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My ‘Original UCS Falcon, escaping from Docking Bay 327’ enshrined in a coffee table now complete.

Bought this beauty on Dec 16, 2017 and this afternoon it got sold on ebay for 1250 EUR

Items coming in and out of stock on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Millennium-Falcon-75105/dp/B00WI0PJE2/ref=pd_lutyp_cxhsh_1_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00WI0PJE2&pd_rd_r=S47NGWJSYZP26AB8987A&pd_rd_w=FK8x5&pd_rd_wg=2NkDq&psc=1&refRID=S47NGWJSYZP26AB8987A https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Minecraft-The-Village-21128/dp/B01CVGV68K/ref=pd_lutyp_cxhsh_1_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01CVGV68K&pd_rd_r=S47NGWJSYZP26AB8987A&pd_rd_w=FK8x5&pd_rd_wg=2NkDq&psc=1&refRID=S47NGWJSYZP26AB8987A https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Expert-Holiday-Construction/dp/B01KOPHVDO/ref=pd_sim_21_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01KOPHVDO&pd_rd_r=8KC3CHPD8GG6G9TS6TBV&pd_rd_w=kioUu&pd_rd_wg=FPA1P&psc=1&refRID=8KC3CHPD8GG6G9TS6TBV https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Minecraft-Jungle-House-21125/dp/B01AW1R0OU/ref=pd_sim_21_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01AW1R0OU&pd_rd_r=8KC3CHPD8GG6G9TS6TBV&pd_rd_w=kioUu&pd_rd_wg=FPA1P&psc=1&refRID=8KC3CHPD8GG6G9TS6TBV

Tipicol poor gramer and speling from a dodgy cellar.

Good: Buying my last two sets on 18 January 2017. Bad: Both were doctor Who's.

I´m waiting for the next person to reply to this thread saying they regret buying too many 75111´s off Bricklink.

Started with 52. I'm down to 30. Local Facebook sales have been a decent platform to move these on, granted I'm only making $5-$10 on each one.

Original Ideas submission:

$5 cheap enough for you? https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=107531876

I sure hope you did all this right there and then before paying the guy ....

This could be the worst cycle we have seen they won't pick the tower or the SW one as they are against the rules and the shuttle is a lazy remake. Out of the other three the NF 15B is the only intresting one.

You´ll make more profit on that Mixel than on any Angry Birds set!

4 x 20p at the local charity shop.

Just got an Email from ebay UK, 20% off all purchases, maximum saving £75, minimum spend £20. Must be used before 6pm tonight. Code is PNY2018. Enjoy. Sent from my SM-G950F using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

The ship in the original design was better and looks a lot more detailed but with that likely more brittle and harder to build

Hmm seeing the trend i may just have to go hard on Starwars in 2018. Everyone else maybe to scared to come in ;P

I got Twelve Dr. Strange 76060 for $14.98. Eight at one target were at that price and in the other store they had them at regular price.... showed the receipt from previous store.... they matched the price.... so another 4 at $14.98

If only the sets were of similar size (right hand side is 2008 model)

Rounding up my sales numbers a few days early before the year closes. This was my first full year buying from Kmart. Half way through the year we found out we are moving, so I've spent the second half of the year paring back my inventory. I sold off about 2/3 of my inventory over the holidays through eBay. This was also my first foray into buying new sets. Most of my Lego sales on eBay are used items. I definitely had some lessons learned. Winners: 41178 Elves Dragon Sanctuary I picked up for $2.75 Losers: 75151 Clone Turbo Tank for $60 and 75157 Captain Rex AT-TE for $64 (luckily I just bought 1 of each, but I regret the points I used to get the price so low). Still sitting on these. Haven't tried to sell them. Note: MSRP noted below is Lego's MSRP (not Kmart's). SOLD INVENTORY eBay Gross Sales $2,229 Assumed 82% eBay Net (Shipping, Fees, Paypal) $1,828 Total KMT COGS $869 MSRP of KMT COGS $1,990 Average Discount KMT Legos 56% Return on Investment 110% Total Profit $958 REMAINING UNLISTED/UNSOLD INVENTORY Total KMT COGS $478 MSRP of KMT COGS $1,297 Average Discount KMT Legos 63% Now I just need someone to take my 2 fake Christmas trees off my hands. Craigslist and OfferUp have been silent. Thanks to all the helpful people on this thread. Hope everyone has a happy new year!

Yeah please no picks this time no more NASA projects pleeeease

79002 Attack of the Wargs MIB Facebook local $40 cash now to get rid of Goblin King set and I'll be done with Hobbit/LotR...

Has the buyer made any reference to leaving you a negative feedback if you don't comply? If so, ebay will remove that feedback (on request), as it is Feedback Extortion. Sometimes you can (cautiously) give a buyer just enough rope to hang themselves.

Nice to see someone who thinks like me

Staples never disappoints.

Yup, just a little too late for our competition.

Recent purchases: 75092 Naboo 20 euros 21031 Burj 24 euros 41235 Wonderwoman dorm 7.50 euros 75187 BB8 Free of charge (price error) 75119 Jyn Erso 3.50 Euros

PM me with a good price (shipped to VA) for the remaining lot, and I would actually buy them.

The info that came with my card says we should expect an email in early 2018 detailing the first promotion. can’t see em continuing to issue cards for 2018 purchases. Sounds like it’ll be available in other places soon so that would also support ending the black VIP cards at the end of 2017.

Don´t forget there is a Friends one still on sale in Europe and the Joker Mansion one. Or have rollercoasters replaced City helicopters?

I want the boardwalk

Current Ideas Sets Available: 21306 - The Beatles Yellow Submarine 21307 - Caterham Seven 620R 21308 - Adventure Time 21309 - NASA Apollo Saturn V 21310 - Old Fishing Store 21312 - Women of NASA Coming Soon 21313 - Ship in a Bottle (2018) XXXXX - Voltron - Defender of the Universe (2018) XXXXX - Tron Legacy Light Cycle (2018) Current Review Cycle Third Submissions of 2017

I just added the original to the first post. I think I like the look of this bottle better. It seems more cylindrical to me than the original design.

These are marked sold out everywhere near me. For $7 each I’ll take it. I don’t want to wait until they are $5 each next Christmas.

So it´s clear that SW is bossing it as a theme for poor purchasing decisions - except for the UCS Falcon. Interesting that not many people have mentioned Women of Nasa or S5 as great buys.

If it seems bad now wait until we see it appear as a re-release in 2h 2018

Good decisions: -transitioning to mostly FBA -buying/selling less SKUs, but more copies of each -ignoring recent conventional wisdom and arm sweeping City, Friends and Ninjago while mostly ignoring Star Wars and Super Heroes -Elves Poor Decisions: -continuing to buy CMF by the box with only modest discounts (still have tons of every set going back to monsters, few go for over MSRP even years later, Simpsons are finally starting to sell on BL) -trying to hit quick flip windows for WON, Saturn and a handful of others

That sucks. It's interesting how sets a few pounds or less can be about the same or even less using Priority Mail, but it gets exponentially ridiculous the heavier they are. Not that anything I do is recommended, but those heavier sets I would set to calculated so you don't eat the crazy costs and maybe add the option of both Parcel Select + Priority Mail so it's on them if it's either too expensive or too slow.

My stupid store had 7 Dr Strange sets out. Where have these been the past few sales?

LR Constitution Train : $194 FBA

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]

That will likely not happen again. Raising interest rates even a little in this environment could crash the economy, and unemployment is bad enough as it is. Historically, interest rates and inflation averaged less than 2% a year for centuries. We are returning to those times now that the post-WWII economic boom times have wound down. People's wages, adjusted for inflation, have not increased since the 1970s. This is why so many people borrow just to keep up with the Joneses. Raising rates would risk a repeat of 2007-2008 all over again like when the teaser mortgage rates expired and the bigger ones kicked in.

Thanks. In actuality, the pictures from 8 years ago were not "deals of the century." Those were just the STANDARD deals back then. In today's market it would be the deal of the MILLENIUM. Sorry for the novels, but I try to convey my thoughts in a well thought out manner so as to avoid confusion. Communication is the number one reason for mistakes and misunderstandings in almost any field of life, and good communication reduces errors and conflicts dramatically especially with the wife/SO. Good communication keeps your feedback ratings high as well. In all honesty, I am just flat out MIND BLOWN, by what has happened in 8 years. I joined onto here, with minimal forum reading, all super enthusiastic to get back into Lego Resale. I ante'd back buying the Tumbler, as based on my 2004-2007 experience it would be a home run. I still believe it will be, but it will not be a home run by 2004-2007 standards. However, after 2 months on here, I quickly realized, that this is NOT the same as it was in 2007, and I cannot expect the same returns and appreciation as I had previously experienced. The market has changed significantly since 2007, and is changing RAPIDLY since 2012 and the startup of Brickpicker. I was simply attempting to provide a historical perspective, especially, for all the newbies out there who might think another 10179 is a possibility, because it is not. It is an enigma on the market, and will NEVER be recreated, and quite frankly the catalyst to the eventual fall of Lego Investing as being a HIGHLY lucrative market. It will always make money if you are smart, but we will never be able to recreate the previous gold rush days. If you came into this now expecting to hit the next 10179, you are in for world of disappointment.

What else would you like to discuss? There are no leaked images of new releases to get excited, nothing has retired unexpectedly or is showing any strange patterns (except for PS which is a given as it happens every year) and no sets are showing spectacular growth worth reporting on. If all else fails it´s bubble time!

Interesting to note, however, that this number was something like 200 new members a day. Also during peak hours there were around 500 users online (I think), and now there are usually around 100 users online. While the overall pool of investors is growing without a doubt, you can be certain that a large number of users simply are curious or have already given up. Also I'm sure a potential bubble is causing a lot of older investors to phase out as well. The Dec-Jan craze over Lego investing is slowing down.

I guess it all depends on the motivations of the small v large investor. Personally as a small investor I'll happily hold on to inventory as it's not tying up too much capital and I'm looking for a good profit per set, although you are right that there are plenty of small investors in a race to the bottom with Exclusives just to get out. If I had lots of sets I may think making £40 per set leaves me with a tidy profit. Maybe keeping 5 or 10 for longer term. I get the feeling that the market is so excited by the prospect of huge profits. Lego could release a £1000 ucs star wars set with a 5000 unit production run and it would sell out in days.

I consider the horde to be the people who are buying 10+ of each exclusive. Buying 2-3 of an exclusive over time won't change the market but people filling containers certainly will. Most of the Exclusives are cool and ageless that's why they were making good money before, that didn't prevent retirements in the past though.

Not disagreeing with your overall post, but maybe, just maybe, Tower Bridge and the T1 VW Camper Van have stayed around because they're really cool Lego sets which sell well and they're ageless so new afols are always going to want them. You do know also, that when you talk about the horde, that really we're all part of that horde.