WinterMetarot Posted December 3, 2017 (edited) Hi, Im new to this website, so apologies in advance if I did something incorrectly or post in the wrong forum. I have been looking for lego 10228 Haunted house for awhile now but it seems like the price is increasing relentlessly without a doubt. And I think its time for me to make a move before it is off my budget limit. Please could any of you help me decide if 300GBP for this BNISB set as worth it? I have been thinking about this for sometime now, and I do not want miss a chance to grab it just like when the set was suddenly retired a few years ago Thanks for your help Edited December 3, 2017 by WinterMetarot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy D Posted December 3, 2017 I don't know conversion rate between GPB and USD, but I have seen this set on eBay for $300 to $400 USD. If you want it, and can afford it, get it as the price is only going to go up. Just make sure it is genuine LEGO! I noticed one on eBay that was not! Good luck, Andy D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WinterMetarot Posted December 3, 2017 Just now, Andy D said: I don't know conversion rate between GPB and USD, but I have seen this set on eBay for $300 to $400 USD. If you want it, and can afford it, get it as the price is only going to go up. Just make sure it is genuine LEGO! I noticed one on eBay that was not! Good luck, Andy D Thanks for replying lol. I think I'll get it soon. I think the US eBay price fluctuates while increasing over time? Whereas in the UK, its just stably increasing over time. I had a second thought, that this set is very unlikely it will get re release? because its from a theme thats already been gone for awhile now. Now I just hope that they don't revamp the set so soon because a similar set is going to come up in the future for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy D Posted December 4, 2017 4 hours ago, WinterMetarot said: Now I just hope that they don't revamp the set so soon because a similar set is going to come up in the future for sure. That. Is always a gamble with LEGO. Some popular sets get a rerelease, some don't. In the past I have seen this happen to the 8258 Crane Truck and more recently the Taj Mahal. Good luck! Andy D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAB Posted December 4, 2017 You have to decide what price you are willing to pay for it. £300 is a bad price compared to RRP, but reasonable now. Only you know what you are prepared to pay for it. Would you be willing to miss out completely, and spend that £300 on something else instead? Only you know that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rodiziorobs Posted December 4, 2017 I tend to agree with @MAB on this one, as far as opportunity cost: is there some other set that £300 could go toward that would be more worth it? In my mind, yes; there are many big-ticket sets available now that are amazing and have a good value (of course the modulars, some TLBM sets and a bunch of TLNM sets, for example) for which I would be more willing to part with my money rather than a marked-up set. Also, I fully expect that TLG will revisit the HH someday. Maybe not an exact copy like with the Taj Mahal, but something similar; the concept of a haunted house is too popular (for buyers and probably for designers, too!) to think TLG would never make another large HH set again. I have no inside information here, just a hunch. Maybe it won't happen soon, but I'm sure it'll happen eventually. Only you can know. Don't be in such a hurry to buy that you overpay. Also, ask yourself how important BNIB actually is to you--would you be okay with used if the savings were significant? Those questions can help you determine what the real value to you is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroDiva Posted December 4, 2017 3 hours ago, rodiziorobs said: Also, I fully expect that TLG will revisit the HH someday. Maybe not an exact copy like with the Taj Mahal, but something similar; the concept of a haunted house is too popular (for buyers and probably for designers, too!) to think TLG would never make another large HH set again. I have no inside information here, just a hunch. Maybe it won't happen soon, but I'm sure it'll happen eventually. Arguably they have already re-visited the Haunted House sub theme with the Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion. I agree they'll come back to it again and again though - it's such an obvious genre to wheel out every few years. Whether we get something of the size and complexity of HH again though is a different question. For me it's iconic and I think £300 is worth paying. It all depends on what else the OP has on his/her wanted list though (and whether they want to take a chance something else as good will come along in the future) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites