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[Roody]

Hey friends, longtime lurker here! I think this is my first time posting in this thread.

I'm looking for some advice: I'm clearing out some old sets to make way for the UCS Falcon. Wanted to sell a few to fund the purchase of it. What's the easiest/best way to do so? I'm looking to sell my two modulars Grand Emporium and Palace Cinema. I have all parts (still in good condition, and assembled), original instruction manuals (slightly bent but otherwise fine), and even the original boxes (disassembled). I know the Emporium is out of print now, so I can get a little more for it, but with the Palace Cinema going out soon, should I hold onto it for now? Not sure how fast the aftermarket changes.

So, where should I be selling these? Bricklink? And how (assembled or take them apart and bag them up)? Heck, if anyone on here would want them I'd be fine with selling on here too, if that's permitted. I'd like to sell them before the Falcon arrives if possible, but in the end would rather do it right than rush things.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[DonShula]

That Polybag R2D2 is amazing

I like it too. My daughter got one and I keep forgetting to tell her to keep it assembled and on her display shelf. She lets her brother play with it and then I find R2's severed body on the floor.

 

[chaosblade]

My pet shop modular arrived, both buildings were already assembled but damaged a little during shipping. Expected bags of pieces and not that, lol. Looking forward to rebuilding it.

 

[Chiaroscuro]

Hey friends, longtime lurker here! I think this is my first time posting in this thread.

I'm looking for some advice: I'm clearing out some old sets to make way for the UCS Falcon. Wanted to sell a few to fund the purchase of it. What's the easiest/best way to do so? I'm looking to sell my two modulars Grand Emporium and Palace Cinema. I have all parts (still in good condition, and assembled), original instruction manuals (slightly bent but otherwise fine), and even the original boxes (disassembled). I know the Emporium is out of print now, so I can get a little more for it, but with the Palace Cinema going out soon, should I hold onto it for now? Not sure how fast the aftermarket changes.

So, where should I be selling these? Bricklink? And how (assembled or take them apart and bag them up)? Heck, if anyone on here would want them I'd be fine with selling on here too, if that's permitted. I'd like to sell them before the Falcon arrives if possible, but in the end would rather do it right than rush things.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

You would have to wait at least 6 months to make a better deal selling PC. It would probably be on sale before retiring. You can sell it right now for like 2/3 of the retail price or wait. But then you will not sell it before the MF. I am not sure if the aftermarket for it will raise at lot, things are different now, there is a lot more of supply.

I would try ebay and bricklink. Sell it assembled if the buyer wants it desassembled, he can take it apart. Of course offer it with instructions and box, it will make the difference.

 

[mrklaw]

UCS Falcon Midnight launch at Leicester Square Lego store. Hopefully they'll keep some stock for the next day..

Says you can get your set signed by a Lego designer and get a collectible star wars VIP card.

 

[Crispy75]

That Dino Creator set is amazing. I definitly need a second one for a Triceratops

I bought it a week ago (25% discount at Sainsbury's!) to take away on holiday. My daughter and I had blast with it. She made her first ever MOC, a "baby pteradactyl"

(She's only 3!)

We're building the T-Rex now. I have the old red T-Rex built and stashed under my bed somewhere, so will be fun to compare them (and make them fight!)

 

[balladofwindfishes]

They should make a Lego archeopteryx

Considering they were only ankle high, making one "in scale" seems like it would be pretty easy (albeit, pretty boring).

 

[Chiaroscuro]

Holiday building here. Town Hall, bags 1 already gone.

 

[Roody]

You would have to wait at least 6 months to make a better deal selling PC. It would probably be on sale before retiring. You can sell it right now for like 2/3 of the retail price or wait. But then you will not sell it before the MF. I am not sure if the aftermarket for it will raise at lot, things are different now, there is a lot more of supply.

I would try ebay and bricklink. Sell it assembled if the buyer wants it desasse,bled he can take it apart. Of course offer it with instructions and box, it will make the difference.

Awesome, thanks for the advice. Since I've never bought/sold on Bricklink before, is there any verification process? Everyone pretty trustworthy on there? I know you have to be careful on Ebay, I've been bit before on there.

 

[otapnam]

Well. i just ordered 4 star wars sets at toysrus.com with some discounted gift cards i got awhile ago to add to my hoard for the kids (saving till their old enough to watch)

yoda starfighter
AT ST
u wing
A wing

Just hoping i can fill out the rest of the sets for the kiddos with some hopeful re-releases in the next few years

 

[Haloid1177]

Well. i just ordered 4 star wars sets at toysrus.com with some discounted gift cards i got awhile ago to add to my hoard for the kids (saving till their old enough to watch)

yoda starfighter
AT ST
u wing
A wing

Just hoping i can fill out the rest of the sets for the kiddos with some hopeful re-releases in the next few years

They need a UCS Falcon.

 

[RightChandMan]

I ordered the palace cinema because its retiring. Thanks for the tip, gaf! I hope i enjoy it

 

[Plum]

All this talk of the Creator Dinasour set has me seriously considering getting it off Amazon. £9.60 for 174 pieces is bloody amazing, and it'll be a fun thing to add to my Modular street.

 

[Crispy75]

It's a great set for mech parts. 9 ball joins, a ton of hinges and bar/handle pieces. Almost too much for a competition thread on here.

 

[otapnam]

They need a UCS Falcon.

i can buy myself a half decent watch for the price of a UCS falcon. my collection needs to slow down soon. got other toys to buy. L O L

 

[PalaceBrother]

I bought it a week ago (25% discount at Sainsbury's!) to take away on holiday. My daughter and I had blast with it. She made her first ever MOC, a "baby pteradactyl"

(She's only 3!)

...your three year old daughter made this?

 

[Crispy75]

...your three year old daughter made this?

The little "baby" in the middle yes. The "mummy" pterodactyl is from the instructions

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Are there MOCs with the Polybag R2 inscale?

 

[R-User!]

Are there MOCs with the Polybag R2 inscale?

In scale to what?

 

[mrklaw]

In scale to what?

I assume the R2 polybag

It’d be nice to get a diorama or something that he'd sit in

 

[ghostmind]

Talked with my local LEGO store and they are only getting 20 UCS Falcons on the 14th.

They also don't think those who order from S@H will get the special cart (they will get triple-boxed instead).

I think I'm going to have to wake up very early in the morning...

 

[Rodney McKay]

mini modulars got me in to the modulars. Then I missed a couple due to limited space/money. And found I wasn't overly bothered so I sold everything

I wish LEGO would do new Mini-modulars, there have been a LOT of modulars released since the Mini-Modular set came out.

I Bricklinked the pieces I needed to make a mini-modular pet shop, and I did a MOC with the LEGO Digital Designer of the Town Hall and a so-so one of the Palace Cinema.

Eventually I want to Bricklink what I need for the Town Hall and Parisian Restaurant Mini-modulars (I found instructions for some really good mocs of the ones I haven't done myself).

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Talked with my local LEGO store and they are only getting 20 UCS Falcons on the 14th.

They also don't think those who order from S@H will get the special cart (they will get triple-boxed instead).

I think I'm going to have to wake up very early in the morning...

Uugh. Stress to show in time increases.

 

[GreatEdmondo]

Looking for feedback on these designs for a custom BrickHeadz and a BrickHeadz-esque model:

(LDD and Stud.io don't have the BrickHeadz eyes available)

They're supposed to be the Dark Magician and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

 

[friskykillface]

Talked with my local LEGO store and they are only getting 20 UCS Falcons on the 14th.

They also don't think those who order from S@H will get the special cart (they will get triple-boxed instead).

I think I'm going to have to wake up very early in the morning...

That's not that bad tbh
Thought it'd be less than 5 max
Kinda gives me a better feeling of going to the store on the 14th

I'll call three places on the 13th

 

[Shrike Alvaron]

I'm aiming to pick up the Falcon online, but in the event I miss it I'll have to drive to the St Louis Lego store in the morning. Thing is, it's in a mall. Is there any point getting there super early when the mall doesn't even open until 10? Never been to that store actually and not really wanting to make the trip so hoping I can get it online without issues...

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I'm aiming to pick up the Falcon online, but in the event I miss it I'll have to drive to the St Louis Lego store in the morning. Thing is, it's in a mall. Is there any point getting there super early when the mall doesn't even open until 10? Never been to that store actually and not really wanting to make the trip so hoping I can get it online without issues...

Store may open at 10, but the mall itself will open hours before for cleaning, etc.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Got half my order today and built Yoda's ship.

I ended up replacing his lightsaber with the handle from the umbrella from the bonus travel minifig case, because I just like Yoda more with a staff and not a light saber.

Also if you misalign one technic pin early in the build it really, really hurts later in the build when everything is supposed to snap together.

 

[Chiaroscuro]

Store may open at 10, but the mall itself will open hours before for cleaning, etc.

Don't know in US but here the customers aren't allowed to enter the mall before the stores open. Of course the mall staff is there earlier to do all the stuff but you can't enter the mall.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Don't know in US but here the customers aren't allowed to enter the mall before the stores open. Of course the mall staff is there earlier to do all the stuff but you can't enter the mall.

I am used to the groups that go to malls in the morning to walk.

Also, that thread about LEGO cutting jobs is annoying me quite a bit with some of the responses in there. Many are obviously coming from people that don't understand how a business works, and also people that don't know much about the company itself.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I am used to the groups that go to malls in the morning to walk.

Also, that thread about LEGO cutting jobs is annoying me quite a bit with some of the responses in there. Many are obviously coming from people that don't understand how a business works, and also people that don't know much about the company itself.

The worst part is people advocating the knockoffs as proof they can be cheaper without considering that there isn't any R&D involved since they just copied the final product.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

The worst part is people advocating the knockoffs as proof they can be cheaper without considering that there isn't any R&D involved since they just copied the final product.

Precisely the issue I was having.

Well, and that all they make are one use custom parts.

 

[BentBricks]

I'm going to hold off on Palace Cinema until Black Friday and hope it goes on clearance then like Pet Shop did last year.

Where was this?

Hey friends, longtime lurker here! I think this is my first time posting in this thread.

I'm looking for some advice: I'm clearing out some old sets to make way for the UCS Falcon. Wanted to sell a few to fund the purchase of it. What's the easiest/best way to do so? I'm looking to sell my two modulars Grand Emporium and Palace Cinema. I have all parts (still in good condition, and assembled), original instruction manuals (slightly bent but otherwise fine), and even the original boxes (disassembled). I know the Emporium is out of print now, so I can get a little more for it, but with the Palace Cinema going out soon, should I hold onto it for now? Not sure how fast the aftermarket changes.

So, where should I be selling these? Bricklink? And how (assembled or take them apart and bag them up)? Heck, if anyone on here would want them I'd be fine with selling on here too, if that's permitted. I'd like to sell them before the Falcon arrives if possible, but in the end would rather do it right than rush things.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Bricklink or eBay. I've bought LEGO on eBay, but haven't sold anything on it. I'd be more cautious selling on eBay as there are a lot more scammers on there. There may be a bit more overhead on Bricklink as you have to figure out the interface and setup a "store" which may be a bit of work for selling a few items.
There's other LEGO sites like Bricklink, but Bricklink has the biggest audience for now.

I've seen others looking for buyers here and everyone seems fine with it. Seems like you already have just by mentioning it.

 

[3N16MA]

The worst part is people advocating the knockoffs as proof they can be cheaper without considering that there isn't any R&D involved since they just copied the final product.

Those people simply don't care. They just want the end product as cheap as possible and will support knockoffs. If I think a set is too pricey or can't justify the purchase then I simply won't buy it. I have no need for a knockoff.

I have been scaling down my LEGO purchases simply because it adds up pretty quickly (also takes plenty of space to display) and my interest in model sets has peaked again (Star Wars in particular). I think I have also come to the point where I'm wanting to start doing some MOCs and scaling back on buying and displaying sets.

 

[Chezzymann]

I think Lego could cut prices a little by having a bit less detail and "rounding down" on their prices. A 550 piece set is usually $60 instead of $50. For example, if they cut out ~60 pieces from the Jokers Low Rider set, it could theoretically be $30 instead of $50 since its now 380 pieces.

 

[parrotbeak]

That thread.... I can't get through the first page.

 

[ghostmind]

That thread.... I can't get through the first page.

Well I tried, but it isn't going to stop people believing what they want to believe - facts be damned.

 

[Ponn]

Sorry all, that thread got me frazzled and I'm already on edge from this damn hurricane. A mod jumping in starting to defend that shit really put me over the edge. I'm just getting off GAF for my nerves sake till after all this shit passes. Going to build OFS and try to work on my Halloween stuff. Any other Lego GAFfers in the path of this shit stay safe and good luck. See all you lovely people on the other side.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

A local shop had 50% off a bunch of rather new stuff, mostly Star Wars with some Lego Batman and Superhero Girls. A bit annoying to have four Batman sets I bought six months ago at half price now. I did end up getting only the Scout Trooper.

I saw my first suspected scalpers too. This couple filled a shopping cart with sets, including one or two Falcons. A haul of about $500 at half price.

 

[DBT85]

Great news. My Death Star and Speeder/Trooper will be here today at last. Hopefully too I'll get the correct bloody posters.

The wait for my Snowspeeder has also dropped from 30 days to shipped by the 15th so with luck mine will go before the 14th.

 

[Osahi]

That thread.... I can't get through the first page.

I had to supress my urge to get into the discussion. It's talking to a wall of bias and misconceptions. I'm glad we've got rid of the Lepin-apologists in this topic at least.

 

[mrkgoo]

The worst part is people advocating the knockoffs as proof they can be cheaper without considering that there isn't any R&D involved since they just copied the final product.

This. This so much.

It bugs me a lot that people don't consider "Design" as a valid idea, or consider that it's worth time and money.

I've seen so many knock-off lego products (and how come there are so many these days - did I understand correctly in that the Lego group lost a patent to something?) - and a lot of them have actual decent quality parts (even if they are rip-offs of Lego design bricks), but the actual models are largely junk. Like they fit to gather pieces without any stability or creativity.

Lego totally put a lot of thought into every design, consider stickers, number of bricks, type of bricks, colours, age-appropriateness and so on. And IMO, it shows.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

This. This so much.

It bugs me a lot that people don't consider "Design" as a valid idea, or consider that it's worth time and money.

I've seen so many knock-off lego products (and how come there are so many these days - did I understand correctly in that the Lego group lost a patent to something?) - and a lot of them have actual decent quality parts (even if they are rip-offs of Lego design bricks), but the actual models are largely junk. Like they fit to gather pieces without any stability or creativity.

Lego totally put a lot of thought into every design, consider stickers, number of bricks, type of bricks, colours, age-appropriateness and so on. And IMO, it shows.

Megabloks and Kreo are still legit products using expired patents and licenses of their own and actual unique brick designs. They're just mostly inferior. Lepin wholesale copying entire sets and designs is a completely different thing.

 

[mrkgoo]

Megabloks and Kreo are still legit products using expired patents and licenses of their own and actual unique brick designs. They're just mostly inferior. Lepin wholesale copying entire sets and designs is a completely different thing.

Yeah, I understand that.

I don't know if it was Lepin or what, but when I was in Taiwan, I saw complete sets that were obviously existing Lego sets, but they weren't actual Lego.

Also, A friend gave my kid a block building toy of an ambulance, and the bricks are exactly lego bricks, minus any imprinting of the lego logo. And they are actually pretty good quality!

I'll admit though, especially more so here in NZ, Lego is really expensive. I swear the sets are about 20% more expensive than they used to be... like what would've been a $40 set is now a $50 set. Fortunately, there tends to be sales often that bring them down by 20%, which is closer to places like US.

But yeah, back on Taiwan, the exchange rate effectively made them the same her even more expensive than in NZ. Everything else is pretty inexpensive in that country, which comparatively makes Lego a REALLY expensive toy.

 

[whatsinaname]

Threads on the gaming side of Pokemon ripoffs on the app store usually seem to elicit different responses than Lepin seems to in OT.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Threads on the gaming side of Pokemon ripoffs on the app store usually seem to elicit different responses than Lepin seems to in OT.

To the surprise of no one

 

[Chiaroscuro]

That thread.... I can't get through the first page.

Horrible. Tried to read it, cannot continue too.

I saw my first suspected scalpers too. This couple filled a shopping cart with sets, including one or two Falcons. A haul of about $500 at half price.

Don't be too harsh on them. Sometimes I also buy things on sale to resell later at little profit. This allows me to continue to buy stuff in my hobbies. I usually reserve the world scalpers to the sellers that want insane levels of profit due to high demmand/scarce availability of itens, specially at Xmas season. To buy and resell at a fair profit is not that bad.

 

[R-User!]

I assume the R2 polybag

It’d be nice to get a diorama or something that he'd sit in

I thought they meant MOCs of the R2 poly bag pieces MOCed into something in scale of a different size than the actual scale it comes in.

Never mind.

Talked with my local LEGO store and they are only getting 20 UCS Falcons on the 14th.

They also don't think those who order from S@H will get the special cart (they will get triple-boxed instead).

I think I'm going to have to wake up very early in the morning...

...Coffee zzzzzZ Z_z

Uugh. Stress to show in time increases.

I wouldn't normally advocate this, but if there was ever ONE DAY to miss out on a class to take care of some date/time specific business it would be THIS 14th of September, Two Thousand and Seventeen!

You deserve what you've waited 10 YEARS for, I think!

Once every 10 years making an exception to a personal rule should be acceptable!

 

[DonShula]

I made it through most of that layoff thread. Sure, there are some fools in there that don't understand the price of R&D. GAF is full of people who spew drive-by hot takes without any consideration for discussion.

But others in that thread do have a point without actually realizing it. The "rent is too damn high" mentality for Lego is not accidental. Prices are above what some rational people want to pay, and that's OK. But with Lego having 30% profit margin, you know what? There is a little bit of room for prices to come down. That may do something to raise the perception of the brand in the eyes of these lost customers. Maybe Lego has done the math and lowering prices to gain goodwill isn't worth it to them. That's OK too.

But I as a fan am open to the idea that I probably pay more for some of this stuff than I should, and I am allowed to vote with my wallet. Heck, I often do - I've used Lego's recent trend of flooding retail to my advantage and waited for some nice clearance prices. I'm open to the idea that Lego has identified THAT as one of its problems and the workforce reduction will result in fewer sets. I guess we'll see.

 

[Chiaroscuro]

I made it through most of that layoff thread. Sure, there are some fools in there that don't understand the price of R&D. GAF is full of people who spew drive-by hot takes without any consideration for discussion.

But others in that thread do have a point without actually realizing it. The "rent is too damn high" mentality for Lego is not accidental. Prices are above what some rational people want to pay, and that's OK. But with Lego having 30% profit margin, you know what? There is a little bit of room for prices to come down. That may do something to raise the perception of the brand in the eyes of these lost customers. Maybe Lego has done the math and lowering prices to gain goodwill isn't worth it to them. That's OK too.

But I as a fan am open to the idea that I probably pay more for some of this stuff than I should, and I am allowed to vote with my wallet. Heck, I often do - I've used Lego's recent trend of flooding retail to my advantage and waited for some nice clearance prices. I'm open to the idea that Lego has identified THAT as one of its problems and the workforce reduction will result in fewer sets. I guess we'll see.

I think part of the price problem is the modern american sales mode that became a trend worldwide. It says that a product must have only a limit shelf time (due to too many products to be available) so it must go on sales/clearance soon. Part of the sales would be at product launch to entusiasts/fans/buyers that don't care at let's say 30% profit. Soon the product must go on sale to give up its shelf space, and the profits are quite lower. Rarely a product has long legs ans stay in retail for a long time. Lego must have a business plan to consider all sales (a peak at a high profit and a fair ammount at discount) and get its revenue from the average results. The problem is that you cannot lower your price to have a reasonable profit and price point at launch, because people will always wair for the clearance sales. The sale model does not allow a product to stay long in retail and have a lower price due to long legs sales.