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I've been calling all the major retailers and asking them to delete their Death Star listings, as no product with 'Death' in the name is appropriate for kids, and products with 'Star' in the name encourage unwholesome pagan astrological practices. Or so my argument goes. With any luck, Lego will feel the pressure and publicize the retirement date, as they did in the 9516 controversy. Here's hoping!

You get an R5 and you get an R5 and you get an R5

Thanks for the heads up. Now I am currently involved in winning an auction for a complete 2005 edition #10144 Star Wars Jawa Sandcrawler on ebay.

What you're all seeing now is "The dance". Not all sets do this, but once the horde has the scent of EOL on a highly thought of set, it becomes F5 situation. F5 being the refresh key on your browser. Folks hitting refresh over and over to try to find the item available at retail because they dissappear so quickly even alerts won't notice the in-stock moment. R5 is Red Five, which folks thought was Red Alive, but might be Dead Five, it's at the very least F5 for R5. Catch that jive?

They told me there were 1,138 left and then asked me if I was a reseller. Makes me feel like this guy being proded by the LEGO police:

If the Goonies is next, and there isn't a massive pirate ship, I will be greatly disappointed.

Do not get rid of your HH!!

People mention all the time that they charge a handlng fee on orders. It annoys me to know end, but never seems to keep me from using a store for parts. I'm more interested in a fair price for a particular part, as long as it's a reasonable handling fee - e.***., if a particular part if 50 cents from you, and the average price is 10 cents, I'm less likely to order that part from you. But, if you're charging $1 or $2 for a handling fee, I'm more likely to order from you. Yes, I realize that's counter-intuitive, and now that I've written that out, I'm going to have to reexamine how I'm buying stuff. lol

Even more stuff added to WM's clearance. Not much of note, Olivia's house and Black Gate might be decent buys considering they are on their way out the door: http://www.walmart.ca/en/toys/construction-blocks-sets/lego/******-32+2386+1019588 Also Tie Fighter listing back? I seriously doubt they had any stock of it, it seems like it took us a year to get some of these listing to be taken down, and now surprise! they're back! Wizard Battle at $10 isn't bad either.

Well I looked the set up on Amazon.com and there are many sets between 150-200$. I just think you were lucky with that sale from a clueless buyer. So it will take more time to reach 200$

I love the movie as much as my kiddo and I am 47. It is great. I play it in the office even if by myself...

I only partially agree that the movie was for kids. Have you seen it? There is an AFOL element there for sure.

Don't mention paypal as being a reason for additional charge. That is against paypal's TOS for USA sellers.

I agree

OK, I was sticking to my price point and I declared I wouldn't sell a 9468 - Vampyre Castle for less than $200. Well, I just sold one for $200 on EBay. Join me, raise your prices folks!!!

I really like them, too. I don't believe they are a set - I'm pretty sure they are custom created for this display. Next time I'm able to, I will bring my nice camera and good zoom lens, and try to take some close up shots. It's tough because you can't get too close to the displays (because of the way they are constructed), and because the display is in full sunlight almost the entire day.

I just finished making the instructions for the mini Voltron model above and only need to make an XML file for creating a Bricklink "Wanted List" but I am so tired right now and need a break from it all. Also need to "make a deposit at the bank" if you know what I mean. Anyway I will post a new thread for the whole thing when completely finished.

As it appears no one was hurt... Someone should have know better than to make 20 hulks angry.

This set isn't even in the dance phase. It only looks that way because people won't stop scooping them all up as soon as they appear anywhere. I hope everyone has a lot of funds ready because if you want to keep making it look this you're going to need to be buying for a while.

Here you go http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/10168-retired-product-update-thread/?p=441650

That is one of the best benefits for me when I buy Lego off CL. After a long stressful day, I can sort/build some of the set from the lot and it relieves a lot of my stress.

Call eBay.

Amazon.ca is a very, very, very bad place for resellers...do not go there (jk).

do you all know about this? groupon gets you a good discount on this convention in Pasadena in August: http://brickfestlive.com/ google "lego convention pasadena groupon" and they are selling tix for $20

If you want it shipped with labels all over the box and seals popped.

My Chapters has storage boxes for rainbow loom bands on clearance for 50% off, might make a good sorting/storage container for small pieces. I think it is about $6-7 after discount.

You essentially have three options. Go to Target (or similar store) first thing in the am while employees are still stocking shelves and look for boxes that might work. (think Sterilite containers) Bite the bullet and order a bundle of boxes. (fyi you can order packs of 10 in certain size boxes. see store links in this post) Ask your local Pack ****** ship store what they will charge for a box & or to ship it. (pass expense on to buyer)

Rumor is both the upcoming Ideas sets for Big Bang Theory and Doctor Who will be around $80 so there maybe hope after all but we'll just have to wait & see.

And two more brown horses from PaB for. $7 shipped. Will make the cup about a $40 value and I get to keep a ton of filler bricks Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

And a Sloth Maxi-Fig.

I agree, it was a little early, but there really is no reason to list these below $200, unless you need the capital.

I believe that the average customers of this set don't really care about minifig versions. We are LEGO enthusiasts, so we do and often jump to conclusions based on our preferences. However the middle-class families who just want a cool SW set with all of the key figs don't even know there are differences between two Han-s or Luke-s. And they wouldn't even care if they knew. They see the DS as for as it is, a kick-arse SW set. Period. Most people don't need a knew version desperately because it has more wrinkles. And for LEGO it is better to scatter them around in new sets so the avid minifig collectors (minority!) buy them all and in the end spend more.

You will get those small orders if you do not have a minimum buy (I got one today for one 15 cent part) so, if you do not want to take a loss on them you need to have a handling fee or overcharge for shipping. I have chosen to have a small (60 cents) handling fee on all orders under $25. I charge true shipping costs and I feel that there are lots of people who appreciate the fact that the costs are upfront and not rolled into the shipping charges or absorbed in higher part prices.

Then I wouldn't sweat it, if that works for you. Forgot to mention, the most entertaining and harsh disclaimers have got to be on Bricklink. Can't make this up: 1. By placing an order, you agree to not file a Paypal Chargeback. 2. We are not responsible for your package once it is in the hands of the courier.

Love this set...saved one unopened for my collection. Great value for retail price and sold very well/quickly in CAN after cleared out from stores. I don't like the new chess set as much.

Yep, now they might even target you, to make sure you have the full EBay experience.

Woot! My two pet shops from March 14th just went to warehouse.

And those who think they are buying the HH when actually they are getting a VC.

70503 - Golden Dragon for $45 on ebay

I developed a method while applying stickers to the ISD. I use tweezers. I am guessing the oil from hands is what is causing some stickers to let go after years. This also allows me to "slide" the sticker into place on one edge and lift if it's crooked or not centered since no pressure has been applied. Using this swipe method my stickers look fantastic and hopefully will stay in place. One other tip, always grab the sticker on the longest side and line up the opposite side. Grabbing the short side means more wiggle room for a crooked application. I'm no expert, just passing along what seems to work for me. Maersk ship will be the true test. I imagine stickers will take longer than building it. And I am dreading the big UCS sticker later on :/

That is really good news. This could be a $250 set by Halloween

The Only Problem that could extend the Ecto-1 if they decide to extend the License to do the Firehouse or any other set. But the Ecto-1 License should last until the end of the year.

Arg the ISD has me in a serious building mood and I have so much other stuff to do, but whatever. Cracked open and built my only fire brigade ($120 from Amazon 2013). The details are incredible. Can't wait to do the rest of the modulars.

Well I did it finally. Making the arm and leg lions were easy when I figured those out but the main torso was a pain in the ass aside from the obvious bits. Trying to decipher anything made out of black is always difficult. Anyway here is what I recreated in LDD. The entirety of Voltron uses 137 parts (or 138 if you include the 'flame blade'). Everything uses small parts so acquiring them should be easy if not a little repetitive. Only thing annoyingly tricky is getting certain angles in LDD but in real life it is very poseable. Click on each image to enlarge.

Here's the official designer video:

Prices for this set are still increasing nicely. I "accidentally" sold one for $575 shipped today (on Amazon). I guess it's time to up the price again...

71016 - The Kwik-E Mart Ages 12+. 2,179 pieces. US $199.99 - CA $229.99 - DE 199.99

Agreed. When I display unique figs that come with a helmet and hairpiece, I usually take a trans minifig head (or similar piece) and mount the helmet on that and have the fig hold the helmet. I am sure that is what I will do with this one.

Have you tried stuffing these into a USPS padded flat rate envelope? It's magical what you can fit inside those...