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Received a Raptor Escape from Wal Mart today from an order placed last week and it had a seal code of 09R5, so they're still shipping older stock.

Haven't we all?

August marks two years for the DC. Time for this ship to sink.

Personally, I like Jangbricks' reviews better as I think his reviews are more technical, comprehensive, and better articulated.

Lately Taj Mahal $1400 Cafe Corner $1000 Green Grocer $800 Town Hall $440 All used with boxes and Instructions 2 x lonely mountain for $230

Red five sold out at LEGO Shop at Home

2x Creative Tower 10664 for $175 together

I was doing a little searching around for some modular size Hall of Justice instructions and I stumbled upon this: Now my son wants me to build it.

The rough and "just out of bed" look is part of the appeal in my eyes. After all, we are talking about LEGO sets. No need to be formal or stuffy. It's all good fun.

I would prefer this guy: ...almost

Finished the PC today. Used the custom Star Wars movie posters. Turned out nice.

So... A: somebody screwed up trying to fix the exclusive tag. B: they forgot to add the check back soon note. C: I should have bought that one at the lego store yesterday...

Hah! Modulars really don't get played with in our house, just because they are up on my desk.(though I'm about out of space with the whole series up there) I have no problem swooshing a ship or driving a little car around the town when it's set up. Sets like Olivia's House are much more conducive to play with the back open.

Riiiiiight. I bet most here play with the "kids lego" when they go to bed. Swooshing and swishing... heh.

The Brick Show guys are 'your average joes' (that also are a couple of fathers if I am not mistaken) who review LEGO and for that I enjoy them over another reviewer whom would come across as a paid infomercial or some salesman. The 'growl' is a signature of their channel and overall attitude. If I had anything to complain over it would be the long lengths in some of their video segments which can go on for a while. For myself I tend to watch JANGBRiCKS because his reviews seem more to the point (aka short), he has pointed out some pieces of interest (rarely used color or part type), and his calm tone works well. Rarely have I watched any of his clips where he said anything was terrible really. Sometimes he makes suggestions that may have worked better but then reiterates he can see why they (the LEGO designers) did what they had. There really isn't a 'one is better than the other' speech here. It all is merely a matter of personal preference and everyone has theirs.

looks decent enough with the nod to mcquarrie and the included jawa. wish a tuskin radier / sandperson was included though. we didn't need a stinkin ewok. h

These models are quite good I think. Santa Maria della Salute, Venice Frauenkirche Dresden

If folk would raise the prices faster on eBay, it would do better even more - but the one off resellers are keeping the appreciation down to a crawl. Overall prices still slowly rising.

Buy box or not, it sells pretty darn well at Amazon and eBay. We're still in the slow season. Winter is coming.

SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! Captain Hook by Markus Rollbühler

There's no need everybody in the world looks like a Wall Street banker. Interesting to have to point that out in a nerd forum...

Expected ship date of Aug 30 for LEGO Shop at Home US. In for 1

Trying to upload pics

I am going Hunting for more later sold 2 sets so far and basically paid for my 29 packs I still have missing a few for 3rd and 4th set i shared at my local store with a mom that was a collector I guess

No offense, but this thread is in serious need of housekeeping. It used to be for posting of Lego official retirement announcements, that was it. If this thread had new content, you could bet you'd be reading about retired sets. Yes, my post needs removed, too. Perhaps a mod can clean this thing up. We have many other threads to discuss speculation, markets, etc. I've actually been quite busy, lately, and haven't had nearly as much time to read and contribute to BP. But, I do check a few threads, including this one, just to track my portfolio and stay on top of market developments. Please keep this one on topic.

Another official announcement during D23. Here we go... the first poster

Finally, I can participate in this thread and not just watch from the sidelines. Made my first eBay sale today! A vintage era 6247 Bounty Boat for $28.50 CAD shipped. Original buy-in $0, childhood toy. Pretty stoked, haha.

I'm not an expert but how expensive are we talking corvette or Bugatti? Moving around images that they already own to fit on a box they currently use can't be be all that costly for a graphic designer on payroll can it?

I always break everything into single pieces. Wash and dry. Sort. Then collect all the pieces per set. Finally build it.

Have sold some more used sets from the giant lot I've been going through. Piles don't seem to be getting a whole lot smaller, either. Recently went through Aqua Raiders, Prince of Persia, Space Police, Agents, Mars Mission. You know, the jewels of any collection. Working on City sets right now. The good thing about this taking up all my free selling time is that I've been away from the stockroom wondering what I can sell next and leaving it alone for awhile.

I just wanted to share a thought i had, and see if you all agree / disagree, what-have-you. Hasbro has raised the price of the classic 3.75" star wars figure from 9.99 to 12.99 The fact that they're already 9.99 may surprise the casual action figure fan as they were 1.99 in the olden days, 4.99-5.99 in the POTF2 days, and now moving from 9.99 to 12.99 as we transition to Episode 7. That's a HUGE increase. 30%. If there's ONE figure i'm dying to get, sure i'll pay the 13 bucks (plus tax), but if you want to buy say, all 20-50 new figures that come out in a wave / year,,,,,that's a HUGE increase. Many are openly saying 'they're done'. They'll never pay 13 bucks for ONE star wars action figure. I said the same thing a few years back when they were simply impossible to find at retail. The Vintage collection was plagued by poor retail availability (understatement) due to the fact that they derailed the line with a huge glut of Episode 1 figures that nobody wanted. Those sat on pegs for 2-4 years without moving and prevented the line from ever seeing wide distribution. Where did i go when i quit Hasbro? I came to Lego. Granted, action figure collectors can be the type to quibble over the poorly sculpted WRIST of a figure and call it a monstrosity, and how could i EVER consider such a piece of garbage as part of my collection......Those guys might not like the limited realism, and limited articulation of lego figures.......But there's something........pure about lego star wars. The confines of the medium make it perfectly OK for scale and detail to be non-realistic. It's charming instead of 'film innacurate'. Anyway, i say all that to say, if the remaining Star Wars toy collecting fan boys don't like a 30% increase in cost for their collecting dollars,,,,,they might be headed our way. Welcome Nerds, we've been waiting for you. And we have 4 stormtroopers for 12.99. They're available on every shelf of every store you could possibly stumble into. Enjoy.

Keep the thread below in mind when you decide to build it. I posted some useful information about strengthening the inner frame to prevent sagging. I don't have a preference with either color. You really can't go wrong either way. 10030 is in my top three Star Wars sets of all time. http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/13988-question-on-imperial-star-destroyer-10030-old-gray-vs-new-gray/?page=1

Eh, I think people are being a little harsh on the new stuff. Really hard to tell until we see them in film. If this was the first time we were ever seeing the Millennium Falcon I'm sure some would say "ugh what's up with that flat pancake ship and why is the cockpit on the side?" I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt for now. All of the First Order figs look great IMO.

This movie is buried in such mystery that there may be some amazing sets on the way AFTER the release. Abrams doesn't want Lego spoiling any secrets. That being said, my kids love these sets, especially Kylo Ren's and Captain Phasma's.

If the sequel gets approved then I think we will see a modest spike in the price. Supply of this set is extremely deep on the secondary market so I do not see the price getting anywhere close to $100 this year. Amazon has disabled the buy box for this set so it it going to be slow going clearing the inventory. Yes people can click available from other sellers and then sort by Prime but the majority of shoppers will not buy on Amazon unless it is one click thru the buy box.

Now that it's retired, the scarcity only increases from here. So it won't drop but the question will be, will it go up a lot or a little?

I agree with you Alpine. I don't think it's discoloration as the color is very uniform. He has the old and new gray versions of 10030. It's really nice to be able to see the color difference. I have an old grey myself.

With Lego getting so popular, it's only a matter of time before Naked News starts doing reviews and then things will get really interesting.

Completed the fairground mixer yesterday. It was a fun build and entertaining to play with my daughter.

BONSAI! Plastic Bonsai Tree (Indoors) by Brickthing

I don't own a cat because they are the spawn of Satan. It has nothing to do with my investments.

Orange Series 2 Mixels $29 9474 Helm's Deep $175 3315 Olivia's House $85

I see no problem selling this for $1k+ in 3-4 years but maybe I am just wearing sand green colored glasses.

creative tower $95 shipped ($13 shipping, $30 buy in) series 9 chicken suit guy $25 (found at local record store yesterday, $5)

built 40158 Pirates chess set today. I made a small mod since I did not like the "fix" LEGO used to correct their error about the wrong color orientation to the board. Their fix was to simply rotate the grid pieces by 90 degrees but I felt like that ruined the clean edge line the designer originally intented so I kept the original brick placements but swapped the colors myself. I have included a photo to help illustrate.

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