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  1. Perhaps dump all lego and money should be going here:? I spoke to a lady at Bed Bath and Beyond yesterday and SHE TOLD ME "CHILLOW IS DONE, WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY MORE IN!" Get your cases of Chillows NOW GENTLEMEN!
    6 points
  2. I'm about two seconds away from taking ten grand from stock/bond I have and use it for more lego.
    6 points
  3. its a lot more work to flip a town hall into something else, hope it retires, flip that, hope it retires, and hope that those appreciate rather than just sitting on a set you know is going to be a top performer over the next 5 years. sometimes making a lot of money is really as boring as doing nothing but waiting. doesn't feed that addictive buzz of hunting chima on clearance, or the unbridled childhood lust of dozens of new boxes of LEGO being delivered or that new box smell. my overall investing/business goal is to do as few transactions for as much money as possible. TH fits in nicely with that plan. there's too big potential for seller's regret with this one when you have to sit back and come up with justifications to yourself why you sold a TH at 500 when they break through the $600, $700, $800 level much quicker than you thought it would. what other set or combo of sets is going to give you this type of return this quickly? TH is the dream investor scenario - a modular retiring with little warning out of order. the party is just getting started.
    6 points
  4. Alright everyone so here's my $400 ucs millennium falcon... I finally finished cleaning all of the pieces so it's ready for me to build and I'm sure it's gonna be a ***** to find certain pieces as I go along but luckily I don't have as short a temper as hxc
    6 points
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    5 points
  6. Come on Nick 10 Grand,that chicken Feed $20 Grand and you can get Red 5, Sea Cows, Tower of Orthanic, Pet Shops, Cinema Palaces,Ewok Villages and a few others. I will be going to the Lego Store Friday to load up on most of these. Ed
    5 points
  7. Part 3 of the story. I don
    4 points
  8. I always say: A perfect box is no advantage... but a beat-up box is a disadvantage. It is like when you sell your car. When you clean it thoroughly it is a common thing. But when you do not clean it people will complain and have a legit reason to haggle.
    4 points
  9. False. You want highest expected rate of return among other investments with the same variance and liquidity. If you find a better one you have to consider transaction costs. On the stock market they are 0. With LEGO they are substantial. Also you can't trade with too high volumes of LEGO, both because of handling costs and supply constraints. Finance and investments is not that simple.
    4 points
  10. I think a lot of people are riding the edge of their ever expanding "budgets" and need things like double VIP to justify expanding it a little further.
    4 points
  11. http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-DUPLO-Early-Math-Numbers/dp/B00HI3K5LQ now I gotta get one of these
    4 points
  12. My son likes them and has all of series 1-3. He has opened most of them but not all. The other day I told him that he could get $100 if he sold just the red, yellow and black guys. He said "Really? Put them on ebay!" It warmed my QFLL heart. I won't though (until I sell through all of my others first probably) heh heh.
    3 points
  13. We are in the 3rd week of 2015 and the last labels seen have week 50 for 2014. Not seeing the logic here since we are basically talking about 5 weeks since no new seals. Not saying it isn't going, just doesn't seem like a good indictor in this case.
    3 points
  14. Seperate... you will get two promo's and two free shipping boxes instead of one. Maybe also some free plastic filling materials.
    3 points
  15. This weeks haul. On the way. 20 Family Houses 2 Birds 2 BTTF 4 Kings Castles 3 Grand Prix Racers
    3 points
  16. I flipped some TH to buy more TH
    3 points
  17. I agree. No need to second guess this purchase. Pull the trigger.
    3 points
  18. LOL, I feel bad for Ed. He can't say anything around these message boards without someone thinking it's a hint. Guy never gets a break.
    3 points
  19. This is not related to the Birds set, but thank you to all above that expressed concern about our cat. I haven't been back on here since then to post. Unfortunately, we had to put her to sleep last Saturday, so it's been a rough week and a half. Again, I appreciate it, and please give all of your cats, or pets of whatever furry kind, a hug and appreciate them while they're still here.
    3 points
  20. And the only reason they gave Luke a green lightsaber in ROTJ is because the blue one got lost in the sky backdrop during the battle on Jabba's Sail Barge. If it wasn't for that, it would still be good guys get blue, bad guys get red.
    2 points
  21. Sleeping easy is the best possible use of investment dollars.
    2 points
  22. Agreed, but there's a difference between a "dirty" box (excessive wear, punctures/holes, pancaked) and a less than perfect one. I have five THs NIB--I don't usually discuss #s of sets because A ) Someone will always talk about how many more he/she has and B ) I'm not the guy who talks about how many more I have. Ego should have no place in investing, IMHO, but that's a topic for another thread. I'm happy to have landed those THs as I came in late (started investing in September, 2014) and just happened to take Mr. Mack's advice. A few have some minor box dents and creases, but do I care? Heck no. Are the boxes "damaged"? Not really--it's several pounds of bagged plastic bits sliding around in a cardboard box; hard not to have a few minor creases. I'll fully disclose box condition with several pictures when I sell. The one TH, my sixth, that Walmart sent with a sticker on the side and the flaps popped open? That's the one I built for me because I could give two s**ts about box condition. "Mint" means less in LEGO than it does in other collectibles. "NIB" or "factory sealed" means more to me--personally. I think "MISB" is a brass ring you can chase and chase, but someone picky enough will find a reason to nitpick the tiny scratch or rounded corner. I will never use the word "mint" to describe any LEGO box when selling, no matter how pristine. It's just not as useful as "new in box" and sets a seller up for all kinds of OCD buyer trouble down the road. This is just how I do business. YMMV--and your opinion.
    2 points
  23. If finances allow, I like to buy 2 copies of each new exclusive early on in the production run and then move on to the other sets that are nearing retirement. At least I have the sets and can sleep easy. Is it the most effective use of investment dollars? Maybe not, but it has worked for me.
    2 points
  24. Set a profit margin you are comfortable with and see if anyone bites. I would keep back a couple but this set is likely to be overshadowed by the UCS versi
    2 points
  25. Bought yesterday: 3 x 42000 Grand Prix Racer 1 x 70404 Kings Castle 1 x 75020 Jabba's Sail Barge 1 x 60020 Cargo Truck and... 3 x 41063 Ariel's Undersea Palace for 10 euro each!
    2 points
  26. Having no kids must be nice! I'd have like $600-$700 extra a month to spend on lego if it weren't for daycare.
    2 points
  27. Fun read http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/making-lego-movie-7-years-762327?utm_source=twitter
    2 points
  28. I'll flip my middle finger to anyone who rationalizes selling theirs now
    2 points
  29. Well... it's the price he pays for the life he choose.
    2 points
  30. Ah.. So now the clue points to Simpson house retiring.. Sneaky!
    2 points
  31. I just want to say BC has already been a godsend to me. Just my experience: I've listed a dozen or so items, ranging from $10 - $400. No action yet on the low dollar items, but the highest priced items have sold almost instantly. And with no fees, those are the items I'm happiest to sell. I've pocketed significantly more than I would have on ebay or Amzn, and sold for less than the going rates on those sites, giving the buyers real value. Any BPer who truly wants to move a higher priced item right now is a fool not to list it on BC. Buyers who know the value of your product are there, ready to buy.
    2 points
  32. Bought one today for 50 euro. Will go back tomorrow to pick up the remaining two. Hopefully they will be still there.
    2 points
  33. Just purchased an SSD on the site for a very fair price (lower than the eBay normal), which made me happy as I missed out on it and really wanted one for my collection. The whole experience was great (pending only the arrival of the item, of course!). I was able to contact the seller, get additional pictures and even negotiate a bit. Thank you for the site and I will definitely use it again. Once my own stock has valued to set goals I'll probably list there as well.
    2 points
  34. Yeah LEGO just went nuts to throw out the trash nobody wanted. Seeing a DUPLO set on the first exclusive page is depressive though. At least I know that awesome stuff is coming this year. What I like is that modulars seem to be constantly out of stock now. It signals a high demand for these sets. I don't think people are hoarding PR, it should be true demand. And this means our stashed retired stuff will rise nicely.
    2 points
  35. This is the only time I wish some things to finally die. Actually no. There was Joffrey.
    2 points
  36. No. All I am saying is anything is possible in a scifi movie like Star Wars, even though it does not make "sense". I mean who would have thought of "Light-Claymore" as weapon of choice for the bad guy ?
    1 point
  37. It was for my parents who already had their tree set up, but they wanted a new white one that was prelit for 2015. It was scheduled to arrive on December 24, it arrived on December 30th and they were charged for it twice. I suggested that they take my green tree instead and spray it with fake snow!
    1 point
  38. makes me angry that we can only get exclusives from LEGO Shop at Home brick and mortars. Makes these glorious finds impossible In Canada.
    1 point
  39. Access to their Prime music and Prime movies/TV shows libraries is included in Prime subscription
    1 point
  40. So I took my Delorean out for a spin today and set the clock to January 2013 to see what would happen. It clearly worked because when I hit 88mph some serious sheet happened and I found a toystore that had Jabba
    1 point
  41. Sure, this set can be around another year, but why chance it if you don't have a few? I'm not telling people to buy 20 of them, but any important set should be bought sooner than later in my opinion.
    1 point
  42. call me if you wanna ride down together as I'm free Friday morning and afternoon. And great now everyone knows my real name. ...... Or do they?!?!
    1 point
  43. This is a sure thing. Lego is in a pickle. They have to continue the modular theme to complete the block. The sets still have to be similar size and price. The only thing they can do is keep them all going for a real long time which won't happen, or bring back the original 3, which also won't happen. All of these sets have gone up without question.
    1 point
  44. Traveling and drinking the per diem are we?
    1 point
  45. Nonsense. I gave people plenty of hints it was retiring. Some of you chose to ignore it. Others figured it out and bought 10 or more of the set. The next set to retire is....
    1 point
  46. ^ If you are going by the list Ed posted, he has said that after the GE at #1, that it is not in any particular order. So we don't actually know where in the top 25 it is. Aside from that, can anyone tell me how many bags come in this set? I got one for my dad from TRU a couple months ago. It wasn't damaged by one of the flaps popped open on the ride home and now I'm worried the more I think about it. Hope everything is in there. Thanks in advance.
    1 point
  47. Two on the shelf at a local Walmart just last week. Went back yesterday and poof. I probably should have bought these at $28 all day long from Amazon for the 52 weeks they had it on sale.
    1 point
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