Odds & Ends

I'll get the ball rolling... My biggest clientele on CraigsList has been soccer moms, soccer moms, and more soccer moms... O_O One even pulled up in a beautiful ducati motorcycle once to pick up my Helm's Deep + Uruk Hai army!

E3 2013 is officially churning out all the news gamers have been waiting to hear. PS4 vs Xbox One! Looks like a good fight. And the games... I want Watch Dogs right now. But I'll probably play it on a PS4. If you haven't been paying attention to Microsoft lately, listen to this: Xbox One will not universally support pre-owned game discs. This includes retail, rentals, and even your friend's copy. It will require an internet verification once every 24 hours. So, you can't play it without broadband. No, not even single player. The games may require installation to the hard drive or a cloud, at the publisher's discretion. Xbox One is not backwards compatible with 360…

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My next Personal Blog entry is up for anyone interested in my take on the recent wave of Lego plant expansions. Click the embedded link above for the blog, and if you feel compelled please leave some feedback!

Yo! Star Wars Battlefront 3 got announced the other day! Who else is camping out for this haha! Awesome news? Anyone ever play Battlefront 2 on the PC?

Go check this out guys, a member here LowestformofWit has been featured on the BrothersBrick blog. He's doing something called Friday Night Fights over there with his MOC mech. Here's the link, post a comment supporting this fellow Brickpicker win the fight! He has the Seneschal! http://www.brothers-brick.com/2013/06/14/friday-night-fights-round-9/#comments Good job man!

Does anyone know how to avoid the fees the USPS charges for sending oversize packages? Its called a balloon fee and if the package is over a certain measurement they tack on a fee. In my particular case it was an extra $12.00 on top of the original cost to ship a Palace Cinema.......lame!!!!!

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! ......Ahem, 'scuse me. Um, there will be a sequel to 300 that looks like it will be a prequel. Here is the trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zqy21Z29ps Oh, and here is the trailer for Pacific Rim in case you haven't seen it. Just popped in there and think it looks pretty cool although the whole thing feels rather familiar but I can't quite place it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A85EtOalcsM

Hello everyone, Just wondering if there is a site that provides the EOL'ing dates of different sets. Thanks!

Just noticed this: http://thebrickcollectors.com/ I am not affiliated with them in any way, just think their two PDF magazines are very creative and well-done with some activities for kids.

I don't know who this seller is but these are pretty cool. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181129917632 Reminds me of the good old days when we used to have to walk to the arcade, in the snow, up hill, both ways, without shoes. Not like you young whipper snappers that just have to turn on the WII or PS3 or Xbox in the comfort of your air conditioned homes.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/trailer-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug

my little brother (over the age of 6 under the age of 10) is going to buy a $40 set in a couple days but cant decide which one, please recomend a combo of sets or a single $40 set for him.

Ok, May and the Grand Opening near my place has pretty much made me go way over budget with my Lego "investment" purchases so I'm going for a Lego "investment" purchase lockdown for 60 days starting now. Who's with me? No "investment" lego purchase until Aug 3, 2013 12:05AM Eastern Time for me. I would've said ALL Lego purchases but I want that hog dog stand next month from Lego S&****. Oh man this is going to be hard.

Are you friends with any BP members, or do you help each other out on local deals? So far, I have pulled in: IrishGuy66 Goblin scribe dunkers97 whiteboy02 Wonton Yohoho4

I got all of this from a friend at church last Sunday and forgot to share. I only had $6 on me at the time, and he accepted it, although I offered to give him more the next time I saw him. I priced it all at minimum on BL and came up with a figure of $77... An den of sinners indeed!

That picture is amazing! The default picture could change, but I would switch it back.

Can you give me a "Hell Yeah!"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbcBYs0ljI0 It will be available this July for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on the app store.

I just wanted to see if any members on here buy Brickmania.com kits. They have great customer service and I have bought a couple of their kits. Here's a chunk from their "about us" page. "Founded by independent designer Daniel Siskind in 1999, Brickmania has become known for offering high quality building kits made from genuine LEGO brand parts, but in subjects falling outside the company's official product line at the time of their release. These include medieval and renaissance castles, age of pirates and colonization, and military models from World War I, World War II, and modern warfare." Their kits are more pricey but they are truly worth it. Let me know below if …

Check out the Facebook ad I saw today. *shakes angry fist* Of course it just goes to the sold out page, lol.

Some of us members have little kids or remember when your kids were small...here's my story. My son is 3.5yrs old and this spring I built a Star Wars MOC to surprise him, even mom didn't have a clue I turned one of our rooms into Lego fun room. So a MOC is never truly 100% done so I showed it to him anyways...he was excited walking around the table looking at all the pieces and minifigs. Only missing Darth Vader and I need to open an Empire Strikes Out dvd for him...but at one end of the table is a 'bad guys' base with conference room, table + chairs etc. Seated are Darth Maul, Palpatine, Asajj Ventress, Count Doku, Nute Gunray and Savage Opress. My son says…

So I know alot of people, myself included were thinking this year was going to be a little lackluster from a WOW standpoint. I have to say that I think I was wrong. We arent even halfway through the year yet and I must say I am very impressed. I know some of yall are hard to please and would argue otherwise. Here is your chance to chime in with your thoughts good or bad so far for the 2013 sets.

do you think we will ever see fantastic four legos, there is a new Fantastic Four movie coming out in 2015, i dont think we will see them

What the heck is this? :feminist:

(Please don't bring up politics because I don't want to start an argument among members here. Thank you.) The 6-year-old got detention for bringing a Lego gun on the bus. The bus driver claimed it caused a panic on the bus among the students after a kid told the bus driver about it. The principal later watched the surveillance tape and there wasn't a commotion at all. The kid's detention was later canceled. I think the school administrators overreacted about this considering it wasn't a real gun or an airsoft gun that could be mistaken for a real gun. It gets to a point where it's over-the-top IMO. What do you guys/gals think? Did his punishment fit his crime/act…