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Paris 1889 steampunk [WIP 2] : The Hotel by Castor Troy

Just like a typical London bus... nothing at all, then three come along at once.

Couple of recent builds. Claas Xerion was a great build apart from me missing a cog from the gearbox and having to tear it half apart again. At £80 it was probably the best value set I've built in a while in terms of build time and enjoyment. New RO At-St next to its big brother. I can see a lot of these being sold as they'll be coveted by OT AFOL's aswell as kids. Finally I gave one of the architecture skyline sets a shot. See what i thought of them and if they'll be worth investment. I just can't see how these will catch on. The buildings are so small to show any details. I love the normal architecture sets, I'm amazed how they can create detail at small scale but these skylines are simply too small, I can't see many people posting over the odds for a complete set.

KMart, in-store and still 20% off clearance toys at this location.

Hi Folks. I'll do the same as last year (copying Mos' original idea) to support the children of NJ's St. Paul School. For each "LIKE" THIS SPECIFIC post gets, I'll put $1 toward the raffle. Thanks, JA Is Online

You missed a lightbulb there ....

TRUST will be back in November

make that 200 minutes later .....

BWE in progress.

This is an other type of deal, this week at Rite Aid there is a deal to buy $50 of various children's medicine get $25 TRU card and buy $30 get $10 Plenti points. So buying $60 of qualifying products gets $25 TRU card and $20 Plenti Points. With this week's coupons, it will be a money maker. This blog post explains it a lot better. http://thekrazycouponlady.com/2016/10/02/21-00-moneymaker-robitussin-advil-dimetapp-at-rite-aid/ Also there's also a 50% bonus for transferring Amex rewards to Plenti right now.

Anecdotal, but I've made a solid 60% ROI by quick flip parting these out (sold through a half dozen). Every set I've had 50%+ parting out returns on quick out of the gate have gone on to become respectable post-retirement earners.

Creator: Vacation Getaways will be $50.40 on TRUTH.

Yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's?

After a number of disappointing "sales" and "deals", this time I would like to send an honest "Thank you!" to LEGO for their EU Force Friday offer. Because I got a Slave 1 for 199,99€ - 28,45€ in VIP Points - 10€ LEGO Coupon - 6€ Cashback (Shoop.de) - 5€ Amazon Coupon (Shoop.de) (=150,54€) + First Order Storm Trooper + unannounced Spider-Man Super Jumper. Best "official" deal of the year so far (but it might not any get better than this).

My son built this today, and I helped in spots. Overall, this set is cool to see in person, but it's also a little underwhelming. My main problem with it is the space in the cargo area - it's extremely small compartment, and you might be able to get 2 mini's in it, but good luck getting more than that. There are many elements of the design that are cool, though. I especially like how they made use of the flick fire missile technique. I was wondering why the flat plates were left loose but during the final bag it became evident, as you push a flick missile into the spring loader, a blue plate slightly rises up where you use that to press down and fire the missile. But, the lack of compartment space is a drag. This is no republic gunship or even First Order Transporter. Overall, it's ok. My son loves it though and has been playing with it for hours, so I guess that is what ultimately matters.

If Canadian threshold is $75 then it translates to about 70 cents US

Fair enough - poorly worded post by me. I meant films coming up to put the attention on ghost rider. I enjoyed the cage films but don't feel they have anywhere near the popularity of the Avengers franchise.

7. Money laundering 11. Not good with figures

That episode changed my life.

so going on day 2 now with this being OOS - call to check availability at usa/canada which is usually a skip away from SOLD OUT. meanwhile instock limit 10 in europe. Software glitch? has any $89.99 set ever had a 3 month life? maybe this is a price mistake/erroneous tag or not going to have in stock by xmas. or perhaps even a genius marketing move designed to fleece compulsive overthinking LEGO investor/gamblers like myself into thinking its going super early. but then i start to over thinking again and say well, there are sure a lot of $80-100 price point sets taking up that shelf space and maybe one of the big guys goes early? yes but this is a large Rebels set and has "Tie" ins with the show foolish to end this run now before xmas - downright stupid. then i say raptor escape and i lose my marbles. this is the only set from the summer wave i was going to put money into but was planning on waiting now i'm looking for a soft cushy pillow and putting on some corduroy before i take my seat on the fence.

the buddy doesn't seem too thrilled either

Well went all out today, I will have enough VIP points to get 2 Castles this week to hopefully sell for Christmas. I was Lucky enough to get all these at one Lego Store, as for where all some Star Wars sets, I have plenty Ewok Villages, Sandcrawlers, Slave 1, Tie Fighters.

Hey now!

Agree on the derailing. First thing my kids do when a train comes out: max speed! Second thing: build barricades on the track and smash trains into that.

I have very strong feelings about the buildable figures. I think that they look terrible and for $5 less, I can get the Hasbro Black series figure and it looks good, has good poseability and is unlikely to pop apart when I shift it. But, I also am taking a look at the Super Hero buildable figures from 2012. Looking at Bricklink, sales stats for the last 6 months shows that of the 6 figures released, the best seller was Green Lantern. 9 sold. for the rest, most of them couldn't even average 1 a month for the last 6 months. They retailed for $14.99, and I remember seeing them hanging around on clearance forever. Sure there may be more demand for Star Wars than Super Heroes, but I have a giant box full of Bionicle and Hero Factory parts that I can't sell for $2 lb bulk, and other LEGO sells for $5 lb quickly. Some people may make some money on these, but I have no faith that there is going to be much demand. I said so a year ago when the first series was released, and I'll keep saying it. LEGO had no faith in their TFA Constraction figures when they marked them down so early, the movement in stores is slow. I just do not see any signs that there's demand for them now, much less 2-5 years from now.

TheBrickFan is reporting a rumor this morning (so take this with a big grain of salt), that Supergirl and Green Arrow Dimensions polybags will be part of a promotion at Game Stop for Black Friday.

Lucky this is the Daily Deals - USA/Canada thread.

I think this is Canada's flyer

Looks like this will be available at TRU starting Oct 7, GWP for $25.

There isn't of a much truer statement than this.

I like this set... and I kind of hate it. If it had been a plain ol' Vader's TIE Advanced, then I'm all in. As it is, $89.99 is overpriced, plain and simple. The A-Wing build is nice, but in this set, it's an albatross around the TIE's neck.

Unless you can double them with decent promo sets like the London Bus, then double VIP please.

Yup

iOS 10... Apple needs to stop trying to simplify my life.. it's not working.

Re-Mote by Brother Steven

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Well its sold out atm at amazon uk!

I built this last night, and it was fun overall. It's pretty big and I get a kick out of retractable wings. Like Fossil said, as a troop transporter, space in the troop hold is limited, but I love it's features including how the hatches swing open and the mobility of the door guns. I also appreciate the overall low number of stickers, but I wasn't happy that I had to put stickers on the cockpit canopy. It's not a forgiving place to screw up on. Really looking forward to next year's Y-Wing to put along side this baby!

Can NOT wait for the video 'cause it will retire.

75150 Tie Advanced vs. A-Wing is OOS.

Kids... (Except I was the one who derailed the red passenger train and it went sailing over the edge and smashed onto the floor... it was an accident but I heard about it.)

Funny story. A couple weeks ago when I saw the London Bus promo come up in a thread, I cursed myself for missing that promo. When I want to the garage tonight to look for the Mystery Mansion to build, I realized that I had three sets of the London Bus. I was very happy with this discovery but also very troubled that I had forgotten that I ordered the VW, T1, and Mini Cooper during that promotion. My Lego addiction maybe getting out of hand.

Built the original outhouse today... TP and Tower Crane included. Pretty cool build... But instructions have come a long way!

FBA 75920 - JW: Raptor Escape - $135 6862 - SH: Power Armor Lex - $34 40220 - London Bus Promo - $26 300334 - MF: Halloween Accessory Set - $33 31006 - Creator: Highway Speedster - $50 10225 - SW: UCS R2-D2 - $380 79002 - The Hobbit: Attack of the Wargs - $70 70123 - Chima: Lion Legend Beast - $30 70503 - Ninjago: Golden Dragon - $110 10249 - Creator: Maersk Triple-E - $290 75049 - SW: Snowspeeder - $68 10545 - Duplo: Batcave Adventure - $60 10672 - Juniors: Defend the Batcave - $54

RIFFS !!!!

Picked up two big sets from Tesco tonight, packed to perfection. The sets were individually wrapped in quality bubble wrap, then cased in an outer box full of brown paper to stop it from rattling about. Never used to be this good, maybe they had some complaints and upped their game. All in all, I'd have no worries ordered from Tesco in the future.

I have spent most of this year looking to replace my 10182 Cafe Corner and I lucked into an auction last week where I picked one up with instructions. I built it today and I was impressed that this person took great care to separate all of the pieces by color in individual bags. It's in excellent condition aside from the 4 missing 1x1 round plates for the roof. The Ghost Train patrols my hotel, it is haunted after all.