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Hmmm, decisions, decisions....

There will never be an unmoderated anything on this site....... people cant even act right when moderated. Sorry not sorry.

He actually knows what he is talking about a good portion of the time, as much as I hate to admit it

Just expensive items for WM to begin with. Not big sellers at that level. $200 Train set was destined for sales failure at WM. They clearance big sets like that and replace with others. Last round MF, Chi Temple was clearanced at a lot of stores then others got in those same 2 sets. Kind of like Target clearancing Fire Station then replaced with Police Station, then clearance Police station and got Fire Station back in. Just a quicker turnover on larger sets.

Bought me a Triple E.....a-yeah-y-yeah!!!

All we need is this set having a short appearance in "fifty shades of grey" and we will be just fine regarding sexappeal.

I second what Ed says above. These guys read all these threads and that is a pretty big task and try their best to keep it in order. Members do crazy and lazy things all day. Bad titles, duplicate posts, put the same post in multiple topics, don't search, answer members questions in PMs, etc, etc. It happens all day, every day. If the mods didn't do what they do, then many people would be complaining that there is no moderation and everything is a mess.

There is no need for this. They do the best they can for free. Everyone wants to take shots at the Mods, but until you walk in someone's shoes, it is easy to talk. It is difficult keeping the threads in order. Many people post threads that can be added to an existing thread. They take pride in their efforts and try to keep the forum clear of spam and obscene discussions. This forum is pretty lenient. Other LEGO forums just remove your post and you disappear from the site.

Orion Pax LEGO Ideas project by LegoJalex

COBRA!!!! ....Whoops, wrong show.

I'm ready lol, that's a good one Zimbalist is fun to say as well!

That's what I did. The stickers were already applied. Saved me a ton of work.

I feel your pain. I have several of some large exclusive sets but there are so many available right now and I'm limited by storage/capital to having zero or one of some sets that I really like. And for those that I only have one of at the moment, the devil on my shoulder constantly whispers, "open me...build me."

diversification is smart.

My $5-$10 flips pay for my $50-$100 flips. As for hourly rate, easy to package/ship sets I can pay my 8 or 10 year old a buck to do it. Buy from store, update listing already made. Get notification when sold, have kids pack or do it myself. Do that 5 times a day and you have plenty of money for the exclusives and what not. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Brickpicker mobile app

Could be a shortage or problem with a common component like tracks or power functions. The extra track packs are also sold out in the EU so that may be why.

There is no one reason to think that the trains 60051 and 60052 could go to EOL so soon... these are classic city trains, no exclusives, and such trains are selling longer than 2 years. Why would the TLG finish these trains just after 1 year??? No logic. There must be a train every year on the shelves, previous trains (7938, 7939) were selling 4 years!, no reason to stop the production and make another train. This is a basic set for children, such as a police station, fire station, etc. I think the reason of "sold out" status is just a lack of supplies after Xmas...

I remember that with the NES. I ended up getting Dragon Warrior.

Not trying to tell anyone how to do their business, but if you are selling these at $75 - I just don't understand why. You're making what, $15 tops, and that's before incrementals like gas, packing/shipping supplies, etc. Factor all that in you're under $10. And what's your time worth to go buy it, and then pack and ship it? In a relatively short amount of time this set will hit $100 without problem, I just can't grasp why someone who doesn't NEED the cash would short sell these at $75. It's barely break even. Perhaps I just over value my time. (By "these" I mean Farsnworth House since it is what was being discussed)

Apparently I have been missing quite a few of these stop-motion Mixel clips. Enjoy.

Here is a list of reviews for the current Pirate offerings courtesy of BrickHamster. 70409 Shipwreck Defense70410 Soldiers Outpost70411 Treasure Island70412 Soldiers Fort70413 The Brick Bounty

You cant. If someone is gonna scam you they are gonna do it. That's the risk you take selling sealed packs.

Seaside House x 3 so I can pillage the light blues for my 10190 build.

This website is a business. It needs to remain professional and responsible. We never know who is reading the site. I really don't think you will see a free for all at brickset or eurobricks or any other LEGO community These guys are doing their job and we appreciate their efforts. If members would do what they are supposed to do then mods wouldn't have to do anything. Then there would be no complaints.

I don't mean this as any sort of criticism or taking sides, but I could see some value in longer/busy threads like this being updated with a new thread yearly, or something similar: "Retiring Soon - Open Speculation - 2015" or something like that, which might make it a little more convenient for looking for current or even researching particular information from previous years. I can see this working on a few other threads too - Order Status, LEGO Employee Said, etc etc. Just might be more efficient/convenient.

Look at the recent releases of the Maersk line of sets and I would have thought that they would have performed better. Enough off topic conversation. The Mods will delete all of my posts now.

The value of time is very relative. I have a house full of kids (6 of them most of the time) and a full time job. I'm in better shape with a buy and hold/traditional investor perspective. I don't have time to spend running after clearance deals (which aren't that plentiful around here, anyway). More power to those who can. A 2.5 hour round trip to the nearest LEGO store is a trek when there's homework to help with, dinner to cook, and soccer games to sideline-pace. I think there's room for all sorts of strategies, and I won't poo-poo anyone who's making money and happy. Missing one of those two... why do it? There are other ways to find happiness and make money. Missing both, well... I still don't think the Sandcrawler is retiring this soon.

I do hope the appeal to AFOL's with a larger Imperial Flagship type of vessel. I will keep building my own until they release the next verison.

Did a doubletake when I saw fire station back earlier this week/last week. Can't say I get it unless they had a whole buncha pallets still in warehouse that weren't selling and figured they'd give it one more shot. Guess if they are missing inventory due to delays/dock/etc maybe they are just filling space.

I am waiting for the perfect time to break out my Remington Steele references

Sometimes you gotta hop on that bus no matter how begrudgingly, I know.

That Trek-bus is looking a lot better now though

I think people need to temper their expectations a little... or maybe a lot. Everyone always wants bigger, better, fancier stories. So then they try that and people complain the movies are too long... So they shorten them and add a little special effects magic and people complain the story is lacking... So they try to make original movies and people complain that they've never made any more Star Wars movies... etc. I seriously ask, why can't people just accept these new movies for what they are? I personally can't wait. I don't care if they aren't as "EPIC" as the originals were.. they'll be fun, entertaining, and they're f-ing Star Wars. How bad could they be? <on a side note, no I didn't like Jar Jar but yes I did like the new trilogy and I've watched them several times even though the OT were IMO better> Related to LEGO, I think we're seeing this with Sets like Helicarrier. People want these huge sets then complain that they're too expensive. LEGO releases an reasonable cost/size model and everyone says awww, I wanted the big one. Then there are the parents who want value for their money then complain that they just wanted basic bricks for little Timmy and Jennifer.

It already has alerts for the UK Amazon and LEGO shops

Picked up at WM. 70010 for $89(not sure about this one) 2x 44028 SURGE & ROCKA Combat Machine for $13ea. 76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle for $9 70806 Castle Cavalry for $15 70811 The Flying Flusher for $15 75012 BARC Speeder with Sidecar for $13 8x 75050 B-Wing for $25ea. I left a ton of Chima 50% off plus about 10 Benny's Spaceships at $74ea. I was tempted to make a day of it and hit the farther WM but I'd had enough.

Where did you get 66 Euros for Hobbit Barrel Escape? Sign me up to continue filling orders. Haha

The new ST movies looked more like SW movies than ST 1-10 or the TV series. In that sense JJ was the perfect choice to direct SW VII. On lens flares, I thought people were advised against playing drinking games while watching JJ movies to avoid alcohol poisoning

walmart did the same to me yesterday with a PR. A ginormous box that could have fit at least 8 PRs I it. What is wrong with people?

Directors usually ask for more time to tidy up editing, special effects, etc. Less time usually means rushed job Plus, this is Star Wars we are talking about. Fans still watched episode 1 in theaters multiple times just to make sure they truly experienced how terrible that movie was.

Thanks all for the feed back, I 've recently bought the UCS 10143 Death Star II

I really could use some at that price! But it would be for parts for the BrickOwl/BrickLink store, meaning I would preferably need at least 6 of them... Of course, that's most likely not the intent of your offer. Either way, you should really grab every Cantina you can at $50, and I can buy the extras from you if you want.

i bought few DS & SSDs @ $309.99 each from target. and then boom there was additional 20% off on DS and SSD... bought some more @ $247.99 ... i didn't buy a whole lot then. but i clearly remember buying few @ 247.99+tax. that's the cheapest i have ever bought. (this was near the end of 2012... most likely either october or december of 2012 ) so i am assuming if i bought few then i am pretty sure lot of big timers bought a whole lot more.

The ability to destroy a wallet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

Fresh hot off the press, it's a review of Batzarro!

After the series 1 craziness I loaded up on 2 and started to load up on 3. Then I stopped. I don't think I will get anymore until I start making some money off of these. Have yet to sell any so far and I figured with series 4 already out and series 5 announced that 2 would start to come up. Worried the ride is over so holding off.

Don't worry half the people on this site will be Scrambling to buy Death Stars when its just about to late, and coming up with the $400 to buy them will be another problem for alot of other people. So you guys that still believe this set is a dud or will take years to make big money will miss the Biggest Boat yet. Ed

GE has the advantage of being a corner building and was designed to be expanded with 2 or more sets. Its parts are also quite expensive. I expect it to catch up to FB in short order.

A resurgence is imminent and a Katy Perry polybag may be pending for the full ensemble.

I wanted to start a thread to talk about the millions of videos and stop motions made with LEGO. (Now a movie in LEGO is coming out too.) Here are some of my favorites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxNiAFUCXM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ESA7SnvW9E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izp4V6RJSD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5GMD7OD6Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKDJTX6YoCw