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I may have discovered the reason why delivery times in my area have been faster than usual lately:

In my honest opinion at this point, LEGO could do away with the whole "mystery figure" shenanigans. Bad enough one cannot play a video game anymore without some sort of loot crate or 'gacha' gimmick just to come back to reality for the same deal. I understand the "random pack of surprise mechanics" practice has been around for a very long time but even so fatigue wears down the soul over time especially when considering the price of entry just for a single pull at that one-armed bandit. I can still remember the conversations with a couple different store employees at both Target and Walmart on how the Collectable Minifigure packs should simply be transparent. One of those times was after they had to clean up a mess of torn open packs. (And what a mess that was. Good grief.) I imagine these "Bandmates" being in boxes may help to negate the theft somewhat then again who am I kidding. Also more packaging just to get thrown in the trash even if it is made from recyclable material. All day could be spent on "what you get versus what you pay" comparisons between a single albeit unique character against a minifigure along with something to build in the same price range. The $20 "beatbox" set is generally comparable to the $10 Star Wars Planets from years ago. And the $5 "mystery figure" is comparable to, well, pretty much any other readily available polybag though that's nothing new really. With all that said, I still think these are a fun cast of characters with a nice collection of artistic prints. Only the price of admission is difficult to swallow. Then again I am and always has been a penny pinching son of a b***h so there's that.

(About five hours to go as of this posting.)

Touchdown!

https://www.promobricks.de/am-stein-der-zeit-bluebrixx-ferrari/117937/

For Costco members: Technic Ferrari 488 GTE $149.99 https://www.costco.com/lego-technic-ferrari-488-gte.product.100735726.html

Come on now, fellas. Ole Ted has been growing out that mullet for months because he knows how amazing it looks on a jet ski. Would you let a little thing like your entire state being without electricity or water during record cold make you pull this bad boy back into shore and leave Cancun?

Was on the fence but ended up buying it off of Craigslist for $80 based on @Phil B's recommendation. My 8yo son can't stop playing with the ejector seat! haha Will be taking this apart soon to rebuild with him.

And also part of the Black Friday sale at Target for $60

minecraft photo leaks https://www.klammsteiner.net/it/elenco-articoli.html?S_SEARCH=1&SS_STRING=lego+minecraft&x=0&y=0 21174 looks like decent sized tree house.. 21172 not sure wth is going on here a portal? 21173 - some kind of hut with ravens? 21176 - minecraft groot? 21171 - some type of mini farm-stable

1787 Crater Cruiser for $20 shipped. no box or instructions. Unitron sets are now complete! (only 4 sets) Nice! Must...resist...

I found this part very interesting: "The classic Italian sports car without an appealing box and without printed assembly instructions costs 39.95 euros (as of February 18, 2021). For this you get 902 parts. If I compare that with the LEGO 10248 Ferrari F40 from 2015, I find that a lot of money. The LEGO Ferrari cost 89.99 euros at the time, had over 250 more parts, a reasonable box and printed instructions." so my take-away is that it would have costed very similar to LEGO if Blubrixx had paid to use the name "Ferrari" and added a decent box. If not accounting for inflation which may be debatable. Everyone has their own comfort-level in terms of the amount of plagiarism they will accept; that need not be rehashed after 10 pages of it earlier.

Roses set in stock at LEGO Shop at Home. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/roses-40460

I started looking into the Funko. Then started down a rabbit hole of FOMO. So I slowly backed away. I don't need a Cara Dune Funko.

End of year, plenty of time but would take advantage of whatever discounts/promo happen along the way. Official lists are nice, but they aren't everything . . .

the charged Creeper MF is $119 on BL 😮 I think ours is rolling on the carpet or under the sofa in his minecraft room

Thanks!

Minecraft is not an adult/older kid theme and most expensive sets are purchased for the older demographic. If I remember correctly, Mountain Cave & Village were not big movers. Since they were not big movers the sets were not produced in great quantities and did not have a long run. So you have a very popular theme with a limited supply of these sets in the after market making for high prices which would seem to imply their popularity at the time.

Wait, I thought he was there to try out for WWE ?

Fair point, and that made me laugh. And then feel bad. But still laugh.

What do you think he can actually do about this situation to get the power back on?

Of course, Jang has "thoughts".

Brandsmart has hall of armor 33% off https://www.brandsmartusa.com/lego/235080/iron-man-hall-of-armor.htm

good call...I am trying to figure out why I ordered 4 Funko Pop RBGs...I don't even collect these

First Preliminary photos of the next HP sets have surfaced online (here). Not overly impressed but the final versions may be more tempting - I don't think they'll have much of an impact on the future prospects of the 75953 & 75954!

I had to dig a little, but I found mine. Whew!

$250? Huh? edit: just realized you said "action figure" and not "minifigure" 🤣

RIP Rush.😢

Figured I'd throw in the March/Summer 2021 Promobricks and Stonewars lists in here, thanks to both sites for their articles: City 60221 - Diving Yacht 60228 - Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control 60254 - Race Boat Transporter Classic 10715 - Bricks on a Roll 11007 - Creative Building Bricks Creator 31097 - Townhouse Pet Shop & Cafe Disney 43172 - Elsa's Magical Ice Palace 41165 - Anna's Canoe Expedition 43180 - Belle's Castle Winter Celebration Dots 41919 - Power Bracelet 41911 - Go Team! Bracelet Duplo 10840 - Big Fair 10871 - Airport 10902 - Police Station 10910 - Submarine Adventure 10894 - Toy Story Train 10928 - Bakery Harry Potter 75954 - Hogwarts Great Hall Jurassic World 75935 - Baryonyx Face-Off: The Treasure Hunt Minecraft 21153 - The Wool Farm 21155 - The Creeper Mine Ninjago 71711 - Jay's Cyber Dragon 71707 - Kai's Mech Jet 71708 - Gamer's Market 71706 - Cole's Speeder Car 71710 - Ninja Tuner Car 71712 - Empire Temple of Madness 71718 - Wu's Battle Dragon 70687 - Spinjitzu Burst - Lloyd 70686 - Spinjitzu Burst - Kai 71717 - Journey to the Skull Dungeons 70685 - Spinjitzu Burst - Cole Speed Champions 75890 - Ferrari F40 75891 - Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 75893 - 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and 1970 Dodge Charger R/T 75892 - McLaren Senna 75895 - 1974 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 Star Wars 75272 - Sith TIE Fighter 75268 - Snowspeeder 75269 - Duel on Mustafar 75266 - Sith Troopers Battle Pack 75278 - D-O 75254 - AT-ST Raider Super Heroes 76125 - Iron Man Hall of Armor 76150 - Spiderjet vs. Venom Mech 76141 - Thanos Mech 76143 - Avengers Truck Take-down Super Mario 71371 - Propeller Mario Power-Up Pack 71366 - Boomer Bill Barrage Expansion Set 71373 - Builder Mario Power-Up Pack 71364 - Whomp's Lava Trouble Expansion Set Technic 42092 - Rescue Helicopter 42093 - Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

B&N has MRSP Ninjago Arcade Pod 71715, if anyone is interested https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/toys-games-lego-ninjago-jay-avatar-arcade-pod-71715/34285109?ean=0673419318211

Yep, just add an onsite payment method. It would be too difficult for the error message to say this, it just says you don't ship to those states!

Exhibit A: The launch of an epic dud IMO. These frighten me on some level for some reason. Can't imagine these take off personally. https://www.promobricks.de/lego-vidiyo-setbilder-beatbox/117778/

(6926) Grey Rover by Crimso Giger

Amazon canceled my 50 unit order. Hope it went to some of you.