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My first time posting here so be gentle #60050 Train Station - $41.59 at Walmart - 30% below retail http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-City-Trains-Train-Station/38056081

That's like $75 US, sweet!

This is a follow up to my deal/no deal post from last week. Picked up 2 separate deals: 1. Brand new Town Hall, grand Emporium and UCS R2D2 2. Used and built UCS sets with instructions and box:. SSD, Imperial Shuttle, Bwing, Tie Interceptor.....and current sets red5, sandcrawler, tie fighter, slave 1. only missing box for the shuttle. All for $4000 CAD.

Every basement in the U.S.

I think this post must be proof of the Lego bubble.

Greg, no worries. I was wondering what happened, and didn't think I said anything wrong. Anyway, to repeat... Personally, I think it's never too early to start collecting modular buildings regardless if you've missed a few. I've been investing in themed sets as well as architecture for quite some time now, but never gave much consideration to the non-themed creator line, and especially the large exclusives. They were off my radar. Then last year I used points on a pet shop mostly because my wife felt it would be cool to own a few of these. We then built it, and became hooked. So, we've bought a few of the others and plan to continue this line. I personally, don't have and doubt i'll get cafe corner, green grocer, town hall, or market place because I just don't see myself spending a grand on a set just to be a completionist. I still am looking to obtain fire brigade, and grand emporium. But, the modulars are for my personal collection, and i'm not in it for the investment.... but I do think over a long enough time line, these all will do very well, because it seems that eventually people take notice to these and all the sudden become hooked then they start wanting to get some of the older ones. I find these more fun to build, and display then any of the star wars UCS sets. And you can always switch them around to make a new setup, if you want. With that said, I think all of the creator exclusives, whether it's modular buildlings, or the landmark sets are some of the absolute best sets to build, and you will feel rewarded with the finished product. I was heavily into the architecture line for a while, but as time has gone on, I find myself less engaged with that line, and more into the larger creator sets. I have never had buyers remorse on any of the one's I have bought. And I plan on picking up brick bank once I get a couple more VIP points built up. The only downside is they take up a lot of space. 3 modular buildings put together will take up about 3 feet in space. So, that is one of the downside to these large creator exclusives. As long as you have the space to commit to them, I say buy at least one! This line will go on for perhaps a decade +, and I think it will go on without the need for repeats. So over that long span of time, even hoarded sets like Pet Shop will probably be over a grand even if people today are skittish about it.

Nope

Gramps? I thought that was Gilligan.

Until everyone buys at 58$ then u need to drop the bar even lower

FBA: MF 7965 : $255.49 x 2 X-Wing 9493 : $229.95 Malibu Manson 76007 : $59.9 x 2

there's nothing politically correct about a child in a wheelchair minifigure coming from the father of 2 daughters 6 and 7 who will never walk, much less wipe their behind.

Agreed!

Apparently The Netherlands. Start driving now!

Need to keep them alive yo... If they are closed I have nowhere to practice my SYW points magic

http://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/events/annual-result-2015#/fphead Go to the "play" section and there is a slider that lets you scroll through the top 10.

I guess I had that one coming...

I can 100% relate to your dilemma. Very similar to my own back in 2013 when I came out of my own Lego hibernation. Having missed out on the Green Grocer and Fire Brigade, I'll always feel like my modular display is "incomplete". But that said, the Creator Expert modulars (TH/PS/PC/PR/DO/BB) are the one and only theme I have yet to experience a single iota of buyer's remorse. If it helps justify the pricetag, perhaps worth bearing in mind that they're a pretty solid bet to hold their value. Not long after retirement, even the "used" value is pretty much right about what you paid for it new/retail. If you for some reason you do find them unsatisfying (or Lego inexplicably terminates the line), you shouldn't have much trouble at all getting your money back out of them.

I can only imagine how that would be.. but I think you're stomping on the wrong person here. LEGO (and any other toy maker) is in a no-win situation these days with the products that go to market. If we look carefully at this set... - 8 female minifigs, 5 male minifigs (assuming climber is male) - no even stevens? - 3 females in traditional male roles (business suit, painter, gardener) - some men still do those jobs, just ask exciter who cuts the grass! - young man in wheelchair - why not a young woman? Maybe this was a nice middle ground for LEGO. - grandma, grandpa (in old people clothing) - no park is complete without them - baby clearly has no gender specified with white outfit - white/yellow/green typically considered gender neutral colors for babies - man in lumberjack attire setting out the picnic - come on, he should have a chainsaw! - 4 kids - 2 and 2 but clearly gendered (see below) - climber seems genderless - nice safe move - hot dog stand man with mustache - hah, such a traditional chef - some figs with glasses, some without - nice balance don't you think? - boys wearing baseball cap and tshirts/hoodie, girls in pink tank tops and star necklaces - girls wear caps and boys wear pink too! It attempts to meet or break many typical stereotypes so I would say it's an attempt on LEGO's part to be very politically correct (whatever that really means). So I'll reiterate .. I can't imagine the hardships your family endures, and I express sincere gratitude to all parents who look after kids with disabilities. But I too see this set as very politically correct - and a great place to finally introduce a wheelchair into the LEGO world. For kids who have never been exposed to what life is like in a wheelchair, any kind of exposure is good exposure. That's how we as a society can raise socially responsible kids - by normalizing things that have traditionally been not normal. /end soapbox From an investor angle, this set could be a long term winner if LEGO doesn't produce another set like it. It will appeal to the mass politically correct or not. But I have a sneaky suspicion that it's early popularity means it'll get on someone's radar and be something that gets revisited with a twist such as a slide or climber instead of the spinner. 1x1 tan rounds for the sandbox win!

I would price it......accordingly

I'd list it for $1,000,000 as a buy it now with free shipping. Include the "or best offer" option and accept the first offer that you feel is acceptable. Who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky and someone will actually buy it for $1M.

And lower buy ins.

Hey now...

I think it's due to the license with the Octan corporation.</joke>

I didn't say sell for $90 ASAP. It's just an example. I do not think this set will make hundreds of dollars, but I do not think people will lose money buying it at ~$60 dollars. I try to buy sets that I won't have to take a loss on and then let the big money winners find themselves. If everything you buy makes some money and some of those make much more then I think you'll be fine. You are more than welcome to stick to the big winners that clearly have unknown growth potential, but those types of sets generally must be purchased at near full price and the growth doesn't always pan out. It is like investing in low risk vs. high risk stocks. The police station is low risk at ~$60

Thanks for the new Daily Deals update. I love having that back and on all the pages again. Feels like old times

I agree with you on this set, I've no plans to pick it up, unless I see silly discounts. The problem with dismissing this set as an investment turd is that you just need to look at other Rebels sets, like The Ghost and The Phantom, hideous looking sets, but doing well since EOL. Why do we dismiss these sets, because we're not the target market, to me I see an X-Wing, Falcon or Shuttle Tyderium and go now that's a ship, but how much of that is historical childhood bias. Probably a bit, but also they just designed better ships for the OT. Out of all the Rebels sets so far, the only one I really like is Vader's Advanced Tie vs A-Wing and surprise, surprise they're OT ships.

Finished this beauty over the weekend and it is very impressive build by the user Pvdb. It was a tricky build and you definitely should be proficient in building with Technic and have lots of experience as the instructions are not nearly as straight forward as TLG instructions. Here is the Koenigsegg One:1. More pictures, videos and info can be found here.

not yet sure if cool are creepy

OH...I also got my family immortalized in Lego! They are actually very close and mine is uncanny!

I launched the Lego Star War Rebels Imperial Assault Carrier a few days ago. Filming the new City Square right now. Yesterday I purchased the Deep Sea Exploration Vessel.

The entire sears/Kmart train wreck is nothing more than a way for Mr. Lambert to line his own pockets at the expense of the two once well respected companies and their share holders.

So you thought you'd wait 45 minutes for a reply rather than type your email address into a web form and try it yourself?

While it appears to get a bad rap here, I like Petshop (as it is two separate builds that can be swapped - and you can do reverse builds to get mirror image builds of both - provides a lot of versatility for build / display).

I do quite like this set but just don't see the huge discounts over here. I'd be happy if i could pick them up at 40% off.

$30 each? Sure, I guess so...

I just picked up 2 assault carriers at my local Walmart @ $30 each

Who cares ;-) It doesn't really matter. I can see why people like DO, personally PR and DO are my favorites so far. I can imagine that many people who like these two have decided for DO in this poll thus didn't vote for PR. I guess it's a thin line and I'm sure there are many people where PR comes right behind DO or another modular when thinking of their 3 favorites.

One thing that stands out for me: "pool hall" also known as a dive bar with minifigs of possible questionable ethics. I love the design of the Parisian Restaurant but the Detective's Office has an insinuated grittiness that is alluring.

Unleash the horde! (BTW, I'm only looking for my personal "to build in a distant future when I finally have time" pile ).

My first modular was the PR too. Have since built them all apart from CC and GG. I don't know if it was due to being the first one I built but it remains my favorite. I suggest building the others first and saving the best for last.

Knowing Lego, it'll be the Brick Bank...

Maybe because in the U.S. they get them for 50% off with a coupon that they use to double the value of another coupon which decreases the price of ALL purchases while they can additionally add their bonus points and membership special deals and if the box has got a bruise they get it for free or sue the seller. And in most parts of Europe on the other hand we can be happy for double VIP points and a promominifig (if we get the cool one... obviously UK gets a lot of great deals so I'm not sure if I want to count you to Europe anymore when it comes to LEGO ^.^...) also I've never heard of anything like comic-con where they have awesome minifigs sometimes (always?) (too much frustration after I've been waiting for weeks for the 3 for 2 deal in the netherlands...and still nothing! :-( ) Would also be glad to see somebody post a pic ;-) I don't expect too much of the new box art though since I never really have been that much into the box art...

Bank, couthouse, or city hall. Something looming and marbled.