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This was from the tub I bought last weekend. Took forever to find all the pieces in the tub but I finally finished it tonight. It was worth it, much cooler than I expected. I ordered a manual off bricklink to make it easier to sell but I kind of want to keep it now

stop Raptor time...

that was me. Thanks for the fast shipping and quality packaging. I finally decided to finish my Lone Ranger collection. I was too late in getting back in to Lego to buy these all at the nice clearance prices.

Now they are just messin with us Man!! I looked on there a minute ago, and it said "Still Sold Out". And right after that: "Nah, just kidding." And finally: "Got your nose."

I've seen this bit posted a few times about licenses on the license for individual sets within a licensed theme. I highly doubt there are license agreements for every set within a line. I would imagine that as long as TLG has the license to a produce sets for Star Wars, they have the ability to decide how long they are going to produce a particular set. Otherwise it would have gone something like, " Hey, George, it's Mark over at LEGO. Yea, about that UCS B-wing, it sucks. Do you mind if we pull the plug a little early on that one?"

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

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.

The motherload. These 10 have been lingering for about 2 weeks now.

I couldn't resist opening one and building it (I ordered two) and it is a great little build - the stand for the plane is awesome! Lots of stickers but very unique.

So... I can never fly Lufthansa. If my kid got one of those, I'd have to make a deal with him... "Do you really want to open that?... I'll give you an Ezra's Speeder Bike when we get back from vacation, if you just give that to me now..."

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.

Or maybe the brick separator is retired?

Built the Shuttle Tydirium last week, and it's now my new favorite non-exclusive Star Wars kit. All it needed was a stand, so I bricklinked the parts I needed so the stand is as new and shiny as the rest of it. Beautiful kit for those of you (like me) who do not have the UCS version.

Didn't we collectively decide that TMNT was an investment flop.......someone didn't get that memo I guess?

Well now I want one. ;-)

So.. you know. Thought I'd build it and make a little scene

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

Put me down. Ill play again. Need to redeem myself.

Indeed. I still have the originals in those big boxes PC games used to come in. I shall try to find more of the little guys then.

12 + IR.

Keep Calm And Flutter On by Iain Heath

I got the memo ....and thought it was junk mail.

Good-bye ToO it was nice knowing you. Even the Lord of the Rings is one from the Theme selection on SAH.

That is a marvelous set! I would keep it. They ain't making more of these!

I know someone looking for one if you don't have the space

Actually no. Sometime it gets mixed into the regular stock and a worker unknowingly puts them out. I remember with other promos such as Elrond, Lego would send them in a separate shipment with specific instructions. Not the case I guess with regular polybags. Anything left over of course will eventually make it out onto the shelf. Nice set and packaging though, I like getting the licensed themes that contain a minifigure

We're doing the dance.

I snapped up the last one.

Decent day buying today....all items on great clearance prices! Couldn't pass on any of it -- did pass on all the FRIENDS series and elves stuff - don't know anything about - all 50% off. AT-AT, picked up 12. Some turtles, tons of Cantina's (18 total) and Batman joker steam roller sets (I think 28 total) and some other low end junk.

Brickset shows $349.99 for Canada, $299.99 for US

7965 MF for $230 shipped ...

I see you forgot to factor in the saturated fat in that snickers bar which is gonna raise cholesterol and expenses even more with doctor copay, prescriptions, and lesser quality of life. These lego shopping trips are just plain tearing you up financially and medically:)

No i dont let an oil change factor into my decision to buy a lego set that has doubled in price. Or the snickers bar I ate on my trip. Do i deduct for taxes yes. My bank account says it is making me money, that is all I facfor in. But I only owned the set for 2 days so it cant be worth money unless i let it sit on my shelves for 3 years like all the other exclusives that never retire.

I definitely agree with holding on to these. I know Amazon fees are better because I can ship a box of 20 of these to Amazon FBA for $8. That's .40 for shipping. That is the big difference between Amazon and eBay. I don't factor gas and all that because it is fun. It is definitely a gamble to sell now or wait it out but either way they will be worth it.

Got 2 for 582 taxes in... Actually got to leverage that free prime membership! I wonder how many they got left...

Sold: - 8486 Cars Mack's Team Truck 90 euro. - 9492 Tie Fighter 75 euro. - 9493 X-Wing 95 euro - 70728 Battle for Ninjago City 125 euro. All cold hard cash.

Just went to a TRU here in Edmonton and found about 20 Joker Bumper Car polybags. $5.99 each.

Lays night a cashier I've had once or twice before saw me and said "Ahh, it's lego day!", which I initially wrote off as being a comment about the 3 boxes I was buying. Then she said "have your rewards card? of course you do!"....hmmm...getting more familiar. Then as I was leaving, "see you next Thursday!" Seems as though she has me pegged

this is a different set but has the same white banding and barcode etc. Like here, its not on all bags.

My guess is that it is a question of production capacity. At the end of the day, TLG has a finite capacity to manufacture bricks and sets. Without looking at any numbers, it seems to me like TLG has been pumping out a lot more new sets and new themes over the past few years than it has in the past (e.g., the Classic line of sets, the four great vehicle City sets last year, etc.), and each of those sets and themes must lay claim to some percentage of that finite manufacturing capacity. Unless TLG has a lot of excess manufacturing capacity, the smartest play that they can make is to allocate the available capacity to the sets and themes that prove to be most profitable. Even though 10188 may be a good seller and may still be a profitable set, the ultimate question is whether it is sufficiently profitable when compared to other sets/themes to justify the manufacturing and distribution capacity that it requires to place the set into the hands of retailers. I would suspect that there are going to be a lot of retirements over the next 3-6 months simply because of the manufacturing capacity that TLG is going to be allocating to the new Star Wars sets.

same size box as original - I saw these in store a while back with new expert logo - definitely in store before all of the glitches. (London store)

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.

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

What do all these young kids call it, TBT. 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab (picked up for $30US)

your user name is cracking me up. Now where is D-Nice?!

Sold out would be a lot nicer.

Finished up the Sea Cow today - looks amazing!!! Really like the steam punk related details.

​Oh no worries, I realize it won't be easy to keep it. I'll be taking a 7+ month hiatus from selling anything this coming Christmas. I have a good number of ripened Star Wars sets I hope to sell this fall so even a 20% savings on fees will be worth it. This is the first time I've ever found a worthwhile stash of polys at my local TRUs so I'm just having a little fun too. ​I averaged it to $5 profit per, $240 = 48 polybags. I think I ended up with 51 but I'm keeping 2 for myself and I gave one away. It's not a ton of money for the effort but what the hell, it's more fun than my day job right now.

I told my wallet to man up and grow a pair. We're getting all of these.

When did these "figurines" become role models for girls? True story: I love that my daughter loves Legos: wholesome family entertainment, well-done and based on classic Disney stories. The "Friends" and Disney lines are brilliant. As a Father, I will gladly shell out the dollars for my kids to have Lego's wholesome, fun, and well-done Friends and Disney line. It will be a cold day in Hell before Mattel's new "dolls" are allowed in my home. Just look at the photo above to get my point: there is nothing there I hope my children aspire to.