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yes, always in stock. i was bamboozled on this set. thought Gina was getting cancelled. i think they turned up production on this set to 11.

i was selling 10758 from May - August for $114.99. i could go on and on. the only set that is selling much more from the summer is hp quidditch match - that set is appreciating quickly now. i was selling trex mech battles for $249 in august now under $200. unless you have an ton of crap to move, the holidays are the worst time to sell due to increased fees/shipping cost and increased return percentage and exploding sellers coming out of hibernation (hopefully go back soon). for me the holidays are time to unload the 75% off clearance and the duds.

These are two different sets [emoji848][emoji848] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bowser's Castle $74.99 (25% off) https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lego-super-mario-bowsers-castle-boss-battle-expansion-set-71369-lego/1137257591?ean=0673419319515

Terry’s tale made our Hall of Fame thread

Next B&P order ... These are awesome! Sent from my LG-TP450 using Tapatalk

I understand why everyone wants to use the PPP ratio, but sometimes it just doesn't fully reflect accurately what you are getting with some of these larger sets. (According to the weights on bricklink) 75192 Millennium falcon: 13150 grams / 28.99 lbs = $27.60 per lb of plastic 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer: 12480 grams / 27.51 lbs = $25.45 per lb of plastic 75313 AT-AT: 10708 grams / 23.61 lbs = $33.88 per lb of plastic 75309 Republic Gunship: 5620 grams / 12.39 lbs = $28.25 per lb of plastic I do find it interesting though that the AT-AT comes out to a good chunk higher price for the amount of material you get in the set. We all know there is the huge Disney/Star Wars tax, but I do agree that the AT-AT does appear to be unnecessarily expensive. I think that at the price of $700 it would be a bit more of a reasonable deal. That said, I did buy the set, and it's a beautifully big set as well, but I can understand why the idea of it being too expensive comes from. Sure, if you want to factor in inflation from 2017 the Millennium falcon would cost roughly $907 in todays rates. Which roughly equals out too $31.29 per lb of plastic. In all honesty, in those terms, the AT-AT really isn't that bad of deal. (obviously this is all subjective and everyone's value of worth is completely different.) But this puts it a little better in perspective about where Lego is coming up with the prices, and in all honestly, isn't super out of the line for them and still within reason for the other massive UCS sets that Lego has released recently. For comparison of other big sets: 10276 Colosseum: 10780 grams / 23.76 lbs = $23.15 per lb of plastic 10294 Titanic: 14000 grams / 30.86 lbs = $20.41 per lb of plastic

I have been pretty dormant on Brickpicker.com for several years. Funny that the steamroller is still being discussed!

Latest fun game is seeing how many orders go through before TP sees it and drops price further. They've done fantastic job murdering the Jurassic World line this Christmas.

Not sure who would buy it?

it is fine , was slow for like 20 min

Nothing to set the world on fire but at SAH, you now get the Flower Cart (30413) with $40 in spending. Not sure if it's restricted themes but works with HP. When it was first available, HP wasn't included.

We had Arlo prior to Eufy, and did like it. But I liked that everything is stored locally with Eufy. I don’t need to archive anything unless I know something happened. Since we bought a new house, we were given a free trail offer with Vivint. It was a cellular based system, so no concerns about WiFi issues.

One problem with Ring is if they are wireless very easy to jam and spray with compressed air and pretty much useless. Someone stole a car recently from my neighbors warehouse and I have cameras on both our units and they jammed the wifi signal and sprayed them as backup. Wired would be best for backup. If you ran through the ring alarm in theory you should get a notification that wifi went out but my alarm is hardwired and was just using ring cameras. Only downfall I can see. Freezes the lens and makes them all look like cracked glass until they thaw out the next morning.

It’s nice that he actually BUYS the product. Many of these guys are getting the sets for free from LEGO. Some of them are better than others, but many of them come off as schills. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I just tell them I agree. I'd never pay that much either.

I sent in my 75929 when the going rate was $159.99. It's $128 right now thanks to Toy Planet. SMH. Even though I typically only send in sets that have retired for at least 2 years, even those struggle at the moment. Just went in and did a massive "match the buybox" adjustment - luckily that immediately resulted in several sales, but at a lower price point than where I had hoped to sell based on where prices were over the summer. Glad I sold a bunch in September before the mad holiday rush started. I hope January will be better.

I'm wondering if corner garage will end up like brick Bank which is less well liked and hoarded thus appreciating well...

It went poof fast, only had 5-6 left when I posted

I just looked at the part list. Actually some useful pieces. And if WW3 (under production) doesn't totally suck, the golden minifigure could become valuable. I'm still not biting but maybe at $20 it could make sense to grab a few. Just saying.

Not available for shipping. (At least for me)

You mean in 3 years from now when that set is going for $250+ we're all going to lament how we left mountains of them on the shelves ...?

Just got this email...

all that's left in stock - only star wars set left (in comical abundance) at the target i just got back from. definite will be had at $25 or less post xmas clearance.

for those who want more than 5, its listed under 2 listings on bn.com so should work

@BrickLegacy ?

Arlo doesn't require a subscription up to five cameras. We use it, but now I have seven cameras and the subscription, but also have online storage. I used to archive locally to a 1gb thumb drive before. It's been a good one for us. The cameras are all wireless and the base station requires a direct Cat6 connection to your Wi-Fi router.

hahaha, yeah, I had to edit it because I accidentally hit submit before finishing my reply, but we both came to the same conclusion. What gets me in some circles of the Lego community the focus so heavily on PPP not realizing that a 16 x16 plate =/= a 1x1 round plate and is not the best metric to determine the value of a set.

Man, that just sucks. Personally, I like Eufy out of all of them. No subscription fee.

I mainly use FBM for opportunistic sales when its too late for FBA. Seems to me FBM is more a control thing for people. I get the screwups by Amazon with FBA and scams, but it seems time saved makes up for all that with FBA. Don't know if I'm right but its my impression anyway. Holy Crap! Speaking of opportunistic sales, T2 is going for almost $300 right now. Also never realized the RRP is $180.

It doesn’t matter because it’s gone now [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The 2 Bowser’s castles I ordered from Target that came with the warning “might ship in original packaging” just arrived. Huge box, containing two individually boxed sets in their own Target branded shipper. Had to open one of them because of the label that said it didn’t exist Of course the boxes are pristine.

I grabbed this image from an YT review. This and the interior is what sold me on the set.

My brother in-law works for one of the big trucking companies. They cannot keep up with the demand at all. Not enough drivers, not enough trucks, not enough warehouse space. All of the companies are in the same situation. We will likely continue to see the effect of supply-chain issues for the next 6 months at least

I don't even respond to the legit questions about size of the set and piece count, etc. I want to stay as far below the radar as humanly possible.

The experts on Youtube should make videos about this otherwise their students / minions / junior experts are going to respond to every single question

Thats just dumb. Keep it zipped and move on I say

Any thoughts on why just one ( or a small minority ) seller got the letter so far ? It is pretty easy with the way Amazon displays the names and addresses to just blanket everyone with a letter. Bricklink is also an interesting case though I am no legal expert

Lego Systems Inc. is the name of the legal entity in the U.S. that sells LEGO products. The letter isn't saying that the recipient is selling knockoffs or counterfeits, but is saying that he is misappropriating the LEGO trademark by selling LEGO products outside of LSI's authorized distribution channels. The underlying theory is that LSI takes measures within its authorized distribution channel to ensure the quality of its products and the consumer experience, and that any products sold outside of that channel have been altered because they don't come with the same set of assurances that products sold within the channel come with. I was not familiar with this line of argument before seeing the post about this letter over the weekend, but it does appear that courts have accepted it and found trademark infringement in similar situations. If TLG is serious about getting better control over the online sale of its products, my guess is that we would likely see them add some type of warranty to their products in the coming years that doesn't extend beyond the initial sale of the product. Doing so would provide a much stronger legal foundation for this approach. As much as many of us may want to, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the threat that this poses. You really don't need to look any farther than threads like the one about counterfeits being sold on WM this year or the multitude of posts over the years about sellers getting customer returns that have been tampered with to know that there are plenty of facts that TLG can marshal to document why it is so critical for them to ensure that each product that reaches the hands of a consumer has not passed outside of its authorized distribution channels. Did the guy who received the letter sell much older LEGO that had already retired? If this effort is focused on people reselling current product, that would be a much different situation than if it is broader and includes people selling retired product as well. I suspect we should get an idea of which way this is heading pretty quickly given that many of us here should get a similar letter if they're taking the broader approach.

Only need to look at the thread of packaging excellence to question how much quality control LEGO really has over their authorized resellers…

Here is a dumb question, does he use the word "LEGO" anywhere in his Amazon store name or in the name of entity / corporation / Llc used to sell on Amzn ?

Been selling for 13 years, and the glory days are firmly over. Amazon opened the LEGO gate wide open this season and the sellers are insanely high now on listings. Sets that go on deep discounts will no longer be easy money in one or two years. We have to adjust, but more sets that almost never go on sale. Avoid the big sets because of the massive increasing return fraud we are seeing. Duplo, Disney, Ninjago, and Minecraft (nothing new there) will be heavy hitters moving forward. Bird-E needs to be reported by everyone for his dropshipping, he is toxic.

The return of Toycentric / bird-e has also not helped things. That a s s h o l e artificially keeps prices down. Which is easy to do when you're dropshipping from eBay and taking zero risk yourself to purchase, store and list product. I really hope Amazon gives him the boot again more quickly than they did last time.

Who still has 3 to 5 year old stock? 🤣 That's cause you went out and bought it yesterday.

I know this is a common complaint most years (usually i'm on the opposite side) however I feel like selling this year has been particularly brutal. I mainly say this as a comparison to last year. My margins last year were 20-30% more than this year. Prices drove up and continued driving up throughout the selling season. Most sets have continued to drop price throughout the selling season or stagnated at the same price (Avengers helicopter, small harry potters, minecrafts etc. Additionally many sets selling at high prices have now dropped 20% since last year. Jurassic Carnotaurus Gyrosphere 75929, Mia's camper van 41339 to name a few. I have a strong feeling the restock limitations are causing people to value throughput over margin. I'm guess that a lot of the big sellers may not have had workforces to run the business last year as i didn't see toy planet undercutting every listing last year which is very prevalent this year. I'm definitely going to have to make some major adjustments moving forward as competition heats up. Getting the volume required to do well in the current climate is difficult through retailers.

Welcome to the order status thread.

The Facebook Marketplace local selling techniques mentioned here by terrymc4677 and others do work and thanks so much for sharing with us. I was able to sell three big City sets (very large sets to ship) this past weekend alone, two Rocket Assembly & Transport sets and one Downtown Fire Brigade along with multiple Harvester Transport sets (those in particular sold within hours after I posted them). I think I may keep my last one of those! It does take patience to get your asking/target price and as I was told, it does help to create multiple listings to generate interest and to let buyers know you are selling many sets. One buyer bought three sets from me with no negotiations needed. My tips are to include in a link in your listing to the Lego site (this helps to either let potential buyers know they are getting a good price or the set is retired) and to include/bundle a free item such as a polybag (we all seem to get them as GWPs). May I have success selling my Batcave Clayface Invasion sets this way too! This is a great community and I appreciate the selling advice! It does work!

I hear that the minifigures aren't terribly expensive but the shipping costs were the killer.