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Amazon 70145 - Chima: Maula's Ice Stomper - $45.15 (50% off) 41093 - Friends: Heartlake Hair Salon - $17.59 (41% off) 41095 - Friends: Emma's House - $48.79 (30% off) 41103 - Friends: Pop Star Recording Studio - $7.99 (47% off) 41104 - Friends: Pop Star Dressing Room - $18.99 (37% off) 41106 - Friends: Pop Star Tour Bus - $38.39 (36% off) 60044 - City: Mobile Police Unit - $31.19 (31% off) 60050 - City: Train Station - $41.59 (36% off) 60067 - City: Police Helicopter Pursuit - $23.99 (40% off) 60069 - City: Swamp Police Station - $55.99 (38% off) 60074 - City: Demolition Bulldozer - $26.79 (33% off) 60076 - City: Demolition Site - $59.39 (34% off) 60077 - City: Space Starter Kit - $6.39 (36% off) 60079 - City: Space Training Jet - $35.41 (29% off) 60080 - City: Spaceport - $79.99 (33% off) 60085 - City: Powerboat - $20.79 (31% off) 60090 - City: Deep See Scuba Scooter - $4.55 (35% off) 60091 - City: Deep Sea Starter Kit - $6.39 (36% off) 60092 - City: Deep Sea Submarine - $23.99  (40% off) 60093 - City: Deep Sea Helicopter - $35.99 (28% off) 60095 - City: Deep Sea Exploration Vessel - $85.00 (29% off) 60097 - City: City Square - $131.99 (33% off) 60127 - City: Prison Island Starter Set - $7.12 (29% off) 76028 - SH: Darkseid Invasion - $41.99 (40% off) 21115 - Minecraft: The First Night - $27.59 (31% off) 21116 - Minecraft: Crafting Box - $35.19 (30% off) 21120 - Minecraft: Snow Hideout - $25.59 (36% off) 21121 - Minecraft: Desert Outpost - $37.59 (37% off) 21122 - Minecraft: The Nether Fortress - $49.59 (38% off) 42037 - Technic: Formula Off-Road Racer - $38.23 (36% off)

6 sets of GBHQ alternate build - WOW - A true masterpiece!

Series 16 revealed! For me - a complete win!

And that's how you get the Ecto-1 to fit. I don't know what the issue was...

When banana guy heard the news, he split.

Personal experience (and you can look at my post count to see this): It takes a LOT of time to get really familiar with the ins and outs of LEGO investing. I've been visiting this site for about a year now, active member for 6 months, active investor (ok, parter-outer) for about the same time. I've read almost everything on this site. I've followed discussions. Only after about 4 months of active studying did I feel I got the hang of the game (and I'm by no means calling myself an expert). I keep detailed track of all my purchases (350 sets and counting so far) and my purchase history tells it all. I had a bunch of bad purchases in the beginning, which I'm hoping to spin into something good. A few purchases were lucky ones (Ghosts for $50 ). Also, I used to be excited if I got 20-30% off. Now 40-50% is the number I'm going for. I didn't even fathom that was possible 6 months ago. To get back to the point: Just reading a few threads here is not going to make you a good investor. Sure, you can jump on the next Tumbler train once it leaves the station, but that's like a stockmarket novice buying stock in a company because they've read in the news it's the next big thing. And as others have said: it is easy to amass a large collection of LEGO. Selling it for a good price is not so easy. Anyone can undercut of course, but that's only going to get you so far .... Net, because this game now requires a significant investment of time AND resources, I don't think we're heading off a cliff anytime soon. The well-informed get the good deals, and the well-talented and well-established get the best sales. Breaking into that requires way more time most people are willing to invest for a quick buck.

This brings back memories of when we had daily post. All that's missing is the (EX) after every item. I guess yesterday marks the start of the summer clearance wave.

Trump: Make Lego Investment Great Again!

I greatly preferred the prior Daily Deals thread and don't like it as much since the switch.

Over the weekend I sold a Death Star for $550 cash on CL. Buy in was $300, so 83% profit for about 6 months of holding it.

Hi all, Just wanted to let you know how the garage sale went Ran it for three days and sold the following Set # Name Theme Paid Sold Profit 10527 Ambulance Duplo $ 7.71 $ 10.00 $ 2.29 10539 Beach Racing Duplo $ 11.93 $ 18.00 $ 6.08 10589 rally Car duplo $ 7.54 $ 12.00 $ 4.46 10592 fire Truck Duplo $ 11.26 $ 20.00 $ 8.74 10662 Lego Large Duplo Box duplo $ 31.80 $ 48.00 $ 16.20 10692 Classic Bricks Classic $ 11.02 $ 14.00 $ 2.98 10697 Lego Large Creative Box Creator $ 37.07 $ 65.00 $ 27.93 21113 The Cave Mindcraft $ 11.65 $ 16.00 $ 4.35 31000 Lego Creator Creator $ 3.46 $ 5.00 $ 1.54 31019 Forest Animals Creator $ 10.05 $ 15.00 $ 4.95 31021 Furry Creatures creator $ 13.35 $ 15.00 $ 1.65 31025 Mountain Hut Creator $ 31.79 $ 40.00 $ 8.21 40138 Christmas Train seasonal $ 0.00 $ 30.00 $ 30.00 40139 gingerbreead House seasonal $ 0.00 $ 35.00 $ 35.00 41033 Jungle Falls Rescue friends $ 13.77 $ 17.00 $ 3.23 41068 Arendale Castle Disney Princess $ 39.63 $ 45.00 $ 5.37 60002 fire Truck City $ 13.36 $ 18.00 $ 4.64 60022 Cargo Terminal City $ 78.44 $ 125.00 $ 46.56 70411 Treasure Island Pirates $ 15.90 $ 25.00 $ 9.10 70803 Cloud cuckoo Palace The Lego movie $ 15.90 $ 18.00 $ 2.10 70818 Double Decker Couch The Lego movie $ 12.71 $ 20.00 $ 7.29 75000 Clone Troopers vs. droidEKAS Star Wars $ 9.54 $ 13.00 $ 3.46 75000 Clone Troopers vs. droidEKAS Star Wars $ 9.54 $ 13.00 $ 3.46 75001 Republic troopers vs. Sith Troopers Star Wars $ 9.54 $ 13.00 $ 3.46 75019 AT-TE Star Wars $ 51.94 $ 100.00 $ 48.06 75020 Jabba's Sail barge Star Wars $ 71.55 $ 120.00 $ 48.45 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina Star Wars $ 51.94 $ 80.00 $ 28.06 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina Star Wars $ 34.64 $ 80.00 $ 45.36 75053 The Ghost Star Wars $ 73.27 $ 90.00 $ 16.73 75080 AAT Star Wars $ 19.86 $ 20.00 $ 0.14 75081 T-16 Skyhopper Star Wars $ 17.91 $ 21.50 $ 3.59 75082 T-16 Skyhopper Star Wars $ 17.91 $ 21.50 $ 3.59 75105 Millennium Falcon Star Wars $ 117.66 $ 140.00 $ 22.34 75094 Imperial Shuttle Tydirum Star Wars $ 84.79 $ 90.00 $ 5.21 76031 The Hulk buster Smash Marvel $ 15.89 $ 17.00 $ 1.11 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush Hobbit/LOTR $ 79.49 $ 85.00 $ 5.51 79119 Mutation Chamber Unleashed tmnt $ 23.31 $ 20.00 $ (3.31) 79018 The Lonely Mountain Hobbit/LOTR $ 91.68 $ 150.00 $ 58.32 3932 Andrea's Stage friends $ 3.18 $ 10.00 $ 6.82 10674 Pony Farm Juniors $ 21.45 $ 30.00 $ 8.55 10697 Lego Large Creative Box Creator $ 37.07 $ 40.00 $ 2.93 21107 Micro World - The End Minecraft $ 17.36 $ 25.00 $ 7.64 21118 The Mine Minecraft $ 78.46 $ 100.00 $ 21.54 31021 Furry Creatures creator $ 9.62 $ 15.00 $ 5.38 31026 Bike Shop & Café (Creator) Creator $ 56.45 $ 75.00 $ 18.56 41004 Rehearsal Stage friends $ 15.90 $ 15.00 $ (0.90) 41010 Oliva's Beach Buddy friends $ 6.35 $ 10.00 $ 3.65 41032 First Aid Jungle Bike Friends $ 10.01 $ 11.00 $ 0.99 41032 First Aid Jungle Bike Friends $ 8.36 $ 11.00 $ 2.64 41032 First Aid Jungle Bike Friends $ 8.36 $ 10.00 $ 1.64 41034 Summer Caravan friends $ 20.43 $ 25.00 $ 4.57 41038 Jungle rescue Base Friends $ 40.85 $ 40.00 $ (0.85) 41094 heartlake Lighthouse Friends $ 25.94 $ 32.00 $ 6.06 41085 vet Clinic friends $ 10.06 $ 22.00 $ 11.94 41085 vet Clinic friends $ 10.06 $ 22.00 $ 11.94 41085 vet Clinic friends $ 10.58 $ 22.00 $ 11.42 60002 fire Truck City $ 11.12 $ 18.00 $ 6.88 60034 Artic Hellicrane City $ 24.32 $ 30.00 $ 5.68 60042 High Speed Police Chase - Damaged) City $ 13.50 $ 13.00 $ (0.50) 60053 race Car City $ 5.26 $ 10.00 $ 4.74 60063 City Advent Calendar City $ 27.02 $ 35.00 $ 7.98 60066 Swamp Police starter set City $ 6.76 $ 10.00 $ 3.24 60079 Training Jet Transporter City $ 30.40 $ 37.00 $ 6.60 60117 Van and caravan City $ 15.89 $ - $ (15.89) 66535 Obiwan vs. General G Star Wars $ 45.30 $ 45.00 $ (0.30) 70005 Laval's Royal Fighter Chima $ 21.20 $ 30.00 $ 8.80 70008 Gorzans Gorilla Striker Chima $ 30.74 $ 35.00 $ 4.26 70009 Worriz' Combat Liar Chima $ 46.75 $ 50.00 $ 3.25 70009 Worriz' Combat Liar Chima $ 46.75 $ 40.00 $ (6.75) 70105 Eglor Chima $ 7.95 $ 6.00 $ (1.95) 70100 Ring of Fire Chima $ 4.24 $ 6.00 $ 1.76 70129 Lavertus Twin Blade Chima $ 9.56 $ 12.00 $ 2.44 70131 Rogon's Rock Flinger Chima $ 12.72 $ 22.00 $ 9.28 70146 Flying pheonix Fire Temple Chima $ 63.60 $ 80.00 $ 16.40 70160 riverside Raid ultra agents $ 5.30 $ 8.00 $ 2.70 70164 Hurrican Heist ultra agents $ 37.10 $ 35.00 $ (2.10) 70227 King Crominus rescue chima $ 43.36 $ 55.00 $ 11.64 70402 The Gatehouse Raid castle $ 23.83 $ 32.15 $ 8.32 70733 Blaster Bike Ninjago $ 9.12 $ 15.00 $ 5.88 70733 Blaster Bike Ninjago $ 9.12 $ 15.00 $ 5.88 70743 Airjitsu Ninjago $ 7.39 $ 8.00 $ 0.61 70753 Lava Falls (damaged) Ninjago $ 3.18 $ 7.00 $ 3.82 75018 Jek-14 Stealth Starighter Star Wars $ 53.63 $ 65.00 $ 11.37 75034 Death Star Troopers Star Wars $ 13.77 $ 15.00 $ 1.23 75075 At-AT Star Wars $ 7.42 $ 10.00 $ 2.58 75078 Imperial Troop Transport Star Wars $ 7.72 $ 11.00 $ 3.28 75080 AAT Star Wars $ 16.89 $ 20.00 $ 3.11 75082 tie Advanced Prototype Star Wars $ 30.91 $ 35.00 $ 4.09 75085 Hailfire Droid Star Wars $ 16.10 $ 20.00 $ 3.90 75091 Flash Speeder Star Wars $ 25.43 $ 27.00 $ 1.57 76010 Penguin Face Off DC Comics $ 13.77 $ 13.00 $ (0.77) 76010 Penguin Face Off DC Comics $ 10.57 $ 13.00 $ 2.43 76012 Batman: the Riddler Chase DC Comics $ 25.12 $ 30.00 $ 4.88 76014 Spider Trike vs. Electro Marvel $ 9.82 $ 12.00 $ 2.18 76019 Starblaster Showdown Marvel $ 9.04 $ 14.00 $ 4.96 76019 Starblaster Showdown Marvel $ 13.52 $ 18.00 $ 4.49 76031 The Hulk buster Smash Marvel $ 20.71 $ 20.00 $ (0.71) 76031 The Hulk buster Smash Marvel $ 23.69 $ 25.00 $ 1.31 76041 Hydra Fortress Smash Marvel $ 32.80 $ 40.00 $ 7.20 79003 Unexpected Gathering Hobbit/LOTR $ 44.51 $ 100.00 $ 55.49 79017 The Battle of the Five Armies Hobbit/LOTR $ 42.39 $ 55.00 $ 12.61 79118 Karai Bike Escape tmnt $ 9.15 $ 10.00 $ 0.85 70401 Gold Getaway castle $ 13.78 $ 20.00 $ 6.22 70401 Gold Getaway castle $ 13.78 $ 20.00 $ 6.22 0 Friends Set Friends $ 13.74 $ 15.00 $ 1.26 0 Princess Set Princess $ 12.24 $ 15.00 $ 2.76 0 Hydra Heist MArvel $ 14.41 $ 15.00 $ 0.59 $ 2,605.63 $ 3,492.15 $ 886.52 So for three days I sold over 100 sets. Even bought some sets on Friday night and sold them on Saturday. A few notes about the sale Friends were a hot seller. Girls really liked those and having a selection was important. Duplos also were another hot seller – could have sold more if I had them. I sold CHIMA!!!! - $281 worth. It was nice to move some of that. Enough to almost cover my sand crawler. Now that is an upgrade in my mind I ran for three days this year. Last year I ran for two and since it went so well I increased it to three days this year. Super hero sets did not sell this year. Last year they flew off the shelves. Never assume what will sell. Have a selection so they can go through everything. Collector sets hardly ever sell. Really, only sold two sets that reached “collector status” in both years I have done this. You can sell current sets if the price is right (falcon, shuttle, etc.) So, anyway I took my profit and put it towards the family vacation and started to reinvest the original investment. So far – I have purchased three brick bounties from a local mom and pop shop that still had them at retail (99.99) per, a sand crawler (which I bought for May the fourth), a Tyridium shuttle, a deep sea helicopter, a rhino vs. sandman, nether fortress, desert outpost, general Grievous, batboat harbor pursuit, helicopter pursuit (2), and a boulder blaster. My moral, if you can do it, those small sets do payoff if you can sell them en masse. My second garage sale allows me to do it. Not everything has to be sold as small sets but if you sell 50 of them then that profit and effort is worth it. My second moral, if someone is willing to buy Chima – Sell it!!! Sell it quick and when they come back to buy another $100 worth of chima don’t let them see you do the “I’m selling my Chima happy dance.” - JUST SELL IT!!!! In case you were wondering 60117 was given to my wife to give to a friend. I counted it as a sale but hat is why it is a Zero

everyone knows it's not a true LEGO set unless it has a helicopter in it.

Like Phil B, I rarely buy Lego for investing these days unless I get a hefty discount (40% and up). If you think something isn't hoarded, think again. I recently sent some Ant-Man sets into FBA thinking that there was a clear path to $80+ but boy was I wrong. Somebody parked 350 units last week and the price has stagnated. 350 units! How the hell does one seller buy up that many? What concerns me most about the current market is the number of sellers. Even before retirement, lots of sets have 100-200 sellers on Amazon. That was unheard of a couple of years ago. Most of these sellers are not Lego aficionados like you or I. They heard about the returns on Lego and they are treating it as a commodity and they buy IN MASS. They'll eventually crash the market and then move on to something else.

No, it's not her boyfriend. They will forever be interested in one another, but constantly won't admit it because being someone's boy/girlfriend is horribly cliche and something only "normals" do.

fixed!

Fba R2D2 :399.9 bought last week for 250$

Amazon 60052 - City: Cargo Train - $123.99 (38% off)

Meanwhile, try telling LEGO Shop at Home that you're doing this, and you'll get that ban hammer pretty quick.

$20 back on $25. Time to put in use the kmart magic.

But that's not what Emazers said

Nothing has a guarantee return. As return offered is a function of the risk of return, and if you think you’ve found something that does, then it’s mis-priced. What to look for is a risk/return ratio that is favourable. When actually gambling and I once was a semi-professional gambler (before the online books got sharp) the aim was to look for mispriced odds. Where the odds offered are out of line with the probably of the event occurring and even then you only have to be right 51% of the time, assuming you get your units correctly managed. Anyway, the current risk/return ratio on Lego is still incredibly favourable, in many cases the worse-case scenario is a no or low loss risk weighted against a sizeable upside opportunity. And the reason for this is that Lego “investing” is rarely more than retail arbitrage with Lego as a vehicle to monetize the marketing incentives and discounts offered by big box retailers trying desperately to compete with each other and Amazon.

The original format would have left us with trails of empty DD threads considering almost non-existing online deals so far this year.

Target still has lots of stuff left too. http://www.target.com/s?sortBy=relevance&searchTerm=lego&Nao=0&kwr=y&facetedValue=d_deals%3ASale| I actually prefer the daily post, but I was outvoted.

First attempt at a gothic lampost, just built from using loose lego, no bricklink order as yet. Pretty pleased with it actually, have to change how its fitted to he base but apart from that I think I might leave it as is.

Girl you know it's true!

Heartlake Shopping Mall for 45 in the clearance section at Walmart. Going to build it tonight for my daughter to wake up to.

Drove to Po-Dunk to get more Walmart $35 M.Falcon 3.75" Battle Action sets. They were sold out. But then this happened.. I heard the Lego isle calling out... Grievous $9.. Cody and Obi Wan $5. They were all still there because they were still marked at regular price.

Reports coming in that Scrooge McDuck has thrown away the gold in his vault to replace it Lego bricks as they are more valuable than gold

Like I said, the one in the MOC was much better.

I gotta admit, that hiker is pretty damn cool. There's a woman at work that is about to do a 3 week hike on the Muir Trail through Yosemite. I'll have to get the hiker, plus an appropriate face/hairpiece and give that to her.

You know, we have a Site Suggestions thread if you want to throw requests and questions there, instead of clogging up the DD thread.

Went to Alton Towers today, one of the shops had a load of 75030 on the shelf, obviously at RRP. I cleared the shelf of 30 and he still had more out back!? Quick flip, double my money and pays for a family day out!

Easy peasy, 2k later.

First look at the Buildable Figures for Rogue One:

Anything that doesn't give you a guaranteed return becomes a gamble in my books. At least by acknowledging this I won't be disappointed if returns don't pan out as prospected. And yes, I'm dabbling in LEGO reselling/investing because I love LEGO - worst thing that can happen is that I have a lot of LEGO parts to build MOCs with.

I think "few regulars" were lost because they could not discuss their damn lipstick deals...

You have to take the good with the bad in this hobby, and it is a hobby for most of us. The reason UCS MF is over $4000 is due to the media coverage and speculators. I remember a few years ago looking at the price of a new one on Ebay for $800 to $1000 and I just could not get myself to buy one. (or all of them) Kicking myself now. I had the capital but I just couldn't see spending that much on a Lego set. The most I had spent on a set was for 10188 DS when it came out because my son was really into SW Lego. I debated buying an extra one to keep sealed but in the end passed on it. That was 7 years ago! I have recently gotten back into this because it is fun. It's fun chasing down clearance at Walmart or Meijer and when I do find something it is awesome. Here in the Metro Detroit area, we don't get the kind of clearance finds like some of you guys get. We are lucky to find 1 IAC or 1 IST on the shelf at 50% off. I am grateful for the shared information because I have saved a lot of money on personal Lego buys by not paying RRP which I had in the past. I do think making this site subscription based would be a decent idea as it would weed out anyone that isn't in this with their whole heart.

I just think folks were more aware then and had everything in their face first thing every day.

Sometimes, it seems as if there are posters whose sole purpose in life is trying to make my head explode.

Maybe. But I think a more possible scenario is that because TLG announced BB, the hoard bets that TB might retire soon then starts hoarding aggressively.

Seek the TRUTH and you shall find it. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/14338-truth-tactics/?page=1

A while back I purchased some lego from one of the owners of Brick Bricks, a terminator salvation MOC, a few other bits and this along with a bulk lot of loose. After asking him I found out it was the beginning to a basement for the HH. Its been sat in the cupboard since, until a few day back when I fitted the HH to it a started covering the floors and adding details. Now don't get me wrong the majority of the work was not done by me, he is an amazing builder and has added secret passage ways sliding doors, prison cells, and there is a battery pack installed ready for a lighting kit. Any way just thought I'd share, get some tips and feedback. I've got a brick link order coming with various bits and some more olive bushes and lots of olive grasses, which I think will finish the front off nicely. I haven't started on the back, but was thinking of a graveyard, with a tree? I was also thinking of a large lamp post and the street. Much bigger and gothic style rather than the modular ones. Anyone have any ideas for this?

Wow! Looks great! To get some inspiration:

70142 Chima Eagle for $25 on the bay. Got it for 75% off at B&N. And people say you cannot make $5 on Chima

Good luck with that. That thing is huge with lots of tiny pieces. Those kind of sets I build the main building first and give them that. Then I slowly give out the peripherals, like the vehicle and some of the extra minifigs. That way it keeps being fresh and I have something to use as an award later on. And it can save you half an hour to an hour off the initial assembly. I pace out the Legos for my kids like a morphine drip.

Going back to the OP no-ones mentioned the elephant in the room - this site. Im not sure how many tens of thousands of members there are but for anyone wondering what brickvesting is all about then a quick google search will lead you here, and there you have it, pretty much all the information at your fingertips. Long gone are days of using your own initiative, searching sold prices on eBay and taking your own risks - it's all here and most are success stories. All you need is the cash and away you go. Why wouldn't anyone want a piece of the action? Maybe it's time this site went subscription only? (I'll get my hard hat!!!)

I think you are greatly underestimating the popularity and intrinsic value of the LEGO brick in this whole equation. It's not so cut and dried. Regardless of whatever resellers and collectors stockpile, that will have little affect on the primary LEGO market. LEGO is designed for kids for the most part and they will drive the entire market, both current and future. LEGO controls the primary market and overall, they are producing some dynamic sets and products. Sure, there are some retreads and turds, but overall, their product line has never been better and more varied. If the primary market remains strong, the secondary market should remain relatively stable.

Well I obviously FAIL at LEGO. Putting together my bricklinked 10212 (so having to use printed out instructions). My excuse is cheaping out on ink but I've got to the stand and seem to have 2 4x1 dark grey bits left when I actually require black ones. Worrying thing is I also have 2 x 1x6 dark grey ones in my pile as well which i'm sure shouldn't be right. Will I be OCD enough to take apart the shuttle and see where I went wrong? Absolutely epic model though and HUGE - dwarfs tiny Jango Santa. I'd heard the thing was big but I reckon it'll be the corner stone of my display. Fun build and I didn't actually find it repetitive at all. I knew it would be up there but having one put together its firmly in my top 5 sets. .

Go out and chest bump some people, it will make you feel better.