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Bought a huge lot of assorted vintage/current sets. Some were partially built, and the bulk are just in pieces. Have color sorted and arranged the bigger pieces by type... lots of work left but have managed to build these beauties so far, missing a few figures unfortunately. started out in 2 giant dusty tubs

Deals have been infrequent. But honestly since they turned Max Profit back on I can't stand trying to follow the thread, everything just gets buried. Should move Max into its own Deal Feed thread in my opinion.

Finished this last night. This is a 10/10 build for me. Absolutely no repetition, great building techniques, and looks outstanding in person. The buildings were the best part to build. Each had its own unique build style. Hats off to the designer for this one. A homerun. Sorry for the bad picture, just snapped a quick one as I came in the office.

Just Sharing a few builds I've done recently. My pops was Rather impressed with the flowers. Viking ship built in anticipation of the upcoming set. The Big Fig Was fun, was kind of a quick build though. Id like to see LEGO Do an ant man version. The Justifier has a couple build areas I didn't care for but I do like the ship overall. It Has a lot of big pieces also . I felt like they gave me a good amount of plastic for my Money(bought on discount). 3in1 castle was a nice build. It put me in the nostalgia zone while thinking of early castle love and the major improvements in LEGO builds over the years. Now bring on the cooler weather sales uptick!

If you built the original no real need for this one. There was only 2 places with new build techniques that were neat. They did change how you build the turrets but if you have built the Saturn V, which came out a year after the original castle, they used the exact same build which is fine but the same exact color elements although not visible they don’t blend in with this build. Those pieces are available in this color scheme so that seemed lazy to me. It was surprisingly missing a 1X4 Sand Blue brick that I had to build around until the replacement came, there was an extra gold dish piece that is used in the set but not in that bag, never had that happen before. I like the sand blue castle build but overall prefer the original visually.

10325 Winter Lodge

LOVE the outhouse! My Village has been needing one of those for a while now!

The things you’ll find on EBay.

I have to agree. The last time someone asked about how to ignore the Max Profit messages, he was piled on so hard that I felt really bad for him. And kept my mouth shut. I know that writing the code and maintaining it for Max is a huge job and I thank the author. However, I find it very off-putting that 90% of the time that I get a new message notification that it is from Max Profit. If it was possible to block him, like a regular user, it would help a lot. I'm sensitive to the fact that many folks claim to use it a lot. However, I've been here just a tad over 10 years and I don't know that I have ever used one of the sales in its post that I didn't already know about. Again, this is my personal opinion, not meant as a slam towards the creator of Max at all.

This is what shocks me the most...especially with the increases all around. 1500 pcs for $100 seems like a steal these days...

Landscaping. Absolutely obsessed with it to the same degree as my LEGO addiction. Relatively cheap hobbies at first, but quickly add up as I am never satisfied with just one plant or set. Funny, my 16-year-old self would be saying there's no way plants and LEGO would make up a good chunk of my life as I got older.

Never can have enough toilets though. Lego seems to be on a poop fetish this past year with Lion nights Castle and Ninjango Markets both having poop featured as a play feature, and other sets having TP functionality like A-Frame Cabin. Not sure if there are more sets as well but I would think City and Friends perhaps. This has to be good for your TP side hustle I think the real story for this set is the price being maintained at $99 and the PPP.

The lodge is cute, not sure we need another ice pond.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/alpine-lodge-10325

U didn’t see anything but with your own eyes in the 80s. No digital camera smartphone internet. Oh, it was great.

Target some sale sets: https://www.target.com/c/building-sets-kits-blocks-toys/-/N-5e002Z56h5nZakkos?moveTo=product-list-grid&sortBy=PriceHigh https://www.target.com/p/lego-icons-santa-visit-christmas-house-d-233-cor-set-10293/-/A-83345671#lnk=sametab

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/mini-disney-palace-of-agrabah-40613

https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/2951551836?offerId=E43B27A1760B4A688934430902B3C793 $20.00 back in stock

bookmark this link: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/abuse-submission/index.html

Series 2 winners are out: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-2/main.page I like them better than series 1, but none look like big investment winners.

Super rad: https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/piranha-plant-71426

https://www.pennlive.com/shopping/2023/09/walmart-will-hold-holiday-kickoff-sale-to-coincide-with-amazon-prime-day-in-october.html

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/venator-class-republic-attack-cruiser-75367

Like balls and boobs, sag occurs over time. Show me it after it sits for a year.

mini steamboat willie promo coming - over 50% as big as original

A way too early retirement list direct from Lego: https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/last-chance-to-buy I'd suspect these are sets they have too many of, or aren't moving at a good enough pace. Unload these on the FOMO buyers before the better retirements drop in November.

I am stoked for the new Venator. I built a UCS Moc during covid and it was a great build. That is still my favorite SW ship, definitely one of the best things to come out of the prequels. I can't figure out how to upload the image or I would send a pic.

They started doing this with the larger sets last year but now it seems to be the norm. Not sure if it is because of all of us Box Queens complaining, the larger sets being shipped in the FF packaging, or both.

https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/please-stop-ripping-open-lego-minifigure-boxes/ 🤭

Christ. Every site posting the same photo for over a week.

lol, yeah it wasnt a parable, true story happened last month. Max isnt bad! But, like everyone has pointed out, we're all here pretty much hunting for the "atypical sales" not the perma-sale 20% type deals. Especially these days, that strategy no longer works like it once did. So max's utility isnt what it once was. And he buries the more interesting deals.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/millennium-falcon-holiday-diorama-40658

Walmart.com has 60+ lego sets that they are offering Walmart cash with purchase. Filter Lego by Walmart cash offers to see sets.

its actually well done. There are lots of explanations of what the fight represents on YT. My stab at it is that it represents the eternal struggle between our baser instincts (represented by the toilet, our animal function) and our intellect, (represented by our faculties of speech and vision). The toilets ppl start off ruling, representing our generations devolvement into crass materialism and animalistic indulgence. But there is a revolution by the minority of upstanding ppl, blaring their speakers and trying to defeat the animal toilet ppl with reason and vision. I realize the creator did not mean that. Nonetheless, that is my take.

Amazon killed it. That's what killed the holiday price surges as flood gates opened and prices rush to the bottom,

He has let himself down a few times in the past. To be fair to him, he seems to have realised this and has deleted the offending content. I'm prepared to cut him some slack on this as I would have been an idiot if I'd had his reach when I was younger. A teenager being a belligerent idiot isn't earth-shattering news.

He doesn't bother me. I probably watch his channel more often than any other. I like that his videos are only 10-15 minutes, very concise.

Perhaps a small 'enhancement' is in order😂

What I want to know is the UCS Gunship to scale " Recreate authentic details – Capture instantly recognizable features in LEGO® style, from the command bridge to the hangar with a buildable scale model of a Republic Gunship inside"

Lego has heard your cries: https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-are-trialling-the-sale-of-complete-sets-of-collectible-minifigures-kinda/

Wow 3 in a row

If he was timid, ppl woulda felt bad for him. He was uber aggressive, cursing @ everyone, and generally being obnoxious. I've never seen more universal disdain for a baller. And he was told his behaviour was outrageous, so trust me, fault was all his own. Let's leave the main deals thread to max and make a Non-max alternative deals thread.

Try making the crust by toasting pecans and then crushing them down to the consistency of graham cracker crust...it adds a nice richness to the crust. Also, try experimenting with flavored liqueurs to flavor the cheesecake. I was a bit skeptical at first, but the first time I tasted a cheescake made with Tia Maria, I was hooked.

wow so much negativity. Are you surprised that Disney is not trying to have more female leading characters? It's not been a secret agenda of theirs for the last 10 years or so. Personally, I like the "iconic" poses before battle. Reminds me of the classic ninja and hand-to-hand combat movies of the 80s and early 90's. It's any every movie that has significant fighting especially duels. Be sure to complain about when Megan Fox poses in Expendables 4 in a few weeks. As for the perfect piercing of Sabine without damaging any vital organs. GI Joe fans may recall when Snake-Eyes did precisely the same to Scarlett in the 90's comic series when ninja's were everywhere. "Green Girl"? Seriously? Did you never watch the Rebel's cartoon? If not then maybe you need to binge so you know all the background of Lothar, Chopper, Kanan, Zeb, Sabine, Ezra. My only complaint is the actress maybe appear to be too young to be Hera after the rebellion won since this is probably 10 years after the second Death Star was destroyed and the Empire collapsed. (You should have been complaining that a galactic empire fell apart after one battle that killed the leader but hundreds planets were still garrisoned by imperial forces that could have continued to combat the rebellion for decades, see Robot Chicken's sketch on it) I liked the opening scene, a smug new republic ship captain thinking he is about to capture some imperial insurgents in a stolen Jedi shuttle. Jedi have been unseen by most for a decade, most or even all of the crew may have never seen a Jedi in person. Shin's expressionless face as she takes the bridge easily was great. I love that she has the traditional padawan hair braid. Baylan is a traditionalist although now a mercenary seeking power. Factory scene. I wanted Hera or Ahsoka to ask the manager who his clients are now after he expressed his loyalty is to whomever lines his pockets, essentially. That simple question could have unraveled the scheme before waiting for a protocol droid to cause it all to unravel. Why are so many random desk jockey's carrying blasters in the SW universe. I want to carry a pistol to my office everyday too! Love the "arms crossed" logo. I remarked in another forum about how I wonder if that is an attempt to hide Rosario's well developed figure since Ahoska had a much more "athletic" build in the cartoons. The hooded cape hides her ample figure too.

Still in your warehouse.