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Continued my building rampage while my wife is overseas. Been wanting to make the kwik-e into a modular style that will fit on the block. I had to sacrifice the isles inside but everything else fit nicely. This is my first attempt at any kind of moc or mod. I think it turned out pretty good. The second floor will be an addition onto the cinema next door, still playing around with that. I have it started in the last pic but I may change that up.

With everyone posting their collections earlier this week, I decided to post how mine currently looks. I am likely building the Porsche with within a few weeks so will have to move things around. Enjoy!

$41.99 for a $50 TRU Gift Card on Staples (16% discount). Limit 3, I believe. For you can pay $101.99 for a $100 gift card if you want an anti-deal.

After some sore fingertips, completed this yesterday. Final product looks great!

Is this the TV you bought?

Just for kicks, checked the last 100 sales again... for last 100 sold July, 10, 2016: Top sellers (quan. sold): (1) Fly Guy, (2) all tied: Tiger Woman, Square Foot, Spider Lady, Pirate Zombie Top Avg. Price (incl. shipping): (1) Tiger Woman $10.28, (2) Square Foot $9.60, (3) Wolf Guy $9.43 Avg. of all: $7.29 Square Foot was a real surprise, though there are some outlying data points for that one (a couple sales at >$13)... taking that data out, his avg. sale price is closer to $8 (still much improved over early sales). Most consistent popular sellers from all three data samplings (always selling more than average in quantity) are Tiger Woman and Banshee. As always: take it with a grain of salt... small sample size... not statistically conclusive.

To be fair most BP forum threads begin the same way.

If it retails for $350 and there is a shortage during the holidays then double down to $700 isn't out of the picture. Heck ide rather stock up on this then the Technic Porsche for the price.

I keep mine in the original boxes they came in and sort them as to what they are and then stack those boxes together. It's not pretty but I pretty much know where everything is when I'm looking for it. I have a couple people that help me with it, so that helps. I've uploaded a pic so you can see what I'm talking about...

A few years ago I bought a used 6285 Barracuda off Bricklink. I finally had time to clean the pieces and build this beautiful ship! The sails were in fantastic shape. This was my first LEGO ship that I've ever built and it was a fun, but sometimes challenging build. I must say, once you start assembling the masts and raising the sails, this ship really comes to life! I hope you enjoy the pics.

Working on a western scene and saw a western train station on Lego Ideas and liked it (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/9050), but wanted to mod some changes, make it a modular and add some LED lights (http://www.lifelites.com/). I have worked on this one on/off for about three years making all kinds of modifications to it. I want to redo the inside of the building at some point, maybe give it more detail like the outside. However, for now I am content with it. I hid the battery pack to the street lights under the water tower and ran the wiring under the building (you can kind of see the battery pack, but not too bad). The clock tower lights up too, though it may be hard to see. I hid the battery pack inside the roof, with a little trap door to turn the power on. I like that it is usable for western type scenes as well as a modern train station (since there are so many older train stations still in use across this country). I also modified the locomotive so that it runs on Power Functions. All the wooden planks that wrap around the station are the 1x4 wood grain tiles (not stickers), part #2431pb243. I bought a bunch a few years ago and am glad I did, they are quite pricy now. I think it makes it look a lot nicer. Spoiler: and those of you with OCD…you may notice in the pictures that the four clocks are not aligned to be the same time…sorry.

LEGO must have discovered Penicillin and accomplished affordable health care because sets just don't die anymore...

There's a whole bunch they can do with this line. They could in theory make more UCS type playsets or structures based off disney characters. While I would suspect this set to be out for 5 to 6 years easily, it will eventually retire, as well. But, I think this, along with the Disney minifigures series are the first in a long long line of these things. They'll tap this market to death, just like they did and are doing with Star Wars, and Marvel. Personally, i'm not so sold on the disney minifigures being as big of an investment as people are chirping on here. Maybe initially, but over time it wont be, after the 50th mickey mouse is released in a set, or the 20th alice in wonderland playset is released with yet another alice. Just watch. Those sets are coming, and it's obvious. Now if they will just release a star wars minifigures series so we can finally add Zuckuss, and 4Lom to the collection, i'd be a happy cat.

I think the economy and marketplace has changed. While there always might be an outlier like a $400-$500 STAR WARS set, I am beginning to question the continued explosive growth of The LEGO Group's profits. We will see this year when they release their financials, but I have seen interviews with LEGO bigwigs and they are nervous about Brexit and are putting a lot of faith in the Asian markets. There are also other subtle changes occurring. Discounts on exclusives? They are starting to pop up. Bans? Have you seen any recently?

I thought that was the only reason people go camping? To avoid the shame of drinking Old Milwaukee and PBR within the borders of civilization? We've all worn that shame at point...

You will really like many of the photos members did for the book. A lot of creative people in the LEGO Universe.

I hope so.

I think this is a new cartwheel.

Seems about right, considering the hype here.

Other than the fact were reseller scum.

I read the first Elves book with my daughter (picked it up during the Barnes deal) and she loved it. And I like it much better than the Friends series. Friends is so superficial and consumer-centric. The beginning of one the books (probably all of them) said something like 'we need more money so we can buy more things.' And 'isn't shopping the best?!' I'm not exaggerating. To keep thinks relevant. Kmart has Friends Heartlake Hair Salon #41093 for $21.99 (27%) Heartlake Private Jet #41100 for $23.99 (20%) There are at least two $5 off $35 coupon codes out there. One should work. And free shipping over $35. And you might get $2 bonus bucks for next time. I did on a different Lego order. Ymmv

Tru ad : 20% JW , MC , Elves

At this rate, we don't need the Mack's book anymore ....

More building...

They just need to bundle it with the T1 polybag to re-ignite the fire of them burning their way off the shelves. (and keep it around another 2 years).

This guy must be getting nervous. He dropped his price $30.

It will be next to the Palace Cinema. I'm going to have a doorway between the theaters. Maybe hang a curtain between them.

Hmmm a retired $200 exclusive for $90...............

A few things on sale, seems to be going in all stores. I am not pulling the trigger on the IST yet. With the London Bus promo coming up, I think its better to pay full price and get the bus + VIP points vs the $20 savings... (Note to self... A year from today, I will read this post again and I will probably say, should of clean them out at $100 :p) I am buying all the Death Star Duel I encounter tho. So far, I am only seeing 1 or 2 at the stores I've been to today. There is def no large QTN remaining at many Walmarts. Also, some of the constraction figures are on sale. If memory serves me correctly Obi-Wan, Boba Fett and Luke Skywalker I believe... are $20. Some Batman stuff is on sale too. 76045 - Kryptonite Interception $30 and I think there maybe 1 or 2 more other sets on sale. I will take some more pic. as I continue to sweep my city.

TLG should release the castle as part of the Architecture line

I have decided to dabble in selling Lego. I've decided that I will do exclusively sealed box sets and may part out a minifig or two if I feel like it could do well, and then sell the rest of the set. My question is, for what I want to do is eBay or bricklink better? I have looked into both and can't decide. eBay has the advantage of having a larger customer base and easier shipping while Bricklink charges much smaller fees and has a smaller but more dedicated buyer list. Advice? If eBay is the winner should I try to stick with auction or a buy it now? Last question-How do I determine the shipping cost? This wouldn't be as much of a problem on Bricklink since I would know the address before giving the final price. On eBay; however, how do I give an accurate shipping cost without knowing the address first? I don't want to charge way to much or get hosed finding out it was much more than I imagined. Thank you in advance for your response!

Since I've been asked via PM now here is the building instruction for bb-8 for everyone http://www.henriklorentzen.no/lego/bb8v2.pdf

Yes you should cover the cardboard outer boxes with a blanket if you are worried about he sun fading the brown cardboard and turning them into tan cardboard.

Well, I expect this set to EOL in mid-late 2018. I expect EV and possibly SC to go this year, then Slave I next year. If the TIE retires out of order as with B-Wing, you guys will do great. No argument there. I just don't see the level of unpopularity with this set that B-Wing had (LEGO Shop at Home reviews under 4, for example, vs. 4.6 for TIE), so I'm not seeing the early retirement. There were lots of complaints about 10240 (cockpit stickers notably), and it had the full UCS lifecycle. I expect UCS or any sets with a 24x20x4 box footprint to provide a $100 after fees return in 1-1.5 years. Otherwise the space is better used for something else. Fire Brigade, HH, TH, B-Wing, R2, and (almost) GE did this. I'm not convinced that a TIE can, if I have to hold it for two years before I can sell (basically, I debit a set that size $30 per year for sitting there and taking up space; PS owes me lots of money at this point).

Hi Ed and Jeff, Great job on the site, very impressive! Anthony

I guess if you buy clearance you don't get packing materials...both boxes are somehow minty fresh despite TRUs best efforts.

Built 6280 Armada Flagship from a bulk buy I bought a while back. This is the first vintage set I've built in years. I forgot how bad instructions were back then. It was tough seeing what pieces needed to be added in a step as you needed to compare it to what you've built already and/or the previous step's picture. Kids these days don't know how good they got it.

I'm cool with BB. DO bugs me a bit, since it simply does not fit with the other modulars. It's a gritty, wrong side of the tracks sort of building. All the rest are very upscale, 5th Avenue types. In surveys, 93% of minifigures say they would cross to the other side of the street to avoid walking past the DO. Unless they wanted some 'cookies', of course, but no one ever admits that in surveys...

You can sell retired Lego sets for a profit?? No way!! welcome to the site buddy!!