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I was weak... just ordered 3 of these.

That box doesn't look damaged enough for you to buy.

Lord Business???

I made my first sale, and it was a QFLL sale too! Flipped an Airjitzu Ninjago Flyer I bought at retail (9.99) for $19.99.

Most recent Batcave for $185 CDN shipped on Amazon. Figure I made $60 profit off this $80 purchase less than a year ago.

Unfortunately, this set sucks. There...I said it. As cool and collectible as the T1 Camper and Mini Cooper are, this set really cheezes out. It really should be another 400-500 pieces. If you are going to redo a classic car, then do it right. Sorry LEGO, this one is a fail.

I made exceptions today. 10% off with the Merlin Pass. It was a pristine box, not use to that in my collection. Stands out from the other misfits lol tonight will be damage shopping

We're dumping the kids at grandma's house this afternoon. I'm not saying anything else, though.

My wife called me the other day and said she got an email with a 25% off coupon for Legoland (California). I was busy at work, so I couldn't grill her for details. But my mind immediately jumped to "dang! What exclusives do I want to pick up?" Thoughts of $300 DSs danced through my head (among other sets that I would be carry back to the car). About an hour later, I call her back, and she breaks the news to me - it's 25% off a ROOM at the Legoland Hotel! Don't toy with me like that woman!

I got a couple things, some is 20%, some is 25%, really odd, but it worked with the 10%.

Loved the premiere of season 2, just wanted to hit the Imperial March on an endless loop on my iPod. I know we have the new movies coming out in the next few years and the product line for this year has already been unveiled, but I'm really hoping they put out more Rebels sets - especially the blockade runners and command ship used by the rebels. How about a minifig of the grown up Ashoka? Maybe a new Lando figure? Lots of potential on this show, and the teaser for the season showed Rex making a return. W00t!

Only one Mixer for me and it finally shipped a few days ago. Saving my funds for other non LEGO expenditures.

Picked up 2 today 23R5, guess another batch coming , haven't seen that new

Well, I guess we'll keep hoarding those VW Campers.

He means that he's one of the worst people in this world, who straight up scams people by complaining about poor packaging.

This is awesome. That V8 engine is a nice touch, I am glad they go into details.

http://www.bild.de/auto/auto-news/lego/sondermodell-ferrari-f40-41485992.bild.html its here!

Agreed! The only reason I bought this set is because of the pic you posted sometime back with Smaug on top of T. of Orthanc.

Architecture. If it weren't for that damn MBS, I'd have every one. But I just can't justify the cost to complete my collection. And modular (of course).

Single set of every Mixel produced up to this point. I think the first series that I will have every single set is Scooby Doo.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Target seems to have an algorithm that price matches Amazon on most sets. This goes for price decreases as well as increases, so the sets OOS at Amazon are going for their 3rd party price on Target. It's still a wonder why Target never price matched increases on Haunted House and Town Hall last fall.

I have come to expect a few nicks, dents, and/or creases when getting sets from Shop at Home. They are either poorly packed (though not as bad as TRU) or manhandled by Fedex by the time they arrive. Overall they aren't terrible, but I did get a Red 5 last week that looked like it had been sat on so I called customer service and they setup a return and replacement for me.

But once it goes to FBA, seller no longer have control how the product is packaged for shipping. Which is why FBA is a hit and miss for sellers. Returns can sometimes be the fault of Amazon staff as I have seen pictures on this board that they are shipping items without shipping boxes! Just slap a label on the retail box! If that was my FBA item and it came back as un-sellable and Aamazon will not reimburse for it, there will be hell over the phone with AZ rep

Since you brought up FM AND this is the complaint thread...What is there like only 5 or 6 states with FMers! Ugh! Every time I read about their discounts I get nauseous...

Managed to resist myself, been a bit busy at work due to the summer season and all, so my mind has been elsewhere. Almost grabbed some Mixer's, but sold out while i was hesitating. Still might grab an Ender set for personal collection though...

Let's face it. Luke Skywalker is a dork in any form.

That steering wheel sticker is a bit off centre! Positives: A few unique parts that will make it hard to bricklink (rims and windscreen), price point (from a buying not a reselling angle). The main positive will be if it pushes T1 into retirement. Let´s see...... Negatives: I don´t see it having great reselling potential as it is a little too much playset for the liking of the AFOL market. It will also probably have a long and well distributed life. Hope there are some more Ferrari Technic models in the future.

Something is a bit off with the model. I wanted to scream YEAH, but only could utter eh.. Perhaps they should have gone with a budget for $120 set instead of $90

I think this is a missed opportunity. I do understand it's targeted for the masses, hence must be cheaper and that drives the number of parts and complexity. But the super annoying thing is that we're yet to see a proper nice car in the creator lineup to satisfy the petrol heads who love Lego too. I want a nice UCS Cretor set of a car...sports car of course, you hear the LEGO, I am talking to you!!!! This should have been 2500+ pieces set with much more details. F40 is an absolute icon and compromised set like this just doesn't make it justice. I guess it's another present for little Johnny from his grandma....

this has been posted before..looks very cool! http://www.boredpanda.com/edible-lego-brick-gummy-diy-king-of-random-grant-thompson/

Dang where have you been?? Haven't seen your name pop up in awhile!

I have some non-plastic Lego* * not actually made by Lego They are metal and chrome plated. Desk toy basically. The clutch power is abysmal though

My own personal experience is that Amazon ships the Lego sets in oversized boxes with maybe a strip of large plastic bubble and that's it, the sets have a 50/50 chance they will be damaged, whereas all 3rd party sellers I've ever purchased through used excessive bubble wrap/packing peanuts/packing paper to make sure the expensive sets were protected well.

The board as such looks okay/good but some more design would be great. I like the minifigs, but the fact that everthing but the pawns are totalle different characters is a minus for me. Of course you might remember in time what is supposed to be what but it would make more sense to chose the same/similiar minifigs for the same position as it gets confusion over a game of chess if you suddenly cannot remember who is the knight and who is the rook. Also according to their actual "power" it seems a little bit off that C3PO for example is a rook. All in all it's still nice and YOU have to like the concept of who is representing what, not me, so I guess that's allright! ^.^ Would have been cool if you added some minibuilds on the sides.

It is sad watching them go off into the sunset. I spent too many hours running around collecting them. But, this is truly the EOL phase, and now, I think is when quite a few people (not all, but enough to make it many) will stop and realize "woah, that was actually cool, I should have bought one". It will be interesting to see if there is a jump in these by the time the holiday season rolls around. I suspect there will be a bump, and all the lotr/hobbit sets will start to jump up in value. These were fun to collect, and only a few sets I didn't really care much for.

I must have missed the craze. All I saw was tons Hobbit sets sitting on shelves at Targets, until they put 30-50% off clearance stickers. My money is on re-sellers scooping all those discounted sets.

...and any old-school ABS sets will be that much more valuable. Don't sell those HHs yet. I don't think LEGO is spending a billion to find biodegradable materials to "[force] you to buy more." One of the chief selling points of LEGO is it's collectability/value retention. TLG knows this. You buy more because it's desirable.

Other than TRU, Lego B&M, and a few small secondary chains, these seem to only be available online, which means they are stored in major retail warehouses. I'd expect them to be around for a little while longer, but this is a big sign that the end is near. I also think because of their limited release, that 3 or 4 years from now these 4 battle of the five armies sets could have a good resale value. I'm pretty sure the witch king battle and the lonely mountain could do well. Lake Town Attack and the Battle of the Five Armies may see only slight increases, but you never know. None of these sets have seen any sort of decent discount yet. Lonely Mountain was about 20.00 off in March, but that's the lowest i've seen. Amazon has sold them for 125 for a while now. Even still, all 4 of the Bot5A sets have great minifigures in them. Everyone always talks about Smaug, but the LM set also has most of the key main characters, other than Thorin.

So, some conclusions that could be drawn from the sale: Hobbit and Movie themes are finished. Last chance saloon to grab the few remaining sets in either range. Chima is being wound down - expect the last wave of released sets to go by Xmas. Ultra Agents is in the new catalogue but all sets reduced so much means it may be finished too. Suprise Arctic theme seems to be hanging around a while longer. A few odd poor selling sets like Exo, B wing and police control are being got rid of too.

This sounds a lot like one of those vague pledges, with an effective date far in the future, that governments and corporations love to make. I really hope Lego isn't serious. As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Only about 5% of crude oil goes into plastic production, and there are far more wasteful uses for it than Lego. Say, disposable grocery sacks or those impossible to open clamshell packages that make small electronic devices inaccessible without the use of gardening shears. Not to be outdone, I've committed myself to being carbon positive by 2075. I'm assuming that by then I'll be able to gain photosynthetic properties by means of a revolutionary new gene therapy.

My biggest complaint about the Red Five is the dumb stand and how it tilts way too far back. It's like I can hear some lego designer saying to the lead designer, "Sir, it's quite possible that this R5 set is not entirely stable." The lead designer says, "Not entirely stable? I'm glad you're here to tell us these things." But then does nothing about it.

But Minecraft and the Ecto-1 are perfect little sets to reach broad audiences... Themes that will appeal to AFOLS, teens, kids... Prices that can also fit budgets by pParents, grandparents. The reality is that these giant sets aren't sure fire winners (though I would bet they do just fine) and LEGO already has their own product development pipeline way out in front of what we see. Small sets would be far less disruptive to that process... And far easier to get to market quickly before interest in a Cuusoo/Ideas set wanes.

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.

'Will be retired on February 2015" ... "Available" ... March 30th

I think a technic would be better from a build standpoint. Much more interesting and fun to build imho. Creator may be better from the resale point of view.

Personally Star Wars is what brought me out of my dark ages and really the only sets that are a must have for my collection. I think it's evident that Star Wars is the best theme simply by looking at the time and money lego invests into it! UCS Star Wars sets--no comparison for me. I have branched out into collecting modulars/LOTR though.

I voted for Monster Fighters (hard to beat the Haunted House IMO) but would have voted for the Winter Village if it had been a choice. The Winter Village is the one area where I will buy the new set each year as soon as it comes out and not wait for a sale.