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Got bored and started to look at the old Minifigure Series releases. I saw the King for the first time and instantly pulled the trigger on eBay. Something about this guy seemed oddly familiar, then I realized it was the exact same King I recently hugged at LEGOLAND (yes, I also hug the Ewoks at Disney when they make an appearance). I'm excited to go back to LEGOLAND this summer with this newfound knowledge because I believe everything there might be a replica of a set or Minifigure brought to life. How freaking cool is that! ps: I'm wondering if the Castle in the background of the photo on the right is a replica of an actual set?

Wow, expensive gifts this year. Maybe they forgot the decimal point.

Good news, the air tanks will be available as a stand-alone GWP in August!

Your only option at this point is to reach out to Lego and ask them for the compliance documents. Dear Lego, I am writing you as I am having a difficult time selling some of your products on Amazon. I've purchased this set in vast quantities as it is better than gold, but Amazon is asking for compliance documents due to the fact that this set has a battery in it. Could you please provide me the compliance documents so that I can continue rolling in the money? Eternally grateful, yyyybird111 (VIP # 8675309)

Not bubble wrap but, if you live near an actual (paper) newspaper office then almost all will sell you their paper end rolls for $1-2. There is a ton on plain white newspaper left on those tubes and make great dunnage when wadded up. Three rolls, like in the photo below, would last you hundreds, if not thousands, of packaging. Not bad for under $5. Many big Amazon resellers use these as it is so much cheaper than bubble wrap. Buy directly from the newspaper if you live near one. Many people buy up all they can and then mark them up to $10+ a roll online.

Just bought the instructions for this MOC Alternate of 42156 from rebrickable (https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-180812/davidragon/42156-chevrolet-corvette-c8r)....

I feel like they were on a really good roll with the Classic GWP box art, but then this happened... (still a fan of the contents though)

I'm registering for pantasypicker.com right now. Can a mod set up some affiliate links please?

My friend that is a Manager at Ollies just got back from the Ollies Corporate meeting and said that Ollies has a deal to start carrying Lego overstock and every store is getting a pallet and should start getting them on the regular. Of course she told me after I bought a bunch...lol

I just built the Pantasy Bakery and was blown away by their presentation of parts, including, not a single sticker. All tran-clear windows in a separate bag, numerous printed tiles, quality of the pieces, etc. All that I could think of was "LEGO had better watch their ass!" It was a truly enjoyable build with parts that, while not perfect, was about as close to LEGO-quality that you could get. And this modular cost $82 compared to a $240 LEGO one. (I added the MILS plate - it's LEGO.)

*Record scratch* Nien Nunb decides to get bricked out and join the anniversary figure party.

already tried that one. Do NOT go there...

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss. From the leaked photos, they look somewhat alike.

Just going to drop this here... don't wait to open those boxes.

Thanks I agree the book is awesome and will probably preorder even though we don’t get anything for doing so but 1x vip points I am concerned about the 4 x sets running out before Tuesday at 12:00 am but not enough to buy any of them without getting the promos free if they are out I’ll order other stuff I need. I am hoping most everyone feels that way and if so it will still be available. I already have the AT AT and Mos Eisley so it’s whether I want another Mos Eisley or not and the other 4 x sets. I will go for the coin. If points post before the poster is out I will get one if not I will skip. Saw one poster bent on youtube this morning lol. Actually like Yoda says there is another it’s 1500 points look at brick fanatics for more info assume it is available in USA but that’s a guess : ) https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-star-wars-may-the-4th-insiders-coin

Love these Art sets they are really good mental builds. And looks like no Stickers 😝

Nailed it! lol

So I was going to put this in the "What Lego set did you build today" thread but since the build is on hold I decided to make a bigger complaint thread post about Stickers. I was building 76271 Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City. I purchased it to build because I like the 3D art sets and had pre-sold the minifgures for over half of the set cost to help offset this extremely overpriced set at $300. So, back to "why for such an expensive set can't they all be prints?" argument to which Lego replies that their is a cost per set formula based on how many sets they expect to produce/sell, the number of unique elements and other factors that determine whether it will be prints or stickers. So a $30 Creator set will get all printed parts because it will sell 10 Million copies while this set at $300 would need to sell 1 Million copies to get all prints but say it will only sell 500K so it gets stickers. Seeing what Pantasy is doing, I know @Captain_Obvious there he goes pumping his other side hustle, with all printed elements, Lego can afford to do the same as well or perhaps come up with some alternative option like Jang suggests in the YouTube clip. For the Premium price we are now paying for these Adult sets they should at least get the stickers right and they continue to not. Gringotts Wizarding Bank – Collectors' Edition: the stickers are abysmal especially for a $429 "Collectors' Edition" the off-center Name Plate that you have to cut yourself or display as is, is a major fail. The Orient Express Train: $299 and the stickers were the wrong color, yellow instead of gold, and had misspellings of cities. So you had to get a replacement set. Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City: $299 has 67 stickers and besides being off-center the color on the initial production run was either off or they ran out of ink. See the pictures of what was sent out light grey compared to how they should look, Black. I contacted Lego and of course they are out of the updated stickers but should have more within a month so hopefully I can get back to the build. Finally, BMW M4 GT3 & BMW M Hybrid V8 Race Cars, see Jang clip for more, but the SC product line lead designer stated previously that they learned their lesson from the Toyota Supra with doing stickered elements across 3 parts and would switch to prints the following year which they did, but now are back to stickers some that have to be aligned across all 8 studs of the build. Come on Lego you need to up your sticker game for the price of these sets. One last thing, if you are still with me, just an FYI they changed the piece count on Cherry Blossoms from 438 to 430, but it has no stickers 13:10 for a good alternative sticker option:

Exactly, if they did some Baseball stadiums or something else that Lego doesn't do like the amazing Cathedral from BL Designer program I would not hesitate to order from them again.

Hear ye, hear ye. After millions of years, I am finally beginning a new MOC topic for anything castle, medieval, renaissance, whatever, related. Greenwood Deep by Blufiji

It is a licensed official set with its own unique design, building techniques and elements not found in Lego. Pirelli had Lego remove their name from the Technic McLaren Formula 1 Race Car tires after the first run got out. Not all of these sets are stolen IP, stolen designs made in the back room of some toxic waste recycling plant that we were led to believe originally. Pantasy has a Gramophone set out already and now Lego is coming out with one. Are we to think that Lego copied pantasy, absolutely not, but we need to look at Lego for stealing designs and IP theft as well.

Long story short he likes the Cada better in almost every way especially the look. Build is harder because the 6 different type of technic pins and axels are all black which makes finding the correct one more difficult. Oh, and he forgot to mention the Cada is $100 less on Amazon.

Interesting, so there are 2 coins for this year. One GWP and one for points. Will be curious to see if the points purchasable coin is region locked or not. Seems like the R2 Keychain and patch are purchases at other retailers in the UK currently....

Pretty sure that the coin is free with a $90 purchase in North America, so it's only the poster you have to spend 1800 points on.

The poster is almost guaranteed to arrive damaged. I have seen 2 LAN members post theirs on insta one was beyond repair. The book looks top notch quality and has lots of premium add ons but $150 is steep. If it just had an exclusive awesome minifigure. https://brickset.com/article/109472/review-lego-star-wars-the-force-of-creativity The big deal sets go on sale the day before the GWPs so will be interesting to see if they are still in stock to get the maximum stack.

I would go coin for resale and poster for personal.

VIP Outlet on eBay has two Mario Question Block sets for $109. https://www.ebay.com/itm/126178098842

he sometimes sells euro versions but one of the 2 items they asked for invoices arent the eu version. both are non amazon exclusives, thats the only commonality that i can see. both retired sets

Youtube. I probably speed more time on it than a normal person. I don't recall the channel but it wasn't M&R. At 63 years, my insomnia has really gotten out of hand and I usually line up about 2-3 hours worth of YT to watch. Right after Highlander on HandI. The thing is, at that time, I was such a LEGO snob that, if LEGO had it at 3x price, I would have purchased the LEGO. Still, there is one thing that I won't support. If Pantasy would copy someone else's IP then I wouldn't support that at all. Both are better than LEGO IMHO but I still don't understand the clear glass bathroom door. I could have easily replaced it but I care more about the exterior than the interior. But I loved Pantasy's attention to detail, like the tilting menu boards, drainpipe, pigeon coop, etc.

What exactly got nailed here? - asking for a friend (@Pseudoty)

I didn't use their baseplate. I just built the Bakery on top of a standard LEGO MILS plate. If I recall, the top plates were 16x32s.

Thanks for pointing me to this subforum. I built the Bakery about 3 weeks ago and find that, not only did we have the same experience building but also emotionally. I started building this with an "ashamed, but LEGO doesn't offer this set and I want it" and finished with a "wow, that was a fun and quality build." I think that, if Pantasy continues on its course that LEGO should be very afraid. Sure, they make different sets but the bang-for-buck is so lopsided right now that it doesn't make sense to NOT pay attention to Pantasy. I've been begging LEGO for years to make a large Sacre Coeur set. If Pantasy beats them to it, I'm all in!

LOL. Jenny's phone number puts the cherry on top of the sundae. Well played.

Wow, the end is nigh.

Not sure if you live by an Ollies but I found a bunch of bigger Lego sets there today. Not used to seeing big sets in the kind of quantities they had. Not terrible prices . These must have really not sold well for them to show up in the quantities I have been seeing at Ollies. Dreamz 71469 $60 Guardians ship 76255 $40 City 60379 $45 City 60378 $30 Dreamz 71459 $30

Damn near perfect fit, and only $3.50! Thank you again!

No, it started out more of a know thy enemy sort of thing but the results are the results. I have a Flego apocalypsburg, my white whale set, from Marstoys but I am really not looking forward to building it if it is similar to the build experience of the Old Fishing Store. I was thinking of grabbing 2 Rivendell from Marstoys to do the MOC as previously posted but definitely won’t. However because the Flego stuff isn’t good enough for me doesn’t mean that many will turn to it because of the savings for something that is nearly as good as Lego. As far as these Pantasy sets I am done as well unless something new comes out that really looks great. I still have the Pantasy Wood Cabin to build and a FunWhole Farmerstand and I may get the Farmers Truck for $30 to go with it. I don’t see someone buying the Bakery if they still need the Lego Jazz Club, Boutique Hotel, Book shop or Natural History Museum. However if someone wants a Detectives Office or Green Grocer I can see them easily going with Flego than resellers. I just didn’t trust these reviewers saying Flego was just as good as Lego and needed to see for myself, it is not, but for the savings it will be an option for many. Here this will put your mind at ease 🤣

Space-1_1 by Bartlomiej H

UFO Blast by Bartlomiej H

T6 (Tough Terrain Treaded Tire Transport Truck) by Thomus Bean

Legendary cartoon. This show taught me how to drift cars irl. I'm buying this fs!

Ninja Brawl by ABrickDreamer

101 Bricks: Storybook Adventures by Markus Rollbühler

yea the mocs and original design are safe but many (most?) of the myriad of KO Flego companies crank out both. I'd wager most of the $$$ amount of flego bought is going towards illegal replicas... Lego legal probably doesnt feel its worth their time but with the economy plateauing and lego income post peak, they may well start to crack down. In fact, I'm extremely surprised they haven't already given the blatant and widespread availability of the clones. Begun, the clone wars have...

"Your generic TIE grunt is just plain suicidal. And the TIE defender jockey is bloodthirsty. But the TIE interceptor pilot, he's suicidal and bloodthirsty. When you see a squad of those maniacs flying your way, you'd better hope your hyperdrive is operational." ―Kyle Katarn

Add this to my ever growing list of silly Lego purchases . Three cases of 30615 Incredibles 2 GameStop polybag. The crazy things I find on Facebook at 2am.