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People who keep saying Lego hates resellers are starting to be a pet peeve of mine. From a finance perspective, the reason why Lego bans some people from retail purchasing is simple: to force resellers to become an official Lego reseller, which benefits Lego even MORE than having their products sold via retail. I manage 3 shifts and inventory control for a very large online retailer. When I need more labor, I offer voluntary overtime to 50 or so associates. Many of them ask if they can come in for only 1/2 of a day to work overtime. I tell them no and that it is a full day of overtime or nothing. Using the logic of many of you on these forums, that means that I am against employees getting overtime. That's the exact opposite. I know more than 50% of them will settle for coming in for a full day, which gives me more labor overall. It is the exact same logic for Lego. They think by trying to round up resellers into their official program, they will benefit more down the road, as well as keep sales for its end consumers more constant and easier to forecast. It does NOT mean they hate resellers.

Because it's what's on the inside that counts. Everyone knows this...especially ugly people.

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I wanted to construct a tree that would look good standing next to my Haunted House for Halloween. Please give me some input if you see areas where I could improve. I may put a few hanging vines on later. Not sure if there is actually a way to link to the 3d model or not. 196 pieces. Here is a screenshot I took.

Got my one TB during the Friday deal and I'm extremely impressed! It's minty fresh! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

This set is a winner in 2015.

We will jump with joy about this set in another 2 years or drain our sorrows together. A-lot is riding for many on this underrated set.

Here is more of what I would try and Bricklink:

Hide them behind SSDs... They'll protect you...

I doubt it has anything to do with becoming an ITD. First, if you become an ITD you don't get much of a deal, and then you have to pay their inflated shipping/freight, which basically negates the wholesale pricing. Second, you have no idea when or if you will get what you order. I have had orders open for 8 months, and they will send 1 of this, 3 of that, 25 of this, etc. Third, it is very tough to become an ITD as you need a BM location. The minimum order requirements are easy, but they removed the option for online only retailers a year or two back, and I'm quite certain it is still that way. So there is no reason for a reseller to want to buy direct. Not to mention almost 100% of the resellers fit the profile of not being able to meet Lego's minimum requirements of needing a physical store front. I believe they don't like resellers for the simple fact that they want the product to be available to the end user. The end user who might walk in a buy one of this, or that, and a few of these, etc. And before you know it you have a shopper who has spent more time in the store and more money on regularly priced items. As compared to the reseller who is looking for only the discounted/hot items, and spends 1 minute in the store. You get no add on purchases from a reseller, and they can only really make your brand look bad (oos instances and inflated prices, thus damaging brand image down the road). It's the same as any other retailer that dislikes resellers. It doesn't make a lot of financial sense to ban somebody who spends more money than 99% of the people who shop there but they still do. And they all do it. To date I'm pretty sure the only stores I have not been banned/blacklisted from is Sam's, Lego (which is miraculous, but probably has to do with how much I used to order from back in the phone special days) and most of the overseas places.

I you were old, that would have made Ed ancient

I uses to get all psyched up for an auction conclusion, but in my old age, I like to stick to Buy It Nows if I really want something. I just don't have the patience to wait like I used to. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

How do you know when you buy a set that it won't be re-made two years later?

So the two came in a Lego packing box, looking fresh as can be. The other three in a box 2x the size of the tower bridges (didn't know boxes that big exists) with two surprisingly mint . The third set is open on one end, seals not cut but never ever placed on the top of the flap. I'll have to try and get a replacement. Damage is one thing but an opened box is another story

List as new, but damaged box and let the market decide.

Except when you want to observe the effect of SSD colliding with DS...

How'd you like this as a centerpiece?

Regarding 4, I don't think the build is that fragile, the only thing that has a tendency of breaking on mine is the back part of the cockpit, and adding a technic axle solved this issue. UCS sets never have any playability and people expect them to be large. These issues won't have an affect on the price of this set.

If you have the ebay bucks promo right now, the $359.99 Playstation 4 from altatac becomes $309.59 after quadruple bucks + extra 5% on ebay deals + extra 1% from Bill Me Later. Pretty nice compared to $399.99 + tax from a local store.

I can check after a week only. I dropped into the shop to check on things before I went on vacation.

Thank you for the info!

If you didn't get the very essence of my post, then it's pointless to give you more arguments. Thanks God companies are not run with such mentality, otherwise they would be extinct by now.. They don't have a competition in the "bricks set" type of play. But in kid's toys, the competition is very fierce. Yes for the cell phones. If the logic of "never retire or improve something that sells well" was right, we would still be with Nokia 3310s. Absolutely. Kids are over saturated with Toys nowadays, even to the point - spoiled. Way too many choices and over abundant market, especially in the western world. Sometimes parents have to hide little toddler's toys and re-introduce them to the kids months later otherwise interest to play with all gets lost. So in terms of competition its never been as hard. Toys are getting less and less expensive with the cheap labour coming from China and other countries in the region and to be competitive you really have to dig in deep to find out what the kids need nowadays. I am not even mentioning things like game consoles etc.. Anyway, in the last decade it seems Lego has found its Mojo... By the way, when I was a kid, I had a few toys only. One of them was a tiny Technic set. I looked well after it as it was super expensive and I knew I can't have another one. Back on the 10221 Super Star Destroyer, what's the status of the UK market? Any SSDs in the shops?

It has to be online. The reason I got the $20 back in points for $20 purchase is my Kmart is closing so they no longer accept SYW coupons Interesting theory buy something other then lego from kmart

I don't agree, Lego has plenty of competition - all the other toys out there. Remember, Lego's primary customer are not AFOLs, they are kids and teens. They need to keep the product line fresh so that kids keep asking their parents for Lego as opposed to other toys. I can tell you, as a former kid, it works. They used to stick product catalogs in Lego sets during the 80's and 90's that showcased all the current and future sets that were coming out that year. Those new sets always made my birthday and Christmas list. I had few toys other than Lego growing up, simply because I didn't ask for anything else. If Lego starts to appear dull or boring, kids will gravitate to action figures or something else that piques their interest.

Anyone with $20 eBay coupon can pair it with this deal to get a $100 TRU GC for $65. Immediate 35% off before any coupons. Now to the Daily Deals thread to find a TRU coupon to drive that purchase price even lower...

Made a new Desk Decor for 'Murica's favorite holiday, "Drunken Fireworks night"

The guys is truly a joy to watch.. He is very colorful ... Good games by Mexico. Brazil and the Netherlands did well too... Interesting to see if Costa Rica finishes first tomorrow , the second in the group to play Columbia and then mostly likely brazil . So a Brazil v Italy in the quarters is likely but we got a minute before getting to that. Cheering for Ivory Coast to make to the next round, Drogba deserves one last hurray .

As in smut or as in not washing hands after number 2 ?

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Is that a Tower Bridge, or are you just happy to see me?

He is! Didn't you see one of his "awards"?

Most definitely, why else would I not buy it......I mean it was a steal at 329.00

Why are you even inside a TRU?

Why does any company retire any product? Because they want to arouse people's attention and get them to spend money on NEW PRODUCT! Why do electronics companys release new cell phones and TVs, why are there new car models coming out all the time etc. every year while the models from last year did already (and still) work perfectly? Because people love NEW stuff! Maybe this aspect is part of the answer to why the Death Star survived for so long, some kind of "vicious" cycle - it sold very well, so LEGO decided to keep it a little longer and not to release a new set of that size, so people bought more and LEGO decided again not to retire it for another year, so people bought more... and so on; because it is a very attractive set, sales remained at a very high level over the years - which seems to be quite exceptional, otherwise the DS would not have been there so long. But NOW there is the Sandcrawler - a NEW PRODUCT of comparable size. I DO really think they released it to replace the DS. They cannot keep to many different sets on the shelves at the same time. I think LEGO looks at the sales of every exclusive maybe twice a year or so to decide, if the numbers are still good enough to let this or that set live longer or retire it. What other logic would there be to it? It has to be simple math most of the time imo: "If a set goes below xyz sales per month/6months/year then it will be retired, because the demand is too low now and people seem to want something new".

Here is the preliminary count I have so far, though some are dependent on the discount we can get: 2 - 46andTWO 2 - Alpinemaps 1 - @rtisan 2 - chillmodious 1 - darksam007 1 - Dredgen 1 - dutchmaster305 1 - exciter1 2 - gorbasho 2 - Huskers1236 4 - jaisonline 2 - Jimking23 2 - jjsrt8 2 - johnwray 1 - legodad 1 - naf 1 - NJHitmen 1 - rubysue74 2 - sabojj 1 - stephen_rockefeller 4 - supergtp1 1 - tipup420 2 - varmintt 39 sets total Going to send another email over to NACM as I still haven't heard back. I'll ask them about tiered pricing

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Rancor Pit : 3/box

People who are cruel to animals of any sort, I hate them and can conceive plenty of not nice activities to play out on them.

79007 - Battle at the Black Gate:#1. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags + 1 tiny bag for Gandalf's hair + 1 box for all three capes)#2. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags + 1 tiny bag for Mouth of Sauron's helmet)#3. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags)#4. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags)1 small double-pouch bag for eagle1 6x24 dark bluish gray plate2 instruction booklets (#1 & #2)TOTAL = 4 numbered bags + 1 unnumbered bag

4866 the Knight Bus from Harry Potter = 3 numbered bags

3 bags= 7786 Batcopter The Chase for Scarecrow 5 bags = 7888 The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise

Lol had to get off the internet yesterday because I recorded all the World Cup games and didn't want them spoiled. That count is correct and mine is complete!!! 6 #1s 6 #2s 7 #3s 7 #4s 2 unnumbered bags - one has 7 brown baseplates and 8 grey 2x10ish pieces, the other some longer technic pieces I believe. 2 big blue baseplates and a smaller blue baseplate and a small brown baseplate. So 28 bags altogether and 4 lose baseplates. My wife wanted this set. Super lucky as I only paid 170$ for it.

76000 = 6

76013 - 2 per box

Its 5 am, didn't know this part of the day existed but now I do thanks to my daughter

We took my wife to the hospital thinking her water broke (were expecting next month) and the cha-ching went off while we were in the exam room! I of course had to check it! Hahahaha she shot me a look that could kill

It's in the new LEGO catalog. It's not retiring. Sorry.

Maybe. It probably created a few a resellers, too, though.