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Lol this thread looks and feels like the ticker at the bottom of CNN/FoxNews/MSNBC screen. It either tracks every minute development on SSD or just repeats the same information over and over again ;)

I've built set 7782 The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault. It was released in 2006 for $39.99, contained 528 elements, and included 3 minifigs, the Batwing (prob inspired from the 1989 film), and Joker's helicopter (also inspired prob from the same film). A stand for the Batwing was also included that nicely integrates w/ the 7783 Batcave.7782's minifig to plane size comparison.Anyway, I've finally had a chance to buy this set (no box) at a decent price. I didn't take pics of the build process but did make some notes. Like most vehicles from the Batman 1 line, the main colors are mostly black with some dark bluish gray. pearl gold grills / vents are also used on the vehicles. Continuous Bow and inverted arch elements are also used which haven't been used yet on 2012 or newer Batman sets. These in black were used also in sets 7783 (Batcave's Batblade) and 7784 (UCS Batmobile).What really surprised me about set 7782 was the size of the vehicles especially when compared to the 2012 version (set 6863 Batwing Battle Over Gotham City). 6863 also looks to have been inspired by the 1989 film especially with the black colored Batman minifig. 6863 retailed for $34.99 with 278 elements.6863 also included 3 minifigs (updated versions of the ones from 7782), the Batwing, and a Helicopter for the Joker). 6863 seems to be more kid friendly when playing / swooshing along in the air. This was at least the case with my son.Minifigures from both sets are awesome. I assume 6863's minifigs would have the edge due to the newer designs and colors used.Size differences.7782 Batwing = 10" wide and 15" long. nearly as high as the Black Pearl when on the stand and even longer than the latest non-UCS X-Wing (9493).<p>6863 Batwing = 8 Other build review threads. 7780: The Batboat: Hunt for Killer Croc : http://www.brickpick...-croc-batman-1/ 7782 The Batwing: The Joker's Aerial Assault : http://www.brickpick...arison-to-6863/ 7786: The Batcopter: The Chase for Scarecrow : http://www.brickpick...-for-scarecrow/ 10123: Star Wars Cloud City : http://www.brickpick...ars-cloud-city/ 10173: Holiday Train : http://www.brickpick...-holiday-train/ 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon : http://www.brickpick...lennium-falcon/ 10226 Sopwith Camel : http://www.brickpick...-sopwith-camel/ 10181 Eiffel Tower : http://www.brickpick...l-tower-advice/ 10194 Emerald Night train : http://www.brickpick...-emerald-night/ 10196 Grand Carousel : http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/13647-building-10196-grand-carousel/ 10225 UCS R2D2 : http://www.brickpick...0225-ucs-r2-d2/ 75059 UCS Sandcrawler : http://www.brickpick...59-sandcrawler/ 21021 Architecture Marina Bay Sands http://www.brickpick...rina-bay-sands/ 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 : http://www.brickpick...busters-ecto-1/

The only shocking part of the above is that Ed actually takes a vacation !!!

As much as I absolutely adore my SSD and my Dino Defense HQ set, It would have to be the Falcon 10179 - unfortunately I don't have one right now... yet. My uncle has one and its the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

The World Cup excitement is growing so let's have a contest to predict the final 2 teams and winner! I will send the winner of this contest a 75021 Republic Gunship!!! To enter, post in this thread with the following: 1. The winning country 2. The runner up 3. Final score of the final match (tie breaker) 4. Pick the matchup of the third place game (last tie breaker) Example: 1. Iran 2. Nigeria 3. 5-4 4. Russia versus Algeria I'll paste everyone's answer in here in the first post as I get time. You'll be required to send me your name and address if you win but I'll keep it private. The final game is Sunday, July 13. Shipping disclaimer: I am shipping from the USA. This is an international contest but if shipping is extremely expensive to your country, I may ask for you to pay for part of the shipping cost via paypal. Good luck!!!

If you told me a couple years ago I would be a moderator having 10,000 posts under my belt ranked as Chairman of the Brick with a Haunted House on permanent display from earned points, I would thought you were crazy yet here I am or better here we are. I honestly wasn

Nice. I really like the comparisons that you've been doing with past sets, non-LEGO toys, etc. in your reviews. Keep up the good work!

There are 26 entries so far, organized by winning team: Brazil: binici - Brazil - Argentina - 2-1 - Germany vs. Spain comicblast - Brazil - Spain - 3-2 - Argentina vs. Germany kishidan69 - Brazil - Ivory Coast - 3-1 - Spain - Germany OlegLEGO - Brazil - Germany - 2-1 - Argentina - Spain Rootfish - Brazil - Spain - 3-2 - Germany vs. Colombia danielnorber - Brazil - Portugal - 3-1 - Belgium vs. Argentina nbaisfantastical - Brazil - Germany - 1-0 - Argentina vs. Spain Cetona - Brazil - Spain - 2-1 - Germany vs Argentina Quacs - Brazil - Portugal - 3-1 - Germany vs. Chile El Guapo - Brasil - Spain - 3-1 - Germany vs Italy Germany: knarrff - Germany - Argentinia - 3-1 - Brazil - Portugal nlitrenta - Germany - Argentina - 3-1 - Spain vs Columbia Lego.seraphina - Germany - Brazil - 2 - 1 - Holland Vs Italy rubysue74 - Germany - Brazil - 3-1 - Belgium vs Spain Bold-Arrow - Germany - Argentina - 3-1 - Brazil v Spain game - Germany - Italy - 2-1 - Brazil vs Portugal M4x18 - Germany - Spain - 2-1 - Uruguay-Argentina clear14 - Germany - Spain - 2-1 - Brazil vs Italy Argentina: nuno2646 - Argentina - Colombia - 2-1 - Brasil versus France roxio - Argentina - Brazil - 3:2 - England - Portugal boxofcorey - Argentina - Germany - 2-1 - Brazil vs. Spain MartinP - Argentina - Germany - 3-2 - Brazil v. Spain Grolim - Argentina - Germany - 2-1 - Brazil vs Spain Spain: dpwagner - Spain - Brazil - 2-1 - Germany Vs. Portugal leenoack83 - Spain - Germany - 2-1 - Brazil vs. Argentina (Brazil wins 3-2) Italy: DoNotInsertIntoMouth - Italy - Germany - 1-0 - Brazil over Russia ================== I could see the final being Germany/Spain. M4x18 and clear14 may be on to something. And, is nobody picking the USA even for fourth place? Note: boxofcorey and Grolin will have to PM me the score of the third place game, as that's the only duplicate I see so far. Thanks again! We are 48 hours away from the start of the tournament! I might have to get sick as far as work is concerned. (Entries due by the end of the day tomorrow - midnight eastern standard time)

They might not let you into the bank, if you act suspicious..

Check out this MOC alternate for Benny's Spaceship that turns it into a space base of sorts.

I missed out on stopping at a Gamestop on Saturday while traveling to the beach. We passed a Gamestop today and I pulled over to stop in to see if they had any polybags left. I asked if they had a LEGO event this weekend where they were giving away the little figures with a purchase of a LEGO game. They said, "Sure, hold on a second." She asked the other employee to grab a couple posters. She gave me one Western Emmet and one Bilbo, 2 Chima online cards, and 2 posters for free and put them all in a bag for me. She said they didn't sell many and I kindly thanked them.

Pretty much any of Orion Pax's 1980s inspired MOCs : He-Man, Transformers, MASK, Ghostbusters, Star Wars Desert Skiff,etc... http://orionpax.de/23/index.php/showroom Investing...I rolled the dice with UCS B-Wings, Orc Forges, The Zombies. and Helm's Deep.

The very first LEGO

For personal collection, I would have to say Eiffel Tower right now, maybe Statue of Liberty. Wouldn't mind the VW Beetle as well.

Cyborg is riding some kind of mech. Look at its hip, you can see his hand holding a handle on either side

The joke's on you guys. I'm setting my prices at $2499.

Early days on the data collection for this but I think we can already see a pretty interesting picture of seasonal retirement dates:

I don't know if here is a thread for this already, but I was looking for an answer for a certain set (70809) Lord Business Evil Lair how many of them are in a LEGO shipping box. I think this would be helpful to have a thread where people can post for each set, as the amount of items that I have received damaged is huge, usually if you buy a single set in the UK (Not Lego S&****) they send it in bubble wrap (if you're lucky) in a plastic bag, but i have found if you buy the quantity of a shipping box they usually just ship it in that box and it protects the items better. Set Counts per LEGO Shipping Carton: Set #Set NameUnits per box3185Summer Riding Camp24184Black Pearl34195Queen Anne's Revenge34529Iron Man66858Catwoman Catcycle City Chase86860The Batcave36862Superman vs. Power Armor Lex37888The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise27937Train Station37938Passenger Train37965Millennium Falcon293984x4 Crawler29449Ultra Sonic Raider39468Vampyre Castle29474The Battle of Helm's Deep29515Malevolence29516Jabba's Palace310179UCS Millennium Falcon110188Death Star110193Medieval Market Village310197Fire Brigade210211Grand Emporium210214Tower Bridge210218Pet Shop210219Maersk Train310220Volkswagen T1 Camper Van410221Super Star Destroyer210224Town Hall210225R2-D2210226Sopwith Camel310228Haunted house210229Winter Village Cottage3 or 4?10232Palace Cinema210233Horizon Express210234Sydney Opera House110235Winter Village Market310236Ewok Village210241Maersk Line Triple-E210242MINI Cooper MK VII210243Parisian Café210245Santa's Workshop310246Detective's Office210937Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout221006White house321017Imperial Hotel321050Architecture Studio121103The DeLorean Time Machine321104Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover321108Ghostbusters ECTO-1321109Exo-Suit821110Research Institute541015Dolphin Cruiser241062Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle4419994x4 Crawler Exclusive Edition342006Excavator342008Service Truck242009Mobile Crane MK II260025Grand Prix Truck360043Prisoner Transport366405Trains Super Pack 4 in 1270012Razar's CHI Raider470803Cloud Cuckoo Palace470810MetalBeard's Sea Cow271006Simpsons House275005Rancor Pit375052Mos Eisley Cantina475059Sandcrawler275060UCS Slave I276000Arctic Batman vs Mr Freeze676001The Bat vs. Bane: Tumbler Chase576012Batman: The Riddler Chase376013Batman: The Joker Steam Roller276018Hulk Lab Smash379003An Unexpected Gathering379008Pirate ship Ambush479014Dol Guldur Battle379108Stagecoach Escape379111Constitution Train Chase2

You can pre-order the, The LEGO Movie 3D (Everything is Awesome Edition) [blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet + LEGO Figurine] for $29.97 right now. MSRP $49.99 Not sure how well the Lego figure will perform, but it seems like an exclusive. http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00ID1CEU2/ref=s9_simh_gw_p74_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0PF3SJRGJX877YPJ6E00&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1687860482&pf_rd_i=915398

There's no way several people each have several of this set put away.

I will laugh with you on the way to the bank.....I have plenty HHs.

Tonto say, get eyes checked kimosabe

Viper Compound Crossbow by Siercon and Coral, on Flickr

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Not everyone appreciates our sarcasm......o well can't win em all!

The Canadian version will likely have French language stuff on the box as well as English.

You just had to LOL the poster didn't you... The feistiness continues!

HH rumors.. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=96524

Hi everyone! Yesterday I was replying to a thread on what sets did I purchased previously and that had deep remorse for. Then that set me thinking, there are quite a number of sets I purchased with no regrets but I wished I hadnt open them and built them bcos they are worth a lot now!!! Here are some of my biggest regrets: 1) Queens Anne revenge, I bought only 1 box bcos I only started collecting Lego then and didnt think much of it. Now it sits on my bed headboard, pretty awesome pc but I wished I had kept it in the box considering I bght it at retail for SGD $190 and its worth ard $500 over here now. 2) Ninjago Fortress 2505, OMG this one... it saddens me even more. I bght this as a gift to my husband (then was my bf) and I was so excited to see the set. When he opened the present, I wanted to start building it with him, so we opened the seals....... but never ever got to building it. CRAP. Now it sits in the damaged, seals opened box and the packets arent opened yet... but IF ONLY... I did not open. it would be worth so so much more. 3) I have a few other sets I wished I has not opened that are small sets, like Batman Catwoman chase, Hobbit sets, Iron man... sigh the list goes on ****** on! Do YOU have any regrets opening any of ur sets that are worth a hefty sum now? if YES is your answer, come here and rant to me. LOL and we will weep together hahaha :)

Welcome to Brickpicker, Batman! I think I saw you in this video...

Welcome and enjoy the forums. Nice to have another Canadian, local GTA member too...when you decide to flip sets don't list too low ok lol

Starblaster Showdown Knowhere Escape Mission Milano Spaceship Rescue

Man, lucky! Good job. I've only got stingy GameStops by me. Got one more to try tomorrow.

You're right.....I was thinking of larger more expensive sets.

Imperial Flagship. I love the revolutionary war period and this reminds of the British Empire. I bought two sealed at full resale value this past year. If I would have left the Dark Ages sooner I would probably have a fleet of 30.

If this set is indeed done within the next several weeks, you will see this set skyrocket. Basically, it will confirm that LEGO does indeed retire important sets and with the new STAR WARS movies coming out, there will be huge interest in this set. One has to wonder if investing $500-$700 right now for a MISB set is a wise decision. I would say yes, especially if the set hits $1500, which it is quite capable of doing.

I have looked into that myself and I believe all the dark blue parts will be the most costly. There are a lot of medium blue pieces but those aren't as difficult to acquire thanks to more recent releases of the Seaside House and a couple other things. Despite only using four, each of the white flexible hoses costs an average of $8-$10 each used. I went into more detail about rare parts when I wrote up a review on the set that you can check out here down the page.

70806 - Castle Cavalry:3 small bags (one slightly smaller for some reason)2 large bags (1 tiny bag inside one of the them)3 instruction booklets (1st - minifigures & Micro Manager, 2nd - flying thing design, 3rd - alternate model)1 sticker sheetTOTAL = 5 bags - unnumbered

What are you basing your thoughts on that this set will more than double right after retirement? Seems like extreme wish wishful thinking. I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic.

Tell me about it. I can remember that yet can't remember what I did yesterday. Ha. Quoted for truth.

Lol...it's funny that you remember that I am an achiever. I haven't had the dude and Walter as my profile pic for quite some time now. Best. Movie. Ever. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Can we get a count on how many of those posts were memes or videos?

79012 Mirkwood Elf Army: 2 numbered bags, one tan plate, and one warg.

Exactly. Awesome board game because when I am not playing it, I am going to display all the pieces. The falcon is pretty top notch too. And they are actually reasonably priced IMO.

I'm speculating that most "investors" will be retiring soon with the number of new "investors" flooding the market.

42008: 2/case 79108: 3/case

9398 Rock Crawler : 2 3185 Summer Ridding Camp : 2 42006 Technic excavator : 3

The shipping cartons don't vary be retailer. It's possible there are some differences by region (Europe vs USA), but I doubt it. Sets that are the same size box have the same case counts. Helm's Deep, Vampire Castle, Malevolence, etc. are all 2 per case. Camper, Sopwith, etc. are 3 per case.

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I'll start - 79003 - An Unexpected Gathering - 3 per box