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A Batch of Lego sets on sale at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/deal/f92d526d?showVariations=true&pf_rd_r=YNP0XAGX75KXJ6S1GEVB&pf_rd_t=Events&pf_rd_i=primebigdealdays&pf_rd_p=d8fa85ed-2e3c-4e46-994a-78d11a75b004&pf_rd_s=slot-6&ref=dlx_prime_gd_dcl_img_13_f92d526d_dt_sl6_04&restrictions=p_89%3ALEGO|%2Ci%3Atoys-and-games&pageNum=1&sortOption=relevanceblender Star Wars AT-AT is at 30% off. Thought that was interesting since I think this is on the retiring list:

Also, the LEGO sale page almost doubled. About 35 items added. https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/sales-and-deals

2x VIP and the Scary Pirate Island are live! $100 gets you the Island and the Halloween VIP pack. No 3n1 Witch at even $200+. Rakuten has 10% back now too, so good stacking on non exclusive sets.

Lego Ideas BTS Dynamite 31% off Amazon Limited-time deal for Prime Members: LEGO Ideas BTS Dynamite 21339 Model Kit for Adults, Gift Idea for BTS Fun with 7 Minifigures of The Famous K-pop Band, Features RM, Jin, SUGA, j-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook https://a.co/d/5tgxmqm

UCS Razor Crest 20% off: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBYRH7P8/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

It's a good deal if you want it personally. The number of big duds piling up is growing however for investments.

Hulkbuster for $299, deal or no deal?

Odd sale item at Amazon: 30625 Luke Skywalker with Blue Milk polybag - 25% off. $29.95 No retail to compare it to but it is $7 cheaper than you can buy it on BrickLink. https://www.amazon.com/lego-30625-Luke-Skywalker-polybag/dp/B09Y2JGNBR

For the Duplo lovers..... Town Amusement Park Fairground 10956, reg $109.99, now $50 at WalMart online (I don't know if this is just WM+) https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-DUPLO-Town-Amusement-Park-Fairground-10956-Building-Set-Featuring-7-Duplo-Figures-Trains-Slides-Carousel-Ferris-Wheel-Educational-Learning-Toy-P/666962380?

Batmobile $55 Walmart deal still live. Just picked one up for Christmas for my son.

Talk about set fatigue, here are another 185 options oh, and they just announced 3 more rounds for 2024! https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/main.page

Sold one of my last remaining minty fresh Lego Architecture Fallingwaters for 570 on Amazon. That set has been good to me.

Definitely, the show should almost always try to keep the best around. For that I go back to a Star Wars episode that was in season 1 where they did large diorama's where two teams knocked it out of the park, while the team that ended up winning the season, their build was not great at all (the Hoth creation). I have no doubt the producers were thinking, we have to keep this team around cause we can't have the two teams left compete as one team is not nearly as good as the other. Can't wait for next week. So nice to have a show away from youtube where my kids want to sit and watch it with me.

I have one, too many?

Doing my part to help reverse coral reef loss. This one won't melt until 221 degrees. Good luck big oil.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/new-republic-e-wing-vs-shin-hati-s-starfighter-75364 Yes, its another two star-fighter set so you can duel but the really nice thing, I thought, was three major villains from Ahsoka's mini-series. At $109.99 USD, I was hesitate to not wait for a sale but I figured 4x figures, an astromech and two ships, I will chance it. The ships cannot be any worse than the Mandalorian Fang, can they? Both ships are solid builds with some hidden storage space inside although the E-wing's storage probably could have been left out to make the cockpit a little deeper. Why is everyone piloting ships these days laying down! No place to put the pilot's hairpiece though. Shin's ship has a rear cover that raises and has a place to lock in her lightsaber. Below the hood is a large compartment big enough to hold a second figure and has a separate storage space below it for a pistol, lightsaber hilt, etc... It's gimmicky but it does give space to store a second figure so you don't lose them. Shin's ship is very similar to Mando's N-1, might be some good dogfight playtime. Morgan's figure has the dress piece for her legs which works well for her. I feel like both dark Jedi should have had capes included though, might have to fabricate a pair, perhaps with hoods. I don't that sounds hard. I don't know who the New Republic pilot is but his suit looks nice and the astromech appears as new colors that really pop. Now where can we find a speeder bike for Sabine like in the commercials?

I recently came across a design in the MOC pop-up store that interested me, and thought I'd share my experience thus far... The design holds ~700 unique elements, and ~3200 pieces over-all. The build is comparable to a $300 production set, so I decided to pursue it. Unfortunately, so far, the auto-cart mechanism is falling waaaaay short. On the model page it estimates a price of ~$480. When I click on "Purchase", it claims first off that Lego's Pick-a-Brick is not available for this model. It then gives me three options: international (lowest piece price) $580; fewest orders $745; US stores only $690. None of these estimates include shipping/handling. Bricklink doesn't give the option to exporting the parts list, but one can populate the carts and export those. I merged them into single wanted list, and priced it out in brickstore where the total cost based on average part sold price is ~$345. In brickstore, one can sort by either per-piece cost, and total lot cost. So far, I've found 28 of the highest-cost parts on PaB (208 total pieces), where the savings is ~$22 ($43 on PaB w/ free shipping, $65 based on bricklink sold prices w/o shipping costs included). So, I'm a 4% of the way through the parts list, and have already saved ~40% on some of the highest cost items by going through LEGO PaB. Presuming I can get the rest on bricklink in 4-5 stores, I can probably source the parts for under $400. I must say, I'm a bit disappointed. The dream of pushing a few clicks and then having a MOC show up in 3-4 boxes is appealing, but the higher cost to me doesn't justify relying on the automation. And if the buyer has a significant spare parts inventory, then it makes sense to go through to carts/parts list anyway to further reduce the cost. I find it's easier to do this through brickstore and wanted lists rather than in-cart. I'm rating the MOC pop-up store a 'miss'. The biggest miss is that the automated cart chose to skip Lego's PaB, even though many of the most expensive parts are available there. Haven't yet decided if I'll go ahead an order it. If I do, I'll post an update with the final cost.

The 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter bought on eBay. Had the Mandalorian Death Watch Warrior minifigure in my collection to add to it. I thought the lighting was better. Side by side comparison with the 75316 Mandalorian Starfighter;

As I continue my break of buying for resale, I've come to realize that you can interconnect these bricks to create things. It's not just about the gold rush. Picked up a few custom figures to go along with the figures from the original TMNT wave.

Ucs republic gunship $325 at walmart. Still there