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Every party has a pooper that's why they invited me. So, i know this is an exciting orgy / self-fulfilling prophecy of demand and out-of-stockness etc. Disclaimer - I'M ONLY POSTING THIS FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW / HAVEN'T SEEN MULTIPLE YEARS OF THIS. I'm not telling those who know better than me anything they haven't heard yet. --------- Ok, now JUST to the newbs. Please be careful. It's entirely possible you could get smacked down buying these sets at retail. If (IF) they come back and hang around THROUGH the holidays, then they're going to linger on shelves. Then they're going to linger at Toys R Us at the TRU premium (usually about 10% over retail) for a very LONGGGG time. That caps your ability to sell for a profit for a while. Then they're going to hit clearance and provide competitors to your buy-in price that you can't beat. (IE you bought Indominus at 129.99 and others will find it for 99 and 79, and even 49. So if you can't afford to sit on your stock of JW stuff AT LEAST through next July without incurring financial pain, please don't jump in more than you can afford. The whole theme MIGHT NOT be a quick flip. Sets are clearanced at Walmart & then come back ALL the time. ------------ For those of you that are vets, I FULLY get why you're jumping in. Lots of nice pieces aligning in a potential perfect storm. Just don't want to see the newbs get trampled in a situation that could totally smack them down. ---------- Lame warning over.

Finally got all the parts in, and here is the finished model! Overall fairly happy, it could be better, but it does the job. Might turn the empty flickfire missile spots to lights.

The only sane conclusion to make from all of this is that TLG is phasing out the modular building and Simpsons lines to go all in on sets with helicopters......

You sir have a lot of reading to do... About 30 pages worth in this thread alone. All of your questions (and more) have been answered in previous posts. Enjoy your evening whilst you read!

Migration's "job" is about as consistent as Lego production runs!

Then bam... hit them with...

Oh, man, i can only imagine the conversation... - would you like to see my Death Star? it is really big... why don't you come with me to my car?

6 Cantinas in PERFECT boxes at a really sketchy Walmart for $49 each. Couldn't believe how nice the boxes were. They're always destroyed at this store. And.................sadly, i went ahead and scooped up the 3 Raptor Escapes they had. I still don't believe this theme at large is bound for early extinction, but i'm also not above hedging my bets on a non-TRU store exclusive with popular exclusive characters. Cashier was asking me if i had ever seen the Lego Death Star. I told him i had one in my trunk. I think he thought i was messing with him

Who'd you narc on for this insider knowledge Ed? We're on to your little game Trading brickpickers ID's for retirement info. Gather data on all your competitors and then turn them in to the Lego Banhammer Gestapo. It's almost like a TV Show...... ............Adding a j/k at the bottom as i've been told people don't get my sarcasm or sense of humor.

Sorry folks, we're gonna have to cut the tour a bit short today. Please have a seat. "Why?" Turn around and look up. "Oh."

It seems like everytime a set says sold out people start to panic, so what is everybody going to go out and spend tons of money and go broke, every set now and then says sold out, and as for the PR retiring before the PS and PC well if this happens I am retiring from Lego I have thousands of Exclusives to last me a few years to make big money, for most it has to be driving you crazy reading all these post everyday, its even gets to me sometime. Nobody can buy everything and as for the Jurassic World sets I am 99% on the 75919 set and if I can get the 75920 set I will get some. For you guys that have a small amount of money to buy Lego better be careful or you will be in major money trouble by the end of the year, Ed

Sold a heavy lift heli for $70 @ Amazon. Buy buy in was 3 cents at tru. $$$$

for what it is worth and my memory is not exact on this I think tru.com had about 450 last friday or satruday, 3 hundred and something yesterday and now 2 hundred and something. it is not restocked it is going down. do I think the entire line is done yet ? no do I think 75920 is done ? possibly am I investing into a line I like but had no intention of wanting to invest in at this time ? yes is it a smart idea ? not sure

If you already have over 100, do you seriously need advice on whether they're worth it?

Still waiting for 3 more to arrive. 16 down in the USA for FBA. The rest are whats sitting in my storage right now at the photo below. The sealed cases contains 2 each.

Normally, I do not sell much or anything worthy of posting in this thread...but was stoked today when I sold a T-Rex Tracker and Gallimimus poly for $120 (with free shipping). Buy-in was roughly $47 with TRUTH and GC. Glad I tested the waters. Trying to follow Exciter1 with slow and steady, but kind of wished I picked up more!

And no, I did not beat the storm back. 45 mph sustained wind and 60+mph gusts with driving rain. Good times. A little extra adventure.

Sure, might be a glitch. Probably is a glitch.....or maybe they are shipping inventory to the US.

Coincidently after a little more exploring, I found her castle.

I think we have to assume "Sold Out" in Europe means they don't want to worry about putting silly "Temporary Out of Stock" or "expected Ship date" - too much work. With two months vacations there is just no time for that... (note that Birds and ISD are also "Sold Out")

Town Hall, amazon, $589.95. going on a raptor hunt tomorrow.

Bring on the MOD hammer! how about a change of subject: one sale: (6) JW RE $59.95/ea + sh (fleabay) I nested two Priority mail 12x12x4 boxes to ship. worked out well.

One thing that I would like to add is that if you aren't receiving feedback, then your customers are NOT unhappy and that's all you can ask for because you will know if one is miserable.

From a buyer's perspective, I've left feedback on Amazon on very few occasions. There is something about buying over there that just keeps me from doing it as much as I do on eBay. Part of if is the illusion of buying from Amazon. Even though people are buying from 3rd party sellers, most of the times I guess it feels just as if you were buying directly from Amazon.

I've misdirected bought 40 75920 flipped 10 bought 20 trex tracker 15 raptor rampage and 4 IR its quite fun

Or they just want to go back to 1-2 modulars available at once. I could imagine that Kwik E Mart bombed in Europe though. As for calling Lego, I tried that last year re: TH and the guy just said, 'it's not retired, but we don't know when we'll get more in.'. Turns out the correct answer was, 'never'. I can just imagine the conversation in this case: Me: Hi, I was wondering if PR is really sold out, or it's just a glitch? Lego CS: It's 'available now' in the US. Me: Yes, but it's 'sold out' in Europe. Lego CS: (Pause, then in an eerily calm voice) Why do you care, exactly? Me: (Hangs up, sigh of relief that I was calling from a pay phone)

Then please refrain from calling people names. Tx.

Last & final shipments perhaps. Awaken the Force awaits

21016 Sungnyemun comes to mind. Robbie House, and Burj Khalifa was about 2.3 years.

Well, the mob mentality got to me. 4x 75920 raptor escape from a fully stocked lego store.

Star Wars helicopters...

Those who invest slow and steady may already be in a good spot.

Jeeeeeeessss...Can't a guy post a cool Dinosaur and flaming asteroid picture in a LEGO Dinosaur related thread without being accused of having some kind of insider knowledge?

That's the kind of buying power TabbyBoy has.

Once Upon a Time... The Sleeping Beauty Castle by Stephle59 Cinderella's Carriage by Stephle59

Bought two new architecture sets - Villa Savoy for $45 & Imperial Hotel for $87

I think we just have to face the truth. Ed & Jeff are narc-ing us out to lego in order to get inside info on retirements. Sad day, but what other explanation is there? added by request.

does the 3 cent include gas car depreciation and fringes ? Lol just teasing

Looks great - nice job! Did you think about throwing some green or yellow on the model to give it that signature JP look?

Last month, I acquired several lego sets for the first time in 15 years. I used my 20% big box store employee discount on AT-AT 75054, Shuttle Tydirium 75094, AT DP 75083, and Palace Cinema 10232. I had my eye on Death Star 10188 ever since it came out years ago, and just missed out on getting it with my employee discount. It's sold out at the big box stores. Luckily, the Lego Store in my metro still had some in stock.

meeee to - that would fulfill my hoarding foto fetish needs for the week. all the JW naysayers need to get with the program and start drinking more koolaid.

Depends how much I've had to drink.

This is just how GE went last year and FB the year before. No worries.

New & sealed sets sold within the past week: 2 Jurassic World T-Rex Trackers 75918: $80 each (paid $50 each Walmart clearance); really regret not selling for a higher price Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man Malibu Mansion 76007: $50 (paid $20 Walmart clearance) Lego Movie Ice Cream Machine 70804: $30 (paid $15 Walmart clearance) Ninjago Cole's Earth Driller 70502: $25 (paid $9 Walmart clearance) Ninjago Golden Dragon $50 70503: (paid $0.03 TRU clearance) Creative Tower 10664 $95: (paid $35 Walmart online)

My dad is flying across the country so that he can see it on opening weekend with me and my son. People are going to lose their freakin' minds when Star Wars hits theaters.

My "job" is a bit different from most on here, I deal with all the issue of a service related industry, this week has been particularly rough in that regard, but then I do get to see things like this on a regular basis. So, I guess it all evens out...