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Finished the Bricktober sets from 2015 today with the TRU store. I am really surprised at the size difference between these and last year's sets but I much prefer the size of this year. I feel like the 2015 builds were more complex and used nicer bricks and in better colors. I took some photos of size for comparison. My favorite is the trains stain mostly because of the colors with the TRU store a very close second.

This set reminds me of the ugly girl/boy friend you had in high school, who you see 4 years later and wished you had stuck around.

Finished up my Bat-Pod tonight, but I messed up and ordered wrong on 2 pieces. Guess which ones? I now have another Bricklink order in.

No one will want these, best to sell now...

BTTF Delorean for $99 including shipping on eBay.

If wall street doesn't work out for you, you can always go the "small house movement" route ....

No worries, I've put one together. It'll make the perfect signature.

Made a quick & basic build guide video. My first video, had fun making it. Check it out and I hope it helps anyone trying to figure out the Power Functions portion.

Hey, I buy all this stuff for myself.....for about 2 years, then I change my mind.

I guess it is somewhat safe to say that the person on Bricklink who spoke of the new box in the Montreal LEGO store was full of crap.

I just laughed out loud when I read that.

Yep, that's where my Grand Prix Trucks and Star Destroyer shipped from. At least it wasn't Vandalay Industries.

This one is in long term investment hold. Just wait it out.

Here's how i see this set. Some AFOL's want a set that non-lego fans will see and say, "WHOA,,,,that's Lego?" They want an impressive display piece. They want something that looks screen accurate. This is the ONLY set from the LOTR / Hobbit series that accomplishes most of those requirements. (maybe the Unexpected Gathering does at a smaller scale)

Yes.

Honestly don't even sell them. Just find anyone who will take one and just get rid of it. The boxes have too many fall colors (it's almost winter), they take up too much shelf space, and it doesn't even come with a single hobbit, elf or dwarf minifigure. They're your whole demographic. This one is a stinkfest.

Last I heard he was seen wandering the streets, mumbling to himself - He was wearing an old shirt that said: I Gave Away All Of My LEGO Secrets, And All I Have Left Is This Lousy T-Shirt!

Brilliant marketing ploy. Makes investors and parents buy early.

It's available outside North America at shop at home. I'm guessing friends/associates in europe shipping to USA. It would be very nice if history were to repeat itself and walmart sells this as a $30 BF special.

Yeah every time I see that clip my face acquires a childish grin, as I cast a thought to my stash of Lego R2D2's.

Round Pharmacy and Doctors by cimddwc

This is cool : https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=Y9LR4XCsdtc&ebc=ANyPxKouV4SO-4JwsYuPPpEQerhDfPGDlkwIyBxWJzhMBvP-lD4pQgoQM6e-bkzJq2ozG4xb6gJJo7eD6nbyaG5lPdDt25GKCQ

Today's sales on eBay: x2 Bricktober Train Station 40142 - each $28 including shipping x1 Star Wars Desert Skiff 9496 - $49 including shipping

Not soon enough?

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I wasn't trying to say hustle wasn't irrelevant... It takes a decent work ethic to find the best deals, to pack items well, to put effort into your listings, etc. I'm not questioning whether you work hard (you might, you might not.... not for me to decide) but even some people who work hard may not play fairly. Peyton Manning is revered as a nice guy who plays hard and works harder but is fair with everyone and everything. Tom Brady is a great football player, works hard, but got caught cheating and refuses to come clean. So what I was meaning is that regardless of how hard you work, in my mind it's not worth it if you abuse policies, coupons, discount programs because you've lost your integrity (and yes, that's my own subjective definition).

I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but Blains's Farm and Fleet has the following JW sets for a discount. Probably not a deal with shipping, but not bad if you can pick it up: IR: $124.89 Reserve for pickup PC: $18.89 Online and Reserve for pickup DA: $27.89 Online and Reserve for pickup RR: $44.89 Online and Reserve for pickup TT: $64.89 Reserve for pickup

But in this case it's as if mommy has a rule that says that you could only have 1 cookie before dinner. But Tommy keeps asking for another, and every time she just keeps giving them to him - as many as he wants. Come dinner time Tommy isn't hungry, and mommy is furious and outraged - So he is banned from the dinner table, for life.

Unfortunately, buying direct from LEGO to resell also violates their policies of selling to end consumers only. It's not about the hustle, it's about playing the game with integrity. Some will get it (Peyton Manning), others won't (Tom Brady).

Ok here is an update. Things have changed on how we get our data and the format that it is in. It seems that everyone in all the major companies are really either closing doors on data that is given out, or clamping down on how people share info. I have a bunch of code that I need to update in order to work with the new data. I need a few more days to work this out and make sure it's right. The good news is that, based on what I see, I hope that as everything moves forward, it will not need to be monthly updates. It could possibly make it's way to weekly updates, we will have to see. So if anyone asks where is the update, just point them to this post. I will try to get it out there as soon as I can.

From their website:

Just a few comments based on other comments here: Regarding whether or not Finn is a fake-out force user. I believe he IS a force user for two reasons: 1) He's on the poster with a lightsaber. That poster is going to be around for generations. Why put that on a poster that would feel "fake" for years after the movie comes out. 2) Remember the first teaser trailer when Snoke says, "There has been an awakening....have you felt it?" And then....boom, Finn pops up. What's that tell you? The force has awakened in him. Regarding C3P0, he's with Leia. In the behind the scenes footage you see him standing with the Resistance peeps, and Leia is part of that group. R2D2 looks like his is with Luke, potentially. Although that shot of Luke touching R2 could just be a flashback. I am assuming Luke sends R2 at some point with a message to Leia or someone. But R2 has always been Luke's little bud. If Luke is in isolation, I can totally see him taking R2 along for the ride. And regarding Boba Fett, I don't know. There is a Mandalorian sign on that place that Han is leading Finn and Rey into in the new trailer, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it is a Mandalorian place. I think that might just be the pirate's den that we saw in the comic con footage, and all those signs represent different species, planets, etc, and Mandalore is just one of them. If anything, I think we get Boba Fett in the new Han Solo movie. MAYBE in Rogue One.

Lego Buy it now Newly listed Private seller I did this for about 90 minutes a day a few years ago. Amazing what some people put on ebay without knowing the true cost of things.

That would be the crazy uncle webmaster override feature!

How do you select them all?

60128 features Anton Chigurh and his captive bolt pistol from No Country for Old Men!

New Delaware Colony by Christer Nyberg

Hopefully they will keep making the Bricktober sets for another 2 years and can complete a square...

I personally believe this set is both over-bought and over-valued. Maybe not overseas, but I don't believe there is a ton of demand because there simply isn't anywhere near the LOTR fanbase for LEGO as their are for the movies or books. Not even comparable to Star Wars or Lego Super Heroes. Maybe AFOLs will have some interest in the future, but of the thousands of these maybe the one thing that will keep them up in value will be the colors and design.. I personally just don't see the demand there. LEGO group is bringing these exclusives back for the nth time now and unless you're holding for years you may not get more than $50 out of them for a $350 sale when all is said and done, and that could take 2 years. It could be another Helms Deep, rises and then stagnates for years.

no ragrets

Hmmm. I see Boba Fett / Mandalorian images on some of the banners...

The other hand is used for F5-ing. Only BPers get this

Neo-Blacktron B-22 interceptor by Rancorbait LL-1193 - "The Mule" by Wami Delthorn LL-135A Lightning by Benjamin Peterson Classic Space Outpost by Stephan Niehoff

link is http://search-en.lego.com/?q=Retired+product&cc=US# I use this link though for sets with 500+ elements http://search-en.lego.com/?cc=US&count=60&i=1&m_sort_menu=itemname&pt=shop&q=Retired+product&q1=1000%2B|500-999&rank=rankUS&x1=piece-range

Spyrius Data Skimmer Incy Wincy NCS Lancer Interceptor Classic Space Patrol

Piranha by spaceruner AX-04 - Leviathan by spaceruner Galactic Interceder by Elephant-Knight Pulsar Requin by Elephant-Knight