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Really like the end product , pretty sturdy , well designed and a lot of playability . The trigger to release the “bombs” is in the perfect place and well hidden . Figures are cool too

Yes. Just a reminder that this thread is for reporting retired sets. If a set is doing the dance, out of stock, call to check, etc, please report that it in the speculation thread.

Rakuten ;20% off cide : yearend20

Finished this off while the kids were napping. It’s -40 with the windchill today so cant do much else...

My daughter loves the winter village sets but is too young, so we built our own with a few new sets from Santa!

It´s like selling on Ebay, people don´t look at the description.

I visited today two stores to get Architecture Studio, by miracle I found the last one in stratford. the current status in brand stores might give you better indication about current state of EOL status and potential resurection (if) Palace Cinemas gone everywhere Winter Toy Shops gone everywhere Caterham hoarded everywhere 10+ boxes Elves series almost gone everywhere Batman Classic surprisingly was almost done. Assault on Hoth isn't going anywhere even discounted Simpsons with 1cm of dust surface on top of it Louvre gone everywhere Burj Khalifa gone everywhere Tie UCS still available Winter Train still available Winter station still available Yellow Submarine overhoarded Nexo - it depends on set and location Xerion Gone everywhere AROCS still available Minecraft the Village still available hassle free Friends Escort Girls mainly gone Escort Superheroes girls still available.

My winner is 41171 - Emily Jones & the Baby Wind Dragon. My average buy was under $3 from KMart with points and coupons, clearing them out over $40. Had over 100, down to 27 My loser was 75096 - Sith Infiltrator. Was expecting more because it was a TRU exclusive, and the Watto figure. Got my money back plus a little holding fee, but the ship just has no holding power. I don't predict much for 75099 - Rey's Speeder. have a bunch from Walmart at 70% off. We shall see what comes of it though.

My amazing grandma bought me the new ucs millennium falcon (75192) from the store in Liverpool yesterday

Lego must have produced a bucket load of trains, thinking that Autumn hype would shift them all by now. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4907012/John-Lewis-unveils-10-Christmas-toys.html Should have been a £120 set with the power functions included. People don't like paying twice.

Why are there so many things listed at 30% off that are already OOS / retired, and not included in the sale?

Interesting sub-plots over the next 24 hours: How many Brickheadz Lego actually have; Whether Elves 2017 is a poor investment; Whether Lego can succeed where TRU failed (TRU had a summer 50% sale to clear Wonder Woman, but still have Tanker Takedown); Whether there is demand for £120+ Minecraft; Very poor sales of Nexo will justify the summer axe; Releasing a train without power functions was a mistake; For me, the surprises are: Moana reduced; Pre-Ninjago Movie still available; Only one Architecture line; Very little Star Wars; Ecto-1 returning again, albeit briefly; Lego choosing not to farm out the slow sellers;

2x Winter trains for me. Had a £20 voucher as well so £42.49 buy in.

Contest it, Amazon will remove. Same for late shipments using prime

I was really considering it but when I saw the video I Bricklinked the parts right away. Got them in 3 orders. Cost around 70 Canadian.

Definite space saver. Will definitely use. Thanks for posting!

LR Constitution Train : $194 FBA

Building assault on hoth with my 6 year old, his gift. I'm going 20 deep on it, now having built.

Quite happy with that haul. Loaded up with more Yellow Subs, finally got the Caterham for a price I’m happy with, and completed another two full sets of the first wave Brickheadz.

If Disney wants to watch the Star Wars brand go up in smoke, then having a bad Solo film follow a divisive Last Jedi will set the ball rolling. I disliked the Last Jedi and have pretty much written off episode 9 and anything Rian Johnson touches, so where is it heading? It’s not looking good. Rogue One might be the only real bright spot.

So anyways, since I’ve sent you payment, when are you shipping’em? I took a day off from work on the 3rd of January so I wouldn’t miss the delivery. [emoji12]

Seems like a good time to evaluate everyone´s best and worst investment decisions of the year. Please comment with your best and worst decision or purchase (max 2 per person). My best move was to go in hard on Dragon Sanctuaries. Even at RRP, they have brought excellent ROI and opened my eyes to a previously unknown theme. Runner up was 41122 Adventure Treehouse - great little earner at Xmas time when bought cheap. Girlie themes all the way in 2017. My worst move is a tie between over investing in IST 75094s at too high a buy-in and missing out on the TRU flash sale with 70323 Jestro´s Lair at 27 euros. That set is going for 100 right now and looks set to be a winner in the medium term once the theme is done.

All the other UK only reduced sets are marked down now too. TIme for the Falcon to sell out.

It´s acually in scale with the overpricing on the real car.

It´s best and worse investment decisions of the year. I guess selling too soon or too late would count for that. Or deciding to sell.

So, is this thread for 2017 buys or 2017 sales?

Winners - I went in pretty big on Disney Ariel undersea palace and friends livi pop star --- huge winners especially with the buy in. Losers - Pet Shop...expected a lot more but I'll hang onto for maybe next year.

Winners: Jokerland at 65 Losers: Kylo Ren 75104 at 65 when will this set die

Investment scores: Clone Turbo Tanks for 45.00 off at Walmart last spring. Also found 3 for 40.00. Investment wins: Jurassic World.. I overbought before these went completely EOL... but, this year made up for it as they consistently moved. I have hardly any left. Death Star Final Duel. Investment Losers: Birds, Sith Infiltrator (should have known better), Imperial Shuttle Transport has had slower than expected growth.

Too bad 853443 - VIP Cardboard Name Plate doesn't count anymore, since it's been on 50% discount already for ages and apparently nobody is even remotely interested in it!

As @feed mentions, the most profitable strategy is to go in deep on one or two sets - any of the fantasy investment leagues people have run prove that. The problem is if you don´t pick the right set and it is not always easy to tell. Stuff like 75919 IR are no brainers but who would have bet on Emily Jones Wind Dragon being the best ROI Elves set or indeed that a Bionicle would be the best performing set of the year? There is also a time to buy and a time to sell. A lot of us make the mistake of thinking appreciation will always stay constant but then the remake comes or market tastes change. Diversification doesn´t help the chronic hoarders who can´t bear to sell as they will feel they can´t if they don´t have enough of that set.

My position 1 month ago was that it was a turd and that I´d be lucky to break even. Then Xmas hurricane came and parents needed one for little Timetta.Next year she will want Grand Hotel or Riding Stables.

Importing 99c store dimensions into the UK. Portal 2 in particular. Deciding that Lego are better at making sets for girls, right now. This could be more the change in toys and interactive/video games and the whole role-play vs. linear play thing. But pink sets have been killing it for me. Not following my gut on sets, not going all in sets that were obvious winners. This game isn’t about diversification, it’s about loading up on the right sets. I still find it hard to buy 50 of one set rather than 2 or 3 of 20 sets. Even though when I do that it pays off.

Parents of kids. I've shifted more Ninjago than Star Wars in the Xmas run up, and for stronger prices. Sorry, getting off topic,

Best: 3 for 2 on 2017 Lego MInecraft (Ice Spikes, Witch Hut and Jungle Temple). Bought loads last month. Looking very promising. Worst: 3 for 2 on Ninjago LIghthouse Seige. Buy in price was £30 and sold for £40 in May. Now approaching £100. Missed a bucket load of other Ninjago stuff at very good discount. I knew the movie was coming and never gave them consideration. Very short-sighted.

Many of their fans will be dead by then

Seems the Dutch prefer their Honey Nut Loops to logic.

And only today.

Why did you wait? You can have breakfast every day of the rest of your life.

Good or bad, it just seems like Star Wars products and related things are overproduced. How much stuff(not just LEGO) from TFA & RO are we still finding out there and sometimes at BIG discounts. First Order Scout Walker is just a bomb of a set now that we've seen the movie and Rathtar Escape was poorly executed which has happened to too many LEGO sets recently. Not sure how to divvy up the blame on that. I saw a bunch of Quad Jumpers at my Wal-Mart and that's a very good set that seems to be moving slow. I want to blame overproduction because seems like the pre-Disney movie sets are not as heavily produced and seem to move a little better overall. Plus they seem to have shorter shelf lives.

Merry Christmas everyone! John

Went for Yellow Subs, Berlin & a couple of Caterham's in the end. Not too bad with 10% cashback and VIP points on top.

Not sure if this is mentioned ... saw it on reddit... a great stand... free instructions. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-10219/Lucioswitch81/effermans-vertical-stand-for-millennium-falcon-75192/#bi

Yes but they are not exclusives. The real exclusive ones (so far) are still full price. You can use the next 6 minutes wisely by checking out the offers in other countries before making your order....

A lot of this for me on multiples. I start low and sacrifice some profit at first and raise my price moderately above most listing after the 2nd to 3rd sale and gradually move up from there. My listings will appear top 2 or 3 for the remainder of my units 90 percent of the time. It seems shoppers want to buy from where others have bought before and trust the multiple sales history. I personaly don't use stock photos and have had very good success on multiples. I take one really good photo showcasing my product and I'll make sure i have a lot of units that are close to the same condition OR I write in the description all sets show some shelfware and imperfections. That seems to do it for me.

Sold through all my Ariel dolphin carriages at $33+ FBA. Buy box was around $22-$24 when sent them in. Was hoping for the last minute FBA 2 day magic Around 30 total, my largest number I've sent in of one SKU

Some FBA/FBM Sales over the past couple months. 7741 - City: Police Helicopter - $40 10218 - Creator: Pet Shop - $230 10228 - Monster Fighters: Haunted House - $443 10240 - Red Five X-Wing - $325 10249 - Winter Toy Shop - $134 10254 - Holiday Train - $179 10504 - Duplo: My First Circus - $80 10569 - Duplo: Town Treasure Attack - $48 10585 - Duplo: Mom and Baby - $34 10665 - Juniors: Spider-Man Spider Car Pursuit - $40 10673 - Juniors: Race Car Rally - $90 10674 - Juniors: Pony Farm - $80 10677 - Juniors: Beach Trip - $35 10683 - Juniors: Road Work Truck - $70 10721 - Juniors: Iron Man vs. Loki - $35 10848 - Duplo: My First Bricks - $50 21006 - Architecture: White House - $130 21011 - Architecture: Brandenburg Gate - $50 21013 - Architecture: Big Ben - $70 21015 - Architecture: Tower of Pisa - $75 21018 - Architecture: United Nations Building - $80 21020 - Architecture: Trevi Fountain - $130 21022 - Architecture: Lincoln Memorial - $95 21115 - Minecraft: The First Night - $80 21117 - Minecraft: The Ender Dragon - $160 21118 - Minecraft: The Mine - $200 21303 - IDEAS: Wall-E - $130 21312 - IDEAS: Women of NASA - $119 30474 - Creator: Reindeer - $20 30197 - Creator: Snowman Polybag - $28 31004 - Creator: Fierce Flyer - $50 31010 - Creator: Tree House - $60 31032 - Creator: Red Creatures - $70 31034 - Creator: Future Flyers - $70 31036 - Creator: Toy and Grocery Shop - $98 31040 - Creator: Desert Racers - $30 31043 - Creator: Chopper Transporter - $35 40125 - Santa's Visit - $30 40205 - Christmas Holiday Elves - $25 40252 - VW Beetle - $47 40254 - Nutcracker - $52 40262 - Christmas Mini Train - $25 40263 - Christmas Town Square - $25 41004 - Friends: Rehearsal Stage - $40 41037 - Friends: Stephanie's Beach House - $95 41052 - Princess: Ariel's Magical Kiss - $75 41053 - Princess: Cinderella's Dream Carriage - $45 41054 - Princess: Rapunzel's Creativity Tower - $130 41055 - Princess: Cinderella's Romantic Castle - $138 41058 - Friends: Heartlake Shopping Mall - $220 41061 - Princess: Jasmine's Exotic Palace - $54 41062 - Princess: Elsa's Sparkling Castle - $65 41088 - Friends: Puppy Training - $15 41093 - Friends: Heartlake Hair Salon - $48 41095 - Friends: Emma's House - $125 41100 - Friends: Heartlake Private Jet - $65 41135 - Friends: Livi's Pop Star House - $160 41141 - Princess: Pumpkins Royal Carriage - $28 41174 - Elves: Starlight Inn - $90 41078 - Elves: Skyra's Mysterious Sky Castle - $150 41171 - Elves: Baby Wind Dragon - $70 42020 - Technic: Twin-Rotor Helicopter - $75 42028 - Technic: Bulldozer - $110 42034 - Technic: Quad Bike - $50 42060 - Halloween Haunt - $40 44028 - Hero Factory: Surge and Rocka Combat Machine - $80 60003 - City: Fire Emergency - $60 60118 - City: Garbage Truck - $60 60034 - City: Arctic Helicrane - $75 60044 - City: Mobile Police Unit - $80 60047 - City: Police Station - $138 60053 - City: Race Car - $30 60055 - City: Monster Truck - $40 60066 - City: Swamp Police Starter Set - $30 60069 - City: Swamp Police Station - $160 60072 - City: Demolition Starter Set - $30 60075 - City: Demolition Excavator and Truck - $110 60076 - City: Demoliton Site - $180 60078 - City: Spaceport Utility Shuttle - $60 60081 - City: Pickup Tow Truck - $50 60083 - City: Snowplow Truck - $55 60084 - City: Racing Bike Transporter - $50 60085 - City: Powerboat Transporter - $80 60091 - City: Deep Sea Starter Set - $33 60092 - City: Deep Sea Submarine - $85 60095 - City: Deep Sea Exploration Vessel - $220 70224 - Chima: Tiger's Mobile Command Block - $160 70327 - Nexo Knights: King's Mech - $60 70412 - Pirates: Soldier's Fort - $65 70413 - Pirates: Brick Bounty - $223 70501 - Ninjago: Warrior Bike - $50 70601 - Nijago: Sky Shark - $65 70731 - Ninjago: Jay Walker One - $70 70733 - Ninjago: Blaster Bike - $65 70734 - Ninjago: Master Wu Dragon - $90 70739 - Ninjago: Airjitzu Kai Flyer - $30 70746 - Ninjago: Condrai Copter Attack - $55 70787 - Bionicle: Tahu Master of Fire - $70 70808 - The Lego Movie: Super Cycle Chase - $84 70816 - The Lego Movie: Benny's Spaceship Spaceship Spaceship - $125 70818 - The Lego Movie: Double-Decker Couch - $55 71315 - Bionicle: Quake Beast - $90 75003 - Star Wars: A-Wing Starfighter - $58 75035 - Star Wars: Kashyyyk Trooper Battle Pack - $35 75050 - Star Wars: B-Wing - $94 75058 - Star Wars: Trade Federation Multi-Troop Transport - $175 75078 - Star Wars: Imperial Troop Transport - $40 75082 - Star Wars: Tie Advanced Prototype - $70 75086 - Star Wars: Battle Droid Troop Carrier - $80 75093 - Star Wars: Death Star Final Duel - $130 75135 - Star Wars: Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor - $58 75150 - Star Wars: Vader's Tie Advanced vs. A-Wing - $120 75899 - Speed Champions: LaFerrari - $70 75901 - Scooby Doo: Mystery Plane Adventures - $58 75903 - Scooby Doo: Haunted Lighthouse - $130 75904 - Scooby Doo: Mystery Mansion - $175 75909 - Speed Champions: McLarin P1 - $80 75915 - Jurassic World: Pteranadon Capture - $60 75916 - Jurassic World: Dilophosaurus Ambush - $75 75917 - Jurassic World: Raptor Rampage - $125 75918 - Jurassic World: T-Rex Tracker - $175 75919 - Jurassic World: Indominus Rex Breakout - $300 76019 - Super Heroes: Starblaster Showdown - $48 76026 - Super Heroes: Gorilla Grodd Goes Bananas - $90 76027 - Super Heroes: Black Manta Deep Sea Strike - $70 76030 - Super Heroes: Avengers Hydra Showdown - $50 76036 - Super Heroes: Carnage's Shield Sky Attack - $35 76038 - Super Heroes: Avengers Tower - $175 79015 - The Hobbit: Witch King Battle - $27 79116 - TMNT: Big Rig Snow Getaway - $92 79118 - TMNT: Karai's Bike Escape - $40

Built the docking bay 327 which will be the new home of my recently purchased 10179.