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Stumbled upon a Jurassic World Raptor Rampage 75917 at a local Toys R Us. It seemed out of place since the series has been off the shelves for months. Scanned the thing and it came up at $0.03. Shocking deal.

I applied for a job at Sam's Club late last night, and got an interview and the job the very same morning shortly after I woke up today. I'm only 19 and an off and on college student who's been unemployed most of the past year so this is a big deal for me.

While I am getting closer to releasing a long overdue update to BrickPicker, now is a good time to release some content that I was hoping to release with the updated site. @belljohn has been talking with Ed and I for a very long time and has spent a lot of time in creating a series of Brickvesting videos that he is happy to share on the BrickPicker YouTube Channel. I am hoping to see this expand this into a bunch of different topic series and welcome any of you that are interested in working on some videos to reach out to me and we can work on it. Set reviews, investing tips, set builds, etc. It's not easy to speak for ~15 minutes, but Brook does an amazing job covering this topic. We will be publishing more videos soon from belljohn. We hope you enjoy it. Who knows, maybe soon you will see Ed showcase his amazing words of wisdom in video. That will be a real treat. View full blog article

I think my post belongs more in the Getting Out of the Game thread but here it goes. I'm small time. Was buying and selling to self fund my Lego hobby/addiction. Now it's more about time. I'd rather be spending time with my two kids and my wife instead of packing and shipping Lego sets. I still have a decent stash left but I haven't bought anything to resell in about a year. The space it takes to store sets also wore me down. My inventory spilled out of my storage room and into my bonus room and my wife didn't take it too well. Happy wife, happy life.

My oh my have times changed.....

No expert here... but I think this is one of those questions you really have to ask yourself... "What is it worth to me?" I'm not sure you'll really find a consensus here on the value of this item in the next 24 hours. For me... I dunno... I might give $350 for it? With a new one coming out, this is just another old, used Lego with missing figs.

My policy: if the buy-box price (or a little less) looks satisfactory to me, send it in. I don't worry much about sales rank, unless I have a lot to sell (I usually send in 1 of this, 3 of that... sometimes 5 or 6 of an item, but rarely more). If you match the buy-box price for sales rank 20,000 or less (and some d-bag doesn't have his software set to automatically undercut you) items usually sell within the first few hours. Sales rank 40,000 or 70,000 may take a few days. Sales rank 150,000 may take a few weeks (or may sell quickly... you never know). I am only wary of slower selling items (sales rank > 100,000 ) in that I won't send in multiples of those items... no need to send in 4 or 6 of those... they may be in storage a month or two, and I don't like storage fees. If the one you send in sells quickly, send in another.

Rumors of an Obi Wan movie making the rounds on the net

1 more time and we got...

Maybe I'm him. And maybe I said that because I know I would run this contest and I wanted to throw you off.

I am an old, beaten down married man with a brat seven year old...What do you think?

That's a free steak dinner buy. My ToysRUs would say, "Thanks for finding this, we can't sell it to you." It would then disappear.

This is not eBay but Kijiji. There's a trade that supposed to take place with a NIB set. The other party in all email correspondences mentioning his set is mint and box is perfect . He insisted on to discuss over phone further. On calling and probing further, then only I realized that the set is built. I think he is desperate to trade as he kept insisting I got a better deal. In the end I called it off. With the shady behaviour, I am not sure even the set is complete in the first place.

My sources tell me they've ditched any internal frame, and instead packed its hollowness full of Galidor figures and K'nex pieces. ?

I think we have something in common.

They would just say, "Thanks for finding these, we can't sell them to you", then they'd disappear.

Yes, I noticed at least 3 times I said the wrong information, but the text should be right. I am going to post the data and photos in a day or two for everyone to see to go along with it. Thanks for watching. I have a lot more written up, but give me more ideas if you have them.

So watch and wait. It´s not like there aren´t more and it´s a buyers market unless the new one looks like my avatar. Buying an incomplete one with no box to resells is madness ATM, in my opinion unless the price is RRP or below. BTW how much is it at now?

Hi! mi name is Francisco I am new to the forum, I am from Mexico (Guadalajara) I have been enjoying lego since I was 12 (now I am 39) and now proudly an AFOL, my biggest Lego project is my town, but enjoy building other themes too... Hope to make new e-friends and connections! Regards

The ship has pretty much sailed for big sets, so it's safer to stick to this mindset. That doesn't stop me from collecting them.

Someone on Reddit posted this: Personally...I see it.

Here's the first picture I've seen of the other winter vignette set. Looks pretty nice.

I do not understand why does the theme need to define the quality of the set. The price point is very good as the set is large. Who cares what is written on the box, LEGO is about the build. Speaking about AFOLs, 'adult' means that they are supposed to have the brain capacity not to be influenced by the branding in choosing which set to build. You say yourself that it is an 'incredible design and likely interesting build'. If you think so, then listen to yourself, buy it and enjoy it.

Dang, this set is bigger than I was expecting...

I have a MISB 10179 for sale...CHEAP!

Currently with a new one coming out, I wouldn't even touch it. Unless I can get it for less than $400. Just my opinion.

man how can anyone compete with this

Difference is an iconic ship vs a flash in the pants from a so so movie.............

I got 8 blind bags of these and got the following: Lloyd, Master Wu, Misako, Flashback Garmadon, GPL Tech, Sushi Chef and 2 (!) N-Pop Girl. Luckily none of the henchmen in that batch. All of them were on my wishlist and an extra N-Pop Girl is always welcome.

For resell, I wouldn't touch it. For personal it is hard to give a number because I already have one. There are some rare and very expensive parts in 10179 so have to wait and see what the new release uses for these parts. 10179 may retain some value if the rare parts are left alone.

I've googled this and found a couple older threads across various forms, but I was hoping to get a newer opinion. What is the best option to send one or two minifigures? Obviously no one wants to pay $2.67 shipping first class parcel rate for a $1 minifig. Recently, I've put them in an envelope (double-bagging the figure but without increasing the thickness of the envelope since that's what causes it to be a parcel I guess?) marked it as non-machine and shipped it for $0.98. I was just curious what every one else does.

Instead of buying a panty hose bag, I use an old pillow case and zip tie to close it up. Works for me and the bricks come out clean.

I see some new arrivals on the site, including Technic sets, so they may be getting ready to move the older sets out... here's hoping... Notably, the largest new set 6x6 all terrain town truck at $259.99 vs retail of $369.99.... Discounts on new Technic sets are in the 25-30% off range...

Besides them telling us which factory it came from, what are they supposed to tell us? It's not like Lego slaps a SEOL code on there to let us know that the sets at it's end of life .

I know a certain appendage that loves nexo...

Mine came. Seal code 29R7 .

Well, still better than Guam.

So updates to the 2018 line (credit to EB for the info): The LEGO Batman Movie Minifigure Series 2: Hugo Strange Black Canary Killer Moth Clock King General Zod Jor-El Zan (possibly with Gleek?) Jayna Tropical Joker? (from end credits) Justice League Party Superman El Dorado Green Arrow Wonder Dog Hawkman/girl Bat Dune Buggy Batman Captain Boomerang Egghead Food Fight Mech Batman Egghead Condiment King Harley's Cannon Truck Harley Quinn (variant?) Batgirl Crazy Quilt Gentleman Ghost Bat Space Shuttle Batman Robin Batman variant #1 (Reggae Man) Batman variant #2 (Firestarter) Batman variant #3 (New Spacesuit) Robin variant #1 Concept art of some of the minifigs:

Last show of Metallica's 2017 NA tour and it was in my town. Saw it live but you guys can watch it again! Great footage!

modified spidey bridge to fit trains. I don't have much room for a straight incline ( 4 ft on both sides) so lots of work ahead.

FYI. thats the only LEGO set that worlks with that code. here is link to other toys included.

I do understand it but I don´t like it. Unfortunately, heuristics taken from the Ecto 1, Doctor Who, Red 5, Pet Shop and Tumbler debacles tend to suggest that those 20 pounds are worth 2 birds in the bush in today´s market.

I pack them in double-walled boxes without any extra padding in the bottom or around the sides. If there is a big void at the top, I'll fill that sometimes, but not always. I've never had a problem doing this. Bubble wrapping each set is complete overkill.

UCS Batmobile 7784 off of Cl for $50. Score!

I have done that, but it belongs in the ethics thread.