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Happy New Year All Well the answer is 'yes' of course but...... A possibly sacrilegious thought for this site, but at the risk of Ed & Jeff throwing large objects over the Atlantic

Anyone experiencing any shipping delays. I have been waiting on a couple of packages from individuals and it is taking longer then usual. The recipient of one of my trades has already received his portion of the trade and I have yet 2 receive mine. Same with a couple of other purchases. I hate waiting.

I think it would be really fun to have lego battle packs from the following themes: Ninjago: stone warriors battle pack Lord of the Rings/Hobbit: Mordor & Moria Orcs, Uruk-Hai, Ringwraiths, and goblins, don't forget Hunter Orcs. Ninja Turtles: Foot soldiers I haven't seen any battle packs since 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. Building armies with each individual mini-figure can be expensive. Like the goblins range from $6-11 USD for 1 figure. Who else thinks Lego should have more battle packs?

There was only one single forum post during the state of the union address. Surely everyone wasn't glued to their TV..........were they????

Why do people leave LEGOS behind? Today I was cleanning out a vacant house. I come across LEGOS! As my co- woker was about to shovel them into the trash. I Screamed " NOOOOOOOO" ran over and snatched all the legos I could find before he threw them away. So as I sit and look at the peices. To my surprize I found LEGO Star Wars Snow Trooper Army Pack (8084) complete everything box and instructions. But why would someone spend money just to leave it like trash. well now im glad proud to keep all these lost LEGOS safe and sound.

Following the Mack Bros. USA Today appearance, another video that appeared on ABC News 3 days ago was recently released. It included one of the teen members here on Brick Picker. Video: http://www.abc57.com/home/top-stories/Lego-sales-soar-twenty-five-percent-192759171.html In relation to Lego sales growing by 25%, the number of AFOLs, investors and collectors. Just a little warning/my prediction of the future of Lego Investing: More people investing = more people buying and storing sets for the long term = sets don't increase as much in the future because there are more of those sets out there. Kind of like the Live Star. ;)

Hi All, My daughter and I just posted a new video update for our basement lego city. A few of the latest updates include Haunted house, Brickcitydepot's consulate, maersk train, emerald night, diagon alley. hit the subscribe button if you want to be notified of updates. still lots of work to do but it is getting there. Hope you like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fq6Megdvcs&feature=youtu.be

I know on the surface this may not seem LEGO related but this newly announced system which will no doubt include LEGO games. I also know that a lot of AFOLs are also gamers so this might be interesting to some of y'all. So who is gonna buy one as soon one as soon as it becomes available this holiday season? I think my hand might be raised! Here is the link for the latest PS4 info

They are going to be near me in Feb. I am not sure if this of any interest to anyone. i will be going to the one in Richmond with my nephew so i will let everyone know how it is. http://www.legokidsfest.com/upcoming/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323549204578317603729616028.html "Lego has tripled its revenue since 2007"

I came across an interesting website today. This website is in the funding phase, but it seems like it could have good potential. The website focuses on trading instructions/pieces between sellers/creators. Here's the link: http://thebrickstop.com/ Do think this is a good idea?

I surf the interwebs and from time to time come across sites that have nothing to do with LEGO writing articles. Some are good articles but the majority of them make me laugh. I don't really have a problem with sites writing LEGO related articles but a little homework on the subject would be nice. I'm not gonna call out sites that do this, I'm sure most of y'all have come across some of these articles I'm talking about. The USA TODAY article was an example of a good article, Matt did a wonderful job researching the topic before writing the article, which was a feat in itself considering if was during the height of election year.

So, it's my birthday coming up next month, and I've decided I'd love to get one of the modular buildings from my nearest and dearest - it'll be my first purchase in this range, and to be clear - I am going to build the living daylights out of it! At this stage, it's an absolute toss up between any of the sets currently listed on LEGO Shop at Home... I think they all look amazing so I'm turning to my fellow BrickPickers for some advice! Hit me with your finest - which set should I get to celebrate/commiserate adding another year to those I've already accumulated on this crazy planet?!

Maybe most of you have seen this and it may have been posted before but we have tons of new members so here it is again. If y'all have 45 mins I recommend this, its a good watch.

Hello! I'm looking for some sort of storage to put single lego pieces in... ideally it needs to be as big as possible and available in the UK... any recommendations? Thanks!

Hi, Most of us sell on Bricklink and eBay. Quite a few people buy / pick-up shipping boxes in bulk from USPS, office supply stores, Uline.com, etc... Selecting the correct shipping box size is important just like proper packing techniques. For sellers, there isn't much worse scenarios than shipping a great conditioned boxed set only to have it damaged during transit. I would like to consolidate information to have one central list of 'ideal' shipping box sizes for the most common sets. Please feel free to post your recommendation shipping box dimesions along with set ID and name, I'll update the list below. 9

How many sealed bags should come in this box? Any loose items that need to be accounted for? Sticker sheets. Thanks in advance.

I received two packages today via USPS: 9450 bought off ebay. Listed as brand new with pics to match. Seller slapped a label on the LEGO box and put it in the mail. How moronic is this? Of course, box was completely destroyed. 9516 bought off Amazon as new from third party. Shipped in brown paper only. Box destroyed. After taking pictures, I removed the rest of the brown paper. One end of the box had been opened PRIOR to being shipped and was taped shut. Upon opening the box, bag 1 had been opened at some point and taped shut. I just want to smack these people upside the head. I sure with there was some recourse to be compensated for my time in having to deal wi…

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Partnership with transformers.

Hi guys, I see a few bricktonians on here doing their best to help the community, so I figured I'd give it a shot as well. When I was a trader for the game Team Fortress 2, I made quite a pretty penny making avatars and screenshots to help advertise their hats people needed to sell. So I'm quite experienced with GIMP. Yeah, I use GIMP. It's free. However, I will upon request create any avatars for anyone on here for free. Just send me a PM or post here saying what how/what you want done, and I'll do my best to meet up to your expectations. All sizes will be 128x128 or shorter, so you can immediately make it your avatar for Brick picker. I do accept tips via peer to …

anyone going to Richmond this weekend? bought our tix 2 months ago ;)

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VIP members should receive a key ring and a leaflet on up and coming offers. Which are: February 14th. Early access to 10232 cinema. If you are not going to build it is there any point in buying this now? Free delivery 27/2 to 13/3 with orders over

I am fairly new to paypal so they hold my funds for some time. My question to all the veterans is this, even though my funds are on hold can they be used to pay for auctions that I have won or do I have to wait for the funds to become available? Thanks for any help.