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Seems like Lego probably wouldn't ban you for buying multiples in this case. Unless the move from limit 2 to limit 5 is some sort of trick? Anyway, I plan on buying several of these to create my 'West Coast Container Port Dockworker Strike Logjam' diorama. Labor unrest completionists will definitely want a couple of these.

And here they came this afternoon...

Translation: Americans like silly things like super heroes and the rest of the world is more sophisticated and into things like historic landmarks.

Americans only have enough room in their heart for three Bridges:

Dix Trente, Angrignon, St Bruno, valleyfield, Chateauguay, Anjou, Centre le Domaine, DDO, Dorval today .. most of them had not much left.. scored 2 walkers, 3 Star Destroyers, 7 Benny, all of them 50% off / used cell basket WM.ca , 4 Mos @ 50$ , 4 Ninjago city @ 60$ and these aren't the best part of the day .... got another phone call from TRU .. they found another Town Hall, I was told not as perfect as the other they got me last time , but good fair condition Sealed.. but wasn't able to make it before they closed .. tomorrow will be the D day .. can't believe how my super Manager is working things out to get me all these special sets lately! ..

The Haunted House took a pretty nice jump on Amazon this week. Well over $400 and approaching $425.

BIG UPDATE: alright everyone. below is a list of prize structure and confirmed teams. one thing that I would REALLY appreciate is if you use your names on brickpicker as your team names. it just makes my life a bit easier. I have 15 teams. as in people who said I want in. im sure one or two will fall off the earth as always does. we can have a max of 20 teams so their are still slots for anyone who wants in. EVERYONE in the league is a brickpicker memneber, without further to do here are the people in : myself (hxckid88) Huskers1236 redghostx derek ( who are u btw on here) Nickkim38 stoltzjl77 trekgate502 boxofcorey loki1244 jaxman pcaster vexxet sroster cbenioff Buy in is $70.00. Prizes ( retirement or availability have 0 affect. prizes stated are what you will get as in it dosnt matter if death star retires tomorrow or never, grand prize sis as stated.) 1st prize - NISB Death Star 10188 2nd place - $ 150.00 giftcard to your place of choice. ( yes I am willing to do multiple places for a total of 150.00 if you so choose.) 3rd prize will go to the team with the best overall record during the season. This team will receive their 70.00 back. so, technically you can win a death star and your money back. Now, whether I send you a death star from my stock or I send you one from amazon or lego will depend on how far you lve from me and the availability at that time. shipping is on me of course. you win a death star, straight up. Now the tricky part here is coming up with a time and draft day.... I will get in touch with all of you soon in regards to sending payment. There will be a deadline for payment. Im not chasing or hounding people down. with all that said. post thoughts. pm me. etc. Go O's and whoever the hell is on my team this year.

So seeing I got to leave the warehouse early from our lovely snow situation in *** I decided to start this. After doing the Imperial Shuttle last week I have to say this is a breeze so I guess that's why the set gets a little less love than others. I still like it but I breezed through Bags 1-5 in under 2 hours. So for $200 I guess a 4 hour build might be a little less than desirable. I do like it though, mainly because I like X-wings in general but can see better why the set might not of been the best seller. The shuttle was much more complex price point wise. It is a 1000 pieces larger than Red 5 but had a lot more to it I guess. Think the sets with numbered bags are much easier as a whole than the older ones that required sorting and such. Gotta say I'm hooked on building these UCS sets lately. Never was a huge builder just mainly reseller and been enjoying them. Biggest decisions is what's next. I brought 4 things home (Helicarrier, Red 5, Town Hall that came in on Amazon load in bags lol, and a Tumbler). Chose Red 5 first mainly because I enjoyed the shuttle so much and was in the SW mood I guess.

We both agree that money will not be lost on investing on the Sea Cow or the Fairground Mixer. The question that Ed asked was what would you invest your money in, if you're taking it out of SSDs. I'm thinking long term, not short term investments. I do agree with you that short term, this is not the place to put your money. I will also agree that ToO is a good set to invest in, and buying 4 ToOs with the money from 1 SSD is not a bad thing at all - if you sell SSD at $750, invest another $50, you've taken $450 and turned it into an $800 investment quickly. When both were available at RRP, I considered which was the smarter investment - 2x ToO or 1x SSD. Although I put the money into an SSD, I seriously considered 2x ToO to be the better investment long term. To answer your question about the Sea Cow and Fairground Mixer, I will use one set to answer both of these questions: 10196 - Grand Carousel Sea Cow - I didn't like it; until I saw it in person. Then I was blown away. This set is flying under the radar IMO. It's routinely hard to find, and routinely sells above RRP on eBay. Ship completest will want it. Lego Movie completest will want it. It's honestly a really awesome looking ship. I'm not a ship collector at all, but I have one in my personal collection (not yet built), because it's just that darn cool looking. Sea Cow and Grand Carousel were both $250 RRP. I remember looking at the GC, loving it, but never buying it (I was still in my dark ages). I remember thinking, "who would pay $250 for a LEGO set?" Eight of them sold in January on eBay, with an average price of $2,100. Nearly 10x RRP. Am I suggesting that the Sea Cow will hit 10x RRP? Of course not. But I do think that these sets are very similar in appeal, value, and availability. Fairground Mixer - you ask the question, "who is your target buying audience for that?" Let's the the obviously out of the way first - the same people who would by GC. But, it goes beyond that. LEGO Group clearly thinks there is a buying audience - we've got a new Ferris Wheel coming out later this year. Those two sets will compliment each other very well. On top of that, you've got the Joker's Funhouse set (retired last year), Joker's Bumper Car (2015), and the new Jokerland sets. Together, that's a pretty decent "county fair" theme without even trying. Maybe that's a stretch for most people. It works for me. But, I think the FM is another set that is undervalued and underhoarded at this time. It's another set that's flying under the radar. And, if TLG is starting another major, yearly theme (a la Modulars), then FM is the first of the theme.

Great Wall of China UCS would be mighty cool... you can just keep buying them and add more sections

30% off toys starting today.

Love this set. 700

If they wanted to make the real TB interesting they should have built it with bacon.

I personally feel that the prizes should equal(or close to) what the pay-in is. We need to decide what the prizes are up front and get them purchased so winners know what they are getting. I could see the prize money being a little less than the total buy-in for shipping fees/effort, but not several hundred. IMO, prize structure should be something similar assuming 14 teams: 1st - 450 2nd- 250 3rd- 150 Regular season champ - 70 This way the guy rounding everything up and shipping gets a little something for the effort and if he needs to ship something out of his pocket there's some funds there to do it with. If he can dropship everything, more power to him. I have no problem with double dipping. If you were that dominant that you are the regular season winner and win the playoffs, you deserve it. Probably won't happen, though. Guys that weren't in the league last year, I led almost wire to wire the regular season last year. Got to the playoffs, lost both games, ended with my $25 bucks back. Anybody can win once the playoffs start.

Now you can make an 80,000 piece mosaic!

All 50 of my CT came in. All in wonderful shape. Wow. Walmart did a great job.

Could you fellow Canadian brickpickers also give a mention to which WM store you got your findings? Last weekend I visited 2 WM near me: the one in Montreal Angrignon mall and the one in Brossard DX30 mall, although there are some clearances, but nothing deserve a bite.

My head exploded. I feel like Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting.

Not a fan but thanks for the LINK ;)

Triple E marked got it's "Retiring Soon" tag

I was going to mention something similar. I think Alpine had a couple honeyholes for these after they were on the rise, but maybe he was scooping them up before then. Bulletproof helmet.

I'm a simple frog. 1. I sees the LEGO. 2. I buys the LEGO. 3. I takes the LEGO home. The only things I buy from TLG are exclusives I can't get on discount anywhere else anyway, and occasional clearance. Taxes I pay are refunded to me when I file my state sales tax returns. Whether I'm getting a 4.8888877329238938024839043% discount or 5% doesn't matter. In 20 days, whether I'm getting a 9.99023493890243241% discount or 10% won't matter, either.

I am sorry to hear about your child's X condition. I have a X relative affected by the same X disability and am an avid supported of the X foundation. By purchasing the AA at full asking price you are helping me support the X foundation. Purchase the AA and let's win this fight against X together!

I am stunned, permanently cross-eyed from now on.

Don't even know if this is sarcasm at work or not... Just so that you know: Mixels and Fairground Mixer are two very different things... Stick to exclusives if you want, I think that's a good strategy for investing, but being aware of other sets also doesn't hurt in my opinion. The fairground mixer was on my "maybe" list but I decided against it. I only bought 3 SSD because I was too afraid to put that much money in only one set (in case it flops). Maybe I have a little remorse now that I know that it keeps climbing and climbing ;-) On the other hand there have been so many great sets to consider last year like HH, TH, GE, AA, R2D2 that it really was difficult (at least for me) to manage resources. Being new to this game I also had the feeling that I need to buy at least 1-2 DS ;-) Could I turn back the hands of time I would buy more HH, TH and SSD and buy less non exclusives ^.^ but that's a lesson I've learned now. On the other hand some of the none exclusives I bought are appreciating a growth in value right now which is nice. I guess exclusives might be slightly more safe, but a good investor has to keep his eyes open for good sets rather than the status "exclusive".

had that question as well the past 2 weeks. Just someone upset that you have it and they don't lol.

I sold sealed CMF sets and was asked frequently how I knew the contents of the packages without opening them. My answers were along the line of "if you just buy the complete set I am selling, you would not have to worry about that" :D

I got a great message on eBay this morning. I'm selling a polybag that hasn't been generally available, but is something that I purchased at Legoland. The sender wants to know where I bought it, asking, "can you tell me where you found this item? I have some concerns about its validity as it is unreleased." Umm...no. I'm not telling you my source. And yes, it is valid. I'm not answering this guy.

Oh, missed this one: http://www.teefury.com/block-party

As soon as they reach

Can we have doubles down the line on the first game of a doubleheader when it's sunny and off left handed pitchers with at least 2 runners on base

According to my paper: 25% - TV, Groceries, Snacks, Beverages, Baby Food, Diapers 25% off - Household Paper products, Cleaning/Laundry products, Pet food and supplies 30% - Toys, clocks, wall art, interior lighting, mirrors, area rugs, throws 30% - school and office supplies, frames, photo albums, stationery 40% - greeting cards, gift wrap, books, magazines, movies and music, jewellery, sunglasses Everything else 25-40% (with exceptions)

C'mon now. You know us Tigers fans don't care about bullpens as much as we should.

I sold one on eBay last night for 70 so you never know

Sold a Delorean for $75 on AMZN. Maybe someone was trying to one-click as they restocked overnight? So far no cancellation, but I won't be surprised if I get one.

This baffles me to no end! Congrats though

I reslly agree with this. Let me rework prizes and such in a day and I'll post again. We have plenty of time so we can get this all finalized. However. If another team or so joins once prizes and such are established I will not go back again. We have 15 teams. Maybe I'm being foolish bit I am counting all all 15 of you paying and being a part of this. Just last year I really had to hold a person or two for money and remind etc. As for bullpen I'm down just no crazy weird stats. I want it as straight forward as possible. Please no ''hold'' stat. I don't mind one negative stat being a strikeout either. If u were thinking of going route of neg stats. I believe you mentioned it but I could be wrong.

Tower bridge during 2 years, than sell it on 2017 and buy a tumbler if the CAGR of the TB is disappointing to you.

That's a pretty cool lookin' shirt. Where did you purchase it from?

It appears the US Wal-Mart got more Creative Tower recently. Any chance we will see it soon in Canada?

Thanks for your effort on this.

I had one as a kid. I'd buy several. It's one of those iconic bits in the OT.

Footage of Ed Mack in Brickpicker.com negotiations:

This is assuming that: 1) Arranging the modulars in a square is optimal/preferable for some reason, even though most people seem to just arrange them in a line. 2) People have been collecting the modulars since the very beginning, even though most people have not. There are people who are buying PRs and DOs right now who don't even have a GE or TH, let alone CC/GG, and are nowhere near being able to make a complete square. As has been said, they'll continue making them for as long as it is profitable to do so.

Look at my ranking on the last investing game, and you'll definitely take my investment advice with a grain of salt! lol

Official street date: May 2nd, 2015 http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=jfOcdvfTNg4&subid;=&offerid=115554.1&type=10&tmpid=2294&RD_PARM1=http://shop.lego.com/en-US/TIE-Fighter-75095

Welcome. We need to start a "Rocky Mountain Brickpicker" sub

I doubt they have access to Paypal though. Or have mailing address. So, not our target customer base

Brickpickers, A local boy is battling a rare form of bone cancer and has been quarantined in his house for months. His aunt is asking the community to cheer him up with a special Lego wonderland at his school. He was scheduled to make a trip to the Lego world headquarters in Denmark but that has been postponed due to recent setbacks. Read more here: http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2014/03/12/Lego-build-aims-to-cheer-ill-boy.html I am planning to donate some sealed sets but I wanted to ask if there was anyone else that would be willing to donate? The aunt's goal is 10,000 bricks. I am hoping that we can get enough support to turn this into a LEGO Flash Mob. Imagine how awesome it would be if we could send him dozens of sets to build and create with? If you have a set or two you are willing to donate, please PM me and I'll provide the address of their home or school. I think this is a great way to give back and demonstrate the strength and goodwill of the LEGO community. Thank you for the support. P.S. If this is the wrong forum for this sort of thing, please move this thread.