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21310 Old Fishing Store 109 and change...just saying https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Ideas-Old-Fishing-Store-21310/56134544

Everyone predicting doom for the more current SW sets should go back and read posts similar to this about SW sets 5 years ago...check out the sets that people said were crap back then and then check their current day prices. There is always a tendency for some people to view the past through rose-colored glasses and the present through sh**-covered ones. Every since I started following the Lego market, there have been people like Val and Tabby arguing that the best days are behind us and the present day sucks more than any newbie can fathom. Meanwhile, my little reselling business has grown every year and gotten to the point where I will make more this year selling Lego than I will working at my day job. Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

I just called Target customer service to see if they would price match The Old Fishing Store. The rep put me on hold for a few minutes to verify the WM price. When he came back on the line he stated that they will not price match WM because it's on a roll back and Target considers that a clearance price. Whatever, dude. In for ten from WM. Thanks, OP!

That's the first I've seen of it since the early 80s. I've no idea if it has aged well or not but like I said I really enjoyed it when I was a kid! Very much reminded me of the Gerry Anderson shows like Thunderbirds and Stingray, if you've ever seen those. Thunderbirds Lego, now there's a thought... You have my pity! ?

75102 Poe's X-Wing 60052 Cargo Train 75878 Bugatti Chiron

I've never heard of Star Fleet (X-Bomber), but I have to admit that I watched the entire video you linked in your post. It was pretty amazing!

There are many issues with the STAR WARS theme. Here are a few... Remakes Overproduction of sets Too many STAR WARS sets to choose from (66 in 2017...17 in 2007) Too many movies that uninspire Too many sets that uninspire Kids into YouTube, IPhones/Pads, video games Knockoffs

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I only did that once! Lord of Lego said it’d be good for my hair.

We know LEGO as a whole has been struggling. Overpriced, overproduced, and a lot of uninspired designs. It's not an issue unique to the SW theme other than price point being especially problematic for licensed themes. So I'd pin the blame first on LEGO treating their IP like a commodity rather than a collectible. If box office success was a primary driver of the LEGO market, stores wouldn't be able to keep Black Panther sets in stock let alone have to offer discounts.

Looking back at my sales data, in 2016, AT-AT was definitely the star of that group for me with a gross profit margin of 220%. ISD and Ghost were both in the 110% range, but I sold the Ghosts early. Since that round of retirements, in 2017, my highest margin SW sets were Imperial Troop Transport (121%), Hailfire Droid (102%), and Jango Fett buildable (126%). However, in the year before I sold that round of retirements (2015), my highest margin SW sets were AT-RT (147%), AT-TE (110%), and Mandalorian Speeder (100%). Over each of those years, the remainder of my SW sets had margins in the 75%-99% range. From my perspective, AT-AT was an outlier in terms of performance, which is understandable given its iconic status. Also, I can see TFA have any noticeable impact on the SW market, at least through FBA. Obviously, a lot of that has to do with the sets that I stocked so it may have looked different if you were loading up on completely different sets.

Finished the battle of Endor from a bulk set. Complete ?. Now to keep or not?

There weren't that many when I bought what they had left.[emoji12]

Went big and bought what they had left. OOS now.. It's a really Nice set. (Despite its stickers)

Go big or go home.

Old Fishing Store can suck the old nightcrawler. Adventure Time is $35 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ideas-Adventure-Time-21308/dp/B01KJEODEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530833138&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+adventure+time

You may not know (lol ) but well packed assembly square is about 16lbs.

I stand by the statement that I would rather buy, store, sell, and ship 10 $100 items than 1 $1000 one. Easier to get in quantity, less expensive and easier to ship, easier to store. Just easier. And certainly better that griping about "how great things used to be", evolve or die.

Wasn´t a problem with Heartlake Riding Club....

There are, of course, instances where TLG has released products that were designed to appeal directly to the collector's mindset (e.g., 41999, Mr. Gold), but those have always been outliers. TLG may use collectible, limited, and exclusive routinely in their product names, advertisements, and other marketing materials, but that's just puffery and in no way reflective of their core product strategy. If TLG had ever intended to market their products as collectibles, they wouldn't have been selling them in mainstream toy stores, Target, or Walmart. Things were different before...whether that difference was "better" or "worse" than the present has a lot to do with the decisions that one made in the intervening years. If someone went all-in on an exclusives-only strategy after seeing the success of Green Grocer, Taj Mahal, and the first MF, that person is almost certainly saying that things are worse because few sets since then have performed as well as the sets of that vintage. Conversely, if someone realized the market's past was not prologue for the future and made the necessary adjustments in strategy, that person doesn't necessarily look at the past as "better." The strategy that I pursue today is fundamentally different than the strategy that I pursued 5-6 years ago, and is far more profitable so I wouldn't say that things were better before by any stretch of the imagination. The one thing that I can say was objectively "better" in the past was the level of competition. Before the advent of this site and the rise in general awareness of the opportunity that existed for reselling Lego, things were vastly better simply because the market was distorted and not functioning properly. As awareness has grown, the balance between supply and demand has evened out and prices have moderated...this is most noticeable in the vastly different EOL price curves of CC/GG vs. PS/PC. Basically, we're no longer shooting fish in a barrel...now we're actually having to work for dinner.

Staples still sells boxes. I bought some on EBay recently using coupons.

A James Bond line would work very well - heck they could make a whole minifig range with all the Bonds, girls and villains.

Now that they have the license, maybe early access to a 007 Brickhead. ?

IMO, looks good from the image on the license. Will save further judgment for the official model photos.

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From Gizmodo: Update: The Hungarian Lego Store website apparently jumped the gun, and accidentally revealed that it is in fact an Aston Martin DB5 that's on the way. The offending page has since been taken down, and there weren't any pictures of the set, but it's nice to know for sure. According to the leak it will cost 49,999 Hungarian Forint (£135, directly converted), and will be initially available on 1st August before going on general sale on 8th August.

Home Depot has 18x18x24 and 22x22x22.

That's weird, my train fits under the bridge with smoke stack intact on a track without hitting the bridge.

Fair enough. At least your team made it out of the first round... At least your country got invited to the games... I think you have at least one up on me.

Oh damn. Imma gonna need that.

I agree. I am not a Star Wars person, but there's no doubt in my mind that the OT/Prequels are the least safe options in moderate to long term. They're being rehashed too quickly and have limited opportunities in terms of content- especially with Disney refusing to acknowledge the extended universe. Personally, I'm avoiding the sequel sets because I don't think they will be redeemed as easily as the prequels were since Disney has cut off any opportunity for extended universe that could make their content agreeable. But Rogue One and Solo are decent, even good, movies that I think have a lot more investment potential because they seem like one and done sets that will not see remakes for a moderate while. Their interest is generally limited, but they feature all new designs and minifigs that are just adjacent enough to the OT that they will be desired by OT fans while still also appealing to the younger generation (who seem to blindly support the subversive politics that are gutting the series' old characters). On top of that, I'm willing to bet that in 2-4 years, the general "meh" attitude towards them will shift more positively as they are viewed separate from the sequels. I admit that I could be a fool down the road, but Rogue One is definitely a line that seems to offer what OT collectors want: expansive settings, interesting vehicles that feel mostly faithful, relevance to the OT that builds out its world. Obviously, I'm small time and seriously pick and choose sets that I don't mind building myself if things don't pan out. LEGO needs to fix overproduction and Disney seems to now be aware that they have to either slow these films down so mainstream consumers don't get fatigued, or stop upsetting the classic fans who will keep up with the pace.

As a a member of this forum any subject I feel the need to comment on is a conversation I am entitled to be part of - right? But to be honest I owe you a huge apology, I totally got the wrong end of the stick. Nothing to do with celebrating England's win in the World Cup last night. In plain English hands up my apologies.

I don't remember Voltron at all, but I do remember Star Fleet (aka X-Bomber). Man I loved that when I was a kid. https://youtu.be/W6hJr6h7jOk?t=50s After that came Power Rangers, which was bloody awful, although I guess I was too old for it by then. Was Voltron before or after Power Rangers?

The majority probably don't use Brickowl or Walmart or Barnes and Noble either...so what? The market is the market...FBA tends to amplify the appreciation of sets, but it doesn't turn sets that are sucking wind elsewhere into runaway successes. The sets that succeed through FBA succeed elsewhere, but the margins tend to be thinner because of the differing transactional economics. Sent from my SM-G965U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Rian Johnson dropped the ball on treatments of new characters from TFA. Both Finn and Poe were potrayed as incompetent males and Kylo was a weak bad guy. What little boys want to play with those kind of characters???

70908 The Scuttler Alt Build by Caleb L.

Voltron by curtydc

It’s an ideas set. Fishing store is pretty large. No fan base, except old men who like run down shacks or fishing instead of working (I’m looking in your direction Lord of Lego) This at least has a fan base, In more than one country (looking at you Dr Who?) And come on, it is 5 Lego cats that combine in to one large mech with a giant sword. How many 9 yr olds out there can resist that? At least there are new episodes for kids to get hooked on (looking at you Adventure Time). So for Ideas sets. This is what the voters want, this is what they get. It has a better chance of being relevant in the next 5 years than any recent independent Idea (looking at you Birds and Maze)

Expect an oil slick function made up of 400 translucent cheese slopes to bump up the part count.

O.M.G this model looks so atrocious, definitely not like advanced model but by 12yr old made MOC. absolutely zero protrusions on the side body, you can literally Iron your shirts on this model. I've had some hopes about this CREATOR EXPERT car but this is just beyond disappointment.