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Reading April Fools news posts while not yet awake enough to realize that it's April 1st...

I couldn't resist.

For all you Game of Thrones fans, citizen brick has just released a new set of custom minifigs based on the series. Check them out here: http://citizenbrick.com/collections/minifigs/products/dragon-sword-fighter-force-complete-series-plus-bonus-minifig Pretty awesomely detailed (as usual from these guys). My favs would be the White Walker, Tyrion, and Khal Drogo. I'm very tempted to get them, but $220 is a bit much for me to outlay at present on personal purchases. Sweet GRRM bonus fig as well.

If your loading up on exclusives during x2 remember to make separate orders for the free shipping boxes. One a day for 15 days in my case

Take the religious aspect from it. Toys are meaner looking today than in the past.

This article in the Telegraph appeared today, April 1st

Sure, I grew up on Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets, but while I would make LEGO sets based on those types of shows, my son is ripping the arms off of Power Ranger dolls that he makes scream in agony. LOL

The minifig shelf is coming along nicely! We are picking it up this Friday. Guys - great thoughts and ideas on how we can continue to give. The outpouring of support for Gavin has been inspirational for many of us. I think it would be awesome if we could extend that to other youngsters battling an illness.

We have a pretty large storage area in our basement. If I ever filled it up, I would be in big trouble. As for my son's LEGO tables, they are full and we need to put something away, soon. I'm the father from "The LEGO Movie" and I won't let my son have his LEGO stuff in his room full-time. We have a whole separate area, so the sets don't get mixed in with his other toys.

Went out on a limb and bought 90 Mixels last night at midnight to take advantage of 2x VIP.

Take a look at the set online. Note special/rare pieces and all minifigs that way you can easily see that it is mostly there. It is very probable that a few pieces are missing despite what people say. But a few common pieces are easily replaced. I always pick a few random pieces out to check for mega blocks (not too much of a worry on a single large set) also check condition. Bite marks, play wear, sticky residue etc etc. This will give you a very good idea how cared for the set was. The better the condition the more likely it is complete and a good buy. Besides that be friendly and don't be afraid to punch out if something isn't right or the set turns out to be a basket case.

All items minus 4 moto cross shipped from Meijer

You know what would drive everyone nuts? The Springfield Monorail set

Another try at improving my videos.

May Calendar is up. Link via The Brick Fan What is that new exclusive on the 15th for VIPs? Sandcrawler? I thought it was coming out on the 3rd.

I'm still impressed not a single person died in the GIJOE cartoons when I was a kid. The pilot or driver was always able to bail out before the missile arrived....fast sons of guns.

I highly doubt anyone would pay extra to hear your poop jokes :p

We were just joking around since we knew he was. Hahaha -I don't always go shopping, but when I do I buy Lego-

My guess for the exclusive: http://brickset.com/sets/70816-1/Benny-s-Spaceship-Spaceship-SPACESHIP! Benny's Spaceship

I never thought I would have started a thread that would have this many posts. We never played with M-80's either too expensive, can of gun power was way cheaper, and i never saw an M-80 blast a stump into the air. not that used used stumps for the Death Star going boom or anything. nothing to see here, just keep moving

I loved trying to make the Phoenix w/ my Legos when I was a kid. Batlle of the Planets was so cool.

I just remembered, going from the house to the barn I have to deal with things like this

Build an outbuilding or an unlivable trailer home that could be used as storage but not a residence.

The issue is looking at a storage unit as an investment. It's not, it's an expense against income. If one buys and sells LEGO (or potatoes, or harnesses for pet donkeys...) one will have expenses related to that. Some of these expenses will make sense when looking at the bottom line, some will not. Expansion costs money in any business, whether you're expanding by having a larger house or an off-site storage unit. Storage is one of the smallest expenses on my spreadsheet each month, and one of the biggest benefits.

Yes, yes, along with Harry Potter and them *** people. As a Christian, I'm afraid this Polish priest may just be a tool. A well-meaning tool, probably, but they're the worst.

What digs deeply into profits (or your personal financial situation) is having a 5 bedroom house with a basement when you don't need the space. You're paying for a "storage unit" with every extra bedroom, at a premium cost (or, if the house is paid off, you're losing out on investing elsewhere, at a higher rate of return, the money you spent on the too-big house). Move to a smaller place and you'll make up the difference for several storage units in property taxes, utilities, upkeep... Storage units are cheaper, and simply a cost of doing business, like bubblewrap and coffee filters. I don't know if I'd classify our disposable income as "large" (to some it would be, to others not), but I tell every penny of it where to go and what to do when it gets there (yes, I'm just as bossy with my money as I am with everything else ) and our storage unit is a pretty small blip on our business expense radar each month.

To get my double points VIP today I decided to splurge and stock up on DUPLO so I can buy a Sea Cow eventually with points! I am all tapped out this month now. Hopefully going to turn and flip these as a Creative bundle for a nice profit once they retire! 10 - 6785 - Creative Cakes 10 - 10574 - Creative Ice Cream 10 - 10566 - Creative Picnic 10 - 10573 - Creative Animals 10 - 10552 - Creative Cars 6784 - Creative Sorter Was out of stock!

The only way Revan will be the same value as last year's Han is if they produce way more Revans and include him with other promos. A truly unique character doesn't compare to a common character with a hood on.

People who merge onto the highway at half of the speed limit or traffic flow Ex astris, scientia.

When you get that Haunted House, open it. Build it. Display it. Play with it. You know you want to!

Just ordered a Parisian Restaurant with double VIP points for my own collection. Hopefully I'll get it in a few days and build it this weekend. And, a Lego Movie Creative Ambush. Kind of hoped I'd be able to get this set at a bigger discount, but it's not being sold by regular stores or Amazon in Europe as far as I can tell. Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Brickpicker

I don't use the cost slot, but for purposes of tracking my inventory for tax returns I simply add up the totals of all the sets I bought during the year, and average a cost-per-part from that. For pick a brick wall purchases I could actually come up with a specific cost per part, but since those are a very small amount of my parts purchases it doesn't seem worth it, the cost averaging works well and is very quick, and is fair to both me and the IRS.

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yes. But only because you asked.

All business owners risk loss from theft. If you were running a brick and mortar, you'd have shoplifters. You protect yourself as best you can, and you build a certain amount of loss into your business expense projections. Most problems aren't scams. eBay and PayPal protect against some of the worst of these, but in a case like this, eBay and PayPal will both side with the buyer, who is probably telling the truth. For a high value item, you (the seller) insure it against loss or damage.

Just wait. Tell them when you receive it back you will refund. You have to be Firm but not a jerk. -I don't always go shopping, but when I do I buy Lego-

So an sw IN STORE purchase or order could get me a Darth Revan polybag the same as ordering online right? Im a primarily sw Lego builder and even i am kinda pressed to spend up to the 75$ on retail sw items they carry. I am suppposing the promo is for the sandcrawler release on the 3rd right? Trying to drum up early sales? I want at least one darth for me ****** the kids. But i dont see multiples coming like magic martian man last month.

Come on half price Xwings! Doubtful though.

Jaime has one hand too many.

Even though I would be disappointed if that was the case, that would be a great set to flip. I do not think that this will happen, though. Usually LEGO does not put a small set on a store calendar and say "WOOT WOOT - Look at our new small set!" as if it were a momentous occasion. More than likely, the set will be $100 dollar plus.

Haha. They got me a few months ago. Bought about 60 for around same cost each. Gonna brick link some, sell some around Halloween and save some as a freebie with haunted houses/VC

It really depends on the manager you end up dealing with. I clearly got someone who was visibly irritated dealing with my request and went above and beyond trying to NOT offer decent customer service. I thought of asking for her name and sending an email to TRU corporate. I bet I could have came the next day and seeked out a different acting manager and probably would have got the price match.

I got the same excuse saying it was LEGO.COM even though I showed them it was LEGO.COM.ca-en. The manager refused to believe it was the Canadian site even with the CDN price and little maple leaf staring back at her. So then I pulled out a receipt from another TRUs that honored a price match a few days before on the exact same item I was after and the manager said the first store was wrong to do that. So I pulled out a 2nd receipt from ANOTHER TRUs store showing the same price match. The manager refused to budge and said the other stores were breaking TRUs policy and she will get to the bottom of it. At that point I laughed at her and said 'You do that!' and walked away from a stack of of about $200 worth of Technic she didn't really want to sell.

We took my wife to the hospital thinking her water broke (were expecting next month) and the cha-ching went off while we were in the exam room! I of course had to check it! Hahahaha she shot me a look that could kill

I`ll usually buy a day or 2 before the sale starts, just to guarantee that I have what I want, then bring the receipt back sometime during the sale and get it adjusted. I`ve done it literally for several years now at various retailers and no issues, and that way there is no rushing to get the set(s) you want and no chance of missing out

I love what I bought today from a thrift store. A bag of random building pieces that turned out to be 3 LEGO sets from Pirates of the Caribbean, all 99% complete with all minifigs and accessories. 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge, 4181 Isla de la Muerta and 4191 Captain's Cabin. All for $15.

I'm gonna need more landing pads.....that and a bigger table . BTW Massive thanks to pstebbing for getting them, packing them well and sending them out to me. Truly a Brickpicker who goes above and beyond.

I may have discovered a little trick to get free shipping with London Drugs! I created an account and placed an order some 10 days ago. I went back to the website 3 days ago, trying to fill up a cart, but there wasn't enough stock so I left with various items still in the cart. The next day, I received an email reminder that I had left items in my cart (and didn't pay attention to it). Then, 3 days later, I received another reminder that offered a code for free shipping so that I could get the items left in the cart on their way. It's really not worth much, but feel free to try it .

I think that all of the comments so far have ignored the fact that the Helicarrier Breakout set is a tie-in with the first Avengers movie. The first Avengers movie has taken all kinds of records for the gross it took in, and is in IMDB's top 250 movies of all time. The movie was HUGE and I expect any lego and toy product in general will be in demand for the foreseeable future, especially when the second movie is released and brings in MORE fans who would want memorabilia from the first film to complete their Avengers movie collections. What is the tie-in for the new Hulk set? Is it based on an animated TV show or is it a scene from a comic book? Personally, I would much rather have an Avengers movie tie-in product than a generic-cartoon tie-in any day. So, I would say that the Helicarrier Breakout along with all of the currently retiring Avengers movie Lego sets will be investment winners and will plateau in 2015 when Age of Ultron is released.

This is getting kind of sick. Many of you go and clean out stores without thinking twice about what you're doing, but when you're on the outside looking in, you complain. Enough is never enough, and when you have it all, you still want more. Instead of thinking of others, you only think about yourselves. It seems like you get the thought in your heads that only resellers are buying LEGO or looking for the next deal, and 'if I don't buy all of them, another reseller will!'. Exercise some restraint and leave some for others. You don't need everything. Some non-resellers are actually looking to purchase a set when a sale arises. I'm all for getting a deal on LEGO, but at the same time, I know I'm not the only person who should benefit.