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10 years...10 years have gone by since the original in 2007. Did anyone really think this would be the Holy Grail of kits forever and LEGO would 'honor resellers as the kit soared to $10,000'? HA! I can't believe it took LEGO this long for a remake. I sold my last one two years ago sometime before The Force Awakens. LEGO didn't 'do it to hurt resellers'. They did it to make money. Disney bought Lucas Arts to make money. How old is Mickey Mouse? Nearly 90yrs old, and Disney successfully lobbies Congress to extend US copyright laws every single time Mickey's copyright is about to expire. Also Disney has publicly stated there will be a new Star Wars movie every two years. Do you think that means new starships and new characters every movie? Disney will rehash and rewrite the original characters a million times for 90yrs, just like Mickey, until Han Solo's great great great great great great-grandchildren are flying the Milennium Falcon, and LEGO will follow suit on the gravy train and rerelease the Falcon in all forms and themes. Heh...LEGO has been re-releasing Star Wars starships, vignettes and characters many times over even before Disney bought Lucas Arts and started the turning the wheels on the bi-annual cash machine. If anyone thinks any Star Wars UCS kit is sacred and off limits to be reproduced, then you are in for a cruel eye opener.

I was working on the Price Guide update yesterday, hopefully should have it updated tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

Easter Win What You Want sweeps is a $1 doorbuster right now. Also, check your recent VIP Shop Your Way email - I got a $25 back on $60 coupon on one of my accounts (the other got another $10 back on $50).

This isn't about the 10179 - Most complainers here are concerned (and should be concerned) about the continued loss of faith in the perception of value, in general. When nothing is special, nothing is special - and LEGO is just another expensive, disposable, plastic toy.

In honor of our recent trip to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama and in anticipation of the new Saturn V launch in June, my daughter and I built this classic model.

Found an unopened 3 pack of bionicles from 2002 / 2003 (8566, 8587, 8588) at a local op shop for $15.

Awesome idea here is my homemade display case for my mini figures I made this weekend

Focus man!

Additionally, there isn't a lot of demand for most of those sets. It would be hard to move a good number of those.

just finished my new Caterham 7 (21307). Its a lovely build. I particularly loved how the rear wheel arches came together

I'm surprised at the high number of exclusions on their site. It feels pretty random to me. They had a bunch of completely sold out stuff listed too on sale. Seems like a waste to offer a sale on Obi-Wan Jedi starfighter

Nope, but they'll add a cheese slope

Haven't updated in a bit either, but had to report I just sold my last 75053 - The Ghost for $225 and 60057 - Camper Vans for $55, FBA

Will they update the minifigs at some point?

Time for some updates - the last two weeks have been crazy in terms of sales. Of course my discovery of FBA helped (moved 30 sets in 2 weeks), but somehow also my EBay sales picked up at the same time. Guess that's tax refund time for you :). Some highlights: FBA: 7x 41074 Azari and the Magical Bakery - $44 (buy-in $18 after tax) 5x 41035 Heartlake Juice Bar - $35 (buy-in $9 after tax) 2x 70151 Chima Speedorz Frozen Spikes - $16 (buy-in $4 after tax. ROI exactly 100% after all fees and taxes) - YEAH, I SELL CHIMA FOR PROFIT! BO/BL: 1x 41074 Azari and the Magical Bakery - $35 (buy-in $18 after tax) 1x 75046 Coruscant Police Gunship - $80 (buy-in $37 after tax) EBay: 1x 21118 Minecraft The Mine - $159 (buy-in $57 after tax), but with $10 FVF promo - my last one, I had to lower my price a bit after the selling frenzy over the holidays but the promo covered most of the difference. 1x Christmas Bundle consisting of 40222 Christmas Calendar + 40223 Snow Globe + 30474 Reindeer poly - $73 (buy-in $1.86, take-home profit after all fees and taxes $54)

Don't know codes, but I have a dummy Twitter account that I use just for DB purposes if I have already used my single entry for the day.

I worked there one summer in college as a Space Camp counselor. Such a cool place. Also, had quite a bit of fun after hours with the other 100 college kids from around the country who found themselves stuck in Huntsville for a summer

I posted his last week but someone tried to gain access to my account . So glad I signed up for the two step verification system prior to that .. highly recommend everyone does that , takes a min saves you hours if not months of headache .

If you think gullible buyers are the only ones buying these things, I've got a bridge to sell you. I would wager it's much more complicated than take your $10 and run. In the right circles, you can buy thousands of stolen credit cards for pennies per number. However not everyone can make fake cards to use at retail stores and online shops are getting better checkout systems that use the CCV and other two factor authentication (CCV plus an online password for example). Not to mention cash is better than using a fakes chip card for $50 in groceries to these asshats. I wouldn't be surprised if these d.i.c.k.s are setting up hundreds of fake listings across many different products and making random purchases with their stolen cards (guest checkout may have been a boon for some, but i believe it lets you pay with a CC). As buyers of their own listings they won't be filing any cases with eBay and PayPal. By the time the general public finds the listings and buys the rest, they've already cut bait and run. If I've thought of it, the dirt bags have too.

I picked up Metalbeard's Sea Cow (minus Queasy Kitty) for $125. I've been wanting to build one for quite a while but couldn't justify buying a new one to open and build at current market prices.

Exactly. if the grand-daddy of them all isn't untouchable, none of them are untouchable, and meteoric prices are no longer achievable. (some would argue meteoric price increases were already extinct due to all of us doing this on a public forum, but I digress). However, it also stands to reason they're much more likely to re-do sets that have more intrinsic popularity. The B-Wing isn't a likely re-do. So how many sets are truly impacted? Here's how all our brick folio's are about to be impacted if this truly comes to fruition. I wanted this Falcon set, bad. And can afford to spend 1500-2500 on a logo set. I considered it on several occasions. That was back when I knew I was never going to get one at retail for 500-800. Once I suspected I might (redo winter series, redo Death Star, redo Snow Speeder UCS) , I decided I was not going to pay 2500, nor 2000, nor 1500 for a really nice used copy. I was willing to wait. Now all UCS sets have that mindset. Heck, any super desirable set is. If you dispute the importance of the 10179 in Lego investing, well.............

Why do I feel like we have just been scolded??

Winter Toy Shop : $64.88 Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Expert-Winter-10249/dp/B015OYWEBO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491784794&sr=8-1&keywords=10249 Target : http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=10249

There may come a time when our clearance is raided......

If you make it to the gulf coast I'll make you the same offer. Buy me a cup of coffee and I'll give you valuable intel. =)

Here's the full list: http://www.target.com/c/lego-toys-featured-brands/-/N-56h33Z55e69Z55dgn?type=products&lnk=BOGO40offselect (Somehow that first link Jeff posted got me to an empty Target page). Friends Rollercoaster for $64 before Red Card (36% off) Airport VIP Service for $30 before Red Card (40% off) Friends Riding Club $36 before Red Card (40% off) SW Star Scavenger $29 before Red Card (42% off) There are still some Droid Escapes and Obi-Wan Interceptors at 20% off Constractible Rey for $11 (45% off) (Other older constractibles priced similarly) Friends Cupcake Cafe for $26 (35% off) Friends Supermarket for $21 (30% off) Fire Response Unit for $21 (48% off) Fire Ladder Truck for $15 (40% off) Fire Boat for $40 (50% off!) Fire Station for $52 (48% off) Police Prison Island for $57 (37% off) Van & Caravan for $10 (50% off!) Ferry for $19 (37% off) Millenium Falcon for $95 (37% off) High Speed Train for $104 (31% off) Police Mobile Command Unit $31 (38% off) Sweeper & Excavator $19 (37% off) Pizza Truck $13 (35% off) High Speed Chase $26 (35% off) Tow Truck Trouble $16 (36% off) Dragster Transporter $19 (37% off) Fishing Boat $13 (35% off) SH Black Panther Pursuit $19 (37% off) NOTE: There might be some that I missed as I was doing this quickly and reductions are calculated off the top of my head, so I might be off by a bit here and there.

Nah, my wife brought her leash.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait right there. Did you say you're on your way to Florida? Sound the alarm boys! We got a major Picker entering our territory. @Tigereyes cut him off before he gets too deep. @legotemplar get your goons ready. We're gonna need some muscle. He's a major player.

TMI

cool. it's a great set to build and display. post pics after the build.

nice price. post pics once you're done.

If you have a list of set numbers, plug them into the lot calculator on this site and mark as "used". See what you get and compare that with your $1.4k number.

70590 Ninjago Bankruptcy Grounds and 75140 Poop Transporter are both back in stock at EU SAH! Yet more stuff that won´t die.

Health and personal care is NO longer a gated category on Amazon. The catch? Lots of brands and sub-categories are now gated. Still you may be able to find a few new profitable and replenishable ASINS so be sure to check it out. Likewise if you had a profitable ASIN under health and personal care that is now open to everyone before ordering another large amount of inventory to send in you may wish to wait and see if alot of other sellers jump in and tank the price to unprofitable levels.

I posed this to BA in the other Amazon thread: I'm curious...is the password that you use for your Amazon account one that you use for other accounts or is it unique? I've got two-step authentication in place, but haven't received any queries from someone trying to access my account. The password that I use for Amazon is not one that I use or have used anywhere else so it could not have been compromised through another breach where my information was obtained.

Nice!

The Summer Riding Camp sells for about $225 around Christmas, I had 30 which I got for about $75 or so, I just sold a Summer Riding Camp and Olivia's House for $300 Combo Deal, I still have plenty of both, Now I no the Rollercoaster has not been out long but since I have the extra money I figure for $64 each I have them and don't have to worry about them anymore. This set should be a great money maker once its done, and I really don't care when it retires.

Homemade display case for our minifigures

I wouldn't sweat it.. lots of people around here got you covered. I just can't see me purchasing this no matter the price (for collection). I've been considering offloading my personal SSD just because I'll never have a space to display it .. never mind a huge MF too. That snowspeeder tho...

https://t.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=107648716&cp=2255956.2273442.2255962.3696486.3686928&parentPage=family

In one forum you're telling us you hope to get some in Florida and now you're telling us about leashes! I will echo @Phil Bs prior statement; TMI!

LEGO Dimensions Excalibur Batman is on sale at Target for 7.19 http://www.target.com/p/lego-dimensions-excalibur-batman-153-fun-pack/-/A-52105103

The target BOGO is active. Anything I post here includes the Red Card 5% discount as well. http://www.target.com/c/toys/-/N-55e8jZ56h5nZ5pwmbZ55e69Z5vfq0Z559x6?clearCategId=55e8j&type=products&Nao=0&sortBy=bestselling The Friends Riding Club looks to be like 40% off, maybe a few others looking quickly, a lot are at retail. http://www.target.com/p/lego-174-friends-heartlake-riding-club-41126/-/A-50566014 Fire City Response Unit looks closer to 50% off http://www.target.com/p/lego-174-city-fire-response-unit-60108/-/A-49121244

Spent most of my ebay bucks and some orders on BL for a bunch of figures to fill in holes in my figure collection. Among those bought were Captain Antilles, Thrawn, Rebels Ahsoka, Newt Scamander, Mad Eye Moody, Good Morning Bilbo and a few other less notable. Still waiting on a bunch of Indiana Jones figs from BL.

I like Krennics ship a lot. That ship has a mysterious black look on it.....

I´d go with Krennic´s then but U wing has also been discounted recently too. I assume both wil retire this winter.

You have achieved broken record status. "Hey everyone, I am done, game over, no more investing for me, I'm not buying. Guess what, i am done, I sold everything, blah blah blah." I love your knowledge of lego reselling, but lets get passed the "TabbyBoy is Over and Out" routine for a bit ok?

19x titanium dragon 70748 about $17 (that's with tax) each

Selling on eBay means you lose about 13½ % on fees to eBay and PayPal combined. So a €180 sale on eBay equals a €155 sale on a free Ads site like Marktplaats. Currently the lower end asking price for Pet Shop on Marktplaats is around €170 - €180. That's comparable to around €200 on eBay.

Instructions, 28 bags, 5 large blue pates, 8 dark gray tile plates