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To resell at a higher price after the production ends. You can get good money for mint out of production lego sets. They have to be popular with collectors though. The original millennium Falcon mint in box was going for thousands the last time I checked.
The oddity with that one is that they bought it back immediately after EoLing it because of customer demand.
They're bringing back quite a few limited sets again. Whether this is to simply make money, deter greedy investors or fend off the Chinese fakes is anyone's guess but for their target demographic, kids and young adults who enjoy playing with Lego, this is a fantastic move.
Fully agreed.
I bought the second set to keep for years, and perhaps one day pass to my boys
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That was me. Picked them up for £55 each on a JL deal and they were selling for £180 each, now going for around £140.
Quite simply, I pay for my own Lego by selling Lego. I know some people wont agree with it, but i wouldn't be able to buy the kits I have without doing this. I have thousands of pounds worth of lego that has paid for itself effectively. Some examples below;
Bought two Pet Shops for £99 each, sold one for £289.
Bought two Brick Banks for £90 each, sold one for £299
Bought 6 F40s for an average of £60 each, sold 5 of them for prices varying between £192 and £310 each
Bought 2 Unimog for £99, sold one for £330
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I'm hoping for a sale or either the batmobile or batwing (or both
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I'm hoping for a sale or either the batmobile or batwing (or both
Batmobile was £160? Recently at Smyths, might still be
I'm hoping for a sale or either the batmobile or batwing (or both
Not a chance. Lego.com Black Friday and sales in general are terrible.
There might be one large set on offer which will be a fairly slow seller and a load of cheaper stuff that is EOL at the end of the year.
Anyone remember may the 4th ‘sale’? All that was on offer was a few cheap sets that they couldn’t shift. Any decent lego discounts happen elsewhere like Smyths, Argos, Amazon(check all EU stores) and John Lewis.
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https://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/news/2020/november/ferrari-488-gte/ looks rather good
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Last black Friday I got the falcon for 500 or so, so I'm hopeful (I doubt the batwing will be reduced as it's not been out long, but I can still hope).
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Glad I picked up the new Ecto-1, looking forward to building it, looks ace
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So they release the Sian with higher part count than this Ferrari? Lego have lost their minds.
I’m not sure what your getting at, this isn’t in the same tier as the Sian, Bugatti or Porsche.
Those ‘ultimate’ technic cars have a much higher RRP and are far bigger sets.
This is in line with the ‘large’ technic sets in terms of price and piece count. Think Porsche RSR not Porsche 911.
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Yes that's the point....
I want a higher part count,they decided to give that to the Sian over the more well known Ferrari.
I don’t disagree.
All those stickers, and technic doesn’t appeal to me these days.The Sian is down to £200 on Amazon U.K. at the moment.