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I'm with Mos Eisley, not sure to what exactly you are referring, but I will throw in my .02. I personally love the WV theme as a whole. My mother has a HUGE department 56 christmas theme porcelain houses. They all have lights and whatnot. (I think they are the Dickens Village variety.) Anyways, as I said HUGE, she has all her houses and accessories tightly packed on an 8'x4' ish plywood table. It's just an awesome spectacle to see. I love my mom's willage that she puts up every year. I believe Lego is doing the same exact thing here. They are using their personal take on the villages that people do have, but with Lego. I managed to catch up and buy all the retired and current WV sets and set up our own village. I also enjoy the fact that all the sets at retail are actually pretty affordable. I really like the cottage, even though I never grew up in a house anywhere near that, let alone in a place that snows, but it brings back many memories growing up sitting by the christmas tree with my mom playing with my toys and junk. It will become my own family tradition to buy whatever new WV sets Lego releases as they come out and expand on it.

Well he didn't mean to make the commercial, he just happened to be stocking shelves at the supermarket that they filmed it at.

This isn't aimed at you, humanvege, and I'm probably among the minority, but I'm glad they're finally doing this. It will become the norm as more and more people abuse the return policies at various retailers. I know, I know, they have a return policy, you're not doing anything wrong, you're the customer, you're always right. Here's the thing, they don't want people buying up every hot set during peak selling opportunities, just so that they can return the rest of the sets they can't sell when the time has passed. Now the retailer is stuck with a bunch of stuff they can't sell for a while when they could have sold it all to end users to begin with. Everyone thinks it's no big deal because they're just one person, but this is going to continue to be a problem as more and more people abuse returns.

I picked up a lot of 77 minifigs over the weekend. Most are from series 1-8 so I'm pretty pleased since I don't have any of them! Sent from my iPod touch using Brickpicker

At the Lego stores I visited in the Northeast, the Death Stars come one to each case box. The outer brown box for the Death Star is made of thicker cardboard than the typical Lego brown box. In addition, in the DS brown box, there is a protective cardboard on the top and bottom flaps.

Yes how many cases are scattered all around the world, Pretty sure there are maybe 100,000 or more sets out there, but remember every Christmas the 2 Lego Stores in Baltimore sell 100's and always sell out, so If all this is true and the Panic Buying starts these will sell out at Lego,Tru,Target,Amazon pretty fast, Then the impatient sellers start selling, these would be investors can't wait to start selling there's not knowing its a bad move.in the first 2 years after it retires $500 and up profit. With the new movie coming out well who know's what the limit could be. Now see the more I think and write about this it makes me want to buy a lot more. Like I said before most of you missed the boat on the 10179, well don't let it happen again. Ed

Interesting. Can't wait to find it on clearance in 2 years

Since I started the "Sets of 2013" thread as a way of cataloging every single set for this year, I thought to do the very same for the next one here. Anyway, here is what is currently known or rumored to be released in the year of 2014. Juniors Vehicle Suitcase - $24.99 House Suitcase - $24.99 Spider-Man: Spider-Car Pursuit - $12.99 Digger - $9.99 Construction - $14.99 Princess Play Castle - $14.99 Turtles Lair - $19.99 Fire Station - $19.99 Batman: Defend the Batcave - $29.99 Race Car Rally - $29.99 Pony Farm - $29.99 Police: The Big Escape - $29.99 Knight's Castle - $49.99 Creator Fast Car Cute Kitten Transport Plane Red Thunder - $4.99 Power Digger - $4.99 Emerald Express - $4.99 Sunset Speeder - $12.99 Highway Cruiser - $12.99 Forest Animals - $19.99 Twinblade Adventures - $17.99 Furry Creatures - $19.99 Turbo Quad - $24.99 Yellow Racers - $29.99 Roaring Power - $29.99 Mountain Hut - $39.99 Bike Shop & Cafe

Now over 10,000. I think this would bring in a lot of new AFOLs great crossover between two brands

I love the word "quid". I wish we used quids.

One sold on ebay last month for just short of $200 including shipping: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Lego-Display-Minifigure-/181304879495?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item2a369ce987 And another back in december at an undisclosed "best offer" http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-inch-HUGE-Large-LEGO-Man-w-brush-store-display-RARE-collectible-minifig-/301055584896?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item46184faa80&nma=true&si=U%252Bn3NNynahstBjUMEmTkuwRBR2w%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Welcome. I also build many sets, so I ensure that I have enough in my stock to build one. For the sets that you have limited stock of, if you don't look at them you won't be tempted to build them. Ex astris, scientia.

Welcome to Brickpicker!! How do I cope with the temptation to open a set? I buy two or more of the specific set I want to invest in. I build one of the sets to keep for myself and use the rest for investing. It helps me because I want to build every set I invest in.

Sold one of my Series 10 cases for $330 the other night.

Hotcakes. That's all I can say. Kicking myself for not ordering 8. On to Kmart.

Review by the brick show (The intro was... interesting)

wow, really? they are just basic elements widely available. interesting. my son built the plane and car. i can't sell it though as it will break his little warm heart too bad he has a bald emmet driving (our movie theater didn't have any left but gave us a minifig without hair - lol). let me know if anyone has an extra emmet hair piece (no pun). worse case is that han solo will let him borrow a fully combed "do".

We need a Ron Burgundy minifig for this.

Don't forget about that magical time of the year. Pigs do fly before christmas

I sold 3 AS last night for $240 each. Don't see the reason not to go ahead and flip them. Its obviously back.

I don't like it. The open back, generic design, it just seems forced. I wouldn't mind an apple store though, because apple fans spend a lot on overpriced tech, so I wouldn't mind them becoming Lego collectors too...

I had wondered if B&****** getting these in store was some sort of 'flushing the remaining inventory' tactic. Not quite a clearance,,,,,but a way to get these things in front of people and out of stock. It was also interesting that the R2's and DS's bridged the gap between the Arch Studio selling out of B&****** stores (around Thanksgiving) and the potential return of Architecture studio (some rumors saying 3/6). Almost like B&****** said, you've left a hole on our shelves, give us something else. In most of my B&****** B&M stores they literally put the R2's in the generic Arch store display where the Arch Studio display used to be.

I don't know if it's ALWAYS true, but it was one death star in one perfectly sized sealed case from Amazon when i ordered mine a while back. Hope that helps. Another option would be to call up a legostore and ask them, they likely have a few in the back.

I know, right? It just isn't the Turtles without those numbskulls.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4dA9KO0FRE

I just checked my favorite TRU store and they had four left! Tempted to buy them all up! Praying that these castles finally die already. The only MF sets left are the smaller sets like the swamp creature and mummy.

Well it looks like some of you guys are starting to worry about the Death Star, My Secret agent told me Production stop a few months ago,now is it true and the Legoland Manager said they were discontinued last week. now you see I have the itch now to get 5 more. 40 is my limit. So if this is true and you guys start saving your money and get these baby's, and we will be seeing big money being made. Remember this set was a huge hit for 6 years,so now it will be triple huge hit. sure there are a million of them out there, most built, some put away for investment a couple thousand of them are thrown in a closet, lost pieces, thrown away,ETC but there are billions of people worldwide and there will always be millions of people who will want one, and will pay the big bucks, Ed

Can I complain about myself? Legoland California opened their Lego Movie Experience today. Annual Passholders could get a Pajama Emmet or DJ Robot ploybag for showing up to the attraction between 10-1 today. I was at work, packed up to head over there, and checked my wallet - I left my pass at home. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

Not sure if this has been posted yet. Really sad since he probably didn't need the financial advantage. Maybe he got caught up in the thrill. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/VP-of-Palo-Altos-SAP-Arrested-in-Lego-Scam-152320475.html Of course my curiosity is wondering what sets he was buying. The audio of the story does mention some specific prices.

from my experience selling and buying, buyers usually go for the cheapest price listed. then they worry about shipping (many clicks) and that is how they select who to buy from. so when buyers are searching for minifigs (in this case) and sort by price, your listings will be higher than most since you have shipping pretty much built into your price. this is important regardless if you might be cheaper than many sellers before you on that list. why not just charge actual shipping cost and advertise that to buyers?

You'll start seeing them in stores next week.

Just bought a used but complete 6210 sail barge for $75 shipped from eBay. Even though the barge has just been re-released, I think the original is the better version of the two. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

It is perfectly fine to post links from Eurobricks or even links at all. Speaking of which, they have a good section for Official sets made in LDD or LDraw.

If people think the price for the set is currently too low, why don't they buy some? For those waiting long term they have obviously decided that future potential ROI is greater than selling now. So barring a few other complications like availability of capital/storage etc they should be buying up the "cheap" stock. I often feel that people only think investing in Lego means obtaining sets from retail stores. If you are a true investor you're looking at the current market price as a potential entry point, not just an exit.

The only thing about him is his weakness to.. get ready for it... FIRE. The baddies in the clip would have been better off fighting him with torches Even though I love the JL / JLU cartoon series, I think Martian was the most underused character in the entire run of the series. The writers liked to focus on other team members even though MM was part of the original JL casts. end fanboy rant

First and foremost, People must understand the nature of the beast. If you want to make money in Lego, You will need the following: Capital *as with all investments, the more the merrier.* Time/Patience Knowing what sets to buy and why. Storage Space & Finally,..... More Patience & More Capital.

Totally Wrong! Lego making more of the set has lowered prices simple supply and demand. So stop bashing immoral and unethical "flippers" because the price of your investment has dropped some.These flippers are just Lego suppliers retail sellers not investors to each their own..It is a free market and people can price their items however they want making whatever profit they feel is sufficient. If I undercut you by 10 dollars and sell x more units I make more money.Some people can even sell some at items at a loss and still gain because market share loyalty and additional purchases. If you are holding long term what do you care about people selling the set cheaper on ebay now or the current ebay price. Have some patience! In your infinite wisdom you are encouraging more people to buy and hold thus more competition for you later on. With your moral high ground of course while the people selling Lego now for what you consider meager profits are compromising the integrity and causing you to lose money.Let people sell their stock at smaller margins and as the sets get opened up yours become worth more. As always Research adjust adapt Lego released more units price comes down get a grip! Flippers and resellers are eating much better than you think and maybe you should reconsider some of your own strategies instead of preaching them like they are the gospel. The abundance of long term holders or "investors" will hurt this job hobby much more than the quick flippers. AS studio should rise again when supply gets used up good for you and its done by the flippers and retailers selling their available stock for small profits.

Good points. You are right in that there are always 4-5 year periods where market returns can be skewed. As far as the Lego market, we will be seeing a ton of current "investors" that are going to unload their products much earlier than they should because of money issues.

The Lego Hard to Find Exclusives from 2007-12 there were alot of great ones, and if you would of stocked up on them well you would of made huge money, now for the Exclusives now well my thought is that most are as great and will bring big money, The Main problem instead of 2 year shelf life now they are 2-4 or more, and as for more would be investors I stated this alot at least 75% of the new would be exclusive investors will start to crack within the first year and most will give up by year 2. If you ask 1000 people if they would invest say $10,000 on Lego and tell them they will have to wait 2-4 years before it retires and then a few more before you will be able to sell and make some money, I bet 975 would say no. Don't worry about new investors most have no idea whats going on. But back to the exclusives that are out now, Most are great sets that will make anybody who buys the right sets and can handle waiting, which is hard. "But remember who ever didn't get the 10179 years ago and you no how you regret and think about it alot, even me and I had 10, well don't do the same thing on the Death Star, because if you miss the boat on this one you will never forgive yourself, I can't forgive myself for not buying more than 25 Harry Potter Pocket watches from the first movie, Fossil Exclusive $100, had a special case just perfect just like the movie, paid $100 sold them for $400-500, I kept saying buy 50, but I didn't and there are a few more toys I screwed up on, but with Lego I am going to try and not miss the boat on any set. So with the DS,SSD,TB,HH,Batman Ayslum,R2-D2,Ewok Village,GE,Tower of Orthic,Cinema Palace,Opera House,Simpson House Volkswahen Camper,New Sandcrawler and Slave 1"So I think the Exclusives out now will make anybody pretty rich if you have the money to buy and don't crack. ED

Sorry for chiming in but I can't help it. There isn't really one if you mean for investing purposes. Sure, you can get lucky with sets likes the Zombies and 41999. Sets like the new Arkham, Tower Bridge, Sidney Opera House, 10188, Super Star Destroyer give me "moderate" hope but they are already hoarded by people like us or have been available long enough at (or below ) retail price so too many people already have them. As you know, it' small bout supply vs demand, The "exclusive" and "hard to find" sets have extremely long retail lives nowadays. I seriously doubt we'll see another Eiffel Tower, Taj, Grand Carousel, etc... in terms of ROI. Back in the 2000s and 2010, anyone could pretty much invest in the cooler sets and make serious coin after a few years. The sets mentioned above along with most UCS, the initial modulars, trains, Batman 1, Harry Potter, and Indy Jones were no-brainers. Jeez, if only I was investing then... I fear, those days are long gone. We have more investors, longer retail lives (as already stated), less time between retirement and refreshes, and there are far more sealed sets available nowadays than even 3+ years ago in the secondary market. I do think we can still make money on popular sets that retailed for 6 months to 24 months as long as they aren't refreshed too quickly,

I wasn't going to get any, but changed my mind and now I have 20, should do pretty good and for $100. Amazon has them now for $100, but I would rather pay $6.00 more at the Lego store to get a mint box. But production has stopped on these so don't wait to the last minute.

Still alive, I figured this would have gone after the first day of BOGO. Either people are full up and aren't buy many anymore, or they still have a ton of castles. I must have got the last couple crazy scientist sets. I put my order in earlier this week, and now the entry is completely gone from their website. Haven't seen it on store shelves, so looks like we're good on that set at least.

My word choice was poor here. Meant sooner in comparisson the Ewok Village.

I stopped reading right there.

BS. Tell her you're happy to accept returns for any reason and don't engage with her crazy.

Do you have a macro for these posts? Kidding aside, I agree with the points in principal. I will challenge one thing - with LEGO Shop at Home, is there really any reason why they have to retire anything? Shelf space in the Lego retail store may be limited, but in the online world they aren't as limited. With the Lego market continuing to grow, it would actually make sense for them to increase the number of high end sets available as part of their product mix. So I hope you are right on the retirement, but I don't think they "have" to retire anything.

Could not let this epic auto-correct fail go without notice. I'm sure we all feel the same way though.

Do members appreciate? What's the thinking these days - double the money in 2 years?

I'd like to thank whoever deleted my self-congratulating post. I guess a guy can't pat himself on the back for no apparent reason.

That Hxckid88 is a jerk. Starting a thread about his kindness will just boost his ego.

I'd like to thank the academy, my agent, parents, wife and myself for investing in Lego