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Bought I think almost the entire LOTR & Hobbit collection used with box and manuals 100% complete (verified) ... $1350 does come with a sealed Uruk Hai which I might flip for $70 ... so net cost $1280

Just a heads up. This is the second time Target has run this sale on the Hidden Side Train ($60) in just over a month. Last time the sale lasted nearly two weeks.

I feel you! My 6 mo old has helped sourcing tremendously, scrolling on the phone feeding him keeps me awake. My only problem is I forget what I order and when stuff shows up my husband asks if I order it and the answer is usually, and honestly, “I don’t know”.

Finished this up last week. Its a really nice set with some interesting building techniques. I bought the set for the bookshop - my parents wrote children's books when I was a kid and it reminds me of the independent bookshops we used to visit for their presentations, but honestly I liked the house build more. I know this has received criticism for being small, etc, but the details are really nice. I built the Grand Emporium a few months ago and there is a definitely a difference in style between the earlier modulars and the trend of newer ones, but not a bad one in my opinion. I do agree that LEGO missed a great opportunity to create more clever book titles like they did with the Palace Cinema movie posters, and I feel like they could have tossed in a couple more leaf elements for the tree, but overall I think its a really great set!

10277 and 40411 delivered in (what looks to be) pristine condition. 3 day COVID quarantaine starts now so I can build on Sunday... Giddy

Sounds like a great investment. Going to cash out my 401k and go all-in on this set. Also the set is $5 cheaper at Walmart.

Good investment? No idea. But as cool as the final product looks for these I will not be buying for personal use. I would not enjoy building these, and a fun build is the primary reason I enjoy Lego. This is essentially Lego paint by numbers. No thanks - not for me, especially not at that price point.

First discount I think I've seen on the ISS.....not a huge deal....but if you're stocking up on these..... https://shop-california.legoland.com/products/international-space-station

At $500 a pop, not sure why you left any of them!! You must not be a quick flipping legolas lover...!

Between retiring sets, current sets, and new releases, covid should be affecting current sets the most. If a set was going to retire soon anyway TLG probably isn't going to use their currently-limited production to pump out another batch just because a previous final batch may not have made it out before the virus hit. On the other end of the spectrum, new sets are probably getting priority right now for production. So that leaves current sets kind of in limbo with limited supply available, but retiring and new sets largely unaffected. Obviously this is all just my opinion but I'm personally not changing any of my plans in regards to retiring-soon sets because of the virus.

i can imagine - since Snowspeeder and Ywing had just 1.5 years production...

Credit: stonewars.de

UPDATE Post. Here is some updated prices. Price change period April 6th - June 29th. April 6th – Jun 29th Ninjago City 70620 – $300 - $500 / $500 - $600 Ninjago City Docks 70657 – $309 – $339 – / $350 - $400 Jokers Manor 70922 – $450 - $500 / $550 - $600 Silent Mary 71042 – $229 - $250 - / $340- $400 Brick Bank 10251 - $240 - $400 – / $425 - $450 Detectives Office 10246 - $300 - $400 – / $380 -$400 Old Fishing Store 21310 - $310 - $359 – / $350 - $390 Technic Porsche 911 42056 - $350 - $450 – / $525 - $600 MC Mountain Cave 21137 - $479 - $599 – / $650 - $670 SW Cloud City 75222 - $400 - $700 – / $500 - $600 Ninjago Dest Bounty 70618 $229 - $250 – / $260 - $290 Creator Ferris Wheel 10247 $350 - $400 - / $400 - $450 MC The Farm Cottage 21144 $109 – 149 – / $159 - $179 MC skeleton Attack 21146 $79 - $95 - / $100 - $130 MC Waterfall Base 21134 $92 – $120 - / $110 - $120 MC Ocean Monument 21136 $140 - $170 - / $150 - $190 Elves Healing Hideout 41187 $75 - $99 - / $100 Elves Tree Bat 41196 $74 - $90 - / $90 - $100 Elves Earth Fox 41194 $70 - $90 - / $130- $140 Elves Noctura SD 41195 $64 - $74 - / $100 - $110

LL 928-B Galaxy Explorer by Ben Smith

I believe @Alpinemaps promised he was going to update the list ..... back in 2017. I'm sure he's almost done.

1. De ja vu 2. I can't believe I have been a BPer for this long

it's the point of this thread...should be relabeled: "How to read CV trend tea leaves"

CCP virus threw a monkey wrench to any pattern I have seen from the past 6-7 years. Past performance was useless and it gave me a headache trying to predict the future with so many moving variables

so how I read that is...resellers w/ stock in hand will be positioned rather nicely for local (inperson) sales when the time sensitive Christmas crunch inevitably occurs . Not only would buyers be guaranteed getting the product but also have assurances on box quality for gifting. so the take home lesson is to stock up now before supply chain AND SHIPPING ISSUES delay fall purchases.

think of it more as childcare for 3-5 hours painting by numbers is perfect for ages 5-8

Still available on Amazon too...

Finished up the Creator Roller Coaster last night, and noticed an issue. The main ramp seems to be not lining up vertically like I'm off a plate, but everything seems to be in order per instructions. Has anyone else that has built the set had issues? I also had issued with the horizontal beams when the two halves are attached having the proper room to fit as well. Had to force them into the space provided but these seems to be undue tension throughout the set when completed. I'll go back through the books again to see if there are any mistakes, but glancing at it last night I found none.

Sorry about that, seems like I quoted the wrong post in my response!

You are correct, 75244 is not UCS, but it was released on the UCS schedule - May 2019.

Flintstones will likely go before fossils, along with treehouse and steamboat willie. My treehouse has not been fulfilled by amazon.de since early may...

Oh surely you can see the older you are the less time you have left so acronyms and speed are the way to go. But reseller scum is a good one. Anything anyone on Reddit throws my way when they complain they can't find an Assembly Square anywhere and how dare people hoard them for the first five years.

- 21320 Dinosaurs Fossil can anyone really see this going? feels like its been here 5 mins?

21316, lol, well played

Backorder September 15th. Ok.

42083 Bugatti Chiron 75244 Tantine V 31097 Townhouse Pet Shop Cafe

From my understanding (hope someone else can provide some hints or riddles... as I'm just taking educated guesses based on past sets etc) the 2020 big set retirement list (UK, most retiring in Q4/ 2021 Q1 if supply left) is: - 10255 Assembly Square - 10256 Taj Mahal - 10261 Roller Coaster - 10268 Vestas Turbine - 21316 Flinstones - 21318 Treehouse - 21320 Dinosaurs Fossil - 71043 Hogwarts Castle - 75954 Great Hall - 75955 Hogwarts Express

Sometimes you can get 21309 boxes for $4-5 a piece. If condition is horrible, just rebox em & sell them as open box, sealed inner contents.

Will the Michael's case fit Batman minifigures? The mermaid Batman was the tightest squeeze so far and had to go without a base plate. The rest have plenty of space.

Annihilator by Elephant-Knight

My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die! by Brick Police

SP1 MOC - Heavy Pursuer (box front & back) by Mc BAIN

Interstellar Spark by Paulo Carreira

Classic Space Pirates by captainsmog

Surface Explorer by Jens Blomqvist

Ice Planet Polarexpress by Mr_Minotaurus

Neo-Blacktron Impeder by Capt. Dad

10196 Grand Carousel Classic Space Redux by justin_m_winn

Ice Explorer by BobDeQuatre

LL 3497 'EAGL' LEM Pod by Huw Gwilliam

M:Tron goes castle and Blacktrons are undeads! by Kalais (bricks.kalais.net)

Moon Cat | S-Class Armoured Rover by Norton74

Horizon Station by Geoff Horswood