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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

Ed, from my experience selling on eBay, the typical buyers are too lazy to spend 3 seconds to browse pictures and read the descriptions. BrickClassified looks good and all but if you expect typical buyers to work then about 50% of them will leave without buying anything. First impression is everything, IMHO

I'm, sorry my neighbors to the north. We just recently lost the two Kmarts that I went to around here - I have other options but losing a store sucks. Seeing empty buildings sucks, losing jobs sucks. There is just no other way around it. - It sucks.

More X-Wings for $95 Millennium Falcons for $220 Iron Patriot poly for $30 - These slowed down a bit before Thanksgiving.

I hope so! That would be awesome.

It appears 2nd release is completed and no further releases anticipated (by LEGO Shop at Home at least). With the new set hitting 10k for review already within 45 days, there's clearly a demand for this and could itself become a series of vignettes. Despite the flood Sales Rank continues and still commands price premium. That's more than one can expect post holidays. If I see these in the wild, would still get them....and sitting on a small mountain already.

Cool. Never saw a French version before. On a side note, the kid's robot in MASK might be JJ Abram's inspiration for the infamous droid on a ball in SW VII

Visited 3 Target stores yesterday and today, and finally found the meaning of that mysterious grey dot on the price tag: a gentleman working in Target told me that means "this thing is out of stock and will not be re-stock".

Built Elsa's Castle with my daughter today, 5th birthday present. Glad I grabbed one in late December when they showed up, haven't seen one since.

I prefer: Who doesn't want to wake up every morning to sweet Fallingwater?

No. It's gone. Forever. WORLDWIDE

$10 off on a $30 set ? It's sweet. The taller version is sweet too, but the window/door is too big IMO It would have been better to hide the top and bottom window of this door, to have just a skylight. TOK: Next step: build this MOC and crush it with your bare hands ^^

For what it's worth, I actually did the series with my kid and have learned quite a bit. It's shifted the way I look at and approach building lego. I'm quite confident in my ability to build nice MOCs on the fly. I have a few ideas that I'm sorting through, to possibly refine and submit one of, to Lego Ideas. And maybe my idea ends up being great or maybe it ends up being crap, the point is that it's not something I would have attempted to accomplish before doing the MBAs. To me anyhow, I, by far, learned more from these sets than any large build. To each their own.

Haha! That makes more sense.

Pfew... luckily it is not called the sky net.

If you are a cold hearted investor: keep it sealed. If you are a fan of lego and love building: open it and enjoy the build. Rather sooner than later cause it will get harder to open it every day that passes.

6 months ago would have been much better

HH getting a spike in sales and value before halloween is 100% true in the US. In Europe it is a different ball game. Here the HH is wanted all year around. TH will beat HH due to being more scarce at the moment. After a couple of years I guess HH will join TH again up in the high.

Hahaha, why am I not surprised? I think if it was just a little more muted, it would be better. Most of the colors are of a pastel variant and this one just screams "Whoa, I don't belong."

I don't think your crazy because I think you should build it

This isn't a big thing but THANKS for having the 'track package' link redirect to the carrier website instead of creating your own internal system like Amazon. I dislike that Amazon, and now eBay, only show you part of the shipping information.

You're welcome.

They don't want to go for the investor's jugular because LEGO enjoys having the LEGO secondary market strong and the values high. One affects the other, regardless of the bans. As I stated to another member recently, if LEGO destroys the secondary market, the perceived value of new sets will suffer greatly. The secondary market LEGO prices are the main reason LEGO can charge(and get it) $400.00 for a box of ABS plastic and Mega Bloks and Kreo-O cannot. The rise of LEGO to #1 stature in the world of toy making and profits walked hand in hand with eBay and the explosion of secondary market sales. As eBay became more popular, LEGO followed suit. Don't let anyone tell you different. Sure, there was a change to a more adult oriented style of set(UCS...Modular...Advanced Models), but did anyone ever really think why LEGO went that route? LEGO likes to ban certain VIP members because they want to make a point of not being excessive and to stop competing with them with currently available sets. As for a new Falcon, I guess the rumor is of a large Falcon playset that will replace the 10188. Even if it's a new 10179, could you blame LEGO for redoing the set? People have had plenty of time to make a profit from that set. Time for another generation of resellers to take advantage of a new version.

That box is big enough for a body.

Are you sure that that is chocolate?

I received a nice "Thank You" card from Gavin's family today. I might try to scan it later and post it here.