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Got the Gamer4life777 message today. Trying to get a Modular for $50. I told her I felt her pain because my 6 year old son was dying from Leukemia and I needed to sell off my LEGO collection to pay the medial bills and avoid bankruptcy and foreclosure. Dirtbag.

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Toys R Us June 14, 2014 - 12pm - 2pm - LEGO MOVIE BUILD EVENT Don't miss out! The LEGO

The stories are fabulous. However, I do want to crawl under the dining room table into the fetal position after reading 50% of the posts. I'm so happy I created this thread to spread the moron love that we deal with.

2 Burnt down stadiums 1 Dead Colombian for scoring in his own goal I'm basing my picks on what has happened before.

Balloon cart in 15 minutes on eBay for $17 shipped

I spent many hours playing Axis & Allies. I really only like the original version from way back in the day. Highly addictive, highly fun!

I hate it when mods erase me posts. (watch this one will probably get erased) We should be able to erase mods posts.

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.

This thread is for confirmed "Retired Product" status updates as per Lego.com official website. I decided to create this thread as somewhere to keep track of confirmed EOL dates as per Lego "Retired Product" tags. Leaving the other thread for rumors and speculation (I have been through all 75 pages and pulled any confirmed retirement dates in to here). The "Retired Product" status can be found on Lego.com by searching for "Retired Product", this link should take you there: http://search-en.lego.com/?q=Retired+Product&cc=US Yes a "Retired Product" tag does not mean the set cannot be found at other retailers, but it is an official confirmation that the set is EOL (End of Line) at Lego and that future production and sales have been halted (there may be some exceptions to this and we can never say Lego will never ever bring them back). I'd like to keep this list updated and populated with any changes, so please post them (for the US based Lego Shop at Home only please). Because the Lego.com site does not have a date when a set is retired I have used the latest stock availability date as recorded at Brickset.com. On the Lego site many sets get a "Sold Out" tag and/or a "retiring soon" tag, then at some arbitrary time they get a "Retired Product" tag. If we think about it, the actual date of retirement is the date it goes "out of stock" for the last time. As such I'd like to start capturing set's "Sold out" status dates as well, but that can be a phase 2 project. So for now if you spot a new "Retired Product" post it below. This is a table of the most recent few months. Attached at the bottom is a full Excel spreadsheet with all the sets I could get from Lego.com. I hope you find it useful or interesting. EOL dates table.xlsx

I remember seeing the digital creation by BobDeQuatre months ago and thought that was impressive as heck but this.... this goes beyond anything conceivable as a MOC or work of art. Here is the backstory behind the character and design going into this. Eurobricks

There should be three complete sets of sixteen in one case of minifigures.

Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!! At TRU with the 20% off coupon. This one still had it at MSRP. Side note - I printed the scanned coupon from the daily deals thread, cashier didn't even flinch just scanned it and tossed it in the trash haha. This is for me to build. My birthday is coming up and I'm going to have my wife wrap it and give it to me. Can't wait to see the look on my son's face, haha.

I picked up 4 for $80 on Friday at FAO Schwarz in NYC but I'm pretty sure I bought them out. I was like a kid in a candy store when I found them on sale.

Very tempting. Please update us when they arrive!

For those of you in SoCal, 10221 has reappeared at Legoland California. With an annual pass, you will get 10% off. I did not pick up any today, even though I need to. They had 4 on the shelf. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

Currently have 7 now trying to keep 2 for personal collection.

Now it's time to do the "please pay dance". haha the buyer has low feedback, but 100% and comments praise his fast payment, so we'll see. Thanks for the advice guys.

Both excellent games. You should try Forbidden Desert. It is the sequel to Forbidden Island and adds a little more complexity. Also if you like Forbidden Island you should try Pandemic or Flash Point Fire Rescue. Both coop games. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

devil's advocate - when the set DOES Retire, imagine the advantage you'll have selling to the Hawaiian market !

This site has all of the cardboard components of the Hero Quest expansions in pdf form. Download and print on heavy cardstock and you're good to go. You can still find the individual plastic monsters on ebay. This is what I did to get the Keller's Keep and Witch Lord expansions. http://www.yeoldeinn.com/ As for Xwing, I know I'd drop way more than that $100. I know myself too well, I'm a completionist. Have you seen these yet?

Off topic, anybody see what trenth got for his star wars collection on eBay? Glad he let it ride...

I've had this guy messaging me and offering me the 50% of my price on stone minifigs from the new xmen set. I had two sentinels and a x-jet. We went back and forth, him telling me to combine this and that but he had only $50 to spend. He then wanted two sentinels and cyclops and magneto. I told him no, I figured I'd educate him and tell him to go yo lego.com where he could buy the set for $50!!!! He responded back asking, "so does this mean your accepting my offer?" Wtf?

well, if it makes them look like a fruitcake or their behavior must be caused by something in the water

I had to leave in a hurry yesterday and didn't even watch the video through before uploading it to youtube. Here is the link with correct audio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw12Ppobmc0

I will give the seller this, he did pick the king of all star wars displays to charge and arm and a leg for.....It will fetch far more than A few hundred bucks.

Let me know how you come along with those figs. I have a similar condition set I got off craiglist a few years back. Been trolling ebay but havnt been able to find just the figs. I need a fee other tidbits also

I love HeroQuest. I had the base game and all of the expansions back in the day, and I ended up selling them to some kid to get money to buy more Magic cards... they call it cardboard crack for a reason. Those expansions are hard to find now, and the barbarian one goes for north of $300 when one pops up on ebay. I think I bought it at Meijer for $15, and who knows what I sold it for I ended up finding a really nice near mint copy of the base game at Goodwill so at least I have that back. Can't wait until the kids are older, I think it's a perfect game for young kids. And adults too lol. I thought about getting into Xwing. A lot of my buddies like it and it looks fun, but I don't know if I want to get myself into another money pit. It's one of htose games where they keep coming out with expansion after expansion.

I would give someone a discount if they were just real with me: Hi. I am married with 2 children. They are terrible. I hate my wife. I live in a trailer. I just want some damn Lego Automatic 50% discount.

Grolim, Can you reload the picture containing the sets in the 1st post as it's not displaying. 7783 Batcave = 21 bags 4730 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets = 4 plus five larger elements that aren't bagged.

Thanks. I've been waiting to buy this set for over a year now. Can't wait to build it and have it run this holiday. Last yr, we used the latest Hogwarts Train. While not perfect (missing 6 minifigs, box, and #2 manual), I couldn't pass up the price. I'll prob post a build / review thread while putting it together.

Picked up 2 Friends: Heartlake Stables sets on the way to the beach today at KMart for $35 each.

Same reason they added the same type of crotch rocket on MEA and Weathertop. Lego marketing team: "Yo kids I heard you like to flick missiles so I put a flick missile in your castle so you can flick while you castle." (xzibit was interning at the time)

Monopoly, Monopoly Deal, Battleship, and Rummikub are great games. I also enjoy battle simulation/strategy games like Risk.

Carcassonne - Awesome game. Even my 3 year old plays with us, when we are playing just for the mapmaking fun of it. Maybe he will be a cartographer when he is older. I bought Dominion a few years ago, but my 8 year old was a bit too young for playing it, so we packed it up and started with the Carcasonne adventure. I think we have 3 different add-ons, and they are all super fun and interesting to play. I taught a chess class a few years ago, and I even sank a few grand into some ebony pieces, which I really like. I put them in my safe, just so my young ones don't mess with them. Right now, my family is a Chutes and Ladders, and Hungry Hungry Hippos family, too.

Risk, settlers of Catan (only played twice), chess, is mah jong a board game? these are my favs. unfortunately when you have small kids, board game nights are harder to organize. most of the games you listed I have never heard of haha... I am out of the loop!

We will all just have to wait and see. An item is only worth what someone is willing to fork over.

Scored a 10181 Eiffel Tower for $300 Aus. With box and instructions. I'm excited!!!

I came across this review for 8093 Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter to which I will post an image here. I have not had a chance to confirm myself yet until I open up the one I just recently found but here is what the stats look like. Just confirmed the contents myself earlier. This list is correct. 8093 - Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter: 1 tiny bag 1 small perforated bag 1 medium bag 1 large bag 1 instruction booklet 1 sticker sheet TOTAL = 4 bags - unnumbered

It only turns into the Crawler thread because of comments like yours.

I'm surprised at how bearish everyone is on the Delorean. I agree that the model leaves something to be desired

Grand Carousel: 25 bags plus sails bag and 2 motors

6869 Quinjet Arial Battle: 5 numbered bags 9476 Orc Forge: 3 numbered bags 41006 Downtown Bakery: 2 numbered bags, one baseplate 41015 Dolphin Cruiser: 5 numbered bags, 5 pieces of boat hull, 3 long grey pieces 79002 Attack of the Wargs: 3 numbered bags 79004 Barrel Escape: two numbered bags 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush: 6 numbered bags, 6 pieces of boat hull, 3 sails 79010 Goblin King Battle: 5 numbered bags, 1 Goblin King bag 79111 Constitution Train Chase: 6 numbered bags, 20 pieces of track (16 - curved, 4-straight) I'll get to my MF and SW sets soon..

This thread is to create a list of sealed plastic bags contained in each Lego set. In general I have taken this to mean the total number of sealed and numbered or un-numbered main bags. i.e. smaller bags within a main bag are not counted, just the main bags. The bag containing the instructions and/or stickers should also not be included. Loose parts like baseplates etc are also not included. Basically if it's a Lego piece or part and is wrapped in a plastic bag it is counted as a bag for the purposes of this count. This thread contains posts from people with further detail such as loose parts, instructions, bag numbering, etc. Please search for the set # within this thread using the forum search function if you are seeking a detailed breakdown of set contents. Here is the list in set # order so far. All info gathered from prior Brickpicker forum threads and from the Brickset thread posted by gorbasho below. More info can also be found in this thread linking to a video review site http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/9583-need-to-know-how-many-bags-are-in-a-specific-set/?hl=evantube (I haven't gone through any vids but if you do watch one please post the bag count below). Feel free to post any info you have below and I'll incorporate into the list.

Send them a note back stating: I too have been in and out of the hospital and have to sell my childs LEGO collection to pay the bills. This is why I have to charge the prices I do. I can't express what a kindness you would be doing for my family if you just paid the asking price. My family would be ecstatic if I could pay off the bills before I die. scammer4life666

Built a couple of sets i got off a lot. Some of them still missing a few pieces.

Just got finished tonight. Spent 5 evenings working on it, pretty much everything I though it would be.

Bam! and the spam is gone!