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Hi guys, Earlier this year my wife and I "completed" our journey out of the dark ages (thanks again to this community for making that possible for a -relatively- reasonable amount). Having acquired all of the retired sets we wanted (within reason, sorry UCS Falcon and Grand Carousel), my wife mused that our city needed a zoo. I agreed, so I decided to make one. I posted a MOC a few months ago but this is my first end-to-end, all the bells and whistles effort at something special. It took about 10-12 weeks. I built it and my wife provided constant feedback, answering "what do you think of this?" and "how does this look?" over and over hahah. I also received input some friends, family, and even an esteemed member on here (shout out TheOrcKing for his feedback and, really, everything he does and contributes to this community). Anyway, I thought I'd share this one with you all, too... The concept is that it's a modular building that has modular exhibits, in that you can remove them from the building and place them side-by-side more like a traditional zoo. Depending on how you configure it, the play area becomes as large as 50" wide, but is easily stored and placed into your city on a single standard 10"x10" baseplate: Behind the facade, there are 7 exhibits and 1 food stand & lab. Here's a look at one of them (link to others below): And this is what it looks like as part of a Lego city street: There's a complete video overview here: https://youtu.be/3q6l0Ud5C3c And lots more pictures here (no pressure to vote, of course.... not that I'll stop you lol) https://ideas.lego.com/projects/145483 Thanks for looking! Thoughts?

Started this Friday night, just finished. I was always underwhelmed by pictures of this set. I was mistaken as it's quite impressive in person.

our first used Modular on local eBay, first purchased locally here in Brazil, at BRL 1300 (USD~385 -EUR~349) extremely well kept, first time no missing pieces at all (previous used set experiences always with missing pieces 75093, 79003, 7965, 8038, 4842, etc.), as you can see below seller placed back the pieces into the original numbered bags...

Built Big Ben and added lights from Brick Stuff. What a slick addition to the model - I added two white LEDs in the top of the tower, and two green LEDs behind the colonnade above the four sided clock. Next step is to illuminate the facade and light the Tower Bridge displayed next to it. For those builders and MOCers that have thought about diving into lighting, you will not be disappointed.

When face with this dilemma I typically custom build a box. I have had to do when selling a group of sets like the latest castle series. I do this when selling a single 10664 Creative Tower. Find a box with the right height and one of the dimensions and custom build the rest. In the U.S. we are charged shipping on dimensions and weight. So smaller is better as long as the set has a little room to breathe. just my 2 cents.

Amazon 75091 - Star Wars: Flash Speeder - $20.99 (30% off)

Finally got around to building (and photographing) 10197 Fire Brigade. It was the first modular I ever constructed. I enjoyed it, but, it wasn't as life changing as I expected. I'm in the process of tearing it down so I can sell it, lol. But I am looking forward to building others in the series.

TRU....Offer starts 7/01-

I'll be sure to post pictures when I crack open my Maersk Train and SSD this fall. I always planned on building the SSD from sealed box and my partner convinced me that the Maersk train would look great in our new city. What fun is LEGO investing if you can't indulge every once in a while? I've got quite a few others that were acquired for more than MSRP or have yet to be built and have since retired... No worries, they'll be built too! What's the point? Just slice open those boxes and build them! You won't regret it!

Didn't know the VA had licensing agreement with LEGO?

This is what it looked like Friday. I bricklinked it, could not bring myself to open a new one. I should have just bought a used one, would have cost the same as bricklinking.

The sand green elements for the July wall reset are 1x1 bricks and 1x2 plates.

Don't bricklink a Town Hall. Buying a used set will cost the same and probably be cheaper. I did a town hall, spent over $400 and didn't get a manual plus I'm still missing a few minifigures. Didn't do enough research before diving in.

Your 70x50x16 (cm) box isn't too big in terms of air space around the edges if you utilize air pillows. I would be more concerned about the height of the box. I would cut your box in half length wise. This would make your box height 8cm. After cutting the box length wise tape up the top and bottoms. Package your set in the bottom and add cushioning around the perimeter and perhaps some bubble wrap on top of the set. Then slip the top over the bottom. Bc the box top and bottom are the same size you'll need to pinch one of the corners on the bottom box to allow the top to slide over. Hope this helps pm me with questions.

Coupon code 66926. Free $15 Staples® Gift Card with your regular-priced packing and shipping supplies order of $50 or more. Would rather have a coupon than a gift card, but my low inventory of shipping boxes will push me to use this code.

Minor deal, but I'm seeing $2 back on $5 Toys and 10% back in points showing up at KMart.com. Maybe good for some small item purchases?

I dislike the prequels, but like this set and Captain Tarpals.

Bonsai by Full Plate

Aquamarine AQ-24 IMG_001 by Red Dragon Industries

Ferrari Testarossa 512 TR by Firas Abu-Jaber

Corner Grocer by Rob Bender

And remember: Excel (or any other spreadsheet) is your friend. Keep a list of all the pieces you need (extract from BL), and keep track of what you've purchased from where and how many (plus cost + shipping if you want to find out how much you saved versus just buying a used one). BTW, unless you're really strict on yourself, you might find you get close to what you would have paid if you bought a new one ... And the obligatory warnings: You will most likely run across incomplete orders (i.e. you ordered quantity X from a BL seller, but got X-1, or got a different part or something like that). Plan for this - unless the part is really expensive, just buy a few more than you need (if the seller has them available). And you will inevitably go hunting for that cat, or that lady minifig, or those sand green bricks with groove etc. Resist the temptation, you must.

Picked up a CL lot from RI for $550 the other day which had a complete Town Hall as the main selling point. So far sorting the 75+ lbs or so it has about 30% non lego. 100+ minifigures I'd guess. Lots of instructions too. I'm now pulling out a 6211 and a 7665. Here are some pictures. Top two are the ones they had built. The bulk is a horrible mess of pieces. I'll sell it off after cherry picking.

Found these locally...

Saw this on ideas, It would be an awesome sister set to the haunted house. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/137916

Yeah, I suppose that wouldn't be a good idea. Never mind.

I actually asked the seller if he checked the figures to make sure they had the correct parts. He said yes. My main gripe is more on how he responded. Apparently, all the figures were correct and I wanted duplicates of the parts I was missing. Not sure how that makes any sense. He also told me to leave negative feedback so I did.

Eh Ninjago Airjitzu part deux

Fair point and I can relate as well... mentioned just now in the other thread, Town Hall was my first modular, and I bought it about 5 months after retirement. Paid $540 for it, came home and sliced it open. It was awesome. But the wallet did hurt for a while. Edit: Now I'm indulging in custom modulars.... that can be heavy on the wallet too

I did 2 store pickups at Walmart for qty 3 on 6/24/2016 and they weren't in a case. So either I had the wrong magic number or maybe their source for those at this point are no longer original cases, I dunno.

I regret I haven't worked the points nearly as much as I should. Last week, I took advantage of the $25 in points on $100 to buy a MF through TRU on the marketplace. Not only did I get $25 bonus points back, but a $10 TRU voucher. Free money is awesome.

Ok - I continue to have great experiences with Shop Your Way Rewards people. They have - everytime I have called them with a legitimate issue - been friendly, helpful and overall a pleasure to work with. Had cancellation trouble the other day - Indian bloke at KMart's order department told me my order was cancelled (I called 15 mins after placing the order) and would get my points back within 48hrs. 48hrs later no points, but suddenly a shipping notification (I did ship-to-store). So I call KMart's customer service again, they tell me the cancellation wasn't done right by the first guy, they fix it but now my order cancellation needs to go to the back office and will take 5-7 business days. I called SYW Rewards to check if I could already get my points back to make the purchase I had wanted to make (I accidentally ordered wrong - that's late night ordering for ya) and they obliged without much hassle (given that I should have had them back). So I made the correct purchase. I manage to somehow return the misordered item (long story) and of course yesterday I get the email that the points have been credited. So I called SYW Rewards today, and again was helped in a most friendly manner. The message was "You have 2 options: We can remove the points, or, since you've been so helpful and polite to even call us about the extra points, you can keep the points.". Guess which option I took They have already been super generous with points regardless, but no wonder they are losing billions if they are so liberal with their points....

This is for North America region. " We apologize that this item is temporarily out of stock, please check back with us in late fall. " I wonder if the Soccer/Foot Ball CMF production have to do with a slight pause in the Disney CMF.

I will not be surprised to see these till next Spring until Series 2 is out. I believe The Simpsons CMF had a 9-12 months shelve life. The bottom line is this, Lego is a business. If it a product is selling, keep pumping them out. And plus, it takes them time from design to production to distribution on new products. I think it's reasonable to see 9-12 months shelve life.

Lego must of paid Disney a pretty penny in license fees. This series of CMF will be available for Christmas and with the rumor bigger/UCS Cinderella Castle. There will be many more drops from now till December.

absolutely you should warn other customers about him

LOL...I did the same thing - Bricklinked it. And I found the cost to be similar, too. Oops!

Added some Batman vs. Superman and Mighty Micros - Amazon 76032 - SH: Quinjet City Chase - $54.36 (32% off) 76044 - SH: Clash of Heroes - $10.39 (20% off) 76045 - SH: Kryptonite Interception - $23.99 (20% off) 76046 - SH: Heroes of Justice: Sky High Battle - $47.99 (20% off) 76047 - SH: Black Panther Pursuit - $23.99 (20% off) 76048 - SH: Iron Skull Sub Attack - $23.99 (20% off) 76049 - SH: Avenjet Space Mission - $47.99 (20% off) 76050 - SH: Crossbones' Hazard Heist - $15.99 (20% off) 76051 - SH: Superhero Airport Battle - $63.99 (20% off) 76053 - SH: Gotham City Cycle Chase - $15.99 (20% off) 76062 - SH: Mighty Micros Robin vs. Bane - $7.99 (20% off) 76065 - SH: Mighty Micros Captain America vs. Red Skull - $7.99 (20% off) 76066 - SH: Mighty Micros Hulk vs. Ultron - $7.99 (20% off)

One? I thought you were always in for 3? ;-)

Seasons by Melan-E

Meanwhile, back in Europe, ExoSuit currently has 612 units by 148 vendors with a starting price of 31 euros. Average sales per month since January are 10 units. Doing the maths that works out at another 5.5 years of stock assuming no one lists more items and the rate of sales remains constant.

Hell will freeze over before kids won´t like dinosaurs. This xmas should serve to flush out most of the stock.

And tomorrow we can buy your set from him for crazy money on walmart's site

Most of it was mint condition, or as mint as retail shelf items go. One of the Emma's houses had a crease, and some of the bionic let sets were dented at the bottom. Rest was as good as new, even the Ninjago Mech dragons and all the China speedors that filled the shelves.

Built the GB Firehouse over the weekend. This thing is a monster. I got through two movies and the entire oj made in america doc while building it. I just need to find a way to tie it into my modular town. Edit- think I have a plan

AAAAHHHHH... OK... so you more or less "laminate" the boxes. When I read you "coat" your Lego sets, I got the impression you were coating the finished builds with something!

A competent ceo/board could still turn them around with a total replacement of upper management and retraining of store employees as well as remodeling the stores to bring their apperence up to a reasonable standard while overhauling their logistics operation and....Nevermind, they're toast.

I'm sure we'll get some more practical sets.