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It took me a whole lot of planning as well as an understanding of the full sized modular houses but I finally managed to come up with a design utilizing only the pieces included with the three Log Cabin sets I purchased. As it currently stands, it is not a true modular design. However, that can easily be remedied by placing this build across a 16x32 baseplate and inserting four 1x2 bricks with the Technic pin hole in the proper spots but of course that would have used parts not included in the original set(s) itself so they were omitted for this personal challenge of my own design. I was lucky there were just enough tiles to cover the floor and furniture of which I really wanted to accomplish. Stiil I wish I could have come up with some decent foliage for the back garden area that looked nice in the way I wanted but that is a minor quibble I can always iron out later. It is difficult to tell from the angle showing the inside but there is a chicken leg roasting in the fireplace. Anyway, I am quite pleased with the results and it was a fun exercise working within boundries. This has now become a new thing for myself where I plan to buy around three give or take of every Creator house from this point forward to then 'modularize' it like so to fit within my own original cityscape. (I used some of my storage drawers for a makeshift photo shoot area.) Please share any comments, opinions, critiques, and/or questions you may have for my TOK MOC. Note: The images are large in size therefore it may take a while to load all nine of them.

This is the beginning of the movie "All is Lost." They should equip these containers with some kind of tracking. I have nightmares about being on a boat that I don't even own yet and waking up to one of these containers making a huge gash in the boat I don't even own yet. And to make it worse, the boat I don't even own yet sinks. I might as well not even buy the damn thing now.

Oh crap. Plus I bet those 100 stickers are all pealing off the containers in the water.

This isn't aimed at you, humanvege, and I'm probably among the minority, but I'm glad they're finally doing this. It will become the norm as more and more people abuse the return policies at various retailers. I know, I know, they have a return policy, you're not doing anything wrong, you're the customer, you're always right. Here's the thing, they don't want people buying up every hot set during peak selling opportunities, just so that they can return the rest of the sets they can't sell when the time has passed. Now the retailer is stuck with a bunch of stuff they can't sell for a while when they could have sold it all to end users to begin with. Everyone thinks it's no big deal because they're just one person, but this is going to continue to be a problem as more and more people abuse returns.

The wife and I started on the Haunted House yesterday. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

Not too long ago in a galaxy pretty close by... I got Bored! Ok so I did the microfighter AT-AT as requested by brickcrazyhouse and boy was that tough but I like the outcome this one can seat two so lemme know what you think and I'm done for the night but thanks for keeping me occupied haha

Hi all, Figured it was time to introduce myself. Been lurking and taking in the extreme amout of information on this site. Who knew it was like this? I certainly didn't but can't believe I missed out all these years!!! As most on here I played with Lego as a kid but very basic simple blocks and create your own creations type of building. Now my son was into Lego but in the last couple months since Dad is now getting into it more because of this site and add on the Lego Movie which we all loved (wife included) I feel we are about to get out of control. Wife already wants to collect all the Lego movie sets... I have started buying for investment (and struggling seeing all the deals our American friends get) but still trying to pick and choose either discounted items or sets retiring. And boom my Brickfolio is already up to 1500 bucks. Well that's all for now. Just wanted to say hi and thanks already for all the tips and tricks from this site. Hopefully I can give back soon!

5x Fire Brigade at a local TRU 199.99 each. Sent from my iPod touch using Brickpicker

Got two $5.00 TRU Rewards coupons that I won't be using (expire 02/28/2014). Available to whoever wants them. Let me know and I'll provide the codes or forward the email to you (for printing).

Hello! And I believe your story is how most started. Buy a few sets, find how to get them on discount, then start selling to pay for the habit because it started to take over a large portion of your life. I think that is how drug dealers get started, too.

DNIM here's how it works. If at the end of this year you owe 1K or more of taxes on your personal tax return you're required to start making estimated tax payments next year. There might be a penalty involved as well for this year. Estimated tax payments is not as simple as 30% of every sale. There are types of sales and deductions that have to be considered. For example sale of part out bricks is an ordinary income and taxed at your tax bracket. Sale of sets held for more than one year could be long term gain on investment which is 15% or could be 28% sale of collectible or it even could be ordinary income depending on how you want to interpret IRS rules. Now deductions, your storage space even if it's in your house is deductible, your wear tear on the car is deductible as it relates to your business, packing supplies, phone, printer ink, internet connection, etc etc. The proper way to do it is not at the time of sale but rather at the end of the period, based on the proceeds and expenses of the period. Based on what you are saying I would say that you should segregate yourself from your business at least financially if not legally. My suggestion is to have two business accounts totally separate from your personal ones. One account would be your operating account, the other would be your tax liability holding account you would transfer funds on a monthly basis from operating account to liability account depending on your calculations. You don't use your business accounts for anything personal, i.e. personal bill payments, vacations, etc. You withdraw money from operating business account to your personal one and then do as you please. Also I would get a separate credit card just for the business expenses and pay it out of the business operating account. I would also say that if you made 10K last year from your lego business you go LLC route and completely divorce yourself from your business. The only per sale tax that you should stash away, right away is the sales tax that you charge your customers.

I set aside a bit from each sale and stick it in three or six month CDs based on how long until tax time. The interest is crap, but you do gain a little and it keeps me from spending it. I usually overestimate what I owe so after filling I wind up with a nice chunk to spend.

With the somewhat increasing rumors of eol on the DS, someone who goes all in on it now with a five year plan could stand to make big money. Of course the risk is greater. Its all in the risk vs. reward that you are comfortable with.

Like TOK said earlier, let's all leave the Apple vs. Android/PC discussion to another forum. Instead, let's discuss the merits of the Apple Store MOC hitting 10,000, whether people think it will get green lighted and if so, what effect it will have on the secondary market. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I have no problems keeping my sets closed, its my son who wants to build everything. If he is having a bad day or not in the best mood I just go in his room and give him a set to open, works great !! I told him that I plan on getting 4 kashyyyk battle packs and he wants to open them all!!! I told him two! That is the one set we are excited for right now. I just wish I had more money to spend on lego so I can get it home and keep it closed!

People are getting hung up on the look of the set, but remember the pitch is for the concept, not the specific build. The build will be modified/improved if/when they can agree on a licensing agreement w/ Apple. Think about how the Lego Store set looks - most people love that because of the neat details. If this were green lighted, it would get the same treatment by the designers. The target market for this set are those millions of ardent Apple fans, so there is more than enough demand. The question is will Apple allow it's brand to be sold on the same box as Lego. I personally don't think so. Apple is one of those companies that is extremely protective of its brand and green lighting this set would cede some control of it.

Anyone think that there was a container of Lego sets on that ship?

At 50% off, you won't lose money on these, but i tend to think they won't be huge winners. They haven't really moved off the shelves very quickly and seem to lack.....something.

Hello fellow belgian! I think the whole coping part is the catch in this too good to be true investment world. Lego must be one of the only investments where you are tempted every day to use them, as opposed to things like stocks etc ... Buying multiples is a good remedy I suppose. I'm lucky, the more sets I have stored, the less tempted I get because of how nice they look all together.

So far this year around $4k. At best I'll probably put in another $1k. I think next year I'm going to attempt to budget for the same amount.

So I got bored again and i made a microfighters ywing on LDD lemme know what you guys think of it. Might just start taking requests if you want I'm bored lol

Thanks I had a look there of Friday but my local myer had hardly anything left. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I'll try the AT-AT now

haha ok so I made one but it just looks really crappy and the only way (I think) I can upload it is by starting another thread and I don't want everyone to see my failure

The sequel is confirmed, no surprise here: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722785/lego-movie-sequel-confirmed.jhtml

How about a whole cloud city, with luke dangling with speech bubbles saying "ben...ben....leia....leia"

My wife said I can't but this

Salutations, work4fbi2. I cope with the temptation of building....by building the temptation. :P

It's like saying "bucks" but more posh.

You should get bored more often(and design more stuff).

53 including the figure

Absolutely. Dollar is stupid. lol

I love the word "quid". I wish we used quids.

buying 3k legos, returning 1k .. is pretty much abusing the return policy. That means you returned 33% of all legos bought in that period of time. Just think about if you ran a ebay or amazon store and 33% of your customers wanted to return sealed sets they bought from you because they found it cheaper .. how pissed would you be?

I picked up a lot of 77 minifigs over the weekend. Most are from series 1-8 so I'm pretty pleased since I don't have any of them! Sent from my iPod touch using Brickpicker

I completely disagree on the aesthetic points. The 'realistic looking' DS2 is boring. Nothing exciting about staring at a big grey sphere. The point is remembering all the scenes from SW & ROTJ, and this is what the DS1 is about. Recreating those action sequences in lego form.

For anyone who has actually put a Death Star together, its one of the most enjoyable, complicated, well thought out lego sets you will ever put together in your life. They put so much thought, love, and time into designing that set. Every CORNER has something unique, special or unexpected from the movie. Its worth EVERY penny, and they have not equaled it since.

The Winter Village line is my absolute favorite Lego theme. I have every single set in the line and I will continue to buy them as long as they keep on releasing them.

from my experience selling and buying, buyers usually go for the cheapest price listed. then they worry about shipping (many clicks) and that is how they select who to buy from. so when buyers are searching for minifigs (in this case) and sort by price, your listings will be higher than most since you have shipping pretty much built into your price. this is important regardless if you might be cheaper than many sellers before you on that list. why not just charge actual shipping cost and advertise that to buyers?

Just bought a used but complete 6210 sail barge for $75 shipped from eBay. Even though the barge has just been re-released, I think the original is the better version of the two. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Just for kicks

What is my montly Lego budget? Hang on a second while I go dig through the couch.

Whatever money not spent on women or booze ;)

I started working on the Mobile Crane mkII yesterday. It's a very impressive build. It's not yet finished though.I still need to build the boom and I spent 8 hours on it so far.

Got another 2 Haunted houses today from target. Last 2 on shelf. I think one was a return. I built one soon as I got home

I usually apply them, but I've started scanning the sheets in first so I have a copy later for water slide decals. The water slide decals work better than the stickers on rough surfaces like roof tiles.

By date, and monthly they get filed in a large envelope (or two or three...) after transferring the information on them to my main income/expense spreadsheet.

I really dislike the way more and more sets have stickers above proper printed bricks. I can see they have done it due to cost but I think it cheapens the build experience a little. What's next, stickers for your minifigs?

So fun, I cannot wait to see this! Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs stills gets played monthly...those guys have a wicked sense of humor. I especially love the stop-motion/CGI hybrid look, no offense to TT Games, but I'm getting sick of smoothly animated lego characters.

Chuck Norris can do wheele on a unicycle!