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I had someone ask me for some pictures of my 10179 wall mounted and directed him to this thread, but he told me the pictures were broken/not found.. and so they are! Maybe the forum move broke/lost them or wherever i hosted them from (can't remember) had a problem. I've taken a couple new photos as i can't find the old ones. I have not touched the thing in almost a year now. It shows no signs of warping or anything. Still the best display piece i have imo. everyone we have over loves it. I can't edit my OP to re-include them; so i'll just add them here. If a mod wants to/can move them to the OP that would be great (not sure that's possible).

Update on my previous post: Friends Polybags haven't arrived yet, so the Kangaroos have a couple of days to harass my yard.

Hey mods, can you change these dates to 2015 and move these over to the Death Star thread?

My son (he's 7) noticed me packing up some Jurassic World sets yesterday. "Don't sell these daddy, we need to build them." I do have all the sets put aside for him, but he doesn't need to know that. I keep telling him he has to sit through the original "Jurassic Park" before we build any JW sets. He had me turn it off during our last attempt.

We've seen most of these already, but this appears to be the official checklist.

Totally worth it. Favorite poly so far.

Reseller level: PRO

Boy is there a thread for you...

Some people have $600-$800 a month to live from. So do not worry.

Hmmmm, should we revive this thread?

Sales and prices on Bricklink are strong which I find very interesting. Maybe this is a sign of collectors/builders finally scrambling to acquire this set before the price skyrockets and the supply just isn't there to keep the price down? Appreciation doesn't usually take off this quickly on Bricklink. It's usually Amazon first, eBay a few weeks or months later, and then Bricklink a few months after that (depending on the set, of course). This set is exhibiting unusual behavior compared to other sets that are on the brink of retirement (R5 and PS, for example). I also don't recall other sets doing this last year (SSD, R2 and HH were more of a gradual climb...TH too). Lowest in the US is $550 (New). That's a 38% increase from MSRP. Something to keep an eye on.

Children of the Corn was rated R... so I guess your dads are worse than me

These look awesome. I've never bought sealed cases of CMF's before, but I think I will with this series. Also, the thing I like most from looking at the pictures is that each one seems to have a very distinguishable part, which should make smooshing a breeze. One more thought...not that the HH needs a bonus to increase its value or appeal to a potential buyer, but what do you think about including a full set of these figures with a HH. List as an auction at just a little above the market rate for the HH and watch the bids fly!

Yeah, this is just a little interesting, I'm glad my stash of 10188s are collecting dust.

Sales made last week on eBay (all prices include shipping): Creative Tower 1600 #10664 - sold for $95, paid $35 at Walmart Winter Soldier polybag - sold for $17, free promo at LEGO Shop at Home Jurassic World Gallimimus Trap polybag - sold for $12, free from Gamestop Series 2 Lunk Mixel #41510 - sold for $13, paid $5 Architecture Fallingwater #21005 - sold for $150, paid $90 City Helicopter Rescue #4429 - sold for $70, paid $12 Ant Man Final Battle #76039 - sold for $33, paid $15 Lego Movie Double Decker Couch #70818 - sold for $30, paid $11 Jurassic World Raptor Escape #75920 - sold for $70, paid $40

The six stages of DS investing... Complacency - I could be slowing building my inventory of 10188s but they take up a lot of space and I don't have the money to tie up. Panic - Oh crap 10188 is showing sold out! Lube up the CC, Ima' get 'em while they're hot! Denial - Listen, it's not coming back, 'Sold Out' is just a place holder until they mark it retired. It's like the exact same thing with different letters. Anger - WTF do they mean they're making more?? It's retired! I'm taking this s**t back! Depression - Lego investing really sucks, there's no big money anymore and what little I can make is gonna disappear when this bubble pops. Acceptance - I'm actually happy I got these 10188s. I can make some space at the bottom of my bed and just skip lunch for the next few months.

3x turtle lairs @ $11 each Happy happy happy (WM crazy mark down)

Not that I think these are in great demand or good for investing, but I noticed that 30261 Lone Ranger Tonto's Campfire is available at Books a Million for $4.99. http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Lego-Lone-Ranger-Tontos-Campfire/Lego/F673419196802?id=6272601331342

Grabbed a Millenium Falcon (7965) that popped up randomly on Amazon for $128.

bricklegacy is referencing the 2014 posts on SSD which interestingly enough are one year to the day.. same thing happening to DS

CMF monsters! Nuff said. These will all be strong. (Cant wait) Ive already asked my local toy shop for two sealed cases.

Lovin' the fly. I may just freeze one of them into an ice cube.

top marks Mushedroom I still have my board as well!

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-I-Love-That-Minifigure/dp/1465436839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438113278&sr=8-1&keywords=dk+minifigure

Don't forget this one to complete the set: http://brickset.com/article/15937

This is correct for 2014 but has been updated for 2015. If you go to a TRU and check the display or pamphlet advertising TRU cc, it specifically states that 10% cannot be combined with 15% offer.

Heh... my 7 year old is the same way. We were watching the original on TV a couple weeks ago, and he had to keep getting up and leaving the room... he would go back into my office (which still has a long distance view of the TV) and sort of walk back and forth by the doorway, glancing at the TV, but trying not to be seen. I'd say "Hey Buddy! What's up? Is this a little too scary?" He'd say, "I'm NOT scared!" "Then what are you doin' in there?" "Nothin'. I'm just a little tired, that's all." Poor guy. I remember when I was a kid, the scarier the movie the better. But when I was 7, about the scariest movie I ever saw was "The Birds". And if I saw a movie where I guy got eaten by a dinosaur, it was probably like One Million Years B.C., and it was so fake and puppet-like, it was laughable, even for a kid. Movies are just scarier these days. I've decided I need to be a better dad, and be a little more sensitive... he's just not ready for some things yet.

Just make sure you look on the receipt for the 10% off notation and adjusted price. If it's not there, have them do a price adjustment or refund you the difference. Check your receipt before leaving the store.

Today´s stock data shows that most of the items put to sold out have now recovered their former stock levels (revised down after a week´s orders). These items should all receive fresh stock at the beginning of August. Conclusion, it was indeed a computer glitch.

The king is dead...long live the king. All joking aside, I'm not a big seller on eBay but it's not hard to make money selling Lego there. The sales volume is fine - it just takes a little while for prices to catch up to Amazon. There's plenty of opportunity for retired set sellers and QFLL's alike.

Poof!

Availability... We had a very limited run in regards to the theme. It was mostly looked over by the investors initially (myself included), once the phenomenon caught on the sets were extremely hard to obtain. In the last 4 weeks all I have seen at retail are 2x 75915 (which I grabbed immediately). As Jeff alluded to, we don't have free access to a B&M LEGO store, and LEGO Shop at Home is not widely known in the greater populace, hence why we are able to get away charging a very profitable margin.

Some slightly less terrible pictures: hope you like it :-D

ya we dancing.

if anyone was wondering, cuz I was- the first time credit card use 15% will stack with the current coupon 20/25% off, and it can be combined with partial gift card pay. My first time stacking stuff at toys R us today, and it was a success! Thanks to whoever mentioned making the donation to Alex's Lemonade. Made a donation and cashier was super happy, and had no issues with any part of it. Bought: Technic MKII crane for 120.35 out the door 2 space needles for 16.77 each out the door 1 mystery mansion scooby doo for 58.91 out the door, and 2 mystery machines for 27.28 each out the door. I realized that I could have maybe made more separate transactions to keep using the 25% coupon, but she kept having to overide the 15% first time coupon to get it to work. Didnt want to be a super pain.

BOOM! Sweet! Love em! Tiger girl is going to be like the other fuzzies, she'll be high demand.

I totally agree with taking apart and ziplock bag approach. Often times I actually grab the instructions when taking apart and go in reverse order and number the bags as I go so when I want to build them again it is almost like building for the first time.

Disassemble them and bag the pieces in a zip lock, then box. They will stay much cleaner and you can always build them again if you want to change up your displays.

Perfect, except that after #5, you're supposed to loop back to #2 a few times before moving on to #6. It's sort of like Chutes & Ladders.

yes

If you are into wasting time.

None of this makes sense to me. Seems strange that they may have underproduced these things and been so wrong on the demand. Then again see Persia, Prince of, and other examples. I don't buy the explanation that it's about clearing the decks for Star Wars - they've only announced like 8 new sets coming right? Shouldn't influence current lines THAT much?

Yeah, to avoid mass panic they already added the famous sentence underneath. " we are currently making more, so please come back later for availability ".

I'm still quite sceptical of anything retiring before double VIP / October this year. Looking back at last year the first sold out (retirement) was Haunted House which was late October. I think ToO has a chance to go before then, but I think I'll just wait to October and then go crazy buying stuff then, and hope not to get banned!

This is actually about a week or maybe two old now, so not 'built today' but built recently! I'd mentioned plans of doing this in a few other threads during the spring. Finally finished my first iteration. This is my modular Bike Shop & Cafe, comprised of 3 copies of the 31026, plus a tiny handful of extra bricks from my own collection. I googled other people's variations on this set, and I think mine came out quite unique; I was going for the older building look that fits the early 1900s (and other modulars) for the shops on the ground floor, but wanted to do a 'new reno' flat on the upper floor. I managed to keep a handful of the original set's features present on the ground floor, but went full custom on the next floor. The modernized hipster flat is complete with an eco-friendly green-roof, providing fresh produce for the chef next door at Chez Albert. One may also note the owner of the flat has purchased some of the abstract art from the painter that lives next door too... [did I go too far? lol] My images are too large to fit in one post... Edit: and now I can't upload any more? Guess this is all you get. I have a whole wack of shots of the inside, everything is fully furnished. Aw well.

I couldn't resist opening one and building it (I ordered two) and it is a great little build - the stand for the plane is awesome! Lots of stickers but very unique.

Impossible. It was sold out and retired a few hours ago.

Mixels and mechs just go together like peanut butter & jelly. I should probably split all these into their own thread honestly. MFZ-41536,41537,41538 (alternate model) by Wm Bryon Duncan

Here is another Mixel Mech with this one made from the Wiztastics. It blows mine for this tribe out of the water. Nixel Blade Mech by Ezra Wibowo Nixel Blade Mech by Ezra Wibowo