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One of my Christmas presents to myself showed up today in the mail.

$9.81 each at Sam's Club. Wife: "Remember those ones I got last week for $12.81?" Me: "Yeah. Sold em all already. About $13 profit each." "So if I told you I got 10 more of them at $9.81 you'd be really happy, right?" Me: "Oh God, please tell me you arm-swept..." "The only one I left had a damaged box." Me: "Dear Lord I love you..." "Will your Lego friends get jealousy-boners?" Me: "Gimme a second, gotta finish posting something on Brickpicker here..."

My son and I finished Assault on Hoth today. Hhhmmm , one of these UCS sets is not like the other....

When I pick up a big lot like this I sell the big sets individually and will get needed parts for them if it is economical to do so. Smaller sets that I can complete will be sold in groups by theme to save on shipping. Smaller sets that I cannot economically complete will be parted out to a local bricklink store and figures are sold off separately. To me, any set under $20 is not worth the time to search out figures/stickers on BL. A part or two, sure, but much more and it gets dumped. I will usually get to the big sets first to try to get the bulk of my money back immediately so that I'm working in the black for the most part. It also frees up more money for needed parts down the line as I don't inventory every set before buying parts. It takes too much time that way though it is surely a money savings with shipping of parts. Assuming this lot is mostly complete, it is a surefire winner. Just know that you aren't going to be paying yourself much by the hour in the end. My last "BIG" lot that I went through from a Brickpicker here was about 150 lbs. It took me dozens of hours to go through between the cleaning, sorting, inventorying, etc. I doubled my money and made thousands, but with the hours put in it doesn't look as impressive. If you love sorting and solving the puzzle that lays in front of you, it is very rewarding. I love doing it, but my back says otherwise.

Enjoyed the Christmas holiday with family and built this oldie/goodie over the past couple days. I bricklink'ed this set after pulling about half of it from my bulk collection. Enjoyable build and happy to add it to the modular street.

Hey Folks, I just visited our local cinema because they have one giant MF in their entrance area as a promo for Rogue one. This monster MOC is build from a Legoholic around town. He states that this is the biggest MF in the world (except the real one in a galaxy far far away ) ! It has around 35.000 pieces and the outer shell contains mostly the original grey pieces. It's about 1,83 metres (6 ft) long and 1,24 (around 4 ft) metres wide and it took 2 years to build it. But enjoy the pics yourself. just wanted to share this, all credits goes to this insane guy who build it. I was very impressed by this MOC! And I was quite suprised to find something like this around here. It's a small town with approx. 5.000 people living here and then something like this appears out of nowhere. I like it! What do you think, or have you seen a bigger MF already?

A used Battle Of Endor (8038) to go with the Ewok Village. Awesome!

Costco membership is a good deal. We are there almost every week. Hardly ever go to grocery store. Costco for LEGO? Meh. Unless it's that palette of Black Pearls for $65 from a few years ago....sigh.

Enjoying some time off work so finally got to sit down for a few hours and finish this beauty off!! As a huge Disney fan, this was a really fun build for me!! Now just to find a place to display it....

So tonight I did something I told myself I would never do...buying a bulk listing off Craigslist. 2-3 times a week I'll scroll through CL, offerup, letgo, etc to see if there is any deals or anything worth while. I've bought a few sets off offerup/Letgo with overall success from my reason used Tumbler for 160 or the UCS AT-ST for 120. I've always looked over the "bulk/lot/Lego by the pound" post for the thought of going through all the sets gave me shivers down my spine. Despite that feeling I came across a deal I didn't want to pass up. I bought roughly 130 sets for 700 dollars tonight. Sets from all different themes (mainly city and SW) from Detective office to Kwik E Mart a pretty big Variety of sets. The listing started at 1500 and after back and forth was able to get it for 700 (plus an hour drive north of me) I think I did ok. The reason I'm making a new post is because it's a mix of "what did you buy, Craigslist list, buying/selling, best practices, etc. wanted to mix all that into one, mainly about bulk lots. Knowing I went against my better judgment I am asking for members who have done this in the past to post what they do when they buy these sets. How do you go about selling them? Try and complete the sets (this lot is listed as all sets complete yet 75% are mixed together) once complete sell them. Do you part everything out? Piece by piece..minifigure by minifigure? Do you try and resell as is for higher than you paid? I'm curious of the best way of going about this. Which is the most sane way and most profitable. Here is a picture of the stuff I bought (lucky I had my grandfathers van) sets and boxes go all the way to the front of the car. It's a bit overwhelming and curious how you guys would/do it. Thanks! This is the list of what I got and what the dad thought he paid lol. Some of them are pretty off but that being said I think I made out well for 700! I know I PMed a few of you about the potential buying of the lot but figured I'd share and see what other stories and advice members here could give!

partaking in money laundering .

Legoland - San Diego

Still out buying, but I found 2x Ghosts for $95 each and a bulk lot for $40 that included this

For my final post of this year, I am proud to introduce the Range Rover Evoque with air ride. The car was too black so I added white, it was too low so I raised it a stud and the hood wasn't slanted enough so I re-created the front of the vehicle. I reduced the weight to 6.3 pounds (2850g) The car functions really well, I highly suggest using an S-brick for this car as the receivers are hidden behind the seats. This car has 4wd, air ride, torsion bar suspension, 2 XL motors for drive, 2 m motors for lift, V8, servo for steering, gear shifter turns on the lights. The car is finally to a perfect scale. The hard parts of this build was the air ride, torsion bar and having the doors start low at the front and higher at the back. I bought a pair of custom chrome exhaust pipes for this built. flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/139930963@N04/sets/72157676733470861 MOC-Pages: http://moc-pages.com/moc.php/435565 Below is the car in comparison to the 42052 helicopter set Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Back end was super difficult: Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Everything opens: Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Interior: Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Top view: Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr I'm ready to take my helicopter to work... Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr underside shot: Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Side view: Air ride Range Rover Evoque by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Interior by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Framework video:

The catalog is not a good gauge to determine retirements. It's been proven time and time again. The SSD had a massive two page spread when it was sold out at LEGO Shop at Home and everywhere else. VW and TB has been missing from many issues but live on in perpetuity.

Missing notables are : no UCS Tie .. no Temple no TB no FW no Simpsons no FO Tie no Kylo Command Shuttle no Poe Xwing no T1 Ferris Wheel.

Hilarious and awesome. I point in your direction.

Sorry if already mentioned, but I just received the Lego store catalog for 2017 and there's no UCS Tie Fighter. Perhaps it just didn't make the cut....

75054 AT-AT £210 (£57 buy in) 75005 Rancor £100 (£30) 75020 Sail Barge £110 (£50) ebay/facebook/local cash sale

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by monstrophonic

Here's my haul from my Christmas trip through Georgia . Told my wife if we made a few stops I could make some gas money. I guess I caught the Georgia Brick Pickers slippin' Most everything was Bought for 25-55% off. Today I picked up about 3 dozen of those bowling poly bags. Will be good for goodie bags at least.

I've stopped fooling around with bulk lots like this, but used to focus on them almost exclusively. Whenever I bought a bulk lot, I would do the following: (1) separate all of the pieces into individual pieces, (2) wash any pieces that needed cleaning, (3) sort the individual parts out, (4) inventory each set to see what parts I was missing, (5) buy the missing parts, (6) sell the sets individually.

No. I'm not 100% anti-Chima, but this has loser written all over it. Source: I bought a lot of Chima losers.

the code just gave me $15 off 1x White House 1x Big Ben from barnes and noble ebay . $69.89 after tax shipped for both.

http://www.ebay.com/ 10$ off 75$ CDECFLASHSAVE

It's always a jolting hit when childhood heroes and icons leave us.....reminds us of the fragility of life and that nothing lasts forever. We grew up watching these characters and the silver screen lends a timeless quality to them. We see them that way, free from the reality and mortality of life. And then before you know it they are gone and it almost seems like a piece of ourselves is gone as well. Rest in peace Miss Fisher, you will be missed.

Good advice guys! Thanks and I'm sure is useful to other members too! Someone asked for more photos so here are some. Everything pictured was included.

Here's my 2 cents on this in general... If college in is in the future for him, I would STRONGLY suggest you sit down with him and go through the next 5+ years of financial woes where he will be on his own. Borrowing, interest, etc... if this needs to occur. From my own experience, it is much easier after college to manage life with zero school debt while friends and co-workers of mine are still paying theirs down (i'm in my 30's). Now, this includes saving like crazy (still having fun but not spending crazy amounts), working two full-time jobs during summers and working full-time during every year of college except my first full year, but still picking up a part-time job to off-set weekend activities. So now all the money that others are paying towards school-debt, I'm paying down my home debt. Now of course the cost of college has gone up quite a bit since I've been there, but every bit helps and becoming financially stable is much better than tacking on interest all over the place which sadly happens to too many people. If we are talking about a 13 year old here and not a 16 or so, then I would still suggest the conversation at some point and then listen to the other posts above. Keep the sets together, don't get them damaged or leave out in the sun either. Check out Pinterest or this site for multiple ways to display them.

What @MrToes16 is saying is that if you have 2 sets, open one and build it, and sell the other straight away (or at least soon after set retirement), you might find that the opened set at some point in the future will end up giving you more money than the one you sold right away. E.g. selling a sealed 10179 for $800 5+ years ago is a good profit, but selling your used one today for $1500 beats that. Of course, if you hold both the opened and unopened sets equally long, the unopened set carries a premium. I don't think @MrToes16's point was very strong, but he's right in what he is saying.

Back again Pet Shop 119 amazon https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-10218-Creator-Pet-Shop/dp/B004P2HMNM/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1483030253&sr=1-1&keywords=lego+pet+shop

My 10 yo nephew just wants to play ps4 all day. Would be thrilled if that were golf and lego instead. And I hate golf! Welcome to the forum

think of it this way - money spent on golf & high end lego sets is money he can't spend on drugs

No, time can not change that answer. If one is talking about the same set, the unopened one will always be worth more. If you are talking about an older set opened versus a newer, unopened remake, that is something different entirely.

New sets available instore at lego

DJ is having another 20% off LEGO for those who are still keen.

Battle on Takodana 39.73 on Amazon

This is a pretty good pick to spend your code on: 41101 - Friends: Heartlake Grand Hotel - $83.09 - TRU EBay (36% off)

FWIW, I went to a Barnes B&M today to see if they were matching the online sale. I was told 'We don't match online prices bc we outsource our online stuff', but the 3 SW sets I tested that matched the online sale (75091, 75101, 75103) rang up at 30% off.

Picked up a complete with instructions 8129 AT-AT for $100

Gifted this to my mom this year. We made a family effort on the build. Maybe the wine was contributing heavily, but it was very surprising to see how much they (my folks) struggled with it; recognizing shapes, figuring out spatial orientation on the model...all stuff I (we) approach like walking or breathing. Final model is excellent. I loved the use of the hot dogs! Both my folks listened to the Beatles in their youth, and my mom actually saw them live at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1964. Consequently, I found it appropriate to pose my shot on the original piece of musical art that inspired the Lego set!

We finally finished this bad boy today. A fun build to say the least. Nothing to repetitive and actually quite nice to look at

Got tearry eyed listening to the news. Sad, very sad news for us 1970-80s kids. [emoji30][emoji24]

I never had a LEGO system scale AT-ST. I got a UCS one from a comic shop, but that's not really the same. Even when I was a kid in the 80's, this was never my favorite vehicle. Now I look at my AT-AT and feel like it's missing something. The AT-AT is missing its little brother AT-ST. I was so excited to find out that this vehicle was coming for Rogue One. I really needed to fill out my display. It doesn't matter what minifigures are with it, as long as it fits with my Original Trilogy stuff. I didn't want to backtrack and find the 2007 system scale version because a set that's a decade old usually looks like a set that's almost 10 years old. This set looks good on the box. Can it be as good as it looks? REVIEW: SET DETAILS Set #: 75153 Name: AT-ST Walker Theme: Star Wars Parts: 449 Price: $39.99 BOX CONTENTS Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. For this set, there are 3 numbered baggies, a sticker sheet, and an instruction book. BUILD AND EXECUTION: BAG 1: I'm interested from the beginning. There's a gearbox and a pair of axles right from the start. We're building the hips/pelvis/base of the walker. I was interested in the hinges as well. We're building out the base of the walker. We have to make it sturdy so that it can support that massive head on the spindly legs. Speaking of spindly legs, once we have finished the base, we start the legs. Honestly, I was hoping for more articulation here. The leg only has a single joint. I could see where the ankle could have a joint. In fact, optimally, there should be at least 4 joints. maybe that's just me griping. How much should we really expect from a $40 set? I'm not going to show multiple steps making the second leg. It's just a mirror build of the first leg. You just finish some details, cover the corners. And, we've finished Bag 1. I was wondering why a $40 set had less bags than a $30 set. It seems to me that there was a lot of build for one bag. I'm guessing that it's more than 40% of the set. BAG 2: We're starting construction on the "head." Notice the little push levers on the back there. I've been noticing more and more that the triggers for the spring missiles and the missile launchers themselves are getting better incorporated than a year ago. A year ago I was unhappy with how poorly they hid the boxy shooters in the First Order Transporter. Now, I sort of look forward to seeing how well it is hidden. I'm still not seeing a cockpit coming together here. I can see the cutout where the missile launcher will go. I also appreciate the cutout for the push trigger. However, this base seems far too narrow. There's a thermal detonator piece on the orange 1x1 round plate. It's interesting to me that we're building up instead of out. I say that because in Return of the Jedi, we saw that the AT-ST is a 2 seater. I'm disappointed that this looks to be a single seater. I notice the posts and pegs and it says to me that we'll be slotting panels in place. We've also got pegs on the front and sides where decorative panels can be placed. Notice the spring launchers are now in place and we're shaping the head with wedges and slopes. Plug the head in place and add a couple of grey lightsaber handles for guns. I am not sure they're quite big enough. We also build out the AT-ST Pilot and Rebel Trooper in this bag. I'm wondering why they didn't just do 1 figure per bag. BAG3: The first side panel is coming together. Notice the peg holes. We put together a set of guns for the first side. Finish the panel and snap it on the posts. We're going to build another panel that is the mirror image of the previous one. There's a different weapon on this side of the vehicle which is actually accurate to the movie version. There's a roof panel that we're building now. It's going to hinge up so that you can place your figures. Finish the decorative bits and add a hatch to replicate the movie version. It's not really effective for playing inside, so it's purely decorative. I do like the panels on the front that represent the blast covers that would fold over the eyes. Peg it all together and we're done. REACTION: I love the way this looks. It's well designed and looks fairly accurate. I'm a bit sad that it's not a 2 seater. I'm also disappointed that there is only a single joint in the legs. To me it isn't as good as the legs of the AT-AT. I do realize that it's a much smaller set and you can do more with bigger sets, but I would think there could be a bit more flexibility. Despite my problems with the legs, I really do love the way this one looks. The assembly was fun enough and appeared to take a lot of cues from the UCS version. It is much more simple than the UCS version, so don't expect that level of complexity. The minifigures are good. I think that the AT-ST Driver with the goggles painted onto the helmet is nice. We've seen plenty of these guys with goggles on the faces, so it's nice to have something a little different. He's also got a dual sided head as well. I think the paint job of the goggles is a little goofy, but still, nice to have a little variety. I can't tell you how nice it is to have new Rebel Troopers. The helmet seems new and his uniform is different enough from the Hoth, Endor and Scout Trooper uniforms. It does look like a uniform, moreso than the Resistance Troopers from last year. Baze Malbus is an interesting looking character. He's got a dual sided head and he's got a big backpack and gun linked by a short piece of chain. FINAL THOUGHTS: On the day of release, Wal-mart started selling this set for $32.83. It's surprising to have a discount on a new Star Wars set on the day it comes out. I have a theory that $29.99 is the upper limit for a gift for kids from friends or relations. This set is an outlier, but it's close enough that people might get it instead of the cheaper hovertank. This set is going to be popular for army builders and OT Purists. Since the last version of the AT-ST is so old, there's going to be a wave of people buying them new for their Ewok Villages or Assault on Hoth sets. I think this will be the most popular Rogue One set post retirement. It may not be the set that gains the most in value, but it will be the easiest one to move. Get it on Amazon EXTRA PIECES: There's an extra roller skate and even an extra thermal detonator. The rest is a mixed bag of the smallest pieces in the set. Please take a look at the other Star Wars Reviews: #75060 Slave I (click here) #75078 Imperial Troop Transport (click here) #75085 Hailfire Droid (click here) #75087 Anakin's Starfighter (click here) #75092 Naboo Starfighter (click here) #75094 Shuttle Tydirium (click here) #75100 Snowspeeder (click here) #75101 Tie Fighter (click here) #75102 Poe's X-Wing Fighter (click here) #75103 First Order Transporter (click here) #75109 Obi-Wan Kenobi action figure (click here) #75125 Resistance X-Wing Fighter Microfighter (click here) #75127 The Ghost Microfighter (Click here) #75131 Resistance Trooper Battle Pack (click here) #75132 First Order Battle Back (click here) #75133 Rebel Alliance Battle Pack (click here) #75134 Galactic Empire Battle Pack (click here) #75135 Obi-Wan's Jedi Interceptor (click here) #75136 Droid Escape Pod (click here) #75137 Carbon-Freezing Chamber (click here) #75139 Battle on Takodana (click here) #75141 Resistance Troop Transporter (click here) #75148 Encounter on Jakku (click here) #75150 Vader's TIE Advanced vs. A-Wing Starfighter (click here) #75152 Imperial Assault Hovertank (click here) View full blog article

All of these will stay at least until Fall/Winter 2017, with the possible exception of the Simpsons sets.

I didn't buy myself the Yellow Submarine because I figured that I would allow someone to buy me a set for Christmas, and someone did. As bad as Lego's creativity was this year, the adaptation of the Ideas set is phenomenal and this is by far the most brilliant 2016 set that I personally built this year. I don't know how close this is to the original submission, but both Lego and the designer deserve all profits made from sales. The colors are fantastic, the minifigs are brilliant, and the build is very well executed. This set may also be good for parter-outers with all of the bright colors and rare pieces, including a lot of unique color/piece combinations and printed tiles (no stickers!). I surmise that this set will be around for a long time, by Ideas standards, or produced in high volume runs because it wouldn't make sense to create so many parts runs for some many of the unique pieces in the set. A+ from me.

Thanks guys. I knew it was another payment method however I've received one very similar (only reason I caught it was because of a few spelling errors) anyway I'll keep an eye on it! I'm glad I was able to get 31 for it and also shocked a got one for 37 as well. Easy $ those super girl starter packs!!!

Hundreds of sales under my belt, and I receive my first resolution center request. They claim that they never received the item. It was sent first class - tracking uploaded through eBay. Shipped next business day on 11/4. Arrived 11/7 per tracking. They are an experienced buyer, so I am a little perplexed as to (1) why they were not tracking the item in the first place and (2) why they did not e-mail me directly a little earlier. I re-uploaded the tracking number to the resolution center. I also messaged them with the tracking dates, gave them a description of the padded envelope and suggested they speak with their mail carrier or PO. Any other tips? I believe I am covered since tracking was uploaded in timely fashion and shows delivery. But on the flip side, I sure do not want a negative feedback out of my control. Suggested next steps? Thanks in advance for help.