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Does this win largest thread bump?

New 3in1 Castle set: https://www.promobricks.de/lego-31120-ritterburg-erste-details/118308/

Finally got, and then built, my Tuk Tuk!

This blurry zoom I made from the blacksmith reveal video a while back seems to match up with a miniature of what's described here.

This took 10 minutes of scrolling through the brands on Bluebrixx's website. Optimus Prime: https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/robotics/103043/OTH-661-Robot-red-blue-Others Bumble Bee: https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/robotics/103044/OTH-663-Robot-yellow-Others Random transformer: https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/robotics/103045/OTH-662-Robot-blue-Others Avenger's Tower . . https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/architecture/103264/PAN-55120-Skyscrapers-Hero-Tower-Panlos Disney Castle . . . but in pink! https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/architecture/103265/PAN-613003-Big-Castle-Panlos Hogwarts Castle . . . https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/architecture/101765/YZD-YZ071-Medieval-Castle-YZ-Diamond Gundam . . . https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/robotics/101868/SUP-K80-Roboter-RX78-2-Super-18K

Luckily for @exciter1, most of his local stores still have Atlantis sets on the shelves at 80% off. He's holding out for 90% though. Easy money.

Interesting, I will need to look into this whole LEGO thingamajig.

Name one time in human history when the group fighting to ban books and censor speech were the good guys. I'll wait..

the ship was blown up from orbit...it didn't tweet against a minority group or voice an unpopular personal opinion! Unless reddit users are starting a crusade against the ship (too phallic or not phallic enough) or Bic has a special patent on the name...it ain't retiring this early

I already attempted a drug-based reductio ad absurdum on him, but it fell on deaf ears (much like everything else).

You should be able to get the $150 back (after fees) just from selling the minifigs (assuming no unseen damage). If you could use the extra parts shown, it could be an ok deal. If you are on the fence - try to work the price a little. If they budge a little, buy it, and if the won't budge, don't buy it.

The Wampa is from 8089

Fixed that for you.

Buildable chickens? C'mon Lego, wtf? Otherwise, 1500pc for $100 is great.

LOL I stocked up the Black Knights and ignored the dumpy looking Tech Wizard This is why I do not tell people what to buy (anymore)

He says yes.

Can we take a step back for a second, and make sure we understand your basic point here? Based on that statement, if I understand you correctly: Because an item is being sold in Germany, that makes it legal to sell. Is that what you're basing your argument on?

just had 4x 76108 delivered. £75 each. going for £180 + now, must have found some in the storeroom...

I didn't see an announcement, I just happened to be on their website looking for something else.

Were the GCs gifts or discounted if so why not then? The new “adult” box is nice so if you are just buying to hold that may limit your customer base or asking price in comparison to MISB. You can always build it and sell it used no box and break even at worse. I have a minty box I can sell/trade you for cheap if you were local.

Don't skip the end credit scene for this week. It's a bit... creepy. Nice they have officially introduced the "Scarlet Witch". Oh, and Fietro (Fake Pietro).

For those eligible, Navy Exchange is having a sale today and tomorrow, $10 off $50 purchase, in store and online. No exclusions that I saw. Online code is TBDTEN

That was the Irish, and it was 1845 to 1852.

I’m assuming so. Seems like a big middle finger to the reseller crowd. At least LEGO doesn’t have broad appeal and no one would want to ****** these off of someone’s porch.

1. Have the clerk open it to inspect that nothing is missing 2. change your mind and opt to refund 3. Ask if you can purchase the "opened box" set at 35% discount 4. Post it on BPers This is the way

Two likely retired sets included with $10 gift card at target. Not crazy deals but something https://www.target.com/p/lego-friends-rescue-mission-boat-building-kit-sea-creatures-for-creative-play-41381/-/A-75667062 https://www.target.com/p/lego-friends-mia-s-house-41369/-/A-75559122

I'm keeping the wrapping on since I think that'll get the most in resell value. I'll make sure to put a disclaimer in there about not knowing the condition of the coin since it's unwrapped and new.

Built the latest version of the ice cream truck recently. I like the build, especially the giant ice cream bar on the roof, though I do wonder if the ice cream cost $1 or $100 based on the Green Tile 1 x 2 with Groove with 100 Dollar Bill Money Pattern. Logically it is the latter. It must be awesome ice cream for $100! One comment, avoid the temptation to put the Ice Cream Vendor minifigure on the Dark Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 4 like I did at first immediately behind the serving window so it falls down easily. It goes on the studs two rows behind that window. D’oh! Comparing it to the pizza van, the ice cream truck is much easier to put the minifigure inside the interior due to easier access with the rear window opening being on a side hinge with a wider opening vs. the up/down hinge system on the pizza van and more crowded interior/inherent space constraints. There is always taking off the roof option though I guess for minifigure placement. Final thought, they are both loaded with multiple play features and fit quite well within any city layout.

Why did the Ecto get taken down so fast? Because it is a LEGO set. If there was another set that copied a LEGO set, I'll bet it would be taken down right away as well because LEGO would come after them. Why are the others up? Because no one has called them into question. BTW, some copywrite issues by big, bad LEGO were already fought here in the USA. Between LEGO and Best-Lock, which merged with COBI in 2006, re: minifigures. Lawsuit was in 2019. https://casetext.com/case/lego-v-best-lock-constr-toys-inc-2 Although this case was over minifigures (not specific likenesses, just the design itself and how it was similar to LEGO). I found this paragraph re: "copying" (see below) which I believe has been at the heart of this thread and which you (@Frank Brickowski) repeatedly ignore or dismiss. If the producer of the toy can prove without a doubt that they created an item without any source material, then there is no copywrite infringement. Most of the products people have been pointing out in this thread are clearly examples of actual products from real life or from other toy companies. The likenesses that everyone keeps bringing up are such that at first glance, you immediately can identify the object. The producer must argue that they just happened to have designed that exact likeness without seeing the source material that it looks like. The products that have been pointed out by multiple German non-LEGO companies have so many "similarities" (as mentioned below as an infringement) that it is impossible to have not seen the source material. That IS a copywrite infringement. At least it is in the USA. Perhaps German law is different. I don't know and quite frankly I no longer care. *drops mic* 1. Actual Copying To succeed on its infringement claim, Lego must show that Best-Lock actually copied Lego's minifigures. Boisson , 273 F.3d at 267. Occasionally, a case "presents the rare scenario where there is direct evidence of copying." Rogers v. Koons , 960 F.2d 301, 307 (2d Cir. 1992). More commonly, it is the conjunction of (1) access to the copyrighted work and (2) probative similarity that lead to the inference of actual copying. See Procter & Gamble Co. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. , 199 F.3d 74, 77 (2d Cir. 1999) ; Muller v. Anderson , 501 F. App'x 81, 83 (2d Cir. 2012) ("A plaintiff may establish actual copying circumstantially by demonstrating (a) that the defendant had access to the copyrighted material and (b) that the two works exhibit ‘similarities probative of copying.’ ") (quoting Jorgensen v. Epic/Sony Records , 351 F.3d 46, 51 (2d Cir. 2003) ). That form of indirect proof requires "a showing of defendant's opportunity to come into contact with plaintiff's work and such similarities between the works which, under all the circumstances, make independent creation unlikely." Laureyssens , 964 F.2d at 140. i. Access to the Work

Since this discussion has happened in two different places already, we're not going to keep rehashing it. The link at the start of this thread appears in the Alternate Brands thread.

Dude, just let this go man....no need to keep making topics and topics about this subject. You hate Lego, you love alternative brick brands, and Lego is evil incarnate and will go down in a fiery flame and cease to exist....

It's now OOS with no back order option available, still could pop back up though.

They want way too much in my opinion. $150. They say it is 24lbs. I was think $50 max just looking at the pictures.