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This thanksgiving, I am thankful for my family, my health, my friends, and all of the recently retired lego sets! Happy early turkey day, fellow brickpickers!

I am the dream of every Director/Studio, etc. I have a really hard time finding a movie I don't really enjoy for what it is. I actually really like the SW prequels, even if the OT is way better.

I will completely disagree with everyone else haha. Here's why. I've bought tons and tons of VC's and have already sold quite a few for 120 each. The average price I paid for the VC's was 63 I think. Even after fees I'm making around 40% right now. The HH is a great set, but we don't know when it's going to retire.. It also will take years to get to the percentage return that we will see with the VC shortly after EOL. I think the VC will easily hit 180-220 sealed sometime in the next two years. I don't see the HH getting that high percentage of returns anytime soon (I don't think it will be retired anytime soon) So when you break the math down (at least in my head) I'd rather be sitting on more than 50 VC's and seeing them have larger short term returns and reinvesting that money than 50 HH. You can by three VC's to one HH at this time. That's a no brainer in my opinion to take that money now and run with it and sell for a quick flip or after a year or two instead of waiting for three to four with the HH. (don't worry I have quite a few HH's too)

Good, its retired. Now if only this thread would.

Guys, I did a little comparison to determine what may be good sets to pick up at Toys XL. These are only the sets they price at 89,99 or more. May continue further down if I feel like it. Of course you would have to be fortunate enough to see the item in store. Now the 3 for 2 deal comes down to potentially a 33% discount (assuming all three are the same price). I think you'll find it's probably pretty hard to find sets you'll all want in the same store but you never know. When Toys XL price is more than 150% the price of an alternative a 33% discount would still not be make them cheapest. Hope this is of use! Toys XL Black Friday.xlsx

Starts with "sn" and ryhmes with patch. Dumb, I know.

#10227 B-Wing Starfighter #41999 4x4 Crawler Exclusive Limited Edition #6868 Hulk's Helicarrier Breakout #21101 Hayabusa #9489 Endor Rebel Trooper & Imperial Trooper Battle Pack #9678 Twin Pod Cloud Car & Bespin Planet Set #9679 AT-ST & Endor Planet Set #3183 Stephanie's Cool Convertible #9471 Uruk-Hai Army #9474 Battle of Helm's Deep #6865 Captain America's Avenging Cycle #9466 Crazy Scientist & His Monster #9462 The Mummy #40055 Halloween Pumpkin #9457 Fangpyre Wrecking Ball #4644 Marina #7877 Naboo Starfighter

LEGO The Crazy Scientist And His Monster Set (Reg. $64.99) now: $38.99 http://www.sears.ca/product/lego-the-crazy-scientist-and-his-monster-set/616-000053108-4654237 LEGO Attack On Weathertop Set (Reg. $74.99) now: $44.99 http://www.sears.ca/product/lego-attack-on-weathertop-set/616-000053108-4653955 Don't forget about the coupon codes 947612262 $10 off $100 or more 941612265 $20 off $200 or more 941612283 $50 off $500 or more

Why wait until tomorrow? The Black Friday deals started Monday. And keep an eye on .fr .de .it and .es as well!

Online only.

oh wow. thats a lot of work lol

Consider yourself lucky your Canadian buyer isn't a hoser, eh?

You know Jason, some of us have adult ADD and it's a little offensive for you just out of nowhere... Is that a Cadillac?

Hey all of you Porks...

True, but I think JJ Abrams is going to blow people's minds with the new versions. I love his STAR TREK movies. He was true to the originals and gave the new versions a touch of class not found in earlier versions.

I think $650 USD is a good and realistic long term target for this set. When TLG produces its next limited number set 41999 will quickly be put on the back burner.

Get the parts. You will be way ahead in the end if you go that route. It's more fun that way anyway.

I suppose I am a Puta Togethera rather than a parter outa. I look for cheap bulk listings that contain sets (hopefully near complete) put them together and sell on. All of what DNIIM applies though. This method is also very time consuming, I feel like I am working 2 jobs at the moment.

Just to be safe just bought two more 9474 , not too cheap , but fair price $107 each shipped....

Per past S@H sales, in-store price would match online, providing they have the sets in stock. However, if I read correctly, the $10 gift card is for online order only. Looks like I am going to blow all my VIP points in 1 single online order. In a way I am glad, I do not know if my wallet can withstand great BF deals after spending so much in the past 10 days.

pirate ship ambush x2 at Target before the coupon expires ...

Alrighty then. I will admit this is most certainly one of those items absolutely perfect for being preserved in its own unique time capsule of a case. Not my fault everyday seems to spawn yet another internet lingo term. For all I knew AFA meant Anal Farting Asstards.

LEGO Creator 10232 Palace Cinema FOR $121

Coupon should work. Has for me in the past. I think its great Urak Hai and Helms deep are gone. Profits should soar on those two! Crazy scientist maybe not so much hah

And claim you have a Green Grocer and a Cafe Corner.

good thing to know so wallet will be safe for a while

Day before Thanksgiving (Tanksgivukka LOL) sets sold out LEGO Shop at Home....http://search2.lego....shop;q=sold out Out of Stock or temporary OOS....http://search2.lego....;q=out of stock Marked as Retiring but available....http://search2.lego....shop;q=retiring Call to check product ....http://search2.lego....l to check;ns=1 Thanks and Happy Holiday....everyone.

Though it wasn't the rebound I was looking for in the B-Wing, I'm surprised it's gotten up to $175+, since TRU had a bundle going on with Gold Leader's Y-Wing a little while ago. Feeling pretty optimistic about the set! A little, but if LEGO put the retiring soon tag on every set, we wouldn't have anything to talk about!

I think the lack of minifigures and the short lifespan helped curb the purchasing of this unit from many buyers. I think it was mostly purchased by collectors and resellers. Now all we need is the demand of the new collectors to exceed the inventory of the resellers, and we'll have another huge uptick. I bet this is a 500.00 item next Christmas or the one after.

I think it means getting the sets graded by the AFA, the Action Figure Authority.

Nice! Now I have to look up all of those numbers to figure out which sets are retired. BTW, 3183 is listed twice.

Here is my list so far: #10227 #41999 #6868 #21101 #9489 #9678 #9679 #3183 #9471 #9474 #6865 #9466 #9462 #40055 #9457 #4644 #7877

My first Imperial Super Star Destroyer (10221) from Toys R Us. $399.99 - $40.00 (10% discount, since they canceled more than one 4x4 Crawler order) - $100.00 Rewards Gift Card for purchases in October - $100.00 Gift Card I won on Saturday at a TRU drawing - $10.00 Gift Card from today Total = $149.99 and $175.19 shipped after tax

Looks like a good day. Now we need VC to join this group. SoooooooooooooooooooN

Good stuff!