10234 - Sydney Opera House

[thecrapweasel]

Is Amazon US trying to combat resellers?  They have this set listed at $399.99, ships from and sold by Amazon.  Retail was $319.99 on Lego.  I've never seen Amazon charge more than retail, only 3rd party sellers.

[LegoBro]

3 minutes ago, thecrapweasel said:

Is Amazon US trying to combat resellers?  They have this set listed at $399.99, ships from and sold by Amazon.  Retail was $319.99 on Lego.  I've never seen Amazon charge more than retail, only 3rd party sellers.

Looks like they're matching Toys R Us.  It came down to 319 when Toys R Us sold out a week ago.  Looks like Toys R Us got another pallet of them.

[thecrapweasel]

1 minute ago, LegoBro said:

Looks like they're matching Toys R Us.  It came down to 319 when Toys R Us sold out a week ago.  Looks like Toys R Us got another pallet of them.

That's interesting.  I know TRU always gouges prices once they know its sold out...

[ChristopherJB]

https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/樂高-LEGO-10234-雪梨歌劇院-Sydney-Opera-House-100310954301

15,500 TWD, that's around 480USD

[ChristopherJB]

On 12/9/2016 at 0:57 AM, fantomas007 said:

No chance for Sagrada Familia or other christian building - the political correctness is very strong in TLG. Its a pity, because there is so much beautiful christian, buddhist, muslim and other buildings.

The coliseum would be great. For me is big surprise that the TLG chose the Big Ben, since there is already 1 building for London and there is many more interesting buildings around the world and from strong countries with big lego market, which havent had yet any building (Germany, China, etc). If choose second building from same country, then USA would be more logical, since it is the biggest market. My favourable buildings would be:

Coloseum (Italy) - one of the new wonders

Neuschwanstein castle (Germany) - but after Disney castle its unreal to make similar building

Pyramids (Egypt) - quite simple building, but in combination with sphinx would be great. Another, similar option would be Chichen itza pyramid as a tribute to Mexican factory :-)

Pisa tower (Italy)

Petra (Jordan) - another nice item from 7 new wonders

Eiffel tower, Liberty statue  - if we have a remake of death star and other sets, these would be more logical items to remake - very popular buidlings and are missing among many AFOLs

 

They could do the Forbidden City in China. Bunch of unique red bricks and top it off with a picture of Chairman Mao on the front side. That will for sure sell like hot cakes in China. Flippers in China would go wild.

The other option is to do the Terracotta Warriors pit. Have like 100 mini figures lined up in a grave, all in grey bricks.

[LegoBro]

Did I miss the fire sale or did this thing just sell out at Amazon at 399!

[landphieran]

5 minutes ago, LegoBro said:

Did I miss the fire sale or did this thing just sell out at Amazon at 399!

I see 20 left at 310.99

[LegoBro]

8 minutes ago, landphieran said:

I see 20 left at 310.99

Link?

[kris_1973]

Probably via a business account.

[landphieran]

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Expert-10234-Sydney/dp/B00EQ7LZSY/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1481690535&sr=1-1&keywords=sydney+opera+house+lego

 

 

[LegoBro]

20 minutes ago, kris_1973 said:

Probably via a business account.

Yup.  It's gone for us regular folk. Out of stock at Toys R Us too. 

Edited December 14, 2016 by LegoBro

[GhostDad]

On ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 7:18 PM, ChristopherJB said:

They could do the Forbidden City in China. Bunch of unique red bricks and top it off with a picture of Chairman Mao on the front side. That will for sure sell like hot cakes in China. Flippers in China would go wild.

The other option is to do the Terracotta Warriors pit. Have like 100 mini figures lined up in a grave, all in grey bricks.

The problem is that either of those would just be a gift to LEPIN & co.  No point in targeting a market that's 90+% counterfeits.  I propose a life-size bust of General Douglas MacArthur.  He's got to be one of the least popular men who ever lived from a (mainland) Chinese perspective.

[Jeff Mack]

Just posting that you can order on Amazon right now if you were trying to get one or another one.  Get it while it is available.

http://amzn.to/2gKp7Df

 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

30 minutes ago, Jeff Mack said:

Just posting that you can order on Amazon right now if you were trying to get one or another one.  Get it while it is available.

http://amzn.to/2gKp7Df

 

Some have recently sold on eBay UK for under RRP - not a good sign!

[iahawks550]

1 minute ago, TabbyBoy said:

Some have recently sold on eBay UK for under RRP - not a good sign!

Quick to judgment. Give it a month, or 12

[kurnitb]

2 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Some have recently sold on eBay UK for under RRP - not a good sign!

heehehe, how is the trends with the TB in comparison? 

[Jeff Mack]

5 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Some have recently sold on eBay UK for under RRP - not a good sign!

I have no doubts about this set what so ever.  

[lobo1969]

Picked up 2 this week on pure VIP points.

 

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[Val-E]

15 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Some have recently sold on eBay UK for under RRP - not a good sign!

Because a lot of UK ebay sellers are quick flipping idiots who should stick to scalping west end musical tickets. In other countries it is moving steadily up. People have no damn patience these days and that is coming from me.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Val-E

[Ed Mack]

11 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said:

Some have recently sold on eBay UK for under RRP - not a good sign!

Damn...What a bummer.  Sucks when large sets sell for under MSRP after it's sold out on LEGO Shop @ Home.  I can recall when the 10179 sold for 20% less than MSRP on Amazon after it disappeared from LEGO Shop @ Home.  What a disappointment.

[Val-E]

3 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Damn...What a bummer.  Sucks when large sets sell for under MSRP after it's sold out on LEGO Shop @ Home.  I can recall when the 10179 sold for 20% less than MSRP on Amazon after it disappeared from LEGO Shop @ Home.  What a disappointment.

Exactly. It´s when sets don´t sell, even at under RRP that I worry. See Benny´s Spaceship.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

21 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Damn...What a bummer.  Sucks when large sets sell for under MSRP after it's sold out on LEGO Shop @ Home.  I can recall when the 10179 sold for 20% less than MSRP on Amazon after it disappeared from LEGO Shop @ Home.  What a disappointment.

LOL - Yes, I know this is a set for the long haul. I don't have one but, a friend does (who just joined BP!). The reason I didn't go with this was because of storage costs as I won't have the free warehouse space forever.

[GhostDad]

1 hour ago, Ed Mack said:

Damn...What a bummer.  Sucks when large sets sell for under MSRP after it's sold out on LEGO Shop @ Home.  I can recall when the 10179 sold for 20% less than MSRP on Amazon after it disappeared from LEGO Shop @ Home.  What a disappointment.

That's when I dumped all mine.  Lost big since I had bought at MSRP, but I needed to free up space for Home One and I figured Han would want to upgrade to a better ship anyway.  When even the owner and pilot calls a ship a "hunk of junk", you know that thing is trash.

[Ed Mack]

I even passed on multiple $400 Falcons. Poop happens. The SOH will not be the next Falcon, but it will do well if you have the space and time.

[kurnitb]

1 minute ago, Ed Mack said:

I even passed on multiple $400 Falcons. Poop happens. The SOH will not be the next Falcon, but it will do well if you have the space and time.

Ed, how about TB set? Any thoughts whether it will perform? The TB set looks great