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KingFisher posted:Would you consider doing some LDD work for $$? That would be fantastic. I love money as much as I love LEGO.
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Just picked these up at Target. Can't wait a month!
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IonClash posted:Just picked these up at Target. Can't wait a month! I don't wait.  When I went to BrickCon earlier this month, there was a dealer who apparently bought like 10 of the SW Advent sets, assembled the microships, and was selling them for like $6 each.
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3 posted:That would be fantastic. I love money as much as I love LEGO. Wait a second...money can be used to buy Lego! 
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3 posted:That would be fantastic. I love money as much as I love LEGO. How is the best way to get in touch? I have PM's email most IM clients check my profile for contact details I am thinking of commission a series of minifig space ships/rockets based on existing and proposed hardware. I would furthermore pay to have determine the most cost effective way of acquiring the pieces for said sets.
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KingFisher posted:How is the best way to get in touch? Don't have plat, so email's your best bet. You can buzz me at ed.coli (at) gmail.com. Also, I love near-future space stuff and I'm a huge sucker for feasible spaceflight tech in general so this sounds right up my alley.
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Man, I wish Lego would release Basic Bricks sets with only one-stud-wide pieces, maybe some slopes and curved pieces too. I guess it's not that much of a hazzle to buy from Pick A Brick or Bricklink, it would just be a lot more convenient to buy a box with a ready made assortment.
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InfinEight posted:Found this today and was pretty impressed: Oh yeah, good old screwtank. If you could make the screwdrums hollow and watertight it works on water, as well. Not really the most efficient drive system, but it is crazy versatile so long as you keep it to a soft surface like snow or turf.
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Pyroclastic posted:I don't wait. There was a guy doing that at NYCC, too. Dick move.
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Karma Tornado posted:There was a guy doing that at NYCC, too. Dick move. "If people want to produce poor representations of my work and other people want to buy them, they deserve each other." - Salvador Dali
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Hey guys. I've read several pages of this thread, and for some reason this thread has given me the Lego bug again. I'm also wondering about this whole "Buy two copies, let one appreciate" strategy. I've noticed that (as people in this thread have noted repeatedly) the prices on eBay are generally much higher than on BrickLink, but I've still noticed a pretty big premium over MSRP on brand new, sealed sets that are even a few years old. My question is: Do people actually pay these prices, though? For example, if you had (just picking any one at random off BrickLink) a brand new Skeleton Tower in a sealed box, could you predict getting $200+ eventually? Or do those listings just sit there forever? I'm not that interested in the profit side of it, I'm interested in the offset-the-cost-of-building-awesome-castles side.
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internetstuff posted:My question is: Do people actually pay these prices, though? For example, if you had (just picking any one at random off BrickLink) a brand new Skeleton Tower in a sealed box, could you predict getting $200+ eventually? Or do those listings just sit there forever? I have bought complete sets off Bricklink, but they've mostly been polybags or other small sets where adding them to a Bricklink order was cheaper than paying postage to buy them separately.
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internetstuff posted:Hey guys. I've read several pages of this thread, and for some reason this thread has given me the Lego bug again. You can check on the last 6 months of BL sales to get an idea. Skeleton Tower has sold a half-dozen times in 6 months for an average of 4x retail price new in sealed box. A bit under 3x MSRP for open and used (prices for used can vary depending on if anything's missing). You'll notice that no New sets sold in October, despite there being a dozen listed from $100 to $300. But compare it to, say, the Imperial Landing Craft from the same year. Same price, 100 more pieces, and its average new price is only 150% MSRP. The Service Station from the City Line is 2x MSRP. The Alien Mothership from the Mars Mission line was $50 at release, and despite having only sold two lots and having 4 available on BL, isn't selling for much beyond its original price. And then you get to factor in increased knowledge of this phenomenon. People are starting to realize that high-end sets can be investments, which means more people are buying them as such, which means their value will stay low when they're sold later. The number of people that will spend $1500 on a single Lego set is pretty small, so when you have hundreds of people buying multiples hoping to make a tidy profit 5 years down the road... I doubt you wouldn't make a profit on sealed sets in the future, but expecting them to pay for your Lego habit entirely by themselves is probably a mistake. Especially when that profit is years down the line.
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I am thinking of also getting a spare set or two, but my rule currently is only buy em when they are alot less than MSRP and also not to buy anything that I wouldn't mind opening in a few years if the prices dont go up. Pyro: do you know how to limit the sales to particular regions / countries?
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Thanks for the info. Fantasy Era sets go up in price because ... They're awesome. Why do you think I was looking at them all night on BrickLink and Brickset? Dwarves, orcs, trolls, dragons?! In MY Lego?! I've got my fingers crossed that somewhere down the line they revisit the fantasy theme with Fantasy Era 2.0 or something. E: One more question. What's up with the official Lego "Product Collections" -- Are they ever a good deal if there's something *cough Castle* that you really like and decide you want to be a completest about? E again: What the heck is Ninjago? I thought, at first, that it was sort of a Japan/Samurai themed set. I clicked it on Brickset and, lo and behold, I see "spinning tops" and like .. giant monster trucks, and stuff? What's it supposed to BE? internetstuff fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Oct 31, 2011 |
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Ika posted:I am thinking of also getting a spare set or two, but my rule currently is only buy em when they are alot less than MSRP and also not to buy anything that I wouldn't mind opening in a few years if the prices dont go up. In the price guide? Looks like the best way to do that is to click the Group by Currency button. internetstuff posted:I've got my fingers crossed that somewhere down the line they revisit the fantasy theme with Fantasy Era 2.0 or something. I'd guess we'll have a few years with the normal medieval sets before they cycle the line back into Fantasy, since it seemed to be pretty popular. The Collections don't seem to be particularly good deals on shop.lego.com. You save like $3 on the Harry Potter collection and nothing on the PotC or SW ones. I don't see any Complete Collections on the site except maybe that Hero Factory one. Ninjago is...dragon-riding ninja versus biker skeletons, or something. Combined with Beyblade and...a CCG? I think they wanted to experiment with several different concepts, and instead of trying each concept with its own line, threw it all in as one grand experiment in a ridiculous, over-the-top line. Picture it...they felt it was time to bring back ninjas when they were phasing out the fantasy line. Someone had an idea for bringing skeleton armies to Fantasy, but it was too late to incorporate them. Someone said "Hey, the Ninjas need enemies, don't they?" Then the Ninjas get their dragon mounts while someone mulls over what the skeletons should have. Skeleton dragons? Skeleton monsters? Then someone says "Skeleton cars!" and Ninjago is born. And then someone else says "Hey, what about that pokemon thing? It's still popular." "And those combat top toys!" "Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Ninjago!"
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MaliciousOnion posted:And the kids love it. I have a friend who works for TRU here in Aus and he tells me they are like crack for kids.
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Dame Cook posted:Yeah, I get the impression that Ninjago is almost as much of a phenomenon as Bionicle - and Bionicle saved LEGO from going bust. And while it's not a popular line with AFOLs, it's a bit more useful than Bionicle. Some of the sets have interesting parts and colours, and some of the figures are nice as long as you don't pay the premium for the spinners. Huh, I never got the impression Ninjago was that popular, at least in my area. The sets and cards and poo poo seem to shelf-warm. I originally thought there was more to the spinners. Like a zip-cord mechanism or something. Nope, just die-cast metal with some lego bits attached. Has anyone seen them used in a MOC yet?
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Just had my birthday. Combined with an explosion in disposable income, this has led to a huge influx of Lego purchases the last few weeks. First I got the technic Mini Mobile crane, just to get myself back into the swing of things. Then I felt like I needed more. And this time I could afford it. So, I got the updated version of a set I always wanted as a kid and never got - the Supercar. Holy poo poo, that thing is amazing. I kept realizing I had no idea what on earth I was building, skipping ahead and finding things like "Oh. It's a working differential with independent suspension."  For my birthday I got myself the current Hogwart's Castle. Now I need to resist the urge to go on bricklink and spend stupid sums of money on the previous 3 versions, because they can all link together to make the crazy patchwork castle I imagined when reading the books... I think I'm just going to settle on making a nice medieval village using currently available sets (and maybe some MOCs - I'm out of practice.)
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21010 Architecture Robie House is on sale for 135.99 on Amazon Money is overrated anyway...  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B0050COGZI
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Pyroclastic posted:Huh, I never got the impression Ninjago was that popular, at least in my area. The sets and cards and poo poo seem to shelf-warm. Ninjago is stupid popular, because it has a
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djfooboo posted:21010 Architecture Robie House is on sale for 135.99 on Amazon If I had the money right now I'd buy that in a heartbeat  What a good price
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runwiled posted:Heads up to Brit-goons: toy stocks are allocated to stores based on their sales for the first day or two, so there's a delay before more stock comes in. Sunday night is normally when the second-wave of toys arrives (and hopefully the Lego) so get your asses down to Sainsbury's on Monday morning if you want a second shot at half-price goodies. Thanks for this good advice Sainsbury's dude! Couldn't make it in the morning, but got there for lunch time and the Lego had been restocked. It had mostly gone again but they still had some stuff. Mostly low end City and a handful of Ninjago stuff. I grabbed three nice city sets including the last Camper Van, which was my big score, and a Rebel Hoth dude battle pack, which was the only Star Wars they had left. Defnitely worth the trip.
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Ninjago seems to be fairly popular in the UK based on the amount of marketing and shelf space it gets. The Fire Temple was on some big toy retailer "top xmas toys" list here. I don't think the TV series is a major part of that. I don't think it even airs in the UK. That said it's not really something I've ever heard kids talking about or seen any friend's kids playing with or anything. So it's all a bit of a mystery to me.I think they need to introduce pirates and robots to the line.
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Dame Cook posted:Yeah, I get the impression that Ninjago is almost as much of a phenomenon as Bionicle - and Bionicle saved LEGO from going bust. Is that true?! I remember back when I was in the States (I'm living abroad at the moment) I'd occasionally lurk through the toy section of Target and drool ... DROOL ... over the Castle sets and some of the Aliens-oriented set (Full disclosure, I'm 23) but I'd look at Bionicle and be mildly offended on behalf of my 9 year old self who used to work industriously using regular 4x2 and 2x2 bricks with only the occasional shark or horse to augment them.
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I knew LEGO was in trouble at some point, but I always assumed the turnaround was mostly due to the Star Wars License and the rise of the Minifig. The more you know!
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Bionicle ---> LEGO Porsche Cayenne ---> Porsche 911 I call this Porsche marketing when I see it, an inferior product that sells well to the masses funds the better product and the brand flourishes.
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Ok, I give you that. But I was not too old for Castle. And I am not now too old for Castle. There is no too old for Castle.
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Busted out the Lego this weekend, was fooling around with that new wide track treads and fat cogs. Mechanically, the chain isn't very strong, and it doesn't like the kinds of tensions that come with suspensions. Maybe with rubber bands. I was inspired to create a VERY large, motorized tank, in an attempt to push the treads to their mechanical limits. Anyone else make a large tank from these treads? I'm curious to see what others have done.
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Pyroclastic posted:Huh, I never got the impression Ninjago was that popular, at least in my area. The sets and cards and poo poo seem to shelf-warm. I sell Ninjago out the rear end. It's probably more popular than Star Wars at the moment and there's a better margin on the Ninjago stuff so that is very okay.
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Okay, so I will be surprising my 11 and 6 year old with LEGOLAND Orlando tickets for Christmas (we're going the first of January). It's just a regular amusement park with a LEGO theme right? I had a tough time figuring out if there was anything that'd make it stand out from say, Disneyworld (where we're also going). I'm hoping the PAB selection is better than the LEGO store near here.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Okay, so I will be surprising my 11 and 6 year old with LEGOLAND Orlando tickets for Christmas (we're going the first of January). It's just a regular amusement park with a LEGO theme right? I had a tough time figuring out if there was anything that'd make it stand out from say, Disneyworld (where we're also going). From what I understand, the rides in Legoland are much more kiddy-friendly, not as wild or fast as Disney or Universal.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Okay, so I will be surprising my 11 and 6 year old with LEGOLAND Orlando tickets for Christmas (we're going the first of January). It's just a regular amusement park with a LEGO theme right? I had a tough time figuring out if there was anything that'd make it stand out from say, Disneyworld (where we're also going). The Lego store that's in Orlando, which I believe is the largest Lego store in the states is worth checking out too. The park is only open until 5pm I believe so when you're done there, drive an hour north to Downtown Disney and check out the store.
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