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If you want to learn about the process of LEGO set EOL., go read the 100+ pages of the SSD and get back to me...

I'm guessing that anyone who bought into Prince of Persia as an investment jumped off a bridge long ago, which is why you don't see many listings for it.

This thread is crazy, it affirms to me two things. Most people in this game have absolutely no plan, and that secondly many people will inevitably loose money than make money. This affirms to me that if one has a well thought out plan, invests what they actually have to INVEST, not the food or rent money and are patient you will be justly rewarded. I had none of this set at the beginning of the year and decided that I wanted exposure to almost every exclusive (barring the newest ones of course) so i added 10, with a plan to get more in 2015 taking me up to 20. If Lego changes the game on me and retires this in 2014 with no additional opportunities to buy then so be it. I am at 13 or 14 PS and have the same strategy. The one I think I will break my 2014 no investment decision on is the TB. I am a few shy of my goal and may round that out. I would rather put money there than on more TH. The upside to the TB is pretty fantastic. I built the TH and it is awesome in design and build, I do hope they retire it this year, that would be great. The big hole in my exclusives plan is the Maersk Ship. Being banned has cost me on that one and I am rectifying that as we speak.

Don't worry, there are plenty of people in line ready to ridicule him.

I know my store has a bunch. I will have to see if they ship to people. I can drive down there.

For what it means, the "Monster fighters" theme has disappeared from the LEGO Shop at Home. This theme went in and out some weeks ago, it looks like this kind of scenario: (lego, 2 months ago) - Ok, the HH is nearly done, we will sell the rest of our stock for halloween and Xmas, that's great. (lego, few weeks later) - Well... it's already OoS ! Afterall it's a great set, bah, it's better than being stuck with. We do not want another kingdom joust. Ok, we have to ask for retailers to return their boxes, they will be glad to make some room. And since it's OoS, let's remove the Monster Fighters theme from the shop. (investors) - The Monster Fighter Theme has been retired ! What's going on ?! Let's buy some more HH ! (lego) - Damned ! It's already sold out ! A lot of people still want that set ! Let's make another production run ! (investors) - The Monster Fighters theme has returned ! Want does that mean ? The HH is still sold out ! (investors, few days later) - (investor A) It's back ! I want some ! (investor B ) I'll wait for double VIP points ! (investor C) No way it's retiring ! (October 1th, investors and AFOLs screaming together) - Heeeeeeeeee ! Double VIP points are here ! PANIIIIC BUUUY !!! (lego) - What the ??? We sold everything within 24h ! Well, we have no more now... let's remove the Monster Fighters Theme. (investors) - (investor A) I got my set ! Seals 38S4 ! (investor B ) My 5 sets have been canceled ! lego, burn in hell ! (investor C) I have plenty ! I told you ! (investor D) I have none ! Will it come back ? (investor E) I don't know ! I hope so ! To be continued...

Hey Guys! On Saturday morning i got an in-stock notification for the Huanted House at TRU.ca, but by the time i got the computer it was gone guessing they only had a couple, maybe even returns. With the States getting some in Target online though i thought this might be Canada's share of the most recent batch. So i was watching the listing all day just in case it popped back in or they allocated more of the stock they just received or whatever. Today i went to check and a link to the listing is gone again, but i did check the RI just for kicks. RI was in stock online and i grabbed a few! There were only 10 total, and i left 5. I also see that some stores have stock with the "pickup in store" option. Nothing close to me, but i did see some stores have stock. Some of you may have some luck! Cheers.

Still upset that that didn't work out, it would have been great haha

I just wanted to point out that I had a great experience with Star City Bricks recently on a Town Hall purchase. He was fair with the Best Offer bid and shipped quickly and properly, in a quality box and packaging. He goes by the name of Kshine on the site. Check out his eBay store...Thanks.

It's LEGO's secret plan to make us all buy Chima this Christmas because it will be the only thing left in stock.

Incredible ! An ugly set retired one year ago does not sell the same price as a cute set retired 6 years ago ?! I'm shocked ! Otherwise, yeah the new modulars will not reach the price of the cafe corner and the green grocer... We have few chances to see the potential of another cafe corner (it can happen though... HH for instance), but it's the same with other lego themes, like SW with the famouse UCS millenium falcon (I mean, 6x MSRP ! Come on !). You'll have to do an investors meeting, close doors and put fire on the building. Although I think that lego provides smaller sets with less bricks, which means some disappointing design, and there are some issues with some ABS bricks... so... the sets we already have in stock still have some nice potential IMO. Just a matter of time, as always.

I found a dol guldur ambush for $5 at Walmart

Fire Starter Set (60088) may be limited edition or at least a name change. I don't see many parents buying their kid a Fire Starter Set. Does it come with matches?

I FBA quite heavily. Any questions I'd be glad to answer and help. There are positives and negatives just as any other marketplace. For me the benefit of not dealing with customers directly and of managing my own shipping schedule is a good fit. That outweighs the higher cost and risk of customer returns. In the customer theft/returns department I've had success so far with amazon reimbursing me for any damage caused by themselves or customers (stolen items, figs, etc). Also keep in mind that amazon has more credit card #'s on file then anyone.. buyers ready to click the one-click button and buy. FBA sellers get a premium for the items due to prime shipping and worldwide reach. So far I'm happy. I do still ebay a bit as well but FBA gets the majority of my time and investment.

Eh I have about 100 of these. I am sticking with them. I don't think those new figures will have near as much effect as people fear. 6866 always have better potential, but in reality it has not suffered all that much from the release of the new set, though those figs are different. In reality, I expect this to be gone by Christmas, and then I hope to offlad them at 45-50$ each throughout next year. Thats absolutely fine with me. Maybe its too optimistic, but if you want to question it, look at that stupid Loki Truck set from Iron man. Its crap, all the figs are in other sets - still sells for $40 on Ebay. Ill take my chances.

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Or you could just refer to blog about how conditions of box have no affect on selling price.

You're the one who wants to write a blog about it.

I knew we should have kept that black book a secret....

I understand the SSD is a cautionary tale here, but there is also a (conflicting) precedent with the GE in late 2011. At that point the GE had been in production for about 20 months, and this was before the shenanigan days where sets retired on a regular cadence (Death Star and Fire Brigade had begun to buck the trends). Unexpectedly, the Grand Emporium showed up as Sold Out on LEGO Shop at Home due to high demand. It was already gone from TRU and Walmart, only Target had it in stock. Within one day the stock at Target was wiped out. Investors swarmed the Lego B&M stores and the set was gone. LEGO Shop at Home representatives over the phone said it was no longer orderable and told buyers that it was not coming back. Lego Store Employees told customers that it "looked like it was gone". This sold out panic lasted for about 10 days to 2 weeks...resellers/investors tore their hair out and prices started climbing on eBay and Amazon. Well, it ended up coming back on Lego's site in a backorder situation. Other retailers didn't get any new stock until after the new year, but it did come back. SSD - we expected this set to go in the timeframe it did. Many predicted it would not last through 2013, so there was anticipation out there that it was going to retired. HH - This set was accurately predicted to retire in 2014. No surprise except that it didn't make it to late October. Still, this was a forecasted retirement. TH - This isn't fitting in with expectations, and we are getting mixed messages from some "sources"...hard to tell if this is an out-of-order EOL (seems strange), or a panic buying situation (more likely?)

my 5 from yesterday shipped a few minutes ago. i contacted CS about ordering more but they are out of stock. he said "i will make sure to ask the manufacturer to double the quantity of our next stock intake as this seems to be a popular item"

The Lego Group is definitely trying. I remember rolling my eyes when I heard about "Chima". They only changed one letter, for Pete's sake, and they only bumped it by one slot in the alphabet!

It is entertaining never the less

Speaking of it's happening....... "It's Happening Again." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2782540/Twin-Peaks-creator-David-Lynch-confirms-rumours-classic-set-return-cryptic-tweet.html Oh, Happy Day!

Look at your receipt it will have a refund price I just bought the last three at my TRU $19.99 each with a series 12 CMF and free pumpkin poly bag.

Ok course. Let's all stop investing in Modulars. It's not worth it. Really. You can trust me. It's written right here, on the Internet.

I'm not sure I understand the appeal in stocking up on the modulars anymore. Fire Brigade will net you 100 bucks a year later after it is retired. While that is still a great return if you bought it at msrp does anyone else have concerns that modulars returns are only going to get slimmer and slimmer?

The systematic eradication of TH from retail outlets continues... The marketing team in TLC needs to take a lot of notes from these phenomena

Told you it would be back on Monday.

as suspected its coming back, in for 3, probably not shooting for more than 10 and only after pet shop is done.

Remember, "retired" is a specific term referring to product availability from LEGO itself. Once they officially retire a set, none will be sold online or made and shipped to retailers. You can get the retirement date from a site like brickset.com. However, any out in the wilds will still be there, and as HK mentioned, poor sellers can languish long after official "retirement". A good example of this is Lone Ranger Silver Mine Shootout, which has an official retirement date of Dec 2013, but is still available at many retailers, live and online - nearly a year later. Another "popular" example is Battle at Weathertop, which was retired from LEGO but was still found in stores for months after. I don't believe LEGO officially retires a product LINE in swoop, sometimes it takes forever for them to officially retire a set that's long gone. It just kind of happens when all the sets in a line eventually sell out/are stopped being produced. Monster Fighters trickled, Lone Ranger trickled, with a few sets still being produced after a few others retiring, and Galaxy Squad is working the same way. For example, Star Slicer (70703) is officially retired, but most of the Galaxy Squad line is not. Galaxy Squad seems to be following the pattern of Monster Fighters: They become TRU exclusives after other retailers stop selling them. And we "unofficially" declare a line retired when it becomes obvious they aren't creating more sets for it, which seems to be the case with GS. For example, if you go to Haunted House on SHOPLEGO, and click on the "Monster Fighters" tag, it will bring you to the main page, telling you Monster Fighters as a theme is no more. Same with Lone Ranger. However, doing the same with a Galaxy Squad set will bring you to 8 remaining sets, 2 of which are call for availability. So with a couple sets already retired, no new ones being released, it's safe to assume the line is being retired. If you look up Lone Ranger Train Chase, it still says "Retiring Soon" even though this set hasn't been avail for sale since December 2013. We all know it is "retired". Using Monster Fighters as an example, I suspect TRU will try to blow out the remaining Galaxy Squad stuff during this holiday season. they had a lot of sales on MF things during last years season, and very few sets made it through. I also have a sneaking suspicion that the Castle theme will replace Galaxy Squad as the TRU "exclusive" line going into next year.

Just had an FBA mandated SSD return last week. The item is now in my inventory as defective. I just requested it be sent back to me and will probably be missing parts. I will have to call Amazon and fight with them to get a refund when I get it back. That is absolutely the worst part about FBA and it really makes me angry that they accept returns when items have clearly been ruined/broken/destroyed by the customer and also when the customer can pretty much steal whatever portion of the toy they want. The only thing to stop that is a Amazon limit of 50 returns per account before they actually ban you. That obviously never discourages anyone and the 2 month return window is the worst. Selling volatile items via FBA in Nov/December can really come back to bite you. Some of the unscrupulous/savvy persons will buy the item in January at retail and drop it right back on your account. Anyways, it is great for people with time constraints, but I wouldn't advise it for anyone with a heart condition .

Everytime I'm reading about dutch discounts I'm getting jealous...

But crying at the low U.S. prices still feels good ^.^ "What you bought XYZ for retail price at 99,99$??? I found it at target for 79,99$!" - "You're kidding right? Found some for 59,99$ at walmart clearance!" - "Haha, guess I'm lucky, got 10 for 30$ at a garage sale" - "I found 100 MINT boxes under the brooklyn bridge and some dudes helped me carry them and bought me free milk shakes and a diamond-studded watch and 10 georgeous ladies gave a me a foodmassage afterwards, did I mention that it was with happy ending?" At the same time European are like "Yeah found XYZ (note: the same set!) for 148,99

Well usually I offer free shipping (and calculate it inside the price) or in other words.... Cheapest ''free shipping'' or cheapest item + shipping on ebay must equal my green point (so I make my desired profit) to list the item.... For example if cheapest Helm's Deep is being sold for 180$ + 32$ shipping so thats 212$..... now if i calculate that shipping worldwide (to compete with that price) is 65$ that means 212$ - 15% (for all costs from fees to packing etc) and then -65$ for free shipping so thats 182$ - 65$ = 117$ would be my ''net'' outcome from the sale...... and i paid 90

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A lot of other members have posted recent buys with 2012/13 seal codes so that's at least a few steps above "just speculation" that it sells poorly.

http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/308263/#Comment_308263 Look for a post by Doriansdad on 10/3.

Yep, from the 15th on we get the free Christmas set

this GE photo would be a fine addition to the inappropriately titled "THREAD OF PACKAGING EXCELLENCE" http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/10190-thread-of-packaging-excellence/

The blue pigeon lands at midnight...I repeat...The blue pigeon lands at midnight.

On the one hand, I really like these for both investing and collecting. On the other hand, I hate them if it means Lego won't do a second mini-modular set to follow up with the first one.

I understand, but that's the case for a whole lot of good sets.

Do it Scrooge McDuck style

I didn

Just as I pointed out that image uses someone's custom modular blurred in the background and is not official, here is my proof. >Pumpkin Factory by RedCoKid

If you go to "My eBay", next to transaction #1 click "print shipping label" (you won't have to actually purchase postage during this process) and then click "print packing slip" from the label printing page, it will show you all the charges your buyer incurred. The fellow in Taiwan should be able to see the ESTIMATED charges on the eBay page he's looking at, if he has his shipping address set to Taiwan. You can quote that ESTIMATE to him by going to your own item's page, and changing your location under shipping to Taiwan instead of the U.S. But if you do this, tell him this is EBAY'S ESTIMATE and neither he nor you will know the entire amount until he proceeds to checkout (and he can still change his mind at that point and not purchase if the estimate is off by too much. There is no GSP shipping calculator I'm aware of, other than the one embedded in each listing that provides the estimate. The estimates are usually very close if not exact, in my experience.