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Finished Mirko's U-Wing. I think this rivals the Nebulon.

This showed up today.

love bb8 set. the head rotation and the little arm coming out are smooth and fun. didnt actually get to build it as son would not allow me to. he was cool with me paying for it though.

New trailer for season 4. Some pretty cool storylines, characters and vehicles are shown/ mentioned.

Better use em before you lose em.

Topps card - note the sunken X-Wing

Leicester sq opening at midnight on launch day and Hans will be signing copies of the Falcon. So do I make the wife think I'm having an affair or getting the Falcon. I don't know which would be worse. :-)

Sure, just pulled them out of my car.

Black VIP card is a joke. Free vip set with $125 purchase on the other hand....they'll get my $

I've already three of those from recent launch and Guard with Stormtrooper with pauldron are the best. I very much like the way Lego managed to work with gravity to put some weight on the plasticy pauldron to simulate this part as more like "flex accessory" rather than "fixed part". It's wobbling when you move him plus helmet is fantastic and much better shaped than those from TFA which are tad too narrow. So as far as I can tell Praetorian 75529>Stormtrooper 75531>Stormtrooper Pilot 75526 Chewie and Rey are out of my radar since I consider them as hideous.

Down to 34 sellers as well. Should hit close to $400 on Amazon by Christmas I would bet.

It´s not retired - yet. This is what TLG do when they have a sale and run out of stock to stop people backordering them indefinitely at the low price. If you remember, the flyer said limited quantities available.

I picked up a 30182 Santa Claus polybag. I was an ones I couldn't afford the postage on a couple of 1970's sets so I bought this instead along with a few other little sets [emoji23]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Super-Heroes-Batman-Classic-TV-Series-Batcave-76052/47348012

Just weird that there are only 14 sellers on Amazon, and the buy price could jump to $160 if the $119 seller sells out. I'm sure volume is low. On eBay they are going for $80-ish still. Basically I'm bored and looking around at sets in my office. :-)

Hey ...anyone catch that Easter egg in the interior? looks like it's the "blast shield" helmet luke uses to train with. its on the floor next to the haloChess game table:) i like!???

I recall last year and correct me if I'm wrong but the sandcrawler sold out and everyone panicked and went out and bought out walmart. Set came back full force a week later as I recall amd slowly crawled to retirement about 8 months later.

Walked into walmar t at 8:00 this morning, no tlj sets except the scout and the small resistance one. So I went over to the mall. Bought a plush porg from Disney store and got the free posters. Then I went to stand in line for the Lego store to open. Was the first to grab BB-8. I got a stormtrooper, poster, cavemen and some other polybags that has how to form letters. I took that to the car, came back, got the small resistance ship, a couple fo battle packs, and all the promos again. Then I went to tru, and picked up the city advent calendar to get the r3 and also got 2 posters.

My force Friday haul.

With the tears of those who never find deals like this?

I paid $50 for all Winter Village 10229 90% sealed bags Monsters Castle Ghost Train Holiday Train 2006 Airport Police Station At a glance so far.

You can win an Escape the Slug set over at brickset.com ... they're running a sweepstakes the next few weeks.

what? A guy can't like some NSYNC?

any other smart choices mr. ain't no lie bye bye tie tie ?

Saw Y-Wings for $42 in-store. Can probably push that down to 40-50% off before points.

Admiral Yularen minifig adding as a promo now in the U.S. LEGO Shop at Home site.

Long live whatshisface...

Looks like the stormtrooper is no longer available at LEGO Shop at Home. Getting Yularen added now. Might have to hit up ebay for one.

Make sure you take a picture of him signing it as well.

IMO this set is great for Lego fans who want to build this mammoth set, but it is yet another blow to the foundation of Lego investing. I hope the modulars, which are not great investments anymore, again IMO, will not suffer the same fate. Yes, it is different and more detailed, but it is still a remake. This has a cascading effect on all Lego sets and hurts the entire market. There is no reason to buy the retired set because you can wait a few years and there will be another one and even when this does not materialize the thought is still there keeping people from pulling the trigger. Yes, I know not many people are patient enough to wait 8 years, but then again, people's patience can increase as the price raises like it did for the old UCS MF.

Hey look! You can pick up the new MF for $1700 + on eBay! http://m.ebay.com/itm/Lego-UCS-Millennium-Falcon-75192-Preorder-Presale-Plus-Bonus-Sealed-Star-Wars-/322702223125?hash=item4b228d2715%3Ag%3ADsQAAOSwhzJZqGRs&_trkparms=pageci%3Ad42269e9-8fe4-11e7-9b81-74dbd180a564%7Cparentrq%3A42d5d39e15e0ab1997592b19fff7891d%7Ciid%3A7 . What a winner!

absolutely in love with mine 75529 will get two more to decorate my workplace in my agency. works amazing with lighting variations. https://gfycat.com/ZanyDependentAlpinegoat moment when you can appreciate having a Dji Osmo.

If you get a signed copy it could go towards paying for another regular one to build.

Poor BrickPickerz during the Launch Day and their families reaction. https://gfycat.com/HairyBrightAruanas

wow, that's a well... very high entry level for this bonus VIP set. They wan't to MILK VIP's as much as possible?

Tabby was right here. Cresting $90 in the US on Amazon, headed to $100 by Christmas easily.

The question is how many can they store in the store?

75153 AT-ST sold out. https://shop.lego.com/en-US/AT-ST-Walker-75153

Oh lord, I thought that was the B-Wing?

ditto. perfect box condition is over-rated anyway.

Deals in Europe are horrendous. The usual trash is discounted, and no Scarif Tropper. Count me out. 3xVIP is nothing, I get better deals in webshops.

Ok Greg this ones For You buddy? ???

The discounted sets are up on the EU sites, and they're ... well ... crap. Nothing there that would make me consider for even one second. And that's including the 3x VIP and polybag that's given above a minimum purchase.

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.

Designer video available here: