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Go ahead and build the Black Pearl, you can find the instructions on Lego's website (among other places). Once you are absolutely sure none of the pieces for the BP are mixed in with that battleship do yourself and the rest of us a favor, take all the battleship pieces and instructions and place them into the nearest recycling bin and try and forget you ever saw it.

​$275 SP after commission and shipping results in $210->$220 only.. (and there is that risk of return all that hoopla) while $190 sold on cash seem low but i would be more happy to do that vs. $220 (just me though)

I can make this work by having 3 used Jabba's Places (got them cheap on eBay back in the day), 1 used Rancor (thanks to DIIM) and 2 used Indy Jones Lost Ark sets. A nice percentage of Baronsat's required bricks will come from the leftover Jabba and Indy Jones bin. I also have 2 other spare part bins, the rest will come from Lego or Bricklink. I might sub sone of the dark bley rocks with other colors to save cash / have less orders.

Certainly the Taj is the Taj, and the end result will be impressive - but I don't see the build itself being too enjoyable. I vote for the Jabba's combo including the MOC (that seems like it would be fun, and impressive). Where did you get the MOC pieces (what price?)?

About 1 year ago, I posted a thread asking which set. It was a lot of fun. While only a couple of sets from the list were built, many excluded from the list were. A couple of things were learned from the last vote that should improve this poll (e.g. less selections, not allowing multiple sections, 1 set per theme) *** There is only 1 rule. One vote per person. *** Voting will close this July 31th at 11:59PM EST.

Finally, my R2 shelf is complete. Thx for everyone's contribution. I think I'm going to start another row of these. These will not be on the market again for a minimum of 4 years.

​may be you have a different arrangement with AMZN and shipping companies for the better rates. would like to know the secret ... might help other BP'ers for the better rate....

mtt is a steaming pile of "mess"

​Sure, if you'd asked sooner... I returned the set, so I can't take at any pics at this point. I am really, really meticulous about these things though. I collect a few different things, not only Lego, and I'm accustomed to closely examining valuable items and assigning them a grade based on wear and imperfections. These seals were perfect. There was no stray adhesive to either side, they were perfectly transparent, and there was no debris of any kind under the tape. I have no idea how the scammer managed this, but his or her talents are wasted on stealing minifigures. If I had not weighed the box, I would have had absolutely no idea there was a problem. When I returned it in person at Wal-Mart, the nice CS lady thought I was crazy. She had never heard of anyone doing this before. So she opened the box right then and there, and two things were noticeable immediately. First, there was glue, looked sort of like plain Elmer's or carpenter's glue, between the two cardboard flaps of the box. Obviously you couldn't see this until you broke the seals. The second thing was of course that every minifigure and the dewback were missing. All other pieces appeared to be present in their sealed bags.. This was originally a Walmart.com purchase, not in-store. Someone had bought the set from Walmart.com, very carefully opened the box, removed the minifigures and dewback, then extremely carefully resealed it to look as good as new, before returning it to Walmart.com. The company is clearly not in the habit of weighing returned lego sets, though they obviously should be. I weigh every set I buy from everyone. This is the first problem I have encountered. So I don't think it's an epidemic. But it is a real threat, especially for relatively small sets that are loaded with valuable figures. I don't expect crooks to open up Tower Bridges and steal tan bricks. I do expect them to open up Cantinas, EDB's, and similar sets in which half or more of the value is in the figures. Anyway, I assume everyone who reads this has a postal scale accurate to the nearest 1/10 ounce or so. Weigh everything that comes in, and you should be alright.

​And even then there are doubters...

Jabba combo for me

As we don't have a "What set did you take apart today" thread I'll put this here, today I disassembled and cleaned a 75% built QAR from a recent bulk lot, the rest of it is already sorted out. So I will put it back together tomorrow, take a few pictures, then take it apart again. I think this will be my eighth or ninth QAR, at this point I can nearly build it without the instructions. This is probably my favorite set that I have built, just a very well designed ship.

http://cache.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/6004933.pdf http://cache.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/6004934.pdf from http://service.lego.com/en-us/buildinginstructions

Eiffel Tower (the big one) used with box and instructions - $550

And these are from local fellows that buy them and can not sell them fast enough and need cash.... I paid 500 for this three sets.... any one wants to trade the sea cow?

​^ This .. regular sets destined for the North American market have English/French/Spanish on them. Special promo sets (like the winter ones) and sets like 41999 were not specific to a region so they're completely different. Those ones had 6 languages on the box.

This definitely looks to be kind of a tedious build but, just as the Maersk ship, is just one I won't be able to avoid to buy and display at home!

Too much work for me. I'll buy one assembled.

Programming could be a bit much for a seven year old on his own but it's a great opportunity for you to bond with your kiddo! With a little help from you I think your kid will be fine.

Finished up the DS last night. I started it 6-8 weeks ago, shortly after I finished Robbie House. I did box 1 over a week, and box 2 over the next week. I was hugely disappointed and eventually stopped building completely. Last night I moved my desk and decided to trudge through the build over the next 2 weeks and get it done. Box 3 ... "wait, this isn't so bad". "Well, this is a cool feature". "Neat!" "WOW what a cool technique" (prison). Go to box 4. "OMG ITS ALIVE" "DEATH RAY!" "TRENCH RUN GUNS!" "That was a great build!" And then I realized something. Robbie House was such a soul sucking experience for a builder with OCD that is completely burned me out. Wish I had waited to start DS and I would have probably enjoyed the whole thing. O-well, I will always have floors 3 and 4 to remember fondly. I still think SSD has more WOW factor displayed, but DS is a great finished product. (No, I still wouldn't invest much into it)

​This is not realistic.

Why on earth didn't they make it look like one of the Star Wars ships? "Hey guys, let's do a Star Wars-themed passenger jet. Any suggestions?" "Ooh! Let's make it look like a trashcan-sized droid!"

'Star Wars' Dreamliner will feature likeness of R2-D2 http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/04/17/star-wars-dreamliner-will-feature-likeness-of-r2-d2/25923671/

​It comes free of charge with every new Exo Suit you buy.

Another 2 Stormtrooper Sergeants at approx. €22 each shipped. Got them for free with €15 battle packs.

Hood Technique by ScotNick1

Sold another Stormtrooper Sergeant for €26.50 shipped.

This particular dewback has an unfortunate character trait. I can see why he's for sale.