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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?

I figured with 65 days to go, now is a good time to start a thread for the real Football fans on BP (j/k). Anything related to WC preparations, squads, players, coaches,, and ultimately games can be discussed here . Things will probably heat up as we closer to June but why not start a bit early . Please make sure any discussion is civil, respectful, and no trolling. So, who do think will win? which team are you cheering? who will be the dark horse? will the USA make it out of the first round?

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"

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.

My own favourite female character is Eowyn. Unfortunately it somewhat looks we may get neither, it's been awfully quiet about a third Lord of the Rings wave. Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Brickpicker

The Big Shop remodel is complete. I was there a week and a half ago for Star Wars weekend and they had every exclusive set available. They must have sold out of SSDs since then.

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.

The pure size difference is ridiculous.

Probably the last Helms Deep in any store! Paid $95 for it after tax using a coupon at a mom and pop type of toy store. The clerk said the only reason they still had one set left was a worker found it hidden over the weekend. Lucky for me!

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

Exactly; it's basically similar to that high school mentality of the seniors treating the freshmen like crap even though in the beginning they were themselves one. Everybody had to start somewhere from very little or next to nothing and work their way on up unless you were just born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Sometimes it would be beneficial if people can recall their own humble start before placing certain judgments on another.

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

Nowhere does it say a seller has to combine shipping and give you a discount often times the buyers are the fruitcakes making up the rules asking him to ship separately petty move on your part either agree to the price or dont buy now youre telling him how to ship the items. The reason you ask is because it is not required sounds like you have a problem being told no...

This one makes me feel so old.

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.

And a Somali for the 7th : By the way I agree that a MMV-like port town would be the way to go for the next AFOL Pirates set.

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

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.

The topic went from civility to silly. I am still a newb but the first thing I did when I found the site was read the blogs. Then if I had a question (I had two about retired sets), I looked in the forums before posting. More civility is better in general as society as a whole is increasingly me-centric. But newer members can help by doing their research first and trying to make their own decisions. I am waiting for the summer when the posts change from "Is this a good deal?" To "Is this a good time to sell?" (: Ex astris, scientia.

I know a guy who tried this once. His proctologist bill was outrageous.

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.

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.

I sold a Chima Speedor Tournament AGAIN! It is my best seller. And everyone speaks bad about chima. I do not see why.

Some more high resolution images for the upcoming sets. via The Brick Fan Starblaster Showdown Knowhere Escape Mission The Milano Spaceship Rescue X-Men Vs. The Sentinel

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!