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Been on a conference call 12+ hours today, so I decided to get started on 10212.

Built yesterday. Pretty nice movement with the bin raising/dumping out/lowering, the bed goes up and down as well and the door to unload also opens/closes. Not bad for a decent price last week (and my big guy loves it, hasn't put it down since it was completed)

My boy built the MTT yesterday. We had to put our beloved husky down on friday, and he was very upset, so I went into my "investment stash" and pulled out an MTT to help ease his mind a bit as he grieved. He whipped it together in a few hours. Not bad for a soon to be 6 year old.

Look at what my 3 year old son did this morning early when he woke up:

What a tragic day in Orlando. Thoughts and prayers to all the families and people affected by this monsters actions...

THIS is def one of my greatest gamble in 2015. Still have over 30 to be listed throughout the next couple years till the next Jurassic movie

I have only bought a few sets in the last 3 months but I had to buy a new in box spaceport for $35.

Toys R Us this week. 20% off Speed Champions and build event June 18th.

20% off select LEGO at YoYo.com and Diapers.com, use code LOVELEGO. Max discount $50. Some decent deals out there. http://yoyo.7eer.net/c/65738/83305/2056?u=http://www.yoyo.com/b/lego Jokerland for $77 Mystery Mansion for $64 24 Hours Race Car - $85 Well, you need to work with the math a bit.

They would! My parents home burned down and anything we had pictures of or recovered damaged, they were paid. My Dad had an extensive gun collection and received at or above current appraised values. I'm a little disappointed I won't have those guns to carry down to my kids, but I'm glad he was paid.

Yup free shipping. Or is it? I always include the shipping price in my overall price listing and label it free shipping when it's not. eBay US takes a cut on final selling price, with or without shipping price.

Count me as one(and I'm pretty tough on new sets) who actually sees legit value in this set for the carnival layout theme from CREATOR. Sure, those that like their layouts to be all from one theme will poo-poo at the idea of mixing a FRIENDS coaster with CREATOR carnival rides....BUT, this coaster is, more or less, a version of The Sooper Jet; a popular traveling roller coaster (in the U.S. at least) for young children. Think about it people. A carnival is different than an amusement park in that they actually need to take down the rides to move them. A giant rollercoaster doesn't afford that luxury. They've showcased that with Mixer. This FRIENDS coaster is perfect for that. Mod out a loading area with pieces, maybe make the Ferris Wheel smaller (to make it a little kids wheel), keep the other little ride and the booths and add a couple of Carnie trucks (ala the Mixer) and you have the perfect "little kids" area for your carnival.

I sorted and cleaned and then resorted a bit before I started.

One of my biggest mistakes of 2015 was dumping these at Christmas.

arrived today, this is for my older daughter (and I suspect for wife as well)

Posted a couple months back, this was my first real MOC I put together and ordered from scratch. Total cost came to around $500 CAD. But it's one of a kind and I'm very happy with that! Borrowed a friend's DLSR to take some proper "artistic" shots.

Painful to follow up those beautiful shots with these horrible iPhone ones... I'll post this up in the BP MOCs thread when it's completed, but I spent most of Friday sorting bricks I'd already ordered, disassembling (and sorting) a Brick Bounty, and cracking open and parting out a second Brick Bounty. My total build is still missing about 90 parts I need to order, but I had enough bulk to get started. My goal is to have a customized Pirate operated ship to pair with my Imperial Flagship. Many weeks spent in LDD fine tuning the model, with lots of inspiration drawn from the original Flagship, but many of the parts borrowed from the Brick Bounty. Many more were purchased. Total count of 1968 pieces. Here was the first portion of my progress yesterday! (It won't let me add more pics so I'll have to add the rest later on.)

So Kmart will carry them?

Eventually, all of the disdain for Superheroes will translate into lower aftermarket supply and good earnings. Today, I fear, is not that day.

I want to like the Sinestro deal, but with the recent... Underwhelming performance of Super Hero sets, it's hard to want to buy in at anything more than 50% off.

Fine use of the power ring guys.

76025 - Green Lantern vs. Sinestro =$13.47 each if you buy 3 using promo code LEGO at Target.com.

We, built it and it's terribly small. I actually added on to the containment cage to make it significant enough to hold the raptors. I can see why parents would be upset when it took their kids a 1/2 hour to build it. You are basically buying the exclusive raptors.

Sorting the pieces detracts from the adventure but it's a lot better than a conference call.

I've sold through a bunch of them at various price points since last Fall and I still have some listed, but I have some set aside for long-term too. I did order max 5 on this set at S@H more than once and got lucky.

67% RRP means a 33% discount. It's better than I've ever seen it sold for here in The Netherlands. Currently Amazon Germany is selling it for ~ €116 which is about 28% discount on an RRP of €160. So 33% discount is already cheaper than what I paid for the 75105 last year when I bought one for myself (€121, or 24% discount). Oh well, c'est la vie. At the time I thought it was a really good deal, but I had just started with LEGO investing that time. What did I know about prices and how much discount is possible when you're patient? And that's where the experience of long-time Lego investors comes into play: knowing what discounts are feasable and when is the best time to strike. Ultimately it's the gamble when you see a discount: is this the best deal I'll ever have on it, or will it get even more discounted? And if you wait too long you may not get that deal any longer and you'll finally have to buy at a higher price. I'm sure every LEGO investor here has bought sets when they thought the discount wouldn't get any deeper, and then they saw the same set at an even higher discount a while later. Keep in mind that people love to show off and tell here about the awesome deal they scored, but will rather keep quiet about the mistakes they made. Returning to your question: should you purchase 75105 now at 67% RRP, is something you have to decide for yourself. Other Brickpickers here won't buy non-exclusives at less than 40% discount, but that's their choice/strategy. This set will not retire any time soon, but if you don't mind holding it for a few more years knowing you got it at a decent discount, then it may be worth it for you.

It's been sitting semi-built for a few weeks. Built one of the expensive $74 WM clearance ones I tossed a couple finished build shots over the one and only astrophotography shot I have. Fun build and looks great on display.

My son got named as a "top reader" in his second grade class, so he got a couple little rewards to build today... oh... and dad got a couple things, too...

Purchased this awesome book earlier, and as a bonus it included this Micro-scale Space Cruiser which my son could build!

Amen to that. Get a safe-deposit box at the local bank for a few bucks per month, and stuff pictures of your collection (and any other valuables) in there (on a flashdrive). That said, I am horribly behind on making pictures of my own collection (and of my wife's designer furniture )

For those still in need of Stack-On drawers: Sears has a Father's Day deal running where you get ~$39 back in points when you buy 6 39-drawer cabinets at $13.99 each. Does involve a $15 back in points on $75 coupon, but that's a generic coupon I believe. So spend $84 before tax, get $39 back in points towards Free LEGO.

I meant better for Amazon, none of it is better for sellers. 2, and 3 are correct, but I am not convinced about 1 though. Auctions will unquestionably get a lower price (unless a seller is so unsure of the correct value, that they would have sold their Sealed Cloud City for $50). Holidays, while certainly high in sales isn't the best time for high prices on collectible LEGO. Flippers might be thrilled, but for non-flippers - not so much. I think choosing between Ebay & Amazon is more questionable. A year or two back, switching to Amazon made a lot of sense (since there were less sellers on the marketplace). Nowadays, that isn't so much the case (and it is getting worse). While neither one of them is really on your side, I still have a harder time trusting Amazon (and giving up what little control we might have as sellers).

Bought it used, so I had no choice.

Yeah when anyone should see an accumulation of sand green bricks in a bag a lightbulb should turn on in there head!

Tonight I finished the GB Headquarters, and I have to say what a fantastic set and great build, definitely one of my favourites!! Yes the walls can get a bit repetitive, sometimes the roof has got a tendency to pop up at the ends, and the fact the chairs in the kitchen aren't secured can be a little frustrating when moving the set (which I'll mod) but in the grand scheme of things this all becomes irrelevant because this set has it all. For any GB fan, they will appreciate that no detail has been overlooked, it captures so much from the films to the extent I even put my Jackie Wilson CD on and was expecting the toaster to start dancing on the pool table, but no cigar!!!

sold $1100 of.lego at yard sale, $570 buy in, full report tomorrow

Thanks! The total cost was about $150, including power functions and shipping. It cost a bit more for me because I experimented with stickers from eBay and other options for the logos. I found the waterslide decals to be the best. So, I paid a little bit more and supported my local hobby shop by buying the decals there.

Took the instructions from the Maersk train #10219 and Bricklink'd all in black, bought some waterslide decals from a local hobby shop and then modified it a bit to be a Norfolk Southern locomotive in our little city. Nothing special, but we added power functions and it runs great.

Two sets recently...Eiffel Tower and the Disney Characters. And yes, the star destroyer is attacking the Disney characters!

Little Guggenheim action off brickclassifieds.com

Built this a few weeks ago, just haven't shot it yet...It's got a cool elevator lift on the right hand side, the stairs move up and down, Hans in Carbonite can be maneuvered from facing out and in an upright position to lowered down in more of a flat position. I really like the one with Boba carrying Hans without any support. However, irl, there was support, but it got removed digitally I also stacked 3 images in PS to create a depth of field that showed all 3 figures in focus on the last frame. That was fun too.

Took a while but my dream set from when I was in grad school and couldn't afford him!

21017 Imperial Hotel "Fun build" is not usually associated with the architecture line but the Imperial Hotel build was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and not too repetitive. I would have liked more architect information in the manual because I do not know as much about this set as I do for the other architecture sets.

Finally far enough with cleaning my childhood collection to try piecing a few smaller space sets together. Next up, castle-building!

Anyone who builds Technic MOC supercars will know about this ICARUS Supercar. It was so much fun to build this car by the great Madoca1977. This supercar has 4 Large motors propelling it, a servo motor for steering and two lights and two LiPo batteries for power. I have substituted the Sbricks in the original build with two V2 receivers and a pole reverser so I can use only one IR receiver. This supercar looks amazing at every angle which is partly due to Madoca1977's crazy use of angled panels. It was tricky to assemble it with instructions, so the upmost respect to someone who can imagine, design and assemble models of this complexity!