Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted December 7, 2022 Popular Post 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
fossilrock Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 Sold one of my last remaining minty fresh Lego Architecture Fallingwaters for 570 on Amazon. That set has been good to me. 2 Quote
Banjoman Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) Sold the last of the eighty+ 75319's I snagged last Christmas....between 64.99 and 69.99.... 20.75 buy in. Wondering if I should have held until next year? Edited November 30, 2023 by Banjoman 1 Quote
exciter1 Posted March 22 Posted March 22 Had a stash of 21308 Adventure Time I got cheap at Kohl’s clearance. Never thought they’d be worth much. Current sales on Amazon are $120. You just never know. 2 1 Quote
gmpirate Posted March 22 Posted March 22 On 11/30/2023 at 4:48 AM, Banjoman said: Sold the last of the eighty+ 75319's I snagged last Christmas....between 64.99 and 69.99.... 20.75 buy in. Wondering if I should have held until next year? turn and burn Quote
Huskers1236 Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 12 hours ago, gmpirate said: turn and burn Especially with the new Paz Vizsla figure coming out, will definitely stifle the growth on the set as most of it was due to his character. 1 Quote
MotorCityMuscle Posted March 22 Posted March 22 3 hours ago, Huskers1236 said: Especially with the new Paz Vizsla figure coming out, will definitely stifle the growth on the set as most of it was due to his character. will it be the same one? Quote
Huskers1236 Posted March 25 Author Posted March 25 On 3/22/2024 at 2:32 PM, MotorCityMuscle said: will it be the same one? Probably not. The supposed armored Moff Gideon will be really cool. Sounds like they gave him a new helmet mould as well. Quote
BrickU Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Curious what the consensus is on sets for example that have been retired for 4-5 years now that have loss traction and are now starting to slightly fall in price? Examples: Ferris Wheel & Carousel. What would be the reason for this. These are fairly unique sets I feel. I understand sets can only go so high but I would have thought these would be higher then they currently are at? Is it just a buyers market right now given the time of year and economy? Makes me skeptical about larger sets without unique minifigs. Quote
exciter1 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 23 minutes ago, BrickU said: Curious what the consensus is on sets for example that have been retired for 4-5 years now that have loss traction and are now starting to slightly fall in price? Examples: Ferris Wheel & Carousel. What would be the reason for this. These are fairly unique sets I feel. I understand sets can only go so high but I would have thought these would be higher then they currently are at? Is it just a buyers market right now given the time of year and economy? Makes me skeptical about larger sets without unique minifigs. Sellers caving 1 1 Quote
brickvoyeur Posted April 4 Posted April 4 24 minutes ago, BrickU said: Curious what the consensus is on sets for example that have been retired for 4-5 years now that have loss traction and are now starting to slightly fall in price? Examples: Ferris Wheel & Carousel. What would be the reason for this. These are fairly unique sets I feel. I understand sets can only go so high but I would have thought these would be higher then they currently are at? Is it just a buyers market right now given the time of year and economy? Makes me skeptical about larger sets without unique minifigs. Many factors are included here. Disposable income has crashed as necessities are way up in price. This leads to buyers either scoffing at retired sets, or finding alternative means of acquiring similar non-branded versions of the sets. Sellers have to chase prices if they want to make sales and move product, leading to even further undercutting. Lego is also yanking a ton of previous aftermarket cash by pumping out so many excellent sets now. If they keep it up, it will continue to drain the pockets of the consumer as they will have to battle buying a discounted set at Walmart or paying a premium for an aftermarket retired set. It's simply a buyers market right now as those who can afford the upcharge on aftermarket bricks don't have nearly the competition that existed a couple years ago. The long term problem is that the increased price of necessities has normalized, and they're not coming back down. So this squeeze on the consumer is going to continue, which is just going to squeeze the reseller. 4 Quote
Thanos75 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 We have a Bricks and Minifigs store opening up in my area next month. Im friends with the owner and have been selling him all kinds of sets and things for the store. Im excited to help the store out. Im sure I will be spending a fair amount of time there. He has some people from the community coming in for the opening on May 4th. 3 Quote
bassbin Posted May 15 Posted May 15 Just sold my last 75950 Aragog's Lair for £32 + Shipping. Worked out perfectly as I've sold about 40 of them over the last year and now the very similar looking 76434 is just about to launch. Not sure that if I'll invest in the new one as the HP range has become a bit too bloated in recent years. Quote
Sozial Posted May 16 Posted May 16 18 hours ago, bassbin said: Just sold my last 75950 Aragog's Lair for £32 + Shipping. Worked out perfectly as I've sold about 40 of them over the last year and now the very similar looking 76434 is just about to launch. Not sure that if I'll invest in the new one as the HP range has become a bit too bloated in recent years. You my sir have patience. 1 Quote
hissssa Posted June 1 Posted June 1 (edited) Just sold 21127 The Fortress for $350 bought in November 2016 buy in was $96.49. Played the long game on this. Edited June 1 by hissssa 2 Quote
bassbin Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Sold my last 75243 Slave 1 for £200 plus shipping. Bought my stock in 2020 at a good discount so turned out to be a pretty good investment. Also sold my last 75929 Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape for £120 plus shipping also bought in 2020 with a small discount so an okay investment. 1 Quote
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