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This is probably one of very few times that I ever make one of these picture posts like some members *coughexcitercough* can come up with, but following up from my earlier post, I thought it was a haul worth sharing.... A picture is worth a thousand words.... or was it... dollars? you may spot another soon to be gem in the corner, purchased a few weeks ago...

Figured this would help all the new recruits and serve as a refresher for established members : (note : some of the stuff might be outdated ) Rules : http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/4926-forum-rules-regulations-facts-and-etiquette/ Guide : http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/brickvesting/making-your-way-through-the-brickpicker-wilderness-a-beginners-guide-to-brickpicker/ Abbreviations : http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/209-lego-terms-and-acronyms/#comment-51993 Getting started : http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/brickvesting/listing-dos-and-don’ts-for-the-new-lego-investor-r17221/#comment-5461 and http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/brickvesting/new-selling-lego-basic-materials-guide-help-get-started/ Shipping Materials guide : http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/10003-materials-guide-for-lego-selling-shipping-including-postage-box-sizes/#comment-274369 Deals are mainly posted here : US & CA: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/15925-daily-lego-deals-usacanada/#comment-558738 Rest : http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/15149-daily-lego-deals-ukeuropeother/#comment-512974 Brick classifieds : https://www.brickclassifieds.com Stock tracker : http://www.brickpicker.com/brickwatcher/lego-stock-checker.cfm FAQ : http://www.brickpicker.com/frequently-asked-questions.cfm

p.s. Please do not mention PS except in the designated forum.

Did you hear the one about the AFOL who went hiking? Half way up the hill, he remembered he had not locked his car so he went running downhill as fast as he could. Too late, though. When he reached the car someone had already opened it and dumped 5 seacows on the back seat.

Lucky me... my girlfriend found a forgotten 9493 X-Wing for €50 plus a 75054 AT-AT for €90.

If you believe that the investor horde has a say in matters - then it makes sense that DO, FW, & Slave 1 are all being bought. Investors believe in those sets. I don't think investors believe in ToA. So I don't think you're seeing as many units moving. Investors seem to shy away from Ninjago, so it makes sense that they aren't buying them up.

Returning them is a **** move. Return policies get stricter because of this type of activity and it hurts resellers in general. I know that TRU now requires an ID and will refuse returns after a certain point. Anyways, if you do hold on to these for the medium/long term, you'll eventually make your money back and then some but it might take a year or two. Hopefully you bought them at a decent discount? If you're buying at RRP in hopes of flipping, you really have to know what you're doing and it's better to buy one less than you can sell rather than a mass overbuy. I recently ran into the same issue with Amiibos. Bought dozens but ended up selling at close to my cost after fees. I only ended up returning two of them.

Excited about this one! TRUTH!

This set is going to do just fine. It was the perfect set to buy in the current reselling environment for anyone looking to hold something a few years. Provided it isn't remade for TLM2, I expect this set to perform like the currently valuable sets did - a slow and steady increase.

This theme is now back in-stock on LEGO Shop at Home except for 75920 Raptor Escape

I wouldn't call one at $275 as "plenty." There's a total of 4 of them under $300. Over on Reddit, one of the designers of the Nexo Knights line talked about this. He said that he's tried to influence higher ups to go full steampunk, but they don't bite. So, he sneaks in what he can, where he can, like on some of the Nexo Knights and Ninjago sets. Wish that would happen to me. Hey, I'll let you guys all hate on this. Me and my stock will be very happy in due time.

Went to WM 30 mins away from my work during lunch hour. Did not expect to find these. Nothing else worth picking up.

It will be back. They discontinue it every holiday season. It will be back sometime in January.

Going to build my first modular today It will be a PC together with my wife as all other plans for today got cancelled. Hope i will build till next year (so how often can you say that )

People who kick UCS X Wings and Tumblers only get a bust foot.

X-Wing and MF are the police HQ-s of Star Wars. Not expecting their almost constant availability in some form is foolish.

I realised I did mention the woop woop Toyworlds. Again, good score on your AT-ATs. I would have done the same if I had not spent all my budget for the year. You know, Jan 10th will be exactly one year since I started investing. I reckon I've done well as most of my sets have gone EOL. To name a few: 10235, 10240, 75055, 75054, 60025, 60060, 60061, 75002, 31026, 21301 and 70411. Most of these I only have 3 or less of though. Losers have been the ones I probably spent half my budget on all together: Ecto-1, PC and PS. I guess the moral of the story is that the obvious sets like Modulars are no longer the sure-fire winners and it seems the level of hoarding is approaching USA level madness. Some sets have 40+ listings on ebay. For a small country like ours, that's significant. Anyway, Happy New Year to all you Aussie Brickpickers. Happy investing (and most importantly building!!) in 2016

Or just do like me and do whatever you want.........actually I don't recommend that route, it doesn't work for everyone

Rule #1: keep the wife happy. Trust me on this, even the most accepting, forgiving and permissive spouse will hit her breaking point sooner or later. For me it was when the top shelf of her closet somehow became lined with Imperial Star Destroyers. It has cost me thousands of dollars in Lululemon gifts just to be "allowed" to store my ISDs there. Seriously my wife is awesome, and she is ready to leave me over Legos. That's how out of control it gets...

And a helicopter!

I believe the Tumbler should at least double in value between 1-2 years post-EOL. I rediscovered my interest in LEGO in the middle of this year, specifically Technic, after seeing the MkII. I pretty much only was interested in the Technic line. I had no intention of building or collecting any other theme, even Star Wars, despite being a childhood Star Wars nut. Then I saw the Tumbler, and was blown away by its angular-plated menace. It's the one set that fired my desire enough to behold it as a 'have-to-have' exception to the rule. I have no doubt it will will continue to grab peoples' attention as an exceptionally attractive set well beyond EOL, new Batmobiles and cinematic reboots. There will be a constant supply of adults returning the Lego fold who will be similarly enthralled by this, whether they be specifically Batman fans or not. Another smaller subset of buyers for this would be adults who are aware of the set having incidentally seen this in the shops or online somewhere, and despite not currently collecting or building LEGO, would have the idle notion of getting this sometime due to its coolness factor. When they discover it's no longer in production, the regret and active searching might spur them into paying over RRP. Granted, it's a small subsection of potential buyers, and one that would probably only participate short term after EOL before prices get too crazy, but my bias believes this set has enough star power to even draw that unlikely demographic more than any other LEGO set currently. Anyway, breaking out of Technic with the Tumbler, led me to relent and check out other USC sets, and now I find myself down led the LEGO garden path and here today with an attic beginning to become more and more difficult to navigate with having to tetris all these cardboard boxes. lol

Try to not get chills, I dare you...

If you don't NEED to sell them, no reason to not go higher. This is $300 by next year easy if not earlier. I'll sell my first around $250.

Sell them for what you can and move on or hold. Risk vs. Reward

LOL...Sorry...Wrong building. That's what I get for listening to some wack job customer. He told me the Burj Khalifa was on fire and was still standing after being on fire for 12 hours. During the same conversation, he said the Trade Center Towers were blown up on purpose.

I'm on iOS, and I'll tell you - I wish other forums that I visit used something similar. I know it's not perfect, but I'd rather having something built for mobile viewing, than trying to navigate via my phone's browser.

No Lego sets in clearance, but they had a few superman, ninjago, boba fett, and darth maul mini figure alarm clocks, as well as some friends and ninjago watches. They also had a couple temple of airjitus ( full price), which was interesting to me, I've never seen sets that large at a b&n before.

There should be a dislike button.

Time for a "How many do you own" poll, perhaps? And a lower resale value for dinged boxes.

Agree. Fragile is no problem for display sets tho. Have you tried to straighten the 'flags' in the Architecture UN building? A nightmare. Still, just don't touch it after you are done. Who wants to play with that anyway lol.

just picked Tumbler up for $190 in Smyths

Who cares about long term when you can sell this easily short term? It´s 41999 all over.

It has been going in and out on Amazon, I got one last night @ 399.

Smyths. Out of stock online and for click and collect but if you go in store there's every chance there will be some

It´s the experience of opening a new set and being the first to touch it that adds value. Something similar to when women wore chastity belts, I believe.

I'm going to be the ass here and ask why you can say it's a dbag move to return them and then to say at the bottom you returned two Amiibos you couldn't flip? (And yes, it's a rhetorical question... the LEGO JW sets are still expected to increase in value after retirement whereas Amiibos generally only lose value over time)

It's a tram bro I like this set a lot though. Perhaps it will eventually perform like 60026 and 8404. Been readily available at 20% off and more since it arrived in Australia, but I still see it everywhere at the moment.

It was my birthday today. So I went investment shopping! Craigslist: Sandcrawler RRP no tax UCS Tie RRP no tax Palace Cinema RRP no tax 7x Classic Pirate promo $55. Possibly a fail here, but figure they might be nice to combo with some other Pirates combos I'll be selling down the road. Tower of Orthanc $310. I have faith in this set in the long term, and figured the taxes I saved on the others can be lumped into paying the premium $40 over RRP+tax. I wanted more for the closet, hit my number with this one. Lego Store Oakridge: 2x Battle of 5 Armies $52.50+tax, left 2 2x Birds $48+tax, left 3 2x Witch King Battle $10.80+tax, left 10 or more 1x Detective's Office to build this evening. Edit: Damaged box* $200+tax +500 VIP points. Used $160 in VIP points at Lego Store. Also grabbed a Brick Bounty and Attack on Lake Town at Canadian Tire yesterday. Felt like a good birthday!

Second plot twist: I just don't give a damn what people say.....I just do what I want. Not the recommended course of action but it is what it is I guess.

30349 City Sports Car LL and LLDC 30471 Creator Helicopter LL and LLDC

Was ready to not have chills. Got chills.

Each time I get $100 in orders from my Brickowl and Bricklink site I will buy at *LEAST* one ticket (hopefully two per hundred) to help this cause. Just started with my first. Wish I could do more.....

This is awesome! My children are students at St. Paul School and we are humbled by the support seen here from far and wide! Ed Mack has said it in previous messages but this is a school worth fighting for! Our graduates are excelling at both the high school and college level and are confident, moral young adults who give back to their community. My daughter is PROUD to be smart, and its a school that is cool to have good grades - National Junior Honor Society was first introduced to us last year when she was too young to be eligible and she knew from that moment that she wanted to be a part of that "elite" group of students! My son reads above his grade level and wants to excel because that's what he sees around him. KEEP ST. PAUL STRONG for many generations - its worth it - and Ed thanks again for organizing this - it's a great approach for our fundraising efforts! Thanks everyone for supporting - I'll be buying tickets for my 8 y.o. or he'll never speak to me again (lol).

Hard for us Europeans to tell how the market is over there. Here it is complete panic stations and for now these are being hoovered up quicker than Charlie Sheen can do a line.

Week 43 seems to be last production for a number of sets - ISD, AT AT, Tumbler and perhaps Red 5. It was the same last year with MF 7965. Maybe something to look into next year as an indicator.

SSD. Bought this a few years ago assembled. I broke it down into 5x 1 gallon bags and have been dreading the build due to no baggies and the number of parts. I was so wrong. Very easy build from a big pile with a little pre-organization. I was a little sad when I finished...except for the big daddy pipe dream, I doubt I can find a build I will enjoy more. It's an absolute stunner of a display model too.

At Walmart... Star Destroyer x2 $99 At-At (box a bit bent up) x1 $74

I like the NY & new Burj. I think the 2 other sets look underwhelming now to me...

Oh, I didn't notice, do we already have a "biggest regrets of 2015" thread or are we just carrying over the 2014 regrets that are still not retired...?

Hey, man. I am looking forward to mentioning this fundraiser for your kid's school. I am not too far from you, in Southampton (Bucks County), PA. I used to work in Bristol. PA. -Kevin https://www.pinterest.com/kevinpuls/legos