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 The Official LEGO Enthusiast Club V11

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Ultraman the great
post Jun 10 2013, 10:17 PM

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QUOTE(Bigfoot-X @ Jun 10 2013, 09:41 PM)
Another young one! "Seen" the photos! I feel like a dinosaur. I've had the opportunity to use them before. HAHAHA

Back on topic.......

Field Report from Ikano Toys R Us - The eagles have landed.

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Looks like we'll be seeing new stocks everywhere soon.

There were some other Star Wars stuff, especially restock of the 9493 - X-Wing Starfighter (which I've also seen at 1Utama TRU over the weekend)
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Pirate ship got?

QUOTE(Caryane @ Jun 10 2013, 10:02 PM)
My humble little purchase today after work at BBT, thanks to my buddy who lent me his membership for 10% discount.

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I wanted to get this set for the shark, but no thx to a forumer here, I got poisoned by the coast guard set 60014 which comes with 3 sharks, and accidentally clicked buy... LOL.... tongue.gif
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post Jun 10 2013, 10:29 PM

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QUOTE(mryellow19 @ Jun 10 2013, 10:20 PM)
Who who poison you with 60014? tongue.gif tongue.gif Accidentally click buy but how come didn't accidentally clicked on pirate ship as well? How much anyway for 60014?
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Below 300 after tax and tumpang other stuff. Since not urgent, can wait for slow shipping la. Pirate cannot wait, willing to pay more at retail, also retIl price here is not bad also.... tongue.gif

QUOTE(scpt @ Jun 10 2013, 10:23 PM)
memang humble compared to some taikuns here tongue.gif

why I can't load BL?  sad.gif
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BL a bit slower but works for me too....
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post Jun 10 2013, 10:59 PM

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QUOTE(scpt @ Jun 10 2013, 10:47 PM)
I can load BL on my phone with Maxis, but can't when connected to Unifi. Same with my PC
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I am using unifi now. Boleh masuk cari lobang... smile.gif blush.gif

QUOTE(Bigfoot-X @ Jun 10 2013, 10:54 PM)
Sorry bro. Didn't notice the LOTR pirate ships. TRU staff were still stocking up the shelves.

I was kinda excited to see new stuff and completely forgot to look for the ship. But if it already arrived, I didn't see it displayed yet.
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Thanks! notworthy.gif
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post Jun 11 2013, 11:48 AM

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QUOTE(Bigfoot-X @ Jun 11 2013, 11:24 AM)
Sometimes, people (like me!) haul first and pay later. Gotta cut down on credit card spending.  doh.gif

But so far, past couple of weeks was getting local resellers. I'd probably buy from you guys and spend much more if I'm not fighting temptations all the time!

It's also a blessing I'm quite selective with my themes (for now!). Wishlist not getting any shorter.
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A lot of ppl not bothered with the savings, also many smoke their cards, buy first regret later.... hhaha....

lucky you, my wishlist gets longer everyday. especially after research. I am going to delete brickset.com from my bookmark liao... tongue.gif

QUOTE(wintzen @ Jun 11 2013, 11:26 AM)
I think it's for convenient sake and there's still alot of people that don't surf LYN for good discount and info.
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actually i notice in the last 6 months or so, many of the prices have come down drastically in lyn. last time many reseller can sell and make a very high margin, nowadays susah sikit. for example, last time millennium falcon can sell >700, no problemo. Now ppl sell below 650. Power!!!
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post Jun 11 2013, 02:51 PM

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QUOTE(mryellow19 @ Jun 11 2013, 01:49 PM)
One utama TRU just restocked. 80 cartons of lego boxes. Didn't see what's inside though since i'm going off. Most probably new summer sets. They were just counting the cartons when I left.

Scouters, you kmow what to do hahahha
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Wow!!! Best place to get the original brown lego boxes!!!!! Btw, i collect those as well... tongue.gif
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post Jun 11 2013, 03:07 PM

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QUOTE(Caryane @ Jun 11 2013, 02:14 PM)
No offense guys, i think its unfair to judge online resellers that gain large margin of profit.

Sometimes we got a bad deal or high exchange rate or get taxed, ended up only earn RM10 or no profit.

Its still way cheaper than retail, i think i should stop here.

Dont want to venture into the profit margin and stuff.

Lets get back to the LEGO topic tongue.gif
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aiyah if no profit then why wana sell? SImple economics at work la. hehe...

btw, one reseller told me before how much they made per month just from selling lego part time. I must say its not shabby at all. More than a lot of our day job, including mine... drool.gif


QUOTE(Lego_Jason @ Jun 11 2013, 02:56 PM)

The saying "buyers beware" comes to mind... If you look deeper into it, the resellers are also "buyers" as they have to buy it from Europe/USA. They also run the risk of running into scams or the sets not arriving in the conditions that they first expected... What do the resellers do with the damaged sets?
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Sell a bit lower la, sure ppl will grab. After all its just the box, many dont bother to keep the boxes upon deboxing.

QUOTE(mryellow19 @ Jun 11 2013, 02:59 PM)
Hahaha go grab it. I asked for two earlier to keep my sets tongue.gif But again most of their Lego carton boxes are smaller ones. Only had a few big or long ones.
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tempting, but i think many lurkers already went to sapu the boxes and the actual stocks by now... whistling.gif
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post Jun 11 2013, 09:25 PM

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QUOTE(travelbugvee @ Jun 11 2013, 08:37 PM)
There is this one particular seller in Penang (dont think he/she is active here) who, IMO, is well-known for lowest prices for LEGO on eBay. Their sets are consistently the lowest-priced sets. We'll call this seller "Seller A".

Lately, there are several new sellers on eBay who price the same sets substantially lower than Seller A. What does Seller A do? Drops their price to be RM1 lower than the new sellers. Only goes to show that they have a very high margin or they are hoping to price the new sellers out of the market. Not very cool IMO.

As an example. a particular set was sold by Seller A at RM159 only to revise the price to RM139 when other sellers start to sell the same set at RM139.
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Haha... and then new seller price it now at 137? Hahaha... why la so competitive? This is the perils of being a seller what....

anyway, the margin is still too high for that set, cos got 2 sellers now pricing it below 110 liao whistling.gif and I forsee price war coming soon..... brows.gif
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post Jun 12 2013, 11:14 AM

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Slept with these yesterday.... wub.gif
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post Jun 12 2013, 11:22 AM

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QUOTE(Mr. Alby @ Jun 12 2013, 11:12 AM)
Silent reader at the forum > those participate at the forum..
Thats why when i have extra sets or something to sell, i always gives priority & gives special prices to those participate in the forum... whistling.gif
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time for me to participate more.... tongue.gif

QUOTE(vey99 @ Jun 12 2013, 11:17 AM)
Hard for a startup to be lego distro. Need to show princpal that:
U got network to distribute ur toys eg relationship with big toy seller n hypermart
Able to do promo
Adhere to pricing rules
Most of all need cashflow. Hypermarts are famous for their six month payment term. Plus lego is expensive item which adds up.
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opening shop so easy meh? just ask how much is the rental for brickboy in gardens. whistling.gif

Look at the price war amongst resellers here. i predict in a few months many will stop selling, esp those that didnt get favourable stock prices. but its all good for consumers. thumbup.gif
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post Jun 12 2013, 12:14 PM

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QUOTE(aba9785 @ Jun 12 2013, 11:26 AM)

u use them as pillow? or as bolster?  laugh.gif
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one as pillow, 2 as bolster. hahahah... dreamt that i was a pirate too. whistling.gif tongue.gif

QUOTE(cute_boboi @ Jun 12 2013, 11:27 AM)

Got roll-roll dreaming ... flatten the box like chapati ?  tongue.gif
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surprisingly deep sleep. missed my alarm clock some more. hahahhaa

QUOTE(vey99 @ Jun 12 2013, 11:37 AM)
One way that is popular is to team up several sellers to combine effort. It may work quite welll in short n mid term scenarios n if the partnership works well u could expand.
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well think of it this way, why would the more established seller want to team up with the smaller seller? Not easy to enter into a partnership in business. thats why a lot of competitors spring up.

QUOTE(Mr. Alby @ Jun 12 2013, 11:55 AM)
Damn...you already gotten the ship. Where did you get it?
My "ship" also just arrived... whistling.gif
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i paid dam retail price for this. tak boleh tahan and didnt bother to wait for good price. tongue.gif

QUOTE(gumpkin @ Jun 12 2013, 12:07 PM)
acougan wow very nice voltron lego!!!

Mr.Alby : am i entitled to discount too ? tongue.gif

ultraman the great : very very very nice ships!!!  drool.gif  esp 79008. i think the skeletons are glow in the dark !!!
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the ghost supposedly does. let me build and confirm.. hahahha...
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post Jun 12 2013, 01:08 PM

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QUOTE(elementz @ Jun 12 2013, 01:01 PM)


Let's focus for the future better..
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Actually I am more excited about S11 than S10. S10 somehow the distribution really screwed up. No mood to get more boxes. Lets hope TLG does it better the next round!!
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post Jun 12 2013, 02:51 PM

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wat job? saya mau? lego related i hope.... tongue.gif
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post Jun 12 2013, 04:01 PM

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QUOTE(mryellow19 @ Jun 12 2013, 03:11 PM)
Orang kaya dah post with his ship collection. Next up build and then do custom acrylic casing for it brows.gif
Hohoho big ship there I assume. rclxm9.gif

Anyway was at Curve TRU today. Two Lego staff wearing Lego T-shirt was there arranging the stocks. Saw some new sets there (Tree House, Family House, wizard battle, black gate, AT-TE, new SW sets, friends set and lots of new duplo). Finally get to molest 31010 and 31012 boxes laugh.gif

Sad sighting was there were 4 packs of series 10 CMF torn literally. There are actually people tearing off the packet although the boxes are located right at the counter sad.gif I didn't check if there's any missing parts though but the tear was quite big. Passed it to the counter and hopefully they will do something about it.
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This is sad indeed... sad.gif

wah you like scout in 1u now. taking over boss bigfoot? tongue.gif

QUOTE(47ronin @ Jun 12 2013, 03:48 PM)
at BoM, 1 guy picit 10 boxes only then found Mr gold.
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what about 7938? RRP USD130. convert back already >RM410 with exchange rate now. <400 no good deal meh?
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post Jun 13 2013, 12:53 PM

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QUOTE(ryucando @ Jun 13 2013, 12:10 PM)
Don't know if this is old news, but as many here will say sharing is caring.

Lazada is giving RM 70 coupon off for purchases above rm 200 . (on condition that user download its app).

Hence, 79006 The Council Of Elrond at RM 209 - RM 70 = RM 139.

Is that a good price?
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Thanks for sharing! This is like 33%+ off, kinda no brainer for Arwen. wub.gif Think amazing race fingers started liao... tongue.gif

QUOTE(vip @ Jun 13 2013, 12:41 PM)
i try check out the same item to singapore is like more cheaper abit and singpore no tax on lego?  hmm.gif

Shipping to:
$134.99Items
$22.22 Estimated shipping & handling
$157.21Total before tax
$0.00Estimated tax to be collected
$157.21Estimated order total
wow,bro, u know better than local people biggrin.gif
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spore threshold is double ours... wink.gif
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post Jun 14 2013, 12:24 AM

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QUOTE(Mr. Alby @ Jun 14 2013, 12:16 AM)
Just finished watching Man of Steel. Well...7.5/10 for me...
I miss the undies.... laugh.gif
Anyhoo...
I cannot tahan...and bite the bullet....
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Haha... welcome to the cannot tahan club... tongue.gif
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post Jun 14 2013, 12:43 AM

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QUOTE(Mr. Alby @ Jun 14 2013, 12:28 AM)
Hahahaa
RM270.45...I can't complaint much.... tongue.gif
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Btw, whats the institutional sale thingy? hmm.gif
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post Jun 14 2013, 11:10 AM

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QUOTE(47ronin @ Jun 14 2013, 10:54 AM)
1. Thanks, yeah RM580 for 10232 is indeed good price based on historical data LYN Garage - BrickExpert

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2747244/all

2. 60026 at RM380, I think it's a good price considering:-

BL price at RM340 x 25% loading = 425 (MIN)
BL price at RM380 x 25% loading = 475 (MIN)

where 25% loading = 5% Paypal + 10% Shipping + 10% tax
SOURCE: lazada.com.my after RM70 off voucher IF you DL the Android Apps. heh
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Not sure if you can use LYN as a source, not everything u see is reliable here. That time PC was still hot and new, ppl pay a lot more then.

both also good price cos its more than 10% offered during discount, and both are under the new ALJ pricing, which is much closer to RRP in USA. Also, there is a COD option available, meaning theoretically you shd get it within a wk, tak payah tunggu BL or whatever pre-order price or pay upfront deposit from reseller etc.....

So if you havent already done so, not sure what you are still waiting for... whistling.gif
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post Jun 14 2013, 11:47 AM

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QUOTE(47ronin @ Jun 14 2013, 11:14 AM)
I'm not dare (still) venturing into modular, once in there is no way out.
Still holding myself.
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500+ for modular, apa tunggu lagi... tongue.gif


QUOTE(ichiglance @ Jun 14 2013, 11:38 AM)
argh.. 

should i proceed with LEGO 4195 MISB without box for RM830? 

i loves the red ship  tongue.gif
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Of course buy la. Ships FTW!!!!

MISB means mint in sealed box la. how to be MISB without box? hmm.gif
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post Jun 14 2013, 11:58 AM

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QUOTE(mryellow19 @ Jun 14 2013, 11:52 AM)
Looks like someone poisoning people with ships and soon trains tongue.gif Lol I think he meant mint in sealed Bag laugh.gif
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if i wana poison ppl, i will post more pictar aledi... kakaka... whistling.gif

QUOTE(ichiglance @ Jun 14 2013, 11:52 AM)
Still keep waiting and surveying. A few is offering RM940-970
Sorry, is every set without the Original Box, should i proceed?
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if u ask me the ship collector, who sleeps with his ships, tongue.gif, sure buy la.

Put it this way, for discontinued sets, if you dont buy, someone else will sooner or later. and the cheapest goes off the market, and the nxt cheapest gets sold next.... and that is why price escalates for ships. If you can accept orange/brown color as substitute, there are cheaper alternatives, join the cannot tahan club... biggrin.gif
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post Jun 14 2013, 12:43 PM

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QUOTE(ichiglance @ Jun 14 2013, 12:19 PM)
Investor as don't open and fix it?  I can't because it would keep seduce me to fix it! 

what about the big ship Lego 10210 Imperial Flagship offered me with RM1300 without the original box too. 

decision decision decision    rclxub.gif
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I did a quick check on prices on ebay sg, whcih i like to do to compare prices for legos. Normally sg prices are slightly lower than msia cos of taxation and also purchasing power issues.

i am shocked at the prices of both the POTC ships. For your sake i hope the resellers dont go there to check prices... tongue.gif

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