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The_Doctor posted:My local store in Watford has a couple of Haunted Houses still. I think Westfield Shepherds Bush does too. Haunted Houses are going for a good price on eBay already (>$300) if you want to flip. I have convinced my wife to allow me to purchase a ton of the big expensive sets when they are buy one, get one 50% off with the promise that in a few years we'll throw that doubled set on eBay. Bonus is if it isn't a set that sells for a nice profit, we keep and open for parts. Either way, we end up saving between 50-100% of the original set price or we gain a ton of bricks to build with.
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I passed on Benny's Spaceship, even though I'm a classic space fan, because of the size. That thing is massive. I've totally run our of room so I've decided I'm just going to collect a particular sort of set (which may include hunting down old ones on ebay) and for me that's going to be any kind of mobile command base. Was planning to get the new Agents one on Saturday (Manchester Lego Store represent) as a birthday present to myself but it sucks the Christmas giveaway isn't available until the fifteenth. I guess I'll wait... or get it £15 cheaper on Amazon. I'm far too lazy to do the buy two and sell one thing. Also... storage.
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Oct 2, 2014 19:55
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Ika posted:I'm gonna order the tumbler on the 15th, and keep it together with my technic supercars. I want the haunted house as well, but I can't justify the price. (Even with the tumbler being more) Tumbler is going to be hard. From the US Lego online shop - quote:We apologize, but this item will not be available on shop.LEGO.com for the remainder of 2014. Limited quantities may be available in October in LEGO Stores I was planning on ordering one for my kids birthday, but that didn't happen. The lego store near me though got some in last night so I went there first thing today. While I did get one, a reseller was buying the other. The store said that it was one per person but the guy bought one, came back and was trying to buy the other. The clerk didn't want to sell it but there wasn't much he could do. I gave the guy a bunch of poo poo about being a reseller though.
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Oct 2, 2014 20:30
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Yeah I suspect it's going to be really hard to get a Tumbler now. I wanted to order one today for double points, but welp, things aren't looking good at this point.
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Oct 2, 2014 20:54
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Oct 2, 2014 20:58
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I want that Santa's Workshop. Describe to me the steps I must take to get it in the United States, and inform me as to whether I can just buy poo poo and then return it later.
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Oct 2, 2014 21:22
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Oh come on. The Tumbler has been out for less than a month. How can it be sold out already? It can't be that limited of a run... Can it?
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Oct 2, 2014 21:28
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Probably not a mini run like the research institute, but I doubt they manufactured an unlimited supply of the things. Then once you factor in resellers scooping up a percentage of the product, yeah, it's probably not going to be available much.
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Oct 2, 2014 21:36
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Jeez, I picked up one the day they went on sale for VIPs because it was a day 1 purchase for me, but I didn't realize it was going to be that popular. They still had some a few days after they went on sale to the general public so I just figured it was not going to be that hard to get. Has any $200 set been that sought after..?
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Oct 2, 2014 21:56
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Gravy Jones posted:(Manchester Lego Store represent) I love the Manchester Lego store. They dismantled a load of displays models yesterday and put up new ones and then just shoved the dismantled pieces into a tub near the Pick-A-Brick wall. I managed to fill up a couple of large cups with parts from the Pet Shop and Palace Cinema to start modifying them again. Here's my latest change to the Palace Cinema;  The roof still lifts off smoothly, the center column just runs up from the second floor now as one piece. I've closed the back of the roof before, only the top red pyramid (pictures of that are in this thread and the next thing I want to do is close it off were the sloped tiles are and add a little maintenance door with cogs visible when it's opened at the base of the pyramid/to access the gong/lights. Then it's the interior.
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Oct 2, 2014 21:59
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Not that I know of, but Lego has been enjoying record setting popularity this year. poo poo's just flying off the shelves so if you want something better get it early.
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Oct 2, 2014 22:00
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Dogen posted:Jeez, I picked up one the day they went on sale for VIPs because it was a day 1 purchase for me, but I didn't realize it was going to be that popular. They still had some a few days after they went on sale to the general public so I just figured it was not going to be that hard to get. Lego 41999 was $200 and sold out in less than 24 hours. It was also limited edition and had a shitton of reseller interest, to be fair.
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Oct 2, 2014 22:07
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Voodoo posted:Yeah I suspect it's going to be really hard to get a Tumbler now. I wanted to order one today for double points, but welp, things aren't looking good at this point. Its still listed as shipping in November here, and I don't mind not getting it within a few days of ordering if I get the VIP points and bonus set. TriggerHappy posted:Lego 41999 was $200 and sold out in less than 24 hours. It was also limited edition and had a shitton of reseller interest, to be fair. Can't really count that since there were multiple resellers which bought 50+ of them. I saw it on the shelves in the UK during vacation a week after release and still regret not buying a second one, since its hard to justify opening a set that's going for 600+ and with two I wouldn't care. Ika fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Oct 2, 2014 |
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Oct 2, 2014 22:14
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Please don't let me miss the Tumbler. I already missed the Mars Rover and have been kicking myself for it.
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Oct 3, 2014 01:33
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Why would Lego make so few sets when these things will clearly sell? That's what boggles.
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kefkafloyd posted:Why would Lego make so few sets when these things will clearly sell? That's what boggles. There may be actual production capacity issues also.
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Oct 3, 2014 04:27
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Red_Chief posted:There may be actual production capacity issues also. Can't make that many black pieces, obviously
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Oct 3, 2014 04:35
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I just found out about the Tumbler and now it's sold out and I'm very distressed.
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Oct 3, 2014 04:44
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Third set in this half of the year thats done that though. Did they ramp up movie line production so much that they cut back on other sets?
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Oct 3, 2014 05:13
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The Tumbler and the Haunted House are still available here in my expensive country, if anyone is interested They will cost USD ~300 and around $50 in shipping though (each) These are the normal retail from the store prices, imagine how fun it is to buy poo poo from resellers here!
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Oct 3, 2014 09:08
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The Rage posted:Third set in this half of the year thats done that though. Did they ramp up movie line production so much that they cut back on other sets? More like the blockbuster movie drove up general demand which took production line time away from niche sets. Especially with Christmas coming up, which requires stocking the shelves full. Edit: I also feel like Lego knows the adult buying a $200 Batman set will still be waiting in January, while Toys'R'Us wants their inventory in November/December and doesn't care about January. So stuff gets pushed. smackfu fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Oct 3, 2014 |
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Oct 3, 2014 13:08
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Does anyone have any good techniques for having studs on top and bottom? I want to have wedges hanging down and a smooth plate in top.
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Oct 3, 2014 14:54
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PriorMarcus posted:Does anyone have any good techniques for having studs on top and bottom? I want to have wedges hanging down and a smooth plate in top. There are several techniques here: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/KimT/Mixed/Instructions/advbuilding.pdf
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Oct 3, 2014 14:58
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The Tumbler could easily end up being one of those sets that sticks around a while, right? Nothing about it says limited edition, and it's not an Ideas set or anything. I'm hoping it gets reprinted every so often for a while to come, and it's not a huge deal that I missed it this time around.
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Oct 3, 2014 15:23
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When I was at the Lego store the other day they had tons of tumblers. Guy looked at me like I was crazy cause I told him I didn't want one LOL.
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Oct 3, 2014 15:55
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TriggerHappy posted:The Tumbler could easily end up being one of those sets that sticks around a while, right? Nothing about it says limited edition, and it's not an Ideas set or anything. I'm hoping it gets reprinted every so often for a while to come, and it's not a huge deal that I missed it this time around. Doesn't UCS last at least a year usually?
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Oct 3, 2014 16:06
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Dogen posted:Doesn't UCS last at least a year usually? The star wars ones seem to last at least 2, some stick around for ages.
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Oct 3, 2014 16:31
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Ika posted:The star wars ones seem to last at least 2, some stick around for ages. I said 1 because I think the B-Wing only made it a year due to lovely sales
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Oct 3, 2014 16:56
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My biggest Lego-regret in life is not buying the UCS Snowspeeder and Rebel Blockade Runner.
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Oct 3, 2014 23:48
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Guzwar posted:My biggest Lego-regret in life is not buying the UCS Snowspeeder and Rebel Blockade Runner. Mine used to be not getting the X-Men Chopper with Wolverine and Deadpool, but I ordered it off Ebay this week because it turns out LEGO is such a ripoff in Australia that I didn't feel like I was getting too badly extorted by the reseller.
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Oct 4, 2014 00:27
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smackfu posted:I guess the Haunted House is finally out of stock everywhere online. I guess that's good, I was starting to get tempted to buy it but $180 is a bit steep. What??? Nooooo... Red_Chief posted:Tumbler is going to be hard. From the US Lego online shop Son of a... 
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Oct 4, 2014 02:09
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You were all warned! The Haunted House is the best set they've released!
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Oct 4, 2014 03:26
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Nah, I think the Medieval Market Village is TBH.
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Oct 4, 2014 03:28
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Chairchucker posted:Nah, I think the Medieval Market Village is TBH. It's a great play set, but for a self contained set that looks dynamite on a shelf (I've got lights in mine) nothing tops the Haunted House.
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Oct 4, 2014 03:33
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Lego UCS Slave 1 looks awesome: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pIO8Ne0CfkU&feature=youtu.be
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Oct 4, 2014 15:42
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Doomy posted:Lego UCS Slave 1 looks awesome: Uh, yeah i'll be getting that
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Oct 4, 2014 15:51
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God I'm glad I don't like Star Wars all that much. That's really nice, but phew.
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Now I worry those will be hard to get like the Tumbler.
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DrChud posted:Now I worry those will be hard to get like the Tumbler. It's probably gonna be available for VIPs a week or two before it goes on sale regularly.
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This is probably my most anticipated UCS, though I did like the X-Wing quite a bit. Wonder if it will be yet another new Boba fig.
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