I saw this posted in the newsfeed from Brickset and Eurobricks.  Its over 2500 pieces and looks pretty awesome..

 

12 hours ago, Calli said:

I've watched Simpsons as a child and teenager a lot. I even collected lots of comics but I think this build looks kind of 'ugly'.

However, my girlfriend is planning on building one soon. How can I convince her not to build a Simpsons house but a beautiful modular instead? 

So your girlfriend tolerates Lego? She lets you indulge in your collection? She doesnt mind that you like "putting tiny bricks together as a grown man?" She doesn't draw frowny faces ): in permanent marker on every brown cardboard box she finds on the doorstep? And she even wants to build a 2,000+ piece exclusive on her own?

And your biggest problem is ... which set she wants to build? 

..........

On an unrelated note, I am looking to unload a dozen used 24x20x6 boxes. They're in great shape but each one has a massive angry face /; drawn on it in black sharpie. Some faces are angrier than others.

19 hours ago, Migration said:

You ever build Haunted House? It's an excellent display piece that holds its own against any of the modulars.

No, but I would love too, can i get one for retail? Perhaps I will build the Mystery Mansion instead.....

Edited February 26, 20169 yr by Deanfjr

Got my SH today:

02S6

Many of you loading up on these for investments? Idk I just can't see them returning well as the price is pretty steep I don't see people paying even more when it does go...anyone..

Staying at $200.00 after it retires, No way that will happen, I am at 15 Simpson Houses and Kwi Marts. these 2 will do very good down the road.   Ed

Yeah, even if it's not hoarded by the horde, it's still not going to provide great returns compared to putting your money in something else.  I made the mistake of buying 3 simpsons series 2 minifigure cases, and it's going to take me quite a while to just break even on a majority of them.  While some figures have a demand, most do not.  The demand just isn't there.  Same goes for Series 1.  A lot of those figures take forever for people to purchase.  I just don't have faith in Simpsons as lego's at this point.  So, i'm skipping these sets like the plague.  Good luck to those that do get them, but I just don't think the market is there.

11 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

Yeah, even if it's not hoarded by the horde, it's still not going to provide great returns compared to putting your money in something else.  I made the mistake of buying 3 simpsons series 2 minifigure cases, and it's going to take me quite a while to just break even on a majority of them.  While some figures have a demand, most do not.  The demand just isn't there.  Same goes for Series 1.  A lot of those figures take forever for people to purchase.  I just don't have faith in Simpsons as lego's at this point.  So, i'm skipping these sets like the plague.  Good luck to those that do get them, but I just don't think the market is there.

I agree, as tempting as it is, I am also staying away. I am willing to concede on the Simpsons and make my money elsewhere

I will make sure to have a bowl of popcorn and a beer   to watch the people go nuts when it retires

 

Edited February 29, 20169 yr by Deanfjr

The Thing that gets me all the people who say a set will be a dud and will not get any, but as soon as the set is getting ready to retire thats when at least 50% of the ones who said they weren't getting any really start to panic and scramble to get some, its just the way it is. If you can afford it at least get a few of each of them.

11 minutes ago, emazers said:

The Thing that gets me all the people who say a set will be a dud and will not get any, but as soon as the set is getting ready to retire thats when at least 50% of the ones who said they weren't getting any really start to panic and scramble to get some, its just the way it is. If you can afford it at least get a few of each of them.

Folks that had zero Tumblers were able to purchase 20+ of them in the final two weeks of availability. It's the way of the Horde these days. With exclusives not being discounted and anybody being able to buy a bunch of these last minute, I don't think many see the benefits of early stockpiling. It's like getting the chick without ever having to sit on the egg.

In contrast to previous years, there have been no rumored Simpsons D2C sets or minifigs for this year.  There was a brief rumor about Android's Dungeon comic shop last year, but there has been nothing to support it so far this year.

There is definitely a faction of AFOLs that want more Simpsons sets and those that will buy the Simpsons House and Kwik-E-Mart in the future if they don't already have them when they retire.

4 minutes ago, pete411 said:

It's like getting the chick without ever having to sit on the egg.

44 minutes ago, emazers said:

The Thing that gets me all the people who say a set will be a dud and will not get any, but as soon as the set is getting ready to retire thats when at least 50% of the ones who said they weren't getting any really start to panic and scramble to get some, its just the way it is. If you can afford it at least get a few of each of them.

These are the people that make short term investing profitable - post EOL price bumps would not be as high if it weren´t for the scramblers.

26 minutes ago, pete411 said:

Folks that had zero Tumblers were able to purchase 20+ of them in the final two weeks of availability. It's the way of the Horde these days. With exclusives not being discounted and anybody being able to buy a bunch of these last minute, I don't think many see the benefits of early stockpiling. It's like getting the chick without ever having to sit on the egg.

I guess it depends on the quality of boxes people want.  Buying at the last minute , you are almost guaranteeing to get mostly damaged or shelf-worn boxes.  I think that does play a role because most people willing to spend 3x on a set want something that doesn't look it was ran through a washer machine.  So, if you want many horde early.  

Regardless, just from my previous history with the simpsons minifigures, i'm shying away from the exclusives as an investment.  As we are seeing many times lately, exclusives are either hit or miss.  I think these are misses.  These will definitely not go up like a seacow.  I just don't see it happening.  I'd rather spend 200 on smaller sets that will rise 3 times faster and you can purge in less than a year.

1 minute ago, fossilrock said:

I guess it depends on the quality of boxes people want.  Buying at the last minute , you are almost guaranteeing to get mostly damaged or shelf-worn boxes.  I think that does play a role because most people willing to spend 3x on a set want something that doesn't look it was ran through a washer machine

I've never had this problem, and i always buy late. I guess there's at least an element of luck to it

When my local TRU nearly ran out of Lego after Xmas, guess what was left in the end?

Ninjago, and multiples of the 2 Simpsons sets. Maybe they over-ordered, but to me it says people don't seem to like this theme as much as you might have thought when it started

2 hours ago, emazers said:

The Thing that gets me all the people who say a set will be a dud and will not get any, but as soon as the set is getting ready to retire thats when at least 50% of the ones who said they weren't getting any really start to panic and scramble to get some, its just the way it is. If you can afford it at least get a few of each of them.

Why is it getting to you? It's their "loss" if the set is a stud and their "win" if the set is a dud.  Everyone has different finances or storage constraints.   Sometimes the best lessons learnt are the ones that hit the wallet because of their actions. 

"Live and learn"

Why are people comparing an exclusive set to collectible minifigs? CMFs are a massively overproduced $4 item, of course you're not making money off of them.

Why are people comparing an exclusive set to collectible minifigs? CMFs are a massively overproduced $4 item, of course you're not making money off of them.

They're yellow?

1 hour ago, bricketycricket said:

Why are people comparing an exclusive set to collectible minifigs? CMFs are a massively overproduced $4 item, of course you're not making money off of them.

Because they are simpsons brand lego's and they are not popular.  The lego movie minifigs = popular and have aftermarket demands.  Simpsons line of lego's just don't have the popularity.  They don't move AT ALL! It's also evident because last year there was a rumor of the comic book shop becoming a set and this year, it doesn't seem like it's happening, so even Lego realizes these are a dud.  Could they take off?  Maybe, but I have my doubts.  Like I said, the simpsons lego minifigure line is a good way to test the water on these larger exclusives, and i've seen that they are DUDS with my own two eyes, and my own wallet so would I invest further?  No.  And I have made money on other lego minifigure lines, the simpsons are the duds out of the last 5 series…  If you want to invest thousands in simpsons exclusives go for it, but don't be shocked when you are waiting 50 years for them to go beyond 300.00.  So, is hoarding this exclusive worth it for  20 to 30.00?  NO.  I could easily put that money in one rey's speeder bike and would more than likely get the same return. They'll probably both retire around the same time too.

Edited February 29, 20169 yr by fossilrock

CMF Simpsons $4 investments vs D2C $200 set investments are not comparable.

 

 

19 minutes ago, meowsmeowsmeows said:

CMF Simpsons $4 investments vs D2C $200 set investments are not comparable.

Simpsons=simpsons, regardless if they are 4.00 or 200.00.   It took forever for the simpsons series figures to sell out, and they move just as slow on the aftermarket.  Expect the same for the exclusives..  If this was back in the early 90s then they would be snatched up at a rate that would be on par with some other lines like last years Jurassic World or Force Awakens, but that is just not reality anymore.   Secondly, just because they are exclusives doesn't mean they are magical and going to give you instant returns.  I'm already looking at many exclusives I purchased last year, and wondering why I didn't instead buy other sets that were half the price, or less and just spent the same money on those.  The returns would be so much better.   There are many many cases over the last two years where the exclusive sets as investments are not as solid as smaller, or mid range sets.   Simpsons and exclusives = count me out.  But, I hope for those that are hoarding them that i'm wrong, but I have my doubts on it, because they will take forever to sell. 

4 hours ago, emazers said:

Staying at $200.00 after it retires, No way that will happen, I am at 15 Simpson Houses and Kwi Marts. these 2 will do very good down the road.   Ed

Are you intending on selling all as a pairing?

1 hour ago, fossilrock said:

Because they are simpsons brand lego's and they are not popular.  

Have you got a source for this or are you just making stuff up? The minifigs sold very well, to my knowledge, but there's no aftermarket for them because Lego produced so many of them. 

Just do some research on amazon or ebay, your choice.  I don't believe series 2 was as mass produced as series 13 or series 14, but they took forever to sell out, and required a clearance sale at lego.  In many walgreens around my area, I could go into them and pick up 3 or 4 more complete sets out a few stores if I wanted.  Some targets in my area still have them. They haven't moved at all.  They came out in late april, and here we are a year later, and about half the stock still remains.  Meanwhile series 13 and series 14 are gone.  I just think the signs are there that the simpsons are a slow seller.  I just checked, and I've sold only 3 bundles of simpsons lego minifigures since I put them up in august of last year.  I've sold many many times that with Series 14.  Only the one per case figures like Mr Burns, Comic Book Guy, Grandpa Simpson have some real value to them.  The rest mostly sell under retail, or to a point where you are going to lose money after fees/shipping.  SO, yes, i'm talking from mere experience here, as at one point, I felt these were gold and would be a hot commodity, well that never turned out to be the case.  I should have learned from Series 1, where the margins have been as slim, but I felt after they announced Series 2, series 1 would surely go higher.  It's barely moved up at all.  Series 2 is a money loser at this point, and I don't expect much from them.  I bet I lose 50 to 60 dollars per case from these when all is said and done and I factor in fees/time/shipping…  Granted, you win some and you lose some, but the simpsons are a "lose some".  So, i've already invested about a grand in Simpsons lego's and would I take a gamble on something like the quickee mart?  No.  Not even spending 200 on one.  I don't believe just because it's an exclusive that is going to help it.  I don't think many people are going to pull the trigger on a quickee mart at 400.00 or even 300.00.  That's how little faith I have in lego simpsons at this point.   We are already seeing cracks in the exclusive market, and so how deep do you want to dig?   I don't know about you, but i'm not digging deeper with the Simpsons.