Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) Quote I'll read the Nightmare Before Christmas story this year, kids. Twas the night before Clearance And all through the aisle Steamrollers were packed Into my cart like a pile Exo Suits were hung In the storage with care Knowing that in a decade They still will be there Sergeant Jyn Erso was nestled Deep under my bed With terrible proportions And a face that looks dead Wonder woman in her armor And cheetah in her cap The lasso of truth will tell you That this set is pure crap When out on my doorstep A noise shook me awake ShopJustice still delivering Olaf Flat as a pancake Faster shipping than FedEx The turds as they came I cried and I pouted As I called them by name "Now, Dots! now, Mario! Now Lego Movie 1 and 2! On, Raiders! on, Mighty Dinos! On, Takodana and constractables too! To the depths of the dumpster! Stacked 50 feet tall Now throw away! throw away! throw away all!" Each year I make efforts To donate a bit more But Toys for tots sends a bill For returning them to my door Since I can't give them away I'll dig a big pit It's the final solution To get rid of this sh!t I shook as I laughed At the thought of relieving this pain It was nearly 3am So I looked quite insane As I poured the kerosene I cheered with delight "I'll light you on fire, So you're out of my sight" Edited December 7, 2022 by brickvoyeur 15 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sprocket77 said: Such a drama queen, it's not that hard. Wasn't rocket science at the end of last year to invest in Jurrasic World, Scooby, Wall-E, Trevi Fountain for example. Hope I didn't offend you by calling you a drama queen, I'd call you a smartarse, but I know how offensive that can be Calling a wimp a smartarsed drama queen is offensive but, not to me! I've only ever been offended by actions, not words, unless it's directed at somebody close to me. I made a killing on JW RE but, left IR and the others alone. I do have a lot of Mystery Machines that will be sold as soon as I make 2x after fees and P&P. JW RE was hard to gauge and I only got lucky when I saw them half price, I'd have left them otherwise. If lived where you are, I'd be TabbyPaddy ;-) BTW... I'm a very proud Taff. Edited February 4, 2017 by TabbyBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John82 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Sprocket77 said: Hope I didn't offend you by calling you a drama queen, I'd call you a smartarse, but I know how offensive that can be In snowflake Britain 'drama queen' is extremely offensive lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I see a few are reading from the same hymn sheet as me, now. Welcome to the club. Those 39 euro City sets are all going to be massively over-hoarded turds that people will be lucky to sell for a profit after fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shewie Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 2 hours ago, TabbyBoy said: I didn't buy any set during LEGO's recent 50% off sale. Am I out of the game? 99% yes! You are not interested in buying 2-3 sets at once because your account were already banned in the past so you are already flagged. You dont want to expose yourself again into such situation again, besides of that Lego is cancelling all orders with maximum allowed quantity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legodelorean Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 5 hours ago, Sprocket77 said: Such a drama queen, it's not that hard. Wasn't rocket science at the end of last year to invest in Jurrasic World, Scooby, Wall-E, Trevi Fountain for example. Hope I didn't offend you by calling you a drama queen, I'd call you a smartarse, but I know how offensive that can be That's true.......IF you were able to get any of these sets at a discount. I never saw any of these sets on clearance. Didn't make sense to me to buy at regular retail price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Scooby Mansion is one of the few sets you could have bought at RRP and feel comfortable about turning a profit. JW seems to have peaked for now and Trevi is only appreciating slowly so those would be dodgy investments at full price. The main issue is that all these CITY/NINJAGO sets reduced by 50% or more on Amazon.es are price matches and the shops that want rid of them can´t sell them at those prices either! Misfortune and Display jets are going to stick around for a good while so there will be chances to get them reduced again without tying up space and capital. Playing the long term game doesn´t work with fire or police stations as the remake comes immediately after retirement and then the new one gets discounted from the get go too, so you are stuck with them (unless you find a lucky window when it is sold out or someone needs one desperately just before xmas). I have never seen so much oversupply in shops after xmas and many of them are now receiving their post xmas orders so they need space. Buyers are happy to wait for a better price as the can see there is a glut. Classic deflation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 When White House appears with Trevi, I'm leaving Trevi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feed Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 23 minutes ago, Val-E said: I have never seen so much oversupply in shops after xmas and many of them are now receiving their post xmas orders so they need space. Buyers are happy to wait for a better price as the can see there is a glut. Classic deflation. It’s not deflation. It’s demand destruction, or at least lower demand stimulation. 2014 and 2015 had a huge demand uplift not least because of the Lego Movie and the Lego is better than Gold press. 2016 didn’t have that, it also didn’t have any major IP creating sales. The laziness with the DS remake and the AOH fiasco hurt, the clone bricks started to have a bigger impact and there was the major culling of lines/themes and sets. Product simply didn’t move, hence the retailer discounting. And now with everyone wanting instant double on RRP 5 days after retirement and it not happening they’re unloading to a market that is already supressed. The market and prices will be supressed until demand is stimulated again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asharerin Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 60022 for $290 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sfcommando14 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 It’s not deflation. It’s demand destruction, or at least lower demand stimulation. 2014 and 2015 had a huge demand uplift not least because of the Lego Movie and the Lego is better than Gold press. 2016 didn’t have that ...except Angry Birds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randrace Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 60078 Utility Shuttle for $36 shipped. Buy-in was $10.20. Ten month hold. Holding my others to see how this set does in time. I'm finally putting the stuff I learned on here into practice. Thanks BP! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbee Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Sold a 60078 myself for $24 on BL. Was organizing my stock and found a second (thought I had one, but it want listed on BL). This one is a little banged up, so I'll post it only for $25. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious_george Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Morro Dragon for $150 , buy in was $72 thanks BN sale. The Dragon Lives!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Sold a wall-e for £60 with buy in of £20 and eBay FVF for £1 so all in cleared £35. Have another 9 waiting in the wings for holiday season. This was to just test the market and surprised that it went so quickly so hopefully it bodes well for the future 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scatterbug Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 3 hours ago, LahH001 said: Sold a wall-e for £60 with buy in of £20 and eBay FVF for £1 so all in cleared £35. Have another 9 waiting in the wings for holiday season. This was to just test the market and surprised that it went so quickly so hopefully it bodes well for the future Same buy-in for me but I accidentally sold one on Gumtree for £40. Fulfilled the sale as it was my oversight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 4 hours ago, LahH001 said: Sold a wall-e for £60 with buy in of £20 and eBay FVF for £1 so all in cleared £35. Have another 9 waiting in the wings for holiday season. This was to just test the market and surprised that it went so quickly so hopefully it bodes well for the future I listed 5 of mine at 2x buy-in to test the market and they all went surprisingly quickly and all overseas. I've since been selling them for £55 cash locally which is just over 2x average buy-in. I'll keep 100 or so for the long haul. This could be the first non-exclusive IDEAS set to reach £100 since that hideous grey Delorean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manse1001 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I listed 5 of mine at 2x buy-in to test the market and they all went surprisingly quickly and all overseas. I've since been selling them for £55 cash locally which is just over 2x average buy-in. I'll keep 100 or so for the long haul. This could be the first non-exclusive IDEAS set to reach £100 since that hideous grey Delorean. Lego maze has done that already, I sold a few for £99 each a few weeks back, but others have sold for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarleyMoose Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 EBay : 44028 Hero Factory Invasion From Below Surge & Rocka Combat Machine for $30 + shipping. Buy in was $9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinifigW Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 My sales over the last few weeks to a month. All on BL, buyers paid shipping. Buy in values after tax. Please keep in mind that a lot of my business is QFing under retail, hence you won't see many x4 margins here. Bionicle Ekimu x2 $15.98 ($4.10 BI) Cupcake stall 30396 x1 $3.48 ($2.18 BI) Lewa master of Jungle x3 $11.98 ($2.99 BI) Ronan Rex x1 $27.50 ($10.00 BI) (Clearance price, wanted it gone) Nowhere escape mission x1 $33.98 ($8 BI) Homer Level pack x13 $6.98 ($1.08 BI) 30399 Bowling Ally x3 $3.48 ($1.70 BI) 41177 Precious Crystal Cave x1 $23.98 ($15.15 BI) Volcano starter kit x2 $7.48 ($3.65 BI) Bad cop fun pack x1 $5.98 ($1.08 BI) Rally Car x3 $7.48 ($3.77 BI) (Don't worry I'm holding some in reserve) Deep Sea scuba scooter x2 $4.98 ($0 BI) Droid Escape Pod x1 $24.98 ($8.50 BI) Cranages Shield Attack x1 $12.98 ($9.9 BI) Demolition Site x2 $69.98 ($43.50 BI) Bulldozer x1 $24.00 ($16 BI) (Clearance price, damaged box) Skull slicer x2 $6.00 ($4.30 BI) (Clearance price, want them gone) First order snowspeeder x1 $27.98 ($20.50 BI) Uxar creature of jungle x2 $8.48 ($4.50 BI) Kai's Mini dragon x6 $2.48 ($1 BI) Kylo Rens Imperial shuttle x1 $79.98 ($47.00 BI) Geonosis Troopers x4 $9.98 ($3 BI) Tie advanced prototype x21 $3.48 ($2.10 BI) The usual $200 of collectable minifigures 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbee Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Lego maze has done that already, I sold a few for £99 each a few weeks back, but others have sold for more. Not quite the same. The maze has a shorter climb up. Started at $70 and was released for less than a year. WallE started at $60, and has several years of stock bought at discount to burn through first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 FBM 10236 - SW: Ewok Village - $390 FBA 70722 - Ninjago: Overborg Attack - $63 70818 - Lego Movie - Double-Decker Couch - $50 75043 - SW: AT-AP - $90 75054 - SW: AT-AT - $340 (sold one at $350 a few weeks ago) 75055 - SW: Imperial Star Destroyer - $275 79007 - LOTR: Battle at the Black Gate - $109 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbee Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Wow, someone paid $50 for a double decker couch? I didn't think it would reach that high. Sold 17 various polybags just this weekend. Of note is a couple U-wing at $9.50 each. But my big badge of honor was receiving my first 3-digit invoice from BL. I thought December was good, but not half of what I sold in January. It's an outlier, I know. But February stands to be decent too. One more feedback and I'll have reached 100! Another 3-digit milestone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 After the unexpected news that 71285 Marceline Dimensions was only limited in exclusivity, I was happy to see my last two get sold to the same buyer on BO today - $15 each. Got a parted out one left and I've sold through all my $6 Marceline's from TRU's recent BOGOF offer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbee Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Finally hit 100 feedback!Sold another 6 polybags. First Sergeants for $6.75 each After the unexpected news that 71285 Marceline Dimensions was only limited in exclusivity, I was happy to see my last two get sold to the same buyer on BO today - $15 each. Got a parted out one left and I've sold through all my $6 Marceline's from TRU's recent BOGOF offer.I'm gonna need BO lessons from you. I hardly sell anything there. When I do, it's the most random things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Leveller Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Sold 41055 Cinderella's Castle for € 85. Buy-in was € 55. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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