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​ ​This was set up for emazers...

For the next two weeks, my son and I are going to build 4 Star Wars models together. Trying out a camera with 2k and 4k images. Any input is appreciated. Here are the first two we did on this rainy Saturday, will build 75052 and video him playing next week.

I haven't been on here much due to a busy weekend, but I'll catch up on reading some of your posts. ​I'll own up to it here if my source is wrong. But, I mean, I don't even post here, so you won't see much of me around anyways. I'm not an investor, after all. I just wanted to share news with people that was posted on another format, and then someone posted it here and I heard it caused an uproar of sorts. I respect you guys, so I wanted to clear a few things up.

Here's one way to ruin ep 7... Actually, I'm sure these scenes will be in The Force Awakens : the Lucas cut

Back in the early Fall, Ed and I were approached by Krause Publishing to develop a LEGO Collecting and Price Guide book. Not sure how many of you have ever been involved with putting a book together, but it is quite a task. For months Ed worked to the early morning hours putting the content together while I have taken thousands of photos and organized data. At this point, a lot of what we needed to submit has been handed over and the full production of the book is in progress. Now you all can understand why I have been running that other thread looking for some photos for some sets. If you have a little time, please look at that list and contact me if you have the boxes or even better have it built. I will be able to send you a photo release and of course you get credit in the book. I know a few of you have had eagle eyes and found the current Amazon preorder online. The book is slated to be released mid November, just in time for all of you to ask for one for the holidays. We really hope that those of you that do decide to pick up a copy enjoy what we have put together. As I have said, it has been a lot of work and there is still a bit more to accomplish, but it will be exciting to walk into a book store one day and see your work sitting there. It may also clear up a bunch of times that Ed and I have said, we were quite busy working on some things, well at least now you know and hopefully now we can get back to doing more content for the site itself and other things. If you would like to preorder the book, just click on the photos or Amazon widget. We look forward to the time that we can get feedback on whether you like the book or not. Maybe later Ed can chime in to give more details on the content itself.

Today a big update was pushed on Brick Classifieds. One major change was the way that the site handles currency. Before it was doing a bunch of conversions to try and handle the currency conversions. It worked, but was not ideal. A lot of pages have been reworked and it is the way it should have been done from the start. Make sure your store currency is set properly and whatever you enter as a value it will hold. No more conversions unless you are need to see it in different currency and at checkout. NOTE: If you are selling on Brick Classifieds and your store currency is not USD, please take a few minutes to visit your shop and make sure all your products are set at the price you want them to be at. WANT ADS We also added a few new features to help build business conversations with potential buyers. The first is Want Ads. This is a pretty straight forward feature for buyers and sellers. All registered users can post a Want Ad. You will fill out a title, description of what you are looking for, price range, quantity, condition as well as location that the item you would like it to come from. After you fill out your post, you will see listings like this: At this point, vendors will be allowed to come to your post and create a bid for your business. Vendors will need to have this item in their store inventory. They will then select it from their inventory and put a price. If it works for you, you can accept their offer. When the offer is accepted, the vendor can then go into the shop admin area and build an invoice in the new Manual Order feature. It is pretty simple to use. Once the invoice is created, the vendor can search for the interested user and they will be emailed the invoice. If the buyer clicks the button to confirm the order, they will be taken directly to the shopping cart on the site, all the items in the invoice will already be waiting in the cart and they will just need to checkout with the agreed upon price and shipping. TRADES Another feature we added was the ability to do trades with other vendors (Note: All trades must be done vendor to vendor and again, the items of trade must be in your shop inventory). Like the Want Ads, vendors can ad items to their listing from their inventory. They can add a title and description about what they are interested in trading for. Once the trade is posted, other vendors can come in and offer items from their inventory and submit to the original poster. You can go back and forth negotiating until you both agree on the items being offered. You will click a link to approve each offer which will then lock in the trade. The entire transaction including any cash offerings are done however you wish outside of Brick Classifieds. Once everyone receives their items, you will be able to click a button that says that you are received what you were promised and then provide feedback on the trade. Users will now be able to get feedback on regular shop purchases, want ad and trade transactions. Give it all a try, feel free to PM with feedback. I wanted to get the features out there and of course they can be improved. We need to start somewhere though.

​I actually heard it was being replaced with a UCS Spaceball One...

Bought that Craigslist Town Hall I mentioned a week ago. Damaged box, but still all 4 seals. Paid $447 USD. And I'm pretty damn certain I'm going to crack those seals and build the sucker. Figured it might be good to be on the buyer's side for perspective right? It hurts the wallet, but was thoroughly satisfying at the same time.

​I can't imagine how much lint is on your clothes from all the ROFL'ing.

​A $600 random LEGO set... what??? A $600 LEGO DS? Kind of understandable for a flagship. I mean, the current one is $400 and selling like hotcakes. If the company ups the size and piece count I can imagine this scenario. Lots of companies have outrageously expensive status symbol high end products. For LEGO it is the DS since 2008. Taking it one step further would not be actually such a bad idea if it turns out to be awesome. They can feature it in every kind of commercials and product placement and there are the new movies driving the craze. Even if people don'T buy it they will be talking about it. And then buy it. However personally I am still on the side of a $300 castrated DS as the more likely scenario.

Set #16579.. Got it .

First let me preempt this brief (ha) review by stating over the past couple of weeks, I have played the heck out of the Minecraft video game on my PC. I mined like a madman, punched trees as if my life depended on it (well it did), and took on hordes of zombies (sometimes adorning armor) aside annoyingly accurate skeletons and randomly appearing creepers with a few spiders on the side. I made things from houses to automatic farms to portal temples for the Nether and just about everything in-between. In short, I know a lot about Minecraft now. Moving onwards to building 21113 The Cave, it was small speedy build of a scene I think would not make sense had I not played the game prior to putting this together. This little diorama reminded me well one of those first days in mining through a corner of some hillside desperately searching for coal (not realizing at the time I could also get charcoal from trees burnt in a furnace but then again that item would require some cobblestone which needed me to mine in the first place). Anywho, I liked how the scene is laid out with a bit of the outside curving in to a little nook that features a back wall composed of 'mineable' blocks just like in the game. Getting the classic treasure chest part in a new color from the standard brown was nice for a change of pace. Funny how by game rules it would be considered a large chest which can hold a lot but in reality the thing can barely contain the included loaf of bread. Ha. The area does seem a bit cramped mainly because of the lava fall in my opinion which kind of leads me to my only possible gripe. While I find the additional aspect with Steve making obsidian (having a water source block touch a lava source block) fun, here he is carrying an iron pickaxe when only a diamond one can actually mine the mineral and even so it takes a while to break still. It's a minor quibble of details but who cares. I already have his diamond pickaxe exclusive to the Crafting Box set and getting a tool in a different color is always great. Well anyway, it is a fun scene filled with plenty of ores to 'mine' (2 coal, 1 iron, 2 gold, & 1 redstone if I remember correctly) and the Zombie with Spider help to sell it. Speaking of the Spider, the critter is cool with a place to 'seat' a Skeleton behind the head to recreate the rare Skeleton Jockey. (I have not encountered one of those in the game yet but did fight a Baby Zombie riding a chicken and a Baby Zombie Pigman also atop a chicken.) On a side note if you don’t mind getting yet another Steve or ending up with a bunch of iron pickaxes, this set feels like a good one to purchase a few of for the ores, enemies, and basic blocks. At $20 it does offer a decent amount to start with in making a larger cave to mine through.

Anybody willing to visit my business in NJ can get a tour of my LEGO office and a signature...

For only $19.99, the "Secrets of LEGO Investing" will be unlocked for the lucky buyers of this piece of literary genius!

Yeah, this set and 7965 have been a blast to source and sell - like finding money on the street without needing to give it back.

Here is a design that I think Ed might get a kick out of. I know I did. Neo Classic - Defender X-21 by Slayerdread

​I'd "brake for nobody" on that.

​It's alright, you're cool. Only thing going AWOL around here is some people taking a rumor a little too far as though it were gospel instead of gossip.

​Know the store. Do they have series 1?

Some toy stores have 6 for the price of 5 at €2.99 each, so works out at average price of €2.50. Think Banba Toymaster was one

You're shopping in the wrong spot. You can get Simpsons series 2 for €2.50 each

​Good price. You can't go wrong with classic space sets.

​What every happened to the valley of death and the 600?

​The 10188 is one of the most popular and iconic LEGO sets of all time. When it retires, it will be a wanted set and will appreciate very, very well...regardless of the next version. Collectors will want the 10143 and 10188 to go along with the new model, which will be different enough to be a set onto its own. Did the iconic 7191 lose value when the 10240 came out? No, because it was an iconic set. The 10144 Sandcrawler lost value because the new set was a UCS and a better version. It will be hard to top a 4000 piece, $400 set in my opinion.

​Looking into it. Also, before it is brought up, I am working on a few design updates to the site to make sure that these listings are more visible in more places including the home page.

Yeah to all of you who took this "because LEGO cares for us investors" too serious... sorry that you got it wrong ;-P But what I write doesn't differ from what you say: LEGO wants max. profit. YES! Max. profit is gained when cusomers are satisfied and diversity is there. LEGO Star Wars doesn't necessarily need what you call a flagship. A new big playset would be more profitable than a new version of an old set that is thrown on the market just a couple of months after the old one is gone. So in my opinion maxing the profit and NOT bringing out a new DS just 5 minutes after the old one retires are going hand in hand.

If the LEGO guy just2good has been talking to was from the marketing department, stating a "bigger and better" new DS was coming would be totally natural for a marketing guy even if the final products was in fact smaller and inferior... So I would not totally exclude the possibility of a smaller DS.

The Philly Brick Fest this year had some amazing displays as can be expected between train layouts, vast cityscapes, ....and a White Castle. Head on over to The Brick Fan to see the rest of the fun and interesting designs laid about.

Some Most resellers have bad habits. They..............

Half-way through the build of this set today. With the wife out of town, I broke down in a moment of weakness and decided to open my sole 75095 and one of my 10240 X-Wings. Both are wonderful builds, and look far better in person than the pictures. Both sets are larger than you'd think, and the TIE build has some great features. I think they've done a wonderful job with the central sphere and interior. If you're on the fence about either of these sets, I'd recommend them both. 10240 is so much more impressive in person; the box photos and box size really don't prepare you for how large these sets are once built.

Robocop/ED-209 by Project Azazel

​I always wanted to read a book

Sure. It tells you what the next Falcon will look like on pages 65-79.

​http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/10168-retired-product-update-thread/?page=8

TRU Online: (2) Imperial Star Destroyers $96 ea. (BOGO + $15 appeasement offer for screwing my online order up + Raise GC of 10.2% off) + 8% Reward pts back for using CC on balance. Pretty happy with that. Shipped to DE (family) to save on sales tax as well since I live close to border in PA. Plus I got to keep the 2 Homing Spider Droids they shipped me on the screw up which I will take into account when selling them onto another set. Really wanted my 2 Duel on Geonosis sets though.

My son and I constructed the Age of Ultron Detective Agency.

Ok nice, we have our first trade posted. I will be creating widgets to showcase these listings on Brickpicker for more exposure. Here you can see what another vendor will see. Now they can pick items from their inventory to offer as a trade. The posted will be notified that someone has submitted a trade offer. This poster did a great job by picking at least one item to trade for now. They will be able to change that later. They mentioned what they would be willing to offer and will need to select the right set later in order to make the deal be approved by both parties. Remember that both parties inventories will subtract the sets and quantities that are offered once the deal goes through.

​ ​I got this image the next guy says "Great, I'm outside your window, Ed <waves>"

cladner earlier post was a casualty of merging threads. I quoted it on my response instead ​Agreed with the effect of monster CMF. VC has always been poor man's HH. At MSRP the difference was only $80. However, when HH climbs up, the much cheaper VC is an alternative for anyone who does not want to spend $400+ on HH. At least my hope is customers see $175 VC as a deal when the king of the hill is selling for $400 each

Keeps getting better. I do really miss the trade feature here on brickpicker though.

Most resellers help the brand and TLG. Through their actions they flush excess inventory fastcreate a healthy aftermarkt of used and new product which offers true credibility and value to the producthelp collectorsenable the return from the "Dark Age"offer insightful information about the quality and value of each product soldcreate a vast and liquid market in all corners of the worldpromote the brand strongly through their shopsSome resellers have bad habits. They Squeeze customers out of the market and force prices upClean out product before 'normal' customers have time to reactBuy huge quantities, therefore distort a normal life cycle of a productSee lego as a money-makers, therefore lacking respect for the product's mission statementUndermine the pricing policy of TLG on Exclusives, poduct lines: over / underpricing to the frustration of TLG and its customersOverinvest, creating excess Supply in the future and excerbate the risk of a bubble and boom-bust for TLGSo all in all, if resellers follow a good code of conduct, there shouldn't be a problem. Banning the "bad elements" is only normal. And with time, TLG will control better this indirect supply chain too, therefore flushing out that "tricky" behavious. For me, the net balance of resellers in very positive for TLG. It's only a minority that bothers them I think. regards

Although the golden age of lego investment is over, its quite refreshing to watch developments like this....it makes me smile and it proves that investing in Lego can be fun & unpredictable! I have some of this, but I wished I could have more. I remember less than a year ago I was in John Lewis and I was dithering whether I should buy these 2-3 boxes on the shelf. They were super battered and worn out, but I am sure that even they would sell now in the region of £350!!! Oh well...I can't be so greedy after all, I have some and that's good enough

Found three CMF unicorn girls in two different Walgreens. Hoping these will rise to chicken suit levels down the line. Hot dog guys are still pretty elusive around here. They're just too easy to identify so they're always scooped up quick.

More pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/titanscreations/sets/72157652011179380

CyberCity Hover Truck by ⣫⣤⣇⣤

​I think there will way too many new STAR WARS vehicles and characters to waste time on older UCS remakes.

For everyone who uses LDD wanting to make better building instructions then here is an early beta for a program meant to do just that over at Eurobricks simply titled "Blueprint". I haven't had a chance to try it out myself but the preview images show a promising start I think. It does have its limits but is being worked on as I type this and I am sure any feedback you could provide the author would be beneficial.

2 X Birds 21301 at K-Mart for $80 ($69.75 out of pocket) with $11 in points back This might be a good one if anyone plays the Shop Your Way game and has points. These are on the web for $44.99 (I hadn't noticed these at K-Mart before). If you look for SYW coupons, there is a $10 back in points on a $50 purchase. Also, I went to the direct mobile coupon generator here http://shc.cpn2c.co/RecomService/web/bE3R. There was a $10 off $75 toys. I was able to apply both coupons to this order (you can't always do this). I paid the balance with a 7% off raise GC. I paid with some points to get my out of pocket further, but I had to pay $75 out of pocket (via GC) to get the discounts and points back. After some points I had, it was $69.75 (7% raise card) for 2 sets out of pocket. $10 back in points, gets these sets pretty darn cheap. Once these ship, you have points to do this over and over once you generate some fresh coupon codes. About $30/set if you count the points back like cash. It's some work, but I was kinda stoked to see this set at K-Mart online.

Other than being animated cartoons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Scooby-Doo have nothing in common. At least with Scooby, LEGO completely went full-on retro to capture the classic appeal very well whereas TMNT was based on the Nickelodeon followed by the Michael Bay film versions instead of the original. As for TMNT bombing, is the theme even retired yet?