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The first rule of trade secrets is: don't tell it's a trade secret three times.

They've put some sets on clearance. They don't show up with the clearance search filter though. Only one that interested me. http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/lego-star-wars-anakins-custom-jedi-starfighter-75087/6000189903723

"Ming" state is only applicable to Lepin sets.

Hottest deal of the year folks... Never seen anything like it. Kmart Bluelight Special: $19.99 http://www.kmart.com/lego-174-chima-bladvic-s-rumble-bear-70225/p-004W007458754001P?plpSellerId=Kmart&prdNo=50&blockNo=50&blockType=G50 RUN!!!

sorry to hear that. be "+". everything happens for a reason and always 2 doors opens up for a closed ones.

I like this whole Christmas day selling phenomenon. For someone who doesn't list much, this is quite the volume

RRP for City and Friends are $29.99...be careful.

My BAM was kinda clueless about the 50% off toys promo, but said LEGO was excluded.

I was weak and got me 2x Stixx.

Yeah, it's been like that for me. Sell one, regret it later, sell another one at a higher price, regret that one too... A couple years ago, I came up with a personal rule that basically says, "If a set rises fast off the blocks (retirement), hold it longer, 'cause it will likely keep rising". And vice versa. The 'vice versa' part (if a set rises slowly post-EOL, dump it quick, 'cause it's probably going nowhere), has stayed true for the most part. The problem is, over the past year, several sets that initially rose rapidly have then slid back down. Holding 10211, 10221, 10224, 10225, 10228, and 10937 for the past 12 months has netted you a loss. All those sets doubled (or then some) very fast post-EOL and then got stuck. 10228 and 10937 have fallen sharply since then. 10937 actually hit $300 in a couple months after EOL, and then dropped down to $250. That was long before the remake was announced. And of course there hasn't been a remake of 10228, or any of the other sets I mention. So I'm not really sure what to think any more. There are ceilings that sets hit, even without a remake. I'm regretting selling my 75054's too fast this holiday season, and to a lesser extent my 75055's. But I'm really glad I dumped most of my 10228 stash last Fall at ~$430, 10225 sets at $360, and so on, 'cause those have only come down, and sitting on all of them for an extra year only to tie up my funds and floor space for negative returns would have been pretty terrible. For these newer sets, there's a lot of shadow inventory out there, folks just waiting for the price to plateau so they can back a truck up to an Amazon warehouse and dump their stash into the FBA market. Ditto for eBay. So for example, the number of 10228 sellers on eBay has actually risen as the price has come down. Happened to 10240 as well. It would be great if there were an online inventory tracker measuring the number of sets sitting in garages, basements, attics, and whatnot, but all we have is self-reported measures, and I have the feeling that the really big sellers don't bother updating the world on their changing stock levels.

This is an older deal, but I just found out about it and don't think I've seen it posted here before, so... Download the free Swych app. Search for Toys"R"Us - manually add $25 gift card to cart. Add promo code FLASH to promo field. You get a $25 TRU gift card for $17.50.

Thanks mr. Mailman - now how do I get it out?

Very good looking set. Another "budget modular", which is great for people building their own town. You could make some decent sized buildings using multiples of this set. 50$ is pricey, but you do get some nice parts. Jang's review is up too:

Sold a 21005 Fallingwater on FBA for $324.99.

Hopefully it's just a case of buyers remorse and that you get everything back. Emphasize that you must get everything back in order for a full refund. It may help to contact eBay and tell them you are weary of this return request. I have done that in the past and asked if that buyer has many return requests or issues with their account. If they have a track record of problems, maybe eBay can help you as part of the seller protection policy.

Some people might still prefer the original, like with 10188. Oh, wait.....

I saw: Disney minifigs 20% Arendelle Castle 50% Temple of Airjitsu 30% Creator lighthouse 20% Ugly Santa 50% Assorted sets 20% Caterham 20% Scooby Doo 30% Toy shop - full price, guess we get another season with it.

I'm a newbie to this too, but what's been working for me most consistently in the past month is to go to shopyourway.com and search for a Kmart gift card, then click on the first one, even though the dollar amount is not what you want. Click on "Buy from Seller" and you'll be redirected to Raise. Choose from several cards. Today's top is 7% off. 7% off + 8% in SYW points = 14.4% off. I bought all my Christmas gift cards this way and most of these points showed up within a few hours, but I've heard sometimes it takes 6-8 weeks. Thanks MinifigW for the headsup on this one.

Mini clearance at target for friends and some Nexo knights stuff. Found the ultimate minifig Nexo sets for $4.98, airjitzu battlegrounds for $41.98, friends birthday party for $8.53, juniors pony farm for $20.98, commander Cody for $13.98, jango fett for $1398, Elsa and Anna sleigh ride for $14.98 and a few others.

smh.

thanks Rogue 1!

I hope you make it clear to your future buyers that they're in minging condition. Jokes aside, good find

Is this a new condition beyond mint, something like a Ming vase?

Went out with the family and just happened to b close to a Lego shop and saw they had the Trevi fountain on sale for 30% off. So bought the last three all in Ming condition and got a snow globe thrown in as well

I got a 10% ebay bucks promotion good for today only. Check you ebay messages.

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The email I got was weird. Said games and toys 50% in store only, but in fine print it says discount taken off lowest item, like the bogo50 and no Lego was pictured this time. I'll find out tomorrow though =) Edit:: found it

Tons of places online where you can just scan the shield pictures No smooshing required.

I've paired down my at-ats over the holiday season to where I now sit at 3. I started with 11 as an investment last year, and i've followed the tide since last winter when they were at 2x almost instantly during retirement. Over the last 12 months, I'd dump one here and there as the tide rose. A month ago I thought this set would top at 300... now i'm pretty sure we will see it hit 350 by January. The question then remains where it will go from there? Judging from what has been posted on other threads, and even brickiest, i'm not sure they are making an AT-ACT. That doesn't seem like it's in the plans. 400 on this one is a real possibility, but I do think after January it will come back down a little and could stagnate a little bit. This is one set that if we don't see it again by next year, 450ish is possible for next christmas. It's really a tough one to gauge on when to let them go. The republic gunship was another one that has been very successful. It's also topped 300 this holiday season... I couldn't resist that price and blew my last ones of those out... But the AT-AT's are so tough to gauge, because each time you leave one go, you regret it a week later because the price jumps another 25.00... Either way, this is one of the more successful sets of the last year. 1 year after retirement and it's already 3 x if you were buying in the low 90s when these were on sale at that price consistently from mid septmeber - black friday of 2015.

I didn't buy myself the Yellow Submarine because I figured that I would allow someone to buy me a set for Christmas, and someone did. As bad as Lego's creativity was this year, the adaptation of the Ideas set is phenomenal and this is by far the most brilliant 2016 set that I personally built this year. I don't know how close this is to the original submission, but both Lego and the designer deserve all profits made from sales. The colors are fantastic, the minifigs are brilliant, and the build is very well executed. This set may also be good for parter-outers with all of the bright colors and rare pieces, including a lot of unique color/piece combinations and printed tiles (no stickers!). I surmise that this set will be around for a long time, by Ideas standards, or produced in high volume runs because it wouldn't make sense to create so many parts runs for some many of the unique pieces in the set. A+ from me.

Blind Melon

So sorry to hear this Ciglione ... wishing you the best of luck on your next opportunity.

Finished building mine today. It´s a real big boy in size and weight. Probably taken Technic sets to a limit as the motor struggles to power it and it makes 9398 crawler look like a hot rod in comparison. Cetainly a great build and loads of parts to build a fleet of excavators.

I never posted the winners from last year's LEGO Raffle for St. Paul School, but I would like to do so now to show that actual people won the raffles and they were from all parts of world! LEGO Star Wars Death Star #10188 Blake Wallace Lake Mary, Florida USA LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 #10225 Elizabeth Hood Lynnwood, Washington USA Sealed Case of LEGO Series 10 Minifigures #71001 - Get Mr. Gold!!! Lisa Farmer North Miami Beach, Florida USA LEGO Monster Haunted House #10228 Jason MacConnell Bolingbrook, Illinois USA LEGO Creator Town Hall #10224 Rusty Banbury Reno, Nevada USA Bundle #1 Grand Emporium & Parisian Restaurant Peter Cheung Vancouver, Canada Mystery Bundle #2: More Than 5000 Pieces!!! Hamilton Johnson Little Rock, Arkansas USA Create a Bundle #3 David Chua Pasadena, California USA BrickPicker Bundle #5 Karl Langfield Longview, Washington USA Batman Bundle #4 Mike Hayler Isle of Man, United Kingdom FRIENDS Bundle #6 Victoria Chi Edmond, Oklahoma USA

Hey, it's not easy work getting that 40% off sometimes over here. When the best sales come around you're lucky to grab a few at a time before the likes of Tabby have bought the lot! I'd also say that IST wasn't selling out too quickly until some of the ridiculous Tesco prices just after it was announced as retiring soon. I only got chance to top up on a few more when those sales hit. Same with Trevi Fountain. I would have loved to have topped up on a few more of those but others rinsed them soon after the retiring soon label and following sales. I just bought them throughout the year whenever they were at good prices in the hope that they may retire sooner rather than later. I got lucky with a few sets retiring, I must admit. That 40% isn't a given though, by any means. I had to keep picking up Trevi's and IST at some discounts without knowing if they would retire at any time soon. If I hadn't done that occasionally I probably wouldn't have many of them as some wideboys bought the lot when they actually got retired. I just liked those sets so I bought occasionally when on good enough deals for me. Edit - I have a load of Louvre's that I was picking up at slight discounts at the same time as Trevi's. Didn't get lucky on those this year but at least they're in the bank in-case something surprising happens. Can't afford to wait until they retire and then wish you could have bought even at RRP. Louvre is a no brainer at any discount, just as the Trevi was. Happy to buy some at discount then try to top up if they appear in a Tesco 3-4-2 etc. Doesn't do much harm on certain sets that aren't too easy to usually get discounts on.

Got an email... Chapters Indigo has online sale thru 12/31... no specific deals on Lego, but 20% off anything(?) when you pay with Masterpass. I didn't order, but they have Disney minifigs at C$3.95 each. I was able to add 99 pc to shopping cart. With 0.75:1 exchange rate, add about $15 shipping, 20% off with Masterpass, I figure they're about US $2.60 - $2.70 each? Not sure if that's a good buy tho... probably better deals coming up closer to home.

30% off selected sets at TRU IST is in there. With a £20 voucher it's a £33 buy in so pretty good, if you can find any in stock.

RIP George Michael. [emoji20] You will be missed.

Haven't checked yet if they have anything decent, but $40 off $150 and free shipping at Shopko.com: http://www.shopko.com/catalog/search.cmd?form_state=searchForm&keyword=lego

My son is really into Titanfall right now. This is not the building set you're looking for. I wanted to quit about 1/3 the way through. Took much longer than it should have, but I would not let it defeat me. A big waste of money, since it's flimsy and he won't play with it long.

Ah, you mean this: http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=62454986

So long as there is more demand from buyers than stock from resellers, you´ll be fine, but we could say that about any item these days. Merry Christmas everyone!

I think I know what some of you are getting in your stockings tonight. Time to get some of your minds out of the toilet.

Sold a Architecture Big Ben for $35 via CL.

What gives with all this "turd" sh*t? i don't mean to poo poo this topic, but Is there a scat fetish doing the rounds?

I bought 31062.

I got super tired of that sort of thing so now in all my listings I started including language along the lines of: "If there's no "make an offer" option, the price is firm. I am happy to answer questions about the item, but will not respond to offers sent in messages. Thanks for your understanding."

Maybe this might help in giving you some inspirations : Not mine though, :(.

Whatever you choose to feel up and whatever special techniques you use is your business. Let's keep it private though...