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dammit! was going to get some brats and burgers going today.

The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances.

Yes, it seems that the problem here is not BrickSet providing erroneous info but rather people using it not knowing how to properly read and interpret what the site says. It's like a carpenter not knowing how a screwdriver works and then complaining that the screwdriver makes a lousy tool for scraping paint.

The algorithm at Brickset just checks for availability of a set at lego.com. It says nothing about retirement. That date was the last date Brickset showed it available to purchase.

Hey guys I'm just trying to be helpful. Laugh and joke all you want. I'm a former employee and I have a reliable source at the company so take the info or leave it. I could care less. There is a website on the company's internal server that lists all retired sets in any given year. When I worked there (in my pre-reseller days), I used to print the list out for myself and it helped me plan out which sets to buy first for my personal collection when money was tight. But everyone keep buying up all the Treehouses you want, sheesh.

Straight from LEGO - Ideas Treehouse and Flintstones are NOT retiring. Vestas Windmill and Volkswagen T1 Camper are "Retired", however some remaining backstock may become available for a brief time early in 2021. But they are definitely not producing anymore.

You just photographed what my hell looks like. How do you people survive living in that?

I'd be amazed if they kept flinstones around versus Steamboat willie. If either come back, it will be my final time investing in an idea's set.

Straight from a Lego store? Or straight from Denmark?

Viserion is done. Ice + dragons =

Connix will be sought after

what are the odds that the piece we are just missing on the UCS MILF happens to be part of the advent calendar Day 17? I got the set used back in June and my boy and I started off strong but had gone months with no progress...(I learned my lesson, NEVER EVER EVER buy a set that big used..we spend 90% of the time just finding the piece)...anyway to the seller's credit only missing a couple of relatively common pieces so far. ANYWAY, wife gave an ultimatum...By New Years or it all gets packed up (You can imagine what the incomplete MILF and a sea of sorted parts look like in the middle of a living room...my wife is a saint)...ANYHOO yesterday we discovered a missing piece...and I went thru all out general bins to no avail..and then this am we do our Advent tradition...thank-you Day 17 Harry Potter grand piano...you Ain't ever getting built...but how sweet it is!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0849GZMZH?ref=myi_title_dp Razor Crest 129

Some recent FBM sales 10736 - $95 10744 - $100 21145 - $69 41621 - $85 41762 - $85 60017 - $100 60056 - $210 60059 - $178 60097 - $300

Come on now, with all those temporally impossible deals and sets you seem to find, we all know what you really drive...

Customer: "Please sir, can you tell me where my BrickLink order is?" Me:

There is always a corner set available. So far the sets have released in this order: Corner, Straight, Straight, Corner, Straight, Straight, Corner, Straight, Straight, Corner, Straight, Straight, Corner, Straight, Straight So a corner building next year. Garage is toast. They're overdue for a double retirement. But AS sells too well to kill it off... so Garage will likely go alone. The buy in on it isn't great, but it will have as long of a life as Brick Bank/Downtown Diner has. Which were only on the shelves ~3 months longer than the Town Hall.

Finished a 40289 last night. Nice little Harry Potter site. Already lost the light purple hat and had to use one from the 1960s Batcave set. D’oh. That hat is only in 3 sets.

that's some decent performance there. getting close to $1 per brick on that tow truck. 60056: 60059:

This is why my eBay store is in vacation mode until after Christmas.

If you need one DM me and I'll send for MSRP

Y'all just need a bigger screwdriver.

OMG you guys...

Last City Hospital for $192 shipped. Buy-in average on these was ~$60. Keeping one for potential town rebuild.

Nice ride but sorry my OCD gets me every time I see this and I am sure you have a list but a great bang for the buck mod is to get a locking set of these in black: https://www.gorilla-auto.com/lug-nuts-page-03

I still love my '02 Silverado as much as the day I bought it new. 300k miles and still going strong. It's been very nice not having a car payment since 2007.

Most of the time Brickset just copies LEGO Shop availability status & sets toos/oos date as an end of availability date in their databank.

Just so you know this is not uncommon for this set. I ordered 3 from target once and 2 arrived with popped seals. Probably something to do with the thin box dimension to weight.

I think i see it

Okay, don't mean to brag, but... No wait, strike that, I'm definitely going to brag.

My weekend:

FWIW I got a brickhound text alert that it was in stock at some ungodly hour of the morning. That's been pretty reliable for me. I wasn't awake, but I'm guessing it was actually in stock. Whether it was 2 returns or 20 units they found in the corner of the warehouse; and whether they were canceled soon after who knows. LEGO SAH isn't known for their reliability. If you're looking for one for personal use I have one I could spare.

I think people have stopped buying them already, for those that were buying them in the first place. I believe there was more unloading of these in the last few weeks than buying up new stock. Would be news to me about The Flintstones, however.

Shoot, I think a screwdriver works just fine scraping paint. Just takes me a little longer.

IMO...HellzYES!

Sold a 41196 for $110 and 41186 for $20 cash, local sale. $60 buy in. Last of my 41186 and only one 41196 left out of my whole 60% off sweep from a local target a few years back.

2006 Toyota 4Runner Limited. I bought it new and loved it since day 1. Though it's better days are in the rearview mirror. It's definitely time for a new ride.

most of the time yes, especially newer sets. in some rare instances , no selling that set for You !

My first order is from November 23rd.

I used to have a 2000 Honda Insight. I believe it is the first hybrid car sold in the States. Over the years I had it, the gas price was way over $3; my MPG was about 50. Pretty happy with it.

I drive a truck, I've only had 3 vehicles and I'm approaching 50.

IWOOT has these on sale https://www.iwoot.us/toys-lego/lego-technic-car-transporter-2-in-1-truck-set-42098/12041890.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/15/postal-service-holiday-packages-delays/

I know Len...well I knew Len... ...no one really talks about Len anymore...you know...since the accident

Really wish I hadn't waited on buying Hidden Side Castles from Amazon... Biggest regret of the year.

The only Hidden Side set I bought was the Shrimp Boat, because (with a little modification) it fits perfectly with Old Fishing Store (and it has fishermen!).