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For those of you that think this is boring, I'm just going to leave 76015 here for your consideration:

I'm cool with BB. DO bugs me a bit, since it simply does not fit with the other modulars. It's a gritty, wrong side of the tracks sort of building. All the rest are very upscale, 5th Avenue types. In surveys, 93% of minifigures say they would cross to the other side of the street to avoid walking past the DO. Unless they wanted some 'cookies', of course, but no one ever admits that in surveys...

clearly he has a heat stroke already .

I agree that 10216 is either on it's way out or already retired.

Thanks for the support and advice everyone. On the bright side, I sold a Worriz' Fire Bike so things are looking up already

I'll try to summarize the last 20 pages for you. These have been pretty much sold out everywhere. Which, of course means that Lego only agreed to produce these for 3 months and then never again. Because that's what happens with every Lego set. Because we've got mountains of data to back up that this happens all the time. Or, some people can't seem to listen to what some of the smarter investors have to say, want to ignore data, pretend this is a brave new world for Lego corporate decision making and want to make their own stamp. That, or hotcakes.

I threw a SSD up there for $830 shipped so everyone can calm down

6x 10695 Classic Lego Creative Building Box for $10 at Walmart

Offer the return, and next time block the box snob before they make a purchase.

I get it. I don't know if discussing money laundering is appropriate for a kid's toy, but I understand the dark humor. Maybe LEGO could have designed the next Modular around a dry cleaner so it could be placed next to a properly designed bank. I have an idea...How about a Chinese Restaurant for our next Modular so we can place it next to the Pet Shop?

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I know you meant no harm, but at this early stage it's all about perception. We need to keep prices fair and cheaper than everywhere else for this to work. It's not personal. If people want to charge high prices, please go elsewhere. I would rather have 100 fairly priced listings than 1000 overpriced items. Market your sets right and this will work...I am confident of that...Word will get out...Buyers will come.

Review last 67 pages of this forum and you will still not know because none of us do.

When a buyer starts asking for photos of your bubble wrap, it usually doesn't end well.

Now the AT AT 75054 is another set thats not on the 2016 Wholesale form, Now I am sure Lego will be pumping these out until Christmas, so even though production will end soon the big question is how long will they still be around in 2016. Ed

If you compare them closely, the pieces they used are a lot different, and there are some very different details like the interior and back windows. Maybe they look similar because they are based on the same car.

Even though you did not offer returns in your listing, the plain truth is that every eBay seller offers returns when you think about it. If a buyer receives an item they are not happy with, they are entitled to a return for their money back. If they want to return the item and the seller still refuses, all eBay will do is refund the buyer's money AND allow them to keep the item since the seller refused to accept a return. This is how their Money Back Guarantee works. Personally, if the buyer is not happy with the creases on the box, I would have them return it for a full refund. I never do partial returns unless it is a situation that would not make financial sense for the buyer to return the item. Example: a buyer purchased something for $20 and it would cost $12 just for return shipping to send back. About 3 months ago, I sold a case of Shopkins to a buyer on eBay for $155. A day after it was delivered, the buyer contacted me saying they were unhappy since the purchase was to keep as a collectible and the cardboard box was torn. They asked for a partial refund of $30 because the retail price only runs about $90 for a case in stores. I politely told them no, and they were welcome to return it for a full refund since they were not satisfied. I offered a prepaid return label to return it at my expense (return shipping would have been about $8). They said they couldn't return it since they had already opened some of the blind baskets. I asked why they opened some of the baskets if the box was torn. They had no answer for it but threatened to leave negative feedback. I told them to go ahead and leave negative feedback; I would just report it to eBay and have it removed. A few days later they left the negative feedback. I immediately called eBay and the rep removed it while I waited on the phone. Of course the buyer never bothered to return the item since they were full of BS to begin with. A so-called torn cardboard box is not worth a $30 refund. If a buyer is truly dissatisfied, they will most likely return upfront without asking for a partial refund. Typically this is a move that scammers pull and eBay advises against it since people often try to use this route to get things cheaper after the purchase. It should only be used on a case-by-case basis.

When will it retire ?

Nice set. In this case though, they could have saved the dry cleaners for another interior Modular. I think it takes away from overall appearance of an important corner set. The truly iconic corner sets look better as one building IMO. A bank could have and should have been a special set.

Spider-man does go great with the modulars. Even my wife has taken to him swinging around the different buildings in our modular city. I've been meaning to add that particular Doc Ock as a counterpart and Alpine makes a great point; I'm going to be getting one of these before double VIP ends. : ) BB really makes one appreciate PR though. Recent ones have taken interiors to the next level but exteriors aren't as legen-wait-a-year-for-the-next-modular-dary anymore. PR was easily the best combination of exterior and interior.

WTH?

I think it's the opposite of boring, I'm actually fairly impressed by the design. My bigger issue that all three of the previous corner units have a generally symmetric appearance on both sides, while this one deviates from that pattern. My OCD kicks in and I would probably separate the buildings just for personal preference. I don't really take any issue with the designers though. This is a day 1 purchase for me.

Hmm wasn't it limit 1 since the day of release? I thought...

Yup , that´s what I meant to write! Worldwide TOOS. TOOS = we know there are some spare ones but they are in the sales manager´s office so we need to wait till he goes for a coffee before we can get them.

Available again at US Shop!

Carbon Freezing Chamber is pathetic, had high hopes that it would be similar to Final Duel which was well done. Should've saved it for the UCS Cloud City. (If I keep saying it, it has to happen, right?)

I figured it was the cheapest way to get a cpl of em on the last day. I have 4 of the hotels and 2 stations. I'll trade one hotel for a station and work on having three sets. Besides the way I look at it, I got Wall-e for $40 and two free bricktobers............;)

Without looking at your prior posts, did you submit the required info (tracking, etc) in paypal for the case? If you didn't, do it (even if yes, they should have it already). If you did enter the info already, you should call paypal to discuss it. It will expedite the situation, as they will confirm that you supplied the info, and are covered (if you don't call, it can drag on for a while).

For those just waking up, plenty of activity at Lego shop around the world today with a number of items such as 10240, 10216 and 10218 changing status to SOLD OUT or TOOS. Off to the beach now, let´s see how things are later on in the day.

If another UCS Falcon is released it will be my fault that I kept it so long. As a collector at heart, I don't think I will ever sell mine unless I need to financially. The new set will be another opportunity to rinse and repeat. Although returns might not be as robust, what's the chances of another UCS Falcon reissue after two of them? Plus, they will not be the same regardless, so there will always be someone that wants the 30th anniversary edition.

Well the UCS MF is a 5k set by now... which is in my opinion too blown up already. If you hold on to a set that is worth 10x the original price you have paid because you are expecting it to increase even more then this says a lot about your investment strategy. If this bubble would burst people would have had 8 years time by now to sell their stock. Still sitting on more than 10 of these is voluntarily taking a risk where you wouldn't need to take one. That's the game! Take a big risk, win big or lose big. It won't be my Stalingrad for sure. The UCS MF shows a lot speculative bubble signs. So being a (good) investor means more than just buying stuff and holding on to it forever doesn't it? It means adapting and coming up with strategies. It means to sell when you think you'll make a good profit and reinvesting. Or not. In the end these are all your decissions as investor and nobody is to blame if they fail. "Oh sorry you only had more than 5 years time to sell a 500 dollar set for over 2000 dollars... well... and you didn't because you wanted to sell it for even more... yeah well... sorry that they reissued that set, that's just bad luck I guess". I think most of us here can agree that if a set sells for so much money that we can get back twice the money we have invested that it is a good deal. If we can get back even more it is a great deal. I agree that it loses it's value if 1. LEGO does it to a lot of sets 2. LEGO doesn't wait long enough... for example the new MF... 6 months after retirement of the old... that was a bad joke. But as collector I LOVE the new millenium falcon! If they bring out a new one I could sell it for 50% off and get the new one... as collector this is the "fee" I am willing to pay. As investor that sucks... BUT having been well informed about the new MF I quickly decided (and adviced others to do so) to sell my 3 copies. All of them made me some good profit. Yeah sure not 500% profit... not even 100% profit for most of them, but still an average of about 50% profit. That's around 50dollar (and more) for each set. I wouldn't say that's bad for a set that has cost around 100 dollar. I agree. If longterm holding is no longer a profitable strategy then more resellers will start to take the short term strategy. That's bad for all of us. In conclusion: WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DIRECT INFLUENCE ON LEGOS DECISSIONMAKING. Also: It isn't profitable for LEGO to reissue most of their sets! There are licences that run out, there are market researches that show that it would be bad business for LEGO. And of course there'll be consumers who'll be upset about it. But let us be 100% honest here: Do you really think that the re-release of this christmas set has upset MORE people then it has made people happy? I doubt that. Same goes for potential remakes of UCS MF (or other SW UCS). More people will be happy about it. The value of my old LEGO sets of course has also dropped since newer better sets are here. Most people just don't want 1990 castle sets if they can have a new and better one. And I am happy that LEGO brought out these newer better sets! (Because that also increased the overall value of LEGO as toy). OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS INVESTOR THAT THE VALUE OF A CERTAIN SET MIGHT NOT BE FOREVER! Talking about the UCS MF: I bet that even with a re-release you could sell it for 500$ (or more). So the actual value of that set actually would still be there whereas only the highly speculative value would decreased. I'm not saying that the wouldn't hurt many people. But on the other hand it wouldn't hurt them to sell now :-P But that's not my business but theirs. I bought Lone Ranger Sets... bad investment! Not your problem but mine. Simply made a bad investment decission. Holding on for too long onto a set also is a bad investment decission in my opinion. Don't blame me or anyone but yourself if it doesn't work. If it does I'm happy for you! Looking at big shots here like emazers I'm wondering how (and if ever) he will sell his sets. But that is his business and I am sure that he's got a plan as he seems to be well informed about investments. Of course these sets have a high virtual value right now, but as every small investor like me might know: Bills have to be paid. Most people do not accept LEGO sets as payment. It's not easy and superfast to sell your stuff. I don't decide one day that TODAY is the day I'll sell all of my stuff and the next day it will be gone and I'll have made all the profits that brickpicker calculater told me I'd make. If you invest in something and you just never sell it, you'll make no money. It's as simple as that. Your decissions, your concequences. That's life. I'll have to live with mine! (And the Lone Ranger sets... and probably the DS... and B-Wing... and so many more...). So please don't be offended if you'll have to life with your bad decissions. (This is meant to be a general point of view not regarding anybody in particular! @emazers: Sorry but you're just the most prominent example here, I took you for no other reason and I hope the post doesn't seem to be disrespectful... if so please message me).

Isn´t it just? Apparently Paypal invented it to describe the seller protection policy in the plain english version.

I think that it will affect even the shorter term resellers and I´ll tell you why. When sets retire and resellers haven´t got their number, what do they do? They buy them up at over RRP with the idea of long term hoarding. This is part of the reason some sets shoot up so quickly after eol (TH, AA, HE, GE, ToO). The euphoria when prices rocket initially drags more people into the trap until the price reaches a level that they know they cannot buy and then sell for a profit any time in the medium term. Prices then stagnate until the next wave of noob investors or dark agers comes in to soak up supply. With remakes on the menu, this market (which in the end is a Ponzi scheme as the first sellers make money but the last ones don´t as there is no interest from real buyers at the price they want to sell at) will be eliminated as few are going to want take the risk of keeping something only for it to be reissued within their profit window. Their only hope is for some misinformed people, who don´t know about the new releases or have just looked at CC or GG prices on ebay and think that every set will perform that way, help them out. The QFLL buy em cheap and sell em quick strategy seems to be the safest bearing this in mind but timing is vital as we have seen so many times before. Look at 7965, the window was 6 months from EOL. DISCLAIMER: This is only my personal opinion and may not represent the views of the "Everything is awesome in Legoland investing" group.

I am reading some of the comments here with an open mouth. If you are a collector only I could understand you are happy with remakes or reissues. But as an investor? And people also think they have a choice of what will be remade. If it is the holiday train or the Millennium Falcon I would not mind. blablabla. If they would remake the UCS MF our business will be over. Cause a 5k set will be destroyed economically. That will be the end. Our Stalingrad.

Good point, the newsletter only mentios double points so looks like we are being dicked over yet again.

As mentioned before, once the seed of doubt is in the buyer´s mind it can affect all sales as they are likely to hold off expecting a remake. Depending on how often TLG rinses and repeats the strategy, this will affect ALL resellers.

Not weird at all. Limited availability of a recently released exclusive vs two of the most commonly available "exclusives". If anything this is far too normal for LEGO Shop at Home

This is one of them:

We will have an Octagon. Two members enter, 1 member leaves

ca. 2210 gr 77,955 oz Bought @ Galeria Kaufhof (large german retailer)

10251 Modular Bank. Is this news or have I missed something? WOW!

You were commenting on a post about the status of 10240 right? Although its status may well be flip flopping around the world it's always been available on the UK site

Our beach bound double posting friend is spot on about Red 5. 10240 SOLD OUT in North America for the first time that I can recall (not TOOS). http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240 http://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240

Here's a link... looks like the one set has a General Leia figure. That's about the only interesting thing going on in the winter wave. Obi's Jedi Interceptor is basically Anakin's with just a change in color, and the Homing Spider Droid has a few changes from the 2013 version, but otherwise looks the same (time to dump any horded discounted stock for miniscule pennies!).. There's not much of an effort put into this wave, IMO. One of the worst waves in recent memory, although this year has been underwhelming as well, minus the UCS sets. *link removed .. lego is asking people to take this stuff down so the link is no longer valid.*

Some of that looks like it might be from Garmaddons Dark Fortress?

Wouldn't it be great if LEGO just said to hell with it it's too much of a PITA...?

I guess Sepp Blatter is getting his own minifigure? Do we get a Terminator theme????