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Well...I finally found all the pieces...a couple off color but still looks amazing I think. It took my son and I 7 hours with 3 slight rebuilds until we got the balance right. Yes, it is tricky getting it to stand! Let me know what you all think. #legodad

Finished the Sydney Opera House to go along with the two English landmarks. It was a fun build, much better than I thought it would be, and it looks much more impressive than I had thought. It's a really sturdy build too. Highly recommended.

My son wanted some police stuff, so we busted out a 60047 tonight. Little does he know how much police stuff I have stashed away.

Built this

Just finished lighting up my Palace Cinema. Still need to light the street lamp but that requires a drill bit I didn't have handy.

Get $20 off when you spend $75 or more via Rakuten w/ Masterpass Checkout - use code SUMMER20 w/ Masterpass Checkout Code is one time use. Some of the Toys R Us Sale items are eligible to choose from: 60095 - Deep Sea Exploration Vessel - $75.99 60096 - Deep Sea Operation Base - $59.99 60080 - City Spaceport - $67.99 75904 - Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion - $55.99 75919 - Indominus Rex Breakout - $91.99 75913 - Speed Champions F14 and Scuderia Ferrari Truck - $67.99 76035 - Jokerland - $83.99

Nice poster celebrating Wonder Woman's 75th Anniversary

The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw

You rang?

Hanging Gardens by Letranger Absurde

This is not a "war" story but a good experience I just had with Craigslist. Found a listing for Death star 10188 NISB for $375. I emailed asking if he would consider shipping, same state but 6 hour drive each way. We exchanged a few emails and agreed on $415 shipped UPS. He invoiced my paypal and I paid yesterday, he shipped yesterday and it arrived today. It is in pristine condition, just like it came from Lego. Still in both original lego shipping boxes. I was nervous after reading this thread but super excited and happy I found this deal.

This whole recent what gets to 2x discussion belongs on what set should I buy thread. This is the I think something is going to retire soon thread. If you are talking about sets that are going to retire on your list its pet shop and ewokvillag. No way Feris wheel goes before fairground mixer. I am at my goal for palace cinema which could be another dark horse to eliminate the 149.99 price point. I will be surprised if scooby retires before 2017.

Set of Series 16 minifigs. Pretty sure I smooshed them all successfully. I'm impatient. I just want them.

A 60057 Camper Van just popped up on Amazon for $19.99. Grabbed it and will hope that it's in good condition. This set has appreciated nicely.

Lego department within Harrods:

My son thought I should redo the face and add a mustache and make it Mario

Not in your area

You look to be coming along well..

New threads need the Supermarket Sweep treatment.

I agree. For a modular to hit 2x retail it always takes a bit of time, especially when the likes of the PS have been around for such a long time and are heavy hoarded, there will be plenty of stock that will hit Ebay after retirement, and you inevitably face the battle of the resellers where people start to reduce their prices to shift their stock early and before you know if you are selling for literally no profit (Tumbler) hence it is better to sit on a set for a year or two post retirement and wait for the initial influx to disperse. Also, you see very little discount on the exclusives, if you are lucky you maybe able to pick one up from various online shops which 10%. Where as MM, IST, RS, ET,BB etc. will be easier to shift, firstly because 2xRRP on these sets is a lot lower and therefore people are likely to part with their cash without as much thought. If you are looking at 2x profit, this will be even quicker to achieve because most people on here purchased the MM for £15, RS - £10 etc. so even if you sale at just over RRP after retirement you can still double your money relatively quickly. Buyers may do their research and think to themselves 'its fine, I'm still paying RRP or just over for the MM at £30/£35 on ebay after retirement' which they will find acceptable, however we purchased them at £15 and therefore doubled our money.

Personally, if you are looking for sets to hit 2x the quickest, I wouldn't go with a single modular since time is playing a factor and the only one that has any real possibility would be the UCS tie if that one retires in the next few months. I have been playing this game in my head too, and i'd go with Mystery Machine, Imperial Shuttle Tydirium, Rey's Speeder Bike, The Eiffel Tower, and Big Ben from the architecture line..

You forgot the words "the best" in that sentence

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LEGO® City Police Hovercraft Arrest 60071 $20.24 (55% off retail price) Not available for ship to home, but stores will price-match. (Target US) http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-police-hovercraft-arrest-60071/-/A-16752391?lnk=fiatsCookie

You know you should wait for Lego's official release don't you? I am really curious about the designer video though. Has that one leaked as well?

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.

Big Ben in its new home. Very tedious build which is worth it at the end.

Disney 1 minifigs are getting another production run in September. Series 2 of Disney is just a rumour at this point. Series 2 will be after Batman CMF halfway thru next year at the earliest. Most likely Disney CMFs will be evergreen and constantly made for their retail outlets.

Yes, but it wasn't remedied immediately. I have to check with them when I get back tonight. They had system problems and sent out a bunch of inactive cards. You have to call to get them activated, but only one of my three activated properly. They were still working on it and said it could take 24 hours. I'm afraid a bunch of people will need to call them.

We have a general "What LEGO to buy or sell?" thread that is great for asking specific questions such as this. Thanks!

You should probably try asking this in the "deal or no deal" thread.

It's the old buy.com.

If your goal is a speedy 2x retail I wouldn't get any of those.

Good point, but as an investor I am only interested in the AFOL's that might keep it in the original box or are interested in buying the MISB in the future. Regular sales numbers are interesting if you look for selling sets in 10+ years for nostalgia reasons. Regarding the numbers, they are in DKK volume, so it makes sense the more expensive sets are in there. The Falcon is clearly a slow gainer if you look at the numbers as the market has been flooded with it. I base a lot of my buys on dividing the wants on bricksets by the owns of the top 50 wanted sets. This gives you some sets that quite a lot of people want, but not a lot own yet. For 2014, you get the following: Number Name Theme Pieces minifigs price rating own want need 60064-1 Arctic Supply Plane City - Arctic 374 3 $49.99 5 1244 1765 1,41881 21104-1 NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Ideas - Astronomy 295 $29.99 4.5 1494 1920 1,285141 60062-1 Arctic Icebreaker City - Arctic 717 7 $129.99 5 1754 2167 1,235462 10241-1 Maersk Line Triple-E Advanced Models - Maersk 1518 $149.99 5 1970 2315 1,175127 75059-1 Sandcrawler Star Wars - Ultimate Collector Series 3296 14 $299.99 4.8 4766 5007 1,050567 75058-1 MTT Star Wars - Episode I 954 12 $89.99 5 1786 1798 1,006719 75046-1 Coruscant Police Gunship Star Wars - The Clone Wars 481 4 $49.99 4 2196 1996 0,908925 70810-1 MetalBeard's Sea Cow The LEGO Movie 2741 5 $249.99 5 3780 3289 0,870106 5002122-1 TC-4 Star Wars - Minifig Pack 3 1 5 1947 1686 0,865948 75045-1 Republic AV-7 Anti-Vehicle Cannon Star Wars - The Clone Wars 434 4 $39.99 5 2238 1919 0,857462 70813-1 Rescue Reinforcements The LEGO Movie 859 5 $69.99 4.5 2069 1683 0,813436 Most of these sets have shot up in value.

My worst LEGO nightmare becoming a reality.

Not only is this available everywhere but its back in stock at US Shop at Home. The "check back in August" notice is still there, of course. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Pet-Shop-10218

I saw the title "Macy's Thunder Mace" and thought oh, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade license and then was quickly disappointed when I saw it was Nexo Knights. [emoji45]

Was out garage selling this past weekend. I run across things from time to time but usually they are overpriced and I'm not creative enough to put sets together out of huge piles of mixed bricks. This weekend I found a few sets, either in original boxes or in plastic bags, but they labeled the bags as complete, near complete, missing xxx, etc. Picked up the following items for $1 each! 4733 - The Dueling Club (Missing 4 pieces). Already sold it for $30 4727 Aragog in the Dark Forest w/ box - Haven't inspected it yet 7139 and 7113 Manuals. This one came with the Catapult from 7139 and then the Tusken Raiders from 7113 and then some miscellaneous parts from other sets I haven't identified yet. 4479 Star Wars Tie Bomber - Incomplete but haven't inspected it yet, looks to have most pieces 7469 Mission to Mars - Bag says "Believed to be complete" but haven't inspected it. 4755 Knight Bus - No Minifigures but it has the box and they said the bus is complete. I put together the Dueling club last night and listed it and sold it this morning. Should be fun to put the rest of these sets together and see exactly what I got.

They will ship it in a box, they will ship it with some frocks, they will ship it on an ox, and still useful after green eggs and ham.

You guys remember him? Damn I'm old....

Built this last week with the 6 year old. Pretty happy with how it turned out...enjoyable build, several play features and a ton of mini figs...I really like the end result.

Metropolis by Paul Wellington

Mollusk Mosque by RedCoKid

This one mostly fits into this topic. Here's an alternate take on the Sea Cow: I Think I Built My Sea Cow Wrong