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...
redghostx Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Tldr: I sold a lot of stuff in a random order. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landphieran Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) Some sales doing better then expected 100 60147 fire boats 47.99-49.99 50 41235 Wonder woman dorm 69.99-79.99 10 76047 Black panther 109 Edited December 9, 2018 by landphieran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, landphieran said: Some sales doing better then expected 100 60147 fire boats 47.99-49.99 50 41235 Wonder woman dorm 69.99-79.99 10 76047 Black panther 109 Fishing Boats - I've been pleased with the performance of the Wonder Woman Dorm set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyshelf Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Some more facebook marketplace sales today, cash sales: x6 76036 Carnage's Shield Sky Attack $25 EACH x1 75916 Dilophosaurus Ambush $60 x2 60118 Garbage Truck $50 EACH x3 60083 Snowplow Truck $35 EACH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_own_2_bricks Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 40139 Gingerbread house $130+ down to the last one though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyshelf Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 70010 The Lion CHI Temple $185 before shipping/fees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 4x 21304 Doctor Who for £60 cash each (£22 from George). A lot of you thought this was a turkey. 2x 60051 Passenger Train for £100 cash each (£50 from Tesco). 10x 60150 Pizza Truck for £12 cash each (£0 from JD Williams - no comment!). 1x 21101 Hayabusa for £180 cash (about £30 from Sogo in Hong Kong). 5x 21102 Minecraft Forest for £20 cash each (£30 from SaH - went 2x quickly then bombed). 10179 UCS MF (box only) for £150 cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redghostx Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 4x 21304 Doctor Who for £60 cash each (£22 from George). A lot of you thought this was a turkey. 2x 60051 Passenger Train for £100 cash each (£50 from Tesco). 10x 60150 Pizza Truck for £12 cash each (£0 from JD Williams - no comment!). 1x 21101 Hayabusa for £180 cash (about £30 from Sogo in Hong Kong). 5x 21102 Minecraft Forest for £20 cash each (£30 from SaH - went 2x quickly then bombed). 10179 UCS MF (box only) for £150 cash.So you're out now, as in everything is sold? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 15 hours ago, redghostx said: So you're out now, as in everything is sold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 15 hours ago, redghostx said: So you're out now, as in everything is sold? I've not even scratched the surface! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brickowski Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, TabbyBoy said: 4x 21304 Doctor Who for £60 cash each (£22 from George). A lot of you thought this was a turkey. Whether a set is a turd or not depends on its performance related to RRP, not buy-in. RRP was £49.99, you sold it for £60 almost 2 years after EOL. Well, that does sound very much like a turkey to me. "Performance" and "profit made" can be two very different things. Edited December 11, 2018 by Frank Brickowski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Frank Brickowski said: Whether a set is a turd or not depends on its performance related to RRP, not buy-in. RRP was £49.99, you sold it for £60 almost 2 years after EOL. Well, that does sound very much like a turkey to me. "Performance" and "profit made" can be two very different things. Probably time to move the goalposts. RRP doesn't matter when buy-in is king! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brickowski Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Rog said: Probably time to move the goalposts. RRP doesn't matter when buy-in is king! Alright, only you should not call it "investing" anymore then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_chaos Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 17 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said: Alright, only you should not call it "investing" anymore then. Why not? Investing has nothing to do with a set's RRP. Investing is simply spending money on something now with the expectation of selling it for more money in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizeur Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 17 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said: Alright, only you should not call it "investing" anymore then. I call it "making money." Is that lowbrow enough for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brickowski Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, Captain_chaos said: Why not? Investing has nothing to do with a set's RRP. Investing is simply spending money on something now with the expectation of selling it for more money in the future. To me the "art of LEGO investing" has always been about the growth of the initial value of a set after EOL. Maybe I'm old school. 23 minutes ago, mizeur said: I call it "making money." Is that lowbrow enough for you? The origin of this discussion was Tabby's comment that Dr. Who was no turkey. But it IS a turkey because it did barely rise in value after EOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iahawks550 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 44 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said: Alright, only you should not call it "investing" anymore then. So if a stock is at $60, then drops to $50, and you buy in at $50, you don't use $60 as your reference point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brickowski Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, iahawks550 said: So if a stock is at $60, then drops to $50, and you buy in at $50, you don't use $60 as your reference point. I was talking about LEGO investing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sfcommando14 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I was talking about LEGO investing.But you are in the minority with your opinion. RRP doesn’t even matter anymore. Almost every LEGO set will be available, in bulk online, at 30% off. We are even seeing 40-55% becoming common. So the lowest widely available price should generally be the starting point IMO.Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizeur Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 26 minutes ago, Frank Brickowski said: To me the "art of LEGO investing" has always been about the growth of the initial value of a set after EOL. Maybe I'm old school. The origin of this discussion was Tabby's comment that Dr. Who was no turkey. But it IS a turkey because it did barely rise in value after EOL. I call what he did "making money." If we're able to sell for triple our buy-in, who cares whether the money is made by "investing" or "arbitrage"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrToes16 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, mizeur said: "arbitrage" That's the word I was looking for! THANK YOU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, Sfcommando14 said: But you are in the minority with your opinion. RRP doesn’t even matter anymore. Almost every LEGO set will be available, in bulk online, at 30% off. We are even seeing 40-55% becoming common. So the lowest widely available price should generally be the starting point IMO. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum mobile app To me official stats should be based on RRP as that is a universal reference point. Sure we all start at various sale discounts but those all vary with the person and make objective comparisons nearly impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauro23 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 That is correct but a set which reached MSRP after a year still can be no turkey at all when it was discounted 50% off like Amusement Park - a great investment. The game has also changed. In the past there were hardly discounts on LEGO sets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I think we're having 2 different arguments here:1. Tabby proclaimed Dr.Who to be "not a turkey", to which Frank B. made the (IMHO correct) callout claiming that getting barely over RRP after 2 years still classifies a set as a Turkey. 2. Everyone else then jumped in to call Tabby's investment a winner, because he turned 22GBP into 60GBP in 2 years.I think Tabby's sale was indeed a winner (and indicative of the "new" LEGO investing), while at the same time, if what Tabby sold it for is a good indication of market value, the Ideas Dr.Who set is a turkey as per Frank's point, because people's expectations were much higher (should have at least made it to 2xRRP). 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizeur Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, jeff_14 said: To me official stats should be based on RRP as that is a universal reference point. Sure we all start at various sale discounts but those all vary with the person and make objective comparisons nearly impossible. That's self refuting. Even if objective, universal comparison was important, RRP is as arbitrary a starting point as anything else if the bulk of resale purchases are occurring below it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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