10224 - Town Hall

[lego rules]

Nah, I haven't bothered.  I have plenty of them, so no big deal if I get them or not.  If it was sears.ca I wouldn't have bothered ordering because they charge your credit card right away but walmart doesnt.

[Veegs]

I know a little off topic, but TRU did ship the 10226s I ordered last week. Got them today and in decent shape, and they didn't ship immediately...so I'm in hope land.

 

Noticed TRU.ca removed 10226 and 10224 from their server.

[tractorboy]

Wow.  I'd trade any of my 8 TH for a DS in a heartbeat.  $400 for a TH?  Absolutely.  Even great sets don't shoot straight up.  SSD, for example, is down almost 10% on eBay over the past couple months (going by lowest price buy it now listings).

The point is that the TH is already making money, and will continue to rise over the next 12 months. It's not even retired yet.

You think he should trade for a DS and sit on it for how long? Then who knows how it might perform or how long before he sees a good profit on it, given that it will be massively hoarded by then, if it's not already.

If he keeps the TH, he'll be able to reinvest the TH profits way sooner than any DS profits, and make more money.

He could even sell the TH in the next couple of months and get 20eur or so more than the price of a DS here in EU.

 

I counted 11 TH for sale on ebay EU for less than the price of a DS. The rest are all priced higher. Pretty soon you will not be able to get a TH for the price of a DS here.

Edited November 21, 2014 by tractorboy

[banshee3]

this showed up this morning around 7am.  I was able to add to cart because it said "limited online"  but upon check out it gave me the error of "item in your cart is out of stock".  back to the search result page and it still said "limited stock".  I think their site has just been glitching or something.  I don't even have one of these and want one to build, but alas. Too late I fear.  same with the GE.  I hate the idea of paying reseller rates for a box I'm going to open.

[lego rules]

this showed up this morning around 7am.  I was able to add to cart because it said "limited online"  but upon check out it gave me the error of "item in your cart is out of stock".  back to the search result page and it still said "limited stock".  I think their site has just been glitching or something.  I don't even have one of these and want one to build, but alas. Too late I fear.  same with the GE.  I hate the idea of paying reseller rates for a box I'm going to open.

You can always try to trade with someone or just buy a used one.

[banshee3]

yeah, I should turn on my bricklink notifications on the "used" front.  cracking sealed boxes feels so good, yet so bad. LIke burning cash for warmth in an ice storm when the power goes out.  Of course our money is all plastic now.. sooo. anyway.

[matt1147]

This is what happens when my boys take over the Town Hall!!

[Iena78]

In the future if a MISB TH will be 500$/

[teohwp85]

[bricketycricket]

For any interested, walmart.ca has these back with a limited stock tag. They did this with SC two weeks ago (I ordered and I doubt it is getting filled) but you never know..might have a few actual sets.

Thanks for this. I ordered one after reading your post and just received shipping confirmation.

[Ciglione]

Never trade anything for your TH's. Hold and protect them with your life till after Xmas 2015. In 2016 you can laugh.

I also expect GE will perform less than TH. However, I am planning to open and build another GE to implement in my city. So I will have one big rear end GE. I heared also from others doing this. So the GE might sell even faster cause people want two. Like the HE.

I believe production for the DS has already stopped. Just cause of the high pricepoint and long shelf life it will take longer for it to get sold out.

I am far from an expert and you can call me crazy. But these are my 0.06

Edited November 23, 2014 by jaisonline
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[jaisonline]

Never trade anything for your TH's. Hold ... till after Xmas 2015. In 2016 you can laugh.

That's a good plan.

[Veegs]

Thanks for this. I ordered one after reading your post and just received shipping confirmation.

 

Mine shipped too. Let's hope that the boxes are at least in decent shape. I'm surprised because I still have GEs and SCs on backorder from Walmart.ca, and those are increasingly looking like they'll be cancelled.

 

Also, love your name. I'm glad I could help out a fellow BPer, Canadian and Always Sunny fan

[bricketycricket]

Mine shipped too. Let's hope that the boxes are at least in decent shape. I'm surprised because I still have GEs and SCs on backorder from Walmart.ca, and those are increasingly looking like they'll be cancelled.

 

Also, love your name. I'm glad I could help out a fellow BPer, Canadian and Always Sunny fan

Hah I wasn't holding my breath after reading the posts here about Walmart orders sitting in limbo. Even if the box is wrecked I'll be ok, I just want one to build and one to hold and I already have a pristine boxed one. Besides, maybe if it's crushed I can get a discount.

[hannibal]

Just checked the recently sold listings on eBay and I have to say I am pretty impressed. Average price is

[jaisonline]

Just checked the recently sold listings on eBay and I have to say I am pretty impressed. Average price is

[Neosphinx]

Yeah. It took a couple of weeks but now people are realizing it might be gone for good. The short retail life really helps (like with the 10228 HH). With some luck, it could be near 2x MSRP in 2 months.

 

That would be around 340

[fondkick]

That would be around 340

[tractorboy]

Crazy to sell after 2 months IMHO, unless you really need the funds or space. Worth keeping at least a year or two. This one will get pretty scarce by then. I think

[Neosphinx]

It depends if you have some things new to buy or not.After December the price will raise more slowly i think but the TH can break the 500

[tractorboy]

I assume not. I believe or speculate that much of the retiring now has to do partly with the smaller boxes they have planned. I just read in 2015, every box on the market should be made smaller conform to what LEGO specified.

Yeah, I agree.

So big exclusive sets that might/should be going next year (if not sooner)...

 

Pet Shop

ToO

SOH

Sea Cow

3E

UCS X-wing

 

I'm thinking I won't be doing so much buying of big exclusives next year. So perhaps less of a need to turnover sets that went EOL this year to generate funds for must have purchases. That's why I'd be happy to hang on to things like the TH, SSD, HH, GE, R2D2 etc. through next year and into 2016 (assuming prices keep rising and don't level off).

Edited November 24, 2014 by tractorboy

[jaisonline]

That would be around 340

[hkstrongside]

This might be grounds for a good trolling but I have seen some people here do pretty nice things before in my very short time as a LEGO collector and am hopeful there is another act of kindness left somewhere.  I am an avid coin collector and have never seen the comradery and general awesomeness towards other collectors in the coin collecting arena that I have experienced with the LEGO crowd.  Pretty cool.  Anway....

I have been trying very hard every day to find a Town Hall for retail price and it looks like we got into this a couple months too late.  Is there anyone out there with a horde of them that would be willing to sell me one at retail?  This is for my personal build with my two sons, it is not for a flip or hold.  I was able to find someone local that sold me a Grand Emporium for a little more than retail but still less than it would have been retail plus tax.  We were very grateful. So far our little city has the Plaza Cinema, Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Fire Brigade (sold to me at a little over $200!), Parisian Restaurant and the Haunted House.  There is not a snowballs chance at this point that we will have the Green Grocer or Corner Market on our street ($$) so that leaves just the Town Hall. AND the totally awesome Detectives Office when it comes out.  So far we have built the Cinema and Haunted House.  We are going to have a marathon build over the Christmas break on the others. I would be very grateful if someone can hook me up, but I also realize people are here to talk about making money, not dole out charity, so no hard feelings if everyone gives me the middle finger.  However, it never hurts to ask.

[Sauromosis]

In the future if a MISB TH will be 500$/

[Sauromosis]

What if you tried flipping another hard to get set such as R2-D2 in a trade for Town Hall?  Also you could ask for a used one if you are just going to build it.