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Have spent the last 18 months slowly ordering parts when I had extra money in the pp. Finally finished it today, no substitutions. Never built a modular before, it's really much nicer than I expected. Was thinking I would sell it but maybe not...

Just finished 10181 Eiffel Tower. Works of art in my house before today: 0 Works of art in my house as of today: 1 The build was amazeballs too.

that's more than the rebel alliance had at the battle of yavin

Couple on 9449 - Ultra Sonic Raider for $119.9 ea ( not bad for a 30$ buy-in ~ thank you Meijer) Couple of 6860 - Batcave for $119.9 ea All on Amazon

almost all... http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Expert-Winter-Village/dp/B00F9R37JK/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1432754172&sr=1-1&keywords=lego+winter+market

Finally got around to using some of my bricklinked dark grey slopes. Built a new modification for my 9474 MOC today, bridging the tower and keep modules together. Next up, the right side mountains....

This set will definately be back. It's announced as a new release for September in an official German LEGO catalog for the 2nd half of the year ("Juli - Dezember 2015"). So more buying opportunities lie ahead!

Blue Series 2 Mixels - $35.49 shipped

Another $300 gone...

I finally had the need to ship a set of Series 2 Mixels to California. The 11x15 Priority Mail envelope did the trick, with a little extra tape for good measure. It was only $4.99 with EBay's discount rate. Most of my shipments have been East Coast, so I never went the envelope route, until now.

so yeah, a $70 Batcave is a terrible investment.

It's a great set, lots of people here doubled up instantly. (SW + MC + $10 set, was easily $200+ sales with the seasonal set thrown in). Even if it is abundance this xmas, stash it away to double up next year. No worries

I will definitely miss the June coupons in July! These are the best coupons in 6 months...

you might want to create a separate thread for your bulk purchase. i can help. just a side note: since you were away from Lego for 30 years, you might want to slow down with the purchases if investing. if you are building, then go at your own speed and happy building. investing isn't for everyone (regardless how much you love Lego).

I'm not sure what sets I bought. Bulk lot Just over 65 lbs and 191 mini figs. Looks like a Dino T. rex set and queen Anne's revenge with the dark red sails. Bunch of Indy and Star Wars as well. Ok. Here we go.

I can't explain how, because I didn't write the SYWR program, but I bought 2x MInecraft 'The Cave' and 2x 'The Farm' for $55 shipped. I reduced the cost by spending $24 in points plus surprise points and earned $23 back. I hope for some beautiful drapes to replace my blinds with.

My TRU at least has a Chinese buffet attached to it, so I have that going for me. The Toys 'R Us Buffet, as I affectionately call it.

Finally broke down and purchased my first 2 Palace Cinema and UCS X-Wing sets. I still think the UCS Sandcrawler is the sleeper of the recent UCS SW sets. Original trilogy Jawa toys have historically done well excluding the Hasbro / Kenner 1990s stuff. We are like a cult.

Here my current moc Big Bang mini figures. I think Howard is better that the Lego one. Stomping

Plenty of times on the forum, we see members pointing out good and bad deals from Craigslist listings. Recently I started to spend a little more time on the site to see what is going on. Overall I find some pretty cool finds from time to time. All aren't in my area, but I do like to look and see what is around. I put together a simple feature that will allow you to select several Craigslist regions and be able to look at all of them at the same time. You can also filter the listings by region easily to make it a little easier to see what is available in your area. This is a work in progress, but here are some features that I will be adding to it real soon: Keyword alerts New posts in your selected region alerts A page to view all the available LEGO listings in ALL areas so you can get a quick glance at everything that is going on across Craigslist Need to add pagination for those that are looking for a lot of areas and it downloads a lot of listings. I will have a lot of these features in by tomorrow, I just wanted to get some eyes on it and to see how it does. Please try out the feature and see how it works for you. You will first be asked to select the regions you want to monitor, then you can view those listings. The listings are updated frequently, so you will be able to see updates throughout the day. http://www.brickpicker.com/craigslist/

Look at that bag to the left with yellow/purple pieces. Are those even LEGO? Looks like Knex or something. I would've considered for a bonus garbage truck, but seeing Knex in there has me running in fear.

Thanks! It was a shop. They had another one. But it was pretty beat up. If I sell this one swiftly I will go and pick up the other as well.

think the new site saves when you type stuff, vaguely remember about to reply to something and got distracted. Good thing for me BPer remembered.

Yeah, you and about 10,000 others prepping to dump these at Christmas.

lego movie Trash Chomper 70805 in the picture the chasis of the "green truck" has been started, but the trash chomper is in the background behind it. be worth a shot to see if "everything in the picture" is included.

I added Alpinemaps availability list to the main post.

Yeah I saw the 15% discount with 1st purchase. I figure a 10188 DS might be in order (already have 1 though). Don't know if it's worth it to go with that or some other 100+ set in store and stack with the 20%. I don't think I'll get my CC until early July though.

My second post. Just got back into Lego in the past month, from a 30 year hiatus! I've been on a buying spree and these are the sets I have bought. 3 UCS Slave 1's 3 UCS Tie Fighters 1 UCS Imperial Shuttle 1 UCS R2D2 2 10188 2 UCS Sandcrawlers 18 UCS X-wings 1 PS 1 PC 1 Detective office 1 Tower Bridge 1 SOH 2 UCS Tumbler 1 UCS Obi-wan fighter 1 Imperial star destroyer 1 Republic Gunship 1 Ferris Wheel 1 Mini Cooper bunch of SW Microfighters I know, I've got some issues LOL.

That's what she said

Yes, it's disgraceful that a toy company for children would decide to build sets that might entice 50% of the child population to buy their product, rather than making that one set for you. Whatever could they be thinking.

Awesomeness wrapped up in a bow.

Just joined the Fb page, looks like this could be a better alternative to gumtree for selling, things don't seem to last long if they are reasonably priced. Also both UCS Tumbler and Tie Fighter will be available at the upcoming Target sale... reseller scum unite! :-)

Seeing as lego has become such a high theft item, I'd be surprised if it's included in a sidewalk sale. I can't see them going from putting spider wires on every other set to just setting it outside where it would tempt potential thieves, even if it's just a bunch of clearance duds they are trying to get rid of. From my experience, usually when stores advertise a sidewalk sale, it usually consists of a bunch of junk that isn't worth the trip.

Yes its too much information for mobile, i am working on that now

exo-suit II - revenge of the birds

I swear you've picked up just about all the used sets I'm cleaning and preparing to flip from my own original collection there Brickson. Nice picks!

Ninja 6093 Egypt 5958 + 5988 Ghetto minifig stand

Probably due to the airing of Siege of Lothal with Vader using his TIE Advance to take out so many ships.

I would like to see a fishing theme. Not somesome boring fly fishing crap! I mean a trawler or crab boat. I spent my youth building trawlers (grew up in a fishing village), some of the older boats from the 60s and 70s are very aestically pleasing. The modern trawlers are a marvel of engineering! I can imagine the power functions for the winches, derricks and netdrums! Lego could do deadliest catch, I'm sure it would have a good following in the American market. Maybe a UCS northwestern?

Yep LEGO will never touch the confederate flag with a 10 ft pole.

No way the confederate flag is on anything lego after this week. just saying'.

I bought a sealed Maersk 10241 with a box a little bit banged , small hole on top corner, complete set though , for 115.....

My wife and I went to the LEGO Store today where she bought me a TB and PC and also received 2 Winter Soldiers for Father's Day.

I am sure they have had this discussion before. If nothing ever retired then you are giving the customer an abundance of choice and the brand rep suffers as there is no longer the sensation of obtaining a rare item. Scarcity feeds demand and if this happened, Lego would be back in Megablocks territory in no time. For me they have a triple strategy - retire playsets after 2 years or whenever sales drop and remake them a couple of years later. This seems to be more profitable than keeping the original set available as the customer perceives they are getting something new - completists will also buy the old and the new version. Secondly, retire exclusive or UCS sets at random intervals and don´t remake them in order to maintain brand value among AFOLS and keep sales strong. Thirdly, keep back a few niche sets only for Lego shop to promote the web. If we were to compare Lego with Porsche it is very similar. The 911 series is CITY/SW and is always on sale and they will make as many as they can sell - they just change the lights, the engine or a few other details every few years. The Carrera GT would be the Exclusives as it is limited edition and is a one-off that won´t be remade or even made available through normal channels.

no they do not stock these at walmart stores. They do sometimes ship large sets like that with a label slapped on. Most try to buy in case packs when buying the larger sets to try and get them shipped in a box. Some members refuse to buy large sets from walmart for this reason.

It is rare that any set brings the meaty beaty big _AND_ bouncy QFLL opportunity this set was for Holidays 2014. Expecting it to be that way again December 2015 is like thinking DC was going to be a hit last year. Still, long term this set because of the dirt cheap buy in is a gold nugget. Easy 3x MSRP by Xmas 2017. SantaWo is such an investing lay-up, its nearly impossible to get your hands on any decent quantity. Meanwhile the actually retired WVM lingers like the smell of putrefied fish seared on a stove top.

Great minifigures. Very colorful sets. I like these a lot as a fan and as investments.

Yes, unfortunately in today's day in age, MISB is only a term. For all intents and purposes, almost any LEGO set can be manipulated...basically...seals removed, contents removed, seals reapplied. I can see a day in the not so near future that the important term will be VIB... Verified In Box Remember...I said it first.

When judging box damage or shelf wear, you have to ask yourself who is your targeted buyers will be. If its other collectors, than box condition is important. If it is your regular Joe LEGO fan who wants a new set to build and missed out on the LEGO set when it was available at retail, then box condition is not as important.