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Gavin's father reached out to me today. They are organizing a fund raiser to help pediatric patients at the local hospital. It will involve a LEGO build event with all sorts of activities for children and families, including Star Wars and Disney characters. Their foundation is called Gavin's Warriors and I am honored to be asked to volunteer. He also shared this picture of Gavin with his minifigure shelf. Helping Gavin was one of the highlights of the year for me in 2014. Thanks again to all my fellow Brickpickers who helped make it happen.

Jackpot!!

I bought quite a nice lot on my local craigslist

We define "destroyed" differently.

No, it's not sold out worldwide. But, it's not available worldwide either (in my country it seems to only be found on ebay and marketplaces). It's not retiring !

Did somebody say forever ??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5cTv-XWXI :D

Sold out is not retired

this time I didn't leave any for lil Tim

Also remember its a must have for any Cuusoo/Ideas collector. (that would be me) Also I have one put aside for my daughter when she graduates (she is only 5 now) I think the collectibility of this set has many facets that will keep it popular IMHO

Target was very nice to me today I got a z-95 headhunter for $15, creator fierce flyer $4.50, city light repair truck $3, creator turbo quad $7.50, and a city fire truck for $6

I actually think that would be hilarious ie. "Why the f didn't F retire yet ?"

I'm building 8039 Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser with my son tonight. It was his big gift for his 7th birthday. We built the Chima Sir Fanger's Sabre-Tooth Walker last night.

Doesn't everyone know that magnifico is alpinemap's avatar? I based my entire investment strategy on this!!!!

Wow, that is a long term hold!

You beat me to it by just a few seconds And when I saw it was reserved I knew it could only be you. Nice one! Congratulations!

I didn't think 10179 needed any explanation. Or at least it shouldn't on this website;)

Well here's a real kick in the bricks. Earlier it was reported the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has stated that The Lego Movie is not considered one of the five best animated films for 2014. Instead the film gets nominated for an Oscar in Best Original Song with of course "Everything Is Awesome". The five animated films which did make the list are The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Big Hero 6, Song of the Sea, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. I will admit those are all good although I haven't seen the last three yet. Actually I didn't even know Song of the Sea and Princess Kaguya were out yet. Still by comparison, I don't quite see how The Lego Movie wasn't up to snuff with the likes of Big Hero 6 for example. Ah well, not like I need some institution to tell me how awesome The Lego Movie is. And for those who didn't 'get' The Lego Movie, well, sucks to be you.

Sold the last 3 of my Kingdoms Chess sets for $130 each. The end of an era. It is going to be weird not to have any chess set in my inventory.

It's unfortunate, but really - no on-line retail presence what were they thinking?

Its still available at Retail cost (& below) in every barnes and noble within 100 miles of me. Sold out is not retired, hold this type of post for a speculation thread, not the official retirement thread. I agree its going soon, but not retired till its retired.

Look at barnes and noble and amazon. That is not worldwide

Yup,if you paid 70 euros for a new one back in the day then depression is definitely not the right term to use!

^ Depends on you perspective.

Pass. Put that money towards something else. I have four of these bought at $13.46 each when Amazon ran a crazy sale over a year ago. I've had them listed on eBay at $25 for a looonnggg time and haven't sold one yet. The only way I'll be able to move them is if I bundle them with other city sets.

4 pack of micro worlds $180, picked up half at shopko for $16 and change yesterday Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

i sold my xwings about a month too soon - amazed at that price. that's awesome!

That's why we refer to him in some circles as El Magnifico.

arms: http://brickset.com/parts/4514195 hands: http://brickset.com/parts/6015891 (can be found in some mixels sets http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6015891 for example)

It seems like the Lego Shop EU Team is just Marking items AS retired, a lot of items like 10221,10211,21103,21102,79008 and a lot More Were removed from their shop site!

We just got "Rickrolled" in an Architecture topic. I didn't see that coming.

unblock-us or similar vpn services ;-)

WRONG Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Lego Shop at Home.

You might be ok, my five tier bridges to one oversized box without packaging turned out not so bad. Here's to hoping Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Brickpicker mobile app

I'm a phillies fan..... I don't wanna hear it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

dude... THATS NOT FUNNY! Amazon just told me that they are shipping my 2 tower bridges, 2 falling waters, and 2 santa workshop together in one big box!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!

I expect to see you in the brickpicker fantasy baseball league this year. And rest assured my fantasy skips are superior to my, lego trivia skills. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

60076 - Demolition Site

3x Town Hall,1x T-Rex Hunter and 1x Pets Shop....very satisfied.... :imsohappy:

Something like this; it was taken before I wrapped the modulars around my Christmas Tree.

Some sideways shots...

I haven't been buying much lately but today I bought the following, all prices in US and tax free. 2x Fallingwater for 180total Willis Tower for 30 2x 60052 Cargo Train for 300 total 2x Rockefeller Center for 67 total Empire State Building for 18 One of these things is not like the other. Ex Astris, Scientia.

The new generation will like OT just as much as the new trilogy. Part of the story, they will watch them. Parents are more likely to buy stuff/pay more if they recognise it. Emotional attachment is important. Regarding UCS sets we won't see any from the new movies in the first few years. LEGO will evaluate their success first. Until then old vehicles are much less risk and still sell just as well or even more. The new movies will get a balanced share from the play sets aimed at children, but because of aforementioned reasons OT sets won't disappear. At least we will be able to always count on the iconic stuff (MF, X-Wing, AT-AT, ISD, etc.) if not on the more obscure ones (B-Wing). What you must not forget is that LEGO will always exploit lingering demand. They are monitoring websites, blogs and forums. They are responding to that demand. If anybody thinks that the recent UCS-s in flashy boxes are the Sandcrawler and Slave I by coincidence is a fool. Rumors about the next big UCS being an AT-AT. They know that they can't release them as IDEAS, but that project signals demand and they just release them as regular sets. This shows that they are responding. So even if there will be some small draught of OT sets in the future people will surely complain about it and LEGO will just release some MF or whatever to cash in. If I want to play the role of the Prophet of Doom then my forecast is that the EP I-III stuff will suffer only significantly, but not to complete disappearance either. It is considered inferior, little to no emotional attachment and just simply uncool. Key parts will return from time to time though, like Darth Maul for instance.

So I had a great weekend building all these pirate ships: Black Pearl, Sea Cow, Queen Anne, Imperial Flagship and Brickbeard's Bounty. I tremendously enjoyde building both POTC vessels, great builds!!

Sometimes, you have to sell for political reasons. Sold a SSD 10221 for $725. Long story: Managed to get a couple of SSDs last month, below RRP. I had to spend some political captial with the wife to make the transaction happen. Since these were taking me over my target number of SSDs, wife insisted that I try to flip one before the end of the year. I agreed to it, and it sold last night. Once she heard what we cleared, after taxes/fees, she was a little disappointed (which is a good thing). It reminded her why we're holding onto to some of these sets. So, I politically won the battle, cleared over $200 for holding onto an SSD for a month, and everyone's happy (more or less).

Thought TRU shipped me a basketball hoop...nope, just 4 lil HLHs...could fit 30 sets in this box. No complaints though, all in decent enough condition:

I regret that I did not take pictures of my Robie House. It arrived in a box 3x larger than the set without filling. It was so thrashed that I just stood there staring at it for minutes, with questions circulating in my mind: Just why? Is there an explanation? Is life worth living? Apparently Architecture sets use premium boxes for a reason, they are part of their appeal. When I took it back to their nearest store the clerk was horrified, he never saw anything like it. He just handed me the cash without a word, his expression told me everything: who the f*** could have been this stupid, seriously?

Here is a picture of the thank you card the family sent: Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Today we gave Gavin his new sets and the minifigure shelf. He was so happy to get the Sea Cow and Ewok Village! You could tell by his reaction those were definitely on his wish list :-) The Super Heroes sets were also a big hit! I want to once again say thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. The family was very grateful for this. We talked a little bit about their plans to begin an annual LEGO based fundraiser to keep the spirit alive. I believe this is the start of something very special. I'll keep everyone here updated as the plans develop. Please keep Gavin and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

The minifig shelf is coming along nicely! We are picking it up this Friday. Guys - great thoughts and ideas on how we can continue to give. The outpouring of support for Gavin has been inspirational for many of us. I think it would be awesome if we could extend that to other youngsters battling an illness.