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My son has been bugging me to finally build 76041 - The Hydra Fortress Smash. I didn't like that the interior had very few rooms for play, so I made some additions. He'll wake up tomorrow and the battle will ensue.

while I expect that Santa will perform the same as DC did in its second holiday season, I don't buy into the notion that Lego adjust its production because resellers decide to jump on a set ( any set) at the very last minute . Seems like a horrible way to run a company and too narrow sighted .

I hate both of you.

I'm going to re-iterate my previous stance on this. PASS.

http://imgur.com/a/15zTE Maybe I'm jumping the gun here but these look awful

Lucky's Diner by Rob Bender

Available @ Target...

that's overly optimistic . I don't really a time last year where I could put an order for 50 while others were grabbing a 100

I bet this year after everyone has 100 of these each, lego keeps supply flowing and does not retire the set. This one seems like a crowded trade now. Much to pay attention to these day.

ER0L's Garage 1.0

I see your Craigslist find and raise you mine: Harry Potter sets that are all mostly complete with instructions and minifigures included. 4705 Snape's Class (missing ten pieces) 4706 Forbidden Corridor 4709 Hogwarts Castle 4714 Gringott's Bank 4721 Hogwarts Classrooms x2 (missing three pieces to set 2) 4722 Gryffindor House (missing one piece) 4723 Diagon Alley Shops x2 4729 Dumbledore's Office 4750 Draco's Encounter with Buckbeak x2 (missing three pieces to set 2) - I had no idea that the pegasus was that desirable. 4751 Harry and the Maurader's Map (only 80% complete, but all key parts present including minifigures) 4757 Hogwarts Castle Plus extra stuff that I haven't gone through yet - conservative estimate of $250 in additional parts, sets, and minifigures. I may even find some missing parts to previous sets. $150US.

Just happens that the only two BPers I've met in person are those two. Cal and I text all day long, so he knows I hate him with the passion of a 1000 burning suns for his Lego luck.

I hope to get fat Santa in the next one.

You can get more in 5 years when they reissue it...

I see your eBay find and raise you my Craigslist find. I got 7628, 7683, 7198, and 7682 for $140, they're all 100% complete with the manuals

not really.

Indiana Jones 8 set lot - $225 shipped 7620 - Motorcycle Chase - loose complete 7621 - Lost Tomb - loose complete 7622 - Race for the Stolen Treasure - loose complete 7623 - Temple Escape - loose complete 7624 - Jungle Duel - loose complete 7625 - River Chase - loose complete 7628 - Peril in Peru - w/ box complete 7683 - Fight on the Flying Wing - w/ box complete

It's Jason from the BrickShow. Someone sent it to him so they could shoot some videos.

I got a little queasy when he opened the box. I wanted to tell him, don't do it! That's a grand you're holding in your hands!

Tomato Street by spacecolonel

Ice Sat V MkII by Pierre E Fieschi BASED ON 6898 - Ice-Sat V

This one is really 2-4 year hold. I agree with Ed, what is next that will pull in those dollar gains so quick. I come up empty.

It will be a steady $140-$150 again. LEGO won't be able to keep up with production through the holidays as they're ramping up for 2016 sets. Folks will just have to decide to sell at $150, or hold out for $200+.

Those have been added

Yep, nice to have around 10, no more....

Hearing word that most of the new sets for 2016 are mini city landscapes and not specific monuments - Burj excepted.

Feel free to junk it or move it to the Why so serious thread - had that doubt myself.....

I'd have thought to avoid royalties for Blue Monday, Disney would've just bought New Order...

New York World's Fair Astro-View Towers by Eight of Five

In stock @ Amazon...

My record is 1100 views and 300 watchers for a one month BIN, was a large bulk lot, did finally sell about a day before the listing ended.

by then i would suspect everyone to have already dumped their stashes of SW ... IMO, load up now and next year and let them go this xmas and for the next 2 xmas's to come ...

Yeah... to get ridd of it.

http://brickfanatics.co.uk/happy-birthday-to-adam-west-sneak-peak-at-76052/

I managed to find a Parisian Restaurant at my local TRU, with the 22% off voucher came to $195. This is for the personal collection so I'm happy with that.

There are some large sets, but how many people really say they just have to have a replica of the Ghostbusters Headquarters? I'm not knocking it, just saying it is not an iconic building or landmark. Large sets stick around for awhile and to make this set one of the biggest in LEGO history is a bit overkill IMO.

You are not making friends...

We actually purchase all of our plastic baggies from clearbags.com. But the padded envelopes are purchased on eBay. We are sorry to hear that you did not have the correct distribution in your boxes. It is certainly unusual as that is the only complaint we have had out of 400 boxes that were shipped so far. We do maintain a 100% money back guarantee if you would like to return your boxes. Otherwise, please contact customer support on eBay and they will be able to work out a discount or replacement for you.

http://www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator Oh and the reason that Exciter is suggesting to not use FedEx smart post for more expensive sets is that Signature confirmation isn't available for that service.

1) Fees are pretty set and you can use tools like these to calculate them. If I'm packaging and shipping myself, I usually tack on a $1.00-$1.50 to each shipment for materials, on average, depending on the size. This is my rule of thumb for taxes. I create similar formulas in Excel and just keep a running tab of sales. https://salecalc.com/ https://salecalc.com/amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161240 2) Generally, if I want to compete with current market prices, I'll look at the recently sold or most recent listings and see what the top 5 lowest prices are by sorting for Price + Shipping. I'll calculate a base average on what the going prices are and just make that my listing price w/ free shipping. If I want to ride it out for desired price, I'll just set a price or look at current prices and add 10% - 20% and let the listings sit until they sell. I will make adjustments from time-to-time, but this is pretty much what I do and what I've been doing for 10 years or so. If I know something is going to be a premium to ship from coast-to-coast, I'll add a shipping fee to cover the additional cost.

Last one I promise. I've been giggling like a third grader all day at what an absurdly massive dork I am.

Train Station by dfalkner

Doing quick calculation in my head... ...yes, I think you're about right.

So ravenb99 will have 300 free...?

On the topic of buying HH even now at 2x or more MSRP: Phase 1: My son got interested in Lego 7 months ago. I hadn't so much as looked at a Lego in 20 years. All I knew was he desperately wanted new Lego passenger train. We bought and built it together, along with station. Phase 2: I thought "wow this is so cool! These sets are WAY better than they were in my day!" Phase 3: I go online and start looking at what else Lego makes. I stumble onto Haunted House on Lego SAH (it was still up with a SO tag). Jaw drops. Heart rate increases. Phase 4 (also known as the self-denial phase): I do my research, see it is seeing on eBay for almost $400, and show my wife the set, but promise I would never spend $400 on a Lego set (because THAT would be crazy). Phase 5 (also known as "emersion from dark ages" syndrome. Also known as the angry wife phase): I buy a brand new HH for $350 shipped. It arrives in beautiful shape. Wife finds out. (Domestic episode deleted from post). The point of this whole diatribe was that the HH was the one and only retired set I just could never live without. I can pass on all the old Star Wars stuff, pirate ships, TH, FB, whatever. But this was a "biological imperative" - there was no way my heart/head combo was ever going to let me live a life that didn't contain the Lego 10228. I would have paid $500. Today I would pay $600 if I had to (and didn't own it). There is something magical about this set and I feel very strongly that there are THOUSANDS of people out about to have their ownHH moment in the next several years. This set will hit $500 two months, eclipse the Town Hall by October 2016, and leave TH in the dust in 2017. Just watch and mark my words. (Phase 6: new guy thinks he's smart enough to lay down epic predictions at 4:00am cuz he can't sleep)

Not every set can be a UCS MF or a modular. Some think that if you don't get a 100% return in a months after EOL then the set is a failure. I think this one will do nicely. But it maybe more of a slow burn. And we are still 2 years from the next movie which may help prices for those happy to wait that long. The BP price for the UK is still approx 25% so their may be some bargains still out there. The LOTR 1st wave sets went EOL approx 2 years ago and only now are they starting to appreciate. Some things takes time.

LEGO Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand by bruceywan