JeffProbst Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 Wow. These are going to be hot http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LEGO-Ideas-Doctor-Who-21304-Pre-order-Guaranteed-delivery-for-Christmas-/321939720505 Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 6, 2015 Posted December 6, 2015 2 hours ago, JeffProbst said: Wow. These are going to be hot http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LEGO-Ideas-Doctor-Who-21304-Pre-order-Guaranteed-delivery-for-Christmas-/321939720505 Haha nice. I might grab one just in the off chance that it get delivered before X-Mas. Quote
JeffProbst Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Anyone take advantage of that Target glitch this morning? Code for a $25 voucher was applying to purchases of any amount when it should have only applied to purchases over $125. Easy way to get some dirt cheap (or even free) small sets Quote
Sprocket77 Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Have a question for you Aussies. My sister in law in Oz has decided that she wants to get my brother some Star Wars Lego with a budget of $100. Had a look on Lego Australia and that kinda restricts her to the First Order Tie Fighter. Any other shops I should be looking at? He'd be an OT fan, rather than PT. Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Have a question for you Aussies. My sister in law in Oz has decided that she wants to get my brother some Star Wars Lego with a budget of $100. Had a look on Lego Australia and that kinda restricts her to the First Order Tie Fighter. Any other shops I should be looking at? He'd be an OT fan, rather than PT. JK, you have any suggestions as you seem to have your finger on your pulse re: SW. Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Looks like the Gingerbread House train has departed. I think in the end I have about 15ish Quote
ED-209 Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 13 hours ago, Sprocket77 said: Have a question for you Aussies. My sister in law in Oz has decided that she wants to get my brother some Star Wars Lego with a budget of $100. Had a look on Lego Australia and that kinda restricts her to the First Order Tie Fighter. Any other shops I should be looking at? He'd be an OT fan, rather than PT. Look at Aussie Target, Kmart and Big W. All of these three usually have everyday prices a little below retail, and are having Xmas sales at the moment with reduced prices and BOGOF. Poe's Xwing can be had for 100, I saw one at Target (or Kmart, can't remember) on Thursday. 1 Quote
Sprocket77 Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 7 hours ago, ED-209 said: Look at Aussie Target, Kmart and Big W. All of these three usually have everyday prices a little below retail, and are having Xmas sales at the moment with reduced prices and BOGOF. Poe's Xwing can be had for 100, I saw one at Target (or Kmart, can't remember) on Thursday. Thanks guys, best I can find is Poe's X-Wing for $100 or the Tie Fighter for $80, so she'll have to go with one of them. Me personally for that budget I'd have gone with one of the Ideas sets. 1 Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 How's everyone's Christmas sales going? Finding it a little slow compared to last year, not sure if it peaked early, surplus of sellers, or heaven forbid- people have found LEGO Shop at Home! 1 Quote
Ryan Junior Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Sales seem to have dramatically dropped off in the last 2 days . Don't really know why. This is normally the peak time . Maybe it has something to do with the Star Wars Movie, and people are buying Star Wars merchandise from the shops instead of all our goodies. The shops are well stocked . Anyone else work out a reason. Quote
wceagles Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 i found that sales peaked last week and early this week, especially with the 10% off ebay promotion. personally i think the sales drop-off in the past 2 days is simply because AusPost is so unreliable and people dont want to miss xmas deliveries. 1 Quote
Jules_K Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 My last sale was on Monday (an Orthanc at long last!), nothing since then. I think things peaked early last week. Glad I managed to sell everything I wanted to, it's been a busy couple of months! Quote
JeffProbst Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Have you guys flipped all of your Trains and GB Houses or are you keeping some for next year? Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) 1 hour ago, JeffProbst said: Have you guys flipped all of your Trains and GB Houses or are you keeping some for next year? I have around 5 Trains and 4 GB houses that I'll probably keep till next year. I'm tossing up whether to flip them now, or potentially risk them being forgotten next year. Had 9 RR arrive yesterday, and another 3 slated for tomorrow. I will advertise locally, but I do think SW has taken a chunk out of JW. 1 hour ago, Jules_K said: My last sale was on Monday (an Orthanc at long last!), nothing since then. I think things peaked early last week. Glad I managed to sell everything I wanted to, it's been a busy couple of months! My last sale was about an hour ago, Red Creatures. I only make $3 per a set on these as I use them as filler orders for crossing the $200 threshold (+ to get more Promos ) From memory, I was able to flip a bit early in the week of Xmas, but I was in Newcastle then, so maybe things are different in CBR. Another thing I found that I took a hit on was the whole Customs debacle, I couldn't get stock in fast enough to meet with demand/ebay promo Edited December 18, 2015 by Alucard1982 Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 2 hours ago, Ryan Junior said: Sales seem to have dramatically dropped off in the last 2 days . Don't really know why. This is normally the peak time . Maybe it has something to do with the Star Wars Movie, and people are buying Star Wars merchandise from the shops instead of all our goodies. The shops are well stocked . Anyone else work out a reason. I think that SW will be the big ticket, so unless there is a mass sellout of anything SW related over the next 24 hours, I don't like my chance of flipping my horrid Constracables and Rey's Speedthing (I haven't seen the movie yet). Quote
Ryan Junior Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 I sold all my trains, Still have gingerbread houses arriving . They will definitely sell next year , but probably better to flip and put into something else that could do better, I think we will still sell some things over the week-end. Quote
whoisbiggles Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 The reason I have stayed away from The Death Star - coming in 2016 "75159-1 The Death Star". Quote
Jules_K Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 1 hour ago, whoisbiggles said: The reason I have stayed away from The Death Star - coming in 2016 "75159-1 The Death Star". Until photos and details of this set are revealed, it's difficult to say what impact this will have on the future value of the current Death Star. I would be very surprised if Lego just released a $700 rehash of the existing set. Quote
Alucard1982 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 The reason I have stayed away from The Death Star - coming in 2016 "75159-1 The Death Star". Until photos and details of this set are revealed, it's difficult to say what impact this will have on the future value of the current Death Star. I would be very surprised if Lego just released a $700 rehash of the existing set. It'll take an initial dip and ride again. Like Vader Quote
josh_676 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 8 hours ago, Jules_K said: Until photos and details of this set are revealed, it's difficult to say what impact this will have on the future value of the current Death Star. I would be very surprised if Lego just released a $700 rehash of the existing set. Noting that the Death Star is now down as retired on the Lego site, I drove down to Big W Bunbury and picked up two, I couldn't find any anywhere else. Quote
Ted Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Until photos and details of this set are revealed, it's difficult to say what impact this will have on the future value of the current Death Star. I would be very surprised if Lego just released a $700 rehash of the existing set. Noting that the Death Star is now down as retired on the Lego site, I drove down to Big W Bunbury and picked up two, I couldn't find any anywhere else. seems like another brickpicker member in western australia. couldn't believe that you have to drive down to bunbury to collect 2. I know its difficult so it mean in perth metro area there are none? Quote
josh_676 Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Ted said: seems like another brickpicker member in western australia. couldn't believe that you have to drive down to bunbury to collect 2. I know its difficult so it mean in perth metro area there are none? I called around pretty much everywhere, and Bunbury had three, I was going to get all three but my fiancee wouldn't allow it. I'd left it late to pull the trigger, and noting it was retired I didn't want to be left with 0 death stars. Where abouts in Perth are you? Do you know anywhere with the AT AT? Edited December 22, 2015 by josh_676 Quote
Ted Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 seems like another brickpicker member in western australia. couldn't believe that you have to drive down to bunbury to collect 2. I know its difficult so it mean in perth metro area there are none? I called around pretty much everywhere, and Bunbury had three, I was going to get all three but my fiancee wouldn't allow it. I'd left it late to pull the trigger, and noting it was retired I didn't want to be left with 0 death stars. Where abouts in Perth are you? Do you know anywhere with the AT AT? Yeah I have one but was thinking too long to get another, just a bit too pricy for my budget. I stay around east of Perth, so I hunt around Carousel etc. But I am not into reselling....no room and budget hence just a collector.....for now.... 1 Quote
ED-209 Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 21 hours ago, josh_676 said: I called around pretty much everywhere, and Bunbury had three, I was going to get all three but my fiancee wouldn't allow it. I'd left it late to pull the trigger, and noting it was retired I didn't want to be left with 0 death stars. Where abouts in Perth are you? Do you know anywhere with the AT AT? ebay seems to be the only place to get an AT-At anymore. There might be a Toyworld out in woop woop with one. That would be your only bet for one at retail. Don't worry about the Death Star. Personally, it has little appeal for me as it's too play set like and the minifigs look dated. In general, I stay away from really large sets (more than $300 a pop). They are riskier to sell and take up way too much space. Everyone has different strategies though, and I haven't seen how many listings there are for that one on ebay.com.au 2 Quote
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