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I watched it with my two kids age 4 and 6. They loved the builds, but kept asking "Why is that man wearing a dress" and "why does he have a bow in his hair." Frankly, I'm not ready for these kind of conversations...

I am sure my grandma has over 1000 of these and she doesn't even invest in Lego

Did you check eBay for sold listings in your area like you said unlikely but worth a shot. You could make a Wanted listing on Craigslist perhaps just for some of the old HP sets and another for general buying bulk Lego and see if you get any responses and setup a buy. PM sent with another option.

To me it would be looking at your inventory and seeing what is most rare and unique and then cross reference those with listings in the areas in Texas and Connecticut and wherever you think the ex-tenants went and could be people selling on eBay or Craigslist. Look at what the sellers have as inventory and if they have a few sets in common with your inventory, maybe it can lead to something. Obviously, they knew the value of the sets and will try to maximize return. If they take their time, it will be hard. You can even file a small claims court complaint against them and let them sweat a little and answer it. Shake the tree as they say.

I'm a couple hours away in Raleigh. I hit the flea markets and check CL, offerup, ect.. daily. Will keep an eye out.

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I thought that it was fun, and entertaining - I loved that they used the monorail (and all that track). If we want to be LEGO snobs - of course the show is garbage. As previously mentioned, if you want to go deep on detailed building techniques, there are plenty of places to find that - this isn't about that.

Haha. My kids were annoyed by the concept of "commercials". We are not the audience for this show, let's be honest. I agree with the comment that the first ep editing was a little choppy, but really it's no different than Top Chef or something where early on when you have a ton of people you just can't see them all in depth. My kids really enjoyed Will Arnett as the host. They gave this show a great time slot lead in (although there was grumbling in our house for sure from my wife wondering why they would put a Lego focused show at 9 pm vs. 8 pm on another night, which is a good question). If you think this show is going to be getting deep on building techniques then just head to YouTube. For this community it is going to be a great thing if it maintains some viewers, as it is for sure going to draw some people out of their dark ages.

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I'm in Virginia Beach. I will keep a lookout as well. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help.

Andrew, Sorry to hear about this...I cannot even imagine as it is a major bummer. Hang in there, hopefully something positive will come your way...or at the least, the culprits get caught.

I spoke with a Lego employee today in store about these. These two are selling, but not nearly at the rate as Mickey, Minnie and the Ghost. They did mention you're lucky if you got the Lucky Cat, so maybe stock up on those!

Hmm, the Amazon ranking just got me curious. I've been doing this a long time but never took these rankings into consideration and wondering if I should put some value into them. Do you guys put a lot of value into them? Meaning, do you wind up investing into sets that you normally would not because of Amazon's rankings?

do you know where your tenants moved too? if they moved to a different area then you should check the local listings in that area also if you have any idea who the moving company is that moved these tenants i would try to contact them and see if they remember moving so many big big storage tubs

Thanks for the headsup! Grabbed a bunch for my LUGs Annual donation to the local children's hospital.

This. You can see how the older women team, while not having the best build compared to the others, were complimented on their storytelling via their minifigure use. Overall, I think it's a good way to show the wonders of Lego to the masses. I mean, their next show is about exploding the sets, none of us in our right mind would do that, its all about getting the Lego name out there even more.

Sorry about this. One can only assume that these were gone when the renters left. There is still the chance they offloaded these piecemeal to survive until they broke their lease. Hard to say without knowing anything about the tenants. Or, if there was issues like addiction, they could have just traded the sets for whatever their "needs" were. Just trying to think about all angles, not trying to being you down more. Im a little further than marcandre, in Charlotte but I will keep a look out as well. Nothing rings a bell as of yet but my hope is that you have some good luck come your way.

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Sorry to hear this. I'll keep an eye out, but not really local to my area.

Proving theft will be difficult. Getting the sets back will be nearly impossible. My guess is they are being pawned, or they are sitting on them for awhile. We know it was your last renters. They probably have no money and other issues in their life (bad renters almost always fall into this category). So, even if they admit to stealing them, you most likely won't get them back. Restitution will be nearly impossible, too. I'm guessing they were non-paying renters? The entire situation sucks.

Just watched the first episode with my 3 yo daughter and she just demanded another episode. Had to explain how TV shows actually work... we gotta wait! At least she's excited about next week's space theme.

I almost made that comment in my original post as it makes sense. Think about it; LEGO buys bricklink and then announces a TV show about LEGO building? Hmmm....

I think for people really into LEGO there is about 10 minutes worth. The rest is just drawn up drama.

For you guys doing the FBA thing, I assume you were grandfathered in? I'm doing my yearly holiday purge to make room for the black friday buys. All sold on Ebay, BIN w/ free shipping. Some of them took a loss, but it comes with the territory. Set Theme Name Buyin BIN Price Shipping Fees Total Cost Profit %Margin 4982 SpongeBob Squarepants Mrs. Puff's Boating School (Open Box) $ 10.00 $ 74.99 $ 8.00 $ 9.75 $ 27.75 $ 47.24 472% 41056 Friends Heartlake News Van $ 12.00 $ 25.00 $ 7.88 $ 3.25 $ 23.13 $ 1.87 16% 41232 DC Super Heroes Super Hero High School $ 35.00 $ 50.00 $ 12.23 $ 6.50 $ 53.73 $ (3.73) -11% 70631 Ninjago Garmadon's Volcano Lair $ 20.00 $ 52.00 $ 8.03 $ 6.76 $ 34.79 $ 17.21 86% 70312 Nexo Knights Lance's Mecha Horse $ 8.97 $ 25.95 $ 7.88 $ 3.37 $ 20.22 $ 5.73 64% 21301 Ideas Birds $ 25.00 $ 64.95 $ 8.34 $ 8.44 $ 41.78 $ 23.17 93% 7721 Exo-Force Combat Crawler X2 (Open Box) $ 12.48 $ 51.99 $ 11.59 $ 6.76 $ 30.83 $ 21.16 170% 8077 Atlantis Atlantis Exploration HQ $ 37.00 $ 59.99 $ 10.52 $ 7.80 $ 55.32 $ 4.67 13% 41338 Friends Stephanies Sports Arena $ 27.00 $ 35.95 $ 7.99 $ 4.67 $ 39.66 $ (3.71) -14%

Hey All....First things first, Mods please move this to wherever it should live if I've dropped this in the wrong thread.... So yep, the unthinkable has happened. About 2 weeks ago I discovered that most of my LEGO collection has been stolen. About 30-40 large plastic storage tubs (the ones from Walmart) with roughly 400+ BNIB LEGO sets...stolen, no less, from the padlocked attic of my rental property. Damn, it really sucks writing that. And I'll confess straight up... I should have been a lot more vigilant. We moved from our old house in early 2017 and the last I saw of my collection was when I attached the padlock to the attic and told our rental company that this our personal storage and was off-limits to any potentiaI renters. I honestly thought my collection would be safe in my property. That was, in hindsight, absolutely naive on my part, and please, I'm not looking to get flamed here on the "what you should have's etc...." I know. I screwed up. There's been 2 rental occupants of this house from June 2017 until now. The first tenants stayed through July of this year. Our second tenants moved in mid-August this year. They broke the lease (I won't go into reasons) and moved out Dec. 29th. I wish I could say that I opened up the attic to check that my collection was still there after the first tenants moved out and before the second tenants moved in. Alas, I did not. I screwed up. Long story short....our first tenants were wonderful and we had no issues whatsoever. The second tenants, not so. Without going into detail I heavily suspect that it is these second tenants that have purloined my collection. So here I am. Just looking for some advice really. It has been reported to the police, and they are supposed to be "investigating" but nothing has really transpired yet. I've been keeping tabs on all the usual places (Ebay, Facebook, Craigslist etc...) to see if any suspicious lots pop up for sale. I'm not sure if the thieves would go the route of a bulk sale or try to sell it individually. Either way, there were some pretty rare sets that would raise some red flags if I noticed them for sale locally. I'm in the Hampton Roads part of Virginia. Suffolk, VA to be specific....although my property where the collection was stolen from was in Portsmouth, VA. Zip code 23704. Like I said previously, there was at least 30+ of the large 45 gallon plastic storage bins in total. As well as a lot of random sets and promo items, and a large smattering of various Star Wars/DC/Marvel sets...I had collected fully complete sets of the following series: POTC, Dino, Harry Potter (2010), Ninjago Series 1 (Red) and 2 (Green), Lone Ranger, Pharaoh Quest, Kingdoms (2010), LOTR, The Hobbit, Monster Fighters, Atlantis.....and a few others. I would be extremely appreciative for any insight and advice from any and all of you. If any members live near to or reside in my vicinity...or if any of you are into buying up large bulk set offerings or have any suggestions on people or businesses that might be able to assist me in any way shape or form, I would truly be grateful. Thank-you in advance. Andrew aka BrickStanley74