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Alrighty then. For anyone remotely curious about the mini Voltron design in the other topic, here are instructions for each section based on the original and what I came up with in LDD featuring a Bricklink XML inventory file type of listing for creating a "Wanted List" down below. Just copy the text in the code box under "Inventory list" and paste that data into Bricklink to verify. I used the site's spoiler feature to help make focusing on each area of building easier. If any image seems small try clicking on one to enlarge. Inventory list: TOTAL: 138 pieces (including 'flame sword') LEG LIONS ARM LIONS TORSO LION Ready to form Voltron. Activate interlock, dynatherms connected, infracells up, megathrusters are go. GO VOLTRON FORCE! Form feet and legs! Form arms and body! And I'll form the head! Note: All pieces used and listed are readily available except one slight (annoying) snag towards the end. The 1x1 plate with a vertical clip in green apparently does not exist which makes no sense considering the video and gallery showing off the original model has four of them clear as day plus I am pretty sure somewhere I have a couple in my own collection but Bricklink is telling me otherwise. The closest hue I think listed was maybe lime green. If the part truly does not exist in regular green after all these years, that seems ridiculous really. Maybe we can finally get some through the Mixels, eh? A personal side note towards aesthetics, if you want the lion legs (1x1 tooth pieces) to really shine then use flat silver instead of light bluish gray.

You really should stop claiming this. It's one reason why BO doesn't enable it. Consumers expect something they order to be delivered. All online marketplaces own the responsibility until it reaches the customer. Can you imagine if Target or Amazon said "Sorry, not our problem"? Anyway, on BO add $0.30 or whatever to all of your postage bands. For the 1:1000 order that gets lost, cover it and resend/refund. If it's something valuable, buy 3rd party insurance when you ship (funded by the aggregate charge on every order). In other words, build it into your operating cost.

I think I would have taken the negative feedback and kept it.

just for Alpine I bought 30 more Joker Bumper Cars 2 Pet Shops also

Sold off most of my Craigslist lot from 2 weeks ago ($200 original purchase price); another sale on eBay today. All were built, no box or instructions. Prices don't include shipping, which was charged at cost. Here's the breakdown: 42006 Excavator (with power functions) $99 8547 Mindstorms NXT 2.0 $189 4505 Millenium Falcon $119 9398 Crawler $160 7676 Republic Gunship (missing 2 minifigs, some parts substituted) $50 8043 Excavator $289 (pending) 9786 Mindstorms RCX $60 (pending) misc unbuilt parts in bulk $40 - (traded for credit at local toy store) Total: $1006 Decent gain from the original $200 purchase, but not spectacular. I undercut prices a bit just to move the lot. The best part was sorting, identifying, and building the various kits. I love that part!

6860 Batcave for $94 shipped Another Republic Gunship for $169 shipped I just passed the 1/2 way mark for total sales from last year...and it's not even the end of March!

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.

I think this is what you are looking for: https://cuusoo.com/brands/cuusoo-brick

Some folks seem to know exactly how eBay, Lego, and the rest of the world works, despite the contrary experiences of others. My ex-wife was like this. Anyway, it doesn't hurt to keep in mind that for the most part, you are dealing with other PEOPLE in this business. Like eBay CS reps. Case in point: I spoke with one weeks ago, very distinctive voice (difficult to understand) and personality. Despite being somewhat formal, this person helped in removing a shipping defect from my selling account and told me, at the time, that another could be removed (low "item as described" rating) if I could get confirmation from the buyer that it was entered by mistake - which I suggested, considering that the buyer had left enthusiastic positive feedback. A while after I got the (friendly and helpful) buyer to reply that it had indeed been an error they weren't aware of, and the item was "perfect in every way", I called back. A different CS rep looked at it and told me the defect would be removed. After two weeks, it wasn't. So I called again and talked to the original eBay CS rep (in this story) again. Guess what? I was told, quite firmly, that there was no possible way to remove that low rating, because it was tied to the buyer's feedback, blah blah blah... I could tell I was simply being stonewalled. I didn't bother pointing out the conversation from weeks prior, I simply asked for a manager because I did not feel like I was being assisted as a customer. This person attempted to argue with me, quite strongly, for several minutes, professionally, but very stubbornly. I had to ask about four times for a supervisor, was put on hold, then quite a while later, told they were too busy and I could expect a call back. They refused to give me a time frame. I shrugged it off for the time being. The NEXT morning, I get a call from a supervisor. I was busy at work and told them I didn't have time to talk but could try to call back in about 15 minutes. Paraphrasing, I was told, "I just wanted to quickly let you know that the defect you called about has been removed from your account, and please let us know if there is anything else you need. Thank you for using eBay." I also told a story earlier in this thread where I dealt with negative feedback left because the buyer decided AFTER their son opened a polybag that it was too small for the price. Despite being told over and over that honest feedback can not be removed, you certainly won't find it on my profile. Be persistent when you know you are right. Be as polite and professional as possible. Don't assume you know everything, or that everything you are told is correct. That said, I do agree that eBay is set up to hose the seller when buyers behave poorly in general. But it certainly is not the 100% all or nothing dead to rights swear on my grandmother's grave scenario that some here make it out to be.

Anyone ever see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?

Well you've got their address...........

I posted about 75019 ATTE retirement four days ago and even put the links to S@H page. :P

...but, but, but, he has 6 broken legs.

http://brickfanatics.co.uk/star-wars-force-awakens-lego-set-names/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brickfanatics+%28Brick+Fanatics%29 Posted on 07:58, 25/03/2015 by Luc Star Wars Force Awakens LEGO set names. Force Awakens spoiler site makingstarwars.net has unearthed the set names for the first wave of Episode VII sets. The set numbers and prices have been posted previously but the set names give us some insight into what the sets might be, depending on how much you do or don

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Here is a cool MOC using 10123 as inspiration. Very nice! http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=94595

Over the last 3 months I've bricklinked both the Cafe corner and the Imperial flagship. For Cafe corner I dropped the 5 white windows for red, and the black front door for blue and the dark blue pillars for reddish brown. I think it's definately good enough to add to my modular street and for the kids to play with. For me it was a no brainer. White windows average 10$. Red were .50cents. blue pillars average 2$ r.brown were 20cents black front door would have been around 15-20$ and blue was about 5. Imperial flagship I swapped the 6x16's r.brown plates for pairs of 6x8's because the design allowed for it. I also swapped the 2x2x11 pillars for 11 2x2 round bricks. since they're all centered with a 32m technic axle the integrity is solid. Everthing else is legit. I haven't taken a decent picture of it yet. All in all, if it's for selling, I wouldn't sub any pieces out, and would definately do my best to make sure the colors are accurate. For personal collection/play with the kids then I say do as many subs as your conscience will allow. You'll know they're there. and they'll likely bug you. For no real useful reason.

I am also eagerly awaiting the Ferris Wheel. I am also hopeful it will have the option of adding power functions. If this theme continues, I really want a roller coaster - preferably one that you can combine multiples of to create bigger, more elaborate roller coaster layouts.

Haha, Walmart you crazy. They must have like.. stumbled upon an ancient warehouse or something... so many old products coming back out of nowhere at once. Now i really think TH was in stock at one point today..

I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express, but, in my opinion, the people who keep prognosticating that every set is about to retire because they're cross-referencing the seal codes, online and physical store status for every retailer, make believe license lengths, how a certain set must stay or go based on an upcoming movie release or not, mixed with a little gut feeling, are making every large set appear to be done. It only creates more problems and fulfills their prophecies in their minds because stock keeps remaining low. No retailer can keep anything in stock because so many believe that all these sets are going because some random person on the Internet wants to be the first person to call their retirement shot. Sorry that I'm not sharing the same opinion that everything is going away as soon as this production run is done. Or is it the next production run and then it's gone?

4th mine this month for $100, for all those that think the set will take forever to sell, it should be in a great position by xmas

People, bottom line, meet your quota and move on. If it's one and you don't have one yet, then get on it. If it's more then one then ramp up your efforts and go get em now! If you're an F5 kind of person and like the challenge, then rest those fingers up and oil that F5 key cause there's gonna be action soon.

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

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

I'm fairly new to my adult reintroduction of Lego, and this has meant i've had my beady little eyes on more of the larger more advanced sets to build, which inevitably has lead me to drool over some of the EOL more expensive sets available. And like a lot of people out there I can't justify paying (read: my wife won't let me pay) hundreds sometimes thousands on a set just to build it and break it down again (maybe display it if she thinks it's pretty and there's room). So with budget in mind I started bricklinking 10221 Super Star Destroyer. Now, apart from a few of the more expensive parts (I'm not bothering with minifigs) I've actually stayed fairly true to the original colours, but as I'm looking at the instructions (printed at work to keep the price down) and browsing bricklink, I'm realising that I could have substituted a lot more of the colours (for the bricks that aren't even visible) and kept the price down even further. Not only because a different colour would have been cheaper but also because I could have reduced the amount of stores I purchased from and thus reduced shipping costs. I still have a few things to purchase but they're all very common cheap pieces but all-in-all I've managed to keep this build well under $400 ($200 when I tell the wife). If I had of read the instructions earlier and figured out which bricks don't show and could have been a different colour I think I could have got it down close to $300, when you compare this to the $550 I would have to pay for a used set on Ebay I'm pretty happy with the outcome (obviously this could change when everything arrives, I build it and get OCD about everything not being the exact right colour). All this leads nicely into the inevitable question. How many of you, that actually read this far down, would sacrifice targeted brick colours for the sole purpose of keeping the price of a set down just so that you can have the fun of building it? And I'm not talking about just buying the black masts for 10179, I'm thinking more along the lines of having the whole insides of it black if you knew that you couldn't tell by looking at the outside of it and it saving you half the buy price. P.s. Since I doubt my wife will find this build very pretty, and she'll inevitably find out exactly how much I spent, I'm going to have a little foresight and ask if anyone would be interested in buying this after I'm done building it?

eBay is most certainly all about protecting the buyer (not the seller) - There are occasions when they will fault no one, and just absorb any of the related costs.

Normally twice a year once in the first quarter and once in the 4th quarter usually around October/March. Anyway back on topic I just bought a load more TB'S and ecto-1's, maybe because I'm British but Just love the TB and I think it has great potential, and ecto-1 just speaks for itself.

the member is looking for the month is was widely available and then starting selling out. It's June 2014 or early July 2014. Then after that, it in and out of stock at retailers. Some of us were lucky to grab a couple back in Oct and Nov 2014 using Amazon.

So much? It was only every Thursday, except when it was Wednesday, and don't forget the one Tuesday when the shipment was early!

One NISB was sold on Monday for 25 euro on Ebay Germany. The seller made a harsh mistake by putting 25 euro instead of 250 euro. Lucky buyer who caught it.

There are a handful in the $750-$800 zone on ebay but certainly appears to be up, up and away!

Two TH actually weighs almost as much as four R5. I think the Slave 1 (more pieces, more minifigs, same price) is a tacit admission by Lego that 10240 is overpriced by $50. That said, if I could trade one of my TH for three R5, I would do it. Perhaps I should just call Lego and propose the swap?

Got another one of those 'THE PACKAGE WAS OPENED AND PARTS WERE MISSING SO I WANT A REFUND' Lego con's yesterday. It makes me want to drive to their house and punch them in the face.

Well I'm glad that my 3 will be arriving tomorrow with the 16.23 million Painting Easter Eggs and 1 exo suit ;)

Awesome.

The more salient question is going to be... So where are you going to find the R5s to buy?

Something like this. Nothing too complicated. Figs can be placed on that yellow 2x8 tile. The changes are in bright colors for emphasis

Red Five in the (ware)HOUSE!

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!

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:

Found a lone Movie Melting Room at Target yesterday with a clearance sticker of $10.48. I went to the scanner and it rang up $4.78! Needless to say, I picked it up. Too bad there weren't any more.

Duplo safari 6856 for $90 shipped, happy it is only one state over too For those that got these 50% off or more you might consider listing them Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Over the weekend, I had guests in town who only go to the casino when out of town so we played blackjack last night. I won some Lego Ex astris, scientia.

We are in Orlando for vacation. We stopped by the lego store at downtown Disney and I picked up my first Lonely Mountain. They were on sale for $104 and I had a 10% off one item coupon that stacked, along with earning double VIP for a future purchase. Came out to around $100 after tax. They had two more out for sale. Possibly more in the back. The kids picked out a bunch of Friends and Minecraft sets.

I personally picked up ToO before the Sea Cow(still don't have one yet).

Zooey?

I don't remember who it was - Cheers

So? Did you go check out that brickpicker place?

I just received the following : This year, 3 have sold between $70-$80. 2 sold in the $50 range. I've sold 2 of those, one at $75, one at $70. If you hat yours in the 69-75 range, you probably would have sold them instead of me. It seems counterintuitive, but when you undercut your Lego competition, going so low doesn't always move your boxes any faster. When you are so far below the pack, buyers sometimes shy away. If you're not already a member, check out brickpicker. All you need to know of Lego Want strategy can be found there. Cheers, Rob Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Brickpicker mobile app

Completely agree with Alpine here. Lego ship enthusiasts are the craziest, must-have-one-of-each-set of the bunch. Same with train folks. Always an audience for our boat/train investment sets with these maniacs... I know from experience (congrats to whichever of you I bought a Black Pearl from for three hundred dollars). The Lego Movie is just getting started. Franchise-power is the name of the game in Hollywood. Get ready for a SW movie every year, multiple Marvel Avengers universe films every year, and next... Lego Movies galore. Four movies are already schedule for production; the first being Lego Batman (May 2017). A May release date from Warner Brothers tells you something very important: this film is a heavy-weight, and will be contending with a slew of other summer blockbusters. Huge money, huge audience. And a very bright future for the entire franchise. This makes the flagship set from the first movie- The Sea Cow- an outstanding investment. There will be future demand. Just like the fairground "theme"... future iterations will drive past theme demand. And speculating here... as an investor, I love the lack of investment buzz around this set. It pairs wonderfully with the fairground themes, it pairs wonderfully along with the modular lines, it looks great on its own, it's an extraordinarily complex design scheme. To quote W. Buffett... "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful". To each their own on any investments- I will be placing significant $ into both these sets.