space to fill up. Quote
andrewmac Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Delayed target order from the 28th just canceled. I give up, time to move on! 1 Quote
denosya Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) Over the last year I have seen that my domestic market is quite small so it is a big risk to multi order too many of the same big sets at full price as there are just not enough buyers with that level of disposable income to take them after EOL, however there are a handful who can afford to buy them all. It is therefore better to create a wide portfolio rather than hoard the same set. Here what works is to do 3x2 flip raid on Mandalorians and other sub 50 euro sets and sell them at 10% less than MSRP but this is a hobby not a profession for me so I prefer to look at other options. I bought 8x 10228 sets in France last week (at retail price 179 Edited November 10, 2014 by denosya Quote
M4x18 Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 So where in spain do I have to spend my holidays again to get those sets? ;-) Nowhere near Valencia as we have the market cornered here Quote
Locutus001 Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Nowhere near Valencia as we have the market cornered here ^.^ Don't worry, I'm out of budget for this year... You can keep your HH :-P Just had enough to get some more R2D2... though I finally had to use my VIP-points ^.^ Even found me some RI! Don't know if it will be worth much next year or not... but I'm going to hold them for some time. Don't know if you actually CAN have enough HH or R2D2 but I'm satisfied with what I have. I bought 8x 10228 sets in France last week (at retail price 179 Quote
Locutus001 Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 sometimes I have the feeling that just for the fun of it... people post "it's back on Amazon!" ***** everybody will quickly check on amazon and won't find it... being sad that they just missed it Quote
blue leader Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 In other HH news, its jumped 11,000 spots in the Amazon Best Sellers Ranking since yesterday:) Quote
Guest TabbyBoy Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Don't click on Amazon UK as they are not at Quote
ISO8T0 Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 sometimes I have the feeling that just for the fun of it... people post "it's back on Amazon!" ***** everybody will quickly check on amazon and won't find it... being sad that they just missed it Well not the case here. Ssd was also in stock on amazon 1 Quote
Locutus001 Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Well not the case here. Ssd was also in stock on amazon just saying ^.^ Quote
swada33 Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Anyone by chance know how many of which pieces are in each bag? Haha. No, really. The one I got from Amazon had too much "rattle" to it, so I opened it to verify contents and one of the bags labeled 4 was open. I assume all the pieces are "there" (all other bags/pieces are there), but wondering if anyone has ever noted the pieces per bag. I am guessing this isn't out there anywhere and that I will have to build or count it to find out, but just thought I'd cast out a line. Quote
No More Monkeys Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Anyone by chance know how many of which pieces are in each bag? Haha. No, really. The one I got from Amazon had too much "rattle" to it, so I opened it to verify contents and one of the bags labeled 4 was open. I assume all the pieces are "there" (all other bags/pieces are there), but wondering if anyone has ever noted the pieces per bag. I am guessing this isn't out there anywhere and that I will have to build or count it to find out, but just thought I'd cast out a line. I think you should be ok requesting that bag from Lego, though i am not sure how do they id bags with the same number Quote
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