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Finally picked up a 10143 Death Star (sealed boxes / bags - opened box). Been wanting the set since 2014 but never pulled the trigger. Wish I would have then. Would have saved some coin ($500). Just need to figure out if / when i will be building it.

This build is really cool, definitely recommended.

Kids and I had been "good busy" the past week. Personally, I've been so busy with the biz side of the Lego hobby & regular work that it felt good to build something. It's been months... 10198 Tantive IV (only missing Capt. Antilles. I've built a 10198 before but ending up flipping it 2 years ago) 75150 Vader's TIE Advanced vs. A-wing Starfighter 9495 Gold Leader's Y-wing Starfighter (originally built it 3 years ago. Then tore it done).

Since my kids only worked on about 20% of each of these, I'm taking credit. 41067 Belle's Enchanted Castle 76057 Spider-Man: Web Warriors Ultimate Bridge Battle

Amazon Lightning Deal 21307 - IDEAS: Caterham Seven 620R - $61.27 (23% off)

Your fav shop has you covered, literally...

My 8 year built 41230 Batgirl Batjet. She loves it!

76055 Killer Croc Sewer Smash I got it for the minifigs but actually enjoyed the build and the vehicles aren't nearly as bad as I thought.

31038 Changing seasons - broke up the winter build and built spring/summer with my kids The toddler refused to hand back the car for a pic!

13 more green arrow polys? Don't mind if I do.

I think the lego batman movie sets will far outsell and out perform the Lego Movie sets. My opinion, strictly, but I already see the "collect em' all" strategy here and it's brilliantly well orchestrated. I really didn't feel the "collect them all" with the Lego Movie line, but here the way this is setup it's hard not to want all of these. First, all the main villian characters have a variety of vehicle sets - all of them look great. Killer Croc, Joker, Catwoman, Penguin, Riddler, and Scarecrow come with a vehicle, and all of them are quirky and interesting. I especially like the Killer Croc vehicle, and the Penguins. Overall, the entire vehicle lineup is well done. Next up, you have a mini-playset if you buy 3 sets. Reminds me of the DolGuldur set from the hobbit a few years back. You get Joker, Mr Freeze, and Scarecrow part 1 in this one. You'll need the walmart exclusive to have the set. Then it's slated for a Two-face vehicle, Bane vehicle, Scarecrow copter, Haley Quinn will also have her own vehicle in a set.. Add in the clayface figure, and overall I give this entire lineup a big solid A++++. To me, this theme reinvigurates Lego. Yes, batman has been done before, yes many of these minis are in other batman oriented lines, but this lineup for this movie is just fun and I can see a lot of kids wanting all of these. I personally, will buck up and buy the theme. I haven't really bought many batman sets over the year, but this is definitely on my radar. I also think the collectible minifigure lineup is a+ too.

Just picked up a new Lego City Police Station (60047) from Walmart for 25 USD!

Love this idea. Disney minifigs and 70900 Joker Balloon Escape And yes JBE would make a great addition to a fairground, even without the Mickey heads.

Instructions have really improved over the past 15 years. But still an enjoyable build.

There's alot of stories in this forum about getting lego on clearance but that is mainly in USA. In UK it's alot rarer to pickup sets in clearance as most places only do that if: -store is having a closing down sale -boxing day / new years sale -random wild goose chase reported on HUKD -rare instore miss price I've personally stopped shopping instore. Only time I go instore to buy now is when a set is close to retirement / rumour of set being a winner. Even then most of the time it's easier to get online. In UK the way forward is to come up with a list of winners, and purchase when 3 for 2 sales start. Or to pickup sets that workout to be >60% off in 3 for 2 sales. This is a simplified strategy buthope.you get my drift. I've wasted many hours of my life driving around shops hoping to pickup a deal and coming home empty handed, never again. If you add up all the time you spent driving around to shops buying etc, it's not worth it. Sure you might get a bargain, but that will be and exception and not the normal. My 2 cents.

This one is a Detroit auto show exclusive http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/detroit-auto-show/2017/01/14/chevrolet-lego-batmobile-detroit-auto-show/96565268/

Today is the last day to use the $5 off $25 / $10 off $50 coupon at Shopko. It stacks with sale and clearance prices. I've been stocking up on Airport Passenger Terminals. They are on sale for $70. The coupon brings them down to $60, which is 40% off. I stopped at 20.

It was readily available for 50€. The only inconvenience was that you had to buy a Death Star as well.

I never realized how badly I needed LEGO Swamp Thing until now.

PEE is on there but no TFF.

LEGO CITY Van & Caravan 60117 $12.79 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017B1AW3K?psc=1

10249 Winter Toy Shop @ Target - $67.99 only a few left now. http://www.target.com/p/lego-winter-toy-shop-10249/-/A-50414390

My 4 year old's first Lego build all on his own. He now wants to help me on with my modulars and Star Wars sets! I swear I heard a glass braking in the kitchen and my wife groaning!

Apparently the Euro currency is retiring soon according to some cut & paste image from 7 years ago.

So back on topic.....any retiring news? Anyone?

There's a really good explanation for that. In The Netherlands, unlike in most other countries, we can subtract the interest paid on our mortgage from our income tax. Which in turn causes the housing prices to be exorbitant, compared to our neighbours. The debt shown above is mainly caused by mortgage loans covered by the housing property itself. It's not consumer debt where people buy stuff they can't afford based on installments. So it looks worse than it actually is.

@donbee Thank you for sharing. I think Brickpicker offers a great community to share sorrows and triumphs. Because of this business, I frequently find myself in a position of rage with no sympathetic ear or glory with no one to share it with.

We already have this for sports cards and comics. I suppose other items are next. They will just network with the guy from Pawn starts and use all of his contacts to authenticate items

Playsets are almost always investment "turds". Just look at the performance of 75052, which included a ridiculous number of unique minifigs, Luke's landspeeder, and some sort of giant green lizard, but still barely made it 50% over MSRP after a year. 75093 pales in comparison. Gray and ugly, with no vehicles and few minifigs. I would have bought at $30.

And then there's this: I am however pleased to offer my Dutch buyers retired MISB lego sets on credit. Interest rates are competitive, but payment is accepted in dollars only. I don't want to be left holding the bag when the euro is "retired" in the near future.

Makes me think of The Simpsons - Shake Harder, Boy I appreciate all of the discussion in this thread over the last day because it's very informative.

If you can swing it, ordering in quantity lessens the chances of you receiving your sets in a bag. Whenever I order battle packs or $20-$30 sets, I order at least 3 at a time. If you order 1 or 2, you're guaranteed a set that looks like it was smashed by the Hulk. Larger sets are less of a worry but I rarely get pristine boxes on anything that I order from Kmart. I'm fairly certain the overeager shipping clerk fist bumps every set upon packing.

So I built a UCS 10212 Shuttle last week and had to quickly stash it away from the meddling hands of kids. I set on our bedroom dresser and left it there for the evening. Later on, after the meddling kids were gone I assured the wife that the lego would not be in our bedroom. We have established rules in our home where displayed lego is acceptable and the bedroom is no such place. Well, I was about to move it and she actually said it looked ok and to leave it where it was (for a bit). Now I know that you all don't know... but trust me when I say WOW! Now talk about a CEO/credenza test. This set is a winner! Happy Friday all!!! GO PACK GO!!!

I'm starting to sound like the English cat fella who frequents this site, but Site to (Sears) Store pickup gives me pristine boxes every time. Reduced selection, but no issues otherwise.

Taking a break from the UCS Star Wars and built my first modular. Throughly enjoyable build!

Just wanted to report that my $250 Ghostbusters Firehouse had all bags and boxes sealed and in tact. Was even shipped in lego cardboard box that originally was used for these sets. Tundra09 was the eBay seller

There are several different issues at hand that we (sellers) like EBay to stop. EBay Authenticate might help in stopping some of them, not all. 1. Seller sends authentic, sealed set in good faith to buyer. Buyer receives set, scams the heck out of it, and somehow claims he received a counterfeit (or finds another return reason and ships back a counterfeit). THIS IS WHERE EBAY AUTHENTICATE HELPS. If seller uses EBay Authenticate, EBay will now have proof that the correct item was sent (or at least they will take responsibility). Comparing weights and sizes and doing a seal and sidepanel inspection perhaps - but ideally LEGO improves their set packaging and perhaps switches to a format where you, as a buyer, can check the sets contents before purchasing (open box, clear bags, or going back to boxes that lift open with a clear plastic sealed tray inside). A return request would quickly and in most cases lead to the buyer being banned from EBay, 2. Seller tries to scam buyer by selling full LEGO set, but shipping counterfeit (either in counterfeit box or by substituting the contents). This seller would never opt for EBay Authenticate. If the buyer opts for it, the seller will be exposed as a fraud (potentially at the cost of EBay having to pay back double, but I guess they would take that from the scamming seller most likely). Provided EBay Authenticate can properly inspect a set's contents as per 1. 3. Seller is honest in listing but lists knock-off brand. As per @Frank Brickowski, there is no benefit to EBay Authenticate here. EBay should just block any listings, but I guess they need TLG's action on this (not other sellers) or a big buyer backlash (unlikely, we're just a drop in the ocean). Of course, a legal victory for TLG in China will help tremendously.

Rebrickable's MOC section is the first thing that comes to mind. A lot of freebies to find there as well. Another source would be the still in Beta MOCPlans.

75093 is a nice set that most Star Wars fan will eventually want. It's also a pretty cool set with nice play features for the kiddies.

It's a massive acknowledgment by Ebay that they see fake goods as an issue, and are beginning to take steps to address it. This particular program, especially in its early stage, is likely to do very little, and be poorly defined / largely ambiguous. But the third or fourth generation of an authenticity program could very possibly kill off fakers/scammers.

Based on past findings in your area you could have probably left those and picked them up two years from now at 1/4 of the cost.

Found an Ariel's undersea palace at Walmart for $25.

MJC's Traditional Cuisine by Chiho Kim

Great set no neck issues.

Kind of early but expensive set so thought I'd mention now that I heard from LEGO employee that SHIELD Helicarrier is done at the end of 2017

Actually, @letsg0leg0, ignore previous answers, great deal, and buy the 3 From my closet, $5 each

Sorry... no pictures... my 3rd grade son did extremely well on some advanced placement tests at school... top of his class in math! So we had to reward him. Pulled out of storage my only copies of 79011 Dol Guldur Ambush and 79014 Dol Guldur Battle. He's been wanting these on-and-off for a long time (he didn't know I had them). I probably paid about $10 for the one, and $55 for the other, over two years ago. Probably can't make much profit on them anyway, but even if I could... the look on his face was worth so much more than money.

Christmas Town 2016: My fiancee has to finish decorating the tree to make it look presentable and I have to finish tying the lights to buildings and update the sidewalks, park (or Brick Bank), and add the vehicles and townsfolk back in. 1st Street: 2nd Street: 3rd Street and 10173 Holiday Train 10254 Winter train and 3 Horizon Express One photo with no flash, for the blurry nighttime effect.

Okay, this is simply brilliant. Spray Bottle by Letranger Absurde