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Gavin's father reached out to me today. They are organizing a fund raiser to help pediatric patients at the local hospital. It will involve a LEGO build event with all sorts of activities for children and families, including Star Wars and Disney characters. Their foundation is called Gavin's Warriors and I am honored to be asked to volunteer. He also shared this picture of Gavin with his minifigure shelf. Helping Gavin was one of the highlights of the year for me in 2014. Thanks again to all my fellow Brickpickers who helped make it happen.

Jackpot!!

I bought quite a nice lot on my local craigslist

We define "destroyed" differently.

No, it's not sold out worldwide. But, it's not available worldwide either (in my country it seems to only be found on ebay and marketplaces). It's not retiring !

Did somebody say forever ??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5cTv-XWXI :D

Sold out is not retired

this time I didn't leave any for lil Tim

Also remember its a must have for any Cuusoo/Ideas collector. (that would be me) Also I have one put aside for my daughter when she graduates (she is only 5 now) I think the collectibility of this set has many facets that will keep it popular IMHO

Target was very nice to me today I got a z-95 headhunter for $15, creator fierce flyer $4.50, city light repair truck $3, creator turbo quad $7.50, and a city fire truck for $6

I actually think that would be hilarious ie. "Why the f didn't F retire yet ?"

I'm building 8039 Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser with my son tonight. It was his big gift for his 7th birthday. We built the Chima Sir Fanger's Sabre-Tooth Walker last night.

Doesn't everyone know that magnifico is alpinemap's avatar? I based my entire investment strategy on this!!!!

Wow, that is a long term hold!

You beat me to it by just a few seconds And when I saw it was reserved I knew it could only be you. Nice one! Congratulations!

I didn't think 10179 needed any explanation. Or at least it shouldn't on this website;)

Well here's a real kick in the bricks. Earlier it was reported the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has stated that The Lego Movie is not considered one of the five best animated films for 2014. Instead the film gets nominated for an Oscar in Best Original Song with of course "Everything Is Awesome". The five animated films which did make the list are The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Big Hero 6, Song of the Sea, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya. I will admit those are all good although I haven't seen the last three yet. Actually I didn't even know Song of the Sea and Princess Kaguya were out yet. Still by comparison, I don't quite see how The Lego Movie wasn't up to snuff with the likes of Big Hero 6 for example. Ah well, not like I need some institution to tell me how awesome The Lego Movie is. And for those who didn't 'get' The Lego Movie, well, sucks to be you.

Sold the last 3 of my Kingdoms Chess sets for $130 each. The end of an era. It is going to be weird not to have any chess set in my inventory.

It's unfortunate, but really - no on-line retail presence what were they thinking?

Its still available at Retail cost (& below) in every barnes and noble within 100 miles of me. Sold out is not retired, hold this type of post for a speculation thread, not the official retirement thread. I agree its going soon, but not retired till its retired.

Look at barnes and noble and amazon. That is not worldwide

Yup,if you paid 70 euros for a new one back in the day then depression is definitely not the right term to use!

^ Depends on you perspective.

Pass. Put that money towards something else. I have four of these bought at $13.46 each when Amazon ran a crazy sale over a year ago. I've had them listed on eBay at $25 for a looonnggg time and haven't sold one yet. The only way I'll be able to move them is if I bundle them with other city sets.

4 pack of micro worlds $180, picked up half at shopko for $16 and change yesterday Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

i sold my xwings about a month too soon - amazed at that price. that's awesome!

It appears 2nd release is completed and no further releases anticipated (by LEGO Shop at Home at least). With the new set hitting 10k for review already within 45 days, there's clearly a demand for this and could itself become a series of vignettes. Despite the flood Sales Rank continues and still commands price premium. That's more than one can expect post holidays. If I see these in the wild, would still get them....and sitting on a small mountain already.

I guess there goes my plans on moving to Canada. My wife needs a Target to survive.

arms: http://brickset.com/parts/4514195 hands: http://brickset.com/parts/6015891 (can be found in some mixels sets http://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6015891 for example)

We just got "Rickrolled" in an Architecture topic. I didn't see that coming.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Writing was on the wall for a long time with Target but I'm disappointed they couldn't make it work. No real good alternatives out there for me because I hate Walmart with a passion and Sears is just MEH. Oh Well.

Three cheers for BA

Hmmm, k I can see that. But I'm still complaining about the Tag. I can't see that helping the search engines.

dude... THATS NOT FUNNY! Amazon just told me that they are shipping my 2 tower bridges, 2 falling waters, and 2 santa workshop together in one big box!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!

If you are a cold hearted investor: keep it sealed. If you are a fan of lego and love building: open it and enjoy the build. Rather sooner than later cause it will get harder to open it every day that passes.

HH getting a spike in sales and value before halloween is 100% true in the US. In Europe it is a different ball game. Here the HH is wanted all year around. TH will beat HH due to being more scarce at the moment. After a couple of years I guess HH will join TH again up in the high.

(Because I haven't posted this in a long time. )

I don't think your crazy because I think you should build it

3x Town Hall,1x T-Rex Hunter and 1x Pets Shop....very satisfied.... :imsohappy:

Pretty sure it's more of a tactic to try and balance warehouse stock levels, manufacturing schedule, and consumer demand instead. I was also under the impression most of last year that PC was a poor seller, along with TH. I just saw PS or GE going out the door most of the time instead. Could be many reasons for that, but it wouldn't surprise me to see PC and PS blink out together later this year the way GE and TH basically did. Lately I've seen a lot of love for this set on these forums, but still... As the last apparent $150 modular set, with the new "midi-modulars" line, and the general chaos factor, there are plenty of reasons TLG may slap an early retirement on it. I'd start getting serious with PC now if you every plan to (and for my money, it ranks well above PS, maybe even GE).

Some sideways shots...

Built this set last week and agree that it's very nice. We have it displayed on our mantle. I hope there's another version with some new birds coming soon. For everyone with cats please give them a big hug when you get home today. We just learned today our youngest (<2 yrs old) has FIP and may only have a week to live. We had no idea this was coming other than that she wasn't her usual self the last few weeks until I took her into the vet today. It puts Lego investing and other issues much into perspective.

So I had a great weekend building all these pirate ships: Black Pearl, Sea Cow, Queen Anne, Imperial Flagship and Brickbeard's Bounty. I tremendously enjoyde building both POTC vessels, great builds!!

Sold my one and only Lego Millenium Falcon 10179 still in shipping box for $4200. I paid $425 on Amazon. Woohoo

New Meijer delivery drivers in Ohio area:

I'd be careful with these going forward. I know this is the hot item around here recently, but as previously mentioned, I'd be willing to bet these behave like the CMF series with Series 1 being worth a lot, then future series' becoming worth less and less as more and more people start hoarding them and more are produced. Not to mention that as soon as some of the rare parts become readily available from other sources, people will be able to BrickLink these guys for cheap.

Picked up a site to store order today with what appears to be chocolate under one of the labels...wtf walmart

Here is a picture of the thank you card the family sent: Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Today we gave Gavin his new sets and the minifigure shelf. He was so happy to get the Sea Cow and Ewok Village! You could tell by his reaction those were definitely on his wish list :-) The Super Heroes sets were also a big hit! I want to once again say thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. The family was very grateful for this. We talked a little bit about their plans to begin an annual LEGO based fundraiser to keep the spirit alive. I believe this is the start of something very special. I'll keep everyone here updated as the plans develop. Please keep Gavin and his family in your thoughts and prayers.