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Kang & Kodos by 6kyubi6

Based on a classic age where tantalizing tales of science fiction and pleasing aesthetical forms of art came together to create a captivating concept of an alternate future utopia about ray guns, star travel, hulking robots, and invaders from beyond, these builds capture this essence of a "retro future" in all its delightfully quirky charms. While many if not most of the designs could hardly be considered practical or efficient by today's real world standards of technology and leisure, nevertheless much like a vintage car what matters is the look of the ride itself. Battle for the Moon: American light tank on patrol Battle for the Moon: USMC mech bay, Mare Nectaris sector BFTM: American S-5 Hyperfighter Battle for the Moon: US Battle Mech assembly line American A.T.L.A.S. death ray complex Battle for the Moon: American "Tinman" space suit BFTM: Spetnaz Ranger (upgraded) BFTM: Russian разведка vehicle BFTM: American Type 2 Battlebot

via The Brick Fan

Turning into a nice evening...

Have built several sets in recent weeks, here are the latest two. I need to buy another shelving unit from Ikea now

A used 4842 Hogwarts Castle for $250 plus shipping. 100% complete, with all 3 manuals, but no box. Bought on craigslist several months ago for $100. Sold on Bricklink, so no 10% eBay commission.

20% off exclusives in the UK, with stock available, would have been awesome too.

Fear leads to loose bladders. Loose bladders lead to wet britches. Wet bricthes leads to embrassment. Embrassment leads to hilarity. Hilarity leads to excess laughter. Excess laughter leads to loose bladders. Loose bladders leads to....it's a self fulfilling prophecy.

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Which ad drives you nuts? You know the one - it's been there for months, it's priced way too high, and it's constantly renewed so it shows up at the top every time you search for lego. For me it's this create-a-puzzle. I do not like you, puzzle that's marginally related to lego

Saw a flat of Lego at my TRU today and looks like the Bricktober sets are similar to last year's. Sorry if this is already posted, couldn't find anything on my phone.

Well, I dangled a complete wave of JW for 600.00. That included all 5 sets plus the polybag, and someone bit on amazon… Down to 4 complete waves remaining. Luckily TRU had a Raptor Rampage available today so I used a raise card, and got one back for cost. That's one less Trex set I got to deal with. I can recover the other 3 sets (IR, PC, & DA) rather easily.

Pure gold, Jerry! Gold!

Umm, those are going to be eaten up!

Hit my limit for the week unfortunately

Here's the updated Bricklink XML for the Bat-Pod part list. I modified the one posted earlier and decreased the counts needed to build one Bat-Pod. The original file had enough parts for two. Someone might want to go through and help me verify the numbers. I'm trying to do that now. I also removed the Wanted List ID from the XML, so it should work for anyone. batpod_bl_list.txt

I got kinda lucky, not a big score but my 2 local ones had the hulk busters smash for like £26.49 and they both had 3 in stock last night so I reserved 6 and works out at like £17.60 each or something, cheapest I've bought them yet. Gotta keep adding them to the pile.

Simply because they couldn't make it happen last year... and they can't seem to keep JW on the shelves during "slow season". Lego, by it's own admission (from one of those documentary shows) makes the vast majority of sales in the 4th quarter--mostly December alone. There are a lot of "balls" in the air, and some will be dropped.* *10 to 1 it won't be Star Wars.

Here is the Brick Show building the Batpod, at the end they show the finished set. It could just be the lighting but I am surprised at some of the color choices and I think I may also make some color modifications. I will have to wait and see how it looks next to the Tumbler.

I'm going to try both the black and gray wheels and see which I like better. Yes, I bought both.

My tires shipped! Who's gonna be first to get their "fake" Bat Pod built? Not me probably. I still have to order the other parts except for the HTF Hero Factory piece. I should get those this week.

In stock @amz...

More like two characters for another series of Simpsons minifigures.

New wreath would have bumped up the price to $11

Santa's visit is cool but these front door sets are really unimaginative.

Haha, yeah, I wasn't sure before, but that's the one I returned. I believe Jerryherb told you to check to make sure the "jerk face" that returned it, didn't steal all the minifigs. Glad to see I'm not a "jerk face" ...at least for not stealing minifigs.

At LEGOLAND California, at one point they had Series 12, 13 and Simpsons Series 1 out. They had so many Simpsons Series 1, they lasted a year there. I want to say they had both Series 1 and Series 2 available. They did better this time and ordered a lot less Series 2. They are gone and they only have Series 14 in stock now.

Two things: 1) The "brand new sealed" 9493 x-wing I got from Blinq a week ago arrived today. The box was pretty beat up and the seals were opened of course. All contents were inside and the instruction manual was brand new. I'd return it but it only cost me $52. It would be stupid to return it.... wouldn't it?.... 2) My Raptor Rampage (order placed 9/4) arrived yesterday with seal code 37R5, which was only funny because my Bricks and Pieces order (ALSO placed 9/4) also arrived yesterday with a seal code. It was 36R5. The way Raptor Escape keeps popping up on SAH combined with the almost futuristic seal code on the Rampage leads me to believe that Jurassic World is coming back hard. And soon.

I expect that kind of thing from TRU, but not LEGO directly. That sucks.

Amazon claims that they keep track of your item regardless of whether or not you sticker your items . I prefer to sticker mine alt bought commingled makes packing a darn quick process.

If i had to guess I'd say the majority of new re-sellers either dont have a strategy or dont have the patience to hold onto sets for the long term. All depends on what your strategy & goals are but if it were me I'd wait on the initial quick flippers to clear out and take there few % gain and hold on. But say you stock up on SW and next xmas its EOL and going for 2 x RRP... might be too soon but if there was some other set that caught my eye I'd flip it right there Personally if you buy a set for the long haul then I'd ignore all the QFLL noise you're bound to get and just keep the end goal in mind.

So I'm in Asda ( our Walmart for you Americans) just picking up some odds and ends tonight, anyway in this random corner I spotted like several cases of series 13 minifigures, which looked untouched, and seeing as how they just cleared all the Simpsons series 2 down to £1, I figured I'd grab one and price check, long story short they were £1 each, so I ended up with 3 full boxes. Good random score.

Eden by Chris Roberts

Last few days have sold these to stock up on newer better sets (in my opinion) BTF x1, Spidy chase x11, helms deep x1, friends van news x3, riddles of ring x1, lr mine x1, mine craft micros x3, ultra build batman x1, lr stage coach x1, sw dessert skiff x1, cargo train x1, ninjago golden dragon x1, crazy sci and monster x1, galaxy squad titan x1, batcave x2, chi temple x1, kings castle x1, lr train x1, ninjago sonic raider x1, and some other stuff. Was trying to clear out the hodge podge to make room for sales and bigger sets I want to focus on.

Lucky's Diner by Rob Bender

Which is why the leaked info should be taken with a pinch of salt. Heck, we are only weeks away from Hoth release and details of that are just as sketchy.....

There are some large sets, but how many people really say they just have to have a replica of the Ghostbusters Headquarters? I'm not knocking it, just saying it is not an iconic building or landmark. Large sets stick around for awhile and to make this set one of the biggest in LEGO history is a bit overkill IMO.

The piece count could work. The set could be highly detailed and finished on all four sides, unlike the Modulars. It could also have a super detailed interior. I would love to see it, but I have to wonder if there are not better models to invest 4600 pieces into.

My partner is taking a six month sabbatical (she's a prof) and we're going to Perpignan France for 6.5 months. Was going to post about it closer to as we don't officially have our French visas yet. France isn't part of the British commonwealth so it's a ton of stupid paperwork!

I'll actually be kinda annoyed if they make this. Of all the popular licenses Lego has access to, they choose Ghostbusters to make a 4600 piece set?

6086-X Return to the Black Knights Castle by Henry F.

If I were a betting man, I would put my chips on WM as biggest buyer of Lego

My used Ewok Village sans minifigs arrived last week. Sorted the pieces over the course of the week then built up the village on Friday night. It lasted less than 24 hours where I dismantled it and put the purchase to it's real purpose. Saw this in the MOCs thread a couple months back and fell in love with it, had to have one. I present my personal edition of the 10236 UCS Lord of the Rings Ent!

I believe TLG only wants one thing: sustained profitability. Period. Full stop. No company of its kind wants anything else. So the question the Lego company is constantly facing is: how do we (1) keep demand for our products up and (2) sell them for as much as we can? 1) They want people to be scrambling to acquire the sets they produce; they want people thinking "I'd better buy this right now because who knows when it will be retired and gone forever!" That is a very good mentality for Lego's customers to have. Lego's customers will take a much different approach to buying if they know they can get this same set in a few years for the same price. 2) And let's talk about price: Lego is VERY expensive! Almost outrageously expensive. Seriously. $200 for a spaceship made out of little bricks with a Star Wars logo on it? That's not cheap. But a huge reason why people are willing to spend $150, $200 or even $400 for a box of plastic bricks is because consumers believe in their value. Consumers believe these sets will always be worth what they paid for them, and will maybe even appreciate. Consumers trust in Lego because they are well made, last forever, and retain value. So the $200 price tag is softened quite a bit when you know it will always be worth this amount, even after you open and play with it. Compare this to my other hobby: my wine cellar. I often compare the two in my mind, and I think the comparison is worth pointing out here. Wine is consumable. The moment I pop the cork on a $400 bottle of Bond or Schrader or whatever, that "asset" just became worth nothing except the pleasure I'm about to experience as I drink it. Tomorrow morning I'm going to pee it all out and recycle the empty bottle. And my $400 Death Star? I can open it up and build it with my son. And then display it for a year while he plays with it. Then tear it apart and build a new scene with some of the pieces and minifigures and toss the bulk in a storage bin. Then we can find all the pieces again and build it all over in five years. And then get tired of it and put it all back in the original box with the instructions and sell it used and complete on eBay for $700. It sure makes it a lot easier for me to spend $400 on a Lego set than a bottle of cabernet once I go through all of this in my head... To sum up, I think TLG wants to retire sets, loves seeing prices skyrocket in the secondary market, and will not do anything that is going to screw up its own sustainable profitability. What TLG has done over the past 10 years has seen the company rise from the ashes to become this massive leviathan of money-making. If they started re-releasing numerous old sets or making their products available forever (i.e. stopped retiring them after 2-4 years) then the consumers' mindsets would really change. And profits would go down. And that isn't going to happen.

VIP points are NOT a discount. They are "virtual cash back" when you spend real cash. You have to think about them differently than a 5% discount.