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I hope you guys are ok with this. The hypothetical theories brought up over the last few pages are making me want to

"BP - the only site that cares about the welfare of everyone from Bill Gates to little Timmy."

Sandcrawler at 259,84 at amazon.ca i think that's a good deal!

And that's the key. As long as you follow an strategy with the sets you like (say, I'll buy 5 TOO by the time it reaches 2 years on the shelves or whatever), retirement talk shouldn't matter too much. The idea is to have your target amount before the thing goes, and once you really believe it is about to be retired, make the decision to try and get more if you can. The difference is that once you reach your target goal, whether you get more or not shouldn't matter. Buying more would be a positive, but failing to would not be a disaster. As with any investment, you can make tactical deviations from these. If you believe RE will be very unique or whatever, then buy some and be comfortable with the risk. I'm not the first to say this by any stretch of the imagination, but it's good to bring it up every so often.

I'm sure that's the way J.R.R. Tolkien would have planned it.

Got this from ebay today. Am really surprised to see the pilot minifigure torso is actually a sticker and not printed - is that common? Regardless I love this polybag. When I was a kid my family lived in Europe and we flew Lufthansa often and I remember loving the long plane rides from California and they always gave my younger brother and I cool toys and flying kits.

QFLL!!!

Better do it now before you are cracking open a $800 set.

with so much drama in the Brick lbc its kinda hard be DINO-Dee Aaaaye dubbu Gee. but some how some way I keep coming up with funky-a$$ stock up dates every singe day. May I brick a lil something for the QFLL And make a few ends as a I breeze through 2 in the morning and the outgoing boxes are stacked higher than me.

honestly, all this talk about in-stock, sold-out, lego stating more will be made, etc... it just makes me want to finally crack open one of my opened box / sealed bags 10188s. it must really be a cool build considering all the features.

Not for me. Clearing ~$5-7 on a $40 set is not making my money work hard enough. If I knew there was a "limitless" supply and it continued to sell at $65, sure. But neither situation is true. To each his own.

Still sold out in the US and potential inventory in Europe. Didn't the SSD do something similar?

I'll let everyone know when they arrive....if people even still care in two weeks.

Here it is

So much dino drama.

Jurassic World Day was a success. 10 hrs driving 300 miles Lots of $$$ 30 RE 3 IR atTRU with average $95 2 RR with 2 yet to be picked up 4 TRex yet to be picked up Drove to town in between 2 mountains and found 17 on shelf. Sorry little Timmy you had your chance.

I've usually had pretty good luck receiving undamaged boxes. That streak ended today. Spectacularly.

Who said I was buying?

what's that hissing sound? for a second i thought it was a leaking balloon, but no it was the sound of a thousand receipts being rustled in the wind. chaos rules the day. sold out - meaningless. TOOS - sure it is. limit 5 gone tomorrow.

Would be cooler if it said "we are making MOAR"

Nonono, they made stormtrooper hotcakes!

"I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye. "

maybe he was invited?

you might have to if you are ever gonna get rid of them .

And that's why we hate love you!

The best way to eat it in front of the computer or if you're on the go.

My wife's brother and his family have lived in Poland for the last 7 years. They are currently visiting and staying with us while they are here. Their flight was Lufthansa from Germany, which handed this poly out to the kids on board. Before I knew my niece had this, I've been building Lego with her, and gave her a 30188 Cute Kitten, and a 30285 Tiger to take home. She then surprised me with the Lufthansa bag as a gift. Lego is always the best universal gift to give.

Amen brother! All newbies pay attention to this.

This is probably a better place to be putting investment money instead of the JW line atm.

Impossible. It was sold out and retired a few hours ago.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/41453 https://ideas.lego.com/projects/41453

I think those will have some seal codes folks will be interested in.

I'm actually ok with it too. I currently have 4 of them, one of which is open. Worse case scenario, I can build my own moc of Barad-dur, or an even larger Tower of Orthanc, since there are enough pieces for something like that. Honestly though, as time moves on this set will spike. Those that have seen the Tower of Orthanc in person know how impressive it is. Those that haven't seen it, or know about it, but are giant LOTR fans will probably one day stumble into it, and that's when they start to want their precious.

Lol, I went through and smooshed several boxes of CMF 10 at area Targets and found no Gold. I should have kept all Bumblebee Girls I found as those turned out to be nice consolation prize, even better than the Medusas

My two cents...I think the biggest limit to the value of ToO is that TLG never made the tower of barad-dur. If that had happened I think each set would have made the other more collectible. But I'm a little bias because personally I would have preferred ToBD over ToO.

Wargs and weathertop were poor investment choices for me, too. Oh well, can't win them all but you can learn from them all.

Maybe the two pieces just did not fit in the new smaller box?

I'll hold on to my 2 for now, glad I didn't go all in on this.

TOO performance has been disheartening on Amazon. For a 200$ set to be oos for months and price stagnating at 260 , that is a telling sign IMO .

So you are telling me : sold out doesn't mean retired !!!!! Whaaaaaaaaaaat... Tsk tsk tsk

Alright, now it's time to get serious and start buying these things.

TOO Sold Out at LEGO Shop at Home

Darnny, Darn, Darn

Retired sets are the only sets that would concern me and its what I was referring to, never crossed my mind to sell sets that were still in production. How do people make any money selling sets that are still in production. (besides Lego employee and Mr. Five Fingers?)

Since we don't have a Simpsons forum, thought I'd post it here.. http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/23/someone-has-recreated-the-entire-town-of-springfield-in-lego-form-and-its-amazing-5308615/ Pretty cool.. I like the nuclear plant myself!

Last year I got a lot that had an emerald night, QAR, BP, shuttle expedition, 90% of a Grand Carousel, and 150 pounds of assorted bulk for $50. I find lots like that (minus GC) several times a year.

IR : 190$

^ This...I am glad that you made mention of this type of action. For the past few years I would take Lego on sale/clearance and would drop off to the Children's Hospital here in town. However, I would always take my children along and make them deliver it with me. I would then remind them " that if they think they were having a bad day, just remember that some of these kids won't be going home for Christmas"... It has always been a good learning experience for my kids, humbling for me and the hospital gets a kick out of all the Lego. Not trying to toot my horn or to apply pressure to others, but I wish more people took this approach. Spot on, sir.

The Grand Hotel looks flippin' sweet. My daughters will have one someday. Out of principle, I won't be buying them any Pop Star stuff. We get enough "how cool is it to be a celebrity" ram-rodded down our throat as it is in America. Unfortunate to see Lego jumping on.

Built the F40 today, as other reviews have stated there are some really interesting building techniques and I really enjoyed putting this together. I think it looks pretty cool as well.