34 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

I respect your diligence and all (it's hard to be a minority voice), but please keep to the other thread.

Fair. Alright.

Found and picked up a box and half of the SW 501 battle pack 75280 and couple of the HP Great Hall 75954 at wally world for a decent price below MSRP. Not surprisingly mixed with clearance stuff but I've seen this happens a few times with the a few the wally worlds around here in the south.

13 hours ago, BricksBrotha said:

@TheOrcKing @Frank Brickowski 6991 on BL😱😱😱😱😱

Awww yeaaah!

11 hours ago, TheOrcKing said:

Awww yeaaah!

2/18 expected delivery.  Will be my first monorail, extremely pumped!  Saw this last night, pretty epic! https://imgur.com/gallery/0j9Z5Ql I will probably try a scaled down version.

Someone posted on Nextdoor that they were moving and put a bunch of stuff in their driveway for garbage/donation. They said feel free to come by and take whatever. One of the pics had two skateboards in it, and I wanted to get them for my kids. Got there 25 mins after the post and as I pulled up, I saw some lady grabbing pretty much everything and putting it next to her car. All the stuff wouldn't even fit in her Jetta, but she was selfish about it. Anyways, I saw the skateboards in her car and was bummed out. I decided to look anyway and lucked out on a box of Lego that was sitting under another box that she hadn't seen yet. Woohoo! Take that selfish lady! 

Got my lonely SW 75280 battle pack from Amazon for $24.00 each.

Waiting for the next double VIP to pickup other sets including the latest Technic sets

All Lego purchases have been on the back burner for a while now but not really looking at stepping or ramping it up, just getting what I really like.

Edited February 12, 20214 yr by BrickSamurai
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Bought a few more at-st today at 20% off. I'm guessing this will be a longer hold for my asking price. It's not on a retiring list yet and it will have a substantial amount of sellers to get through. Still worth it to me.

Went to the local LEGO store to get a couple more Creeper Mines since I knew they had them at 20% off. Surprisingly, they also had a few Tantives at $160 so added a couple more to the stash.

Stumbled on someone selling a Captain Marvel and the Asis 77902 on Facebook Marketplace. Had never seen or heard of that set before, but after some quick research decided it was something I needed to get. 

They also said they had an original Mos Eisley Cantina 4501 (blue box) so I grabbed that as well. I'm still pretty new to the game but thought these two were some great finds. I am pumped. Got both for of these for well below the current market value too! 

Was on the fence but ended up buying it off of Craigslist for $80 based on @Phil B's recommendation. My 8yo son can't stop playing with the ejector seat! haha  Will be taking this apart soon to rebuild with him. 

1787 Crater Cruiser for $20 shipped. no box or instructions.  Unitron sets are now complete! (only

4 sets) 

 

 

11 minutes ago, oneknightr said:

Was on the fence but ended up buying it off of Craigslist for $80 based on @Phil B's recommendation. My 8yo son can't stop playing with the ejector seat! haha  Will be taking this apart soon to rebuild with him. 

 

Nice!  Must...resist...

 

Porsche was in stock this morning so I grabbed one along with a Tuk Tuk. 👍 I've been buying so many sets for my children and thought I'd get in on the Lego fun.

Shame there was no freebie promotions available now to go along with them.

Edited February 18, 20214 yr by mplsabdullah

I didn't buy a Lego set today, I bought an empty Lego box. Specifically, I bought the box for 10182 Café Corner. Saw it come up on eBay for ~£30 and pounced, since these are a) as rare as hen's teeth and b) if you can find one it'll be worth well over £100 (the only one on Bricklink is about £270 not including shipping). I do actually have a Café Corner which previously had no box, so that's nice.

Also on the theme of rare bits for expensive modulars, I managed to bag a set of instructions for 10190 Market Street for ~£50. Again a very good find as the typical price would probably be 3 - 4 times that. 

1 hour ago, Captain_chaos said:

I didn't buy a Lego set today, I bought an empty Lego box. Specifically, I bought the box for 10182 Café Corner. Saw it come up on eBay for ~£30 and pounced, since these are a) as rare as hen's teeth and b) if you can find one it'll be worth well over £100 (the only one on Bricklink is about £270 not including shipping). I do actually have a Café Corner which previously had no box, so that's nice.

Also on the theme of rare bits for expensive modulars, I managed to bag a set of instructions for 10190 Market Street for ~£50. Again a very good find as the typical price would probably be 3 - 4 times that. 

 

Nice scores! That reminds me. I need to build a Cafe Corner I bought a while back to make sure it's complete. Wish I had a box to go with it. 

I recently bought a used 1989 Batmobile (I am now free to sell the other two NISB-this is how I roll)...especially relevant because the seller included two other LEGO set boxes (in good condition): a current play scale MILF box to house the built part of the set and another (Orange x-wing) as a spacer. The Batmobile box had the unopened bags. Poor guy forked over $55 in postal fees...I advised to him to next time purchase shipping thru ebay which is usually highly discounted (especially FedEx Ground)....I didn't mention the obvious about keeping dimensions to a minimum.

Anyway, i now have a box for the used MILF I will eventually get (I hear it's the best version) and a box for the used orange xwing which I recently bought.

sidenote: I also have some near mint Modular set boxes...of which I am hunting for used sets (don't ask...but bet many here can guess how that happened); if anyone is selling, I have a near mint BB box that could really use a set to go with it ☺️

a box for the used MILF I will eventually get (I hear it's the best version)

A box for a used MILF *is* the best version.

1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said:

 

A box for a used MILF *is* the best version.

 

Caveat emptor

8 hours ago, Captain_chaos said:

I didn't buy a Lego set today, I bought an empty Lego box. Specifically, I bought the box for 10182 Café Corner. Saw it come up on eBay for ~£30 and pounced, since these are a) as rare as hen's teeth and b) if you can find one it'll be worth well over £100 (the only one on Bricklink is about £270 not including shipping). I do actually have a Café Corner which previously had no box, so that's nice.

Also on the theme of rare bits for expensive modulars, I managed to bag a set of instructions for 10190 Market Street for ~£50. Again a very good find as the typical price would probably be 3 - 4 times that. 

It’s very satisfying to find a missing box or instructions at a discount to normal price. IMO it’s kind of like getting the set again as the box is the outer packaging and/or the instructions usually prompt me to disassemble and rebuild the set itself

1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said:

 

A box for a used MILF *is* the best version.

 

Okay, so, what’s MILF actually mean in relation to LEGO?  My brain isn’t functioning beyond a 10th grade level on this one. 
 

Note to Mod: Can I get my account green lighted so that I can post like a regular human being? Please. 

14 minutes ago, Brick Licker said:

Okay, so, what’s MILF actually mean in relation to LEGO?  My brain isn’t functioning beyond a 10th grade level on this one. 
 

Note to Mod: Can I get my account green lighted so that I can post like a regular human being? Please. 

The new UCS MF.
Your account Be automatically upgraded to normal human being once you hit 20 posts . 

13 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

The new UCS MF.
Your account Be automatically upgraded to normal human being once you hit 20 posts . 

I thought MILF = Millenium Falcon...the UCS is not explicitly a part of the nickname (but I could be wrong and mis-using it all this time)

I thought MILF = Millenium Falcon...the UCS is not explicitly a part of the nickname (but I could be wrong and mis-using it all this time)

Nope. MILF refers to 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon 2.0

4 hours ago, Alpinemaps said:

 

A box for a used MILF *is* the best version.

 

 

Yeah, I've got a couple MILFs in my house, one of them is still in the amazing shipping container from Harrod's in my front hall closet.

7 hours ago, keymomachine said:

I've got a couple MILFs in my house

That's all I see.