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Got this today....for me.

I throw in free packing peanuts...

For those of you who need to replenish their packing/shipping supplies: 40% off a single regular-priced packing or shipping product; expires 09/05/15 40% off $50 purchase; expires 09/05/15

The Fly

I have no idea what the "average full time bricklinker" makes. I know what we make and I'm not telling. My husband and I put in about 70 or so hours per week between the two of us, we have two part time employees who put in about 10 or 15 hours per week (one of those we'll be increasing hours for soon). We make enough to stay beforehand with our bills and enjoy some of the elegancies of life. We anticipate our income going up over the next three years. We do not anticipate the ability to purchase a cozy summer place in the Seychelles. Our "warehouse" is a 15 x 30 (I think) storage unit where we spend between 2 and 4 hours per day. Our sorting room is our dining room, where we never dine. Our office is in our bedroom where we have two computer work stations and a king-sized bed that our 3 Chihuahuas graciously allow us to share with them. I've never liked working for other people so when I've had the choice I don't, but most people with a marketable education or some kind of skilled labor would easily be able to make as much as we do and many could make more. Being able to coddle my middle-aged white woman minor health issues, take an afternoon nap anytime I want, and basically organize my schedule however I like so long as I put in enough hours each week, makes the enterprise very worth it to me and has since I was a young stay at home mom with a used book business on eBay.

So you don't want to ask but then you asked? I'm up to about 3.5 full time employees to support about 800-900 orders a month. It's a LOT of labor to keep a high volume store running.

I don't play the return game and neither should any re-sellers. The system is not meant to be used that way. I buy what I can afford to lose; no different than playing blackjack in the casino. I am sure the dealer will not return your money because you made a bad judgement call after you bust. I am sitting on over 50 of these. I will be begin to unload them at 2x. I do believe this set will be capped by 75917 just because of better minifigs plus a vehicle that was in the movie.

I am excited to share another in-depth look at an amazing LEGO Architecture creation, a minifigure-scale model of the Maggie's Centre in Newcastle, UK by Edward Cullinan Architects. The LEGO model is by Steve Mayes, an architectural photographer and talented LEGO Artist. Maggie's Centre is a nonprofit organization dedicated supporting people living with cancer, in beautifully designed buildings by influential architects like Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid. Maggie's Centre (2013) in Newcastle, UK by Edward Cullinan Architects.Steve was generous enough to provide me with a lot of photos of his model, which I chose to show side-by-side with photos of the real building. I think he did an excellent job in capturing some difficult shapes and a lot of fine details in this model.Front of buildingRear of buildingAerial view of modelIf you would like to learn more about the design and construction process, and see additional photos of the model, visit http://thebrickarchitect.com/2015/maggies-centre-newcastle/Sincerely,Tom Alphin

Republic Gunship 75021 - $180 shipped Hobbit Lake-town Chase 79013 - $77 shipped Hearse 9464 - $45 shipped Batman Tumbler Chase 76001 $60 shipped

21000 Willis Tower is a $70 set on eBay

It is!

Picked up 8...doing my share to eradicate them from shelves Fingers crossed on shipping condition...

Picked these up yesterday.

I'm not buying any of these this year. There were way too many sellers last year. It got up to $65 or so for a brief period but dropped back down by late Nov. This seems a lot less appealing than last years too. Santa Vader was the best. The droids don't do much for me. I hope those that take the plunge do well. You'll have one less person to compete with

That's better than being on your list of 2014 or 2013 regrets.

Wall-E just showed up on SAH but it says delayed and it's going to be $59.99

eBay completed listings search is your friend.

Sold 3 more Wall-E's for $115 overnight on amazon.

Hyrule Castle by Joseph Zawada

So I received a parcel from London Drugs today (I'd say they're like Walgreens for all our US friends... not sure about elsewhere... but they sell a little of everything). They're having a good sale on some LEGO right now but many BP members have been receiving them in bags and we all know how that often turns out. I received a single TREX tracker in black sticky wrap, taped up, in suprisingly good but the other order arrived like this. (this is staged, sort of, I put it back together after pic 2). Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 (sorry, it's blurry) To top it all off, on this order I had forgotten to use their special LEGOSAVE10 code and emailed customer service about my order. They refunded the $10 with a pleasant reply. Then my parcel arrives as pictured...

Yes, I've seen this before. "Contact Wal-Mart, they have a charity program for Veterans that will suit your needs."

Modular medieval house inspired by set 1592

Here is an album filled with all sorts of stair examples cause, you know, houses need stairs. Ha.

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

120 TOT 30 WALL-E

Maybe a few bucks but these are the freebies I throw in with large orders for my customers. Check out the poster in the middle recreating the cover to Action Comics #1. That is going up on my wall eventually.

I don't see a pressing need for it... flat iron

I took my Trickster for myself, loaded the digital files into Vudu and gave the disk as a prize this weekend at a Birthday party.

Currently in US RR is by far the rarest. IR pops up daily and has been in all 3 lego stores locally all week. RE still pops in and is obtainable although has gotten scarcer again. RR has been non existent. Maybe the delay is raptors. The other 3 are abundant. RE still seems to sell better but RR is one to watch as well

Saw all the sets at lego b&m in canada except RE and RR.

Oh, OK, I follow what you are saying now. You're right, the email did include this: "Please note that your prize will be dispatched with tracking. Once we receive notice that the prize has been delivered, we will regard our obligation as having been fulfilled, and no replacement will be available in the event of non-receipt." I now understand that your question was whether Lego would provide that tracking number to us, or if it was just for their own use. Wish I new the answer.

I sold all my batzaros for around $16 + shipping, all DVD were around $10 purchase price with some coupons. Sold the DVD for around $5 each. I pad shipping a little to offset fees, and basically doubled up. Went through about 10, so $100. My kids package them so not a lot of time. I figure trickster will sell about the same, I probably sell more than half international. I may have a different strategy than most, but if I sell a $5 profit item ever day (with good margins) that is $1500 a year to invest, or 10 or modulars

Absolutely agree. If you couple the (apparently increasing) rate of scumbags returning pilfered sets to stores with resellers working to massively manipulate retailer stock, I think it is inevitable that stores will implement more stringent return policies. Pretty much everyone loses if that happens. In this specific set, I remain skeptical that LEGO would call it quits on this set this early and am not overly optimistic about the overall ceiling on prices. I QFLL a good fraction of what I have bought so that the profit pays for the small fraction I will hold longer. Then I am playing with house money where it is very hard to lose regardless of what LEGO decides to do with this set. (Clearly this implies I lie closer to the "resell to pay for my LEGO habit" than "resell for maximum return" end of the spectrum).

I received the notification email on August 5th and responded to it same day. I haven't received anything since. The original notification email I received didn't include any tracking info, so I'm not sure what you are referring to. It was just the notification text and an attached pdf of the sweepstakes rules.

Really? I don't. What I do believe is Lego has no idea what they're doing when it comes to inventory management and EOL planning.

Bricks in the bin appear to be from 6857 Dynamic Duo Funhouse Escape. Batman, Joker, Riddler, Robyn and Harley Quinn are all from that set. There's also a stickered brick from Kai's Blade Cycle.

Oversize items go to different warehouses than standard size. Wait until you have a good amount in each size and try out a shipping plan. Play around with the numbers prior to approving the shipments. In time you will get a feel for the algorithm Amazon uses, but they do tweak it from time to time. Also be aware there are plenty of shady sellers who play around with the size and weights to game the system so some sets you know are oversize may still be classified as standard and vice versa. Some sellers even use the flat file loophole to change the UPC and convert the main listing everyone is one to a child listing that is hidden by Amazon search. Lots of shenanigans to keep you on your toes with Amazon.

I was looking at my local toy store website for series 14 mini figures. And by suprise came across wall e. http://www.playvaluetoys.com/products/LEGO-21303.html

You are not committing to anything until you "approve" the shipments. View the shipments and if you don't like it, just don't approve it and "go back" through the previous steps, change your inbound options, and then go back to have Amazon calculate the destinations. In my experience, shipping everything to one fulfillment center does not delay the availability on Amazon. The distance and longer shipping times to a far away center are going to be the biggest factors. IMO, Amazon doing (and charging for) labeling and co-mingling inventory are not worth the perceived convenience. I have no idea how other sellers treat their inventory so I'm not going to chance it by co-mingling mine with some random person for some minor sales advantage that Amazon claims. Co-mingling is to Amazon's (and the buyer's) benefit and convenience. If Amazon gave me a discount and some quality/feedback guarantee for co-mingling (because it saves their shipping costs and time) I might consider it. I have found that only small/standard sized items get sent to multiple fulfillment centers. If you are shipping larger sets, they tend to only go to 1 or 2 specific fulfillment centers. So, I will "separate" out smaller/standard size and larger items for different shipments and inbound options. Inbound charges are per item and by size so for smaller items, it may or may not be worth it depending on how many items you have to send in. You'll have to just test and see what works best for you.

...and you use it in conjunction with discounted gift cards online, right? Right?

They dumb. This isn't the free masons. Share knowledge. Don't use exclusionary tactics to raise your position.

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

new set in the girls section at walmart

Or Mets fans.

Yeah, everything looks like you made a lot, until you factor in 12-15% in Ebay/Paypal fees, then another $10-$20 in shipping costs and not sure how some get around local sales tax? Once I get my eBay monthly invoice it always feels like I made only a couple bucks and the winners in all this is USPS, FedEx and Ebay... Oh and Lego for me buying it in the first place.

Add this to my list of: "Things i wish Canada had more of" I remember getting a TRU Gcard at %15 off once... ever since then finding ANY form of giftcard that can be applied to Lego at a discount is damn near impossible here (Outside of local classifieds that is).

Sorry, saw this after I had already created a post. Sorry for the duplicate.... but here is mine...... http://mocpages.com/moc.php/416912

Definitely is wider... NORNAS http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30280947/ Width: 25 5/8 " Depth: 15 3/4 " Height: 65 3/8 " Max load/shelf: 22 lb DETOLF http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10011055/ Width: 16 3/4 " Depth: 14 3/8 " Height: 64 1/8 " Max load/shelf: 13 lb And for those who can't type "IKEA display cabinet" into google, here's the link to all their glass door display cabinets: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/categories/departments/dining/10410/

I just finished my weekend project of doing wire suspended shelving in my office. It helped me rearrange and make a little more space for the collection. Sorry for pic quality.