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Spent some time and built the new Spider-Man Web Warrior Bridge (76057). Had to modify and combine two, of course! Then added lighting into the side and top of the towers, and under the bridge as well.

For some reason I find it funny that both sets you listed are remakes.

Just got back from a long road trip and found some of these. No hard date and non exclusive so get out there and check your local lego stores.

Couple days ago @Elkkthunder posted info about estate sale near by (thank you, thank you, thank you), with some help from @Sfcommando14 (my man ) I was able to go there this morning. Sale started at 9am, they were handing out numbers prior to that, that determined in what order people could enter, I was number 2, not bad right? Well, guy with number 1 was wearing....a Lego t-shirt....damn I thought.... anyway, he goes in first, me right behind him, both of us straight to the Lego table, but he doesn't grab the best things.....he just looked at some Lego train tracks, stated that he has thousands of Lego (whatever) and moved on... So here is what I grabbed, for a total of $263, all sets almost complete, very little needed, all instruction are there too, plus few zip lock bags:

So I recently build 42056 (Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS) and added lights. There has been ongoing discussion as well on eurobricks on how to improve the set, and I have been involved and took many of those recommendations and implemented them. A full read, with pics and video can be found here: http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/431720 But quickly here are some teaser pics. Overall, happy with the way things turned out.

RIP Kenny Baker

$10 estate sale

mod note : i miss the days when this was the most active thread instead of all the noise going on in the other threads

Hey wait a min. Is this the same Death Star as yesterday? Looks like a refresh / remake to me.. I'm calling in help.

10216 Winter Village Bakery $50.

Score !!!!

Picked up an Ecto to add to the firehouse. It looks great in front of it. It won't quite back in all the way because of the desk but I want it sticking out a bit anyways. Why have it hidden away, it looks fantastic pulling out. I'll be selling or trading the figs as I don't need two sets.

Ok. Here it is . Looks pretty good. Has 2 of the 4 inner boxes

My boy and I found this the other day at Walgreens while waiting for a script to get filled. Needless to say he was pretty thrilled. It had been sitting there for so long it didn't even scan...we (he) wound up getting it for less than $9.

I think this is part of the problem we face. Lego is now overproducing too much. Add in that most sets are just minor refreshes of older sets, and its making me really stop and pause and think about what i'm doing. At this phase i'm starting to think it's a fools game to invest so heavily in so many sets that will just have a minor refresh.

I use different lighting elements from a place called Lifelites.com. It is owned/run by a gentleman named Rob and I believe they are out of Arkansas. I like to use battery packs (with on/off switches) and half the battle is trying to find a place to put them or hide them. In this build I hid two battery packs with the wiring in each tower, and then I hid the third in the support section under the bridge. For the actual lights I use technic bricks with technic pins to shine the light in the direction that I want. Lastly, the lamp posts are a kit found at Lifelites. It has a battery and a switch on the bottom of the post that can fit inside a Lego piece. The downside to the lamp is that it is not very powerful and does not last long or very bright. I have done a lot of reading and experimenting on how to do lighting in the past to try to get it right, and I am still learning. Hope this helps...See pictures below.

If the set is a duplicate of the 10188 with a few tweaks, a $499.00 price tag will be a major issue. Even at $399.00, many LEGO fans are apathetic to the 10188 after almost a decade on the shelves. If it is not special, it will be a failure IMO and will be gone in a few years.

Take a look at the price evolution of 10197 FB and10211 GE, consider how long each set was out for and how many investors/buyers were in the market and you will probably be able to draw your own conclusions.

An inspiration, I'm sure.

eBay: Ant-man $80 shipped via GSP

Whew. Don't try to build this in two days. The wife and kid were out of town, so I partied with the Sandcrawler.

The Pet Shop is an excellent set. Every collection should have one.

I'm getting soft in my old age. Just turned the big 4-0. I only took two banana dudes today and left the rest (at least three for my new friend, Timothy). I even helped out a kid find the penguin suit kiddo. Man, I was ruthless with hot dog guy.

Seems to have sold out at this price on Amazon, but just got an email from Walmart: 42043 Technic Mercedes AROCS for $178.24 (22% off).

Daytona TRU takes smooshing very seriously.

The amount of screen time Vader gets will probably be a key factor. If it´s like Luke in TFA then a lot of people are going to be disappointed.

They are not blocked by the register. They can't put them out untill the 17th but you can get them from the back if manager is willing. Last time I remember doing that was Simpson House.

So I managed to get the lego porsche on release date, however after seeing all the reviews decided to sell it. Using the money I bought 2 technic sets which are defintly in my top 5 favorite lego sets. Managed to get them both in used condition for £265, just £15 over RRP of the Porsche. 8480: Space Shuttle 8275: Motorized Bulldozer

I see playmobil

200+ !?! I'm a newbie (20+ purchases) and they call me "royal customer". You must have attained the rank of "divine customer". lolz.

So I didn't get around to a pic yet button I did get the Statue of Liberty for 700. It is the first edition one black and white box, and they started to build it- got about 1/4 the way through. The rest of the bricks are either in ziplock bags or the original plastic mesh bags. Instructions are in nice shape but wow are they hard to follow. Still working on other builds, so this one may need to wait until the fall. The good news is that it is heavy- which leads me to believe it is complete. Coupled with the fact that evrwything is is in such good condition, I like my chances.

Everyone assumes they're getting a BIGGER and BETTER and IMPROVED Death Star for their hard earned $499. Not so fast my friend. Least we forget, this is 2016, the theme of which has been 20% less set for 20% more price.

Finished up my BB-8, a slightly different take than the one that @Locutus001 did about a month ago. I did bricklink the stand from his build because I like having the option to display it with the stand or without. Comparing the two, the biggest difference is in BB-8's head, though there are differences in the body as well. Definitely a fun little build, and it displays great. It was my first BL project, so that made it fun as well.

I have an Ecto I haven't gotten to, but don't have the HQ yet I am doing a vendor table at a toy/comic/cosplay con next weekend, hopefully I'll sell enough to justify the HQ. Pic is just the NISB sets I'm taking

This guy must've trained at the Warcraft School for Flying Good.

Either that, or as others have said, like the new Castle (display on one side, play features on other).

Lego is very much aware of the mixed reactions they got after AOH. More importantly, they will have noticed the lower sales compared to other UCS sets. I doubt they would make the same mistake again.

After AOH, yes. That's the new standard for UCS. Why they went with some half baked battle on hoth instead of a UCS Echo Base, I will never know. There should have been a more accurate centre, a snow blocked corridor, larger blast doors, a better rebel troop transport, bacta tank, a lounge, and an attempt at a hangar. There shouldn't have been a wampa, a snow speeder bike, or lookout pole. One imperial probe droid would have been better than any number of snow troopers. So, yeah, I think they have a good chance of messing up the flagship star wars set.

They found 3 more.

I like the sea plane.

come on folks, Stars Wars isn't political........ oh wait

So people are gonna basically lose their minds because this is likely to be 10188 part deux?

I built a table before but it's on the to-do list to make a new one since we're moving our LEGO to a new room. The original table was overbuilt but it had 4' wings to skip over a buffet table and cast iron radiator. The mistake I made though was using plywood that was way too thick - I had a some S1S 3/4 plywood from a previous project and it was overkill and heavy. This time around I've got some 1/4" S1S for the job and it'll require less support and be easier to move but in reality just as good. What I will repeat is putting some 1/4 MDF square baseboard around the edges around a half inch or so higher than the table to keep the LEGO off the floor! The MDF is nice because no splintering = no slivers. I contemplated using some 1/4" MDF sheets for the table top but it's so much easier to deal with large sheets of plywood.

I made a home for my Space Slug set on my desk at work. Here are a few pics of this small collection. I have some other stuff I haven't set out yet after my recent office move.

Dark Blue Modular by Dan Bowles

But are they actually selling at those prices or is it just what they are listed at? I can still find some of these in stores - they actually have a whole shelf for the toxic holy trinity of Turtles, Lone Ranger and Cars. I guess if you got them at 70% off then you will do OK, but that´s the same for just about everything.

Bricklinked UCS Super Star Destroyer.