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It does have an interior, i have to admit i wasn't expecting one.

Nice !

Designer video available here:

well that explains the 16+ rating

If this is TRU Bricktober its the best in a while https://www.promobricks.de/lego-toysrus-bricktober-2017-lego-batman-movie-minifiguren-5004939/40650

First Impressions.... Love the box...Classic black. Red orange planet looks awesome. Font is professional and worthy of the UCS title Limit 5...They have plenty to sell and this will be around for awhile Minifigures...I wish they had Luke, R2 and Obi-Wan thrown in, but it is an obvious hint to another future EMPIRE STRIKES BACK set Ship...Very nice upgrade over the 10179. As expected, some minor, but appreciated inner details, but more than enough to satisfy me. The two dishes are a great option. Effect on the 10179...Short term...BIG HIT...Long term...Not so much. The two sets are different enough that there will be collectors in the future that want the 10179, especially the First Edition. No special edition of this set hurts it IMO. That was a home run collectible set. Now, it's just one of many others which could be around for a long time. Price point...I like it...Keeps the dilettantes away. Overall. I'm not happy with any remake, but if you are going to do it, do it right. LEGO did it right.

Thought I would quickly share with everyone the small Batman display I've pulled together. Check it out: Had to find a good way to display the Lego Batman CMFs, so I brick built the LBM logo and added all 20 minifigures across the logo. Select figs have a small Batman logo on their stand. All Batman baddies ever made are displayed above in the Rogue's Gallery (posted before), and I mounted the big figs and the Brickheadz directly to little stands that I nailed to the wall. LBM vehicles are in the shelves below. Next on my to-do list is to build a display for all of the Batman minifigures ever released. My idea is to mount them on a background that's modeled after Wayne Tower. Robin minifigs we'll be on the lower levels, and Batman figs will be in the upper sections. Hope this spurs some creative ways to display minifigure collections! Will post more as it's completed.

After trying not to buy much lately, I've found a few decent deals that I couldn't pass. Used, 99% complete Sopwith Camel, no instructions - $25 Sealed 4736 Harry Potter Freeing Dobby set and sealed 7913 Clone Trooper Battle pack - $10 total. And the buy I'm most happy about: Green Grocer, Town Hall, Fire Brigade, Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Town Plan, and 7938 Passenger train. All are built and dusty, appear to be mostly complete, and there were no instructions - $300

PORGS!?!?!

This will certainly be a raffle prize for this years ST. PAUL LEGO Raffle!!!

And husband's when their wives' do the same.

Few more

I think I have a good chance to buy Ed's 10179s for $400 now.

There is no doubt this is great news for the kids in all of us, but as a collector and investor, this represents a sea change in the investing landscape. I am getting one Day 1 too. Maybe this is the right spot to place my latest BrickPicker YouTube video. "Lego Investing: Are Buying Big Sets the Best Investment"

Who in the US is waiting for the next Prime day?

I really just want one of those LEGO boxes with wheels and a handle. If I have to buy one of these sets to get one, I guess I will suck it up.

Lets break this down. 10179 = 5,197 pieces 75192 = 7,541 pieces 45% increase in piece count. 10179 retailed for $500 in 2007. Adjusting for the 45% increase in piece count: $500 * 1.45 = $725 Then, let's adjust the $725 for inflation: $725 is $850 in 2017 dollars. https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=725.00&year1=200710&year2=201707 So at $800 MSRP the set is already on sale! BUY BUY BUY We all thought we'd never see a $500 set at retail and now we have a $800 one. What will be the first $1,000 set?

First.. correlation doesn't mean causation. Lego was in trouble and it wasn't due to lack of inflated sales due to speculation. Sure the new speculator sales help immediate revenue, but like all sugar rushes, it's not real, nor is necessarily healthy. Lego pivoted in what they were selling and what brands they were licensing - that is what turned Lego around... not scalpers. People have been buying "boxes of plastic" for entertainment for decades. Speculators don't create a market - they obfuscate it. If anything, one would argue it's more harmful as it creates a false view of the market that is unsustainable. I bet 99.999% of Lego buyers have no idea they can resell their sets when they are done as anything but "a box of misc legos". Sure, the UCS and other limited run sets are a different market and those buyers are different. But I'd wager that most fans still don't buy with the idea of flipping or 'selling for appreciation'. Most just know there are secondary markets where they can get sets that are NLA. The "investor" crowd only works when you are ahead of the curve or can influence availability. With Lego re-releasing sets, the availability angle disappears. With the decade or so now of the flipper behind us... there is no more 'ahead of the curve'. Lego isn't producing for the speculators... so when someone groans about their piece that used to be an exclusive showing up in other sets.. boohoo.

I was working on a new book "LEGO Investing For Dummies" I have decided to change the title to "LEGO Investing Is For Dummies"

I was hoping for this to be the box art, I mean look at the design of that thing. It is far superior than the one we will be given.

Right now, there is no helping the 10179. It's a race to the bottom. People who keep it, want it and won't sell it anyway. But at some point, the bottom will be hit and a buying opportunity will arise from the ashes. Some prudent investors/resellers/speculators might take advantage of this and do well with the 10179...a second time. There will be people who want them all. To an anal LEGO elitist jerk like me, displaying them all is the only way to go. Go big or go home...

That was quick shipping

This is what i'm going to do with mine

Current situation on ebay with 10179 price.

So many kids are going to be disappointed when their parents tell them to bugger off after seeing the price.

Disney logo needs to be bigger

Where can I order a new cover page for my copy of the Mack's book? Needs to show the Taj Mahal now ......

You met any 2 year old's recently, this isn't for them. This is what 2 year old's do with Duplo. Apparently this was a boat.

Got my 2 from Toys R US Today in the Lego Box, perfect condition, with Gift cards got both for $100.00 each.

Drag it? Who said drag it? Those wheels will never hit the pavement when I buy one! Too nice to mark up.

LEGO has killed "Special" - and it will never be coming back again. People can try blaming websites, resellers, and the fakes - but none of these things could even come close to what LEGO has done to themselves.

No so much? Sorry, but unless by long term you are talking post apocalypse - you are being extremely generous with your optimism. These are some very sad times for LEGO investors.

Just looking at this initial picture and observing all the great sets in the background... Slave 1, Vader's Tie Advanced, the Stormtrooper Helmet... wait what? Is this an unreleased set or an indication of something to come?

The entire FF II wave is now up on Kmart.com and none are hot buys.... http://www.kmart.com/search=lego?sortOption=PRICE_HIGH_TO_LOW&catalogId=10104&kmartTab=true&shipping=true&frmPg=dis&storeId=10151&levels=Toys %26 Games

I'm glad I never went down the Bricklinking road I considered.

RIP 10179.

Seems legit. 2 dishes, all the minifigs you could expect and an interior. Take my money at 70% off.

You are such a nerd

Haven't seen these reported yet!

Hi everyone! I'm new to posting on BP but have been lurking for awhile now. below are a few pics of a MOC that I originally made to be a center piece to my daughter's LEGO elf village. It never really got finished because she decided to use it as a night light! Now if course my son would like something as well. For the lighting I used shapeable wire Christmas LED lighting. I hunted around online for some model lights but everything was pretty pricy. Any suggestions on good deals out there or any suitable alternatives? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Don't underestimate how knowledgeable LEGO fans are about their passion and/or when money is concerned. The internet is a powerful tool that has informed many to this fact. LEGO produces sets for speculators all the time. They might call it "collector," but you get the point. All you have to do is go to any Comic Con or convention and see how LEGO feeds the market. Collector this. Limited that. Ultimate Collector Series was the start. We can discuss the LEGO secondary market all day...It's origins and effects on the primary market. It's my opinion there is a connection between the secondary markets and LEGO's recent success. Not only did they pivot with brands, but they pivoted to adult buyer's tastes and pocketbooks. Sets got bigger and more complex. This set has "adult collector" written all over it. Sure, people buy boxes of plastic all the time, but obviously, LEGO didn't sell enough boxes of plastic in the 80s and 90s because they almost went bankrupt. Don't discount how important a smaller group of uber passionate collectors/investors are about LEGO sets. They buy much more than a "regular fan." As for resellers/specualtors, many view this as an opportunity. Their sugar rush has been going for well over a decade and they will figure out ways to make it continue. I for one sit on the proverbial fence. I don't like the remakes...but I love LEGO sets and appreciate the improvements. To me, crying about the value of the 10179 dropping is a waste of time. People have had years to resell that set. Once again...welcome to the site.

This same mindset has taken over my other hobby (Pinball). The market has been FLOODED by waves of new money in the last ten years who only buy new games (which people rarely did before) with the mindset that "they don't lose their value" or "they appreciate!" because there were some key examples where titles that were underproduced or overlooked... started selling for 2-3x their original prices (sound familiar at all????). Now understand, this is a hobby where the price of entry for this speculation was 4000-8000 dollars (and still climbing.. thanks to this flood of buyers). It's the same thing here... people saw the past examples (that happened out of purity in the market) and tried to get in on the game speculating. It's unsustainable. The model worked because previously those sets/games were difficult to find in that condition... but when you have armies of people buying up inventory and sitting on it. That intersection of demand and lack of supply no longer exists. When it gets to levels like we have now... all you are doing is moving the market from the primary retail market to the secondary market. In pinball, it meant producers realized they could keep raising prices... because speculators had no price tolerance. The "gotta buy it now before it's NLA" attitude also made buyers desperate and again.. prices went up. Now the average selling price of new games is through the roof and the second hand market is completely skewed by people who believe "my games values don't go down" even when used. Listen, I totally appreiciate the idea that these toys have residual value and we can all find some comfort in the idea we can sell them on when we are done with them... but that should be about RECOVERY... not the idea "I'll play with it for a week, then sell it for a profit and repeat". That's an ideal that depends on timing and market conditions. Those market conditions are going to go away.

hi community! i am a total LEGO n00b, but i am buying this. $800 and all. not as an investment, not to flip, but to build and play with as a die-hard Star Wars fan who is in the right place in my life to afford and indulge in this. and it definitely will impact my interest in the other sets to a certain extent. i will probably pass on the new star destroyer now in favor of buying this instead (or certainly put off any TLJ purchases until 2018). can't underestimate who might come out of the woodwork for something like this, i don't think. : D

https://www.facebook.com/LEGO/videos/10155022331553403/

He made the right decision. It wasn't worth risking it, rather than just waiting another week.

I kinda liked my own. Speaking of which, a certain something has been sent out to people it seems.. here's hoping nobody leaks it.