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I'm going with RETIRED BOX Tower Bridge on all my listings

I agree.

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This is the box in the store today.

I foresee a very profitable Holiday season for this theme...

NIB 7964 Republic Frigate and 9515 The Malevolence together for $340 shipped.

Hot water.

No need to beg. With 99.99 in USD you can have your very own Winter Village Market. Ever dream of being the talk of the town? The hit of the saturday Bocce game...? The guy getting a congratulatory slap on the back at the company water cooler? This could be you. Don't walk. RUN... to the link I posted above and buy as many 10235's as your wife will allow, or not notice. Then, after the rush has died down, email me a heartfelt thank you as you sit upon your pile of golden bricks.

are you gonna live in your Walmart til sept 4th?

Creative Suitcase for $65 via CL

I just sold a new tower bridge via cl for $220. My buy in was $160. With the box redesign I have lost hope that this will retire soon. I want to trim my inventory down on it a bit. Don't feel like sitting on that many for another year (or longer). These box redesigns and 'toos but check back in xxx months' have me rethinking my strategy a bit. Lego is changing the game on us, time to adjust.

Funny soon as I tried to add to cart it gave me an error and then found three locally, so hopefully it was just an error, sorry about that folks, hate to be scaremonger....got enough of those here already Bought the three locally but have a feeling its a store error as they have been available for a while, if it doesn't get cancelled I will call the store and see if I can find someone who speaks English to confirm what they have, finding someone who speaks English might be rarer than finding the RE

31007 - Frog by Vaclav Mesaros

I want to commend Kmart on their most recent deliveries because my sets have been packaged with lots of air bubbles and the recent delivery of Mystery Machines came in the manufacturer's carton. Kmart still use bags sometimes but it's nice to see that some people actually care about their jobs.

this sounds like we need a doctor... When the "thumb" and the "captain" chime in I listen....

Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion set: build took about 1.5 hours and was enjoyable. The two things I would change would be: have a brick built purple tower top instead of the large molded piece and also have the set aligned straight instead of angled in on both sides. Or have it angled on the green house side and the other two building connected flush instead of the way they did. Figures are great and vampire looks much better in person and not as child like as I thought the photos showed. The Haunted Lighthouse is still my favorite set thus far but this is a very close second.

Can we sell the first edition as "vintage?"

Speculation is the golden rod, err, I mean rule.

Best tru purchase I have ever made! Close tie with the mf I found at target yesterday, but it cost considerably more.

I bought a couple of TIEs and EV but no Tumbler. The discount wasn't worth it when you pretty much get that goodies from LEGO Shop at Home

I do not think it is poorly rated. Just people are bored and tired of it after 4 years of availability. But that will change back again once it starts doing the retirement dance.

Exactly where is PS poorly rated? Personally, it's my second favourite apart from the green grocer.

Available @ Walmart

More and more I see confirmative signs that my fear is coming true. Exclusives will be around longer and smaller sets will be refreshed faster. Look at the Agents theme. That is just ridiculous how fast these new ones retired.

Yeah, I think Pet Shop is without a doubt one of the most realistic and flexible modulars.

This set is a great cautionary tale to new investors. Funhouse was the "can't miss" set from the early Superheroes sets that just never was, at least not yet. But the constant refreshes will kill a set like this that at the time was chalk full of exclusive figures like Harley and Joker. I only have a few of them and will probably package them up with something else, like Jokerland, but have given up on this one being a big time winner.

Clearly, the line is being retired. Lego has got to be very happy. Even if they purposely under supplied this set, concerned about any poor sales, they've got to be very happy that it has performed so well. They will continue to make more.

Set to be released on December 1, according to GrooveBricks. This makes me very happy. And bummed, too, that the Cyberman will only be in the Dimensions pack. Maybe this we're going to get an expanded line at some point...

Don't they spend millions on molds..? I read that somewhere...

"Thank you for the offer, but this is my best price at this time." If you respond at all, respond politely. Ignoring a lowball offer is also fine, but I tend to answer them.

I wish I could mark these both as Best Answer seeing how I used both methods to solve my dilemma of which many, many, many thanks to you both. Alright here is what I did. I took a glass measuring cup filled with some water and stuck it in the microwave (by itself) for three minutes to boil. Pulled out the cup then took the stuck pieces in question, dropped them in there, and waited about a minute. Meanwhile I grabbed a pair of flat pliers and a hand towel. Next I took the parts out of the still hot water (with the pliers of course) and did what brickcrazyhouse said of placing a bit of cloth around the saber then got a grip with the pliers (towel between saber and pliers). I held the clip with my other hand and managed to pull the saber out by slowly twisting it back & forth along the way until the two finally came apart. Phew. There is a tiny area on the bar that looks somewhat scuffed but is hardly noticeable and besides both pieces now saved so yea. Now the wicked clutch seems to be gone and I can get the bar to slide in & out of the clip.

The IR I picked up a few days ago is 30 R 5,

I was going to ask or beg for this, but I thought it was cruel and unusual...

Taking it slow so not done yet

Walmart in Canada are doing new layouts. Took some shots of their planogram to show what Starwars sets to expect very soon? Price tags are also out already... New Falcon will be $179.99 CAD

Picking the right ones is getting harder... Patience, Money or the correct reads are going to be increasingly important I think...

Wow. That's brutal.

Built Minecraft The Cave with my kids. What I really like about Minecraft is that the blocks are very basic. It is easy to expand with misc bricks we already have, so the Cave turned into a whole Minecraft world as time went on. It is also very easy for the kids to create in the Minecraft context.

Saw TB with new box (with new Creator Expert logo) today at the LEGO store. Guess it's not done...

Yes, we don't know about sale expectations, production costs and profitability. But that wasn't my point. My only point was and is that in comparison to other 100+ $/€ sets sales figures of the Tumbler are quite good. I'm no accounting guru but I ran a quick analysis based on Brickset's EU stock records - the following are rounded weekly sales: 10218 Pet Shop: ca. 200 10232 Palace Cinema: ca. 120 10243 Parisian Restaurant: ca. 100 10246 Detective's Office: ca. 180 75059 Sandcrawler: ca. 40 75060 Slave I: ca. 110 10236 Ewok Village: ca. 30 10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter: ca. 130 71006 Simpsons House: ca. 80 ================= 76023 The Tumbler: ca. 180 The Tumbler is on par with the most successful modulars, it sells a lot better than Slave I, more than twice as the SH and six(!) times the EV. Therefore I assume that there's a high probability (but we can't know for sure) at least sale expectations in EU are met. Or would one realistically expect the Tumbler to do even better than that?

Nothing says "wishing you the best on your birthday" like a set in a beat up box from Ross

I think Target needs a uline catalog. Lets play find the modular. And yes there's only one in the box. Had a Big Ben handy to help w scale. Waiting on my dinner to cook and just for kicks counted the air pillows. 104! 104 freakin air pillows!

Which Christmas?

This is a set one would find most difficult to part with in my opinion. You would have to pry it from my cold dead hands ....and I don't mean that figuratively.

I built the 75059 Sandcrawler over the last 5 days and it is a thoroughly enjoyable build, except for bags 9 and 16. I really appreciated how the designers created the paneling and the guts of the vessel; I even enjoyed connecting the 300 pieces of tread! However, I am indifferent to the end result and this set appears to be one where the sum is less than the parts. This set is not worthy of "UCS" in my opinion as it lacks the display value of more recent sets: R2, SSD, and Slave 1 are examples of superior models and it isn't nearly as impressive as some older exclusives. Overall, I still recommend building one if you are a builder.

Not a modular house but good inspiration for one. Also come on, it's steampunk. Steampunk Gatehouse

UA Ocean HQ. I haven't built let alone bought anything in this theme but when I saw Jangs review it got me. I was able to pick it up at TRUT for $60 and for that price not only is it a great build but nice display and awesome play set. It is very similar to building the tumbler not just because it is black but it has a technic core with many neat building techniques at different angles to complete the set. It does not have hull pieces like a traditional ship so at 1204 pieces you get a lot for your money. Also it is heavy and almost 2 feet long. I even applied the stickers. The side panels open up like Jabbas sail barge to reveal Accesories and play areas. I will include a pic so you know what set I am talking about but it probably won't do it justice. I swapped out all the Trans orange and some of the white with Trans light blue and I have a BL order on the way to finish off the main Gatling gun in Trans light blue. Up next is the DBZ

Hello, I'm a rare bird in that I'm female. I have two sons who are just getting into the Lego phase of childhood. Playing with them has rekindled the joy I once felt as a child building Legos. I've been fighting the desire to buy Lego sets for myself and have begun losing that battle. The Lego Creator houses and shops, Minifigures, and Elves are calling to me.

Hi, I've been out of the dark ages for about a year now and have started to invest in Lego to fund the hobby. I kept hearing about this website on other Lego-related forums, so I thought and check it out. Looks good and useful. I like LOTR/Hobbit, Modulars/City, Star Wars. Luckily my son collects superheroes, Ninjago and also Star Wars so we can split the cost. Actually, he is quite spoiled Legowise, since buying things for him is also a bit for me, anyway I guess he'll have something to talk about in therapy in 20 years or so. My husband used to do N-gauge railway models but is starting to get the Lego-bug as well, it's catching that one, so I just recently had to break down a couple of my bigger MOC's to make room for new ones. (That was though!). Anyway, look forward to meet some people on here! SW

​ I finally bailed out to someone that wanted a bunch shipped unboxed. Kept my shipping cost low and got me out before the Joker's fun house. I just don't see the appeal of this set anymore when the figures are easily found elsewhere, will continue to pop up in more sets, and the build itself isn't 'impressive'. Arkham is still impressive to me, so i think that's worthy of holding long term. This thing, not so much.