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I get this type of "why is this item priced at this price" message too often. Consumer: "Y dis item priced $20 moar than it is at x.com? is it special somehow?" Seller: "Yep. It's special because I licked it."

yeah, i didn't moc the hood though, just saying it can be done

Hogwarts 4867. Or 4842. I dunno which, yet. But I definitely got one of them. Maybe.

I finished building the 10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter. It looks amazing.

Those listings got fraud written all over it with zero feedback. Unless you stole it, it makes no sense for you to sell it after at that price after Ebay and Paypal fee. You are better off standing at an intersectiok with a coffee cup if you end up make 10 bucks at that price. The legit ones are still going for high 300 and in the 400 range.

Target.com is finally sold out of them too.

I haven't seen these at a Target around me in ages. And the Lego store finally exhausted their supply about a month and a half ago. Still, I'd buy more for full retail as well if I ran into them.

Wait, scratch that. I just found the bastard! It is Takanuva from 2008! Yeah, buddy! :yahoo:

I picked up another 79003 Unexpected Gatherings for $49 and 2 6862s Superman vs Power Armor Lex for $13. It was the first time I've seen the 6862 on the clearance shelves. Now the big question on the 6862 is do I part it or sell it as a whole set...

Yeah I bought one of their auctions several weeks ago before all the feedback was there. I can escalate tomorrow. fun fun

That is an absolutely fair point. I am not really encouraging others to invest. And I agree its a crap shoot at $150. I got in at $115. I look at it this way - This is a known quatitiy. People want it and it has grown. is it guaranteed? Not at all. But up until now it has a stellar performance in the secondary market. I got in well enough under the current price so that I should be able to get my money back away from something catastrophic. Looking at how this set has grown, there isn't much chance it will continue at that pace. But some sets have done this and I felt like I would like to diversify and try it out to see what happens. If this does hit $250, I will be able to pull $100 out of my investment which isn't bad at all considering. Plus investing in already retired sets is somewhat more relaxing - they are gone (unless they are redone) so you don't have to guess what's happening. I would agree with this except, do you know of any set that you can definitely say will triple in value? Just like you, I have some thoughts about several sets and I think some are more obvious (and I have them because of that) but do we really know? If it were easy to just pick the next set that was going to triple in value, we wouldn't need others to give us advice. I totally agree with the points, for me its just a different kind of investment. I see new sets as risk growth (still not huge risk with some sets) and retired sets (provided you get in at the right time) as more steady less-risk growth. Why? Because you take out the part where you have to guess which set is a winner. For example, I have collected several 5887 Dino Defense sets for in the <$120 range. It just retired, has 58% CAGR and is still steadily growing month to month. I wont make out like a bandit, but there is a pretty good chance that set will hit over $200 next year. Just a different type of investment.

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D'oh! At least they have less stuff to be thrown out onto the street now.

I would definitely agree with this - I just like to diversify. Maybe this one bucks every trend and stays at 230% CAGR until the end of time!!! It will be worth - eleventy billion dollars!

Pics of you picking your nose or it didn't happen.

Pick my nose or it didn't happen?

Hey! But there, but there was no pick! I, I did not pick! There was no pick! Are we not human?! If we pick, do we not bleed?

Whoa. Posting frommy phone on the monorail in Disney world. I was thrilled.

I have a tendency to agree with this. As I stated earlier, this set is similar in many ways to The Burrow, which was thought to be on the fast track to $300 and has slowed considerably. The Burrow is slightly larger and has 2 more minifigures, but some were rare in both sets and both production runs were short. I think many investors are just buying from other investors and propping up this market. I respectfully disagree with previous comments about paying $200 for this set in comparison to a larger set still in production. I would buy a 4000 piece Tower Bridge any day of the week instead of a $200 400 piece set that might be reach $300. I can guarantee the Tower Bridge hitting the $300 mark about a month after EOL.

I found a lone sopwith camel at a Walmart once, which I thought was odd since I had only ever seen them online. I asked the toy manager about it, and sure enough, it was an internet return. Unfortunately it wasn't marked down. I still bought it though just because it's damn cool.

The guy on the right has this miner's torso. ....and this head with stubble and a smirk. Guy on the right is Mandarin as Huskers just pointed out without hair and a beard.

That's correct. eBay will charge international buyers what they need to at the time of sale, and you'll ship at your expense as far as Kentucky.

Those are a must for anyone with the winter Creator sets on display. Also, $100 for a Christmas tree sounds about right these days, haha.

Ha. The only times my wife would allow herself to be photographed with Lego sets are if she were 1) throwing them out and 2) delivering a batch of sold ones to the Post Office for shipping. She wasn't always like this. I assume me having over 300 sets has something to do with it.

-continued from above post- Mountain Climber Welder Scientist Saxophone Player Diner Waitress Grandma Constable Lady Robot Well, that's all the included parts for each one. I'm hoping this will give a much better visual image of what to look for.