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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 didn't consider buying 10188 when it was still available because the minifigures looked quite dated compared to current offerings. So I welcome the new Death Star release if we get a complete overhaul of the minifigures.

Love this set (and it looks to be complete) - The question is how would someone get to this building point and then just stop? I might suggest going back a few pages (to check the accuracy of their build) - sometimes people will realize that they made an error, get frustrated, and then stop (best to know that now rather than later).

It really is amazing on how the people view things differently and thats good, it's what makes the world an interesting place at times. This trailer changed my view of the movie in a much better way. I like what I see and hope that it continues in this direction.

The other thing that doesn't work for me the more I watch is the Chirrut scene. It becomes more of a fanboy mashup of Star Wars meets Kunk Fu meets the Matrix. Its just doesn't work for me. It doesn't. There's just something odd about seeing so many stormtroopers becoming that incapacitated by a guy using a stick. This makes me want to get a stormtrooper costume made out of really hard plastic, and have my son whack me with it to see the effect it would have. If he doesn't knock me out, then somehow this scene just doesn't seem to work. I mean, sure we know the stormtroopers are traditionally bad shoots, but this scene just comes off as unrealistic. Chirrut is teetering on jumping the shark on that scene. In fact, that would be a funny as heck meme if he's seen jumping while knocking out stomrtroopers. Just need a couple sharks on the ground as he's jumping around.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

Also picked up a 42011 today for $2

the more I watch, the less I start to like how the brits have taken over the entire thing. Back in the old times, during a much simpler time, the brits were the imperials and annoying droids, and the americans were the rebels. Sure, there was Obi-wan. But, NOW it's like an all british cast. I'm starting to wonder if this is a foreign film, or one made out of hollywood. That's it. I'm voting for Trump. He's been right all along.

After stuff went on sale today and VIP points to burn after 2X last weekend, I now have more buses on the way. I might have to make Big Ben the transit authority for LEGO City.

Linda Carter = automatic like from me

Simpsons house and Sidney opera house, plus the buses keep on coming

I built the Marvel Helicarrier today...just an amazing build. I'm so glad I broke one open to build it.

Picked this up to get some minifigures to fill out my town. I'm not too impressed at $40. I really like the baby and wheelchair, the rest is pretty plain. What can I do with only one section of fence? I threw the park together but it's just a placeholder, the brick bank will go on that corner eventually.

As much as I would love a Modular Hospital, I really want one in City form. 4429 does not count either. For all the Fire and Police Stations we've had from City, can't believe we haven't had a decent Hospital. Even the old one from about a decade ago only had decent size because it was sitting on a giant baseplate. They have to be chomping at the bit for a Lifeflight helicoptor. It's the final pantheon for Lego designers to design that white helicoptor with red and blue lights and change out the "police" sticker with a medical emblem on it. With that said, Lego, please don't put a coffee shop(or something similar) on the corner of the hospital. Just dedicate the design to a singular building. I understand the storyline with the laundry next to the bank, but it takes away from the bank to have it there and it makes no sense from a construction perspective.