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Hesitated to crack open this new sealed set, but had the itch to build something to add to the street. Large set, but build was very basic.

Had built this a few weeks ago and finally applied the stickers. Designed by Bruno Jenson, instructions by Thorsten and professional stickers by Jaap Technic. More info can be found on rebrickable and Eurobricks.

This MOC is designed by BaronSat and is basically a proper Rancor pit / base for the Jabba's Palace.

To celebrate my recent (early March) birthday I got the Detective's Office, which I finished last week. Put it next to last year's birthday present, the Parisian Restaurant, and took these photos

My kids built these this morning.

Geoffrey & friends 40228 for $5.99 at TRU. I just got few with 15% off GC https://t.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=113042556&cp=2255956.2273442.2255962.3696486.31151746&s=A-StorePrice&s=A-StorePrice&parentPage=family

So I asked rtalley50 if he could expedite any orders for a non-existent birthday party next week. Here was the reply: hello friendthank you for your appreciation ,i am sorry that the shipping time is out of our controlwe can't give you any words,Happy your timeregards Seems legit. Happy your time everyone!

It sounds as if people might start going back to selling LEGO out of their trunk, in the TRU parking lot. I can't remember who mentioned doing that, years ago.

Advent calendars are primarily for children, and children happen to really like BB-8. I don't see how this is a terrible decision. Maybe the execution could have been a little better than just slapping a Santa hat on, but the more Santa you make it, the less BB-8 he becomes.

^so i take it you like it ?

This is still available? Go away already!

I received a $20 back on $75 purchase earlier today that stacked with a $15 off $75, and $10 bonus back in points. I ended up making an $85 purchase (3 Phantoms and a Pizza Truck), and received $34 back in points.

It's like I'm psychic

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-lego-city-spaceport-60080/28740303?ean=0673419230537

I couldn't remember if I shared those or not...

Had $130 in TRU rewards points that I wanted to use so I purchased a Parisian Restaurant and Palace Cinema and paid the balance with 15% gift cards. I can't make up my mind whether or not I will hold on to sell. I've got a Pet Shop stored away that I picked up when LEGO had them for $120. How do the modulars look built and displayed together? I am sure they are a great build experience. I can't make up my mind!!!! ?

My son and I built one of his birthday presents, 76059 Doc Ock's Tentacle Trap. It will go great with the Battle Bridge.

Deadpool and his helicopter from 6866

Daughter built this set today: 41307 Olivia's Inventor Lab. What a great little set! Looks so good in person ... and those robots have a ton of personality. Lid of the box is a printed tile, most other items are stickers. Here are the three robots. Fun to see the baby bottle used again, and the azure tools are pretty unique too: What I found really clever is that the two bigger robots use a lever piece to balance themselves when they are free-standing, but my daughter immediately figured out that those levers act as charging plugs when docked - see here: An amazing little set (RRP $9.99, I got mine for slightly over $5 from KMart).

Check your emails: This is considered an offer, so you can stack coupons and SP offers with this. Great for some big essentials purchases.

New gates on Amazon (and more coming soon for alot more categories). On alot of Lego listings you can now sell only "new" unless you are ungated in Toy Building Blocks. The fee is $2500 but like every other gated category they are most likely not ungating anyone even if you have all of the correct paperwork and pay the fee. This means no more used sets can be sold as "collectible" for alot of Lego listings. With condition notes gone new means new again. Lots of toy brands are affected not just Lego. My advice diversify, diversify and diversify (especially on Amazon). New brands and categories are getting gated everyday so list as much as you can to get grandfathered in. If you business model is mainly one brand on one platform (especially Amazon) then your business is going to be in trouble sooner or later when conditions become restricted or the entire brand get shuts down. If you are adamant you only want to resell Lego then make sure you have a backup plan other than Amazon (such as FB marketplace, Offer Up, your own Shopify store, ebay etc). If you are at a scale where you cannot possibly self fulfill your inventory by yourself and are relying on Amazon FBA to move everything you could be in real trouble if they shut the brand down. Even if you are grandfatered into Lego right now on Amazon do NOT build your business model on the assumption you will be able to sell it forever more on that platform. Big changes coming in other categories from what I hear as well. Not really surprising as Amazon continually makes big changes in Bezos's quest for 3 hour fulfillment to most of the country on most of its catalog while complying with every possible law and tax regulation (3P sellers will be collecting sales tax believe me before everything is said and done unless you are based in a tax free state).

Yeah I liked how the didn't wanna take sides and wanted everyone gone. I just found the whole storm thing to be a bit out there.

Nope... there have been some notable misprints on boxes on printed tiles and none of them are any more collectable. The BTTF Delorean had a misprint on the Flux capacitor tile. Artic Batman was printed on one box. Some boxes have had incorrect piece counts. There are of course those who try to sell for a premium of a super rare misprint collectible but generally speaking they don't fetch a premium since there are literally thousands of them. It's not the same as trading card misprints which tend to be extremely rare and even then it has to be on someone noteworthy or it can be worth less.

Sounds like a good year to get into the Advent market.

So does the box become a super rare collectable?

The latest addition for the Nexagon build challenge over at The New Elementary.

There goes the unkgar thug market

http://www.collectingwarehouse.com/Product-Home-Page/Clear-Acrylic-Box-Display-Case-with-Hardwood-Bases/

Video on Flickr shows rotating counter. Itadakimasu! by Cecilie Fritzvold

Yes. Picked up five of them. Also another City of Stix. Had wife apply for TRU credit card and so received another 30% off of the listed prices. And all five children were able to build their little candelabra sets. All in all a good day. Thanks to those that pointed out the 75875 "scan" find And of course a half dozen friends sets ha ha! My pick was the airport set. Figure that purple plane will be worth something down the road!? P

Finally arrived during the VIP promo, going to be a great personal build. Anyone know where I can get a nice display case?

Thanks for the advice. I just configured them right after I saw your post. Hopefully I see a difference!

Free shipping at LEGO Shop at Home until 9th of April, so 6 days where it overlaps with the mini Volkswagen Beetle promo, which only needs a €40 buy in.

My 9 year daughter built this today.

Built the Silent Mary ... Surprising easy build at about 3.5 hours total. The floating effect looks awesome at eye level and should make for a cool display set. The collapsible mast is a little flimsily and I am curious if it will get worse with time - I also have the chest printing error on the Jack Sparrow figure as others have noted. Overall really cool set and looking forward to the movie now!

I'll wait for Silent Mary to assault Hoth at 50% off.

Abandoned Formats by J.B.F

From todays B&N event. I had fun tweaking these.

My daughter and I spent the morning building the Pop Star Tour Bus and I am overjoyed with how happy she is with this set! My wife and I were not sure about the size of it (it seemed small) until we saw it fits nicely in the lane on a road plate. Thanks Brick Picker for showing me the light of not having to pay retail prices (got it for $35)! I spent the afternoon building the UCS Slave I. It seems much smaller and less detailed that I thought it would be. Oh wait, that is the 2016 Star Wars Advent calendar version...

here you go

Been looking to build a UCS AT-AT for awhile but Moc's have been too expensive with their rare parts, until the one Raskolnikov built. It's a great looking model. I have changed a few pieces and will be getting some 2x2 round tiles to put in a few places. Sorry for poor phone photo.

MFS-06 Inferno by Moko

Slappy dude! by Andrew Lee

Jazz by Sam.C MOCs (S2 Toys Studios)

Recently built these two with my daughter.