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I built the UCS B-Wing 10227 over the weekend as the kids and I continue to work our way through our Star Wars want list whenever we have enough profits from Legos sales to finance our next buy. I enjoyed the build as it had some different pieces that I have never used before...plus I am always a sucker for a large OT set. I haven't built the 75050 B-Wing for comparison, but have been busy selling them to pay for sets like these ?. (Sorry for the low quality pics...we had bad lighting and just snapped them quickly.) Next up for us will be the Tantive IV 10198, which we are excited to finally build.

The Scuttler - a very unique build. We'll see how it holds up to play when my son gets his hands on it.

Finally completed US Capitol this evening. Taken me a couple of weeks, half an hour here and there. The dome at the end was the best part of the build. Amazing how long this thing is (45cm) and twice the length of White House. Really like the contrasting white and sand green.

My MOC entitled, "Puttin' on the Ritz."

30427 - Ninjago: Ice Tank

City fire station and Minecraft Fortress both $25 a piece at Walmart

My son finished Silent Mary today. Looks pretty good, I like it a lot. Put it next to Seacow for a bit of comparison.

Spent most of the day working o/t for my day job, so tonight I'm building The Scuttler and listening to an Adam West podcast. https://ralphgarman.bandcamp.com/

Spring Park by Hartland Bricks Summer Park by Hartland Bricks Fall Park by Hartland Bricks Winter Park by Hartland Bricks

Obi Wan Kornobi

Had a great day at the driving range yesterday. Not that it matters. It all goes out the window when I'm on the course.

LEGO Mindstorms EV3 is on sale for $245 (30% off) with free shipping and no tax at Entertainment Earth. It's their daily deal for today. You can also use coupon code RSDEAL17 for another $15 off. http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=LG31313

I built Krennic's shuttle today and the striker on Friday. The striker has really grown on me. The elongated body isn't my favorite, but I love the length and shape of the wings. The mechanism to move the wings and lock them in place are nice. The shuttle was ok. The wings are huge, but I hate the body shape. Not thrilled about the ball joints for the wings. I'm less sure of the friction keeping them up than the ratchets in the tyderium. Interesting how every panel is designed to open. You can carry 5 characters and stash 4 guns in back. Honestly, I got this set for the figures.

As promised and 2 years to the day, lol May I introduce my new weapon!! MK1 GTI, this thing is 3 months younger than me Deposit paid this morning and picking her up on Saturday. Oh, and to keep on topic, I'm taking the sensible one to Germany for a few days before hitting the high seas again

Hello everyone Today we finished our Lego Star Wars Battle on Hoth Echo Base MOC after 7 years of building. We tried to put as much details as possible of the movie in the moc and we think the result turned out really well. But that is just our opinion. What do you guys think? We'd like to get some opinions of you and what you like and what we could improve next time. Greetings to all of you

I love this set. By far the most unorthodox building techniques of any set I have built to date. Kudos to TLG for Making it very sturdy. I am not sure yet how I am going to rearrange and fit this in yet though. I was hoping to display vertically.

I started working some concepts in Google SketchUp, and then moved to Lego Digital Designer. I estimate total design time was about 50 hours. I wanted to generally match the design and proportions of the lighthouse in the cartoon, and yet keep it minifigure scale. About 50 hours of design, just under 2000 pc, and just finished. I hope you like it.

Wal-Mart clearance helping his collection along. At a dollar to 2.50 a piece we cleared the shelves. One of each for him. He already snubs the mega bloks. He finds it much easier to use the short LEGO studs in comparison to the one bulky mega blok stud.

Look what I finally took out of the car lol. When I risked my life to drive around in a tropical storm to find 7 dollar scout troopers (and whatever else I found) Yes it was worth it.

only 1 US certificate number for them as of now so that should be one run overall for US. Tested 12/27/16 and entered 3/22/17 EU has 26 but believe they just have to do 1 for each country. There docs just say date signed which was 1/3/17 for all of them. Possible the full run was 1409 as well. Both signature / entry dates being after the production of 49/50B6. Interesting while checking last US Castle cert was December of 2016. On the bad side T1 was just issued another on 5/29/17. Good thing we were getting low...

Dimensions: 18.9 inches H x 4.41 inches W x 14.88 inches L Product Weight: 5 pounds 11 ounces

Always about the seals

Jang is quite pleased with the this 3-in-1 set: But ... he does advice to wait for a sale before purchasing it.

For the first time I took my 10 year old daughter and 7 year old son to fish.... we catched (and released) plenty of tilapia at a private pond.... they both catched one at the same time ... IMG_7981.MOV

My latest car antenna topper

Nice touch with the slanted top hat for that extra bit of personality. I love it.

Haymarket by Andrew Tate

Copenhagen City Hall by spacecolonel

The Batpod is free with $30 Lego Batman purchase, or you can buy it outright for $5.99. Also, Target have 20% off Super Heroes, Friends, and Duplo.

LEGOLAND Water Park!

Jason Alleman (J K Brick works - creator of the Lego Maze 21305) has a sound/light/Bluetooth brick project on Kickstarter at the moment. He integrated the PFx Brick into the Saturn V: Superb! I'd also promote backing the project on Kickstarter as it only has 11 days to go and is just 10% short of its target.

....We're gonna need a bigger hangar.

Modular round park square by 1982redhead

May the Floss be with you ....

Return to Mandalore by I Scream Clone

got the same in FL

I hear y'all. I sold all 15 of my $99 sets for. $200 shipped. Sold a $140 one for $200. Then bought one for $275 after EOL because I wanted one to eventually build.

Lots and lots of white cheese slopes!

I thought this would be a fun topic to start. Mods, if you feel differently then please feel free to delete it. We have all heard or been a part of the same story. You spent a bunch of money on some "toys", with the intention of reselling them in the future for more than what you paid for them. Meanwhile, your spouse was ready to have you committed to the looney bin, until you bought them this with some of your profits. I'll start... We have had a pool since we bought our home twelve years ago. Wisconsin winters can be a bit harsh, and this past winter Mother Nature decided that it was time for our old pool to go. She had her way with it, and reduced it to a pile of scrap. Our kids, who are nine and eight, were pretty upset about it, and my wife didn't feel like dipping into savings to buy a new one, so the Lego fund came to the rescue. We just had it installed three weeks ago, fully funded from Lego profit. Now my wife doesn't give me the old fish eye when she comes home and finds several packages on the doorstep. Does anyone else have any fun stories to share?

Or a lot of white 1x1 bricks.

batpod is nowhere near the demand or limited supply of 30320 which was also fueled by perfect timing unlike pod which is coming out well after the movie. LL having inventory can be anywhere upwards up 50k, not to mention TRU inventory. Big difference than a brief stop at gamestop and TRU before truly being gone from everywhere. I like the poly and obviously wanted a lot before they hit stores but it was a timing game as usual. So few stay truly exclusive and away and even the ones that do are not very good polys to begin with like 30602. R2 has a shot but seeing no year on that one like last years can come back as a promo later on in the year at LL or another retailer.

if comparing to frozen,, the $20 elsa castles are selling nicely.at $55 FBA

4 hours in line but worth it. His last appearance anywhere I believe and they only sold like a 100 signatures.

What's this all aboot? Lowballers eh? Which country can buy lego on yuuuge sale within months of release all the time and has frequent retail discounts of 50% or more?

Built this over the past few weeks for my kids to maybe possibly keep their minifigures better organized. And I mounted it just high enough that my son can't reach the top three rows yet. That way I can put the expensive ones up there. Ya know, the ones the wife says "you gave him what to play with? You could have sold that for $50! What were you thinking? "

"Timing is everything". This line seemed to be in the spotlight right after the market "peaked" from my observation. Lord of the Rings theme is a very interesting one, and for no particularly good reason I'll toss in my 2 cents: I think a lot of collectors/investors assumed this would be a slam dunk, as it seemed to target the market we covet - Geeky types with extra money. I also think this theme retired RIGHT AROUND the time the "secret" about LEGO investing started getting out, which meant increasing competition and lower profits around the board. The line also gets a bit of a bad rep, since people expected to do SO WELL, anything less is considered a disappointment. But like many sets/themes, if you bought at 50% discount, every single set from the LOTR line (except for 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush) will at least double your money. And even 79008 should make someone a decent profit if purchased at 50%. For some, it took 2-3 years instead of 1-2, but that is the new normal. I don't consider Helm's Deep or this line at all to be a loser. Not every set from every line is a winner. Similarly, The Hobbit line is full of mostly winners. Goblin King Battle and Mirkwood Spiders are the worst performers but will still make you money. Almost every other set will have doubled your buy in at 50% after 2-3 years. Not too shabby. This line really came and went at a turning point in LEGO investing, and in general, the profits have been lower and the time to achieve them has been higher since. The Tower of Orthanc also as the crown jewel, came out at a time where exclusives were no longer sure things and the profits weren't nearly worth the buy in and wait time. I put Monster Fighters and Haunted House in the same category, because these were great sets that have performed comparatively mediocre - when looking at the lines that retired the couples years before. I don't regret a single dollar I invested in either of these two themes, and I think the sets from both are fantastic quality and builds. They are kind of the "Shark Jumpers" in the world of LEGO investing however, and will be associated with that downturn. The numbers/ease just won't ever be where they once were, and that sticks in a lot of folks craws.

Not that big of a "fun" story but the biggest thing i bought from the Lego profits is a Seiko Sportura Watch