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Picked up a 310 Esso Station recently and got round to building it. It's in really nice condition for it's age, probably around 55 years old.

Picked this up while breaking my keyboard ordering 75192. Thought I'd share some pictures of the wallmount that I did. Ended up taking down my support structure for the UCS Tie Fighter and harvesting those pieces and a few others I had lying around. The bottom support bears the entire weight of the set while the upper support is purely for stability. Both are on Stage 1, so playtability and "show and tell" are not adversely affected. Next step...lights!

Toysrus.com has many sets marked down 20% - 30% off, some off RRP and some off TRURP. I hope these prices hold out for TRUTH. It appears all Speed Champions are 20% off. Here are a couple highlights: 60098 - City: Heavy Haul Train - $139.99 (30% off) 70912 - LBM: Arkham Asylum - $104.99 (30% off)

Just sold a 75192 UCS MF for $1400 on a CL sale. I really wanted to build this, but figured it was worth posting at $1,500 and seeing if anyone bites. It wasn't up less than 24 hours. I can wait for my own.

Maybe it´s your t-shirt.

Recent FBA Sales: $56 - 75080 AAT ($11) $40 - 41131 Friends 2016 Advent ($8) $42 - 60078 Utility Shuttle ($5) $50 - 60118 Garbage Truck ($12) I also sold a 2013 dented Friends advent on Ebay for $50. Who said the advent market is dead I wish I had bought tons of these garbage trucks from Target last Christmas, but there was so much else to buy I only grabbed a handful.

Via our Friends over at The Brick Fan: As we know by now, Toys R Us has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy but what will happen with the company and all the LEGO exclusives we could get from them? As an employee of Toys R Us/Babies R Us, what I’ve been told by my manager is that we’ll still be running normally like we’ve been running. No stores will be closing in the short term but may close poor performing stores after the holiday season. As for reports that a lot of vendors have refused to ship products, those are only for the smaller companies. I believe the larger companies like Mattel, Hasbro, and even LEGO are still getting products to the stores. There won’t be any “going out of business” sales because this isn’t a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and TRU is not going out of business at this time. So what happens with all the LEGO products at Toys R Us? There shouldn’t be any change with the selection. For those here in the US who are waiting for the Bricktober 2017 sets, you should still be able to find them in a few weeks. There will still be various sales going on and TRU does price match Amazon and other retailers. The Toys R Us bankruptcy comes just weeks after LEGO reported lower profits and layoffs themselves. It looks like that the whole toy industry isn’t doing well as a whole as more kids are gravitating to electronics and video games. We’ll see what happens after the holiday season but this is scary news especially since I’m an TRU/BRU employee but I feel that things will work out slowly, hopefully. The post Toys R Us Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy appeared first on The Brick Fan.

Woohoo! 7 plays today! But we might stop you at 4! No one knows!

Gosh why are you still talking and why aren't you clearing out the entire AWD inventory.

The writing is on the wall, I decided to get out now while market prices are still (marginally) profitable. Feels good, and the free’d space in the house is a plus. From here forward all LEGO sets will be those we actually want to build.

Just sold a 9678 Twin-pod Cloud Car & Bespin on eBay for $10.88 free shipping! Bought 2-1/2 years ago on clearance for $2.88... after fees and shipping, almost doubled my money... woo hoo!

And to build off post of there posts , never forget...

That's why it's tricky to gauge the value of these sets off of eBay sales. Sold listings are one thing....Completed and PAID listings are another. eBay doesn't let you know if it was PAID for.

You’re forgetting TLG’s first ever modular ship, Destiny’s Bounty.

Let's face facts...If everyone could walk into the store or order one online, who would be talking about it? The buzz has been building for months (even years) and it's done. The 75192 is a great set that was built to impress, but so was the 10179. They are not so different as to create some never ending dialog as to how wonderful it is. The buzz about the set itself is over and has been factored into the various LEGO forums for a long time. It reminds me of the stock market...Certain thing are just factored into it. By creating a shortage of sets, people will complain and moan, but they will still be talking about the 75192. Even bad publicity is good publicity...

Bricktober is a couple weeks away. I'm just gonna wing it.

Awful analogy. Just awful.

I never had Playmobil as a kid, but I'm tempted to buy all of the Ghostbusters sets and put them away for when the kids are older. They are on sale and I can't find any "hard to find" lego sets in stores to burn my gift cards on.

I'm sure Playmobil, Lego, Fisher Price, etc. are all of the same mindset.

Cool, you can get a VIP card for a Falcon with the profits and still have change for a dozen Nexo sets.

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

Bought and rebuilt a Queen Anne's Revenge (4195) with the thought to flip it. This is my first ship from Pirates. But now that I've built it I don't want to part ways with it. Such an awesome ship! [emoji21] In fact now I want the Pearl.... ugh lol

Finished off the Fire Brigade tonight. Good times and lots of memories from the first time I built this one many years ago.

Hi Brickpickers! What's this I hear about a Creator set called Carnival coming out later this year? Do you think it is going to have a motorized ride just like the Grand Carousel? I am going to be first in line for this set regardless of what it has! Please give comments! Thanks!

reserved one in my local galeria thanks

Shortages, especially in the enthusiasts communities are huge sales drivers. When something is thought to be limited life, and now hard to get... FOMO kicks into and drive sales. FOMO = Fear of Missing Out - the 'fan community' fans this like crazy. Vendors seed the communities, people want, "tough to find" keeps the noise level going, users see all the activity from the sidelines and get anxious "everyone is talking about this.. I better buy it!!".

Nah, I want this one to build. Got the wife to approve the purchase, but the delay is making me nervous that she could change her mind anytime. I better behave

Yeah I get this a lot at my local store. Here it all depends on who you are speaking with. Some get really nervous, won't look at me, and then try to assist other customers in the middle of speaking with me as if they are afraid to talk about it. Others are very open, excited to talk about it, and provide as much information as they know.

The Cleveland Lego Store got in 4 on Thursday, had a line at 6am and sold out immediately. Got 7 more on Friday, 4 people were lined up before open, I made it there at 10:15 and got one of the two sets they had left. Haven't checked on any more deliveries this week.

The System has been down since Saturday on you can't use GC and Coupons, and you could not but Gift cards Either, This was a Nationwide problem.

Of course, sorry! £1,275

They want to clear them, they just don´t know how.

LEGO uses the LIFO method for fulfillment sometimes. It's just as backwards as their IT department.

Just going to leave these here (both in store and on the forum):

Yep save financial room for any unexpected major sales that could come up after Xmas. Not 20% off but some big time clearances.

No kidding .... they have already started implementing some of Eddie's excellent business strategies:

Maybe it´s the Nexo.

Nope, but I feel like deleting a thread or two today

I have a '67 Camaro, Ed has a '68 and my dad has a '69..... Sure the new ones have really pretty interiors and fancy new tech, but I wouldn't trade my "old" one for one of these "new" ones that will be all over the place.

You can always travel to Billund or ask anyone with RLUG or RLFM status to ask for signature. They have numerous meetings with designer teams responsible for making most of the themes for TLG. You can travel to LEGO House in Denmark and get your copy signed even by Hans himself and this will be the only copy in the World with REAL LEGO DESIGNER. Not by project supervisor or Design Team Marketing Manager who's decisions was mainy narrowed to yes or no. I'd love to have the signature of those who spend tiresome hours working weeks and hundreds of hours on this project. That's why myself and anders from Zussammengebaut have the only copies of Saturn V with Mike Psiaki signature and I have the only one copy worldwide with Jamie Berard Signature of his flagship project - Assembly Square. Both are in my super-secret underground vault in Pyongyang.

Do you guys have issues with buyers completing orders after receiving them? As a buyer, I make sure to go through my order and complete if everything is acceptable. It's a bit annoying to know that orders have reached their destination but nothing has been done on the buyers' end.

Working on my city Elevation. Had to walk away for a while.

no question this set will sell out within hours of its release and will be lucky to get one restocking before x-mas at this late date. 75192 is like saturn v on steroids injected with that stuff that makes you chew people's faces off. i will be shocked if this set is even orderable during double VIP due to intrinsic demand. this set seems like a relative bargain compared to 10179. i can't imagine flipping these other than through cl for a couple of hundred bucks profit. too risky on amazon though i'm sure some will try to touch the sky. i'm in for 2 at midnight on the 14th*. *or whenever the LEGO Shop at Home website recovers from crashing.

Pet Shop built and added to the collection. Town Hall up next.

Finished the Silent Mary last night

Finally got ahold of my most wanted set, now I can get to work on my Halloween display with HH, VC, all Scooby sets, and the Simpsons house going to make a cul du sac with them full of trick or treaters (every minifig I have that looks like a costume) PS: if you need two Chima clocks still in box, I've got a deal for you.

Don't forget the new Destiny's Bounty

Took a little time away from the Disney Castle, but we've been slowly getting back into it. Wife is getting jealous since daughter and I have been the ones working on it lately.

Whoo hoo! New product!