Ok so I admit it's kinda weird that I spend so much time here and haven't put a set together in well over 25 years. What's even funnier is I have had about 10k worth of LEGO sets go through my hand in the 6 month and have about 130(ish) sets right now... I figure if I am going to do a set for the first time in forever, why not make it a good one!!! I want to build a set and I am going to let the Brickpicker community decide. It is going to go as a display piece somewhere in my house or office. i would like for it to be something that near EOL. As much as I want to build a set, I am in it for the $$ so I would like to find something that you guys think will still go up in value even after it has been put together. So far I was thinking... Tower Bridge (But I am not sure how cool these sets look by themselves.) UCS SSD Death Star (I know no one knows when this one is going EOL...but it's the friggin deathstar.) What other recommendations do you have?

So what did you pick?

Sorry, I know we aren't supposed to bring up old threads but this one needed an ending.  I actually never got around to building one back when we had this discussion but built my first set today!  My nephew and I started the Winter Village Cottage.  I am not going to lie, I had a blast.  It was so much fun.  My nephew is 7 and doesn't have the attention span to build the whole thing in one sitting so we will finish tomorrow.  Although I REALLY want to finish it right now.   I actually bought the all the winter village sets to display during the holidays and I have decided that we will build each years new one every Turkey Day.  I am moving and his job is to build the rest of the holiday sets while we move.

I have also bought the entire Monster Fighters line to display next October. 

So while I only built my first set in as long as I can remember, I have plenty more bought and ready to go.  (I seriously don't remember building the sets when I was a kid.  I always did the MOC builds.)

 

Sorry, I know we aren't supposed to bring up old threads but this one needed an ending.  I actually never got around to building one back when we had this discussion but built my first set today!  My nephew and I started the Winter Village Cottage.  I am not going to lie, I had a blast.  It was so much fun.  My nephew is 7 and doesn't have the attention span to build the whole thing in one sitting so we will finish tomorrow.  Although I REALLY want to finish it right now.   I actually bought the all the winter village sets to display during the holidays and I have decided that we will build each years new one every Turkey Day.  I am moving and his job is to build the rest of the holiday sets while we move.

I have also bought the entire Monster Fighters line to display next October. 

So while I only built my first set in as long as I can remember, I have plenty more bought and ready to go.  (I seriously don't remember building the sets when I was a kid.  I always did the MOC builds.)

 

Nice ending to the story. Enjoy building Lego sets in the future.

I`m going to suggest the Sopwith Camel. Lovely display piece and just an amazing set all around. One of the best, if not the best, display set(s) in recent history IMHO. Very enjoyable build as well. 

Sorry, I know we aren't supposed to bring up old threads but this one needed an ending.  I actually never got around to building one back when we had this discussion but built my first set today!  My nephew and I started the Winter Village Cottage.  I am not going to lie, I had a blast.  It was so much fun.  My nephew is 7 and doesn't have the attention span to build the whole thing in one sitting so we will finish tomorrow.  Although I REALLY want to finish it right now.   I actually bought the all the winter village sets to display during the holidays and I have decided that we will build each years new one every Turkey Day.  I am moving and his job is to build the rest of the holiday sets while we move.

I have also bought the entire Monster Fighters line to display next October. 

So while I only built my first set in as long as I can remember, I have plenty more bought and ready to go.  (I seriously don't remember building the sets when I was a kid.  I always did the MOC builds.)

 

Congrats! One set I`d also recommend to anyone is the Sopwith Camel. Lovely display piece and just an amazing set all around. One of the best, if not the best, display set(s) in recent history IMHO. Very enjoyable build as well. 

The Tower Bridge was fun, but it can be a bit tedious build because of the 600+ 1x1 30 degree slope bricks.  I enjoyed SSD, but for pure fun and rewarding build I liked R2-D2 the best.  Didn't take nearly as long as the other two and not as difficult - but man it's just a cool build and a fantastic finished product. 

 

However - I enjoyed all three and bottom line is it's a Lego build - It all awesome.  If you didn't have fun building a Lego set then you're doing something wrong.

I'd build helm's deep.