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Would you like to try your luck with Joker Steamrollers? I can hook you up.

God bless capitalism! Closing Kmart all 50% off (should be able to use points/coupons too)

$35 dragon sanctuary ( I know ) and $5 Jyn erso. Walmart.

got the itch. magnificent set. much more impressive in person if you havent built or seen it

EBay Star Wars Celebration 2017 - Detention Block - $250

Got a horizon express used for free from a friend. Built it yesterday.

this thing is impressive to say the least.

Here are probably potential top secret Blueprints of the upcoming UCS Millennium Falcon. We can see there will be 12 bags, most of he parts remain the same as per se original Millenium Falcon from 2007.

Cannot recall if this was posted earlier, but good thru 6/26. Points show @ checkout.

42045 hydroplane 2 for 15.00 @TRU

Happy Fathers Day.....going to crack open the Town Hall tonight...

It's funny that anyone thinks TLG would be releasing sets that they aren't making sufficient margins on. I'd go the other way and say that sets like this show you how much they overcharge for most everything else.

Hi, Have been reading this site for a little while now and wanted to come out of the shadows. This place is great and I enjoy perusing it most days. I came out of my dark ages about a year ago with a kijiji purchase of two 75055 Star Destoyers. My bank account has been in freefall ever since;) I don't have the time to build as much as I would like but love it when I can and especially with my two boys:) Thought I could help put some funds back in the account by selling a few sets, but it is very true that it is easy to buy and harder to sell! I am learning though and I'll make a few bucks some day. Thanks,

FOUR for $32 pre tax

The price of 6862: Power Armor LEx can finally rise up as I sold my last one for $30 FBM.

Third round (IIRC) for the crossbones and iron skull sets.

We watched the Lego Batman movie and did most of the 60080 Spaceport. My daughter and I recently finished the Saturn V and are on a space kick now!

Picked up a 10215 local today for $55. The UCS plaque and sticker are missing but other than that the set is in perfect condition (including the stickers).

My wife offered to get up with our son overnight, so I stayed up late to finish Slave I. I usually get to steal an hour a few nights a week after bedtime to build, so it took about three weeks. This afternoon my daughter and I are going to break out her Duplo rocket and Saturn V! PS I finally got some shelves!

Dutch Shop @ Home calendar for July / August: So we're getting the Mini Piggybank between July 1st and 25th, with every purchase of minimum €55. Also the Friends Tic Tac Toe polybag free with every LEGO Friends purchase between July 3rd and August 13th. And there's an "Iconic Cave set" between August 10th and 30th, with every purchase of minimum €30.

If you read the back it says excludes "All Lego"

This post is directed at small parts sellers, shipping internationally, that like living on the edge. I've come up with a packaging hack to get around the $13.50+ charge for international shipping. Two caveats: -insurance is not offered for this method. -this method is not time tested. I've been shipping small overseas parts orders as "First Class Mail International - Large Envelope" (in PayPal.) The main constraint is the envelope must be less than 3/4". Today I shipped these to Indonesia: I used three pieces of 2-ply cardboard. In one of the pieces, I cut two holes. The pieces with the holes goes in between the other two pieces. The LEGO sits in the nests created by the holes. I taped up the LEGO sandwich. Stuck it in a manila envelope and bathed it in tape. The finished envelope was 1/2" thick and 3oz. Shipping cost to Indonesia was $4.05. I've done this eight times now with no problems. I only ship small parts, torsos, legs, heads, and hands this way. I have avoided sending some more fragile small parts, like helmets using this technique. As has been discussed earlier, sending LEGO in an envelope is not recommended and has it's risks. That said, is anyone else using envelopes for international shipping? I'd be interested in hearing how you do it. Cheers.

Couldn't not

https://t.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=66869556 the BOGO 40% off sale in store thru 6/24 but this set scans as $19.99

Nice. I'm glad that I had my workhorse @Alpinemaps get me one when it was half off.

A City: Caveman theme for 2018 would be great and good to add to a Captain Caveman MOC.

Was able to use my 10% off entire purchase and 25 dollars in points back.

This is the quickest retired set ever. Discounted 30% on Wednesday, Retired by Saturday. https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Jestro-s-Volcano-Lair-70323

A True 30% or a "TRU" 30%.? The following are above RRP 10505 ($59.99) 70226 ($59.99) 10532 ($24.99) 70732 ($99.99)

Happy Father's Day to those who truly earned the title like everyone here it seems.

My 7 year-old son got the Creator Lighthouse 31051 for his birthday. Of course I had to 'help him' build it. Maybe for his 8th, I can get him an Expert set.

(Disclaimer - the following is aimed at no one in particular, but simply offered as advice that could benefit us all a little.) I wish everyone complaining about getting screwed would realize that you have more of a say and impact than you think - and by accepting these bogus decisions and policies and simply venting here, you are only enabling it to continue. I've had final decisions reversed, had buyers made to pay for bogus "SNAD" return shipping, had negative feedback erased, and more. You simply have to be patient and persistent - and let eBay know that the situation is unacceptable. First make an honest effort to work it out with the customer. Have the evidence available showing that you tried to provide your own excellent customer service, without being cheated. Then escalate the case to managers. Insist on it when they say one is not available. Call back when they hang up. Put in the time. Explain your situation over and over. Document every call and conversation. Reiterate how long you've been a customer, and how terrible the customer service experience you are getting is - all without being a jackass. Simply make your problem their problem, and they will usually become more willing to help you get rid of it. It's rare, but you can even occasionally find a human that cares enough to see the situation the way it is, and do what is right. Yes, they have the power to do that. There is no "buyer always wins" policy. Certainly that is the eBay culture that has developed in the past few years, but each case is handled individually in the end - by humans. Do your part and make them act like it... or else don't complain. Maybe it's not worth the effort to you, and maybe it shouldn't be this way, but deal with things the way they are to the best of your ability and you'll find a lot more satisfaction.

Hello all. I am an avid Lego fans, mainly a collector. This forum has wealth of information, and I guess reading through the various threads, I'm slowly turning into a part time reseller. I hope to learn a lot from you folks along the way.

Your UPS (or other) driver is going to be giddy.

Not in dark green but here is a large scale Technic model from Crowkillers.

https://misterbricks.be/lego-ninjago-70613-garma-mecha-man.html

Edit: Sold a 3rd last night. Nice day. These had gotten little interest for some time and all of a sudden had watchers and people buying. One of these sink somewhere and I didn't hear about it?

I decided to crack open an Ewok Village to build with my 5-year-old daughter. My OCD wife has offered to sort the pieces for us.

BrickHeadz Boushh by Nigel Hill

Point taken. If you read my posts in their entirety, you would have seen the part where I say " now they will have to deal with me". I fought tooth and nail as i do every time they or any one else attempts to screw me. And I have won almost every appeal, including this one. That's not the point. The point is that eBay always sides with the buyer, even when they know they are wrong, because they want them to come back and shop again. Rewarding these bad seeds creates a toxic environment for sellers, where we are constantly on the defensive. It's wrong. We are customer of eBay as well, as we use their site and have to pay up for it. By all means punish the bad sellers, but the good ones get punished too. That was my point. The chips are stacked heavily against eBay sellers, and people know it and abuse the system. Same situation with Amazon. I know how the system works, and that if you fight hard enough you can prevail. . I don't complain sitting on my hands - I fight. However, why does it have to be that way? This post was meant to vent, but also to inform other BP'ers of this kind of situation, because if you sell on eBay or Amazon, it's going to happen to you too.

Finished building this today. Very fast build since there aren't a lot of pieces. Still love the design and I think it displays very very well. Can't believe it's 15+ year old set.

It was briefly on sale at LEGO Shop at Home yesterday, I pondered whilst I went out if to buy a few, got back and no more thought needed, it was gone. Back to being thought free

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

A few BL sales I don't think i mentioned. Sold a Tydirium for $100 Villa Savoye $100 HL Private Jet $30 Raptor Rampage $50 Batman Battle pod $40 Disco Batman poly $18 Batwing poly $5.50

Sold a Racers Ferrari Enzo. Bought locally for £70 and spent £3 on missing parts and took some more flattering pics than original ad and thereafter sold for £170 with £1 FVF so cleared £90 for a 1 month hold. Was tempted to keep it but will quickly run out of space if I deviate from Star Wars UCS and modulars.

10237: Tower of Orthanc £275 ebay £1FVF

I'm on the road for work, so I don't have my spreadsheet with me, but it's around $4k spent. As far as exact accounting terms go, I don't know. I have spent about $4k to buy sets for resale and I have sold about $4.2k worth of sets after fees and shipping was removed, and I have approximately $3k worth of remaining inventory. If I built every set I have and immediately dumped them in the trash I would have profited $200 on this venture.