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My new son is only 4 months old. A good friend/coworker bought us a shirt when he was born that said: "My father was waiting for me to play Lego" It has been a long journey to find him (adoption). Got all teary eyed just typing this out. This is my first fathers day! WOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOO!

I can't really remember what I said about the 41999 Crawler besides it was a great set which should reach $700-$1000 in the future. I didn't trust Mark(or Mark's employee) and his questionable behavior, so I probably recommended against selling sets to him. I don't think I would I tell someone not to flip a 41999 for two and a half times MSRP to a normal buyer. Doing that to a SSD would be quite a nice score and would have been a quality flip. The "no brain" comment was blown out of proportion IMO. It was not meant to offend, but it was meant to make people pay attention. Basically, it was a bad joke. I have often tried to give hints to people along the way if you read between the lines. Sometimes I'm a little more blunt. People send me information all the time and I have to sift through the trash for the treasure. I think you will find I was right about the SSD, at least in the US. My sources have had an excellent track record. As for letting others doing the dirty work, that's not how I roll. I try to be nice until it's time not to be nice. I didn't mean to offend Stoltzj77, but I will mix it up if I have to. I should be allowed to have an opinion. Political correctness is overdone IMO. If people think I'm an a**hole, so be it. There is still good information here and it is a useful site to help people save and make money. I might even be right on occasion.

I told my five boys we could build Benny's Spaceship if they behaved the rest of the week. I bet I cave in on Sunday regardless of how they behave. SPACESHIP!! SPACESHIP!! SPACESHIP!!

With Father's Day coming up...any members have good stories or ideas on fitting in Lego with your kid(s) or dads? Maybe a surprise gift or MOC? I think most of us dad's just want some free time or to play golf/hang out with the guys/bbq etc My 4.5yr old son is VERY excited about finally opening the Grand Emporium to build this weekend - he's counting down the days. Figured since he's still young nice to have some memories/pics of us building together since he enjoys Lego a lot. Up until now the largest set we've built was only the Weathertop which is smallish so the GE will be a big challenge. I preempted my son by saying it's going to take us a week to build this thing...no rush, we'll do a few pages every day. His reaction was 'I want to build everything!'

I'll mail you a minifig.

Many pooh-poohed the UCS B-wing. I rather liked the model, but admit some changes were needed. I attempted to make the changes I felt were necessary to become a true UCS model. Pictures are on my MOC pages. http://mocpages.com/moc.php/390298

For those of you that want some music, movies, apps, whatever. Here is a chance to get an iTunes card at 20% off.

This is the perfect pic for DNIIM's A-Wing deal Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I posted this for "various reasons"

This isn`t the thread for a debate on "Collecting/Hobby vs Investment", so I`ll keep my comment as short and close to the point as possible. There are folks who fit solely into each of those categories, and others who sort of span the gap and fill both. If your goal is to solely make money, and who do not give a second thought to collecting or building, your perspective is going to be different than someone who fills the opposite category, and vice-versa. I`d also argue there are several sub-categories under each of those. For collecting/hobby: completists, minifigures collectors, entire set builders/collectors, sealed box collectors, etc. For investment: mainly flippers and long/longer term holders. I`ll focus on the second set of categories for the moments. Some people view this as a means to make quite a bit of money through the long term, thus holding their sets long for maximum profit or in other words increase wealth/capital. Others do this on the side as a means to make a quick buck here and there. Even still, there are plenty of people who aim to sell as a business and in most cases flip/sell other non-Lego items to do so. It should be obvious that everyone is going to approach this, like almost any other investment, through a different POV, sometimes a drastically different one. To say that someone else`s decision to buy or sell is stupid/insane/wrong only works if you understand the approach they are taking. As an example, someone buys a set for $100, sells it 6months later for $150, knowing full well it could be worth $200-$250 a year later. If the goal of that person was to maximize profit while doing minimal work, then it would be justified to say their choice was stupid. Of course it was! Why would they do such a thing? Unless perhaps they had different goals. They wanted a short term flip for optimal cash flow perhaps, and in that 6month span were able to flip more product with that cash and thus exceed the $50-$100 difference. There is just no way to tell for sure. Bottom line there are different approach, and you have to look and see where someone else is coming from. Now of course, there is just plain stupid, and there is tons of that around, far more than the presence of reason I`ve mentioned, but hopefully someone gets the point. Don`t always assume someone doesn`t know what they are doing, 8/10 times maybe they don`t, but 2/10 just might, and it`s not fair to toss them in with the rest. And also, it really is tasteless IMHO to insult someone out of ignorance because you (generally) don`t know where they are coming from. It`s fine to not know, but anyone who wants to point a finger at the other guy should maybe stop and consider that they just might hold a perspective that is valuable/optimal for them, even if it is not in agreement with your own.

This coming from a man who is selling their SSD for $2499 as per the price fixing conversation... Who has a bottomless well of finances? Why would I even discuss affiliate marketing if I had such a thing? It's the casual investors that click on the links. The experienced investors are clicking on their own affiliate programs(like ebates) to collect a few extra dollars, thus avoiding ours. But I guess I'm just a fool with no knowledge of how affiliate marketing works. We track everything a person does on this site. What links they click or don't click. What features they use or don't use. We also know if you use our affiliate links or don't. He was the one who mentioned affiliate commissions in the first place and was offended by an off the cuff comment. Do you want honest feedback on investing or some fluff that promotes buying the wrong sets for the sake of our affiliate accounts? I called the idea of flipping a possible retired SSD for $100 stupid...Sorry. It is. If the SSD is indeed retired, where will a person find a set with that sort of investment potential again? Flip some terd of a set on Amazon for a couple of bucks if that is what you want to do, not an SSD that can triple in value in two years if it is indeed retired. If a person cannot afford to have a $400 set sit in their closet for a couple of years, then maybe it's time to reevaluate career choices and/or investment methods. It is not an insult or personal if one cannot afford $400 to put away, but one has to seriously look at their finances to see if LEGO investing is a prudent choice of wealth management. As for your whole rant about me insulting a particular member, without actually mentioning someone's name or specific activity...just stop there. Please. No one person was pointed out in any way. Stoltzj77 made the comment that brought attention to himself. I was responding to a generic response from waddamon that didn't mention names either. If your reading comprehension is weak, then maybe you should reread the thread to see where I insulted any one person directly. I didn't. Let me apologize once again to all of you flippers out there who chose to sell this set for $700 or less. I'm so sorry for calling you brainless. There, are you happy now? Please go back to your SOLD OUT/CALL FOR AVAILABILITY discussion...

Ed has the troll award for a reason.

LEGO Batmobile, from Batman: The Animated Series by Pellaeon, on Flickr

Well a lot has been going on in the past 24 hours. Certain things are still a mess and I still have a bit of clean up to do. I don't believe that the site has propagated around the world yet, so there are probably a bunch of users that are not able to see the site yet. Hopefully by tomorrow, that will be done and everyone will be back on. Even though things aren't the way I want them, this becomes a good time for me to start making changes that were planned in the future. Here are a few updates: eBay/Price Guide Data: Well I finally learned that the main eBay site and all of it's global sites did a bunch of category changes and did not notify it's third party companies like Terapeak. We are not the only ones that are waiting on data. I was told it is of course a top priority and I will let you know when I actually get it. Brickpoints: Ed and I have decided that we will be discontinuing the Brickpoints program. Brick Classifieds will not rely on Brickpoints. For those of you that are over 5,000 points, we will be in touch to give options and claim some set, gift card or something you will appreciate for all your hard work. Wordpress: I officially hate Wordpress Wordpress has been hosting our blog articles, but it has been a nightmare with the logins and just an extra added server and cost. Blogs will be converted to a simple CMS that I have created and content will created by a group of editors. Moving forward, we will be working on focused content. Brick Classifieds: I need to settle this server stuff first, but I think there may be a shot that a few may get access at the end of the week or next weekend. Site Update: For a while I have been working on a site update that will focus more on what people come here to see and getting it ready for the classifieds. We know most are interested in The forum, Daily Deals, other discounts, classifieds, Brickfolio, etc. It will be more simple, easier to view on mobile devices and by removing some of the extra stuff it should be a more enjoyable experiences. Now will this server blowup, you might start to see some of these updates creep their way in sooner rather than later. We appreciate everyones patience.

Of no significance I'm sure but I just scored 2 SSDs from LEGOLAND discovery gift shop in Chicagoland. They got 4 in today (I had put my name in for them to call me if they got more). They put one on hold for me and one was left on the shelf. It is possible they have another one or two in back, might be worth a call if someone is a Chicago BPer.

If nobody picks the winner, it will come down to who had it "most close." Someone will win.

GE back up at Walmart..

Thanks to all participating and many thanks to generous sauromosis, who is ready to part with the price for the contest. Here is my entry: 1. The winning country --------> Brazil 2. The runner up -----------------> Spain 3. Final score of the final match (tie breaker) -------> 2:1 4. Pick the matchup of the third place game (last tie breaker) ---> Italy-Germany (Italy winning 2:1) Having only a few (dozen) participants gives a good chance of winning and this is interesting. Again, thanks for setting up the contest!

A DS and some more...

Didn't you say the same thing when everyone was offloading their Crawlers to a certain schmo for $500 each? It may end up looking stupid if TLG does not ship future batches of SSD to ******. America, but if they do it will look genius. Either way it is probably smarter to let someone else make the disparaging remarks rather than one of the site owners, especially when there is no confirmation whatsoever that TLG intends to hoard the new run of this set for Europe and Asia only (infact I would guess ******. America gets the lion share of 10221s after August).

You can copy/paste my template if you like: MEDICAL BILLS = LEGO SALE ($1) I need money ASAP for an operation and need to unload my lego collection. All items are 50% off MSRP. Would prefer to sell as lot but buyout offers for everything considered. (long list of uber rare / old / retired stuff goes here) I work days so please call after 10pm @ xxx-xxx-xxxx. DO NOT EMAIL. Thank you for helping me through this difficult time!

5 boys?! wow. I'm caving in Friday My son asked last night if we can just open the box to see the instructions but not the bags haha.

Shucks, this thread finally has some interesting back and forth conversation since page 7 or 8.

That is true. Once a troll, always a troll. The best trolls troll people without them knowing it.

You are taking a harmless sarcastic joke by Ed way to seriously. It wasn't even directed to you personally so I don't know of why you are getting so bent out of shape. Also none of us have ever attacked people who choose different investing strategies. We are a tight nit group here and every members comments and investing strategies are welcome here. So really man just lighten up a little. You are taking it way to personal.

I am on record supporting fees for this site. This is a great site and I hope it continues to grow and provide the great services that brought me here. Which is why it is so disappointing to hear moderators and even a site owner express disdain for people like me. My goals and strategies are different than a pure investor's, and if that means I'm not welcome here then so be it, I can leave. I'd rather not, but I can. It's not a threat as I am not in a position to make threats. It is just a statement - if I'm not welcome here because my goals aren't the same as yours, I can leave. And being called brainless or told that my strategy is stupid does not make me feel welcome. Bottom line is, everything you said about the site is true - and since revenue is so important, I am curious as to why people like me who faithfully contribute to the site's revenue streams (and are willing to go even farther by paying for a subscription) would be treated less than, shall we say, civilly. Having spoken my piece, I will now retreat into my loser brainless directionless hole and leave all you smart savvy people to your smart savvy business.

Well here is a larger better version of the same image then at a resolution of 1024 x 768.

Hard to tell what's all there. I know that you aren't gonna get what their worth selling them garage sale style.

you've got the guys address, report him to his local police, or go beat the kids ass yourself if you're close enough

Why can't you contact Apple and have them freeze the funds from that code? Report it stolen. You have the numbers, and they will be able to trace it to an Apple ID, if it was used. Provide Ebay with that Apple ID, and maybe they can bust the guy.

Appeal any negative feedback. Ebay has little patience for habitual negative feedback or ratings. Likely they will see the pattern with this buyer and remove the feedback. It might not hurt to call ebay's customer service. As useless as they usually are, reporting a scammer might pique their attention. Might.

If two stadiums burn down and someone gets shot for scoring in their own goal I better win something.

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)

Tonto say, get eyes checked kimosabe

I really need glasses. I thought the title said "Hello from TONTO".

<--------------- Backs out of thread slowly........

Calm down dude its not that serious......just sayin.

The story of my life.

Yeah even back in the hay day of Lego investing I can't think of a set that doubled right after retirement. EOL fever doesn't lend itself to rational thinking sometimes :)

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.

My wife gt me the Simpson House for my Birthday (One I will actually plan to build) Kids got me the 60057 Camper Van I got two simpson minifigure packages I will be building this weekend!!!!

Mine is the 10188 Death Star. With its limited production and not being in the market very long I'm sure no one else has one or more of these.