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Sold a museum break-in for $125 shipped on Amazon.ca. Paid $60 for it.

I picked up a TRU exclusive set 66536, it combines 75110 Luke and 75111 Vader buildable figures. Comes with a poster. This one didn't appear to leak, can't find any previous mention of it on the internet, but it is on the TRU Canada site now (I bought mine in WA). http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=67364286

Only thing missing is a Sharknado to go with it.

I can't believe they let me walk out with the display box...

For me, when my UPS packages look this this, they don't ring the bell...

Here is a random selection of some more minifigure habitats. (A couple are using a proxy character in place of the actual one.) Collectible Minifig Apartment - Samurai (Series 3) Collectible Minifig Apartments - Surfer Girl (Series 4) Collectible Minifig Apartments - Race Car Driver (Series 3) Collectible Minifig Apartments - Aztec Warrior (Series 7) Collectible Minifig Apartment - Gladiator (Series 5) Collectible Minifig Apartment - Werewolf (Series 4) Collectible Minifig Apartment - Evil Mech (Series 11) Collectible Minifig Apartments - Daredevil (Series 7) Collectible Minifig Habitat - Series 13 Egyptian Warrior Lego CMF Series 14: Scary Story!

Centurion by Elephant-Knight Galaxy Tzar by Doctor Mobius Classic Space Spaceship by Crimso Giger CS Ticondaroga Spaceport by Søren Johansen

Low risk , good margins and people will buy these continuously as they can't just buy 1 off of SAH for $10, they would spend 18ish with tax and shipping. So there is always value in them from the get go. Any leftovers you save for the following season and make combos. A lot of people aren't like us that buy $75 to get free shipping and promos. They just want that one small set to put on display for the holiday. I try to get at least 200 of each seasonal set. Sometimes not all up front but on the back end at clearance as well for the following year. Bats at $5 were a great investment last year and are already pulling $15 again. Combo up with the new one for $35 on a $15 investment. Takes a little pre-planning as well to make the combos work.

PS is an outstanding modular. It's also unique, in that it's 2 separate buildings, one of which can be repeated multiple times to great effect. It's not crazy to think about 2 or 3x of these for your modular layout, they're that versatile (including doubling the width of the Pet Shop itself). For this reason, I see PS (and GE for additional floors) as especially good modulars in the long-run for future AFOL.

Go to Problem -> Order -> and file a Non-Shipping Seller action. Likely that will get you a response quickly.

I had "quoted" your pic of the Agents ship, but the pic got lost somehow. All I meant is the Agents ship looked like the anti- Dolphin Cruiser. I've always liked the Agents stuff. I wish more folks did (and it would be great if Lego actually marketed it).

I received some stuff from shopgoodwill and I was delighted at how little was missing from this. http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=23537592 only missing a hose from the Midi Falcon and instruction book 1 from the other kit. Now to see what is missing from this http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=23489302 there wound up being a lot more minifigures in that pile than I originally thought.

Was it only me or did anyone else flinch and cringe at the real-time impact sound?? That impact sound was like nails on a chalkboard for me.

I had the day off work today and built the mystery machine and haunted lighthouse during a scooby-foo marathon with the little guy. The MM is pretty resilient. My 3yr old hasn't stopped playing with it (minus dinner time) for 6hrs now!

If you have any 7965 Hold them, they will still bring $250 and up down the road.

I thought I would resurrect this thread since its been a year since this debacle took place. I'm happy to report that I'm back on eBay and sales are picking up! I want to thank everyone in this thread for their advice, reassurance, and support. It turns out the best advice was just to lay low for a while and use my original account when the time felt right. I started selling on eBay in May. The summer was slow but things started to really pick up towards the end of August. So far I've sold a SSD, a Lone Ranger polybag, and a few sets in between. It's been fun a ride so far. Thanks again to everyone on Brickpicker. I would have been lost without your advice and input. What a great community we have here. I am grateful to be a part of it.

Somehow my Lourve got out of the box!

Pre Viszla´s fighter your time has come to fly!

Sooo my son started building Kylo Ren's command shuttle today, and after unboxing it, we had to look a few times for the sticker sheet, because there wasn't one, which baffled us. Then we opened up the bags, and found that all the pieces that used to have stickers now have printed pieces! Looks like Lego finally listened.

I tend to disagree. I went to the event last night at TRU, then hit walmart and a lot of people started snatching up old lego sets too. They weren't necessarily going for just the new ones.

Thanks guys, just got 120 cmf from Sainsbury's , got to learn to smoosh now...never been that good at doing that!

None of the Targets or Walgreens in a ten mile radius of me got the Monster minifigs. The Target stores that didn't have any minifigs on the shelf showed hundreds in stock. When the employees went to the back to look, all they found were Simpsons series 2 that had been received ages ago, tucked behind other stuff, and never put out on the shelf. I was told when their stock gets lower the computer will order. Hope someone buys those Simpsons minifigs soon! I don't want them!

Millennium Winter Toyshop! Another year of Xmas flips beckons - rinse and repeat.

Here is an interesting article about the new STAR WARS books released today that discuss life after Return of the Jedi... Also another good post about it on USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/09/04/exclusive-excerpt-star-wars-aftermath-novel/71557386/

Smyths has to be the worse. Look I got of the cashier when I bought a stack of Witch-King Battle. Wouldn’t mind but it’s such a low rent store.

Back in the old days I once bought almost 300 Team GB minifigures, when they where quid each at Smyths. Woman asks me why are you buying so many, I just said I work for a kids charity and these are going in their goody bags, seemed to work. If she only knew the money I made on them

Can't be any worse than the looks you get when sitting on the floor of TRU smooshing the CMFs. Kids and parents both staring, wondering; WTF?!

Just managed to get a full box of the simpsons cmf for £60 in sainsburys. I love the looks you get at the tills.

This is just a topic created by a member introducing himself, there really isn't a place where people from different regions get together per se, we all just kind of hang out together

They would need big balls to do so apparently.

Non Lego, but this is the lock winner for Christmas. http://store.sphero.com/products/bb-8-by-sphero

I built a Midi Millennium Falcon to verify that all the parts were in the box.

Awesome. Thanks for the info.

The trading forum was reopened ... Go to the * Members Only Forum * then to the Lego Trading Forum and post away. No selling in there is all... Brick Classifieds has "want ads" which involve the exchange of money. That's what I remember Jeff saying the other day... Just don't remember where he posted that and I'm on my iPad which sucks for searching. ** edit... Yeah, he posted about it on August 24th in the Site Information & Updates forum. Go read and then go trade. **

Here are the giveaways I got at TRU... a crowd of about 70 or 100 people there tonight (in my BFE TRU)... most went straight for the Black Series stuff... other action figures, light sabers, costumes... I had the Lego aisle to myself for a while.

Howzit Blacktron! Welcome.

found 87 of them today at TRU, they let me keep the 2 display boxes they were in which was cool. Used GC, Coupons, Rewards, TRUTH, etc. Here's the breakdown of what I received: (I'd consider trading some as I'd like to make at least 5 complete sets from these) Banshee- 6 Fly Monster- 5 Gargoyle- 5 Monster Rocker- 8 Monster Scientist- 9 Plant Monster- 5 Skeleton Guy- 5 Spectre- 6 Spider Lady- 4 Square Foot- 4 Tiger Woman- 5 Wacky Witch- 3 Wolf Guy- 4 Zombie Businessman- 4 Zombie Cheerleader- 5 Zombie Pirate- 9

Case if series 14 And cough *CoD* megabloks at around 80% off

The fact that it's 2 buildings makes it unique, and gives you more different ways to arrange your modulars in a row. The biggest reason that people like it is simply because it's a modular. When there are only ~4 available at any given time, and the retired ones get expensive quickly, people who want to have a modular street are somewhat 'forced' to buy what's available to them. Having built several modulars, I personally find the Pet Shop to be the worst of the bunch, but even a bad modular is still a decent set.

Like others have said, I don't recall seeing Sold Out for something so new rather than (Temp) Out of Stock. This series is more seasonal than the rest, but 2 days would be crazy to be gone already. With all this talk, the fear suckered me into another Minfiguresplus order. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Please check this out and support it if you like it. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/115875 I made it.

Take with a grain of salt, but I just got off phone with LEGO CS asking if Series 14 minifigures is really done (e.g. no more from shop at home) and the rep told me that they should be back in stock within 2 weeks. Played the part of the concerned father of little Timmy, worried he wouldn't get his zombie cheerleader without his father having to step foot in a target or walmart and that I preferred to buy them from shop at home with VIP.

I think you might win the award for reviving the oldest thread. Almost 2 years since anyone posted. Well done!

For those of you who need to replenish their packing/shipping supplies: 40% off a single regular-priced packing or shipping product; expires 09/05/15 40% off $50 purchase; expires 09/05/15

Let's go space truckin'. Neo Blacktron Truck by nolnet

Typically I don't take the time to get on every forum, but since there were so many sales within hours of listing the pre-order, I assumed investors were responsible. Hopefully I can address a few concerns briefly. I have attached a photo that will hopefully show more clearly how everything is shipped. Labels are affixed to the boxes exactly as they are received, and larger orders will even receive double boxing. We pride ourselves with never opening the original shipping boxes. Anything that looks remotely damaged will be opened and parted out, so you receive the best boxes. Fortunately we have increased supply for this series, anticipating a higher demand (as is typical when there are figures involving an upcoming holiday), but that is very true. We have expanded to Amazon this summer as well, and if sales continue the way they are over the next 48 hours, you will see the price increase. Shipping date is expected to be around the 17th or 18th of September to be more precise, but because we cannot make promises on that date, it is stated as "late September."

I don't display much and was gonna just keep it to modulars, but I find it hard to put the CS away haha. And yes, they get a swoosh every now and then.

The EEE ship _might_ be a good investment, but hard to say. Lots of people hate the stickers, others not so much. It'll also be a long term hold set as it seems to be a set that was moderately bought by investors and is not lingering at retail. Nobody is sure what that really means... do people not like it? Maybe... or are people passing on it and may later regret that? Possible... who knows! The train is a great set but it has doubled in value already. If you can get one anywhere near MSRP, it would be a rare find... Doesn't seem to be too heavily hoarded but where is the limit? 3x, 4x? Who knows! Personally, the modular buildings are great investments. They might be heavily hoarded but they are also one of the most popular lines... there will be buyers for them, eventually. I suggest you read up on opinions on this site, come up with a strategy (invest only in X, diversify with 1-2 across A, B, C, hold for 1-2 years or 3-4 or 10 years, etc). No single answer is right except have fun and don't go broke doing it! Give Jeff a chance to see your post and reply... He's the only with the keys to the magic of the Brickfolio. If he doesn't reply in a couple days, give your post a bump and the mods will bug him about it as well! Oh, and welcome!

Lord Business???