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My vote for favorite acronym is not for a set, but instead for one of the most useful buying tools available...the Target Inventory Tracker. Let's face it, three words consisting of twenty-two letters is a bit much to type out. We should all use this acronym going forward to save time, and to provide a good chuckle.

Well this builder has already come up with some nice MOCs using these monsters. Up To Their Old Tricks Feed Me! The Cheerleader

Walmart - always unpredictable!

thats why I prefer gonzo , plus it has a fitting giphy that happens to go poof as well

Nothing... he says that in every topic of a just retired set.

yes, yes I can

I'm not a fan of abbreviations and acronyms. I waste a lot of my precious waking hours trying to decipher BS.

Isn't it? The system denied us too... but these folks REALLY wanted my money, unlike TRU. I asked for nothing, but they bent over backward to make the sale from the moment I hauled it all to the counter. Yeah. Without asking what was in the back, lol. I honestly think it was employee ignorance. As above, the system wanted to obey its Lego Overlord. Then we won't discuss the extra discount for waiting around an extra 40 minutes for them to figure out how to sell them to me... Just smile and act baffled, folks. It works wonders sometimes! Sadly none of these three sets impress me. Cody is OK, the red on the TIE is pretty cool, that's about it. If I was Ultra QFLL they'd all be gone by now (and I'd probably be in a Billund jail by next week). But who's complaining?

You mean R5?

Doing business on your phone, yes it's convenient. It's also a PIA to type/text/respond coherently, so it makes many lazy.

Let's see, with the Hot Dog Guy you felt for his weenie. Now with the Wolf Guy, I should go for his bone.

Yes, I'll take credit.

Ugh. This thread needs a clean up bad after this evening. lol. Fine, if we are going to complain, don't just put your set number into your post. Write out the stupid freaking set name. I don't have time to decipher what set 75101 is. Edit to add: Based on Walmart clearance get 75101 First Order TIE Fighter I'm guessing that's the next to go.

The power is out at my place so I decided to walk over to my local WM to kill time. Lo and be hold, 4 raptor escapes were sitting on the shelf. Needless to say I picked them up.

I'm really glad we're addressing the topic of abbreviations here. It is pure insanity. I mean, how much time are you saving, really? Even if it accumulates and winds up being a couple of hours, even a day in total, through a life time, I gotta say it's just not worth it. Let's be honest, you were going to waste those two hours/that day. As far as language is concerned, it's the equivalent of buying Chima to me. Utterly pointless, and kind of ugly. Despite Mark Stafford's efforts. Also, for those discrediting Sea Cow, you're wrong and spreading misinformation in my opinion. I don't think there's anyone out there who has actually built it that says "Meh, it's pretty dull." On the contrary, anyone that's spent some time with this set knows that it's a remarkable gem with massive potential. I mean think about how much the Pirates of the Caribbean ships are worth now, and those probably (I don't own any, I was lost and adrift in my dark ages.) weren't nearly as big or wonderfully nuanced as my dear cow. Aside from that, it was a major set piece in the film, thus guaranteeing its place in the zeitgeist for years to come, like the death star, or the bat mobile. Probably not to the extent of those two, but my point is that it's a part of pop culture now, which is basically our mythology now. If I had more money in the bank, or more room in my home, I would completely double down on that set. Stupid stock market. On a side note/coffee talk topic: Do you think if lego were around during the age where folks believed in Zues, that Apollo's Chariot sets would be skyrocketing? Asking for a friend in a parallel dimension where that happened.

This is solid advise. From now on when I read it I'll imagin And like that, poof. He's gone

One was sold for 305 € incl. shipping @ ebay Germany, recently. Looks promising. Let's wait till christmas. Maybe we can start a poll to see in which quantities this set is hoarded.

Damned resellers.

I've been bitten by the building bug pretty bad and built a few sets in the past couple days but I will take it easy and start with 70817 Batman & Super Angry Kitty Attack. Well there isn't much of a set to build really considering it is simply two minifigures, Angry Kitty, and another unique Micro-Manager. What is there was nice though. This classic Batman, despite having the same (most) everything from just a couple years back, could be my own favorite among the growing army of Batmen for the special facial expressions. The cheshire grin across one side cracks me up every time as I hear Will Arnett's voice giving the traditional "I'm Batman" line in the back of my mind. (His head is exclusive to the set by the way and so is the trans-black 1x1 circle tile used on his nifty yet bulky grapple gun.) Super Angry Kitty is, well, super angry to the point of giving The Hulk a run for his money. The Robo Skeleton is awesome for more reasons than I could think of right now one of which droids are just awesome and I want an army. Another being it is quite possibly the closest we will ever get to see a Terminator esque character in LEGO form which just adds to the army building exercise. That is more than enough jabbering on just the figures I think so on towards the Micro-Manager which turns out to be filled with play features between the decently flexible claw arms, a couple flick-fire missiles (that work well as any other), and at the push of a lever the thing blows it top literally. Okay a couple of plates shaping the head fly off basically. Overall I found the set to yield a solid selection of parts (a handful are limited to exclusive) and the only deterrent with getting multiples would be ending up with a lot of Batmen which already was a problem with acquiring any one DC Super Heroes set. I can imagine a few creative uses with Super Angry Kitty's parts well as the Micro-Manager's and you already know where I stand on the Robo Skeleton.

You know that scene in TLM where Batman sees the Double Decker Couch and says "What...the heck....is that!?!" Yeah, pretty much that. My mind is blasted!

Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP shouldn't we keep his PC on the QT? Because if word leaks to the VC he could wind up MIA then we'd all get KP. one of the funniest scenes ever put on film.

FWIW it does not matter to me

I appreciate the depth and thought in this response, but I believe that same depth is probably lacking when someone changes Pet Shop to PS. It's more a matter of convenience than bonding or tribes. I mean, it's a bit like ascribing Jane Goodall observations on dominance and alpha status to a the exclusionary tactics of high school cliques and bullies. Yeah, you're right to a certain extent, but they're also just kind of jerks.

Tribal rituals?

It's Available Now on SAH

I usually start with the bone. I know, I know, "that's what she said"...

Based on a real life Odeon Theater and LEGO's own in the Town Plan set (from 2008), this expired Ideas submission has a nice art deco styling. Odeon Theater

Well us guys can't have all the fun cruising the cosmos now can we? GALACTIC GIRL POWER! TF401-3 by Frost TF402-1 by Frost TF403 Pinktron MAS Command Vehicle by Frost 21415 Pinktron "Fast Kitty" by Frost Pinktron Racing by Frost PSH-1 "Scarlet Hawk" by James Warden Enyo's Fury by curtydc Pinktron Avenger Mark V by Moctagon Jones Pinktron Commander's Cadillac by Moctagon Jones Pinktron Butterfly FX7 Viper by Moctagon Jones F.H.P. "Tickle Pink" by Master Shifu Leo J Pinktron Rover by nolnet

I was happy that Mark Hamill voiced the Trickster. That was awesome. I agree - I want a Bizarro figure. I need to pick up Clark Kent, too.

Let's just say, it drove him to drink...

Sunday Sale today (30th of August), 15% off

http://giphy.com/gifs/friday-three-stooges-curly-howard-YaPlm3MDLfiQ8 can someone please fix my giphy ?

I was in a walmart today, and they had a fresh case of force awakens black series. Had all 5 figures, including 2 kylo rens just sitting there for the taken, so i grabbed them all went up to the self-checkout and it rang up "can not sell item, please sit aside". And here I thought it was my lucky day, but obviously their IT group is smart enough.

Yeah..R5 10240-1: Red Five X-wing Starfighter

My bet is on 10240 UCS X-wing Starfighter.

UGG ME CAVEMAN TREK ME HUNT MEAT ME SHOUT WITH ALL CAPS ME PROBABLY GET DELETED MESSAGE

OMG! ROFL!

Abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms, only save time for the one typing them out while everybody else ends up getting stuck losing time constantly deciphering them all. It is understandable for those who browse and text via a smartphone but if a keyboard is handy there is no need really.

I'm dying of laughter here. That's just too funny. Meanwhile I got denied at my Walmart trying to buy a TIE Fighter.

2x mountain hut $49 out the door, Shopko 6x TOT

Abbreviations serve another, wholly different purpose. They're basically a tribal ritual. A way for experienced members to show knowledge, and a form of initiation for newbies. Sure, they really don't save much time, but that's not their main intent. It's a means to bond the group, and elevate members as they progress in their contributions. There's tons of sociology behind this, and in the context of a new medium for tribal bonding (forums on the internet), they make perfect sense. They arise in nearly all forums, for very basic reasons similar to other rituals which have risen throughout society for ages.

Sea Cow only got 6 letters, only 3 letters shorter than MSC... a little bit tedious to make abbreviation, no? Maybe MSC can be more confusing/challenging than SC for people to adapt to. lol

Found a lonely IR at TRU, with 20% coupon and gc it came too $90 + 9 in points. Box looks great, think the code was 27r5 but will have to double check.

ultra agents is meh? My kid built a few of the bigger sets like the helicopter, and our view is that they look really cool with the blue transparent bricks against the largely black colour theme. The mini figs are also very well designed. If lego had put in the same marketing effort to this theme as they had for chima, i would think that the ultra agent theme would achieve the same popularity as ninjago. Too bad some exec in the company made a wrong choice.

Made me double-check the date on this post. Haven't seen half of those sets in so long. Nice.

I ordered 6 sets total of Mystery Machine from Kmart, 3 orders of 2 each to maximize savings from surprise points/gift cards. I received the first 2 orders with 2 Mystery Machines in each last week. They were actually shipped in a box so they arrived in mint condition. The last 2 sets just arrived, shipped by UPS in a polybag. Of course they were both beat up. One was semi-decent but since one was really kicked in and needs to be returned I will just return both and swap out for mint sets in the store. It baffles me why big corporations ship stuff like this in a polybag. I can't fathom the amount of money that is wasted on items that have to be returned due to damage.

It is done, very repetitive but this has to be the most magnificent set ever. Its great!

Don't get too hung up on the box condition. As long as it's not ripped and the seals are intact any set you would have otherwise invested in is still a buy.