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I ordered 2 sets of Series 5 Mixels from TRU the other day... 18 in all. They shipped in 18 separate padded enevelopes, all arriving on the same day. The Fed Ex guy gave me a dirty look (the poor dude had to scan each). Brilliant business plan, TRU. Brilliant.

EU sale status as of this morning, I may not have captured every single set and i've not include keychains and similar low price items, but hopefully it's the majority. Question of course if the sold outs and Call to check move to retired. 70728 Battle for Ninjago City Retired product 70727 X-1 Ninja Charger Retired product 70726 Destructoid Retired product 70147 Sir Fangar’s Ice Fortress Retired product 70145 Maula’s Ice Mammoth Stomper Call to check product availability 70144 Laval’s Fire Lion Call to check product availability 70223 Icebite’s Claw Driller Call to check product availability 70135 Cragger’s Fire Striker Call to check product availability 70143 Sir Fangar’s Saber-tooth Walker Call to check product availability 70142 Eris’ Fire Eagle Flyer Call to check product availability 70141 Vardy’s Ice Vulture Glider Call to check product availability 31021 Furry Creatures Sold Out 60044 Mobile Police Unit Sale Available Now 60012 4x4 & Diving Boat Call to check product availability 60011 Surfer Rescue Call to check product availability 60014 Coast Guard Patrol Sold Out 76016 Spider-Helicopter Rescue Sold Out 76022 X-Men™ vs. The Sentinel™ Sold Out 75050 B-Wing™ Call to check product availability 76021 The Milano Spaceship Rescue Retired product 76019 Starblaster Showdown Retired product 76014 Spider-Trike vs. Electro Retired product 76003 Superman™: Battle of Smallville Retired product 70816 Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPA… Sold Out 70815 Super Secret Police Dropship Sold Out 70814 Emmet’s Construct-o-Mech Sold out 70808 Super Cycle Chase Call to check product availability 70807 MetalBeard's Duel Sold Out 70819 Bad Cop Car Chase Sold Out 70806 Castle Cavalry Call to check product availability 70805 Trash Chomper Sold Out 70804 Ice Cream Machine Call to check product availability 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace Sold Out 70801 Melting Room Call to check product availability 70800 Getaway Glider Sold Out 79018 The Lonely Mountain Retired product 79015 Witch-king Battle Retired product 79017 The Battle of Five Armies™ Retired product 79016 Attack on Lake-town Retired product 70168 Drillex Diamond Job Sale Available Now 70164 Hurricane Heist Sale Available Now 70169 Agent Stealth Patrol Call to check product availability 70166 Spyclops Infiltration Call to check product availability 70163 Toxikita's Toxic Meltdown Call to check product availability 70162 Infearno Interception Call to check product availability 70161 Tremor Track Infiltration Call to check product availability 70167 Invizable Gold Getaway Call to check product availability 70160 Riverside Raid Call to check product availability 70170 UltraCopter vs. AntiMatter Sold Out 70165 Ultra Agents Mission HQ Sold Out

Lord Business???

Personally, I try to buy him sets that are on sale. My son Max is 5.5 years old and is very smart and creative. That being said, he is also very destructive and completed LEGO sets do not last long in my house. He loves Hero Factory, Bionicle, STAR WARS and Chima sets, but especially the action figure like Hero Factory and Bionicle. Every kid is different and if your son is the type that takes care of his toys, then buy him the large sets. Mad Max on the other hand gets sets that can be ripped apart and put back together like some messed up Toy Story character. I won't waste my money on large sets. Those are for Daddy. LOL

It is actually the sticking with my strategy part I find hardest. I often talk myself into investing earlier or perhaps more than I intended. Also the patience part is really hard. I sold early on Black Pearls and QARs when I first got into this racket (among other sets) and while making a little profit boosted my confidence and gave me some funds to reinvest, a little more patience would have really paid off. Must resist urge to buy more, sell early and open and build each and every cool set... Oh, that brings me back to the topic - sets that I want to immediately build (or my kids or nieces/nephews and/or adult friends) are probably winners. I like to show the Lego designer videos to friends and work colleagues and those that elicit the most awesome feedback have done really well on the secondary market.

I also read a lot of comments that describe it as "the poster I had when I was a kid" so I think LEGO, to a degree, is banking on the popularity of Ferrari to make this set popular despite it's shortcomings. At the price point, people just simply aren't expecting more. But when I compare it with where Creator models have gone since the Beetle... I have no problem with the T1 being a blocky ugly thing... it is in real life and the LEGO model captures it wonderfully. The mini cooper is a "cute" car and LEGO captured the lines of the real thing with very good precision. But the F40 is a SUPERCAR and this model just plain sucks when you consider what the F40 meant to the world of SUPERCARs. This model misses the mark in so many ways but especially in the hood lines, the studs near the rear A pillars and the overall squareness of the rear end. The real thing is just smoother... <full disclaimer: I was also a Lamborghini Countach fan and had a poster of a lambo and SR-71A Blackbird on my walls as a kid :)>

Picking LEGO sets is like picking sports winners. Every year is a new year, yet you have the consistent winners that usually are near the top, regardless of opinions and player changes. Then you have your surprise teams. Basically, they come out of nowhere to surprise everyone. Then you have the perennial losers which are consistently bad. On occasion a bad team can surprise you and have a good year and the good teams can have an off year, but there is an art to picking winners in both the LEGO and sports world and those who have the vision can make more money than the average Joe.

CMFs at all my local stores have been thoroughly searched for a couple of months now. The only remaining sealed figures have worn wrappers from all of the molestation.

My son receives monetary gifts from his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. When he wants a Lego set that is in current production, I would suggest that he waits until there are reasonable discounts. Alternatively, if I have this currently in-production set in my inventory, he could have it at my average cost. If he is interested in a retired set and if I have it in my inventory, he could buy it from my inventory at a 25-50% discount to the Brickpicker price

Lol. Just make a Taylor Swift minifigure and have it rudely pushed off the 41004 Friends Rehearsal stage. I can see the youtube video right now

I'll give my son whatever doesn't sell. Capitalism, it's the American way.

I been trying to get all the OT Star Wars UCS used in nice display condition. I have 7194, 10019, 10144, 10179, 10188, 10212, 10225, 10227, 10240, 75058, 75060. Many to go..

I like that polybag - can't get enough sharks. Also...that Pop Star Friends set is just screaming for a Kanye MOC.

It is if you are a ninja seeking a Lego temple for your ninja-in-training...

It's hilarious to read these comments because it's the exact same pattern on these forums for nearly every exclusive - box art is leaked, people complain because it's too this or not enough that, set is released, people build it and then realize it's awesome. It's happened with the Ferris Wheel, Mini Cooper, Sandcrawler, Detective's Office, Sea Cow, and nearly all other recent Exclusives. It will happen again with this one, and with next month's Ninjago Temple release. I will be waiting eagerly at midnight on VIP release day to buy this set, will enjoy building it, and will proudly display it. I can't wait.

Yeah, would second this. Since the content (Lego) is obviously owned by TLC, the deal probably consisted of something along the lines of Warner Brothers distributing the content in exchange for a cut of the sales (box office/dvd/etc.). It`s 100s of millions of $ worth of revenue, I would doubt that WB would get a portion of the toy sales as well, they probably get a bigger chunk of the film revenue instead. That said, obviously we`re not on the inside so who really knows for sure. Sound reasonable haha

My guess is you wasted a lot of time doing math and stuff.... just a guess.

Are you saying people actually buy Lego for their kids?!?!?!

Thanks for mentioning that, I forgot. Which is bad because I just complete my Winter Village set. To expand on that, I'm also including any of the extra winter scene add ons they've been doing too.

Via The Brick Fan

or the calm before the....... Mystery?

"Awe.... dad!...Chima again?!!"

If I was your kid I'd be flipping your inventory You'd wake up with nothing but Lone Ranger and Chima

Will you adopt me?

I would list that as a limited edition Star Wars/Marvel crossover Red 5.

Had a pretty successful short trip to Delaware just now. Lego store Cristiana Mall: set of Orbitrons Mixels for $1.98. $4.98 ea x 3, -$10 VIP reward I had. TRU: I got a Lonely Mountain for $37!! $140 (no tax) - $25% coupon - $65 rewards - 9.6% GC on balance. = $37. plus 4% rewards pts back. Would have been even better had I been able to stack the $15 of $100 coupon but they didn't allow it. and if it were yesterday, I would have gotten an additional 10% using CC plus another 4% rewards pts. Oh, and they were out of the JW polybag so that stunk too. My rewards coupon wasn't available until today even though I called yesterday to have them issue it to me. They didn't comply. But overall I can't complain. For $40 total I got a Lonely Mountain and Mixels set. LM seal is 15R5

My son just turned 7, and I asked myself this question a while ago. At first, I answered it "Coupons, points and discounts are for investing... I want maximum returns on my investments. Toys for my kid will just cost what they cost." But then I realized... that's not smart. We're paying taxes on our profits, so really the smart move is to take those VIP points, and discounts for your family (tax free windfall). So... hypothetical... if you want to buy 2 identical sets - 1 for your son, and 1 as an investment - and you only have 1 coupon for 25% off... you use it to buy the one for your son... pay "full price" for your investment to have maximum cost, minimum taxable profit. Like biking_tiger said... Kids' "wants" change rapidly. My son will talk all summer and fall about getting sets "A, B and C" for Christmas. I'll keep my eyes open, pick them up here and there when I can find a great deal... then December 15th or so... he scrap that list, and issue new "demands", and I end up scrambling to find those most sought after sets, right before Christmas... and then need to sell those others I bought him! Now... when considering set "A, B or C" I always keep in my mind that I need to get it for a good price, because I may have to sell it.

I have a Max, too, and we used to have a lot of fun with Hero Factory mash-ups. He's nearly 10 now and spends more time with Minecraft (the digital version). I love buying discount Lego for my kids--and for my own builds. When it comes to Christmas shopping, do yourself a favor and buy popular sets early, noting a five-year-old's wants will probably change between now and Christmas.

I make the kids wait for sales or a deal. Occasionally, especially at LEGO Store, I'll buy something under $50 or up to the promo level for him and I.

I'm in for at least one Pirate!

.. or an overpowered bad guy on an awesome dragon looking for challenges

Ordered my first Tumbler from Shop today. I've been trying lately to buy 1 exclusive a week or so.

Gotcha, I wonder if The Death Star might have a lower IBF due to the Barnes & Noble sales. I know i bought all mine at around $260

I think this set will do just fine, because people are fanatic for large models. As for vehicles, the Delorean is doing just fine. The VW Beetle is doing just fine. I'd say a Ferrari F40 is more popular than a B-Wing or UCS Obi-Wan Starfighter.

No, I think that the Ferrari is July 17

I will add the Friends polybag info to the Polybag Availability List later on today. Look for it in the Polybags thread.

I don't think Vampyre Castle is a good comparison. That's a lego licensed line, and just doesn't have the billion dollar movies and classic books behind it. Comparing it to modulars is also a stretch. Now, Rancor Pit, and Jurassic World… now we are talking because the sets are very similar in that they have a large maxi figure included.. But those sets are still young and Rancor Pit hasn't been retired long enough yet. I also do like the Lonely Mountain set. It compacts and covers a lot of the sets within the lonely mountain in the movie. There is no possible way they could make a lonely mountain set based on the scenes in the movie. The dwarf cavern was vast, grand and gigantic. It would be the size of someones 3000 square foot house to pull it off at mini figure scale. But, they convered many of the key details. I personally, really like the Lonely Mountain set, and consider the best of the hobbit line.

LEGO is not the stock market (exactly... that BP logo is nice), but some of the same adages apply: "It's not the timing of the market, but your time in the market." I've been around this site for nearly a year now, and it seems *most* of the successful investors aren't those chasing something in magic crystal ball or the the winning lotto ticket. They have strategies and stick with them. They have patience and stick with it. Sure, LEGO can eff with your plan with (cue music) CHAOS, but if your plan mitigates for that risk, you should be fine in the long run. I don't plan to get rich with LEGO, but I am (already) growing my money. PS, PC, and TB will all be winners, given time and a solid strategy.

For sure. That's an interesting theory I'd like to see more support for/against it. Let me play devil's advocate. Ghost Train, regarded as a winner here and by The Brick Show but can still be attained at MSRP. Some people backed Vampyre Hearse too, as best set of 2012, which I can still find on shelf, dusty from 2012. Yet some of the other Monster Fighters have doubled or more. The Ghost Train. 4-5 pages before retirement. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/1368-9467-the-ghost-train/ The Malevolence. 5 pages before retirement. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/2170-9515-malevolence/ In hindsight, generally the Lone Ranger stuff seemed like a bad idea but during the time there was some optimism and balanced threads. You'd think at least the train would do well, but alas. On the flip side, 60 pages and being the #1 most hoarded set hasn't stopped R2-D2 from doubling in price in less than a year. Then there's Jabba Palace, Jabba Sail Barge, what happened? Discounts, availability, the actual set and who it markets to, etc. I guess post count/activity could be used as one of so many valuable variables and unknown variables, but the weight alone seems so minor due to its unpredictability, or it needs to be better defined to be reliable only under certain circumstances (when other variables are present/not present). Your turn valenciaeric!

In Technic circles, the 42039 has been hammered for its lack of useful functions (no gearbox) ad gaping gaps between panels. I have it on display and it honestly doesn´t look as bad as all that but there is room for imrprovement.

I respectfully disagree, I was impressed when I first saw all of the above and this one not so much. Like another member mentioned this looks like a big version of one of those 3 In 1 creator cars.

I ordered one last week from TRU TRUTH day. They were in stock online, and a friendly employee ordered it up for me with all the discounts and rounded numbers in my favor. With my Raise cards, including tax, I paid $162. Received it today in great shape, early 2014 code.

Because everyone here has made so much money selling Legos that they all own at least one real Ferrari and are disgusted by this cheap replica! You can bet on the first day it goes on sale the horde will snap them up to quick flip.

I made exceptions today. 10% off with the Merlin Pass. It was a pristine box, not use to that in my collection. Stands out from the other misfits lol tonight will be damage shopping

I was weak... just ordered 3 of these.

In the US they have been disappearing fairly quickly from TRU, and are are currently gone at amazon. Walmart has them but they dont really discount much online. Target has them but they always seem to hold on to exclusives longer than others, not really sure why. So at least in the US it doesnt take much of a discount to move them.

Lego have to yank lots of products, to make way for the Star Wars overkill.

Well, I guess we'll keep hoarding those VW Campers.

At three of the TRU that I visited, the had lots of stock of all of the sets. I don't think that prices will get much higher than the 10% TRU lego surcharge in the short term. During the holidays, it's going to be all about SW, no doubt.

Oh I don't know... go to your Toy-R-Us on a Thursday and get a 75919... retail $139.99 - 10 % TRUTH - 25% coupon - 12% gift card + 7% tax = about $89. Sell it in your ebay store for $128, pay 9% ebay fees, - paypal fee, - $13 shipping... end up with about $99. You make $10 and keep about $7.50 in TRU points. For some people that's good enough of a flip. Not what I like to do with my free time tho.