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If he watches closely, we usually only take this stance against the Canadian members.

This is how we dealt with having three corner buildings.. A pedestrian corridor! The Parisian Restaurant will go next to the Fire Brigade. (We're in the planning stages of moving our city to a dedicated space in the basement which will allow us to get even more creative with the layout. We'll probably do a two-sided city and modify the subway to have stops at each end of the city.)

I wanted to use light bley arches, she wanted beige. Guess who won. Supporting the modulars was quite the discussion.. I originally wanted to just build a wood frame underneath and have a facade (faster, cheaper) but that also got shot down. It is 100% lego underneath. I took some pictures a long time ago of it in progress, but alas I cannot find them. It's simply 4x4 columns of bricks spaced anywhere from 4-6 studs apart with 2x6+ or 1x6+ beams connecting them. The straight run of tunnel in the back is all partial arches with beams locking everything together. The hard part was going over the curved tunnels as some of those spans were more than 16 studs. I used technic beams and lots of pins to create some strength but it's not nearly as strong. We then covered it in plates to lock it all in place. A better close up of the arches Our subway stop (we live on a street called Home St) The subway entrance (ps: ignore the star wars/ninjago battle - we do let the kids play with the city).

It's already planned...

"Choppers" shipped. I swear Kmart, if you really deliver some Choppers I might actually visit one of your fine retail locations.

Anyone feel free to let me know if you need any help finding the "unsubscribe from this thread" link.

I have the new price guide updating in the background. I do have the latest in for the SSD. I thought it would be good to just throw a snapshot of it as of July 2014 in there so then we can watch and see what happens when the December data comes out and then we can compare to what is going on then.

Now unless you are building one or buying a few to hopefully sell these on ebay for Christmas, you shouldn't be buying any, these should be out a solid 3 years, you should be buying,GE,HH,DS,Camper,Toert Bridge.

Just finished building this sexy piece of lego. It was such a fantastic build. Very awesome snot techniques. It's a little unfortunate that the wheels can't turn, but it is such a phenomenal display piece. And it helps I had 130 in vip points lol.

Went to the local Lego Store today and picked up the Light Repair Truck and my first PAB cup. I am stopped in the middle of my build because it is my helpers name time. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Got a package today. I have no idea what I ordered. Wife gave me a dirty look. Need her to go away so I can open my surprise. Feels like Christmas Update: Ssd ordered Saturday morning arrived today. Wow super fast shipping from tru. Box condition: mint as hell. They even put air bubbles in the pacakage. Honestly the box was close enough in surprised they put them in there. Overall: 9 out of 10

Well to be honest I don't like it, I think the huge motor hiding the pilot angle of view is dumb... There are stickers with flames and a head skull, but what else ? Maybe the fact that 6 motors are included ? Not sure that it will add some great value (plus these can be found elsewhere). It reminds me the Lego Racers theme (somehow)... Small sets ? No, but it can vary. Only sets with interesting parts (big wheels, caterpillar tracks...) may be interesting. I mainly invest in sets with power functions because you can't get enough of power functions when you are a lego technic fan -which means you are an advanced builder- And biggest sets because they are bad-asses, have big parts and -as always- power function. Otherwise, sets that are compatible with power function (but don't include the motor): sets that are "power function ready" (ready... to receive one). I have to insist, it's very important, so much that these motors are best sellers in my country on amazon (17th best seller in construction toys, including legos, playmobils...). http://www.amazon.fr/gp/bestsellers/toys/363514031/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_t_1_2_last Yeah, better than a lego city fire brigade. I can't say anything more. But be careful, technic sets are mainly seeked after in europe, so choose your sets wisely... (after all, maybe you're right to look at that hotrod, as an US reseller ?) Yes that's the great part for technic sets (in investment I mean), there are no surprises and you can easily have your eyes caught by retired sets still on shelves of a B&M shop because it's 2 years for all sets, except for the biggest one which stays for 3 years. On spring/summer 2014 you can find sets from: =>2014 + 2013 + the 2012 biggest set On spring/summer 2015 you will find sets from: =>2015 + 2014 + the 2013 biggest set On spring/summer 2016 you will find sets from =>2016 + 2015 + the 2014 biggest set and so on... So to finish this muddled post , IMO you can look at that set but whatever you will invest in or not, you have up to the end of 2015 to search for deals. And before that, look on amazon to see if it's a good seller or not (and brickpicker stats of course, to see if it's seeked after or not).

Wait what? Mods are human? Not buying it dude!

54 40 or fight!

It won't affect 7784 because they are completely different design. I think It will hurt 7888 badly.

I need to perform a test here to try and help resolve the duplicate/triplicate issues that have happened on the phone apps. It seem that if it takes longer to submit a reply or we get those errors it may have to do with these larger threads that have a lot of followers that get email replies. To conduct a test, I have removed all the followers from this thread (please feel free to add yourself again), I just need to test when the amount is much smaller. I want to see what happens for a bit with a lower amount. According the the people that make this forum, this has been fixed in version 4.0. Thanks --Note-- Just submitting that reply without the followers was very fast compared to when it had 140 or more.

Just built the 8087 Tie Defender I've had on a shelf for over a year. I was an X-Wing vs Tie Fighter fanatic back in the day and getting to build this ship was like a trip back in time. I'm impressed that this set was ever commissioned as it never appeared anywhere else but in that video game over 15 years ago. I still have another one for sale sometime. The only thing that could have made this set better would be an Admiral Thrawn minifigure.

I happen to think that the mods do quite a good job of managing these threads. It's a forum about collecting and investing in Lego. At times the threads go off track and the mods tow it in. I've been on various forums and one thing they've all suffered from was a lack of moderator intervention. You don't get that here, it's a well run site.

So, i got 4 in the last week and ordered 2 yesterday evening. But today, i got an extra mail from LEGO, that "you have got 4 before and so we decrease your order to 1 ssd, to not overlimit your order ..." ****. Haven

Hey! The banner on top of the page didn't lie! The Tumbler is listed on the Shop @ Home site: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Tumbler-2014-850919 :D

Some of us Americans stay up all night, keeping a watchful eye.....

I think you should be more positive about the appreciation of this big bad ass set! Here on the UK eBay, there is only one seller that undermines the prices. Currently selling at the region of

As Pseudoty said. $113.40 was the final. New newbie mistake of combining the percentages rather than one after the other. The 30% did work. Cashier didn't even bat an eye. I looked and there is nothing on there about Lego, just applies to anything in "Toys". The box was pretty banged up. I went to a further out store and this was the last one. Seal code is 31M1. Here are shots. > > >

Terry, I'll setup another lemonade stand and get some of those flippable Tommy Hilfiger underwears. We might be able to go halfsies if things go my way. I call the odd pages and you can have evens and the sea monkeys ad on the inside back cover.

I just hope S@H brings them back at 50% off again. One more time!

The first picture contains Ahsoka's Jedi Starfighter from 7751. For the second, you are correct about the parts being from 8016. Also in the second picture the light gray disc thing with dark blue and light gray round tiles w/ stickers appears to be the clone wars droid gunship, set number 7678. As for the third picture, as you said it is a train station and I believe it to be set number 7997. Also, a portion of it, the one with the white window, amd the one with the big black slopes are from set number 4996. Now as for the final picture, everything is from the Clone wars Republic Gunship, set number 7676. Also, in the first picture the mostly white wings are also from 7676. I cannot identify the rest of the things in the first two pictures though. My apologies. I do hope you found this helpful, it is a really nice find. Hopefully you have the figures.

it has been down for a while now

Only Sears Tower. It's amazing how much that thing moves when you're at the top. Was not prepared for that.

Great setup! Maybe I'm just a little jaded by living in a big city for so long, but there needs to be at least one homeless man panhandling on that street. >_> I'm thinking about doing something similar. I built the Cafe Corner recently and my 3 1/2 yr old daughter just loves it. Maybe when both my kids are older they can help me with the display.

This set will not get discounted. Your best bet would be to wait until Double VIP points in October at LEGO Shop @ Home.

try to haggle and ask for discount if you buy more than one. Tell them it is an old set... bla bla bla

Didn't we just see this somewhere else?

Yes. You. Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Brickpicker

How do americans say ? "giggity" ?

If emazers sells his stockpile of SSD within the next few days then he would be able to buy this! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Just to be clear: in theory, Express Mail will satisfy the signature requirement. It is in practice that it does not. It's easy to verify this; ship to another country using USPS Express Mail, then check the tracking info online and see if you can pull up the recipient's signature. In my experience, this is impossible. In fact, I have never even had Express Mail parcels be scanned on delivery. The parcels arrive; but it is only the recipient's honesty that protects the seller. The Global Shipping Program would be a different story. In theory, you are covered if you can get your parcel to the US distribution center. There are however other reasons not to use it (read the complete terms of the program at eBay's web site). Different sellers might be comfortable with different levels of risk; people who haven't shipped a large, expensive set overseas, though, should be aware of the potential pitfalls (notably including lack of signature confirmation with USPS).

Why would you ship this thing internationally anyway but gsp? You get it to Kentucky safe and then the rest is up to eBay. They screw up and you still get paid. Sounds like a win to me

did you read my blog? plenty of advice there - still valid with some of the EOL sets retired since then and appreciating enjoy the read http://blog.brickpicker.com/lego-architecture-building-profits-foreclosure/

I know you US guys do not care anymore now it is retired over there. But for us europeans it is still alive and kicking. But the end is also nigh over here I guess. Retailers over here still carry it. I am wondering how many are left here. It will probably take quite some time before it is sold out cause over here Star Wars is just not as big as in the US. Maybe once the news about retirement in the US arrives here it will go faster (I hope). Probably will order a SSD or two instead of the Tumbler. That one can wait till Xmas.

For those that have not followed this thread from the beginning, here's a summary: Wada wada blah blah wada wada blah blah.. memes.. jokes.. pictures.. videos.. insults.. SW quotes... advice... Holleman67: its retired! Wada blah blah.. thanks... wada.. BTW this is one of the most educational and fun topic here, for me at least.

And people still blasted stephen_rockefeller's simple yet effective solution to the iPhones problems, why ???

Besides the amount of attention all this theft is bringing to Lego

Oh you apple fan boys bless your hearts.

walmart only puts cameras up if the employees in the store are talking about unionizing

Think Lego Hulk and the Exo Suit team were accomplices?

And an update of the frequency graph showing numbers retired by month:

Maybe, however this set has been a poor performer so far and it's debatable whether they'll be much demand for it. You may have to be patient to get those prices, I think it's a bit of a turkey.

It was in January. And it was some old space sets, a 928, 6970 & 6980 I think. Came to approx 2.2kg and about