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Bought 7 sets in Germany recently. 2 EV, 2 GBHQ, 1 TB, 1 PC and 1 SC. Managed to sell 5 of those sets for a profit, which left me with essentially a free SC and EV, so I decided to break out the SC to build it up. What an awesome build it turned out to be! Truly befitting of an UCS set, unlike the upcoming Hoth set... I have 2 other SCs kept in storage MISB. I think I shall get a few more of these down the road

The grammar police will be with you shortly.

We're all waiting for the next Ebay promo before spending our certificates

Please be classic, please be classic...

What's an adverb?

Finally finished this beast. It's actually a pretty awesome playset and you can fit a warthog and a couple mongoose inside. It's been a busy week and we had 5 baseball games this weekend. The wife is watching a movie, so I finished it while waiting to watch "The Walking Dead".

A complete, used but great condition Pirates Chess 2009 edition for £40

Some more information re: " From your experience, can you find retired sets from big box stores like Walmart and Target? " Different retailers have different practicies: For example, Target - corporate-wide has a pretty strongly regimented product life cycle on their shelves. They go through 2 major clearances a year (Feb/July) - and in general, they move out product even before it's "retired" from shop at home. Wal-Mart has a lot more freedom, and it can vary store by store, so OCCASIONALLY (especially in backwoods Wallies) find a retired set or two. Walmart also has a tendency to pile clearance items in storage, and then unload them onto the floor at various times, which allows the occasional old set to surface. Target does not do this. Other retailers, like K-Mart - have stuff on their shelves a lot LONGER. For example, at some K-Marts you can find things like Brick Bounty, The Ghost, even wave 1 Chima - All of which are "retired" on shop at home. And the ever popular Mechdragon, which just recently retired from Shop at Home. Toys R Us is the same way in that they have a lot of flexibility, and since they tend to overprice a bit - retired sets can linger on the shelves a while. "Retired" simply means the date it is no longer available at Shop At Home. Sometimes these sets can linger at other retailers for quite some time. A good example would be the Toys R Us exclusive "Hydra Fortress Smash" which I believe retired in November officially, but didn't get cleared out of TRU finally until a couple weeks ago. One of mine had a couple Black Gates 8-9 months after retirement on their shelves. And your own regional stores will have their own policies and gems.

No tricks. Just grinding out deals Here's the find of the day

Netflix and LEGO?

My girlfriend and I have been building Parisian Restaurant and binging Netflix all weekend. I'm pretty sure she's hooked on LEGO. All according to the plan.

I thought Geoffrey delivered these to you personally, with a slice of pumpernickel?

Well, that would be par for the course for LEGO's timing.

Love Bug Love Bug !!! I'd be all over this!

survey says : 4 per case... i thought they might be 10 per case. and up into the rafters they go!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-75060-Star-Wars-Slave-I-Building-Toy-1996-pieces-Read-/201555215386?hash=item2eeda0841a:g:q1oAAOSwud1XAopb New in Damaged Box Slave 1 $179 shipped. Disclaimer - yeah, you can get it cheaper at TRU if your TRU carries it and if you happen to be there and if it's the 4th day of the new moon where your 10% discount applies and if you don't pay tax and if you steal it OR just buy it now. If only someone made that suggestion!

If Brickpicker only had a stock alert system...

The Brick Fan is reporting that there is three full sets in a case with Alien, Genie, Mickey, Mr. Incredible, Stitch, and Syndrome getting an extra in each box.

Ant-man took a little jump this weekend - sold one for $63

Ragge Runarson's business building by LegoJalex

In all fairness, it's taken lots of hours/gas and been over 7 states You should explore southern WI (before I get there)

I used to collect Those and the call of duty mega bloks. People like to crap on the brand but they never use stickers and they're a lot cheaper so they're doing something right.........

End of day summary: The last picture the 3 bigger boxes were $3, the foal was $1 and the poly was $2. The TRU bricktobers were $9.98 and the trees were $3.49.

Used $9 in SYW Surprise points for another Rey's Speeder. K-Mart has been good to me this year.

I couldn't help myself today at a local mall. $50 in VIP points and plus Mr. Freeze polys for each family member. I didn't want the huge box with holes in it so the contents were dumped into 2 XL bags. For a set I never planned on buying, looks like I'll be building it.

70172, while this is a Ultra Agents set, the kids thought it was awesome. Tons of playability and the fact that you can fit a minifig in the sharks mouth is sweet. The crane that holds the cell is weak and the giant harpoon gun hanging off the small boat is comical, but still a fun set. 5x eBay bucks and I broke down and bought our first Indiana Jones set. Came clean and with every piece in good shape, awesome set. I want to pick up a couple more now. Does anyone know if there are straight pieces of this smaller track?

My wife and son built this last week, they both enjoyed the build. A set I only bought to sell hence the 'ebay' photo. Quite an impressive finished product even though HP doesn't interest me.

I remember when the leak for this LEGO set first surfaced. "What? Princess Leia wears purple and green? Admiral Ackbar is in it? Is this a new B-Wing?" It excited me inasmuch as any new Star Wars set does. Plus, we didn't know that it was called Resistance Troop Transporter. As images got larger, my enthusiasm diminished. When it hit the stores, and there was no other new Star Wars to buy, I was back on board. So let's take a look at the set that never made the Kessel Run. Let's Review. REVIEW: SET DETAILS Set #: 75140 Name: resistance Troop Transporter Theme: Star Wars Parts: 646 Price: $69.99 Before we get to the build, let’s talk value. At $69.99 the price per piece works out to a bit over $.10 each. This is on the low side of pricing for a licensed set. There are 4 minifigures. The minifigures are unique to this set. THe Resistance Trooper with suspenders does not have any unique parts, but the combination is unique. 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 5 numbered baggies, a large sticker sheet, and an instruction book. THE BUILD AND EXECUTION Bag 1: I felt that the build started out a bit weird. It felt a bit like I was building a ground structure instead of a ship. I wasn't really seeing the final product coming together in my head. I have no idea, even after completing the build, why it made more sense to have several axels connected together here. I feel like a bracket on either side made just as much sense. Ah, now we're getting somewhere. Now there's a rounded thing with stickers on it, very much not a small hut. Well, I guess it could be a space hut, but, those spring shooters on the left give some hint as to it being more. Before anyone writes to point out, it took me a few more steps to realize that I had placed those gray pieces in the wrong position. I promise that I fix them in the next picture. The Resistance troopers are exactly as boring as ever. They do have the Pewter/Pearl Dark Gray blasters that I liked in the First Order Troop Transporter Bag 2: You continue to make walls, walls with studs facing out. You really get the clue that they are going to do decorative panels here. You add some curved pieces to the top. Now we're starting to make it more spaceshippy. Oh yeah, spaceshippy is definitely a real word. The hinge pieces on the top sides are interesting. I wasn't really thinking of what came next, so it piqued my interest You also make a series of fins for the back of the craft. Finally, you add decorative paneling to the front. Bag 3: We find out fairly quickly that the roof sections are attached to the hinges, and pegged in place by another rounded piece. Underneath we add the curved slider pieces. Then we build a pod of some kind. It uses car hoods to define the shape. Sand green clips? weird choice in my opinion, but that can't be super common. I don't know if those things are supposed to be rockets or what. The fin is just another thing that a spacegoing box doesn't really need, but helps it look spacey Bag 4: We are gonna cockpit the heck out of this thing. Oh yeah, we're gonna make that cockpit like no one's business. What started off looking spacious is starting to look a little cramped. I don't know what happened with my picture of the dial mechanism, it looked fine in the camera, but when I loaded it to the PC, it was blurry. Suffice it to say that the dial in the next picture and the technic liftarm that you can see in the following picture are a part of the same mechanism that is used to open the cockpit. This is necessary because there's so much stuff built up around it that it's difficult to open manually. 3 stickers just for the cockpit canopy. I thought for sure that the pilot wanted to see where he was going. I may be wrong. 11 stickers just for this small portion of the overall set. That's ridiculous. Now you make a door. Big sticker there. It's actually starting to come together. looks pretty solid. Admiral Ackbar's got a coffee mug. Can someone explain to me why he's usually got a coffee mug? I realize its a joke, but they could have also given him a fish. Bag 5: What's left? Well, a ship needs thrusters. Not only do you make the thrusters, which are actually a very simple design, but you're also making cowlings to cover the thruster ports. After you get propulsion worked out, it's probably a good time to add weaponry. Here, we build the weapons pod. Finally, Here's the whole thing. Pretty good size. Still reminiscent of the old school B-Wing. And of course there's Old Princess/General Leia. REACTION Something about this set just didn't grab me. It's an interesting enough build. Some of the details were nicely done. It's miles ahead of the build of the First Order Troop Transporter. The figure selection is dull. I think that maybe if they had really done anything in the film, or if this ship had been utilized as more than just background scene filler, I'd have more love for this set. As it is, I never really cared for the B-Wing and this just hits the same notes for me. All of the figures have back printing. Ackbar is the only one with hip and leg printing. Leia's got a Dual sided face wrinkly serious and wrinkly happy. I think this is the first time that her hairpiece was made in that color. FINAL THOUGHTS With 4 unique figures and an interesting build of a design that was featured in the film, there are things to recommend this ship. My personal ennui aside, I do feel like whoever builds this set will be glad that they did. It's a troop builder set, a display piece to go with the Resistance troop battle pack. The biggest detriment to this set is that it got limited screen time that included no action. Leia will be the part of this set that most casual collectors will want. The good news is, I doubt she's going to be showing up in many other sets. I don't think she'll maintain the early $30 price on Ebay for long. If I am right, after this set retires, she'll probably come back to that value. It's a solid set that doesn't need a redesign as badly as the First Order ship. This one will hopefully be used again in the Episode VIII. I could only speculate here. It might not see a reissue then, if they have more vehicles to choose from. I'd think this set would go up in value later on. The specter of the B-Wing 75050 hangs heavy over this though. No one really got behind the closest cousin to this set, and I'm afraid that it will follow in the same footsteps. Early and continued apathy for this set could be longterm gold though as collectors later on try to complete a collection. It's hard to tell for sure which way collectors will jump. General Leia may have the cache to lift this thing out of obscurity. I would recommend packaging this with a C-3PO Polybag and a Resistance Trooper Battle pack to garner more excitement. Or alternately the Battle on Takodana. Find it on Amazon Check out other 2016 Winter wave sets here: LEGO REVIEW: Star Wars First Order Battle Pack #75132 LEGO REVIEW: Star Wars Resistance Trooper Battle Pack #75131 LEGO REVIEW: Star Wars battle on Takodana #75139 EXTRA PIECES View full blog article

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LEGO City Fire Fire Station, 60110 $79.99 (20% off/save $20.00) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017B1ASVG http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-City-Fire-Fire-Station-60110/47335764

Kwik-e-mart - $160 shipped, used but complete in box. Great price to build. http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/201555357238?hash=item2eeda2ae36:g:lZkAAOSwJQdXAr6x

It is believed there is one floating around. You may want to check the TRUTH thread.

My OCD cannot handle this house - MUST ... FULLY ... PUSH .... DOWN .... TILES ........

First question ... Not really.. The best LEGO does is let you search for the Retired Product tag, but won't let you sort by date retired. http://search-en.lego.com/?cc=CA&i=1&pt=shop&q=retired&q1=Retired+Product&rank=ca_rank&x1=available Brickset records the approximate retired date, but has no search option to sort by retired date exists. Not sure about other fan/selling sites though.. Second question ... Sometimes. People post pictures of long retired sets often, especially from those magical Walmarts ex1 shops at who have time machines out back. But it's pretty rare now. Most retired sets get scooped off the shelves pretty quickly unless it's Ninja Turtles, Chima or Dimensions.. and even then, people often scoop them up before good clearances do them in.

60107 - City: Fire Ladder Truck - $18.45 (26% off) at Amazon

Yep. No shame in taking the 4 year old into Game Stop, asking for one, and giving it to him. (Plus, I can steal it for myself when he loses interest)

Silver Centurion

Hello Marco. Welcome. Tumbler 76023 hands down...

Lifted this from another site.

Two things I have noticed about this set. First, I have never had so much fun with a completed lego set after the build. My son and I have had an ongoing competition for 2 days now and it's still super fun and addictive. Second, no lego set has ever made me curse so much as this set has. This set is a must have for lego fans of any age and for those that just enjoy a good challenging game without electronics.

I'd love the idea of a white Beelte, old or new. You could easily mod it into a Herbie bug.

Amazon.com has the Scooby Doo Mystery machine with 30% discount

Interesting.

Sold a lot of 30 lbs of used LEGO no minis or booklets for $220 + shipping. It was most of a lot I picked up Monday for $60. I sorted out non LEGO. I have a few SW minifigures, many baseplates and a few more lbs to sell from it too. Not a bad flip in under a week.

Different English speaking countries speak differently, that's why some may sound weird to you...I'm European, learned English English, moved to US, slightly customized my English (lol), learned some more from a Mexican and.....here's my writing.

sell, earn and regret