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Materials guide for LEGO selling & shipping Many members have asked for a centralized place where they can go for shipping box information. I'm going to pin this post and update it as new information is provided. I just want to take a few minutes and thank those who wrote the following articles. They are still very good reference materials for the LEGO storage and shipping process. I may develop this into a blog article eventually. Fcbarcelona101's : Selling LEGO : Basic Materials Guide Mos Eisley 's : LEGO Storage Wars Incompetech's Catalog of Amazon.com Box Sizes - (thanks No More Monkeys) Amazon Boxes Sorted list by length - courtesy of pstebbing I've scoured the forums and here is a list of box sizes with basic set information: Boxes: 24x20x8 : Super Star Destroyer; Death Star, Roller Coaster, UCS Sandcrawler, Assembly Square 24x20x6 : Thicker sets like Town Hall, Tower Bridge 24x16x6 - 60052 Cargo Train, R2-D2, Maersk Line Triple-E, 7939 Cargo Train 24x16x4 - Helm's Deep, Vampyre Castle, Black Pearl, Friends Riding Camp, Parisian Restaurant, High Speed Passenger Train, Jabba's Palace, Downtown Diner 24x20x4 : Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Imperial Shuttle, Haunted House, Palace Cinema, Fire Brigade 24x14x4 : Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol 24x4x12 - Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol 20x16x4 - Volkswagen Camper Van, Olivia's House, Sonic Raider, Sopwith, Creator Bike Shop, Batcave, Quinjet, Moria & Ambush 20x16x6 : Thicker sets like the Republic Gunship; City Cargo Plane 20x14x4 : Attack on Weathertop, Hulk 's Helicarrier Breakout, X-Wing 9493, Black Gate 16x16x4 : Gungan Sub, Pre Viszla, Tie Fighter 16x10x4 : Council of Elrond, Desert Skiff, City Grand Prix Truck 16x10x6 : Thicker sets like Creator Family House, Hillside House 15x12x4 : Funhouse, Orc Forge, Tumbler Chase, Daily Bugle Showdown, Hulk Lab Smash 12x12x4 : Uruk Hai Army, City Cargo Truck, Creator Treehouse, City Fire Emergency 11-3/4x8-3/4x4-3/4 : Wolverine Chopper, Arctic Batman, Power Armor Lex, Droid Escape, Cloud Cuckoo Palace 12x8x3 - Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets 10x8x4 : Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets Envelopes: 4x8 : Minifigs & small polybags 6x9 : Polybags small & larger 10.5 x 16 : Larger shipments of 3 x polybags or more Packing Tape : buy in bulk or on sale : you can throw some in during a Staples coupon promotion to get up to free shipping Walmart.com Duck Brand Packaging Tape http://www.staples.com/Staples-Standard-Grade-Packaging-Tape-Clear-189-x-110-yds-6-Rolls/product_380107 Retailers: Uline.com : holiday sale starts first part of November (usually 30% off) Staples.com : use coupon promotions - $10 off $30, $20 off $75, free shipping over $60 Walmart.com USPS Priority Mail (free boxes at USPS.com) Michigan Box Company: Flat Boxes 18"-23" L (thanks pstebbing) GBE Packaging (thanks pstebbing) PackingSupplies.com http://www.packaging...ated_boxes.html (thanks pstebbing) Bubble Wrap: 3/16" thick x 350' ft x 12" wide - eBay Sams Club 3/16" - 12"x240' $12.98 (In store) ($.05/LF) (thanks pstebbing) I like to use large and small retailer plastic bags to wrap items in, even after I bubble wrap it. For battle packs and even small sets, I sometimes use Wal-Mart, Target, or plastic bags from any store. Additional packing isn 't really needed. Usually like 2 bags on bottom, one to wrap the item, and two bags on top. Make sure to cover the corners of the item real nice to provide extra padding. Rule of thumb : ship & pack all of your items the same way you 'd like to receive items you've purchased. Shipping Paper: Collect it when you receive shipments. http://www.amazon.com/Pratt-Multipurpose-Packaging-KPR30241200R-Length/dp/B00AI652CM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408061459&sr=8-1&keywords=pratt+kraft+paper+1200? Shipping Labels & Printers: Dymo 450 & Dymo 400 Brother QL-700 DoNotInsertIntoMouth's : How to setup your label printer for shipping on eBay Feel free to post a follow-up or point out anything I missed. I 'll update it with what everyone wants added. I hope this is helpful.

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Is that Iketart's good twin?

Sooner or later, TLG will ban someone who had no idea what Lego reselling is, happened to choose account name matching the name of some heavy ebay reseller, and ordered several sets up to the limits, just because they were corporate gifts. Anyway, all we _really_ care about is why Ikeheart is not banned.

Saw this on the Brother's Brick and had to post this MOC by Moko: He even built a home for the... you know.

Yes with tax comes out to like 191, but having VIP points saved up brings down to 181 with some change. Got the order today I placed Sunday.

Welcome to BP and the dudes with unhappy wives club.

There is literally no deciding factor. They just shoot gum with a ruler at a list of names.

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2014/05/22/yabba-dabba-doo-this-cars-for-you/

Why would lego ban you for basically doing afols. A great service .. pretty idiotic for lego to ban you for helping people build awesome mocs. Does lego really expect you to buy 5-10 same sets for example if I need 1x1 sand green bricks? Oh wait if you do that you also risk the chances of a ban. I guess lego really offering no alternative to building mocs. Also that makes no sense because when I contact lego they often encourage me to use bricklink to get out of stock or retired sets soo ... I'm going to assume people getting ban are mostly people who bought those too good to be deals from illegal drop shippers.

Just went to TRU and bought a sealed case! Plus got 10% off because it's Thursday!

Metalbeard (duel set) is accurate to the movie, seacow's version is not. A shark on the left, a sardine on the right: make your choice.

I voted for Arkham and Ewok Village. Have you done one of these for the 10221 SSD? I would love to see the build process for that one. BTW, keep up the great work! I really enjoy reading these threads.

Cloud City and Tumbler are my choices!

They aren't even close, the new one is about half the size of the original. I was very disappointed in the remake of this set. They did a great job re-creating Arkham Asylum, however. Castles, on the other hand, have stayed pretty consistent over the years. The originals have that vintage factor that works in their favor but the newer castles from the Castle and Kingdoms lines were very good as well. I haven't built the newest one to comment on it.

I don't know about the UK, but in the US the discrimination laws don't work that way. You only have legal protection against discrimination of a protected class -- that is a specific set of attributes that are defined by law as being protected against: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class Companies are well within their rights to refuse to do business with you for any of the following reasons, with no legal recourse (unless you can somehow link it to monopolistic business activity -- or to one of the protected classes): * The color of your shirt * The use of currency other than 50 cent pieces (the only time they have to accept all legal tender is for debts, which is a specific term of art referring generally to loans -- not normal retail purchases.) * Having tattoos * Your name having too few or too many vowels in it * Having bad breath * Or even, your membership on a random internet web site Note: Sorry this is one of my pet peeves, along with people stating that you should sue because a random company censored your speech -- which is perfectly legal in the US, the the first amendment guarantee of freedom of speech refers to the *government* censoring you, not other private entities that you happen to do business with.

My Grandad in England had an original Mini Cooper. There were 6 of us crammed in it driving down the streets of Manchester back in the 80's. Good times, good times.

I think it would be cool if you were to build the classic Kings Castle and the modern one. Then compare them. Same with the two Batcaves. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Orange Spice is the official colour. My monthly car payment is cheaper than my monthly Lego bill. That's an older picture though... I have since added these:

Yes....the sea cow has a micro metalbeard instead of the full size one in the other set.

PASS THE WORD AROUND!!! Does your child love LEGO? Join us... Brickf

Master mind toys has a couple sets at 40%, I think the Lone Ranger Silver Mine might be interesting to some at this price : http://www.mastermindtoys.com/2014-Warehouse-Sale.aspx?_outline=Brand--b10

Pretty minty. I'm gonna steal that. I'm still holding onto 4 not so minty ones from Walmart.

I have all five seasons of Six Feet Under and highly recommend it. Also unlike so many series that never get an official closure this one did so at least it isn't like you watch the whole thing to the end and go "....That's how it ended?! AH CRAP!!!!" On one hand I can't believe it survived this long but then on the other I'm not surprised.

Anyway my opinion about LEGO's name choice.

Yes, and Oprah lives in my backyard, George Lucas lives across the street, and don't even get me started on Obama!!

Guess you couldn't handle the loss of your choked to death wife, at your own hand I might add, eh Vader?

In case anyone's interested rumor is Discovery center possibly this week may get a shipment of Rovers in but I've been hearing this since last week. I'll check this weekend if I head up that way.

Correct, CB. S@H charges tax to IL residents. I wonder if he has a coupon or perhaps a promo code.

Orland Park and Northbrook both had Haunted Houses in stock two weeks ago. I would be willing to bet they have them now.

I think LEGO Shop at Home charges tax for us too, since there is a physical LEGO Store in IL, unless I'm wrong?

I just unloaded two of these and was finally able to get $200 for each, with European buyers. These are very hard to sell in theUS for decent money and there are always issues with this set. From missing pieces to peeling stickers. I'm glad I finally got rid of them I got them each for $80 or so, not too bad

Here is the final warning being the last day for entry submission. You have until 11:59 PM tonight to submit or alter an entry. I can give some leniency for different time zones though to be fair.

Every week?! You're already far, far ahead than the vast majority there. It's quite normal for organizations to not know for several weeks to months, or even at all, when something like this happens. Once they have some indication, the forensic analysis can take a while too. Good to know later than to not know at all, of course.

I think when people are willing to pay cash for Jeff's time to change them.

I prefer to blame others

And when it turns out it is a Jar-Jar Binks UCS bust statue you go to weep in the corner abandoning all hope.

Just picked one for 49.99 at my local walmart. Amazon has them for 53 but still think I got a good price. Love the set!! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

it's fuzzy brickpicker math - don't worry, it all works out in the end.

Goes to show how women are clueless and men will do anything they ask... Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I can tell you the one in Schaumburg does not, if that is of any help at all

I found that the gold box usually only gives you about 5% more off what the regular deal is. So, 5% off retail price is really not a lot of advantage over the lego shop, assuming no difference in tax. Pretty disappointing most of the time - unless some set already has a nice deal on Amazon anyway and you get 5% more through the gold box.

Here's a good one; The Crimson Permanent Assurance! http://www.flickr.com/photos/gotoandlego/sets/72157625268071448/