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This has been on my short list for a while now. Finally snagged one complete (no box) for under $200. I Can't wait to set up the winter village now.

After randomly being sent to Alaska my package has finally come! The last piece of the puzzle! Now I have every Marvel SDCC exclusive!

Ransomware sale, 2017

Everybody needs rubber bands.

I didn't know where else to put this, but it's a great video taken inside the LEGO Archive Vault by Beyond the Brick. Just brilliant to watch all these old and in many cases long forgotten sets and themes:

41325 - Sienna's Playground

I'm an 11-year vet of the US Army. I have US flag representations in LEGO bricks throughout my city display. I don't find them offensive in the least, as long as it's represented with dignity & respect. As long as you're not depicting it on the ground, being burned, tattered, etc., it'd be pretty ridiculous for anyone to take issue.

What did I miss? Why the change of the flag? And for what? I'm confused.

Looks fine to me. Nowadays your going to offend someone no matter what you do though. I wouldn't worry about it.

I do! Hopefully this helps.

Fixed that for ya...

Finders fee? http://www.kmart.com/marcal-bathroom-tissue-300-sheets-roll-48-rolls-carton/p-05068300000P?plpSellerId=Kmart&prdNo=21&blockNo=21&blockType=G21

The UCS Tie was a little over 30% off on Prime Day. Two weeks later was a pricing error on AMZ and the UCS Tie was 76% off.

That's still the worst vehicle I have ever seen (76086)

Boxes

3/4 of the marketing and advertising industry in UK are down for maintenance because of ransomware, I'm off today because of the Petya virus which spread across the entire industry within hours shutting down entire facilities and companies leaving us completely unable to work or even use computers. Who knows what's behind this maintenance thing...

Nope, there's no offense. I'd just think it was a Haitian soldier.

Never understood the superhero hatred on here. They do great for me. I already sold my Dr Strange sets for twice retail on Amazon Canada. If people dont want theirs PM me. They're gold Jerry gold!

Hell's no, I wear them to Packers games.

Because we’re invested in the existing universe and want the existing universe on the big screen.

Yeah, my sons were very put off by the different voices. Why not just use the original voice actors? How much more marketing buzz gets generated by having Fred Armisen voice one of the characters? I've never understood having famous people be voices for animated films.

Switcheroo?

Stay Puft looks cool!

I just saw the products on EE's Wholesaler set. The playsets and vehicles look good. The figures look like , well Playmobil

I like the wheels. Nice touch.

Wonder if this is the one modeled from the Lego Friends contest a few months back. The girl that won did a (basic) rendition of a playground and this has a lot of similar traits.

Poor 10181 box.

Agreed. This market is likely even worse. The only difference is perhaps there is a moral argument that can be made as drugs save lives and textbooks only improve education. Excellent point.

I can't wait to buy 5lb bags of dried peas and bulk rubber bands.

Unfortunately the college textbook industry really is a racket. The manufacturers spare no expense lobbying professors to adopt their book then charge outrageous prices, which have gone up over 1000% since 1980. Why because textbook demand is not affected by prices. Calculus has not changed since Cauchy in 1850 so why do we need a new edition every few years if not to prevent used or secondary market options for students. The fact that the exact same books cost less in every other country is to me the straw that breaks it, and I hope all current textbook manufacturers go under. They make the list along with walmart as some of the most detrimental destroyers of the American middle class.

Amazon Prime day is July 11

Temple of Arjitsu at 99,99 Euro???

Nada for me.

Wild Wins 7PM game is live .$2 spin. Under extra tab

I'm in no rush to own any additional Mixels. Was just curious.

One of the reasons that Amazon gated textbooks was because they were sued by textbook manufacturers over counterfeit sales back in January. I don't have any insight into what has come of that litigation, but my assumption is that the recent gating is a response to it. The same thing could certainly happen in the Lego market if TLG took a similar step as the textbook publishers, but they don't have the same incentives to be as aggressive given that their business model is so different than textbook publishers. Those companies have a vested interest in destroying the secondary market for their products because every textbook that is resold is one less sale that the company will realize...that's why they refresh textbooks every few years with new editions. For Lego, the secondary market is fundamentally different...retired sets don't function as substitutes for sets that are currently available so Lego doesn't have the same inherent incentive to destroy the secondary market. And Amazon is, I think, keenly aware that imposing a hard brand gate on Lego would effectively destroy the market given the restrictions that TLG places on who can become an authorized dealer. If they weren't, I don't think they would have been as generous with the grandfathering last year.

Fixed that for you.

built the shuttle expedition

LOL...someone's mad (not me). Nordstrom was their LEGO honeyhole, but that's over now.

built the green grocer

the new one is on the way.

I heard Gwen might be there Thursday, so I'll certainly check.

I just assumed you'd put up a picture of the mini beetle. Careful thought is required... you can tell people who just threw anything up just to have something (raven for example... hahaha).

Why is everyone talking about seal codes already? This set isn't a limited edition / numbered edition set etc, it'll be out just like other idea sets for at least one year.

He’s not wrong though.

Got this message after I cancelled the tumbler. Score one for the good guys THANK YOU! My account was hacked last night and I'm trying to track down whoever this was asking you send it to them and using my funds. Thanks for not doing it!

Joy! I can't wait to be able to order my asparagus water & kale, pear & banana ice cream from Amazon.

I think the Lego designers based the UCS set on one of the original scale models used in the A New Hope. There is one so called "superhero model", which is an incredibly detailed model used for close up shots. This model has battle damage and oxidation, both of which are very hard to replicate using Lego bricks (except when using prints or stickers). Another thing is that the scale of the UCS model is a bit off on some of the parts. Namely the tubing is way too thick compared to the rest of the model. The actual model has thin copper tubes, which don't stand out as much (they are more of a yellowish copper). Now all of this is about the original model used in A New Hope. It was given to someone named Alan Jadd who helped Lucas get his movie released. It looks like this: More pictures over here: https://propstore.com/blog/top-5-star-wars-artefacts-in-prop-store-ceo-stephens-personal-collection/ From what I've read there is a LOT of difference between different models used and especially between different films. One good example is this model: This model was made by Bill George (ILM) and if I understand it correctly, was used in Return of the Jedi. More pictures here: http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=2722 Now the pictures are kind of dark, but it's pretty clear that the copper tubing is way less pronounced on this model. It's very thin (which is not possible to replicate in Lego unless you change scale) and the colors are more muted. Here's an interesting video about the background behind the original superhero y-wing model: As you can probably tell I'm a big fan of the Y-Wing. I can understand why some people might not think much of it, but to me it's appearance fits perfectly with the role it has to play in the rebellion. I think the line Luke has about the Falcon, fits the Y-Wing just as well. It might look like a piece of junk, but it'll kick your a** any day.