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Well, I did my part to help; called Lego and told them it was confusing to Star Wars fans that they keep the DS in production, since the real one blew up decades ago. As a result, I trust it will be EOL shortly.

The Exo Suit will go away if resellers stop buying them.

I like the prospects of this set going forward. It's not the piece count or even a special minifigure. It has that "X" factor. LEGO could have easily put these two minifigures in a polybag, yet they chose to make a nice box and booklet. Very collectible.

Calm Down & Build Lego

WANT! Anyone loan me a kid so I can go get one?

Yeah its the PLEASE stop calling and asking when we will have this in stock item Status

Lowers the bar for the rest of us doesn't it. I will sell something and people will be so shocked that it matches the description and was shipped fast and packaged correctly that they will think I am some ancient deity who has taken the form of a Lego reseller. Gozer the Gozarian?

Is EOL really on the end of the thread name now... I can't wait for this set to be around for another year or two.

I think the phrase is Keep Calm and Build Lego.

Tsk, tsk, tsk...why would you think that logic and rationality are the governing forces in the mind of the average American consumer?

this winter theme (like the building modular one) is a "layup" and i have never have said lego investing is easy. seriously folks. the CAGR for each set is amazing especially during the 1st year of retirement. is this set my fav? not eve close but completests will still buy them as will any holiday , snow, carnival, etc... fan. plus they usually only have a 2-3 retail life so making money is faster than investing in other themes.

Sir...you don't know jack. The Winter Village sets on average have around a 30% CAGR. That's pretty impressive. PS: Please refrain from calling other members, especially Mods, a jack off. Thanks.

I'm well aware of what it means. Saying dumb things to get a rise out of people. It's also my job here to respond to things said and people that make this site more cluttered with nonsense than it needs to be. Your name seems to pop up for the latter quite a bit. Also, I won't forget it. You'd never call me a jack off to my face, I guarantee it.

Hey, hey! No selling on forums! Wait for Classifieds. Where are the mods?

4637 Safari Building Set 4757 Harry Potter Hogwart's Castle x2 10001 Metroliner Train 10014 My Own Train Caboose 10013 My Own Train Open Freight Wagon 10153 My Own Train Train Motor 9V x2 10173 Holiday Train x2 4548 Train Transformer and Speed Regulator All NISB, for $1350. Did I do ok? Hoping I can turn a decent profit here, though some of these seem like slow sellers.

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Good day everyone! Just 2 weeks ago, I stumbled on a pretty deal on a 10221 Super Star Destroyer set and immediately bought it. Guess it was the start of my journey from the wilderness from which I was lost to for the past 25 years! Damn corporate rat race! When I was a kid in the 80s (yes yes, I am that old), I would wait eagerly for my Dad to return home from his overseas trips as he would buy me lego sets to play with. Well, as time went by, I lost touch with Lego. I have always walked past the Lego stores and ohh and ahh at the huge Star Wars sets on display but I didn't have the financial means to get any. Fast forward to 2014, now in my mid 30s, I am starting to have a bit of disposable income to enjoy myself and why not Lego! Since I bit the bullet 2 weeks ago on the 10221 SSD, I think I have rekindled my love for Lego & Star Wars and am now on my furious collecting spree! Wife & wallet are groaning in protest now. After searching the Internet and forums, I have narrowed my potential collection to Star Wars (OT) and hopefully UCS sets, amongst other OT Star Wars sets... so currently to date, I have collected in 2 weeks: 10215: Obi-Wan Starfighter 10221: SSD 10227: B-Wing 10198: Rebel Blockade Runner 75059: Sandcrawler (Collecting this weekend) Some Microfighters Some smaller Star Wars sets And my 1st buy, the SSD is still unopened... the nightmare of building and finding a place for a 1.24m long Lego set can be quite a challenge! Finding older UCS sets is financially crippling!! And I can't wait for the new 75060 to come in!! Oh the choices! The prices of the older UCS... Dilemma dilemma! Thanks to everyone who reads this post and I hope to join in more discussions! Cheerio! PS: May I please know what is TBMF? I encounter this term quite often whilst looking at eBay etc... Thanks!

Good luck with that...We'll see if it works out. LEGO can always change plans, but honestly, I think they are past this set and onto others. Their wording tries to soften the blow to some people still looking for this set. It's like saying, "Hey, the set is done, but if you scour the B&M LEGO stores, you might still find one. Good luck!"

How are you losing if you are selling an item for x5 what you paid?!? I got one of these and sold at 70 bucks. I'm happy. I made money. Move on. I feel everyone is so tunnel vision on this etc when there are so many other deals to be had. It's not coming back. If you have some great. If it does come back you will be notified immediately through this thread. Until then this horse or lego set has been beat to death.

Yes, I should have stated the listing had a "Retiring Soon" tag with a "Sold Out" status. All this talk of everything being retired is wearing me out I can barely think straight. :wacko:

From now on, we have to consider cuusoo sets tied to a license(ecto, delorean, to some degree minecraft) separately from other cuusoo sets

You misread.....he offered to buy all of them and pseudoty offered 10.

That's why pseudoty was asking. If many sellers are being asked for their entire stock of RI, then someone could be trying to corner the market. Especially with "all or nothing" kind of approach

Mark is at it again...

He is in Europe. TLC did not bless them with inside knowledge...

Why would you ever lower them?

I think I hear singing from a big/fat lady

Immediate question is "does it include light brick?" That would be icing on the cake.

I could think of Dorm, Fraternity House, Lecture Hall, Famous Statue, Library, Research Facility

A museum would make a very cool modular

This theme has turned into a longer-term investment for me for sure. I was expecting another wave of LOTR to spur secondary prices of the first wave that has retired, but it's pretty obvious that LEGO is going to be done after the last Hobbit wave and movie come out. I wonder how long they will carry this theme into 2015 as a lot of retailers seem to have bailed on it in favor of newer sets coming out. This last wave of Hobbit sets could have a pretty short and limited run by LEGO standards.

you'll need to cut me a percentage from your sale - I posted TRU availability :-)

The destination is whatever you put on your shipping label. The mis-direction doesn't change the destination attached to that tracking number.

Stupid question....but why is the UCS label so important? Why doesn't the set stand on its own, with or without an arbitrary label? Would a junk model/set sell better if Lego decided to slap the UCS label on it, or vice versa. Seems to me Lego created the UCS label and can use it however they see fit.

Wow, this makes me thirsty for some Country Time lemonade.

I think any back orders will be fulfilled. Pretty convinced that the Grand Emporium has legs to see it through till November.

Funny because true ninjutsu emphasizes the use of any trick to win fights

Its $.05 off msrp

How much off msrp is the classic collection?

I think I'll let the 7965 MF slide away without buying one. Chatter here is correct: there will be a new one out soon, putting a lid on this one's value. Anecdotally, my 6-year-old lives and breathes Lego Star Wars. He wants it all. He has a DS, and he wants an SSD (not likely), an AT-AT, Mos Eisley, Star Destroyer, an MTT, a Spider Droid, a Starhopper, a Ghost, a Phantom... and on and on. You know what he doesn't want? A 7965 MF... couldn't care less... just of no interest to him... he already has several Lukes, Leias, Hans, and Vaders... so what does he need this boring MF for? And the whole "chrysanthemum" opening top never appealed to me. A new, bigger, more interesting MF is needed... something more than just a place to play space checkers. Also... someone earlier commented that the DS has to go because Lego doesn't want to raise the old US$400 price ... and it's worth more than that today? I don't know.... just doing a little apples to oranges math: The 10188 DS has 3803 pcs and 24 minifigs (and some of those - like the mouse droid - are barely what I'd call minifigs). The new 5004243 Classic Collection has 3839 pcs and 24 real minifigs for US$390. Of course there's only one Death Star, but the new sets are about the same price as the old.

If loaded gun is involved, I would recommend SSD, because that's 18 pounds of blunt force trauma right there

Bought a ghost train for $43 after tax at TRU. They have 2 more and have been thinking of picking them up. Does anyone thing it's worth it at that price?

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That's a quote I've seen emazers write for a long time. Yet some people just don't want to listen to him.

I think they look rather ugly and poorly done actually.

Sold two more Mixels Series 1 sets for $85. 3 sets sold, less than 24 hours after I bought them at RRP. :)

Just built HH. It is a fantastic gorgeous piece of Lego. That one is difficult not to open. I ordered 6 of them at good price, 5 for investment and 1 to build... because I just HAD to.

In this case you say "Oh, I only brought enough cash for the original price we agreed upon, can you wait here while I go to the ATM?" Then you go grab a cup of coffee, check daily deals thread on BP, go to supermarket to get some groceries, watch a few movies at the theater, go on a vacation to Cancun, then come back and tell the guy it turns out you didn't have your debit card on you. Because screw people who don't stick to their price.