Odds & Ends

With 10229 Winter Village Cottage on the way out the door, what are your thoughts/hopes to see for next years holiday season?

Got this message from an eBay customer today after shipping a Friends Sunshine Ranch. "Thank you. I had send that second message before seeing your last one. You are saving my life BTW. Count on kids to ask Santa for a set that doesn't come out until January 1st. "But Santa can get it! He can get anything!" Thanks again." Anyone else have some holiday cheer to spread? Resellers aren't so bad.

For those who have knowledge of inane things (like me!), The 2014 Jeopardy! Online test is January 7-9. Consider signing up. That is all. :-)

Went to the Lego Store today as I had a gift card, So I was getting 2 Grand Emporium's and another Volkswagen Camper, the girl said do you have any Coupons, I said yes so I used a $20 Coupon on each GE and the Camper. So then I went back to my car to see if I had anymore which I had 3 more, so I got 2 Pet Shops and a Batman Ayslum, which these 3 are the picture reciepts below, as the other 3 are still im my car, Just wanted to show a reciept that I was telling the truth, They were out of Haunted Houses as I would have gotten 2 more of them.So not sure why they took them and I didn't ask, and the guy next to me was paying for the Sydney Opera House and used a $20 Coupon an…

Check this interesting article I found on forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/micahsolomon/2013/12/14/legos-expert-path-to-customer-loyalty-consulting-their-brick-by-brick-approach/ Talks about the CSR response, someone gets when missing brick pieces in their sets, and I could truly relate to that. Amazing read,

Don't know if somebody already posted it, but I found a brilliant Lego photographer! Have a look at his work: http://www.mikestimpson.com/photography/index.html http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/11/10/classic-photographs-recreated-in-lego/1

Any of you guys use any sort of cart or handtruck to move large amounts of boxes from your vehicle up/down stairs? Something a tad more efficient than just hauling in bags o boxes? if so, please link me some suggestions! Thanks! -Ach

Hi All, I finally released Fantasy MVP (for iOS). It's designed for users who have multiple Yahoo! and ESPN basketball leagues. Get all your scores in one easy to read list, no more switching between apps, and no ads. I just wanted one scoreboard for all my leagues, so a friend and I built this. Try it out! Get it here (iOS app store): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fantasy-mvp/id738774993?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l4HA&ct=bpforum ANDROID USERS: Fantasy MVP is iOS only for now, thought I do want an Android version! Right now we're a 2 person team (with only iOS experience), and it took us a while to get this out. I hope to get an Android version (or someon…

got my first Death Star on CL for $330. Loved the deal and the box condition but the tapes on both sides of the box have begun to slide. doesnt look like a nice clean fresh out of the factory seal.

New photos have cropped up: http://geektyrant.com/news/new-set-of-fantastic-lego-star-wars-photos Here are more at his flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/avanaut/with/6957168813/

Here's a change after my rant at Ebay on Saturday. I just sold this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291031427810?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649#ht_884wt_1328 The buyer decided he did not pay enough for it so he has given me an extra

Hey everyone, The Brickfan.com and Bricket.com are reporting that a new Valentine set has appeared over in Europe primarily, but someone also mentioned seeing them in Toronto. No word yet on whether this will be a promo, but could be. In any case, it`s pretty darn cute! Here is the link. Perfect gift for that special Lego-loving-someone!

Top tier nerd sauce: http://vr-zone.com/articles/check-massive-lego-gtx-690

Anyone got em? At heart I'm a punk rock kid with tattoos. With that said, does anyone think ed or Jeff would pay me to add on with a brickpicker tattoo? Free advertising for life. This is a 75 percent serious question. I will likely have a lego tattoo soon.

I was just able to help an older gentlemen with his truck at work today. He was very happy and gave me this token before he left. Makes my crappy day better and puts things in perspective. Thanks veterans!

Just curious to see how many of you are attending school and supporting a business on the side. Im a freshmen at Hofstra university and have hired a handful of students to work for my electronic refurbishing business on amazon and ebay. much of my profit goes into buying more legos and storage space. What do you guys do?

Ok, I have your attention. I am part of the consumer panel(me and 10,000 others), for Dr Who. They are planing a build a figure, set of figures. They look, build, style of Lego(not finished prototype images show(the survey wouldn't allow me to copy, screen print, any image)). Not sure if they are CB or Lego(they are that good). But the pictures on the survey look really good. From the questions asked, It looks like the BBC are regretting their partnership with CB. Just giving Brickpicker boy's and girl's the heads up. Stomping

Kid is coming soon (!!!) and I need to buy a camcorder for obvious reasons. Anyone have any suggestions? I have zero knowledge about cameras, etc. and need some basic help.

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/man-buys-picture-xbox-one-750-200637663.html Ummm... He's 19 and has a 4 year-old son and he has his 5 minutes of fame. So if I put up a picture of SSD and say it is a picture of a SSD, people will bid on it like it is an actual SSD? I think the seller should keep 1/2 the money.

Well I buy 100's of boxes a year or so, either from Staples.com, uline.com or from a box company in Baltimore. Now it seems like Staples.com is the best place to get them, as the Quality is as good as uline.com and the price is way cheaper as Staples has free shipping. As for the Perfect box for the haunted House, Fire Brigade etc, well I got 100 of them from a box company in baltimore for $1.00 each he had 100 of them so I got all 100 but the way it looks I will need more. "But back to Staples and Uline. I ordered 25 of the 20"X16"x4" This is the perfect box for the Volkswagen camper, Friends Olivia's House, 6868 batcave, Etc. and I also ordered 25 of the 15"x12"x4" this…

Gotta go on a work trip for 4-5 days. Wonder what the lego scene will be like.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/amazon-fulfillment-warehouses-1386070601-slideshow/

Maybe some of you are in the market for a ebook reader, etc. The new Kindle Fire HDX is on sale for $50 off for the next 12 hours. Could be a good present for you or someone else. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BWYQ9YE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&&creativeASIN=B00BWYQ9YE&linkCode=as2

i need the cash to fund the recent Dec 2 Target and Amazon Lego purchases. there will be a small mark-up to cover sales tax, paypal fees, waiting in-line for it, etc... the console is sealed and was never removed from the black box. a buyer from the Philadelphia area would be ideal but i would mail it (if needed). sitemail me if interested. mods - let me know if this post is a problem.

Here's one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Amperduke A pretty good comic on a "Lego" collector and his creations. No words, just drawings. A bit hard to find since it's not from a big publisher. I liked it though. Any others? I'm wracking my brain here....