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When the Millenium Falcon 10179 first came out I was like what da !@#$, $600????? That's crazy. Nevertheless I put it into my Amazon cart to see if it would go on sale and maybe I'll be stupid to buy it. After about a year after it's release I was reading and viewing other people opening and such on Youtube. I was like that's crazy spending 24-48hrs to build it. Then one day, Amazon had it on sale for $390 so finally bought it. I was so excited receiving it but I remembered it took 24-48hrs to build and I just had my first kid so I did the wise thing and put it away in the closest when I could find some alone weekend time to build it. 12 months later forgetting about it I noticed it was no longer for sale on Amazon but 3rd party people were selling it for $1000. Ebay was around $800-$900. I was like uhm I can't open it now since it appreciated plus I still don't have that much free time to build it. Two years later I looked it up and it was $2000. Now several years later and two kids and up to around $3500 I can never get myself to open it and instead I have to sell it. So excited when I first bought it and now so sad I'll never build it cause it's just worth too much money

I bought gold when it was $1900 oz and now its worth.... oh wait, that's backwards.

Your civility is fine. People know who I am talking about. It's a handful of members. Supraboy was one of the culprits. He is banned. He has tried numerous times to come up with secondary accounts and IPs, but Jeff has some nice new tools to work with that can keep track of knuckleheads like him. There are many ways to respond to people within the realm of good taste and manners. Even if another member is a complete tool, there is a way to respond respectfully, yet still make a point of your superior knowledge or intellect. It's actually fun coming up with ways to stay within the accepted forum etiquette and come up with creative and sarcastic responses. I know. I was very good at it.

Bah, I see you are not into them diamond HDMI cables then. Though Amzon stock levels are kinda low for them, might have to pick up a few in case they are nearing retirement... Or, try adding 999 of these babies: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN85S9-85-Inch-Ultra-120Hz/dp/B00CMEN95U/ (make sure to read reviews of course)

I just like to extend my small token of support for Ed's original post and the sentiments expressed throughout the thread. We have all noticed a bit of a deterioration in posting etiquette lately. It may be pertinent to add this link to the forum rules for new members to check out and older members to refresh themselves on.

I like the democratic gun ships better ;)

Another similar situation happens when you buy items from the same seller and he/she offers "Free" shipping (like me and many others here). You are still paying the shipping costs twice, and the seller usually ships the items in the same package. It's just less obvious. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Sell the NISB copy for to buy a used one. Then sell the used one when you are bored with it

I knew I had a 10179 but thought I had opened it. But when I check a few weeks ago it was still in an unopened shipper box, first edition so should be worth more than the $499 I paid for it

If you don't want people to think you're spoiled, don't brag on the internet that you're getting $600 worth of lego for your birthday.

This is one of most civil forums I've ever been a part of ...due to how well it's moderated and a testament to the owners and members!

That's lame and cheap . I challenge you with this:

Just noticed it, estimated dispatch 1-2 months, probably other summer sets listed too, haven't looked, wanted to bring the news right away, amazing price don't you think?

My birthday is tomorrow! I have waited forever! I will be turning 15. Here is a list of stuff I'm asking for. Mom & Step Dad 75042 Droid Gunship 75043 AT-AP 75045 Republic AV-7 Anti-Vehicle Cannon 75046 Coruscant Police Gunship $55 for 75049 Snowspeeder and 75048 The Phantom which will come out in Augest If I get all of those (100% sure I will) I will have completed my 2014 winter set collection. Dad 9516 Jabbas Palace 7965 Millenium Falcon 75020 Jabbas Sailbarge My dad said all of them are already ordered (kind of pushed him...) Will post pics tomorrow. Tomorrow I will have 62 sets in my collection.

The Batcave 6860 will be out the whole year, Nobody should be paying $70 for it now.

Something tell's me that you can get better deals on Amandas from alternative "retailers"

Compared to the Rancor pit which is 59.99 it's ******* amazing!

My current house/home Only regret is should've kept and leased out my first two properties instead of flipping Guess I'm not a long term investor with real estate or Lego lol.

Purchased a NEC Turbo Duo system at the swap meet for $10 and I'm sitting on a few hundred bucks now.

Amazon has a few thousand SSD. But what do you expect for a set that is not retiring anytime soon? The brickpicker definition of retiring soon must be extremely loose with the sets that have been mentioned so far lol.

EU, UK and ZA write day then month. I work for global IT firm and to this day I am confused until we hit day 13 of the month. Ha.

Happy birthday!

My wife worked with a gal and her boyfriend actually worked at the lego store. He was tasked to build a 10179 for the store and ended up quitting before he was done and they never asked for the set back. He ended up moving to Europe and my wife ended up buying if from her coworker, my wife told me she bought it for around $250 and this was around 2008.

The pure size difference is ridiculous.

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Happy Birthday!! Same here. I'm jealous, MatthewH. Nice list though, and I look forward to seeing the pictures tomorrow!

Wow... I got buy like all my own stuff... Lucky man... lucky.

You`ve listed, IMHO, a fairly lengthy list of items there, and I thought "spoils" would be appropriate. Didn`t mean to say your were "spoiled" and was intending to say something to the effect of "loot" or "presents". That list could have been a pair of socks depending on who you ask Never the less, enjoy your gifts!

I asked my Dad for LEGO for my birthday and he told me to get a job and move out of his basement. BTW, Happy Birthday.

Well, Happy Birthday to you! Enjoy the spoils!

I called the medieval gauntlet, you can have the leather gloves :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5mqQBgobTY

I sure hope it is a full line instead of a single ship, they can't make enough pirates for me. I thought Pirates 2009 was fantastic, unfortunately the theme didn't get a very large lineup and did poorly, I just hope we can get our next generation of kids into pirates. For me, it was one of the highlights of my childhood to play with the Black Seas Barracuda, Caribbean Clipper, Elderado Fortress and Forbidden Island. A reboot of this theme will be a hit for AFOL's for sure, but will kids like it? As much as I'd love more large ships, I would also like some good large ports and islands, a bit like the Rock Island Refuge, Imperial Trading Post, Forbidden Island and Elderado Fortress.

Just wait for the next BN coupon round. Lol Joking asking, this is a well run site and everyone is great is their own special way. For the amount of postings and members I think we are very civil as a whole but I agree with ED , new members are sometimes made fun of for no reason. We all started from scratch at some pt and when I first joined the site. i found great support from everyone especially from exciter1 and DNIIM.

Working on my Town Hall 10224 Just the first floor, maybe finishing it up tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone usin

A new Pirate series would be great. I hope they don't continue the trend of using larger and larger single pieces instead of actually building a model. Before we know it, Lego construction will resemble plastic model building where you most often get an entire molded car body and then construct the innards. Trains, planes, coast guard, helicopters, superheroes and a few others are guilt of this. Sure it gets the model a bit more "accurate" in appearance but in my own opinion I prefer more building - more pieces.

Hey, I'm not portly! I'm an obese man trapped in a fat man's body!

I bought the Sea Cow for my sons 6th birthday. He just finished it tonight. He built 95% of it by himself! pretty impressive for a 6 year old, but he is a self appointed Master Builder. Haha! This is an incredible set! It's just huge and very detailed. I had to take a pic next to our other favorite set, the Haunted House, for size comparison.

Awesome. I just grabbed my only one for $50 a week ago.

Welcome, Wazzapova.

Welcome!

Greetings earthling, welcome to the site!

ok, thanks. Good luck!

As do I. However I have 8 of these and so I consider this a hedge in case I'm wrong. I made $150 off these 2 sets in the space of 5 months (plus the free christmas gift sets I got with each purchase) so I'll take a little profit now and hold the remainder.

I have a bunch of 6865s and I'm content to sit on these long term. Completionists will still be looking for these eventually and prices could come back around after the online stocks of them drop off. Or so I hope!

This movie explains a lot of why I am who I am!

I hope walmart, BB and Target don't have any promos...

Sweet! Love the pics! Do you have to run 2 PF motors when you run 2 trains combined like that? Or can 1 PF motor handle it? My motor and PF lights arrived. 1 motor works okay. Waiting on my speed PF controller, just using the on/off remote switch at the moment. Nice!! I wonder if it is even worth using a second motor when running a x2 Horizon Express setup?