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So far so good with my experiment. Here is what I've ordered so far. Each order has come with the free elves workshop promo set, in addition to the free hot dog cart with the fairground mixers and free poster with tower of orthanc, as well as the double VIP points. Every order has gone straight to processing and then shipped status (no customer service status). The pet shops went to back ordered status at first but have since shipped. 10/1 Santa workshop / ecto 1 10/2 pet shop 10/3 palace cinema 10/4 fairground mixer 10/5 Mini Cooper 10/6 tower of orthanc 10/7 Santa workshop / ecto 1 10/8 pet shop 10/9 palace cinema 10/10 fairground mixer 10/11 Mini Cooper 10/12 tower of orthanc 10/13 Santa workshop / ecto 1 10/14 pet shop I plan on continuing the same rotation through the rest of the month, except I will swap out the fairground mixer and tower of orthanc with camper vans, arkhams, and R2D2. I only wanted two mixers and orthancs. Total promos earned so far = 14 elves workshops, 2 hot dog carts, 2 lotr posters, and $170 worth of VIP points. Once November hits I will spend the points on ewok villages to get those at a reduced price.

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Holy hell I finally got one!!!! :D

i agree. with any investment, it's all about speculation since we don't have insider info. luck also helps i'm stepping onto my soapbox now. while lego sometimes indirectly drops hints (e.g. sets keeping selling out, set is getting long in the tooth, sets that like to be replacements are released, buying limits per order, etc...), it is still mainly speculation and luck. i assume sometimes we need to go with our gut feeling. as some of us (at least me) are both AFOLs and collectors , i like to think those people have a grasp on what sets will be popular after retirement. my honest opinion, it's not rocket science and people shouldn't depend on the same repeated posts about what sets should be bought. if i think a set is totally cool after building it, i'm buying it since others will probably feel the same way after missing out on it. that is why people jumped all over 10226 SC, 10221 SSD, 10228 HH, 10197 FB and even sets back in the mid-late 2000s like 10179 MF, 10196 GC, 10181 EF and the first 2 modular blgs to name some. To me, they were totally awesome builds and looked cool on display 10224 fits into my thought process. bottom line is to not wait too long in buying sets you think are cool.

Duplo Big Zoo - $140 shipped

Sold a Lone Ranger train for $109.99 + shipping. Time to raise the price again.

You will increase your odds of getting one greatly by setting up one-click. Then it never has to go in the cart. You see the $179 price on the main product page, hot the one-click button, and BAM! it's yours. If it disappears before hitting the one-click, then hit F5 on the resulting page until another one pops into the system and it goes through. I only use a page monitor to notify when items start to pop in stock. Then I refresh the product page until the amazon price shows up. Then one click and F5 to purchase. With this method, I've never missed buying my limit of 2 when an item showed up while I was in front of the monitoring PC. When I post here, I have usually already bought my limit but I keep watching it to see how long it stays on stock. In this case, it was ony showing in the other sellers list (since it has a 1 to 2 day delay) but did show up on the main product page for a little while. There were evidently a few available as I had to disable my page monitor because it kept going off. Anyone who has been following my amazon purchasing method could have gotten their two over about a ten-minute window they were there.

HH in stock @ Amazon! <and OOS already...sorry, probably happens so fast these days not worth posting it>

1,000 posts later, and all we know for sure is - LEGO investors have way too much time on their hands.

2x HH @ Amazon from this AM shipped already !!

Another set of Mixels Series 1 for $110, and two more RIs for $70 each. I'm OOS on RIs. Decided I was happy with the ROI, and since more were appearing in store this week, I wanted to get some money out of them before a flood of new product showed up. If I screwed up, oh well. I missed the boat a little while ago when they were going for $90. Might as well be happy with grossing 4x what I paid for them.

I'm 2 plane hours away from the nearest store but I've been to several and it is even better!

Only after a quick conference call with Tabbyboy to confirm it's sufficiently rejectable. No offense, just a little tease.

HH popping in on Amazon. In for 2.

I'm glad Amazon waited a week before releasing their latest batch of HH. Hopefully in another eight days we can do this again.

I've been saying that before it was cool

Some more leaked SW 7 concept art surfaced: https://imageshack.com/user/themillenniumfalcon I found it through http://www.starwars7news.com/2014/10/star-wars-episode-7-concept-art-leaked.html

9515 Star Wars Malevolence: $200 + shipping

When you check LEGO Shop at Home, and search for creator sets, the GE and the TH are not listed anymore with the others modulars. I didn't realized that before today so I can't tell when it happened (today ? or 10 months ago ?). They still are in the "creator" section (Lego > Themes > Creator > ...), but the website's browser just can't find them. They only appear with the "Hard to find" and "Exclusive" sets, along with the others modulars and Tower of O., Ewok village, Tumbler, etc. (the pet shop is OoS up to October 30th but still appears in the creator sets listing with the other modulars)

a little too early ... gotta be patient with this set ... only less than a year out from EOL ...

What will effect its growth is how little of a profit investors will accept. If they won't sell until prices get higher then it will rise faster. If people are fine with $50 profit then growth will be slow.

Are you sure about 39? Not 38?

Stay with me here... I am thinking this all is related... Totally guessing...Ebay is TRYING to get acquired by Alibaba. In my conspiracy theory laden mind it all fits together perfectly. Charles Icanh knows Alibaba is going public a long time ago....along with the rest of us...he also knows that BABA will be infused with 20 plus billion dollars in cash with the intent to spend and expand in the US market. WHo would the perfect fit be to help Alibaba get a toehold in the US market....Ebay!!! He also knows that BABA has Alipay and therefore looks at Paypal as useless. So acting as an activist investor he presses Ebay management to spin off Payal (This is well documented.) So being the business man he is, he spins off the fastest most profitable portion of the company which all Ebay share holders will be compensated for...Paypal. While at the same time making ebay more appealing to the target buyer, BABA. (I am sure he will get a piece of paypal when it spins off.) Now he has two assets, one growing quickly, one growing but not at the pace the market would expect. Sell the one slower growing asset to a company who is looking to grab a toe hold in the American market...keep the other, Paypal, and ride the wave of grow. Baba is happy they get a toe hold in our market, Ebay is happy, they are now part of one of the largest companies on the face of the planet, investors are happy b/c they get PAID...sellers get screwed. This might also be one of the reasons ebay hasn't come down very hard on these chinese sellers, many of them are BABA sellers too and it would make for an easier transition if you already have some similar sellers. All speculation of course, just sitting being a nerd...

They could of been originally designated for salvage/liquidation loads and put back up for sale as mentioned above most were older date codes and banged up and rough boxes. Back in the day Amazon just salvaged anything like that but now they are maximizing sales a lot more. Seeing the set is in such demand I could see them putting them back up for sale as long as they are factory sealed. Over the last year Amazon has started cherry picking the salvage loads to go to Warehouse Deals instead where they get a lot more than salvage. So would not be out of the realm to just sell the box damage at full price on sets this hot.

The only PickaBrick I've ever seen was when I'd stuff my pockets full of Lego at the Arnotts Lego displays when I was a kid haha.

More than likely yes. I made the mistake of ordering just one from WM couple of weeks ago. It arrived in Lego carton with minimal paper packaging. Needless to say it didn't have a nice trip. Once my next two get shipped I'll be unloading the one damaged in shipment.

I think you really deserve it. A genuine reaction. I feel your happiness

but is it luck from using the 1-click option or adding to cart?

No, it is 85% luck

Back at amazon . HH

^ It is nice of Amazon to find more stock 8 days after the last batch we took advantage of.

I got 2 HH!! After so many fails so many times. Thanks for the post mykingdomforabrick! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Yep. At least the same 6 people got more for their piles.

Sorry if a bit OT... but is anyone else having trouble logging out of LEGO Shop at Home? When I hover over the LOGOUT text, the link doesn't work. The link above it is fine (user name). It's been like that for a few days now. Is there another way to logout?

I'm a fan of some of these displays. Specifically, this one: Is there upside in investing in one of these? What's it worth? Thanks!

Friends Heartlake Vet (damaged box) - $100 shipped

I called my local lego store yesterday to see if they had TH. The guy said "yes we got one in but NO WE DO NOT SHIP IT!" I responded with I live very close I don't need it shipped and they put it on hold for me and I got it. Heh. Trekgate you been calling all the lego stores in the US trying to get them to ship you TH?

Sold two more sets of Series 1 Mixels. This time on Bricklink, so lower fees. $100 each set. (Still more money in my pocket than $110 on eBay)

Great way to end the show would be to have them be on Alderaan, discussing how Obi-Wan Kenobi was arriving shortly with Bail Organa. Suddenly everything gets very dark and they see a gigantic death star roll into orbit. Then the green lasers fire up, screen goes black, end of series.

Bought some Series 2 Mixels on sale, 1 Research Institute, 10655 Spider-Man's Spider Car, some Series 4 and Series 5 Friends Animals sets, and got another Elf set.

Physical store is pretty straight fwd, just time consuming as they have to input your info every single time. Btw I use nextivafax.com as a service. Never had an issue with them

So there goes my idea of buying a sprinter and traveling across the country buying LEGO and calling it "American Brickers". The show that follows expert Brickpickers as they scour the country's junkyards (Wal-Marts), basements (K-Marts) and barns (Craigslist) for hidden LEGO Gems.

You're gonna have to order a second Triple E! I've pushed the purchases of the WV Market and Santa's Factory until after tomorrow in order to get it. Also, and to please the crazy cat lady at home, I'll be getting one cat christmas tree ornament. That's a sure way to score some points if you have a crazy cat lover close to you

Hey Chris, wanna go with me to Toys R Us? I'll let you light my bat signal....

Even TRU sent one to me in a Lego shipping box. Thing is minty. Got it for $360 with new CC discount. Opened it up and checked the seals then taped it back up in the original box. Perfect way to store it too. When I sell it it will go out in this box. It will have spend 45 seconds in my hands total.

Thought I would share my Mixel stash. 95% of these came from the same LL Discovery Center. I think I'm the only person who ever bought Series 1 Mixels there. They still have reds and blacks on the shelf. The bagged ones are complete sets. Photos kind of suck. 24 complete sets, tons of extras, if I could get a bunch more Volectros I would have a lot more complete sets. Also the beginnings of my Series 2 hoarding, mostly blues from TRU. I have a Mixel problem. I found 6 more complete sets I ratholed in my garage the other day which I completely forgot about. Thanks to Alpine, my mixel inspiration.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO step this way, i got some questions for you

i got 1 of 2 yesterday. workshop slightly flattened and luckily EEE only has a slight rectangle imprinted on the back of the set. i suppose rising fedex prices forced lego about a year ago to package their sets in smaller/fitted boxes (to limit dimm weight) at the expense of the customer. Still not nearly as bad as TRU/walmart/target/amazon shipping practices where you are almost guaranteed an unrecognizable multicolored pile at your doorstep with plastic bread crumbs leading to where the delivery truck was parked from which it was punted.

Exact same deal here: 3.5 year old and a 3.5 month old, plus the wife. In fact, I don't think she realizes to what extent I am into this hobby as everything is tucked away in bins every night...