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I know its not a new set but its new to me. Manager asked me if I wanted it.

Looks like there is 10% back at Rak today.

Perhaps she didn't make a video about how this is a great time to buy retired sets because it isn't a great time to buy retired sets. As far as I'm concerned, she basically hit the nail on the head. There are more sellers than there have ever been and the resale market is saturated to the point that it's harder to make money these days than it was in years past. There have been a few bright spots with sets that have retired over the last few years, but far fewer than there were for sets that retired before 2020. I've been amused at watching how the content made by the people who are trying to monetize their knowledge of LEGO investing...it's a lot harder to come up with constant O face-worthy content when retired sets aren't popping left and right like they used to. Someday those people are going to wake up and realize that the money they could have made if they had kept their mouth shut is far greater than whatever money they made from their ancillary revenue streams creating content. Their egos wouldn't be as well fed in that counterfactual, but their bank accounts would be much fatter. I'm sure you did great if you sold gold in 2016 and invested the proceeds into LEGO, but how much of that came in 2016-2020 vs. 2021-2023? Finally...did she run over your dog or dump you or something? The sexist attacks on her were as uncalled for as they were stupid.

I thought the 4+ AT-ST was bad, price wise, but this - just finally saw the Young Adventures set in store. $40. 124 pieces. Same size box as comparable Minecraft Mushroom House, 272 pieces, $24.99. The boxes that were $20 a couple years ago. But inflation, ok, $25, I got it. No idea how/why they think that $35/$40 for these sets is remotely reasonable.

A $700 Fail Face Palm Emoji.