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Today I went to my parents house and got all of my old Legos. I had the foresight to organize very well before I stopped collecting. These sets are all from the late 80s and early 90s. Most of them are complete with instructions and boxes. There are also a bunch of old Lego Magazines in an envelope. I will be doing inventory, and some building as time permits. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

I am both on and off topic in adding a few thoughts for those people that are upset. Guess what? I got 30 RI's and 16 Exo's. Guess what else? I am not a big time reseller. It is a hobby. I have a lot of fun with it. Most times I don't get tons of deals. What do I do with my Lego finds and profits if I am lucky enough to get in on a wave? I use it to collect for myself, to flip, to long term invest & appreciate. Why? To help make money in order to be able to feed my families Lego habits, other toys and not accumulate debt in the process. For those people who think I acquired too much? Guess what? I offered one member on here that I'll sell them a RI at cost + shipping and in fact that I'd probably take a raw loss on it by a few $ to even help them out. It was for their daughter as a present. Another brick picker is setting me up most likely with the 3 SDCC Lego mini sets from this year at a very fair price. Guess what I did? Offer him two RI's at my cost + shipping and that I'd take a few $ raw loss on it to help him out. I also just got hit with finding out tomorrow I either have a replacement engine in my relatively new car under warranty or I get an $8,000 bill. I do not have $8,000 out of the blue to pay for that and it would take a lot more than 30 RI's to cover that after sales, expenses & taxes. Yes we want to make money. That is being American. Yes we take care of our own. I've already planned to lose real $ on 3 of the 30 RI's that I have gotten. I care about people. I do not know what defines a large reseller or someone who thinks 30 RI's of 16 Exo's is a lot. I have worked very hard constantly monitoring brick picker and many other sites and staying up in the middle of the night to order them. Yes it is hard work. But yes I think you'll find many people here have a heart. I care. Most do. Be kind too. Rewind. Relax.

While I do respect people's opinions, I would have personally kept this one to myself. If one suffers from degrees of mental illness like he did, there is no way you can comprehend what he did. You were not him and have no idea what he went through in his life dealing with it. I am not sticking up for or agreeing with his actions, but I am not going to judge him or anyone else. P.S. I will probably be locking this thread soon since I already have the gut feeling it will go downhill very soon.

That's like telling superman who Clark kent is

Since nobody else seems to want to... (we all know people are getting the email notifications). Supraboy888 is an ex-user from the Vancouver area who boasted time and again about all the good deals he was getting (mostly illegally by failing to declare what he was bringing back at the Can-US border). He then spoke grandiose tales of selling his goods for small fortunes on Kijiji and other local selling sites/markets. When he sold a $20 set for $40 it was $25 of pure profit. (math mistake intentional) But his most famous quote (paraphrased of course) was that he could sell his goods out of his trunk in the TRU parking lot anytime anyplace for more than MSRP like "hotcakes". He has been banned and I can't remember what thread famous brag that was in. I don't remember exactly why he was banned other than he was just a real d*** in the forums. He stills sells locally on Kijiji and from what I understand he sells for quite small margins. I can't speak if you're truly selling them for the markup you've said (only you know the truth) but people are just reminiscing at your expense about a fool of a member. I think the advice here is .. be humble, don't act like a Supraboy888 and we'll all just get along. PS Vancouver does seem like a very good resellers market. There is definitely the population to support some large scale reselling so I'm not doubting you've scored some good deals. Sounds like you're piggybacking your costs onto some business expenses (i.e. gas $) but it never goes over well when people claim it costs them nothing to score such good deals... At a minimum takes "time" which is something not every member has in boat loads, or trunks full.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, my friend...

Is it that trunk sale that runs at certain TRUs near the Canada/US border?

I'm just gonna relax and watch you guys duke it out. My hotcakes are almost done and I don't want a rat to eat them.

I try to be somewhat tactful when I discuss how many sets I buy. It is possible that some members could be less boastful, but the site is about investing and "reselling" so I guess it has its place. The Exo Suit has stirred up some pent up anger and jealousy from certain traditional LEGO fans and collectors. They direct their anger towards our site and members and many of these elitist hypocrites like to preach about resellers as being the antichrists of the LEGO world. Most of us here are bigger fans of LEGO sets than many who condemn us. It used to really bother me, but after watching the site grow over the past three years, I realize that most LEGO fans have an interest in how valuable their LEGO collection is, regardless if they are resellers or not. People care about their value and how to save a buck or two and that is who makes up our membership, not the vocal minority of heavy duty resellers that sometimes dominate the forums. The Exo Suit will be back in stock at some point and things will quiet down again...until the next hot set comes along, then all Hell will break loose once again. Hopefully more people will learn from this experience and realize it takes some effort at times to acquire a popular item and to prepare a gameplay to do so. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

I got everything in except the front center red wedge and the jet for the back. I couldn't wait anymore so I decided to put it together anyway. Sorry for the less than optimal lighting. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

OK got it down. Thanks for patience. Box, Open Box, Stack of 21 super, stack of 9 damaged, and 2 photos of the worst of the 9, only 2 were like this, the others much better. It will nose-dive a little I imagine, want to move them out but not crazy. Will sell the 9 damaged at a discount, have 3 for fellow BP'ers that asked and will sell 10-12 of the remaining 18 great shape ones and then hold the rest.

Tears are welling up in my eyes. Door to door, border to border, post to post, parking lot to parking lot, frying pan to drowned in butter & syrup, resellers cannot be stopped!

Any smart reseller, like ex-member Supraboy, would have carried in 10 Exo-Suits to show them what's up.

In all it's glory. You can see where the gap is missing in the back of the red wedges. Can be solved with a red 2x1 if you don't want exact. Swapped out Robin's arms to light flesh ones with green gloves to better match the 60's outfit. There are no light flesh legs though. Get on that Juniors set people, cause it's gonna be gone before you know it! Thank you again TOK for putting all of this together~!

If you mean take up tons of space, give you a hernia as you carry it into the post office, and leave you lying awake at night after it ships praying that the buyer doesn't open an "item not received" claim against you...don't worry, it will!

I always sort by type using the bricklink categories as a guide. It's very easy to find a black 2x2 corner plate in a sea of similar type/size plates. It's hard to find the same piece in a sea of black.

Some time ago I would have said, start by sorting by color. Now I think it might be better to start sorting by type of brick. It is later easier to find a red brick in a pile of some-color bricks, than finding that red brick in a pile of other red stuff.

KEEP CALM AND BUILD LEGO

It's a french tradition.

Picked this up yesterday locally. Didn't have instructions, but had the box (strange) and is missing a few pieces. They were asking $65, but took $50 right away when I offered. Would have liked to have gotten it for a little cheaper, but seems like a decent buy.

We need a thread to reminisce in at least. I really miss those threads where a certain member would buy every piece of clearance he could then the next day post regretful pictures of his way too full house and wonder what happened. Or the boastful tales of returning mountains of product to the LEGO just to "stick it to the man" because ponytail wouldn't help him out. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Brickpicker mobile app

Thanks for the explanation. That saves a lot of inquiries. Your answer will go over like 5 birds in the hand, hotcakes and syrup and a trunk full of Lego sales.

It's a shame members like Supraboy and TheHobbyRat, etc are no longer around. I am not sure if any one can replace them

TRU parking lot, B-Wing pilots are wearing Exo-Suits, it's craaaaazy!

Nice. Used Hogwarts sets are one of the easiest sellers on Ebay too. You can get 250$ easy for a complete one.

Here is another time lapse build for your viewing pleasure.....

maybe he meant continuous, never ending cough

Funny you mention that because I came across something where a guy goes around to various fast food chains to see if they can make the food look like what is shown on the menu or commercials. Plenty of the comments on YouTube left below it are humorous too. There is a point where we can't really expect something to look precisely as good as it does in the ad but you should end up with something that actually does resemble in some way what you paid for.

I got one research institute in from LEGO Shop at Home! Take that people!

Fianlly finished last weekend. Boy, time sure gets away from you in the summertime. Final bag#7's finish the model.

Three more Hobbit sets...witch king battle....Attack on Lake Town...The Battle of Five Armies. (Azog Minifig) http://www.thebrickfan.com/images-of-lego-the-hobbit-october-2014-wave-surfaces/ Prolly old news to most but shared just in case...

If you want to put up something you didn't get for free I'm down for a wager.

I usually get most of my minifigures from Target because they seem to be the only consistent source in my area. They also seem to randomly get in past series. I just picked up two Series 8 figures yesterday, last week I found a case of movie figures and a few weeks ago they got in 2 cases of Series 9. Something I've noticed is that Targets with certain layouts seem to get the minifigures. We have two types of Targets in my area, one where the Toy Section is immediately on your left when you walk in the store, and the other where it's in the back middle of the store. I've NEVER seen minifigures at the first type, only at the second type. I'm just curious if any one else noticed this or I'm just crazy.

No interest. My brand of sarcasm works best when I am the only one selling it ;)

The rule is "no selling on the forums" There is no rule about "no boasting about the sales"

Why would I ever do that? There is no possible way that SupraBoy888 could exist on this forum again. He has learned his lesson.

I've just started sorting, and I can't find any piece missing yet. So, there will be very few I need for the castle itself. I need a Dumbledore and Finch. All in all, I think I may end up spending another $25-30 max to get everything I need, including instructions.

Nicely put, sir!! Man, I could only afford to get one of each but that's fine......cause that's all I could afford right now. I give props to the people who were able to get a bunch. Maybe after I build up funds and reinvest I'll be able to accumulate more. It's all good and I'm being patient as well. I don't need or want to get in too deep over my head. Well done everyone. For those who scored, congrats. For those who didn't, keep trying. I didn't get mine at the crack of dawn when these were released. I waited like a week after they were released and I was still able to get my order in......let's see if it actually process though.......

I saw the thread for Chapters/Indigo discount codes but Sears.ca has basically the same thing until Aug 14. Code #941612810- $20 off at least $100 purchase (potentially 20% off) Code #941612811- $50 off at least $200 purchase (potentially 25% off) So depending how much you spending between Sears and Chapters you might wnat to compare what deal would work out best for you.

I recently had the same situation. My dad is selling the house so I had to get the legos out or he'd be giving them away. My old sets are all futuron, blacktron, pirates and a few castle. In my memory I'd had the foresight to organize them when putting them away, but in reality all I did was disassemble each set enough to get it in its box and threw extra bits and everything else into my monorail and black seas barracuda boxes since they were the biggest. When I first surveyed what I'd brought home I felt overwhelmed and just put them all aside, but over the past week I've been inventorying and now have everything sorted out. Now I'm just trying to find the last few pieces to each set out of my box of leftover pieces and I'm preparing a small list to bricklink. I have a new found respect for those who buy bulk lots and then sort them. It's a lot of work, and that's with knowing all of the sets I have. I can't imagine doing it when you have to guess at what is there.

Too bad this thread had to be locked because someone's ridiculous comments......here is your 2 cents back no one here wants it. Edit: That comment was literally the only negative comment I've seen today about this tragedy. Looks like someone should evaluate their own life rather that evaluating others.

I finally picked one up today. My first. Probably the last one Legoland California will have. This thing better do what all of you are saying it will do. Lol

Not making a statement on whether Mr. Williams committed suicide or not, - will wait for the final medical opinion. However, as a service member and dealing with suicides - I honestly have compassion for the family but believe the act of suicide is a selfish and cowardly action with no regards to those left behind dealing with the individual's action. Maybe not a popular position but one that I've come to peace with internally and externally. I cannot condone the act nor support any "RIP" comments for an individual taking this path.

The UCS one is and excellent build......how are you comparing them if the tumbler hasn't even been released yet?

Have you seen it built? Its intimidating, imposing. Just beautiful. I think it will do well because of that. I may have peed a little when I saw it.

Well... I think it's time to post this again :

In my country Rudolph is absolutely unkown, and Santa ("P

@legopocalypse - Yes, a prediction is a guess. We were wrong on that prediction that was based on just our opinion. This is different. If this proves to be untrue, then our source will no longer be used. Gotta lot of pressure on us now.

This happens to me a lot! - i wish on the app, they would have something where you could scan a barcode and it will take you to the info page on that set!