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Although we've discussed at length already the reasons for why Lego is banning large resalers, when I take a step back and look at it from a more "common" point of view it still just seems somewhat unbelievable. I've worked in the personal protecion/security/military environment for years, and in all that time I've removed alleged thieves, drunkards, homeless, and people violating the peace a countless number of times from various establishments. But I still feel baffled at the idea of forcibly removing someone from a retail store for spending money there. Lego: We've got a guy down here we want removed from our store. Cop/Security: Ok, is he causing a disturbance? Lego: Well, kind of. He's banned from our store but he's here right now. Cop/security: Ok, so what's the history? Was he violent in the past, made threats, stole? Should I bring additional backup? Lego: No, he spends too much money here. Cop/Security: Excuse me? Lego: He was banned by our corporate office because he spends alot of money in our store on the same thing and we don't want that. Cop/Security: So let me get this straight, you want him removed as a result of your refusal of service because he spends too much money there? Lego: Yes Cop/Security: Ok? I've heard of a person buying too many drinks in the bar, but this is ridiculous. We'll send someone down I guess, if that's what you really want (rolls eyes).

The 41999 is huge.

Awesome! I bet this minifigure will have just as much EOL information as a regular employee!

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Supplier, lol. Just post this and say "I'm buying stolen Lego", don't insult everyone's intelligence.

Every classroom I worked in last year had a box of Lego. Schools use them as examples for maths concepts; shapes, symmetry, design, counting, etc.

If I suggested using Lego in any way, shape, or form to my teachers when I was in school as a way to learn, it would have more than likely been rejected. It is reassuring seeing how much openminded things are becoming in terms to learning tools. I mean, we want each generation to do better than the preceding one, don't we? I still remember reading how a school somewhere in Shangai, China uses the free third party tool, Doom Builder, to teach stuff like basic geometry, level design, using a computer program, etcetera. Amazing...

Very cool. I think that this is a great idea for learning. It makes it interesting and fun, but you also learn how to formulate correct sentences, and uses creativity to construct the main idea. Is that not what language is? It's basically rearranging different sounds with meanings behind them to project a larger idea. Though, of course, there is a limit of the words you can use, but you can always add multiple adverbs, adjectives, nouns, prepositions, tenses, etc.

I was thinking like that. I remember getting yelled at by a teacher because I drew a gun in my notebook.

With your example, you can create an infinite possibilities of sentences.

Very interesting. I do remember playing with LEGO's while in grammar school, but their main purpose was to occupy us while our teachers too a breather. I can imagine LEGO's being quite helpful in the math or science fields to give visual examples of lessons, but do you are to explain how you use bricks to teach English? The only thing I can think of is this: Teacher - "This 4x2 LEGO brick represents a subject, this 2x2 represents a verb, and this 2x3 represents an object. Please rearrange these bricks to form a sentence." Lame, I know, but the best I can think up!

Interesting, I just sold a 1/3 kg of bricks and the address was Kilmore Primary School. I wonder if they for her or the kids?

I notice that these are no longer in the Lego catalogue, so we could be looking at EOL pretty soon. I've already stocked up a fair amount, as I said earlier. Anyone seen any on discount around the world?

Yeah, what I think is that the guys who are ordering the max limit on say an HH then turning around and placing another order on the same thing for the max, those are the ones getting flagged, but it makes sense to me that if you stick to the limits they've posted then you shouldnt get flagged. However, I think what you suggested is a good idea. I'll just order one of each, once a week until I have my four (of course I'll sprinkle in a SSD here and VW there). Seems like unnecessary work but sometimes being 'noid is a good thing. Just cause youre paranoid doesnt mean they're not after you lol. Thanks bud!!!

Welcome to BrickPicker. I'm sure Brian and Justafrog touched on this, but one of the big reasons why LEGO is cracking down on resellers is because of the recent increases of exclusive sets. When large scale sellers buy up all the copies and leave Little Johny without a set, this obviously is not what TLG has in mind, thus their limits on sets as well as banning some buyers (resellers) from buying from LEGO Shop at Home (LEGO Shop)

8097 - Slave 1 for $47.50. New/sealed at a small toy shop in a little town I visited with family. Listed at $97 but was 1/2 off. Retired + 3 yrs old + 50% off = CAN'T GO WRONG!!!

Well, I'm looking for someone to help me bring in a large sum of money from South Africa. All I need is the last digit of your Exclusive Edition Crawler license plate and we can complete the transfer. You will be paid US $10,000,000 for your participation when the transaction is complete.

I'm sure production of all 20,000 units had already ended but who really knows whether or not all of those have been sold as of now? It is not difficult to see Lego intentionally holding a certain amount of them to be sold at a later date especially with the holiday spending season coming up very soon. This thing about them mainly doing it 'just to mess with resellers' is a little pretentious, don't you think? Yes, they would like to get stock into the hands of builders primarily but let's not turn this into another wierd conspiracy theory (even if those are fun to debate).