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My son picked up this over the weekend. It's quite impressive when a Kindergartener is determined enough to save up months of chore money and garage sale money to get a specific toy. He wanted the UCS Slave 1, but I convinced him to go with this for playability reasons. Anyway, we opened it up and started on it last night, and we are both thoroughly impressed. The build will be complex, but at the same time entertaining enough to keep a little kid engrossed for quite some time. The ship will be quite hefty, but considering it comes with seven mini-figs and opens up, it will provide endless entertainment for him. I also plan to keep the box, just in case it is worth something when he is grown, which I think may be possible with the Han figure, especially considering what happened in the latest movie.

Sold a Droid Gunship, 7678 for $60 + shipping, which I purchased in March for $32.20 with shipping. My first sale and a nice little flip, if I may say so.

It looks like I have a situation brewing now. This is my first sell on eBay. Someone made an offer I found reasonable, and with about 3 minutes lefy, i accepted it. He then messaged me last night saying shipping was free when he bid (it wasn't) and I changed it after he bid (I didn't ) then asked how to proceed. I told him it never was and I wish to proceed with him paying for the item. Is this the norm for eBay?

Same. My son doesn't have a ton of interest in them. He'd rather have JW, Marvel's and DC, or Star Wars.

I finally got to see a displayed version of this in the Legoland gift shop. It is a gorgeous set! On top of that, my six year old fell in love with it, and he's a bit picky with Legos. He plans to save up choir money for this and the MF. Of course, he may not get them both before they retire, but who knows.

Droid Gunship, 7678, for about $30.

Wish I had a Fred Meyer's in my area...

I'm seeing the Shuttle Tyridium for about $86ish at TRU website. Is this considered a "sale" item? I'm curious if the 20% off coupon works for it.

*Sigh* Unfortunately, I do see your point. While I have plenty of packing materials already handy (hurray for move!) and I will request the buyer pay shipping, I did not factor in the eBay fee. I haven't sold on eBay before and wasn't sure what to expect. Fortunately, I have a friend who is collecting Legos, so I may see if he is interested. That aside, with the fact this is more of a hobby/way to pay for my own Legos, do you think a scale is necessary?

Indeed. If I can flip it for about $35, i'm hitting my goal of a 15% profit. Anything above and beyond is icing on the cake

Just picked up a trial set for investment. I believe it's 75039, the V-Wing, for $29 including shipping on eBay. I know it doesn't stand to make a ton, but it's more of dipping my toes in the water.

What so you all consider a good discount? Anything 20% or more?

What do you all think about 60079, the City Spaceport Training Jet? Several places around here have it on sale for $36-$37.

Thanks for the tips, everyone. I'll look into both the speeder and JW sets (JW would be best, as my son wouldn't care if he had 100 of each set, since they involve dinosaurs) to see what the reviews are like on them. I'd agree, other than the MF, which will be unique for rather obvious reasons if you saw the movie, the TFA sets are quite bland. The X-Wing and TIE look decent, but those two are reproduced so much, I just don't see them holding much value. And the MF is expensive as heck. Target and Wally World just don't have anything on clearance in my area. I'll reconsider the Technic ones for him, but try to steer him towards the smaller ones at first. He also ran into the Nexo Knights the other day when shopping with his remaining birthday money, but found more JW stuff was in stock and it was all over. Thanks for the help, everyone!

Basically this. "Well darn, I can't find it anywhere. OK, let's see if I can find some good eBay deals HOLY CRAP IT'S $170?!" To me, cheap would be the $20-$30 range. I've read a few comments about Rey's Speeder Bike, or whatever it is. That seems like a good place to start, maybe?