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A lot of Birds in this years sets. This one is OK but it is cheap cheap

It is same house and supposedly mario double points starts tomorrow

good times continue with 75274 Imperial Tie Fighter Helmet up to $300 FBM - 5x msrp. 😸

I use an industrial ultrasonic cleaner. Since LEGO recommends temperatures under 104 F/40 C you are very limited on the heat benefits of cleaning. I elect to clean longer at lower temperatures to offset this. Usually go 18 minutes at around 38-40 C. After that, as others have said, use a salad spinner to remove excess water (this also helps eliminate water spots when they dry). good news is you can get a super cheap all plastic spinner, as Lego won't stress it (mine is a five dollar Walmart model that I have been using for over 5 years now). After that I use tray based food dehydrators and lay the pieces out on the trays. Make sure you get a model that can adjust temperatures to below 100 F. Mine defaults to 158 F and I set it to the lowest temp it can go at 95 F. Make sure the pieces are not touching as water tension can seal bricks to each other and lock in moisture. Again I go with more time to offset lower temperatures. Usually let a full load go overnight. Final step is to bag the LEGO in gallon ziplocks with a couple silicon desiccant packs (come in big packs super cheap on Amazon). I Leave them bagged for about a week to ensure all moisture in deep crevices is gone before sorting/allocating them. I realize this might be overkill to most but it is the best, safest and most thorough way to clean pieces. I have been refining the process for around 6 years or so. Also this is very scalable to bulk operations. Eventually I want 2 cleaners and 5 dehydrators for a full time operation. Biggest thing to observe is that hard limit of 104 F on bricks.

they always said it was coming back on that one from the get go. Less than the first round of 10k for stores so still well below any other GWP, I've posted some of the runs of the most popular ones past few years and all were 50-75k. LEGO isn't making 10k or less of anything, wouldn't make sense. Some of the older GWP's smaller ones back 5 years ago or so like the pods and easter huts and stuff were all like 250k and higher. Those actually had case run numbers on them so you could figure them out pretty easy. Some had multiple runs too.

If Walmart doesn’t get unlimited restocks and these are 1 and done maybe the boxed set will be worth more than the part out at least that is my rationale. Kinda like the TRU Phantom Ghost Co- Pack 😂

Cool, I don't see much upside now. Maybe in a couple years.

These were put out today at all 3 Walmarts I hit even though inventory tracker said no.

I got charged for my orders in the last week, looking forward to receiving the sets.

Salad spinner helps to get all the water out of the crevices and dry faster.

I know. This Lego business is so easy.

if going to that much trouble how about the 'ol hydrogen peroxide bath & in the sun technique? basically most LEGO pieces , even those that yellowing, will come out brand spanking new [learned it from Jangbrick]

I'm finally getting around to cleaning old returned Lego sets that were opened and built. Recently washed, cleaned and built the Voltron set, but it was missing a bunch of pieces. I've started on the mountain cave. When I got it over a year ago, it smelled like smoke. But it looks like the smell has dissipated. I washed it using a few plastic tubes and dish detergent. I used smaller plastic bins with holes in it to swish and swirl the lego. I tried drying them by laying them out on old beach towels, but there's always water left in the crevices. So, I put just enough of them on a towel that I can grab the four corners and give it a good shake. There's something satisfying about the sound of shaking lego in a towel, it's not the same as a box. I haven't come across and crusty Lego yet, are there any new techniques? My main purpose of the post was looking for a lego sorter, but did not see any available big enough except for Etsy, but it was too expensive. I also saw this but it's too small. It would be great if there was one that would fit on top of a 5 gal bucket. I was thinking it would be another great way to clean them and pretend you sluicing for gold. LOL.

Finally got my first LEGO cash back credit from CP1. Took 34 days, but I haven't checked in the last week, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was credited on the 30th day from when it first posted on CP1 as "pending".

Found about 35 of them, all either on the aisle display or mostly hidden on the top shelf despite showing none available locally....was told each store got in 8