http://giphy.com/gifs/friday-three-stooges-curly-howard-YaPlm3MDLfiQ8

 

can someone please fix my giphy ?

Yes, I'll take credit.

Edited August 30, 201510 yr by exciter1

Fine, if we are going to complain, don't just put your set number into your post. Write out the stupid freaking set name. I don't have time to decipher what set 75101 is.

I really haven't been here long enough to complain but in the spirit of adding to this mess I'll give mine...I cringe every time read the word 'poof'.  I mean, let's be honest, AFOL is not the most masculine of hobbies and using words like that definitely isn't helping.

thats why I prefer gonzo , plus it has a fitting giphy that happens to go poof as well 

My vote for favorite acronym is not for a set, but instead for one of the most useful buying tools available...the Target Inventory Tracker. Let's face it, three words consisting of twenty-two letters is a bit much to type out. We should all use this acronym going forward to save time, and to provide a good chuckle.

My vote for favorite acronym is not for a set, but instead for one of the most useful buying tools available...the Target Inventory Tracker. Let's face it, three words consisting of twenty-two letters is a bit much to type out. We should all use this acronym going forward to save time, and to provide a good chuckle.

one of my favorite posts when i pointed that out to Jeff and his repsonse lol

Ugh. This thread needs a clean up bad after this evening. lol.

I really haven't been here long enough to complain but in the spirit of adding to this mess I'll give mine...I cringe every time read the word 'poof'.  I mean, let's be honest, AFOL is not the most masculine of hobbies and using words like that definitely isn't helping.

Can't even begin to imagine how conflicted you must feel about the Elves line... 

Most times when I read someone's "poof", I hear that sound from the classic Disney films where it sounded like some guy in the recording studio literally went "poof!" under his breath. Other times they sound like the aftermath for one of those "pull my finger" moments.

I really haven't been here long enough to complain but in the spirit of adding to this mess I'll give mine...I cringe every time read the word 'poof'.  I mean, let's be honest, AFOL is not the most masculine of hobbies and using words like that definitely isn't helping.

I think AFOL is mostly for people who don't care about how masculine their hobbies are perceived as. Personally, I drive on race tracks to compensate for that. 

What if...

 

 

Most times when I read someone's "poof", I hear that sound from the classic Disney films where it sounded like some guy in the recording studio literally went "poof!" under his breath. Other times they sound like the aftermath for one of those "pull my finger" moments.

thats why I prefer gonzo , plus it has a fitting giphy that happens to go poof as well 

This is solid advise. From now on when I read it I'll imagin

And like that, poof. He's gone

I really haven't been here long enough to complain but in the spirit of adding to this mess I'll give mine...I cringe every time read the word 'poof'.  I mean, let's be honest, AFOL is not the most masculine of hobbies and using words like that definitely isn't helping.

This is what gets me about this idea of masculinity/femininity.  I love my Lego and I love showing it off.  I truly honestly don't give two s***s about what people think of my 'non-masculine' hobby.  It's what's fun for me, and they can screw off with their opinions.  I'm glad we are getting to a point where it seems like the traditional notion of what's masculine and feminine is starting to go away. I mean hell, my other big hobby are my tarantulas.  I guess that's good enough to offset the childishness of Lego?

I remember years and years ago, being a big gamer was the epitome of non-masculine, but now look at it, people don't get called dumb names anymore for being a gamer.  Things change, and the term AFOL doesn't mean what it used to mean anymore now that Lego is truly hitting the mainstream.  And that's a fantastic notion.

What's not masculine about building/playing LEGO???

Also: Why these genderism all of a sudden?

Bro culture

And here I am wasting my precious time trying to find out people's opinion on retiring/EOL sets

Also: Why these genderism all of a sudden?

I made a joke with AFOL masculinity as the punch line and it seems to have elicited a couple passionate responses

Edited August 31, 201510 yr by gbg108

And here I am wasting my precious time trying to find out people's opinion on retiring/EOL sets

Bla bla bla, SOH, bla bla bla, MSC, bla bla bla, PS bla bla bla.

There - all done, I mean poofed.

Everything sold out and not in the catalog is retired. Until it comes back. That is the extent of this thread I believe

Everything sold out and not in the catalog is retired. Until it comes back. That is the extent of this thread I believe

And if the box art has changed it will not retire this year.

And if the box art has changed it will not retire this year.

this I actually believe

this I actually believe

Because it's true... at least sometimes.

And if the box art has changed it will not retire this year.

I hope you have at least 1 TB [emoji90]

this I actually believe

Really?  I don't.  What I do believe is Lego has no idea what they're doing when it comes to inventory management and EOL planning.

Bro culture

Brotein

And if the box art has changed it will not retire this year.

Does a box change even mean this? Doesn't cost much to change box art. Is there any precedent for this? I'm sure there were sets that changed boxes and then retired the same year. (pls correct me if I'm wrong)

70173 Ultra Agents Ocean HQ is "call to check" on SAH.  Still widely available at TRU in my neck of the woods....  Picked up one more today.  Very curious to see is this one will be in demand a year after EOL (whenever EOL ends up being)...

It's still "call to check" at SAH.  But TRU had an ebay listing for the set that has now disappeared.  Still available online through Toys R Us website.