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I get it. I don't know if discussing money laundering is appropriate for a kid's toy, but I understand the dark humor. Maybe LEGO could have designed the next Modular around a dry cleaner so it could be placed next to a properly designed bank. I have an idea...How about a Chinese Restaurant for our next Modular so we can place it next to the Pet Shop?

Nice set. In this case though, they could have saved the dry cleaners for another interior Modular. I think it takes away from overall appearance of an important corner set. The truly iconic corner sets look better as one building IMO. A bank could have and should have been a special set.

When will it retire ?

Press release coming in the morning. Corner building with bank and laundromat.

You know, I missed out on a 1953 Corvette, but I don't think Chevrolet will reissue the car for me and other fans....Lame excuse.

You clearly missed the part where they use the laundromat to launder money. I guess it's pretty successful

I think it looks awesome!

Ed received the first copy of the book to review from the publishers and I am finally getting my first look at it. I have to say, it's pretty exciting to see months of work in a completed form. It really looks great and very proud of it. There is only about a month to go before it's released to the public which will be both exciting and nerve wracking to see what everyone thinks. If you haven't preordered it yet, pre-order it from Amazon now!

Just found these (9gag) and wanted to share them with you. @ Neosphinx: you might want to change your avatar :-) (using the LEGO version)

I like it - the colors are excellent. Though I do wish they had ditched the laundromat and made a more epic bank with the entrance on the corner, with a grand staircase entryway, etc. If they continue making modulars this way, some of the older, bigger ones like TH and GE will become even more sought after.

I like it, but don't like the Canadian price tag. :S

better question is when is the new box??

I agree that the Laundromat is completely out of place - I am pretty sure that rent levels (at this location) would make the success of such an establishment impossible.

Finished the Trevi Fountain this morning and this has been my largest Architecture model to date (I've not built the houses or the Imperial hotel). I've built enough of these to know what I was getting into: tiny pieces, repetitive elements, tight spaces but this thing wore on my patience a bit. (turning page) "Wait, I need 6 of THOSE now!?!?" ...and I probably spent 10 minutes getting the horses placed correctly. They kept coming apart though I don't think they could more substantial without ruining the scale. Overall fun build. I really like the water bits more than I thought I would (the rocks DID get tedious) and the book/instruction is well done.

Per VIP card, me and my fam went and bought all the JW stuff. Cleaned out the shelves. Stacked everything on the counter and had stares but whatever I made money, screw their judgement.

I'm not going to repeat the entire thing here, but the current rumor for the next modular is this: I guess we might find out on Monday. The bank next to a laundry mat, according to the rumor, will have some playability that allows for thieves to rob the bank and then "launder" their money at the laundry mat.

You can take it to the bank that there will be an announcement this weekend.

For those of you who might want to figure out how to find those "hidden gems" we have been talking about lately on the forums, this book can aid in that quest. I spent more than a half a year researching and writing about many of the major (and not so major) themes and some of the most important sets from each. For the novices and beginners out there, there is a tremendous amount of information in this book about LEGO sets as collectibles. Even veterans of the LEGO collecting and investing world might learn a thing or two (...or at least enjoy the pictures...LOL).

Man, I LOVE seeing those JW commercials during football. Hopefully Lil' Timmy is watching the game with Pops.

Smoked my very first turkey. I ended up going with apple and alder wood and cold smoked it for 4hrs. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canucks out there!

We will have an Octagon. Two members enter, 1 member leaves

StarWars10 New Promo code for Oct 16-30th on Star Wars Figures, Vehicles, Role Play and Building Sets (Lego included). Save $10 when you spend $40 on regular priced items. Excludes any SW Lego set 229.99 and above and clearance (this leads me to believe that items on sale still count) I have used the card successfully in the past in-store on sale items, but not sure about online. Worth a shot. You can also get the physical card at TRU from buying anything Star Wars, no minimum required. I bought like a Star Wars candy and the cashier gave me a card. I did not have to ask for it.

I wouldn't put too much stock into any weirdness at LEGO Shop at Home. That website is constantly having issues.

oh, cryptic comment. Dun dun dun

...or the one.

It looks smallish but I'm liking it the more I look at it. It seems like the last 3 years, there is a decrease in overall height compared to earlier modulars with an increase in the complexity of both interior and exterior driving up the piece count. This has a slightly less piece count than Parisian Restaurant and is $10 higher. There are 5 modulars now on the timeline. There is a clear financial incentive for TLG to axe the lower priced modulars (PS, PC) to drive sales towards the higher MSRP sets. Now if we could only get another surprise double modular retirement - unlikely but one can hope.

I like it. Nice piece count, facade and detail look great. What's up with lego last year it was sneaking "candy" alcohol during prohibition and this year it is money laundering. Love the pic on the back of the guy actually tossing Gs in the washer Plus BB is a cool name and a much needed break from PS PC PR.

Wicked! http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-creator-modular-brick-bank-10251-officially-announced/

95 tot 19 thanksgiving 30 winter soldier

close to Xmas demand will catch up with supply, no worries...

I have to agree. This gaudy over-purchasing direct from Lego turns my stomach a bit. It's SO weird that Lego doesn't like resellers. I can't imagine why.

Screw their judgement. Until the ban hammer comes crashing down.

It was not if nobody cared about it...

Just pre-ordered a copy and excited to read through it. Plus, I figured it was a small way to say thanks to you gentlemen for this informative website and all the knowledge found in the forums. A day doesn't go by that I do not at least browse BP. Thanks Again.

Well this is what we all have been waiting for now isn't it?

Looks like amazon git IR on sale...$124.41

Could you imagine a BPC!? That would be a very interesting event. Everyone would be wearing their screen names on their name tags. Personalities that clash online would be meeting face to face, you would almost need to set up an octagon to settle some scores. It would be awesome!!!

Exactly! I guess the next question is, when and where is the book signing going to be? Congrats guys!

I wish I could find some in the wild

Theory: the longer SW is around, the higher last year's SW Elf promo set demand/price goes. As a small time investor, I feel it would be lost money to not at least get as many SWs as elf promos I have.

That's why you need the TRU Bat Signal promo on your TH, can't find my pic now.

Another MOC highlights theme post from me! This time it is about POKEMON! (or POKÉMON... japanese don't have the accent aigu though...) Prepare for quite some pictures to come! Let's start with the simpler builds and work our way up to the more complex ones! 1. This is as simple as it gets but still nice: A pokeball by Chris McVeigh (Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpigbuilds/5804581959/in/photostream/ ) 2. These are brickbuild (mainly using cubic bricks) Pokemon. Simple but still very impressive this style feels like it goes back to the roots of LEGO building. Honestly these could be some pieces built by LEGO itself (if you compare to big lego store statues for example). I especially like the crab pokemon By Idonutexist (Link: http://imgur.com/gallery/HV16K ) 3. These builds are special! Not just because they look great (again the crab probably is my favorite! ;-) ) but most notably because these are not simple pokemon builds but pokemon-mechas! Make sure to check out the flickr account for more! By stormbringer (Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36769850@N05/ ) 4. Last but definetively not least! Mike Nieves with his brilliantly designed pieces. Thanks to numerous technic/bionicle pieces these creations have been possible. My personal guess is that these require the most advanced building techniques of them all. The result is stunning and they make me want to buy some bionicle pieces even though I'm not a big fan of these ;-) (Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/retinence/page1 ) What's your opinion? Do you agree?

Stuff their announcement! Loads of 2016 set pic now floating around online. Owners of Spider Homing Droid may wish to consider selling ASAP as it would seem to have been 10249´d

OMG. planning on QFLL the TOTs or holding?

LEGO - but embargoed until 6am Eastern, so I can't share any details

They ban accounts. It isn't as simply as "B&M" or "online." I'm sure the totality of the purchase history is taken into consideration.

Out of all sets I've purchased over the years, this one is probably the most surprising. Hard to believe it's only up 40-50% after a couple years. After fees and taxes that leaves very little on the table. I would have thought this would be pushing $250 by now. It's a terrific set.

Agree thatthis bad move by the company is going to create a lot of doubts with lego investors. This will yield short term gain and long term pain for the company, very short sighted for a dannish private firm. I hope there is sufficient pressure from top executives to stop such short sightedness.