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Over the past few days... 79111 constitution train chase for $113 shipped. eBay. Paid $50. 79008 pirate ship ambush x 4 for $91.50 each shipped. Bricklink. Paid $30 each. 6869 quinjet aerial battle x 2 for $88 each shipped. Bricklink. Paid $50 each. Glad these are gone. I've been trying to unload some of my duds lately. Will help pay the red card bill that should be coming soon for the 55 steam rollers I recently acquired...lol. I'm completely out of Chima, only have 2 ninjago sets left, and now only 2 Lone Ranger sets left (trains). Has anyone else noticed that Lone Ranger seems to be picking up lately, or is it just me? I've sold all of my Comanche camps and silver mines and am down to only the two trains. I've never adjusted my prices either. It always feels good to unload some dead weight and still make some money on it.

Are you guys holding your PEE long term or relieving yourself of them during the Easter rush?

I've made great progress on sorting/identifying my $200 Craigslist bulk lot purchase from Sunday. All of the following were in lot, and all were complete. MF 4504 had all the minifigs and accessories, 7676 Gunship was missing 2 figures. The Mindstorms was complete, and works great. All the Technic vehicles were complete, and fully working, including remotes. The 42006 included the power functions kit, 8293 I've built about 60% of the parts from the lot, what's left looks more generic, though it appears there's still a 10205 My Own Train left to build, as well as a Mindstorms RCX. Not bad for $200. In the pic, below: 8043 Excavator 42006 Excavator w/power functions 8293 9398 4x4 Crawler 4054 Millenium Falcon 7676 Republic Attack Gunship 8547 Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 3367 Space Shuttle

You mean other than 5 exclusive mini figs, arkenstone, lots of sand green bricks, gold, and most of the hobbit story wrapped into it?

Are any of you guys thinking of ditching your Chase Amazon card and switching over to the Amazon Store card? https://www.amazon.com/iss/credit/storecardmember/ref=storecard_van Limited time offer: a $40 Amazon.com Gift Card will be instantly loaded into your Amazon.com account upon the approval of your credit card application.

Soon you'll be able to create your own Lego art with them. Couldn't find the rest of them.

If Amazon starts collecting sales tax in Ohio I'm blowing the Complaint Thread up for a week.

Farnsworth is already officially retired and by amazon price already seems to be profitable flipping immediately. Shocked you leave any behind. If your store refuses the coupon, don't bother arguing. Just buy the cheapest thing you can find along with the falling water, say a pack of gum, or a book mark. Hand them the coupon, if they say it doesn't work on lego, say fine its for the gum. They scan it, the system WILL allow it for the highest price item in your transaction because the coupon does work for lego OTHER THAN LEGO IN THE TOYS & GAMES dept. IE: architecture (other than studio, mindstorms, DS, R2-D2). The cashier will make a funny face IF they notice, and you walk out with your item. Return or enjoy the gum as befits your gum preferences. When you speak of me,,,,,speak kindly. ****also note, this is not a hack, this is not cheating, this is how to get around a B&****** employee, whose misunderstanding of corp policy prevents you from using the coupon the way its intended to work. In their defense, their boss probably said, hey no coupons on lego anymore. They didnt read/understand their own fine print.

Here is another vendor to add to the list. GBE Packaging Their prices (per box) seem to be better than ULINE esp. with shipping. (fyi: you will save $ by shipping to your work/commercial address)

If you plan on buying/refinancing a house or buying a car in the next 6 months, it may have an impact. Long term, it won;t impact it, and will most likely even raise your CS.

You've sorted and built all that since Sunday? Don't you have a job? ;)

I ducking hate autocorrect. Dang it, it just did it to me again! :frantics:

$4 each is $36 a set, a little more depending on tax. They all fit in a $6 flat rate padded USPS envelope. So $42-$45 cost out the door. Even at $60 you will clear $10 after fees. I can complete sets, throw them in a closet and forget about, and then have stacks of $10 bills, super easy to ship, that are $20 bills when they hit $70. Easy money You are also forgetting the QFLL crowd. The NW FM crowd had access to series 4 for nearly 2 weeks before anyone other than a few random targets. I bought/sold 4 cases before my FM ran out. $500 in a week just for stuffing flat rate envelopes. Mixels aren't for everyone, but I'll take what I can get Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

I love how everyone is loving the Delorean now.......5 months ago is was like, "man I hope this XXXX set doesn't go Delorean".......no matter what, sets will retire in time and then when they do everyone always wishes they would have bought more.......including myself.

Wow, that's crazy. Soon they'll go even further and have the Fedex guy grab the package back out of your hands at your door, run back to his truck, peel out of your driveway in a cloud of tire smoke, and speed off into the sunset whilst laughing like a hysterical maniac.

Depending on your buy-in price, as always. I can already double-up...

It has been a good weekend but the start of the new week was even better! Sold: - 70505 Ninjago Temple of Light 100 euro. - 2507 Ninjago Fire Temple 200 euro. - 42000 Technic Grand Prix Racer 85 euro. - 70006 Chima Cragger's Command Ship 100 euro. - 70014 Chima Croc Swamp Hideout 140 euro. - 9467 Monster Fighters Ghost Train 65 euro. Man... I love this hobby!

Star Wars OT sets won't need the new movies to carry them as investments. And buying in at a ~$50 discount mitigates pretty much all of the risk that could lie in this set.

Well, what could it mean? Bunch of people thinking double VIP is the ideal time to stock up. And at least according to temporal extrapolation, there's good reason to do so: - All modulars had between decent and gains - All modulars retired after 4 years or less - PS is in its 4th year Avilability of modulars is more investor driven compared to average sets. Smaller production quantities and higher investor focus leads to less supply than demand whenever investors see a good opportunity to stock up. So I don't think what we see is TLG actually fading PS out yet but rather the effect of what investors think TLG will do.

very clever!

that reminded me of 2 years ago when we were in Murrells inlet SC. Went to have lunch at a waterfront restaurant (Wicked Tuna) and they said they were filming a reality show and we might be taped. I didn't care and just wanted to eat and signed the waiver. Turned out to be Party Down South LOL. We were in it for about 5 seconds.

No way am I actually paying to watch this. That kinda defeats the purpose of not paying for cable.

Hopefully you had stacks of retired Lego sets in the background for subliminal messaging to the viewers to drive business for you. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

Cold. It's almost April. Enough. You suck winter.

I have the third most of this set then any other. I also flipped a lot. I'd say I've owned over 60 of these. I have 14 left. Still landing them at Barnes and Nobles. Anyway here get then at kmart when they were, 45.00? Remember those days? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

I know there were words said by you, but all I saw was Zoey.

Hey come one, this is the complaint thread. I don't come here to read your "good news" Losing money at the casino, I have no luck. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

I'm selling 2x brown horses for $6.88 shipped from pick a brick. You can fit 14+ in a large container with plenty of filler bricks to keep. Nice way to build up personal brick stash. Have more pick a bricks full of stairs that are starting to move too Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

But aren't you a little biased? Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

I just came back from the future! Smaug will ultimately be the second largest maxifigure in Lego's history. (The largest being the hybrid maxifigure/build Galactus and Giganta being the third biggest maxifigure)!! Jokes aside, this set is gonna be a good bet. Building the set and having Smaug as a display piece is second-to-none. I got my third set on Sunday gonna buy my fourth and Simpsons houses this weekend too ))

Perhaps the question should not be if this set is going to increase, but how much the increase will be compared to other similarly priced sets at the moment. Speaking simply from the point of view of someone with limited budget

http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/11427-shop-at-home-offers-october-2014/?view=findpost&p=357511 Anyone looking to order a bunch from shop at home and stay under the radar please take a look at my post from this past October. This was the last time they ran double VIP, but they also were giving away the free elves workshop as an additional promo. I ordered one exclusive every day for the entire month with no penalty or suspicion of being a reseller. I received a bunch of VIP points which I cashed into two ewok villages, as well as 30 of the elves workshops that I should be able to sell for $20-$25 each this coming Christmas or next based on past history. My point is, you don't need to blow your load in one order. Spread it out. Be smart about it. Don't order the same set two days in a row. Wait for your previous order to go into "shipped" status before placing your next order. I know that buying is fun, and sometimes you feel like if I don't get it all now I will miss out. The sets will be there. It's not worth the risk. There seems to be a lot of new members lately asking questions regarding the banning process. The questions are being answered, but it feels like some are not listening to or taking the solid advice being given. This advice is not an opinion. It has all been learned from past mistakes. If you want to test the waters then go ahead, but don't be surprised if the ban hammer falls.

For anyone that wants a place to express their frustration...here ya go. Whoever got to TRU a minute before me when it opened and bought 6 of the 7 VC's and left me with the dented one. Arg!!!

Favorite sale of the past week was a 4867 Hogwarts for $199.95 on Amazon. Was my last one, bought for $35 a couple of years ago. Just seems like it's impossible to go much higher, but I have been wrong on Harry Potter already. I am hoping/banking on the theme coming back in some form with the new book/movie down the road. Could go the Star Wars route and release some classic sets again.

Ewok village and sydney opera on discount at amazon.ca!

The chess set may be the wild card. No other chess out, and not so widely available Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

I removed your post because it contained the description of the "creative" act (ie. what the other poster did). Had it only had the question ("How was this illegal?"), I wouldn't have removed the post. Feel free to PM me if you have further questions.

I'll let you know after I consult with I.P. Freely

With regards to the Amazon Store Card, It would be interesting to see how they handle the USD conversion rate and fees associated with the conversion. I imagine a lot of us would us it at Amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, etc.

Thanks tabolton314. I'm going to run to the lego store today at lunch, and I'm planning on grabbing as many as I can. I'll hook you up if I'm able to get them.

Not being told the name of the show! Edit: so perhaps we just guess. "I Wanna Marry Larry"

If you have an Amazon Visa, then you will keep that... If you have an Amazon "Store Card" (which is different from the Visa issued through Chase) then it will be upgraded to the Prime Store Card and be eligible for the 5%

You're probably right. I collect the Architecture series, as it's by far my favorite line, and there's only a few I haven't built and have sitting in a box in a closet. This is one of them. This one hasn't appealed to me for some reason, but maybe i should bust it open to "test the waters". When I look at all the architecture sets out there, and which ones to put my money into, this one I always put on the bottom of the list. But, that's personal taste, and that's not always a good strategy for what it could potentially do after it's EOL.

I agree with everything except SOH mini. I think some people won't buy the $300 set no matter what. They can however pay 2+ x for the small set.

Hoping mods remove the posts about illegal misuse of the priority mail boxes...It might be ok for you to do in your mind but dont broadcast it here and definitely dont recommend others to do it who may not know better...

Date codes to the rescue!!!!!!! These were out of stock from Decemberish till March 10th. They have now shown up at Lego.com, Lego B&M stores, and PERHAPS at Amazon for a blip. How do we know if these were the last remnants or a brand new run? Date Stamps 05R5 & 08R5 means the fifth and eighth week of 2015. That's around first and last weeks of February. This means Lego knew they had a new run coming, therefore they let us place orders since around December, and once they actually knew they were on the way, they opened the gates for NEW in-stock orders around March 10th. As soon as they fulfilled the backorders, and a few hours of In Stock sales, they turned it back to OOS shipping in 30 days. This may now indicate them knowing they have another run coming, OR it might just mean they'll take backorders and if they get ENOUGH they might do another run. Should be interesting to track.

If anyone is selling 9515s for a loss, they're doing it wrong.

actually you are somewhat incorrect and somewhat correct. They charge you a monthly storage fee based on how much cubic feet of storage you take up.There is no difference between regular and oversized except that one takes up more cubic feet then the other. The difference between regular and oversized is in the handling fees that they charge you when they ship your item. A oversized item (every medium to large lego set is oversized even a 9462 is oversized )The storage fee is significantly significantly higher in the fourth quarter. The long term storage fee ( think about 22 dollars for a helms deep) is only after 12 months not 10. Also for every return they charge you a return processing fee (about 5 dollars except on a very low value item) plus they charge you to ship it back to you. Even if you ask they to destroy it they charge you a disposal fee. Smitty I used to send high value items but I got burned twice with pieces missing. I really tried hard to get reimbursed from amazon because they never should have excepted a return when the customer stole part of my item. It did not work for me and I tried multiple times with different customer service agents.If you somehow get them to reimburse you please let me know the trick.(through pm ) As for what smitty said about being careful in nov I second that through bitter experience. When Microsoft came out with the Kinect in nov.it was going for a 100 dollar profit(after factoring in all fees etc.). I sold 11 of them through fba. The return period on fba items is through the end of January. 8 of the 11 people returned it in January. Only 2 of the 8 returned the one that was sold them. (Every Kinect had a unique serial number and I recorded mine before sending to fba -there was no commingling on kinects every one had a individual sticker). Every retail store except amazon attached the serial number to your receipt so I got stuck with 6 kinects as they didn't match my receipts. I had to sell them at a loss because they were available everywhere in january. After factoring my initial cost to ship to amazon and the cost to ship to the customer plus amazons return fees adding the charge to ship back to me plus selling at a slight loss to undercut retail(then paying commission and shipping charges on top of the slight loss) my 1100 dollar initial profit turned into a 500 dollar loss all because I used fba and lost control of the return process. there can be extremely large drawbacks if you aren't careful.

Feedback means little on Amazon to me. I never leave it and rarely look at it because they guarantee everything.