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I bought a second hand 10212 last week and built it at the weekend. I had no idea of the scale of this thing. It's HUGE. Pic next to my 10188 for comparison. For 350gbp I consider this a bit of a bargain.

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So the Circus that was Star Wars has finished(filming anyway) and the long process of returning everything to its natural condition, Bird sheet'n'all, is slowly underway. What have we learned? Well, apart from sneaking over a mountain with a telescopic lens might get you arrested, or worse, have your photos deleted (thank zod for IT). Confidentiality Agreements aren't worth a Folk in rural Ireland! Mark Hamill can't pour a pint of Guinness. And well, just see the pics below.....

"Don't worry. The kids at the orphanage are going to really enjoy these."

You should get her name and complain with corporate. None of her business what you buy or do with them tbh. Or complain to higher management.

6344 Jet Speed Justice from 1993. I'm helping out a fellow LUG member who wants to rebuild a ton of sets he has in storage. Everything is complete and bagged and instructions are included. Makes life pretty easy.

Twinsies! (Finished mine last weekend after it sitting in its box for half a year):

Was at Toys R Us today. They had 10 out on the shelf, but they were each in a clear, plastic security case, like they use for video games and such. They also had part of a case behind the register that they let me buy as well. I felt a little bad as no-joke, the cashier lady actually told me something to the tune of this; "Y'all need to quit buying all of these. Save some for the kids. Comin' in here buyin' them and selling them on Ebay, I know what you're doing. You too old to come here and buy them for yourself." It was awkward. Made me feel dirty.

Some other items on sale at Target.com: LEGO® Friends Heartlake Food Market 41108 - $31.99 (20% off) LEGO® Bionicle Ikir Creature of Fire 71303 - $6.99 (30% off) All the 2015 BIONICLE sets are also on sale, including this one: LEGO® BIONICLE Mask Maker vs. Skull Grinder 70795 - $13.29 (they claim it's 30% off $18.99, but RRP was $29.99 so this is more like 60% off).

http://www.brickzz.be/index.php/kunena-2016-04-26/mocs/44-konica-minolta-c280-moc

I am working on putting together my 20 harry potter sets. Some are finished now. Dumbledore's Office... Great set!

LEGO Architecture Brandenburg Gate 21011 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0050R0V3O/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

75904 Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion - $61.13 each if you buy 2 at Jet.com and use one of their 15% off promos (either the 15NOW for new members, or one of the personalized 15% off codes they sent out recently to active accounts). Will be shipped from TRU. 32% off of $89.99 MSRP. EDIT: Without the 15% off the price for one is $73.99, still 18% off MSRP.

Took kids to Legofest in Kansas City today. They had a blast. Also got freebies: Electro polybag, First Order General polybag, Friends Mini Golf polybag, and a small boxed Pirates set...

I try to not be holding the hot potato when the music stops...

It will be. A few of my WM's had them around $59 during the winter wave if I remember correctly. I passed entirely. Now those same stores have all restocked and are at retail. I can see this set going for around $40-$45, maybe lower at a few locations. It just sits and sits in my stores at retail.

LEGO Architecture, Brandenburg Gate 21011 Sale $22.39 List $34.99 (Save $12.60) http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Architecture-Brandenburg-Gate/16532148

Star Wars Death Star Final Duel 75093 $69.99 (13% off) plus no tax for some: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UYNAGMU/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687622&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B002EEP3NO&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=17X4J3AY02X8CJXK549R Only 2 left

I'm reflecting a little tonight. Since I'm selling some Arkham Asylum's already, does this mean I'm starting to crack? Is the fable becoming real?

Better Hoth base than 75098

C'mon, it's not that bad. Sure, it looks nothing like the ship from the show and the colors are all wrong and it's basically a log with weird folding wings and....Who am I kidding, it sucks. Has cool mini figs though.

Similar to me. I set out to double my money but if something gets there really soon I hold (greed) and if it seems it won´t, I try to cut losses. This means occasionally selling too late but rarely too soon as few sets these days are sleepers. It also depends on what you do with the profits. if reinvesting is the aim then the time of year you sell and reinvest also has an influence in order not to get stuck with sets that never retire, but that´s when to buy, which is a whole different thread!

So with the AoH set, the recently announced 75158 Frigate and this lot which includes another X Wing, which is only different by its colour. I'd say overall that the 2016 has not been a vintage year for Star Wars Lego.

Target has LEGO Super Heroes Darkseid Invasion 76028 for $41.99. Extra 5% off with Target Redcard.

42030 Volvo & 42039 24hr car 20% off at amz, matching tru maybe

Probably some random artwork they found. There's some artwork where it has 3 rings. The original Ralph McQuarri art even had 5 or more rings.

10% fees and shipping won't be cheap, he should have taken your offer

Looks like you've got a drinking problem <duck> ... door's in upside down

Dreary and cold day, games were cancelled, so let's build.

Age of Ultron 2015

Sandman attack

Big time Bricklink sell today - 2 parts, for a total 7 cents. Not a set, but I had to share the big time sell.

Finally started venturing into MOC'ing. Started by using our extra Pet Shop (not a fan of it as a double) and our small collection of spare parts. It's pretty hollow but it kept the Bricklink costs to a minimum. We call it "Cloud High Rise".

We needed a bridge for a section in our little city...so we built this bridge. It is basically a modified version of #4852 (Spiderman The Final Showdown), with road baseplates from #6600 (Highway Construction). It is the right length and height that we needed...Did not turn out too bad. Just not sure if I am completely satisfied with it though...

AS : 128$ Amazon http://amzn.to/1XvIx0C

Item #: 38059246 Description: LEGO Technic REM-Controlled Volvo L350F 42030 Quantity: 1 @ $189.99 After CC promo code and $5 dollar reward. Personal Build. YEAH!!!

The image you have there is a Mod/Moc, the Ghost set is a lot stubbier.

I'm not sure I want to know how you recognized that.

UCS Escape the Space Slug

I say both of those the same? Both are like a structural wall sound.

Public Library, Main View by Johan van den Heuvel

75105 - $140 (falcon) 75053 - $90 (ghost)) 75094 - $90 (Shuttle) 75000 - $13 75001 - $13 Doing day 1 of the garage sale. No ebay fees, no seller fees, no shipping fees

I think it's the profile photo. When he launches into a "You're all wasting your time buying the small crap, they are worthless, you'll all be gone in a year. You gotta buy the big sets" post - it somehow helps to see the face that's yelling at you.

EBay 10224 - Town Hall - $560 10937 - Arkham Asylum - $260 FBA 60018 - City: Cement Mixer - $50 9476 - LOTR: Orc Forge - $85 70115 - Chima: Speedor Tournament - $36 (bought $.03 - $3.00 at TRU) 76039 - Ant-Man - $75 41005 - Friends: Heartlake High School - $100 79003 - Hobbit: Unexpected Gathering - $133 75920 - JW: Raptor Escape - $106

I was actually thinking of Game of Thrones by the end of it, how they set up a cliffhanger and reason to come back with the way it ended. Which of course all started with Empire Strikes Back. I can nitpick all of the Star Wars films (with love) for various reasons but the issue I and I think most people have with the new one is a more fundamental problem and that is that we were fed a recycled version (basically a remake) of a movie we'd already seen. No surprise I suppose given that it was JJ (MIssion impossible and Star Trek Into Darkness) Abrams doing it. I did not wait 30+ years from Return of the Jedi for the next chapter only to be fed a story I'd already seen but with various plot points jumbled around and passed off as new, as technically beautiful as this new film was. Empire was not the same story as New Hope, and neither was Return of the Jedi despite the otherwise common element of the second Death Star. They were all very different stories, as were the prequels, but united around certain age old themes. A Death Star is not a theme. It reminds me of the South Park episode where the military approaches Hollywood directors for ideas about how to defeat aliens and Michael Bay keeps saying "explosions" until the general dismisses him saying "Explosions aren't ideas, they're just special effects". I enjoyed the prequels quite a bit and find this latest movie too small in scale and too derivative. At least with the prequels Lucas attempted to enlarge the story and show us a different point of view of the Star Wars galaxy. I didn't get that here, and that's particularly disappointing since I was really enjoying the movie due to the charisma of the new characters and the more original plot points right up until a certain planet appeared. At that moment I knew exactly what was going to happen from then on and the goodwill of the first half of the movie evaporated. I now understand why the prequels are so widely disliked. It's not because of Jar Jar, or midichlorians, or Hayden Christenssen. It's because they weren't exactly copies of the originals judging by the overdone praise many people are heaping on this recycled story as "fresh" and "original". They had better have something new up their sleeve for Episode VIII, because even the most awestruck fan of this story can only have it retold so many times before losing interest. And if their "original" idea is for Luke to say "I am your father" then I will laugh out loud in the theatre.