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I just wrapped up another Hobbit set. My favorite part of this set is that two sections of the castle explode.

Based on the writing style, Trekgate is being assimilated to the emazers collective.

You exchanged perfectly good money for a couple of plastic bricks in a cardboard box, in the hope to exchange that back, but for more money.

That's how the Americans play football, the rest of the world adopt tactics

Better believe it. 28 unnumbered bags with bags inside of those bags...still I would not trade the experience for anything. IF you build it(and I recommend you do) separate all the pieces by color as well as flat vs regular pieces. Also build both towers simultaneously. It will help out as well as looks pretty cool as you slowely complete the project. Also do this when you are done (add a bat signal as well!)

What did I say? Is this set out of stock? Jeesssuss. Just trying to help a member. I have always told members that if they want a set, pull the trigger. With the Double VIP points and a quality promo, now is the time to buy this set.

Target 2x Town Hall order arrived today. Expecting the factory LEGO box and seeing an oversized Target box with collapsed sides was disappointing. I open the box, remove a TH, very minor damage to the top, not bad, then what the hell is that? It's a Tower Bridge. I suppose I should be happy getting a set worth $40 more, but that set was never on my radar.

so is Ed Mack the new lego investing deep throat of bricks? who said anything about "insider info" ha that's it. i'm gonna start my own lego speculation web site named, "deep brick" and ed mack will be my single "man on the inside".

All I originally posted was..."Maybe the Town Hall retiring had nothing to do with sales." Then people started talking about Oz, fat men and Hamlet. Go figure.

This is a tough consideration still because that 5% is all profit in reality. Its not affected by COGS (other than offering the returns). Last year my fees were about 3500$ for all of November, dec, Jan. 5% of that is $175... ... ... Lol I can't say any of this with a straight face. No way in hell I am doing extended returns.

"Chaos", Town Hall retiring out or order, "Big changes for some"... Maybe LEGO has just decided to retire their products in an unpredictable order. The modulars somehow are/were a symbol for retiring in order - what came first, went first and nothing newer before the older ones. TH is the first modular to break with that rule. And so maybe LEGO is going to apply the "chaotic retirement" rule to its whole line of exclusives. Why? One main reason could be to scare off resellers who were able to buy close to EOL because retirements dates were predictable enough to wait until the end - resulting in mass buying and other logistically inconvenient events for LEGO. "Some", in Eds words, could be the ones who only stocked up close to EOL. The others would then be those who started buying early enough to never be caught without any of the set(s) they wanted. The consequence for LEGO would be that the buying will be more balanced over the entire line of sets - not primarily the older ones. The biggest effect of this might be that all the small time investors with very limited storing space will turn away from investing because they never know when their stock will start to gain value. The big players with sufficient money and space will stay where they are. I guess this is just a first strategy LEGO applies, if this doesnt work they will come up with something else. But it will not be re-releasing sets. This woul be totally against their policy of keeping their portfolio fresh.

Yes, our future is in Chima and Duplo.

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Bring on 15 more pages of guessing

Well, I can conclude for myself 2 possible scenarios: 1. The complete modular line will vanish or 2. Modulars are coming back, pain in the ass for investors. Or we will live and invest in the golden age of Lego, or we get screwed :-P

Here was my last build. It was a challenge but in the end it was worth it

Lego hunting is so much fun, even when I miss the deals by minutes. So exciting. Congrats to those who got in on the deals, but I'm hoping that next time I get lucky too

When people start undercutting on eBay and it drives prices down. Keep the prices up people!

Do me a favor. Bookmark this post and come back to it in 2 years when you start selling those TH, PS, GE, etc on eBay or any other online venues.

Here is a graph I made for myself. The 12/31/14 end dates aren't actual, that is just what I plug into current sets.

Awesome...

Alright I'm spent... "Big money, no wammy, stop!"

I haven't read this whole thread, but it seems like everyone is speculating that TLG may be doing away with AFOL sets altogether simply because TH is retiring before PS...if that is the gist of the past however many pages of this thread, that has to rank up there with one of the dumbest things that I've ever seen speculated about on this board. TH retiring before PS only means one thing...TH is retiring before PS.

after weeks of almost fruitless hunting (got one from walmart on sat - delayed) i was able to get.... 10. was going for 5 more but got chase fraud flagged, those bastards. we shall see if they ship. EDIT: called chase on the way to lunch and tore 'em a new one, slightly relieved

I want to write in italic. What with all that "Oz" stuff and speculations ? Ed also quoted Macbeth. (man... does it mean... yeah, the new modular will be an opera !)

@hxckid88: But somebody actually does know for sure if GE is retired or not. So Yes absolutely is the right answer to that question.

No No No No

My local Costco is clearing out the Lego DW sets they were previously selling for 22.99. I got 75039 and 75041 for $14.97 each. Peterborough location

Yes, but once they learn what to do, it's a beautiful game.

You ever watch kids play soccer (or football to the rest of the world [or fitba for the Scottish])? It's just 22 kids in a mob chasing the ball up and down the pitch.

My guess: the TH retires and an alternate version will come, including ghosts and busters.

I know. And yet I am the troll lol

Did you eat yoda for breakfast this morning? Is it because an entire new theme?

I think another one is coming out next year, with a bigger bell and sound brick.

If we put in numbers GE vs TH at this moment with pessimistic numbers for TH desirability 10 vs 6(but i think it's more) availability 10 vs 4(probably less) So even with only 2 variables you can see that the TH can perform better than GE. Bricklink EU qty GE vs TH 316 vs 87 Bricklink EU on wanted list GE vs TH 458 vs 347

Not really. A while ago the last 60 or 70 SSDs were also gone in 1 day though...

But with your way of thinking nobody will buy a set at 2x MSRP and they did. You don't want a future Cafe Corner or Green Grocer okey so don't buy any. We don't know which CAGR TH will do but if you think about number you will have maybe 1 TH for 30 (EDIT GE SORRY ) hoarded by investisors now. Do you think GE is 30 X much better than TH ...

And aesthetically, at least for me, isn't the most appealing modular of the ones out there.

FWIW I called LEGO Shop at Home ES a few minutes ago and was told that the TH had a 'Coming Soon' status, which they translated into 'it should come back and be available until end of 2014', altough they did not say a specific date. GE did not have this status. This should go into the 'What I heard from a Lego employee today' thread, but opted to post it here.

I'm in that boat...was on the fence and waiting for next Friday. I'm still not 100% sure this won't pop back up at times, and with some deliveries to US B&M retailers it is possible some up here might get a few more in stock. Now that Wal-mart and Mastermind are carrying exclusives, it at least gives us more options for it to show up. If not, no panic, plenty of other sets to diversify in!

24x16x4 - Helm's Deep ,

Ok now I have to say something. Your videos are great, maybe the best on youtube for that kind of video (along with ArtifexCreation's videos). But it can be improved in one way IMHO. Sometimes, when you show arrows that are shot (for this video, as an example), you make a video. It's the best choice. No problem, it's great. But when you put big pieces like the eagle's wings, you also put a video. And I think it would be better with a long frame. I mean, instead of: [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [video of your hands putting wings during 3 or 4 seconds] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] maybe it would be better with [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [CLONK] (a noisy sound, with a 1 second frame, a little longer than the others, which show that you put a big piece in place) [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] Anyhow your videos are great but I always think of that so I had to give my thoughts. ^^

Guys try to keep this thread on topic. I come here for GE updates; college funds, alternate listing sites and stocks are for another thread.

Personally I like 40106 as it pairs perfect with the SW. I've sold a few bundles already at $115 dlvd. There will be a ton more of 40106 in existence as its for the whole month and a ton were given out from everyone stocking up on exclusives. It does sell on its own though but think you will get more value out of it in bundles this late in the game. Sold about 20 in the $19-25 range of 40106 throughout the month of October and feel now they will do better holding and bundled during late November / Early December. Can also throw in a current city Advent which goes well also and makes a higher dollar bundle. All very light and low shipping. The next one (2/2) goes pretty good with WVM.

When the movie "the Avengers" came out I saw it on opening night and bought a large drink which came with the Avengers souvenir cup. I then sold the cup for $36. So ticket $14 + drink $6 = $20. I got paid $16 to watch the Avengers.

I highly suggest you LEAVE those....for me to come and buy later. Muahahahahahaha..... Great find! I hope you cleared the shelf.