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Talked to someone with some knowledge regarding coupons. Jan - March are designated as Baby months @ Tru/Bru. Regular coupons to resume starting April. Fwiw .

Purchasing 5 Sandcrawlers IS the buying pattern of a reseller.

Bust this!

The correct term for this phenomenon is POOF.

Picked a used / original elements 10182 Cafe Corner (no box), new 10246 Detective's Office, 10243 Parisian Restaurant and 10218 Pet Shop. I was able to save $16 each on the last 3 with Amazon points.

Ebay Gift card $95 for $100

It'll have to wait until I'm at work on Monday. I don't do this stuff on the weekend.

It's someone else's turn to doctor up the ewoks arriving on a big boat pic.

Of all the new Star Wars sets, this one sucks the least? Kidding. It's actually a really good set and some of the others aren't half bad. It has been very hard to find at most retailers, rarely discounted, in high demand, and it's an X wing. Also, there's another X-wing color variant coming out this summer, so one thought is maybe the Poe's version is going to be a short production run and possibly harder to find, so therefore more valuable in the future. Call it the "Raptor Escape"'set phenomenon.

Here's a hint, if a service you use is free, you're not a customer. You're the product.

Anyone complaining about the quality of a FREE service is more than welcome to go find or develop alternative tools. I'm personally thankful to Jeff/Ed for doing any updates at all - no doubt they have better uses for their time. Hopefully those looking a gifthorse in the mouth don't leave them feeling like its a widespread sentiment.

I blame that damn BA

The origins of this set have been uncovered by a Disney archivist. They found an unreleased, 1991 straight to video film by the same name in the Lucasfilm vault. Now we can understand how an assault by two could be successful. From the promotion materials: The action is heating up on the ice planet Hoth! When trooper Kesva Pelon (Steven Seagal - Above the Law, Hard to Kill) discovers that his ex-wife, Toryn Farr (Kelly Le Brock - Weird Science), joined the Rebel Alliance, became chief communications officer for the base on Hoth and has been abducted by a ruthless wampa, he must take matters into his own hands. But Kesva wouldn't dare assault the Hoth base alone! He is joined by longtime Imperial Academy friend and the Galactic Empire's finest speeder bike pilot, Squad Leader Brase McRol (Chuck Norris - The Delta Force, Missing in Action) Together, they are a two-man wrecking crew, leaving death and destruction in their wake. They must act fast if they hope to rescue Toryn and punish the Rebel scum for letting her be taken! "Norris and Seagal are an action tour de force!" - LA Times

As in: 1) Plan to get 999 "grab bag" items from TRU or 2) Plan on everyone else buying a gazillion of them Both are probably likely.

Professionally Obliterated by Our Forum.

The horde thinks that it's pegged for early retirement even though there's been no indication of that really happening. When in fact, their horde mentality will cause Lego to make tons more and flood the market a la Jurassic World.

x3 Lego SW First Order Transporter 75103 $21ea at WM

I don't disagree with you, because you're probably right that buying the allowed quantity of any one item isn't going to get you banned, but buying 5 SC in one shot might go a long way towards establishing the "reseller buying pattern" you reference. Particuarly true, if your VIP account is newish, you wait until double VIP or some other good LEGO Shop at Home promo week, and then repeat that behavior for other exclusives within a few days. Just tips for some of the less experienced.

When studio originally came out with price of $150 it went out of stock/temporarily unavailable/sold out (can't remember which one) for a long time and it got to the point where I was able to sell couple for $299, so who knows, it could end up like exo, or maybe like female scientists....or remember first cuusoo minecraft cube? (21102), it was going for really high amounts before it came back...but now.....eh

Obviously, we want to drive traffic here. However, it would be foolish to use this site as your only place for getting pricing data. Brickpicker is great because you've entered you data in one place and you don't have to hunt to find pricing. But if Brickpicker is your only tool - well, you're making it easier on the rest of us.

Yall need to chill the eff out! I have a truth bomb to drop on all of you...........you don't need the brickfolio to be updated on the hour to know what your sets are worth. There is a filter on ebay called "sold" where you can see how much a set has sold for recently. So stop being so damn lazy and start crunching numbers. You can preface your comments all you want with " this site is so awesome but....." but in the end you just sound like some ungrateful f%$#s! Stop asking about the update. Grow up and do some work for yourself. For everyone else thank you for your patience. Sincerely, The super serious grumpy crusty salty MOD

Finished the NYC Skyline late last week but did some rearranging in my office today. These used to sit on a window sill and once my office cat almost sat on the Statue of Liberty I decided that it was time to move everyone. I got another 2 shelves down at the bottom so once the new Capitol Building is out he'll have a nice home next to the imperial hotel...now I just have to decide if I want to build a Villa Savoye...I got 3...so I probably will at some point...

Just got back from TRU in Newington, NH. First person at register said no to price match, argued with her that the price match policy specifically lists Fred Meyer. She called the manager who adjusted the price without even looking the the price online, on my word alone. Walked out with 75105 for $84.99 after discounted GC's. Thank you tax free NH.

Heads up to anyone in the UK and Ireland who missed out on the Painting Easters Eggs set 40121. Tescos are now stocking them and have them priced £6.99.

For $10 I picked up very nice instructions for HP 4842 and 4841 off CL one town over. They were in an ad with lots of common instructions all for $40. I called to ask if they'd just sell me the HP. When I get to the house I ask "Dottie" who was in her 80's if they were selling the LEGO that goes with all the books. Her reply with a smile, "Hell no". They'll be bummed when they want to rebuild.

There is an awesome article on reddit titled: "A beginners guide to bricklinking". Despite the title, it's got some awesome tips in there that are not just for beginners. He built a 3500 piece Venator-Class Star Destroyer that is submitted on IDEAS. There are some great tips in there for big or small time orders, and a great all around read. We should support the IDEAS project as well, it's an awesome result. https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/47nmwv/a_beginners_guide_to_bricklinking/

Of course it is, I just had a momentary BrickPicker moment and got irrational because I missed out on an item. Thanks for keeping me grounded in reality.

Not that I have seen. My guess free with $25 purchase of lego city

I know, thanks. I usually only go Kmart Krazy with purchases when immediate surprise points are in play. I'm playing with free Kmart money at this point though so sometimes its worth rolling the dice.

Found this two bad boys, especially shark guy which I was looking for the most!

Most of these sets on display had a card stating March. The print on the minifigure might be but the armor worn is a brighter tone compared to the original polybag exclusive.

the price guide was updating today quite a few hours ago. just send off a quick email or a PM and I would be happy to tell you what's going on like quite a few of the other people do instead of posting to the world. I will try to get the rest of the site categories like CMF and Mixels updated by tomorrow if that is ok with you. **I have not done final reviews on all sets yet, I will review everything throughout the day tomorrow.

My bad!!!! Had it been on there for long? (OR always) I could have sworn it wasn't an option. Thanks for adding it!

Ok so after reading all the comments on this set and the general disappointment (have to say I'm in that faction too) I did wonder in terms of what you get how good of deal is it actually. First have to say its difficult to rank UCS sets/large SW playsets (but I'm going to anyway) and the metric I decided to use was price per gram (I didnt think I'd read anything on this and if i missed it then jokes on me ). (I also looked at inflation adjusting the price but the results came out very similar so I wont go into all that data). One thing i do come a cropper with is minifigs. Not sure the best way to account for those so presently I've just ignored. Unsurprisingly DS (10188) comes out as the best value on a price per gram ratio in the US and UK. I was surprised that the dropship was actually such "bad" value (heck I even went out and bought one of those recently). Salve 1 and SC are relative bargains. + 2 of my fave sets so thats a double thumbs up for me (conformation bias anyone?) Back to the topic at hand. Pretty much been said that AoH is not a lame deal and this does nothing to dispute that really. When you look at the intrinsic value of what you get for your $$$ it doesnt scream out "buy me". But its not actually as bad as I thought it would be (the rank is best to worse in terms of price per piece btw - i ordered them by release date). I actually thought EV would kill it on this metric That said I've never known anyone buy a set based purely on ppg and confident end buyers couldnt give a rats about it (everyone loves price per piece though). But it does show that TLG arent completely taking the mick with their pricing. Has nothing to do with how well the set will do (and not sure if it even helps anyone) but being a nerd I am tempted to extend this to the current TFA sets and Hoth Attack to see how the small to medium sets fair on a PPG basis. Just thought I'd share the fruits of my labor since i was marginally curious (Ohh and it does all depend on the fact that I got the weight of AoH right)

I had an Asian Guy last month asking me three times if he could get a discount. After three no's from my end, he asked me to include a present to his order. I included a drawing by my five year old daughter.

That attitude will change when they start releasing things you have accumulated...

I had no idea you thought those guys were real

Oh how these sets make me miss the 2015 vignettes.........

So your girlfriend tolerates Lego? She lets you indulge in your collection? She doesnt mind that you like "putting tiny bricks together as a grown man?" She doesn't draw frowny faces ): in permanent marker on every brown cardboard box she finds on the doorstep? And she even wants to build a 2,000+ piece exclusive on her own? And your biggest problem is ... which set she wants to build? .......... On an unrelated note, I am looking to unload a dozen used 24x20x6 boxes. They're in great shape but each one has a massive angry face /; drawn on it in black sharpie. Some faces are angrier than others.

Managed to get a used copy for £70, few bits missing, but nothing too terrible and mostly in good condition. Only the second modular I’ve built, other being GE (and excluding HH), decent enough built, but still not really won over by it.

And finished my third Green Grocer 10185 but this one I built mirrorred to mix it up a bit. Was quite fun to build that way.

On display in museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. All as part of a Lego exhibition.

Because there is nothing more Iconic (representing Easter), than a happy guy in a chicken suit, leaving an outhouse.

When Star Wars Rebels premiered, we were introduced to a brand new smuggler's freighter that had an odd shape. LEGO released the Ghost in 2014. It retired on January 1. In order to keep the demand fulfilled, they've created a microfighter featuring the pilot/owner Hera Syndulla in Micro form. In my review, I'm going to take a look at set 75127 The Ghost. REVIEW: SET DETAILS Set #: 75127 Name: The Ghost Microfighter Theme: Star Wars Parts: 104 Price: $9.99 Before we get to the build, let’s talk value. At 9.99 the price per piece works out to almost $.10 each. This is on the lower middle side of pricing for a licensed set. There is 1 minifigure. (This is standard for Microfighters.) The minifigure is Hera Syndulla. She is exactly the same as the one previously released with the larger The Ghost. BOX CONTENTS Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. For this set, there are 2 unnumbered baggies and an instruction book. BUILD AND EXECUTION Hera's a real Type A personality and couldn't wait for me to begin building, so she started without me. The build was interesting. I didn't really see it unfolding like it did. Hera's having fun putting it together. To be perfectly candid, the build of the mmicrofighter was more interesting than the actual System set. We're shaping the hull to the odd angles incorporated into the Ghost. The clips are probably for the "wings" I'm pretty sure that the small thrusters are for sublight speed. They'll snap onto the red bracket. According to the system version, these pods are escape pods. I don't know that they aren't airlocks. Time to build more angles into the Ghost. Another red bracket goes onto the front. (note: I missed adding 2 1x2 light bluish grey plates here. I wound up adding them later.) There's a clear dome for the front of the ghost. Time to add the rear "wings" and the larger engines. Hera is very good at all of this. The front wings are next. I'm not sure that the "windshield" is facing the correct way. I'm not super happy about the stud shooter here. I guess it's something to deal with until they come up with a new way to fling pieces across a room. Voila, Hera has finished her work and it's ready to fly. REACTION I actually really do like the look of this ship. The simplified design and cuter proportions make this look like a go-kart or one of those coin operated rides in front of the grocery stores. It was funner to build than the larger system version. I'll probably try to keep it out of the hands of my little girls so it doesn't get smashed. On the other hand, it might save my 75053 from their destructive hands. Hera is the same as the one in the 75053 The Ghost. She's got a 2 sided head. FINAL THOUGHTS As long as Rebels is on the TV, the Ghost will be featured. The System version was expensive for younger kids. It's also retired now. I think that parents of kids who like Star Wars Rebels will be looking for the cheaper alternative. Even if this set triples in value, it still has an important character and will continue to be cheaper than the now retired 75053. I see this one increasing in value and being in demand, moreso than any of the rest of this wave. EXTRA PIECES There are 7 pieces extra. 3 of them are the extra studs for the stud shooter. View full blog article

ToO is back on TRU.com again.

That's weird to do to your pictures, but what the heck.

As some of you know, I spent the last year writing a new book that teaches LEGO through architecture. The initial reaction to the book has been tremendous, with favorable feedback from folks at archdaily, brickset, uncrate, and best of the web @ architecture.com. (You can learn more about the book here.) I just noticed a huge drop in the preorder price @ amazon.com US, which might be interesting to folks looking for a good deal. The MSRP is 24.95, but the current price is 40% off at just 15.05$. Amazon changes prices frequently, so the low price may not last. LINK: http://www.amazon.com/The-LEGO-Architect-Tom-Alphin/dp/1593276133/ sincerely, ---Tom Alphin