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Here's my two cents. If you're going to make the argument that the deal is always out there, I'm going to flat out tell you that you are wrong. Some of the members live in very affluent, upscale towns and cities. Places LEGO either sells strong or sells out. To say you just have to drive around harder is ignorance. I have gotten some insane deals, and I mean insane. 60 percent or more off is an easy thing to hit here come clearance time. I work hard at it, yes. I hit every Walmart, Target and Kmart within 45 minutes of me roughly every week or two. I like the thrill of finding an epic haul. Sometimes I'm at my 24hr Walmarts at 1 or 2 in the morning. But don't confuse things. My hard work only pays off because I live in a poor area of the U.S., one of THE poorest actually, and most people down here who are struggling to make gas, food, or rent money can't afford the high MSRPs of LEGO. So, they sit on the shelf until they have to move in the next line, and in comes the clearance deals. If I tried to replicate this back home in Atlanta, I can assure you my success wouldn't be anywhere near what I'm used to, even with more effort put in on my part. The fact is, some people will get lucky, some will get more out if they put more work in, but the true deciding factor determining your LEGO profitability aside from working captial is going to be the place, and thus the market, you live in.

Man there seems to be a lot of thread necromancy going on tonight...

I remember a bunch of people asking the same about the IS a while back. Most of those people missed the boat. They woke up one morning and it was gone and the price shot up. Not quite that fast but y'all get what I'm saying. If you have the money why not get it now? Is 20 or 30 bucks really worth possibly missing out. I paid retail the ones I have months ago. Some would call that stupid, so be it but at least come EOL I won't have to be wasting my time and gas scrambling around searching high and low like people were doing with the IS.

If any people in Canada need me to help them out just let me know. Just let me know what you need me to do and I would be more than happy to help, I don't really need to be compensated really either, just as long as in don't lose any money. I am in Texas so I'm not sure if y'all need someone closer to the border or what.

No one knows.

I just felt the need to summarize my thoughts on the issue because it seems to keep coming up across different threads. What I have recently done, and would like to keep doing, is act as a proxy to let some people in on the deals I find, but either can't or don't want to take advantage of. As long as I can get a small finders fee to cover gas and time and still make it worthwhile on the buyer after shipping, I am more than happy to share in the deals that would otherwise go unclaimed. I mean, we are all here to make money, right?

Seriously man, I feel bad for you. I'll find a Death Star on discount down here and ship it to you.... those prices suck for being in nearly the same location

Well, 1 Gollum + 1 smaegol, to have them talk together...

A Jeep pirate ship??? Take. My. Money!!!!

Superman and Lex Luthor Power Armor is another good one

Purchased a quinjet at local walmart last weekend for $20.

get with the program man we don't do +1s anymore we do the arrow up or down in the lower right hand corner ;)

The Brickpoints system is run slightly different on the new platform, so Jeff has to make some adjustments. While it might not be run exactly the same way as before, there will be other new ways to obtain points in addition to some of the older methods that get carried over. It is my belief that one such way would be to get a "like" or ARROW UP for a thread or post. I will also continue to give Brickpoints based on the amount of content submitted for reviews. Whatever the final version will be like, it will be fair and fun.

I like how they extended the traditional dress, but it makes the bride taller than the groom...

Second hand Market Street last year for $80. Complete with box and all pieces including extras

I just bought some Brickmania sets.. they are freaking amazing. Have only built one but am waiting til this weekend to fully enjoy the other ones build quality. I highly highly highly recommend the sets!

Awesome sets. Thumbs up! :-) Those are some of my favorite minifigures for so many reasons.

I've been contemplating on getting some BrickArms weapons before and have heard good things about Brickmania but haven't got around to it. I'll make a point to remember Brickmania when I plan to finally order some. Thanks!