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Hilarious!!!!!!

New trailer !

Oh, please have a space for a battery pack at the base and a functioning time clock...that way I can totally justify displaying this in the living room...I can see many of us justifying it now, "but honey, its not a toy, its a clock"!

U smile , u wink , and you say thank you

Assuming this is not just a huge bell, I hope it includes more Westminster palace, not just the tower like the Architecture set.

Wouldn't be the first time they "borrowed" from somebody, won't be the last. There was an uncanny resemblance to a Haunted House MOC when 10228 came out as well. I'd be pissed as well. Like the guy said, if they were truly planning on something like that, having him sign an NDA would have easily allowed them to say "thanks for your submission, but here's what we're already working on", and it would have cleared everything up. Now they have some obvious bad press because of this decision due to their obsession with secrecy, which I can understand due to all the knockoffs.

I'm about to meet a guy to sell my one and only Exo Suit. Buy in was like $32 and some change. Selling it for $35. Looking forward to getting rid of this one. $3 profit.....woohoo!!!

Unless u sold them for cash there are fees involved and shipping costs among others .

This could have gone in about 5 different threads, but ultimately, it's an MOC, so it belongs here. Credit to PaddyBricksplitter

ok. maybe its just me and i have star wars on the brain but i took a picture of this cloud the other day... dum dum da-dum dum da-dum dum da-dum.

The Hive by Bart De Dobbelaer

Or 10253 Big Ben all tock and no action.

If it meant something, Lego will surely change it...

Red is for Hobbit and Orange is for Star Wars

HELLS YEAH! The trailers keep getting better without really giving away the story... but such subtle hints. Who really is Kylo Ren and if he's such a bad ass, why doesn't he kill Rey? What is Han doing with Rey? Love it! As to that lightsaber... it's almost like someone built it themselves with an imperfect energy source. Maybe after disappearing for a while and then deciding he was going to take on evil from the inside?

More observation: - This Japanese version showed more BB-8 than any other trailers combined (Geez I wonder why ) - I already mentioned how I love the "fiery" look of Kylo Ren's lightsaber, especially the hot air surrounding it when Kylo put the saber next to Rey's head - Damn the shot with TIEs flying with sun on the background was a call back to Apocalypse Now @gregpj I am officially stoked by this movie, no more pretending to have low expectation, HA!

Looks like Lego will be releasing GB sets to coincide with next years movie http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/read/sony-pictures-details-toy-plans-for-ghostbusters-jumanji-and-get-smurfy/045530 “Alongside Mattel, we have LEGO on board, Funko doing Pop! Vinyl and Rubie’s is making costumes. It’s expansive. We have something for everyone, whether you’re a collector or an everyday toy buyer.”

Thank you for your time in assisting with the "BA coupons". Having said that, I hate you Seriously need a jealous button. I quit TRU for the last 3 weeks because of all the new hires and having to instruct them that 20% off $100 was not a $2 off. The last 79018 I bought took me almost 1 hour to ring up. It felt like I was Pippen asking Treebeard to decide if I was an orc.

The Swiss guy who made the Lego Ideas Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters made a statement on his page about the very similar looking new Lego 75827 set: My Statement on the release of the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters

The AT-AT looks kind of cute next to them!

It might be this coupon $10 off over 100 or $15 when paying with TRU credit card

U suck frequently!

I just wrote a second article today. Guys - this really doesn't take a long time to submit something. Even with pulling down a photo, and linking to BrickPicker pages, it took maybe 10-15 minutes to write up a short news article. For those of you that talk about giving back to the site - I realize transferring funds via PayPal for a yearly subscription seems like the easiest way to help out. But this is a very easy way to give back to the site. The more exposure that BrickPicker gets on Google, the more clickthrus it receives, and the more money back into their pocket. Please consider taking even a few minutes to contribute a new item, or an analysis, or some other original content.

those sub categories of an insane amount of options did suck this same argument is another that comes up a lot. The whole new for used, set or part of a set. A big part still falls on ebay for never adding a "new other" option like just about every other main category. The fact that certain categories have totally different sub categories makes no sense to begin with. Toys you get new and used. Jewelry you get new with tags, new without tags, new with defects, and preowned. Household items get New , New other, seller refurbished, manufacturer refurbished, used and for parts not working. The fact that there are so many options for some categories and hardly any for some does not make much sense and they have had years to ad them but never do. Then they said you can't use "like new" for items they are either new or used yet still have the like new condition for video games. So go figure. The argument will always be there whether its new or used but more conditions would help. The argument with set vs figure is kind of silly and could just be in LEGO to begin with. If you sell the figs from say a MF versus selling the MF they both come from a set. Most people put xxx minifigure from 7965 or whatever so not sure that really matters to begin with.

One question about the hooded Sith, do we know for certain Kylo Ren is a male under there? For what little of the voice is heard, it can sound like a woman's being distorted through a filter. I suppose to me it seems as though whoever is actually under there might be trying too hard to sound so 'manly'.

Time to load up on SOH over the next few weeks if this Big Ben is in the same scale. I have the same thought!

Huh?? He said "I will fulfill our destiny. I will finish what you started". I might be just seeing it, but I fear one of the main characters from the original movie is not going to make it... ETA: I must say I love how Kylo Ren's lightsaber "energy blade" is not smooth like other lightsabers

But there are always two, a master and an apprentice.

Amazon.co.uk drops it prices to match the Argos 3 for 2 Special that started today: Latest 25% or more discounts 10545 Duplo Batcave Adventure £23.35 (£39.99) -42% 10539 Duplo Beach Racing £11.67 (£19.99) -42% 70170 Ultra Agents UltraCopter vs. AntiMatter £36.49 (£59.99) -39% 75091 Star Wars Flash Speeder £21.45 (£34.99) -39% 31038 Creator Changing Seasons £24.81 (£39.99) -38% 10532 Duplo My First Police Set £12.40 (£19.99) -38% 75908 Speed Champions 458 Italia GT2 £8.36 (£12.99) -36% 75910 Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder £8.36 (£12.99) -36% 70747 Ninjago Boulder Blaster £16.78 (£24.99) -33% 10544 Duplo The Joker Challenge £16.78 (£24.99) -33% 10524 Duplo Farm Tractor £12.40 (£16.99) -27% 41035 Friends Heartlake Juice Bar £18.24 (£24.99) -27% 10668 Juniors The Princess Play Castle £10.94 (£14.99) -27% 60067 City Helicopter Pursuit £18.24 (£24.99) -27% 75079 Star Wars Shadow Troopers £8.75 (£11.99) -27% 75080 Star Wars AAT £18.24 (£24.99) -27% 75083 Star Wars AT-DP £36.49 (£49.99) -27% 10585 Duplo Mom and Baby £6.56 (£8.99) -27% 10587 Duplo Café £13.13 (£17.99) -27% 21116 Minecraft Crafting Box £36.49 (£49.99) -27% 41087 Friends Bunny & Babies £2.91 (£3.99) -27% 41089 Friends Little Foal £2.91 (£3.99) -27% 41091 Friends Mia's Roadster £9.48 (£12.99) -27% 75092 Star Wars Naboo Starfighter £40.14 (£54.99) -27% 75094 Star Wars Imperial Shuttle Tydirium £58.39 (£79.99) -27% 70413 Pirates The Brick Bounty £58.39 (£79.99) -27% 60085 City 4x4 with Powerboat £18.24 (£24.99) -27% 75899 Speed Champions LaFerrari £9.48 (£12.99) -27% 41097 Friends Heartlake Hot Air Balloon £18.24 (£24.99) -27% 75911 Speed Champions McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop £21.89 (£29.99) -27% 75912 Speed Champions Porsche 911 GT Finish Line £29.19 (£39.99) -27% 75901 Scooby-Doo Mystery Plane Adventures £14.59 (£19.99) -27% 75904 Scooby-Doo Mystery Mansion £51.09 (£69.99) -27% 75101 Star Wars First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter £43.79 (£59.99) -27% 70733 Ninjago Blaster Bike £13.13 (£17.99) -27% 70735 Ninjago Ronin R.E.X. £29.19 (£39.99) -27% 70737 Ninjago Titan Mech Battle £29.19 (£39.99) -27% 70739 Ninjago Airjitzu Kai Flyer £5.83 (£7.99) -27% 70741 Ninjago Airjitzu Cole Flyer £5.83 (£7.99) -27% 70743 Ninjago Airjitzu Morro Flyer £5.83 (£7.99) -27% 70744 Ninjago Airjitzu Wrayth Flyer £5.83 (£7.99) -27% 41100 Friends Heartlake Private Jet £14.59 (£19.99) -27% 41105 Friends Pop Star Show Stage £25.54 (£34.99) -27% 33% or more discounts on this year's sets 60095 City Deep Sea Exploration Vessel £48.99 (£79.99) -39% 70170 Ultra Agents UltraCopter vs. AntiMatter £36.49 (£59.99) -39% 75091 Star Wars Flash Speeder £21.45 (£34.99) -39% 31038 Creator Changing Seasons £24.81 (£39.99) -38% 10618 Duplo Creative Building Box £12.50 (£19.99) -37% 75908 Speed Champions 458 Italia GT2 £8.36 (£12.99) -36% 75910 Speed Champions Porsche 918 Spyder £8.36 (£12.99) -36% 70747 Ninjago Boulder Blaster £16.78 (£24.99) -33%

http://m.target.com/p/lego-building-set/-/A-46782501

If no one else has it by the morning, I will grab it. It's in my car. (and not smooshed)

Quoting Huskers here for the bulk lot reference, but the question goes out to anyone who buys in bulk lots... I just picked one up on CL. At the time I had no real idea what would be in there (as I'm sure is most often the case). So far I've inventoried and accurately identified about 5 ~500 piece sets, but this still leaves something like 15lbs of bulk to be sorted and discovered. So my question is, do you input these sets into your brickfolio as used sets? If so, how do you come up with the initial buy in value of that set from a lot still being processed? Do you update the prices as you discover more sets? Do you weigh the completed set and then do a percentage of the lot's weight, figuring the cost on a weight basis? What works for folks? Looking for some ideas. If this is better in another thread, please feel free to move it, didn't want to start one for just this question.

She, assistant manager, did some stuff to/on the register,but she was adement that it works otherwise "the register would have rejected it " . I left it at that .

Could I get re-opened? I've just finished a little piece on GotG and though it would be a good read for fellow BPers.

Sorry. Should have reread that. The Thursday discount is what I meant.

How is a 25% profit over retail a total waste of time I have sold several for $35 after a $24 buy in an I am thrilled. Profit is profit

I've got 9 and, as mentioned by another poster earlier, I'm not selling for less than $30. I really like this set and its box is fantastic. If I can't sell them for more than $30, I'll give them to the kids we 'adopt' for the holidays.

Someone who thought this thread was on "Dr Quinn medicine woman"?

I can imagine that LEGO is starting a "out-of-stock" policy for certain sets after they've sold a certain number of them. This does not have to be connected to 2xVIP but also to other shortages they know might happen. Considering this to be a marketing strategy is probably the best idea. I'm not sure how LEGO thinks about this but as every good business I'm sure they want to be able to control their logistics as much as possible. New masses of resellers surely are a problem from time to time which they need to control somehow without decreasing the value of their product. This might be the way they're doing things now and it's probably not a bad one.

Not only would I walk out , I will make sure every reel is burned to the ground .

and the fact that a good amount of people just search, they don't use categories. I have never once used a category to search something. Plus you would be missing stuff more than likely just as when you search completed versus sold. Even though they are both ended items you can get different things to come up on sold and completed. Another issue that has gone on for a long time. So for people that part out large sets say like Helicarrier which you could get close to $550 for awhile broken down. People listed the microfigs and accessories, the figs with the shield symbol, and the actual helicarrier. They are all still part of the set so what is the difference?? What parts of a set qualify for being sets. They aren't bulk lots of bricks as you can still give instructions to them and so forth. The mention of it circumventing ebays rules is not really true, you aren't allowed to spam titles but if you have something from set 76042 in your helicarrier partial auction it is still from 76042 and you do have a right to use it. The people that just throw a number in there to get exposure and have nothing to up for auction from that set is definitely a right to be upset but I just don't see it on the other. Everyones allowed an opinion and there is so many variables that people are always going to disagree over it so not a big deal in my book. Eventially Ebay could just change all the categories again to something more generic like building toys as the main one and then just LEGO Megabloks etc etc. So then what?? They've done it in other categories and it makes it much easier anyways. People who are looking for that specific item will always find a way to find it without categories.

Don't mind at all. I purchased lot from a fellow Brickpicker back in February/March. Consisted of 250+ lbs. He had done some initial sorting, but finishing that and washing all the parts took about a month. I have been ordering parts as I go, inventorying about a dozen sets or so going by theme.(Had over 100 sets in it from 2005-2009 timeframe) Overall, I'm sure I've made minimum wage due to that hours put in sorting, but was able to keep some really cool sets like an Emerald Night, Motorized AT/AT, 7993 Service Station I've wanted for a long time, random figures, etc. etc. Between what I kept and sold/end up selling(have about a dozen left), I'll make a few thousand profit on a few thousand investment. Was hoping to double my money and I'll be darn close to doing it. This takes into account parts ordered, but not time or anything as I don't lose normal income due to working on this. I've kept a spreadsheet just for this lot to see how it goes. I'll also be taking a long break from doing this again as well.

I didn't say I'd have them do the reporting of these jackasses, I said I'd have them sign a petition asking eBay to do something about it. Really, it's not that complicated. Do you have to open the box, plastic container, polybag, etc. to sell the item you're listing in the 'Brand New Sets' category? If not, carry on. If so, it is no longer 'Brand New' as you had to open it to sell whatever piece of the ACTUAL set/polybag you want to sell. There are dozens of 'what ifs' that people can list, I'm sure. But it's not rocket science. Heck, it's not even 2nd grade reading comprehension. I can ask my 5 yo to look at 20 listings and I'll bet you he can tell me if the item listed is a set or not 20 out of 20 times. If that's the case, I really don't see any opposing argument to what I've suggested.

You guys asked, and you shall receive. These were taken a couple of months ago, and I don't actually happen to have all the sets. Missing is the Imperial Shuttle, Ewok Village, and some winter village sets. Oh and detectives office is missing as well because it was destroyed by our friend's kid and had to be put back together which it was.

This was the most appropriate thread I could think of to post this, the USPS has posted some rate increase information that is proposed to start January 2016. In short, it's a double digit percentage increase across the board. One thing that stands out is First Class Package rates. Although increasing 12.8%, the weight limit moves from 13oz to 16oz. So there is some good mixed in with the bad (the rate increase). There is a pretty good blog post about it here: http://blog.stamps.com/2015/10/22/usps-announces-postage-rate-increase-starts-january-17-2016/

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.

As others have already said, DUPLO can do well but you have to factor in a few things: 1. The boxes are much larger than comparitively priced LEGO sets. This can result in larger shipping costs and requiring more storage space. 2. "Generic" DUPLOs fare far less well than some "Generic" LEGO pieces, so be extra wary of buying the Box O Duplos. For example, the LEGO Creative Tower is selling for 101.35 right now on Amazon, and the DUPLO tower just 55. Both could be had at the same price, of course. Now if you spent $30 on each of those, you'd still be making some money on the DUPLO tower, just far less than the LEGO one. Similarly, people are not likely to buy a themed DUPLO set for specific/rare pieces for use elsewhere. 3. Margins are definitely lower. Where as one can usually take a gamble at 20-30% off of a LEGO set, definitely look at 50% or more for DUPLO purchase - One exception, I have been purchasing the DUPLO Disney Princess sets at 20-30% off as I have found them, and some of the returns have been quite good. 4. Personally, I'd avoid the PLANES theme like the plague. 5. DUPLO sets seem to have a lower ceiling in general. While lunatic Star Wars fans will pay $700 for a Star Destroyer, in general it seems even the best and most expensive DUPLO sets top out in the $150-$200 range. And those are rare. Very few go higher than that. 6. DUPLO seem to have a longer product cycle in general, as they seem to require less updating. 2-3 years is pretty standard as opposed to the 1-2 years for most of the LEGO sets, which means if you get in too early you may have to wait a bit. In your example, Big Farm and Train at 30% are probably fine investments in that you will profit from them, though there's no telling when those sets actually will retire, and that money could better be spent now on other sets that are already disappearing - Most Walmarts are also clearancing Starhoppers, Malibu Mansions, Fire Temples, etc etc which may result in faster returns with smaller storage commitment. I personally think the Super Hero DUPLO theme will do quite well in the long run, and am definitely eyeing them. Most Target/Walmart are clearing out the Superman set now. So there are plusses and minuses, depending on your strategy, it could be worth fitting in.