10224 - Town Hall

[Alpinemaps]

got my TH from LEGO Shop at Home today with seals 38R4 ... box wouldve been mint but i guess the air bags they put on top of the box caused crease marks to the TH box. something heavy must of been resting on the shipping box that caused this ... damn ... but its ok i guess ...

 

 

Exactly same thing happened with one of mine. It looked as if air packets werre pressed in quite hard into the box. Major depression in the product box. Complained via email - will see what they say

 

Same thing happened to me, so I am curious to hear what they say.

 

When I first started out, I would have been pretty upset.  Now, I'm just looking at the box and thinking, "oh well, no big deal."  I probably won't do anything about it, but it does look like the box got a little crunched.

[Ciglione]

 

in my opinion, alpinemaps sounds about right.

luckily, the sets in question all look like winners. thus your risk will be minimal (if any).  it's not like you're asking if you should buy HHs, THs, City Police Station, or even some Batman $50 set that will be refreshed in 2 years.

 

Yes, he is right. And so are you and the others. But that actually is the problem. All these sets will be probable winners. So when with a temporary lower budget you have to choose. And the choice between these is not easy. So I wanted to see which one is more imminent. I guess it is the Haunted House, then TH and then Triple E.

[waddamon]

I have to say that group think and confirmation bias are heavy on this board. Not all sets will be winners, especially as selling competition gets greater. A true investor must do research and choose wisely. This is not an easy task. I thought the city mine was a gonner so i stacked em up. I was able to secure them at reasonable prices, but they are still on lego and tru a year later with no sign of retirement. I think this is due to it being popular but i feel i chose poorly. I ultimatly would have purchased them but not so early, lack of research on that one.

[pharmjod]

I don't think there is anyway you could have fully predicted what happened with the mine. I picked up a bunch for under $60. I have been steadily moving them for small profit to just get rid of them and free up inventory.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

I have to say that group think and confirmation bias are heavy on this board. Not all sets will be winners, especially as selling competition gets greater. A true investor must do research and choose wisely. This is not an easy task. I thought the city mine was a gonner so i stacked em up. I was able to secure them at reasonable prices, but they are still on lego and tru a year later with no sign of retirement. I think this is due to it being popular but i feel i chose poorly. I ultimatly would have purchased them but not so early, lack of research on that one.

 

I also made the big mistake buying too many CITY sets at half price or less.  Even after EOL it's hard to get the money back.  The problem with CITY is that most sets is that a vast amount are made, have a long shelf life and are likely to be refreshed which devalue the ones you already have.  I've offloaded about 200 CITY vehicles at a loss before they plummet even more.

Edited October 17, 2014 by TabbyBoy

[mscheaf]

The only city sets I mess with are boats and trains

[Guest TabbyBoy]

The only city sets I mess with are boats and trains

 

That's why I'm only keeping my Coast Guard Patrols, Fire Boats, Paggenger/Cargo Trains.  Road vehicles and buildings are a dead duck I think at any price.

[mscheaf]

That's why I'm only keeping my Coast Guard Patrols, Fire Boats, Paggenger/Cargo Trains.  Road vehicles and buildings are a dead duck I think at any price.

 

With very few exceptions I agree.

[mlncs]

More Town Hall less City talk please. Who cares about the dink dunks 20 bucks profit. We are talking benjamins here with the town hall. Any sighting of the whale recently? It wasn't spotted at all yesterday, was it?

[ISO8T0]

Yes at TRU for 30 sec.

[mscheaf]

More Town Hall less City talk please. Who cares about the dink dunks 20 bucks profit. We are talking benjamins here with the town hall. Any sighting of the whale recently? It wasn't spotted at all yesterday, was it?

 

Sorry, please by all means, proceed to repeat the same thing that has been said for the last 10 pages.

 

It's out of stock

It's in stock

It's retiring

It's not retiring

 

Wouldn't want to get in the way of that.

[mlncs]

Sorry, please by all means, proceed to repeat the same thing that has been said for the last 10 pages.

 

It's out of stock

It's in stock

It's retiring

It's not retiring

 

Wouldn't want to get in the way of that.

I'd rather look at that than City sets at this point. That's why i come here.

Yesterday was the first day that TH did not appear in any major retailers site, save the tru 30 seconds,which was probably a return. Lets see if the pattern holds today.

[trekgate502]

I'd rather look at that than City sets at this point. That's why i come here.

Yesterday was the first day that TH did not appear in any major retailers site, save the tru 30 seconds,which was probably a return. Lets see if the pattern holds today.

 

Thanks and I am with you.

[Huskers1236]

With very few exceptions I agree.

I would add airplanes in there as well.

 

More Town Hall less City talk please. Who cares about the dink dunks 20 bucks profit. We are talking benjamins here with the town hall. Any sighting of the whale recently? It wasn't spotted at all yesterday, was it?

Please let the moderators moderate.  This isn't really directed at you but more of a general statement.  While I agree that threads can get off topic, let us deal with it.  A few posts here and there are no big deal.  If it gets excessive, we will clean it up.

 

Sorry, please by all means, proceed to repeat the same thing that has been said for the last 10 pages.

 

It's out of stock

It's in stock

It's retiring

It's not retiring

 

Wouldn't want to get in the way of that.

 

Well, it is the Town Hall thread, this is about all there is to talk about it until we start talking about it in the "sell" thread when we're rolling in it.  I agree the conversation is getting played out, but it is what it is with every set at this point in its life.

[MathBuilder]

I would add airplanes in there as well.

 

In other words any transportation method larger than a bus. 

[biniou]

About TH in the french lego catalog:

 

The Town Hall does not appear as a listed item. It makes an appearance in the bottom left corner (see picture), inside the Parsian restaurant's case, along with the Palace cinema and the Parisian restaurant. This small image is the one we can find behind the Parisian R box.

 

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Edited October 17, 2014 by biniou

[GhostDad]

TB took a little vacation from the catalogs, but is now back (in US).  I'm not sure you can read much into this sort of thing.

[biniou]

Tower Bridge ???

[TLKC]

11 nov in europe

[litlnev]

Got my Tower Bridge in the mail just before the weekend (ordered Oct 6). Seal code says 39R4.

[Marzipan]

For what it's worth, I spoke to 3 different lego staff today who all looked up town hall and noted that it is listed as Retiring.  I'm glad I picked up 4 last week.

[mindnsoul]

Sold out at my lego store

[Bold-Arrow]

ghost town ... 3 days and counting since TH last made an appearance

[Sahntoki]

Yeah I've been watching TH very closely. I was able to get 1 thanks to ed mack. I was a little too slow on the HH.

[bricketycricket]

For what it's worth, I spoke to 3 different lego staff today who all looked up town hall and noted that it is listed as Retiring.  I'm glad I picked up 4 last week.

Is this more credible than the usual Lego employee babbling that people post on here? Sounds like it, since they're supposedly just reciting what the system is telling them.

 

In any case, I'm glad I was able to grab a TH for my collection earlier this month after the feeding frenzy began.