RubeusHagrid Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 (edited) Hi All, I'm looking for some Town/City Harbour/Leisure sets. I decided to look here as well as Bricklink and eBay. The full list of what I want is below. Please PM me if you have any of them or know where I can get them reasonably cheaply. Ideally they would be MISB but I put cost above mint. Basically - The cheaper the better and I don't mind used complete! I would prefer to buy from the UK because of postage but if you're in Europe please let me know anyway. The sets marked with a star are the ones I'm most interested in. Thanks 7994* 1721 or any of it's 'mini sets' 6334* 6351 6590 6595* 6694 6698 6541* 6542* 6543** 6596 6679 Edited January 26, 2011 by RubeusHagrid
LEGO Guy Bri Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Greetings RubeusHagrid. It's great you are interested in the harbor/marine scene. I love these sets myself and amassed quite a large bay area though most are still in storage due to lack of space. Like you, I had not been able to purchase these sets while they were still offered by TLG, so I paid over retail. My best advice for this matter is to check out your eBay.UK or eBay.US as these are where I found my deals over the past year. I started by picking $55-71 for three 6541 Intercoastal Seaport (blue ship). It was close to retail at $63.99. I picked up 3 6542 Launch and Load Seaport (red ship) from $78-112. I think that set retailed $85-100 from THG. For 2 6543 Sail n' Fly Marina I paid $90-$105, The first one I bought was a little steep. I have tracked them for a year or so before buying. They had stayed pretty close to that price as only 1-3 where listed at a time with many incomplete. Same goes for the most recent Harbor, the 7994 at $90 retail. Expect to pay $120 -160. I have picked up one for $145, one from a personal transaction that I lucked out on, and a third without the boat for $75. As for the smaller sets like the Jet ski racers, sandy point marina, race boat, etc, eBay is definitely where you wanna check. When I picked up some of those older sets (the ones I didn't already have) I got them for less than retail, some with free shipping or bundled with a few other items from the same seller. Always check sellers other items as they usually have similar sets from same era. Expect to pay $5-25 per smaller set. Unfortunately these are prices you can will have to cough up for these sets. I have spent the last two years scouring eBay for them. Occasionally you may get lucky and find one that only a few bid on; I've seen them but, forgot to bid in time. That being said you have to check eBay a few times a week. This is the best advice I can provide to get these wonderful sets without going bankrupt. Other than that, i suppose garage sales or classifieds. Anyway hope this helps and good luck in trying to get these! On last thing. If you haven't heard there will be a new Harbor, fishing boat, speed boat, small speed boat, and marina coming in June-July. There are photos linked in 2011 City Sets topic in the Lego Town forum Edited January 30, 2011 by Leg Godt Gud
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