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MILF #1 bags. With the help of a few drams of scotch...

and here i am thinking this thread cant get any worse

There are actual 4 of us covering all world time zones on shifts. I´m off in an hour and the Nexo hating one will be up next.

Just finished up ucs y-wing. I like this build, the detail on the ship is well done. It seems to hold up against repeated fuzzball attacks too! (I'm fostering those guys for local spca)

Soon.

The fact Lego don´t sell Ecto 1 anymore solves that issue!

I'm sorry but the KOs suck and anyone who tells me otherwise is lying to me and to themselves. But even the real thing isn't made from the same quality plastic as the original G1s. You're right that they coexist somewhat peacefully but I've talked to many local collectors and it's easy to pick out the true collectors (who often buy both) and those who just buy the cheap knockoffs because they can't afford the real thing. I've bought/sold from someone who imports the KOs and for his own personal collection he has to have the real thing. Around here we call that a hypocrite but he buys with real cash. I don't buy knockoffs because I don't like to support companies whose business model is to high jack someone else's ideas and marketing. It's something our family does in part because we can afford to and also because ethically it is questionable at best. How does that relate to LEGO? People are cheap... people sometimes have questionable ethics. Fakes capitalize on both of those things.

possibly the top performing set that retired in 2016. it is at least from my reckoning. thought it deserved its own little thread to go with the little red bucket. lowest FBA $79.99 - MSRP $14.99. 4.93x MSRP in under a year. that would be like if Wall-E was selling for $295. get buying those suitcases.

Just like the missus....

wow you really did revive a SW 2014 thread... That was like when Tabby actually like LEGO and stuff

It really feels like there are several camps, and each is in a different state of mind. The "buy and wait" crowd is out, as sets no longer seem to be rising over time like they used to. The "Amazon FBA crowd" has an insatiable set of buyers and can turn cheap Lego into profit without much effort or thought, so they don't care. The "just flipping some sets to pay for my collection" crowd is somewhere in between, depending on how badly they did selecting sets in 2015. But rehashing the same arguments on thread after thread is tiresome. Oh and the fourth is "bitter Euros", who are just bitter European resellers who complain endlessly and then come back the next day to continue complaining. You know who you are.

Somebody might have mentioned it a time or two.

Finally got a hold of instructions for my little Record Store. Now just waiting for the stickers to come in. Cute little Modular.

I will keep saying this - some of the best designers working for LEGO, are working on Ninjago.

Look at the voice actor cast.

Flopped at the box office. Could only muster $21 mil, good for 3rd place. Budget was $70 mil. I don't know how the hell these cost so much to make.

We could start a new 75192 fruitcake thread with some of these classics; FEW EXTRA BITS TO GO WITH THIS ITEM WHICH WE WERE GIVEN ON THE KNIGHT OF THE LAUNCH OF THE MILLENNIUM FALCON Good luck probably means good luck in receiving the item after you pay for it. Feedback not great either.

The margin in the product itself may be consistent with other products... that doesn't negate it's other issues.... like size, low volume, and higher risk. Since we are talking TRU here.. we are talking about retail. In retail, shelf space is an important commodity. Inventory is intended to CYCLE, not sit. Sitting inventory is cost as it's taxed and potentially depreciating. Unlike a private reseller, a retailer is not intesting in holding out and waiting to sell something. The space that sitting item is taking up is losing them money compared to that same space being used for something actively selling. And why retailers will aggressively put things on clearance.. instead of just 'waiting for a buyer'. A set like 75192 is less desirable for retail because It's extremely large - meaning it takes up expensive shelf and warehouse space It's a price point completely different from your average shopper in that aisle meaning its difficult to promote and attract the right buyers Its a low volume product. 10% on $800 may sound great... but 20% on $60 x 30 sure sounds alot better!! Deadhead, damaged, or returns on such a high cost product are a huge liability Often vendors diffuse these risks for retails by offering different programs where the retailer is almost like a consignment instead of just buying stock. TLG isn't going to make friends with it's retailers if it sticks them with open box or 'faulty' returns on high cost sets. TLG would also have to pay them a lot of money to get them to showcase these products because of the increased space these products need. Getting your product on the endcap with those big displays isn't something that just happens by chance But the TL: DR is... high dollar, low volume, risky inventory is always less desirable vs high volume, easy to manage product.

See my reply. How can you prove it IS the same box you are filming that came back (you didn´t open it and refill then seal it)? Do you get the delivery boy to stay with you while you film? Also a SNAD could mean the customer is allowed to keep the item and the money. Ebay rules.

They can

Walmart : Batcave classic $194.44 again ( not sure if it went up then down ) https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Super-Heroes-Batman-Classic-TV-Series-Batcave-76052/47348012

I use this video to motivate my kids. No matter how high and mighty you become in the galaxy, repeated failure (losing 2 Death Stars, forgetting about security cameras when wiping out your academy, not taking the high ground, consistently delegating to morons, etc...) will drag you back down to reality.

Wondering the same thing? Isn't it good for people on here as investors that these sets, especially the limited ones at Leicester Square, are doing so well? Shows the market is strong. Those 150 are the special ones after all, as none had special first run certificates or anything. So those first 150 are the closest we can get to being "limited edition", surely that's a good thing?

No reason for it to fail in the US. New season coming soon and it was heavily discounted. In Europe, Wall-E is a better bet.

$34 FBA - should be renamed to Ca hyyk troopers.

It was too good to be true. When selling LEGO started to feel as if you were daytrading in the stock market - it wasn't going to be good. As a long time seller (never greedy), I always prefered to see a sure & steady rise in values - That was something that could be maintained long term, but not this.

Interesting video of one Lego store setting up 75192 in the wall display case.

Picked this up today and built it ...

The Golden Goose keeps dropping more eggs.

I've always been complaining (or maybe it was more warnings of doom) - But I actually complain much less nowadays (since it's now too late - the damage is done). I have only ever wanted a continuing stable market - it even felt frustrating selling Town Halls for near $600 (practically right out of the gate), since it was clear that things were going off the rails.

DownUnder Bricks review/comparison:

10030 would be a very bad purchase if you're buying for investment purposes. Price has peaked with bogus bricks and also with the recent trend for remakes 10030 is a prime candidate to be remade. If that happens say goodbye to a large hunk of your capital. You just have to see the impact that 75192 has had on 10179. On the other hand if you're one of those collectors that must have every UCS set even though it has been remade and can take the hit on your outlay in the event of a remake (i include myself in this category) then make sure you get yourself a good deal.

That poor little boy, bottom right, in the yellow shirt. He needs his own festival.

I don't know if anyone collected McFarland toys in the early days of that company but there was a great 5 year run where many figures were like printing money if you bought cases.. then it waned.. I feel we are in that waning period but this has been predicted for years now so it was bound to happen. I also have bought very little this year and am selling down our stock.. I figure by next year I'll be out of all but the sets I want to hold for another 5 years or so which is mostly Star Wars UCS and lotr sets

Do you share a flat with Nigel Farage and Guardiola?

8% eBay bucks on $50+ purchase

Wow. This might be one of the craziest deals I ever found. I just left Savers (a goodwill type store). Found a big bag of Legos marked $9.99. I had a 30% off coupon, so I paid $7. I wasn't sure what was in the bag, but it was big enough to be worth it to me. Looked like a lot of white and blue so I was assuming some kind of city police stuff. Didn't see any minifigures so I was a little disappointed, but I saw a some numbered bags so that's cool. I got in the truck and open it up. Start pulling out all sealed bags. Lots of white and blue. Oh look, an instruction manual. Woah. It's a freaking UCS R2D2! All bags present and sealed. Instructions never opened.

Dark Gizmoduck????

Awesome. If you could talk just 2 more people into doing the same and ask each of them to talk 2 people into doing the same, etc., that'd be great.

Picked this up while breaking my keyboard ordering 75192. Thought I'd share some pictures of the wallmount that I did. Ended up taking down my support structure for the UCS Tie Fighter and harvesting those pieces and a few others I had lying around. The bottom support bears the entire weight of the set while the upper support is purely for stability. Both are on Stage 1, so playtability and "show and tell" are not adversely affected. Next step...lights!

September 19th 1985 was the day of the Great Earthquate that destroyed most of México city... Me and my family were there on vacations and just left the city the night before.... the hotel where we stayed fell down.. as most of the downtown sold buildings did. It was a 8.2 earthquake in Richter scale.. Today 32 years later to the day, a strong 7.2 earthquake shocked México City Again at 1.14 PM Central. Damage to the city is considerable. Send a prayer to those in need today... IMG_1048.MOV IMG_1047.MOV IMG_1049.MOV

Really absurde, as this set is a masterpiece... (I am saying that as Ninjago hater...)

Never ever label a lot with older Winter Village sets and a 10197 as "Winter crap" .. grrrrr

Don´t torture the poor guy, he´s missed two Windows already - if he has any worse luck he´ll catch Windows 8.

Thanks for the help getting me started everyone. I've been open a week and have had 11 orders. I'm sure as things get picked over it will slow quite a bit, but it's pretty exciting right now.

I have a few of these and after watching Rouge One the other night 1st time since seeing it at the cinema, I am very tempted to crack one open. I have Krenicks ship for a personal build. My Boys like the idea of lego but seem to get fed up half way through also. My Mum brought my 7 year old a classic box for his birthday and he has had much more fun with it than the stupid amount of city sets he got for christmas, which is now in a box all in pieces.

ok. maybe its just me and i have star wars on the brain but i took a picture of this cloud the other day... dum dum da-dum dum da-dum dum da-dum.