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Seems like everybody is wondering about the 6860 Batcave and Jabba's Palace, "well the Batcave is out for all of 2014" As for Jabba's Palace well production is over, but remember nobody know's how many cases are in warehouses in the US and overseas but Lego. So even as production is done only time will tell when they are sold out.So if you don't have any or not enough don't wait forever. I am sure alot of you including me wish the Batcave would be retiring.If I get anymore info on anything else I will Post,Thats all I can say about this. As I was told to keep this simple and brief. Ed

Come on, that's what these forums are all about! Some dude I've never met before told me that the Batcave is retired. He works part time at the LEGO store so he knows everything there is to know regarding production and whatnot. I also know for a fact that there's only one right way to invest. If you aren't doing it this one particular way, then you're just sitting on dead money and I'm going to take every chance I get to tell you what an idiot you are. And taxes you say? Nobody in their right mind pays those. Customs and import fees? Those are for suckers. If you aren't price matching sold out clearance items from LEGO.com you may as well stop investing now. I think that about covers the facts. Again, these are not my opinions, these are plain and simple facts. Keep in mind that I've been doing this for 6 months so I know everything there is to know on the subject.

This is something Suprab.., I mean TheHobbyRat, doesn't understand.

Because stealing makes it right. Please do not listen to comments like this. Send the sets back. People who do this only cause retailers more problems which leads to more problems with returns, purchasing, etc. for good buyers.

come on, you know you want to moc up a ghost trains monorail that stops off at the haunted house and vampyres castle for halloween, in fact put it outside for everyone to enjoy, and let me know your address so i know where i can fill my goody bag come halloween

Awwww you're crushing. I thought I was weird for thinking wildstyle is a Babe

Yep, they should wait 3 years and buy it from me at 5x retail.

Greetings. Buying for your son is the best excuse/reason to be investing in Lego. My son is 3, and many of the sets I am buying now will either be for us to play with later or to sell so we can buy sets we want.

Sitting in the theater waiting for the LEGO movie to start and a KREO commercial just came on! WTH? Who planned that one.

I am sure this answer is somewhere on the site, but how do I reply to an individuals post in the forum. I click quote, it posts my reply below the last reply in the post, Not within the comment of the post I am responding too. Does this make any sense to anyone? Any help would be appreciated.

Crazy, I went from 3 Daily Bugles to 15 in the past month. I can't stop buying them when I find them now. ...and you convinced me to get a Cloud Cuckoo Palace, thanks a lot!

So does anybody that just got these want to crack one open and see if they fixed their factual error? After the LEGO Studio book was printed, an editorial mistake was found. In the Studio book on page 85 the text reads:

Chrome works well. Clearing your cache and browser history every once in awhile helps keep the site running optimally.

I don't know if any of these have actually trickled into stores yet. They have been listed on the TRU website for the last couple weeks but haven't been put up for sale yet. I'm hoping they drop during one of these promos like the $15 off $50 going on this week. Here's the ones I really like: 76017 - Captain America carried the Avengers cycle set even though it had 2 of the lame movie aliens in it and his more classic costume here should be a big winner. Red Skull is his arch-nemesis and it also includes a pretty nifty vehicle and an army builder (Hydra soldier). I expect this one to be a solid investment set. 76018 - Hulk in purple pants is the main draw, but a classic Thor and 3 minifigures guaranteed to never be released again (Falcon, Taskmaster, and MODOK) put this one far over the top. The set is pretty bland, but 5 excellent minifigures will carry this one for a long, long time. 76010 - Scuba Batman and an alternate costume Penguin. 'Nuff said. The build looks pretty neat and the penguins are a plus. I'll keep an eye on the Catcycle Chase set since that one is now done and would expect this one to perform similarly.

It happens to me when I use IE on my laptop for whatever odd reason. I started around a month ago.

Naw, what killed the Baseball Card Industry, because lets face it, it was always about Baseball and not "Sports" cards, was saturation + nickel and diming the customer right out of the hobby. It grew to the point of smothering the traditional steady line to complete with too many versions of the same product (Ultra, Stadium Club, Studio, etc.). I was the target age during the Baseball card craze/bubble and back then you could walk into any Basesball Card shop and purchase whatever current line of card pack you wanted because they were all in stock and plentiful; unlike LEGO today where you snooze you lose if the set even arrives at all in your local retailer. Add in the ever increasing cost, scammers - I'm looking at you Donruss wax paper iron guy - and charging the fan for autographs, which is ludicrous and what did they think would happen? Of course it failed. Parents got fed up with wasting money and collectors grew up or grew tired of the impossible chase. So far LEGO is much smarter, not to mention they are 1 of 1 in the game which allows them total control and continued viability provided they don't do something stupid. Many like to compare Mr. Gold to "chase" cards. I say they're wrong. The key difference is that brilliantly, you can feel the pack for Mr. Gold (and others). If you don't feel him, you move on until you do. Unlike with the Baseball cards there's no financial loss, only time. In fact, you walk away with an increased understanding/knowledge of the product through tactile feedback as well as a strong sense of investment in the genre as you've "become so good at figuring out what's in the packs!" Kids love that last part. So you don't find Mr. Gold...now you/re mad at LEGO for putting you through this turmoil of excitement and despair. You go on the internet and give them a good what for publicly and then you lie to yourself about how cheap he will one day become because that's how you were burned by Topps and creeper wax pack iron guy 25 years ago. That's fine, it's your right, but where will you be when the next Series comes out? Ahhh! That's right...you're a pro feeler now...you've become so familiar with the product that it takes you less and less time to apply your new tactile super powers to that new set of smiling minifigure images starring back at you while you crinkle away at those glossy packs. Oh yeah, you're hooked and you love it. In the back of your mind you think about your collection and how someday you may find the disposable income, or flip enough sets to justify the cost of completion with that elusive Mr. Gold. Those forgotten feelings of despair creep back, but by now you've already thought of the special case you will keep him in for display since the cost was so high and your justification mind washes away the despair... ...well played LEGO...well played.

Since when are Bricklink fees 8-9% ???? Last time i checked my BL it was 3%...

make your offer anyway, you'd be amazed at how many people think that saying "I've already got an offer of XYZ so you need to beat it" works 90% of the time they come back and say "oh well that guy fell through, i'll take your offer" generally at that point I say "well i'm sorry i commited some of my funds, i only have "75%" of my initial offer" I've been buying and selling stuff pretty much my whole life and one thing I know is that if they crawl back, they can't afford to crawl away

I noticed that the double decker couch appears on the box cover for the Sea Cow set.

I see this as an easy $200 set soon after it disappears. Especially with the complete-the-scene aspect of the rancor, and the barge, and the skiff, this is the centerpiece to it all. Further, its quite fun to build the set out and expand it. Many folks have done that and shown awesome results. If i were to come into Lego 2 years from now (and how many star wars fans will be coming back in 2015?) and found out i just missed this set? I'd drop 200 quickly for it.

"Bring me the blade of exact zero." That made me crack up.

What kind of cut does Brickpicker get for helping with the acquisitions? 70% sounds good to me.

I'm a bat and I'm offended with the batcave. It looks too much like my place of worship (even though I cant see). I think LEGO should stop production right now, send me a bunch for free, and offer me an apology letter.

Sorry, it's suppose to be EV for Ewok Village I'm from Toronto so we have the pop size for flipping, I've had buyers from Kitchener, Hamilton, Barrie, all over Durham region etc...they come pretty far/we make it work somehow for exchange if they want it enough. Guess some people don't like ebay/amazon etc. Obviously there are a lot of resellers too. I might bite at $35 and flip it for $50 So far no problems here in the GTA...have another repeat local buyer paying $50 tomorrow too. Just wished I had more obviously. My stock is running low so I'll probably keep a couple for personal collection, maybe raise prices or hold and see if prices go up further and sell than. Basically 'free rolling' from the profits made so far on the Wolverine set.

Found a 76005 - Spider-Man Daily Bugle Showdown for 30% off clearance at Target. Looks like a fund build!

Did anyone notice the Simpsons character in the movie? I'm sure that'll make the minifig set coming out.

Built the power armor lex with my four year old. Really neat set. I can see why it will be a good investment.

I will take a UCS Tumbler anyday over some crappy sets with different minifigures just to justify their purchase.

I've been reading a handful of comments elsewhere on the net discussing the possibility for this UCS Tumbler and let's just say they seem rather 'negative'. Honestly, I don't get what there is to be so upset over. Sure, I would like to see other important DC characters actually get some time in the spotlight but Batman does take it away easily especially with kids much like all those Police sets City keeps coming out with. This upcoming model may not be based on the 'traditional' Batmobile but then again the older UCS Batmobile wasn't either and come on, the Tumbler is a pretty badass vehicle and having a large scale detailed build of it sitting on a shelf in my room would be super awesome. Besides, Lego only released a set last year with the Tumbler driven by Bane so it isn't far out of our minds and I personally am itching to see a way better version than that 'junior' one. Anyway, I do not see any reason for this to not happen or why it should not. The people elsewhere who are saying this UCS Tumbler "should not happen" remind me of the same persons who were actually willing to boycott Lego completely simply because of The Simpsons. You know what? I have a much easier and simple solution for these people. When the product is released, speak with your wallet and just don't buy it. -End of line-

Emmet for best actor. Wyldstyle for best supporting actress. Everything is awesome for best song. This movie should sweep the academy awards.

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Finished this one up with my son today

Salutations, melting.

Hello and welcome

welcome to the site!

Returned 3 cragger ships, 5 ninjago raiders and attempted to return 6 batcaves but i was 2 weeks past the 90 days. Bought 4 tower bridges with the 40 dollar gift card.

Just took the wife and kids to see the movie. It was outstanding, and very well made. We all enjoyed it and didn't want it to end! Now that I have seen the movie, the sets make sense. Without seeing it they were just a jumbled mess. Aside from Benny's spaceship and the sea cow, I think the other potential moneymakers are the metal beard duel (kids will want to build metal beard), the cuckoo palace (for all the girls who liked the movie), and the lord business lair (kids will want to build the tall lord business). The larger sets are potential Christmas flips, since that is usually when parents "splurge" and buy the expensive sets, while the smaller ones could provide some good flip potential from now through the summer as long as the movie is still popular. First, the parents take the kids to see the movie. Next they are at the store and the kids want the big expensive lego movie sets. The parents don't want to drop $70 on a set, so to appease the child they tell them to "pick out a small set". This type of thinking could lead to some shortages. Who knows. I plan on seeing what the market looks like this week after the first weekend release, and will probably pick up a few. As we were walking out of the theater, I surprised my kids with my "magic pockets", which produced 10 lego movie CMF's one at a time (I got them with my bat caves I ordered from TRU a few weeks back). They thought that was pretty cool and couldn't stop laughing as they took turns picking a pocket. We only got one double (bad cop), and plan on going on our first "smooshing excursion" later this week to try and find the ones we don't have. Great movie. If you haven't seen it, you need to because EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!

Went to see the non-3D movie today with the nearly 5 yr old boy and wife. They both liked it as did I. We even managed to score a PJ Emmet (with hair though) despite being all out. My wife totally thought "The Man Upstairs" definitely reminded her of me (without the Kragle of course) She laughed the entire time of that portion while looking at me,

I'm just gonna come clean... I don t care if the Americans win all the medals or none in the Olympics. The fact that they tried to take wrestling out of the Olympics and yet keep badmitting drives me crazy. It's boring. And half the things arnt sports or even interesting.

Well said.

They weren't BN exclusives - they were at TRU, Amazon, etc. Not that anyone will listen, but can we please not just say things like you know something. "This set is coming back, it is because this..." or "This set is done. Its gone" whatever. GIve your opinion but some people are writing things like they know, like they are true and they actually have knowledge of them. None of you do without some logical proof. If you don't have that, please just offer things up as an opinion. Some newer people may take things out of context from people who think they know and really know nothing. And in my opinion, unless you are the people who actually make the decisions, you are only offering an opinion.

People still watch this?

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!... My kids wake me up every morning lately with that. I am sure millions more will be doing the same after this weekend. I am banking on the massive influx of girl power from this movie. I am grabbing all the discounted Friends and Cloud Cuckoo Palace I can. The Disney Princess line will also get a huge boost I bet, but waiting for the prices to drop some before the hoarding begins. I just hope they do us a favor and drop the DVD for Xmas to rejuvenate the AWESOMENESS!! ....when your'e part of a team. LD

People that know I love Lego continually keep telling me 'did you know there is a Lego movie coming out?' which cracks me up. Still, I think the best benefit for investors is overall growth/desire for Lego. I think the movie will push people to visit S&**** and see what kind of awesome themes/sets there are, and hopefully become addicted. Then we take these addicts and feed them secondary market fixes.

Found this little gem off of Craigslist May not excite most, but I am pumped.

Maybe the cost of the tickets can count as a business expense? Research & Development.

I just want a batman poster .

This question comes up on occasion. I honestly think part of it is the fact that casual toy buyers don't even think to buy direct from Lego. People are accustomed to buying from Walmart, Target, etc.

Any Rowdy Roddy Piper fans left out there? They Live was classic Carpenter cheez..."I'm all outta bubble gum"!