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Garage sale. $35 for all 3 used sets. Inventoried them and 1 set is missing 1 piece. The sets were even disassembled and put into their proper boxes. Zero dirt or dust, built once. Extra pieces included. All parts, instructions in excellent condition, boxes nr mint. I've wanted to build this TIE for a while too.

StarScavenger is on sale at K-Mart $26.99 (46% off) before any SYW magic http://www.kmart.com/lego-star-wars-8482-starscavenger-8482-75147/p-004W001229315001P?redirectType=SKIP_LEVEL (Still can't get myself to buy it at that price)

It's a hot buy, but from a math standpoint, it actually pairs nicely with the Carbon Freezing Chamber - which is not a hot buy and eligible for the $5 off $20 toys coupon found on SYW. Total after coupon before tax is $42.37 & enough to get you over the $40 threshold to trigger $10 back in points. Combined, that's 44% off RRP w/ $10 back in points. Not too shabby

Not a lego deal but figured I'd share. After driving around for 6 hours I wanted a sub and saw this. Havnt been in awhile but can't beat free.

Finally got around to build R2. Set was brand new in box, so I put it off for this long. Fun set to build, end result looks good. Some gripes I had were couple problems with instructions and at one point the colour tone they used changed suddenly. The small technic pin used in the leg area to prevent the feet from falling off is nearly impossible to put on. I had to connect one end to a flat piece and then transfer it in place. Front opening panels are rather tight and the left side comes apart too easily. I had difficulty positioning him properly with the third leg out. An improvement maybe to add some slopes to the head to make it look smoother. Besides these complaints, I like this set. It was larger than I expected and displays very well!

Not much in my Lego budget so I left a lot for my other local BPers. But I've been watching this TOA for over a year waiting for this day. It's for personal build and the rest are for my loyal Amazon customers

I like to take pictures of my swag when I return from Star Wars Celebration. I know this pile of items is small compared to most attendees and I included the KMart items from the 2 stops on the way down. I took the family this time, so my swag collection was very limited. I spent most of the time following my son and our group. I had to keep an eye out for all our kids, so I didn't get to browse or shop much this time. Anytime I looked at something for 2 seconds, it seemed one of our kids disappeared or were engulfed by a wave of con goers. We received very late notice (Thursday evening), but we're very lucky. Each of my family members who entered the LEGO exclusive lottery won. We feel very fortunate. None of my friends or their family members entered, don't get me started on that.

Finally got to finish my Batpod 5004590. Managed to get all new parts, some were spares, others from Lego and bricklink, the dark pearl grey shield pieces from a small stack of breaze flee machines I found in TRU. Thankfully I sold the spare pieces in groups of 6 to help bring down the price of the build. Think it came in around 40ish quid.

This is yet another example of my 10179 life. Every 6-10 months, sections fall off because it gets bumped into by the wife or me moving sets remotely near it for shipping. (Regarding the ball & chain, it's probably on purpose as she hates all Lego sets in the house that aren't being picked up by a mail carrier). So I moved the set upstairs to do the repairs. I have no idea where the 1x1 black cheese slope came from (on the iPad). Someone in the house has prob been reading the 75159 thread and is playing a joke on me.

Someone on eBay bought a clearly listed Wii game from me and then sent me a message asking, "Is this game for the playstation vita?" Some people are some kind of special.

Now that's how a true SYW magician rolls....

My daughter built Olivia's House 3315 last week with a little help from me. It was from our first ever bulk lot that we bought for $30 (which had about 15 lbs of Lego from 10 sets based on what I can tell), so it was a new type of challenge to organize and sort the pieces and pull out the set. Fortunately we were only missing 4 pieces from this set when it was all said and done. I think this is probably her favorite Friends set that she has built so far. She wants to build Stephanie's Beach House 41037 or Heartlake City Pool 41008 out of the lot next. Our bulk purchase didn't come with instructions, but it looks like is has 9 Friends sets and 1 Super Heroes set based on the minifigs and stickers pieces that were included. Glad she likes organizing and sorting things!

I try to do this for any new set we open up. I hope it may be useful to somebody someday... I never realized how embarrassing this might be... here we go again... 70349 Ruina's Lock & Roller UPC 673419264020 3 (unnumbered) sealed bags 2 loose Wheel W.Spike dia. 62 dark stone grey 6178537 1 Instruction booklet (loose - no bag) Weight of 3 bags + loose parts only (no box, no manual) = 192 gr = 6.8 oz.

Found sealed cases of LEGO on the floor to be put out at Target. Spotted a yet to be released Cars 3 set 10733 and picked up two on a whim. Insta-flipped them for $30 shipped each. Went back to the store and they must have migrated back to the back room. Wish I bought more.

Police Headquarters

While everyone is busy driving from one Barnes & Noble to another, I thought I'd share my purchases today: Needed 3 new tires for my car (4th one was still good as it had been replaced recently). Goodyear tires are on sale (25% off) at Sears.com. Got them for $315 before tax after discounted GCs (RRP at Sears and at my garage $455 before tax). No coupons applied as "these items are already being sold at the lowest price the manufacturer allows". Then I applied my 20% back in points Gold VIP benefit. $75 back in points. Interestingly enough, points posted immediately, so I ordered $100 MSRP in LEGO sets at 20-30% off, plus $10 off $75 coupon, for $67, paid entirely with points. Discount brand name tires with free LEGO, not a bad deal.

You must have bought the re-issue with the $400 black cheese slope.

I got 4 friends bumper car sets. 40% off - 10% annual pass savings LDC store.

finally Sold out at amazon again. yesterday they reported about a dozen left. looks like its still gated though.

Interesting to note @dcdfan. I'm glad I didn't answer the initial question with a witty metaphysical response.

Going crazy... additionaly I was the one busy with lego buying/selling, just for fun, no pressure but accurate...but tree months later my husband totally took over... Okay i'll admit he has een sensor for buying just the right lots but thats it, hmmm living room is getting to small, want to resell things, that was the plan yeah? Sorting parts out is where it stops, he's gone working 70 hours a weak, sends me to get the lots in between schooltimes, and then it stops. Oh no I forgot to mension the accitement with every lot that gets here [emoji12] So long story short Shall I answer this queston just for today or for the past tree months? [emoji23]

I saw this for the first time at Target today...

My first Bricklink Sale, so I thought, or at least don't even know anymore as communication has gone cold. Seems to think that shipping is free. So that rationale is if he/she would have purchased a minifig below $3 then I would gladly mail it and I would net at below $0. Read the terms people, not difficult.

Space Mineral Mining Support Vehicle by Dave Sterling

76083 - Spider-Man Homecoming: Beware the Vulture

I'm trying to get to it today... Might have to wait until tomorrow tho. Work is making me work.

Awesome, love the Team Fortress 2 and Citadel Tower. When i see images like that it reminds me that i need to upgrade my pc as POV-Ray always crashes on me.

Man. I'd take 3 more at 40% off. I honestly want to do a big old bumper car MOC, and I need four of them to pull it off,

LEGOLAND Discovery Center

I did

they will sell fine at walmart registers the box says do not sell till 5/1 so I lucked out @ overnight stockers just put on floor

Corn cobs and rockets for me!

Journal of the Whills speculation https://www.google.com/amp/s/moviepilot.com/posts/4246984/amp

LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard by Dave Sterling

Yes, EBay, but I think there were some on Amazon at some point. I was very clear as to what they were getting and priced accordingly.

Cheers mate

Well, here they are... [emoji6] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5nqTh5wFAb6NWVLRm1wV05ZQWs/view

Effort is minimal to be honest. Live in London and have good contacts at TRU, SMYTHS and Lego shops who give me the heads up and keep stuff aside for me, including Pakaging from Lego which cuts down my costs. Im also connected up with my local LUG. Wife or mother in law drops packages into post office. I'm just investing to pay for my personal UCS Star Wars and Modulars and then I'm done. From the 'what did I build today' threads you can see that I've already got most of the older, more expensive sets and based on profits banked from my first year, about 80% of the outlay for those sets have been paid for already. By the end of this Xmas season I think I will be done and I will just buy for personal builds since returns are diminishing and it's more about jumping on those deals as well as identifying value. Much like my day job in the city. Although depending on how much the UCS Falcon tops out, this may extend for a little while yet. :-) My wife does ask why I even bother with this approach and not just buy the sets outright, since funds aren't an issue and therefore not bother with the hassle of hunting for deals and storing etc. The answer I give her is that I do enjoy it. From the analysing of sets and determine a good buy in and sell point and then reinvesting that into my personal collection and ultimately the building of those great sets.

Madoca Trophy Truck work in progress.

I found a ~95% complete Haunted House for $50 on Letgo. Mark that off my Lego bucket list

LEGO is a toy company, who benefit from their toys being collectible, but in the end want to sell toys. Yes, they are re-releasing some "classics", but only those which they think will have immediate, broad appeal and will sell past their production targets. I doubt they will start re-releasing more obscure sets as mentioned before. SW is hot right now, and unless LEGO has a commitment to resellers (which they don't) they would be stupid not to cash in and release a flagship set based on the flagship of the franchise. I often get the impression many of us here think LEGO is making short-sighted decisions, but I don't think they do. They have obviously factored all aspects of their appeal (both to kids and adults) into their product development, plus they are obviously aware of their status as a collectible product, and have many examples from other brands to look at and learn from. If LEGO thinks the time is right to make another MF UCS, I bet they have data to support it will sell well (compared with their targets). The "old" MF UCS will still have value, after all, it was the holy grail for so long, and if you collect you need that one. There might be a small bubble popping for those who bought at $2-$3k with the intent to resell, but for those who bought at retail there remains a nice amount of profit (granted, smeared out over many years) to be had. And if anything, the next holy grail is already out there, be it Taj Mahal, Grand Caroussel (though rumors on its replacement are also swirling), Green Grocer, etc. The thing is, the more people sour on investing in the larger sets (which is what I sense is happening right now), the more likely it is that in 5 years from now one of the currently retiring sets is the next UCS MF. Especially if TLG has to downsize their portfolio since the whole TLM surge in popularity is by now gone - some sets just won't be made again for a long time. Net, this is not the end of the road, just another inevitable change in the marketplace. Adapt or else ....

30401 Friends Foam Slide now also spotted at Target - one of mine had about 30 of them dumped on a shelf in the LEGO Friends section, with a different SKUs price tag under it. Price was $3.99 Meijer has them on sale for $3.49, and you could pick them up for $3.10 yesterday and Friday with the 10% off coupon. Actually, as of today you can pick them up at Meijer 2 at a time for BOGO40%, so $2.80 each.

Classic space controller 15 by Damien Labrousse

George's World by Frost

In my opinion, every list should include 853/956 Car Chassis. The Technic set that really launched and cemented that line. For me this set feels truly "Iconic". I would say the same for the first UCS set - 7191 X-Wing Fighter. Of course 10179 - Millenium Falcon is part of the list as it spawned the whole LEGO investing phenomenon as we know it. 10182 Cafe Corner as the first Modular is iconic in its own right. And one set nobody mentions: The RCX set which launched Mindstorms (don't know the set number). Finally, because I'm a sucker for trains: 10194 Emerald Night (but I could argue for the 10020-10022-10025 Santa Fe series as well) as the first proper AFOL-worthy train set.

Tractorboy that was a great list. I love your thought process behind all of your choices, even if I may have replaced a couple, you should add a paragraph or two and release that as a blog. I was never able to get a Galaxy Explorer as a kid, I remember drooling over it while looking through the old catalogs that used to come with sets, by the time I was able to save enough cash to pick one up it dissapeared. Such is the way of things, not long after I started noticing girls and all my Lego was boxed up with the rest of my childhood.