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Finished the cinema expansion. I tried a number of different looks but expanding on the original looks best. The only thing that bothers me is the screen is too small. I may add Apu's garden to the roof at some point but he will need some way to get up there.

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I finally got round to building the GE. Not the most exciting of builds, but the finished product does look good. Still have another used one bagged and ready to go so I can do the double.

My son used a gift card that he got for his bday to buy and build 75142 Homing Spider Droid. The Yoda minifig put him over the edge bc he didn't have one. Not a bad little set.

Use it for firestarter when burning Lepin sets

I really want this to be a typo - $149.99 http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Volcano-Heavy-lift-Helicopter-60125?fromListing=listing

I keep wanting to bug the orthopedics guys at work to borrow the fluoroscopy machine (it's like a real time X-Ray scanner hooked to a TV monitor). I'm convinced you'd be able to see all the details inside the bags in an instant. WHAMO!

Disney CMF is so June. Series 16 is the new hotness.

Fine, call it a statement. Why would LEGO made a statement to give people hope of future availability and not deliver ?

Disagree. S@H said to check back in late fall. Why would they promise something they cannot deliver?

My money is on all three are in there

I totally agree based on history. I predicted that for the Sandcrawler, Sail Barge and ISD before the refreshes were made public after seeing what happened with the original 7778 batcave which was night and day better than it's replacement. Now for refreshed sets like the original Batcave and Sail Barge, their values did slowly appreciate again but it took time. plus their appreciation rate wasn't now where like before. based on history, even original sets that were much better than their refreshes didn't rebound quickly. ISD, Sandcrawler, Batcave, many batmobiles, the original sopwith camel, etc... took a while for values to stop decreasing, stabilize and appreciate.

BTW, thanks for all this people. This just reminds me I still have to get that box sorted. Is it just me or does it seem that these pieces in these bags are getting tinier and near impossible to decipher. Is that a gem or a head?

in Idaho, every time I drop off or pickup from the storage unit

I only analyse the market. There are very large supplies of 10188. If 75159 is a close and improved version of 10188 then that takes away the vast majority of customers in the market for 10188. Not many are going to choose an outdated 10188 if 75159 is basically the same set with highly detailed figs and improved build. It will also encourage the quick dumping of 10188 which is going to cause a very fast spiral downward in prices. Most resellers will be happy with break even or small loss rather than holding stock for 5+ years hoping for an eventual rebound. There are some collectors who must have every set of a certain theme but I don't think there are enough of them to absorb the mass exodus early on. If 75159 is not up to par with 10188 then you can be sure 10188 is going to the moon and I will be along for that ride as well.

It's not printed......its just a series of really small stickers that you have to line up perfectly.

10224 Town Hall Instruction books: 3 Tan 32x32 baseplate: 1 #1 Bags: 14 #2 Bags: 5 #3 Bags: 10 1 unnumbered bag of large plates (30 total bags)

sweet builds, looks like a great display piece lol.

Live http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Doctor-Strange-s-Sanctum-Sanctorum-76060

It's got a few quirks still but it works better on mobile devices. That said, the design wasn't the problem most encounter with the site. Responsive or not, if they can't handle the load, continue to mix and match out of stock messages and throw around retiring soon tags like its candy it'll be the same old experience.

Thanks for this. Didn't look back far enough to find it. Also, I will ensure I include a number if I start a thread in future. Cheers

We have one, I'll merge them.

Town Hall price continues to rise nicely - last 2 sales on ebay in the last 3 days were $595 and $592. ebay is a little ahead of amazon guessing because of international exposure on ebay. get with the program amazon sellers - bump your price up $30. under 100 sellers on amazon so we should see some nice price appreciation coming up.

Don't know where to put this, but it does mainly apply to Star Wars. I wish in future UCS sets, they include duplicate sticker sheets. It can be frustrating building a $300+ set, nervously applying stickers, knowing if it gets messed up, you have no extras.

T. rex tracker has joined the backorder club.

i watched one of my local walmarts on app and waited for prices to drop 50%. This morning I woke up checked again, prices slashed, so I raced there. 2 x Kylo Ren's shuttle @ $59 each 1 x tie fighter for $35 1x super heroes set and 1x Jurassic world at $9 each. Plus few sets for a local fellow brickpicker (couple ties, one JW and few micro fighters FO snow-speeders at $5 each )

I can finally make that custom Niko fig!

Bucket wheel bad boy on its way.

I hate how much shipping costs can vary by distance. I'm in Florida so say for example, I get lucky on Ebay and sell a set to someone in Miami, it may only cost $15. But I may get unlucky and the buyer is from California and then it costs like $50 or something.

I haven't been keeping up with this. Is there a piece count or price out yet?

When has Lego mixed different Star Wars eras in any of their previous sets? Rogue One is a one-shot movie. People will forget about it in a couple of years. Rebels is part of canon (barely - think Agents of Shield-like relation to the rest of the Marvel Universe), but it's a kid's show and kids typically don't spend $400 on a single toy. Star Wars: A New Hope is forever. This set is going to be the flagship Lego Star Wars set for the next 5-7 years. It's gonna be a complete failure like AOH, or a big hulking doozy. I'm betting on the later. Yes, we've already discussed that it might be but nobody in their right mind believes one minute that this non-memorable planet with a giant star cannon on it is going to be the most expensive set that Lego will put out since the UCS Falcon.

I hope they package that bus separately. It's going to get pancaked by that monster excavator box.

Looks great, neat idea!

The Volcano Exploration Base @ $119.99 for 824 pieces looks like a better set... yet it's almost .15/per brick compared to .12/per brick of the Helicopter. I'll be waiting for clearance prices next year...

Soon every city set will include a helicopter they even got one into the going under water line the only part of city not to have one is space.

Now that I look, you're certainly right. At 1277 pieces, this is bigger than everything but the city square. I guess the RRP is fair. Honestly I wouldn't know it had 1277 pieces though if I didn't do the research. Also, as you were saying, it's the 2nd helicopter set in this series alone.

I am not usually a complainer, but this set is a huge disappointment. Could have been an amazing set if they had put the time in to make it look anything like the source material, especially if they added a couple hundred pieces. So disappointed that this is what was produced...opportunity missed by Lego. I'll be buying it for $35 on clearance at Walmart in 12 months bc my kids want the minifigures. They haven't missed a Rebels episode and they didn't even recognize the ship...

Had a pretty good weekend, for me. Probably best since I started a couple months ago. Sold a used Atlantis Neptune Carrier for $25 on BL, a new Batboat for $25 on BL (threw a couple of my WM clearance items up to see if I could get a little cash flow), and a new, opened Tumbler with a beat up box that I picked up a couple weeks ago for $300 ($175 buy-in).

Built the Hulkbuster

This kind of sounds like "The Holiday Special" Death Star.

Just found this on a euro bricks thread might be a hybrid of both DS best of both worlds? Open fire on the Rebels with the UCS Death Star! This massive model has loads of great features, such as a spring loaded turbo laser, rotating turrets, a trash compactor, and meeting room! Close up the flaps for display, or open them to play

Picked these up a couple of days ago.

Never mind that the $399.99 was from 8 years ago. 10188 wouldn't cost $399.99 if it was released today even without Disney's purchase.

Can I get a sound brick that plays the Imperial March?

Any other crusty old guys think of the Bananaman cartoon, that aired on Nickeldeon during the 80's, when they see the Banana Guy minifigure?

I stopped smooshing and just open and put in small ziplock bags.

An order of 60 got me 60 loose without the Disney case even.

My 4 year old daughter's new favorite past time is to cover base plates with flat tiles. Think of me as I am prying all of these off each night.

I'm already thinking ahead to 50% off clearance at Wal-Mart.