The One That Got Away: Biggest Non-Purchase Regret

cheshirecat

Emerald night, missed it by about two weeks due to slowly exiting my dark ages.

Legoboy

flecski said:

I saw #852293 at LLW on a pre Christmas sale for £100, but didnt bother as I hadnt played chess in years and didnt think I could put it anywhere. Im sure it would have been a great way to get our kids into games.

I remember that very well. I felt 'had' when I'd paid £125 for mine the week before the £99 promo started.

mountebank

#10179. In my Dark Ages, stumbled across it on the Internet, thought very carefully about buying it (I had the money to hand), and the thing that tipped the balance into NO was that it didn't have a useable interior.

To add insult to injury, if I'd bought it, it's pretty likely that it would still be sitting unopened at the back of a wardrobe because of space* issues.

I've made better decisions and I've made worse but it's one I wince at whenever I think about it.

* no, not that kind

khmellymel

oldtodd33 said:

My latest regret would be not buying set #4440 at an out of town Target store for $23.99. I said to myself " I'm not buying Lego on vacation".

I said the same thing, been overseas for a year! I managed 10 months where I didn't buy any (well, one, but it was special) while I was in China... but in Philly, woooooo boy have I broken that rule! So close :( Now I have to hope that BA will do the student/abroad baggage thing, because otherwise I will definitely have to buy a bag for the way home!

And it all started with that sort of thinking... ie, "I am going to regret not buying this here while it's cheaper". Now I'm regretting buying too much! (But at least this way I have gotten cheaper Lego, so, could be worse :))

trickydicky0880

I missed my "one that got away" when I was on a religious affiliated vacation for two years. It was #7199. I just recently purchased it because it was a must for my collection but the price was ridiculously steep for how much I pay for LEGO.

rocao

@oldtodd33: surely that mantra should be modified to "I'm not buying LEGO above 50% MSRP on vacation"

oldtodd33

Ya, how many people would pass up a deal like that? In all honesty, with my collection over the 400M piece mark you kind of start to wonder where the breaking point is for ridiculous collecting/hoarding is. There has to be a line drawn somewhere and I figured this is it. Besides, when my wife sent me to get some milk for the kids breakfast I know I would get her "you've got to be kidding" look when I came back with a Lego set.

deadcuttlass3

i always wanted to get the UCS millennium falcon but i don't have $3.500.

set numer10179-1

binaryeye

oldtodd33 said:

In all honesty, with my collection over the 400M piece mark you kind of start to wonder where the breaking point is for ridiculous collecting/hoarding is.

If that's not a typo, I think you're well past the breaking point...

Amiko

I deeply regret not grabbing Jabba's Sail Barge first time around. At least there's another, albeit inferior, version currently out that will fit with the new stuff!

mressin

a) Not sacrificing more of my allowance on Classic Lego Space when I was a child.

b) During my dark ages, one of the few Lego products I noticed were the X-Pods. I'm now trying to get hold of all of them, but it would have been so much easier had I bought them back then.

Cam_n_Stu

Beach House brought me out of my dark ages. That same year I didn't even see The Tumbler but I know I would have bought it if I had, and I looked at Town Plan but hadn't got to grips with spending that much on LEGO then! Oops.

icey117

Change the thread title to: "The one that I got anyway!" ... And I can mention quite some of the, "why on earth did I waste my money one this one?"

ACWWGal2011

icey117 said:

Change the thread title to: "The one that I got anyway!" ... And I can mention quite some of the, "why on earth did I waste my money one this one?"

that would make for a great spin-off topic

Supersympa

#10189 Taj Mahal....
i was offered one for EUR 280 in a sealed box a couple of months after retirement...Can't remember why I did not buy it, probably money issue...2 days later i changed my mind and contacted the seller, but of course was sold...I then told myself that I will never buy it...

SirKevbags

#10144 Sandcrawler for me. Missed an ebay auction that ended at £100 for a BNIB example around October 2011. I had my arm twisted to do some drinking in a basement bar with no mobile reception. Lost in a haze of cocktails I forgot to pop back above ground to place a bid.

icey117

The Orient Expedition theme was way into my darkest dark age, but I think I would have loved it, had I been awake then. :-)

Coyotelily

Upto two weeks ago I would have said the Taj Mahal but I managed to buy one at the bargain price of £350 just when I had given up all hope. I do however regret not buying it new and waiting for the sale when it was discounted down to £99 but sold out before I managed to get one.
For the record I am so impressed with the build mainly because I don 't believe it has any specialist pieces but is absolutely spectacular - if you don't have one this is well worth brick linking as it's fab!

FollowsClosely

^ Each his own. I thought the build was boring and way to repetitive. The finished model looks nice, it's a great looking set. However, itt lacks in the build category.

mr_benn

In my poor, post-grad studenty days I saw #3739 in a TK Maxx for about £30 or so - passed due to a general lack of expendable funds, but now wish I'd picked this one up, it's a nice little house and now costs quite a bit!

Yellowcastle

ACWWGal2011 said:

icey117 said:

Change the thread title to: "The one that I got anyway!" ... And I can mention quite some of the, "why on earth did I waste my money one this one?"

that would make for a great spin-off topic

Actually, it already exists. Cough..cough @joseph

Joseph

Yellowcastle said:

ACWWGal2011 said:

icey117 said:

Change the thread title to: "The one that I got anyway!" ... And I can mention quite some of the, "why on earth did I waste my money one this one?"

that would make for a great spin-off topic

Actually, it already exists. Cough..cough @joseph

I take it you're referring to http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/4464/which-lego-sets-do-you-now-regret-having-bought/p1 ?

ACWWGal2011

Joseph said:

Yellowcastle said:

ACWWGal2011 said:

icey117 said:

Change the thread title to: "The one that I got anyway!" ... And I can mention quite some of the, "why on earth did I waste my money one this one?"

that would make for a great spin-off topic

Actually, it already exists. Cough..cough @joseph

I take it you're referring to http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/4464/which-lego-sets-do-you-now-regret-having-bought/p1 ?

Thank you!

Bumblepants

Every time I see this LBR image I die a little inside looking at all the things on the left side of the store I missed out on.

Legoboy

That is one legendary photo. In years to come, somebody is going to discover that photo and question whether it is real or not.

Steve_J_OM

Is there a larger version of that? Can't see much from that photo, apart from the Taj Mahal on display.

Legoboy

#10143, #10174, #10175, #10179, #10186 and #10188 to name but a few. :-)

vitreolum

Was #10188 priced the same when it came out as it is now? Or have the prices increased?

Legoboy

It is indeed priced the same. Makes it an extremely worthwhile set as far as today's SWs prices go.

SteakyBoy

I saw (2) Police Boats 7287 on the shelf at Target and didn't pull the trigger. Not a huge loss, but they were only $40 on the shelf, fetching close to $120 in some auctions.

Brew

^^I even see a #10030 in the picture. Not sure if I'm a believer...

Legoboy

You're right.

It's like all of the planets aligned on that day to allow us to capture and share that perfect image for all of our decendants to marvel at.

CapnRex101

I just want one of those big red bricks... :o)

BulkheadX

I was looking at a UCS Mill Falcon at Mall of America a few years ago thinking it was one of the coolest things I had ever seen... BUT I had flown up there making it more difficult to get back home with the size it was, AND it was the price it was, AND I had not started collecting really. but I was still greatly tempted to pick it up and did not (much to my chagrin now that I am collecting lol)

TheLoneTensor

Every exclusive and hard to find Lego set on sale prior to September 1st 2013.

Peter1975

I regret not starting to collect the Modular Houses. Now I have to sell my car, if I want all these houses. But I'm still happy with all the other sets I collect in the past. You can't always get what you want, isn't it?

CurvedRoadPlate

But if you try sometimes
You get what you need

paul_merton

Ooooh-oooh ooooh

Hardrada

vitreolum said:

Was #10188 priced the same when it came out as it is now? Or have the prices increased?

Depends on the region. For the Hungarian [email protected] they increased prices this January by 5-10% and probably the year before that, too. (Can't remember exactly.)

Legoboy said:

It is indeed priced the same. Makes it an extremely worthwhile set as far as today's SWs prices go.

Well, it doesn't have such a great part out value. Then again most SW sets fare quite poorly in that regard.

Legoboy

I think anybody wanting to part out a #10188 other than to separate the figs would be mad.

mressin

#10188 was a great set to build, but I seem to remember that it was utterly boring part-wise. Almost nothing special at all. About as exciting as the 1982 Basic sets.

Hardrada

Legoboy said:

I think anybody wanting to part out a #10188 other than to separate the figs would be mad.

Just brought up part out value to prove that if one is more of a moccer than it might not be too interesting / worthwhile. It's undoubtedly a very nice and substantial playset though.

luckyruss

Does the converse apply, does anyone foresee people trying to Bricklink a DS after (if ever) it is discontinued? Whilst some of the minifigs are exclusive, the component parts aren't.

There are a few bley 8x8 plates!

Yellowcastle

I need to now amend my list to include the Thanksgiving Feast and Iron Patriot polybags and Series 4 Planet sets, but I'm holding LEGO accountable for the latter.

margot

^I can erase all of those from your list. I've actually been contemplating what I want for my Iron Patriot this morning, but I haven't figured it out yet. Maybe we can do a trade.

Yellowcastle

PM to be sent :o)

Legoboy

Must be love. :-)

Yellowcastle

^ Can you get me a used copy of the PotC Flying Dutchman? Ouch, too soon?

Legoboy

You don't have one? Should you not be adding it to your list above? The one that got away?

Yellowcastle

It seemed redundant since it would be on everyone's list here, except for Flump's. :o)