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Your set appears to have Syphilis. I do not speak out of personal experience.

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Orthanc tower is made of impenetrable rock. Even Saruman did not care about protection plan for it

https://baltimore.craigslist.org/bar/4724296023.html I changed the coke to a surge and now it looks like I'm getting an actual house. Funny how surge works. Those reviews on Amazon were spot on.

Well.... The Hobbit was published (books, ya know) in 1937. Lord of the Rings was originally published in 1954. It's the second best selling novel of all time. So, for 70 years there have been fans of the Lord of the Rings. This is not something new that children need to grow into.

it really depends on what you mean by retire - like RETIRED on shop at home vs unavailable for purchase. I think it won't be listed as RETIRED at shop at home until next year. I do not think it will be available for purchase again this year (except for fleeting stock gobbled by bp'ers). Everyone pretty much agrees that the SC is retired. That set probably won't get slapped with a retired tag until next year. Even Jabba's palace is still listed as SOLD OUT on the shop at home page and everyone can agree this isn't coming back, but still its not RETIRED. I think the TH has shot at some spectacular returns given its unexpected departure.

This isn't Lego, but did Clear 4 Budweiser's from the Hotel mini-fridge@ 7.99 a piece.

Thanks to a fellow BP'er, who is surely to read this, I am very bullish on ToO. Math time. Licensed X Outstanding build X Never to be reproduced X A top literary work of all-time= $. I appreciate those who think this set is "fair" as an investment, as it only strengthens the case for those that see its true potential. Tolkien's work was produced during the 40's. It will never be remade; it will never be matched; an entire literary genre was spurned from it. If you enjoy Game of Thrones, Robert Jordan, R.A. Salvatore, or any other author of the fantasy genre, thank Tolkien for lighting the fire. This is an epic, iconic, once-in-an-investor's-lifetime set, and will always, always, always have an interested audience.

Truly a great build. The dragon is like no other. Smug really towers over the whole set perfectly. I know you won't get as much joy out of watching the build as you would actually building the set, but hopefully it will provide of glimpse. Enjoy.

Everyone wants what they can't get

Here is a vanilla version of my Google spreadsheet. Please feel free to borrow and use any ideas, and provide feedback if you have any. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11UTvui13wEzrEblD2B-EKgR9F-VF3f7ctT2VoxnbGzQ/edit?usp=sharing

We are. I don't know if it would be easier to sell four T1s or one SSD, so I've stocked up on both. I like a varied portfolio.

come on! sorry not needed. i'm not some sensitive guy. heck, i have my 5 yr old son calling me major payne now due to how i need to wake him each morning for school.

I'm not real sure you know anything about Lord of the Rings lol...

The fact is though, there is less chance of a kid getting 2 of these at Christmas and selling 1, less chance you'd sell this set if you got it as a gift, a lot of investors like to keep to investment on a set under

If you want to find some EXO's... mastermindtoys.ca has them in stock: http://www.mastermindtoys.com/LEGO-Ideas-Exo-Suit.aspx If you buy 2 (or $60 worth) you'll get free shipping

^^ Mixles

As you might expect from me... Mixels Series 1 for $110. Also: 4431 Ambulance $29 4202 Mining Truck $43

Rewards points are adding up FAST this month. 8000 points pending with 1.5 weeks of Bricktober and a full holiday season ahead.

I'm very bullish on the set as well but if you want investors to ignore it and not stockpile it, the last thing I would do is post how great it is.

I agree people should stop buying TH when it shows up again. More for me to buy. Hehe :)

With all the reproduction stickers out there now, I think it is better to get a complete set from a reputable source. Unless you are a seasoned falcon builder and have seen multiple ones in person in can be difficult to tell if all the pieces are there, even on a completely built ebay auction, you gonna count all those gray levers. I had a sealed pair of them I bought years ago but still had to splurge and buy one of the first editions, and yes I justified it by saying to myself and the head of the finance department that I would sell it sometime later, but we all know that's not gonna happen. Get yourself a nice acrylic display case so you don't' have to keep dusting and enjoy whatever you decide.

Just watched the 4th episode with my son. Wow! Best Star Wars action since in a long time. With just 4 episodes shown, this series is already way better than The Clone Wars, TPM, and AOTC. This series is def a winner. Lego is loving it. Don't click unless you want to be spoiled!

Greatest. Post. Ever. You just topped Dante, Homer, Woolf, Sartre, Cervantez, Wilde, Beckett, Proust, and Balzac as greatest storyteller ever. A+ !!

You might not hear back from her (after all, you do have have her medication).

I picked up 2 sets of series 2 Mixels for $38 per set.

Was geto boys playing in the background while you were beating the CD player?

Crusty & anyone else who hasn't taken the plunge on creating a spreadsheet yet: I highly recommend it! Here is the brickpicker thread with some ideas for starting your own: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/8399-excel-spreadsheet-template/

Well, that's the ultimate hazard of hiring unsavory characters, especially when employee abuse is practiced by management in a workplace. But I am sure there were warning signs that HR and management just plain ignored

And more on point, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean were aimed at younger audiences than LotR, and that hasn't stopped the most expensive sets from those lines from doubling or better already.

No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night :D :D

nice to see the folks who think 10224 will retire this year finally crossed the 30% mark.

Why are you sending them back aren't they still going to go up in value. Considering you can't get replacements that is

OOS, will ship in 30 days

The expected ship date from Lego shop at home is now Jan 31, 2015. Can that be right?

I did put an inventory together at the start of the summer however I've added a lot of sets since then and not updated my records. It's something I'll do next year, at this stage I'm just interested in buying so no need to keep records yet as I've not sold any exclusives. My collection currently consists mainly of VW, GE, SSD, HH, TB, R2D2, Super Heroes and Lord of the Rings and Currently fills two lofts and a spare room. I reckon I've got space in my girlfriends loft for another

Click on the order and you see that the TH is backordered, but the promo is 'customer service'. I had the same, but just got confirmation, so no big deal. It was worse if it was the other way around ;-)

I've got close to 90 of these now. However as it's not looking like retiring anytime soon I'm going to hold up buying anymore till next year. This is by far my most stockpiled set and I'll be aiming for 100-150 by the time it's done.

I could not disagree with you more. The spirit of this board- and this forum- is to share perspectives and advice. People can do with it as they please. From what I have learned from this forum, or any of us, it's deserved. I would rather see ToO in the inventory of fellow BP'ers than anyone else. I will reiterate my case for fellow BP'ers to be the ones owning what remains, now and in the near future, of ToO... Mixels are fun, and can be very profitable with proper market timing. Same with the Harry Potter sets; though flattening now returns were very positive. Seventy weeks, vs. seventy months, vs. seventy years of fan base. For the long-term investor, this set is only going one direction.

I also bought a sticker from this seller, I indicated that I though they were fake when compared with a legit one. I was just gonna pay the return shipping, but yesterday in response to your claim he responded that he had also had another buyer indicate they thought they were fake and that he had also decided they were fake as well and that he would give a refund and that I did not need to send it back at all. That was last night, I have yet to receive the refund yet.

You can still order it from Lego, Amazon and Target, and the set is less than 18 months old. We don't know for sure, but I think people are overreacting.

and don't forget Terry Brooks and his Shannara series!

I was in nearly the same spot as you. Buy a legit used one or bricklink it. I then thought to myself, if I'm spending all this cash and want to maintain my investment....screw it, I'm going all in. While I didn't get a first edition, I did get loose one with an opened box and excellent conditioned manual. I think you will ultimately have regrets if buying a bricklinked one with substitute (aka wrong) elements. To me, the 2 black masts, unprinted radar dish, etc... just look incomplete. I wouldn't like to pay more than $1,600 but that's me. I assume he'll want closer to $2k since it's includes a 1st edition cert and box. The cert itself sells for $150-$225. The box is another $100 or so in that shape. Unused sticker sheets fetch $175-250 easily, Since this sounds more like a collection item for you (instead of an investment), be prepared to splurge more than usual. In the grand scheme of things, what is a couple of hundred if it makes you happy? Here is the one I purchased earlier this yr. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/8810-building-the-10179-ucs-millennium-falcon/

I think I remember paying 79.00 or 89.00

I got my two just when they came out (May 2014). I ended up with two of them at $52 each. It was a couple of coupons that made it happen.

It ain't done until the slightly obese woman sings...

No. He's just trying to buy enough of these at a cheap cost and sell them to pay for college - because he's batman broke. Another possibility is that he's going to make a nice tidy profit selling these and build his own spaceship. When he reaches mars, the curiosity rover will detect him and go bazerk. All the scientists at NASA will jump off their chairs with excitement because they finally see some life on mars. (I think it would be easier to start a kickstarter project, though.)

Just wondering... If the person really wanted to convince the seller to sell it for $50, they should at least be accurate with what they are going to do.

He gave himself away right in the beginning...how can we believe anything this guy says??