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Was in local LEGO store today due to double VIP pts for Black Card holders. Was surprised to see an Assault on Hoth (last one in stock) still listed at $175. For double VIP pts, 60th anniversary set and 30% off, I'll do that. Imagine my surprise when it actually rang up for $140... score!

Leave it to the community to get creative:

Seriously? What are you running, a box museum?

Just a quick shout out to the ebay sellers who miss a digit in their listings (6.95 instead of 69.95, etc) - yet still honor the deal (without questioning), while also packing well & shipping quickly.

Picked up a 75172 Y-Wing on clearance at Walmart today for $13.00

I debated putting it in the complaint thread, but I'm trying to be positive https://wtop.com/stafford-county/2018/02/stafford-co-man-arrested-1-8k-lego-scam/

ooh look Marvel's version of the tumbler ?

Found a redesign on reddit I like a bit.

The classic Castle theme is the same as your childhood's favourite chocolate. You have fond memories, but when you try it again as an adult, you recognise that it is just industrial waste, and don't want it again. Translating this analogy to LEGO, the classic Castle/Pirates/Space themes are very outdated by today's standards, and people realise this quite quickly. Time has moved on, and what was considered great back then is lacklustre now. What people really want is going back in time and relive memories, but exactly the purchase of these sets makes them realise that it will not happen, it is a fool's hope, and just makes them feel old. To cope with growing up, people are looking for fresh things. No wonder LEGO is at its best when it feels fresh, that is what people really want.

Thanks to whoever totally smooshed this box and made it possible for me to buy a $120 set for $30.

So if we post the photo it will be removed but if we make a thread about it it stays? (Noted) lol

Anyone who has ever had a boat or a dock knows there’s nothing cheap about either

Looks like the Black Seas Barracuda from the 60 Years of the Brick promo fits quite well inside the bottle, by just removing the top of the masts (with the flags): source: http://zusammengebaut.com/lego-ideas-schiff-in-der-flasche-mit-mini-barracuda-auf-dem-weg-nach-braunschweig-43515/

this doesnt look like a Junior set, or is it.. ?

Nah I was just kidding. It is always competitive, I have to beat minicooper before he clears everything out around me. :-)

Got a Saturn V and key chains and promo set from SAH. Promo set box is in excellent condition. Have to say that this is the best packaged set I have received from them. A+ to Lego.

They take your word about the damage but cry too many times and the ban hammer falls.

Why wouldn’t it? Like flight to bonds, you should see it with gold and precious metals too. Fed needs to start raising rates though.

Isn't live yet.

The issue with Star Wars was described quite well. However there is no big issue with "rehashing" the sets. I was young in 90s, I remember those castles and pirate ships, which were repeating themseves quite often, looking not the same, but really close (so you can say it was like space ships from star wars). However, what really should lego do, is to stop trying to cowing money from **** ideas. You do not have to release "new" x-wing every year. Just do your f-ing homework, release some proper one in price range aroun 150-200USD, ith some "creator 3v1" sou you have a lot of extra pieces to rebuild it to other versions and keep it on shelves. For 2-3 years. And produce high quality low amount of sets instead of billion sets noone cares about. They just forgot their origins. Sets nowdays are quite boring and expensive. I have high expectations from this years Harry Potter sets, I hope they do not fail me.

Tesco, 75176 transport pod scans at £19.50. Still too high for me.

Hahahhahah. Of course you did. And of course I did. And this folks is why none of the other mods worry about the titles. They know I’ll obsess over it eventually.

In for 3

Just finished mine, and it's breathtaking. (27inch screen just behind for straight size comparison) I know it's an offtopic but regarding the Star Wars promo. I talked today to CS girl late afternoon and those people have really bad time right now because people on the executive positions made such stupid mistake with launching completely unprepared campaign (Black VIP cards) from top to the bottom. Majority of those folks there are in their early 20ties and whole day they are facing backlash because of Black VIP card fiasco and the fact that everyone in store will be able to get the 2x VIP for SW not just only the Black Card owners. So the story about exclusivity of owning the Black Card can rest between books on the top shelf atm. I feel genuinely sorry for those people.

Solo movie sets say hold my beer...

Bought mine this morning. I was #3 in line. [emoji897]

Intertoys is often selling LEGO with a mark-up to RRP. Compare from the picture: Detective's Office at €163,99 (RRP: €159,99) Brick Bank at €183,99 (RRP: €169,99) VW T1 Van at €109,99 (RRP: €99,99) Intertoys is the only nation-wide toy-store in The Netherlands, so they have a monopoly there. Of course there are some local toy stores selling LEGO as well, but they are limited to a regional presence at most. If you're not living in that region you're out of luck and limited to the ubiquitous Intertoys...

Had to dig them up way far in the back of Mom and Dad's attic.

sold a few elves dragon cases for $25 which were on $7.50 LEGO Shop at Home permasale for 5 months. i ended up buying 49 from LEGO Shop at Home without getting banned. best part is only 2 sellers of the SKU on amazon. now hopefully the nexo knights play mat will take off

Don’t worry....it’s the search engine inside my head.

OMG, I just build the Valentine's Bee brickheadz - my first. It's so cute, and the bunny looks even cuter. I'm hooked, to a degree. I'll buy 2 or 3 of each, if I like them - one for me, one to sell. I find it... perplexing, knowing there are bricks in the center that we can't see, that aren't really doing anything, and are unusual colors... I think I'm going to have to do an alt build of some sort... I also love the new flowers - this is the first time I've had my hands on them.

Aah another sad prequels hater. Just bask in this comparision young padawan

It will go up again when they announce who is buying them or partnering up with them. Has anyone worked it out yet?

^ Exactly what popped into my head. Amazon takes over retail banking via Paypal. Next step, small business banking (with a wonderfully captive reseller community in-house). Bezos for the win...(again)...

The problem is the new film content is poor other than Rogue one perhaps if they did an old republic film or another decent TV series. The biggest problem I have is that the Sequel trilogy will never top the prequels for plot which is sad really.

Disney needs to be worried about over-saturation. With a new movie every year people are going to tire of it especially if the audience is divided about the quality of the product they are putting out there as it was with TLJ. From a toy perspective a lot of the TFA and TLJ vehicles, sets, and characters are bland and uninspiring. One of the prequels few strengths was it's colorful and unique designs which carried over into the Clone Wars. We aren't seeing that with the new trilogy.

Can see 50% off RRP via 3 for 2 later in the year. Also takes up a lot of space. Nows the time to put your wallet away. Next buying window will be end of March, assuming TRU still continue to do their giftcard promo. But given their recent troubles can see this easily being scrapped

It will be very interesting!

The most interesting thing is the back of the set Blue`s Helicopter Pursuit. There is a printed overview of all dinosaurs and in which set they are included. "Collect them all...and build your own hybrid" is the heading. Is there a possibility that customers have to purchase all sets to build some kind of kick ass dinosaur? That would be very interesting regarding the investment aspect.

The moc and the diner itself look like friends sets. The ugliest modular by a wide margin.

[LDD] BrickHeadz Metroid: Samus Varia Suit/Zero Suit by L-DI-EGO

For those who don't know how it works at tru : the quantity of any given item available for instore lookup is determined by each store's manager . The fact that it shows zero online doesn't alway indicate zero quantity on the shelf . just that it is below the threshold that the manager set or even choose not to offer it online all together .

I don’t know enough about minecraft to really comment, but disagree on the Ninjago temple I think that has both AFOL and kid appeal, with both display and play value, as well as not having much to complete with it right now. (Although the cave set will likely complete for the kids attention as well as being cheaper).

We hope it will be $200 once retired. Remember there are no guarantee's that this set will perform that well. While I think this set is a winner, I'm not positive we will see it get to $200, at least quickly. And it all depends how you define quickly. For some quickly is 12 months, for others it's 1 month. Time will tell with this set, but I agree it is a safe set to purchase as an investment, especially if you can find it in the $80-90 price range.

Just playing devils advocate for one second, because I have heard this argument before. Unless you take the video, at UPS or the post office, seal it up and hand it over to the postal worker, that would be the maximum proof because you can't take the package back. If this is what you did, then bonus for you and I can see how this can be a good thing to do, especially with very valuable items. But if you take a video at your home, that doesn't mean its the actual package that gets shipped, so I am not sure if the video will help in all cases.

Get an iphone or a cheap video camera. I videotape every single box I pack. About 2-3 years ago, a guy I shipped a $15,000 baseball card to (Eddie Mathews 1952 Topps, PSA 7) said I sent him a $5 card. I met with the police and provided the postmaster general with a copy of the video. Guess who is in jail or heavily fined for trying to commit mail fraud? That guy. Guess who saved $15,000 by taking a 2 minute video with his Canon Pure Shot camera? This guy.