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I can't find the "edit" button so if a mod can update my first message, thanks by advance: Of course this chart can look useless to many investors but it can help newcomers.

This picture was taken Sept 2010 in Rockefeller Center Lego Store...I I was still in my dark ages, I wish I had a clue and bought all the 10212 and the 10019.... I would have no issues leaving the DS for later.....

I have none but think I have time it is still everywhere at the moment I retract my comments that all two members of the audobon society have two copies each and there is no demand that being said I better fly to action I better get up like the early bird to catch this set this set will be a winner winner chicken dinner put it with other ideas sets and they will be birds of a feather if I was christopher cross I would ride like the wind I have none will look to add some if I can so I will not be the lonely duckling think you all will be happy if this sentence is the tail end of this post

house trumps LEGO investing - 1000sq sqft extension in Hawaii - sounds awesome.

New York Burj Kalifa

Very different situation there in the US compared to here. The Birds set was never sold in large retail stores in The Netherlands. Maybe some specialised 3rd party Lego stores had Birds in stock as a courtesy to their clients, but they had to buy them from Lego LEGO Shop at Home as well for retail price. It was never sold with a discount here. Anyway, when I look at the box of the set, I think it's very presentable as a gift, especially to people who love nature and animals. And it's a nice way to get adults who forget all about Lego have their eyes opened (again) to the possibilities of Lego.

Jabba's Palace/Rancor Pit bundle - $235 shipped

Can't believe I actually got them, one of them damn near mint....

Put this guy together today - super fun build & learned some new techniques with building the dome too....

31048 Lakeside Lodge

That tire swing looks a little too high to be safe though...

I hope y'all are right. Otherwise I will die a non-heroic death by the hand of my wife.

The desirability of this set was well-discussed when it was released back in January. I'm on the record here as saying this set may be one of the very few to hit 4-5x MSRP after retirement. Single most important factor: more than any other set released in the last several years, this has massive NON-AFOL appeal. Nearly all my and my wife's friends who saw this set went bonkers, especially the non-lego fans who wouldn't give a Star Wars or modular a second look. Non-AFOL appeal means lots of gift sales and opened boxes, just the ticket for price appreciation. Also, $150 for this set doesn't break the bank of adult gift givers. It's small, easily displayed, has science and educational value, and looks just fantastic in the flesh. For all these reasons, plus a short release life and non-hoarded status, I still predict 4-5x MSRP a few years after EOL. Another clue: the 2014 Lego Employee exclusive - 4002014 - is a very similar set (5 birds). It routinely sells in the $250 range. Yes, it's rare. Give 21301 a few years, it will match this, easily. Final comment: if they ever release a v2 of this set with 3 new designs, the original will skyrocket. 4-5x MSRP will become 10-12x.

FBA Hobbit: Goblin King Battle - $120 Helm's Deep - $210 SW: Umbarran MHCs - $65 FBM Holiday Trains - $48

2000 was during the time I was selling parts and used sets on ebay and built my own "bricklink" site. did that for a couple years in college then closed up shop around 2001, when i no longer had the time or space to manage it. If i could go back, I would try and keep that business going rather than taking a 13 year break...

A better look at the Lakeside Lodge alongside its alternates. Also I will update the primary post with the updated images shortly.

Sold my three 2014 Target minifigure cubes paired with three 2015 Target minifigure cubes for $155 shipped via BL.

A few mods and that will look nice in a winter village scene.

My order of preference 6>5>3>2>>1>>>>>>>>>>4

I bought 36. I bought about 40 of them last year. Last year, I got about half at $15 and half at $12. I sold all my superboys at $15 and my Lloyds at $11. I've sold about 35 of the Lavertus for $5 each and 20 of the city figs at $4 each. Cost $540. Sales $1320. Fees about $160. Postage and supplies about $388. Profit approx $232. Pretty great roi, and once you make the listing, it takes what, a minute to pack and ship? Price is better this year and the city figure is way better too. We'll have to see if that Ninjago figure is a good seller. I understand that a lot of people wouldn't be interested, but I don't think this investment makes one not smart.

I bought 20. The lightning lad will fetch $10+ sooner than later. I figure great way to get 60 free minifigurea

I sold 4 red armed C-3PO poly bags from Star Wars Episode 7 for $40 via CL. Buy in was $4.35 each with tax.

So... Temple of Airjitsu... Got one with the recent deal with that free Serpent thingie set. This set is blimmin' GORGEOUS. The details, the building techniques... this deserves to be more popular than the modular buildings, all other things equal. Love the use of the speargun used as a desk lamp support, the upside-down garage jointed panels for the roofs of the buildings, the way the small curved staircases are build by simultaneously facing three directions. And the end result is breath taking. I don't even care about the minifigs (I'll probably sell them off). Just gorgeous.

The article I am sharing is not an in-depth article by any means, but I know there are a lot of you that like to take a peak behind the curtain and see how all your little bricks and figures get made. Bloomberg Business visited the Kladno LEGO Factory in the Czech Republic and it looks like quite an operation. I could only imagine how it would feel to be let loose in one of these factories for a day. I am sure it would be like visiting Willy Wonka, just not as strange, but then again, you never know The article's opening paragraph reminds us that it wasn't that long ago that "LEGO was losing nearly a million dollars a day". I wonder how often they would ban people or stop them from buying large quantity of multiples if we can warp back to that time period. The article stated the timeframe of just over a decade ago, so I will pick the year 2000 when some of the Star Wars sets just came out and before LEGO had any idea what was going to happen and on their way to be the #1 toy maker in the world. You had the 3450 Statue of Liberty (Retail: $199.99 | Current: ~$2300.00), 7191 X-Wing Fighter (Retail: $149.99 | Current: ~$1100.00), 7181 Tie Interceptor (Retail: $99.99 | Current: ~$650.00) and some great castle sets. If we can push it into 2001 because I really don't think LEGO felt that they were kings of the universe yet, we got more awesome Star Wars sets like the 10019 Rebel Blockade Runner (Retail: $199.99 | Current: ~$1450.00), 10018 Darth Maul (Retail: $149.99 | Current: ~$900.00) and the beginning of the Harry Potter line. Unfortunately, I can't go back in time, but I would love to go back and walk in a store and say, "Ok, I will take 20 x 3450, 15 x 10019s, 10 of those, 20 of those and so on". I wonder if they would have taken my VIP card View full blog article

Wow, I didn't realize Trek had the power to bring a set out of retirement with one post!!!!!!

70010 Chi Temple $170 shipped

70006 Chima Cragger's Command Ship for 110 euro excl. shipping.

Thank you my friend. The reason of the 2 pictures displayed is because the message has been written last year with the old forum. There was a picture and under the picture, a direct link (in case of problem of a picture blocked for some reason, I added a direct link). But since the new forum automatically converts direct links into pictures, the second one has been transformed into another picture. Not sure that I am understandable. Aside note: I changed the display (sets/time becomes time/sets) because if did not, the chart would have been 2 screens large... lol Now it's squarish and fits better on a computer screen I could add some "retirement speculation" but I'm really not sure it would be helpful.

Temp out of stock on Shop at Home US this morning... Beginning of the end? Maybe? Maybe? Or designing a new box :-P

Or that lambo police car in the corner next to the shuttles... http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/set.cfm?set=8214-1

Sold a gingerbread house for $59.46 on Amazon. Wish I wouldn't have sold 2 others for $47.99 two days prior.

Ok I'll create an updated version.

Here's a photo of the box: The other two builds are okay, nothing exciting. But don't offer anything toward a winter build. I really like that moose. This place looks like a winter cabin, so maybe some white bricks on the roof and around/on top of the green, and you're done. You could tack on the blue "lake" to some of ice or existing winter set that features water to give it an ice setting.

Open Box (sealed bags) PC for $125.

On the 21st I ordered a UCS Tie Fighter using up $70 in pts to get a GBH along with another order of 5x WF and 5x SV and Monster fig for another GBH.

Yeah, I'm totally sweating my investment in this line. I hope I get my money back in the future. For now, I'm stuck with all of these LEGO sets of Dinosaurs from the most successful Dinosaur movie franchise in history because I totally forgot how much kids hate LEGOs and Dinosaurs, let alone both together. I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy coming back to this thread in the future.

HH was out for quite a bit longer than RE has been. It was always suggested that buying RE now, though not a terrible decision given it's a Walmart exclusive, was a risk for a quick flip... some made out like bandits, others did not. I've got some stashed, I'm in no hurry. They're selling on eBay by themselves for about $75-80 CDN + shipping. After taxes and fees, you're making $5-10 per set sold. Some folks are bundling with RR (a wise move) but even then, if I consider what I paid for my RR at a discount, they're making about 30-40 for the bundle. I personally believe that I'll make that on a single RE by this time next year.

Because people keep buying?

Ahh crap. That was a joke that fell flat. I thought we were talking about the Ideas set. Neverrrmind. I'll show myself out.

I'd buy a few but I wouldn't go crazy on them. It's still kind of early to get any real idea on how The Lego Movie sets will perform long term, but the fact that this is being clearanced at 50% should tell us something about the initial demand for this set. I have a good handful of just about every Lego Movie set bought locally on clearance ranging from 30%-50% off and I'm kind of regretting it. I plan on selling in bundles down the road, but the next movie isn't due out for quite some time, and I could have used that money on something better. Just because a set is on decent clearance doesn't make it an automatic buy, at least for investing. Personal build it's a no brainer.

wasnt trying to cause this OT discussion but rather scope out for the garage on clearance

Not saying any are going or not but Lincoln Memorial was on sale...

Still love this set.

This works wonders

It´s the autocorrect. You don´t want to know what word it changed to "actors."

Oh but they are! http://brickset.com/article/17673

I built the Black Seas Barracuda today. Well, over the past week. I bought this on CL along with about 8 other pirate sets from the same era, and some LOTR sets. I got them all for $45. Total score, I have the box to Barracuda, and instructions for the dozen or so sets. The build was pretty fun. The old skool techniques are a bit painful compared to newer sets. One major difference is the instructions. The entire set was just 28 steps in the manual. I feel like a set this size would easily be 2 big manuals by todays standards. They packed in a lot of changes into each step. I had to backtrack MANY times because I missed something. There is no highlighting or diagrams for which parts will be used in the step. The minifigures are pretty cool, I can picture some good imaginative play with the blue vs red capped pirates. The interior details are very poor. There is a whole roof section that is hinged, that just reveals a simple treasure box. Very lack-lustre compared to the BP or QAR interiors. But the colors are pretty cool. I need to flatten my sails for sure, but I wanted to snap a quick pic with the finished product. I'm missing a few pieces that I hope are fairly common. If there are any classic pirate system fans out there, shoot me a PM if you are interested, I'm going to put it up for sale as soon as I get the spare parts.