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Ok, so many of you have noticed that there has been an update to the home page and content section. Overall I am happy that the transition has gone pretty good. Again, it's not something I wanted to do, but here are a few reasons why it needed to be done. Back in June is when we did the Forum upgrade. This I am happy about. The forum has been great and much better than what was there before. When we did this upgrade, I felt it would be good to utilize the tools that came with it and keep the system for the most part unified. The blog area did its job but it's actually a negative for the site. Overall its horrific for SEO (search engine optimization). This site in many cases fell off the charts for all the content that we had. I really don't think Google and the others really cared for find the blogs under /forum directories. So users are not finding the content anywhere near the top of the list. This may not be important for you, but its super huge for us. Using Wordpress, which is a true content management system, I will be able to do much better SEO techniques so searchers can find our content. It also was very hard to find the latest content. The other system had a horrible way to display the content. It drove me nuts. There is a huge update to the forum coming in early 2014. It looks very good and I am excited to get it on here. The problem that I saw coming was it was going to be very hard to upgrade. We made so many enhancements to this system with hooks/plugins that everything would probably break if we upgraded or we would have to wait a very long time to figure out if it would work. By switching all the content to Wordpress, I can remove all of the extra hooks and get it back to a basically default system which is great news. Brickpoints will now be handled on the Wordpress side. I have everyones totals, so even though you may see 500 points right now, over the next few days I will do an update and merge the totals. We will be able to do a few more things with this system and we will update you on that later, but one nice feature is that we will be able to award brickpoints for people that login daily. It's a great way to reward our loyal members. This conversion needed to be done and made live so that I can update all the brickpoint code in Brick Classifieds. Member Blog Writing - There will not be separate blogs anymore for members. Any blog articles that will be written are going to be fit right into the site. So that means Brickvesting Articles, Evaluation Articles, High End Reviews. We can create tons of categories to show great content. You will get all the good tools of Wordpress to work on your article. All you need to do is click the Dashboard link on the home page/side bar in the blog area, or click +New in the header in the blog area. That will take you to the dashboard and you can create a new article. We will get a notification when you are ready to submit for publishing. Ed will be announcing a new article contest in the very near future so get ready Brick Classifieds - I have gotten my butt kick at work and with travel over the past few months. It's been hard finding the time to get in and wrap this up, so I apologize for the delay. I am off for the next two weeks and I have already forewarned my wife that I will be chained to the desk to put the finishing touches on the site to have for you in 2014. I think it will be good timing that the holidays are over and we all know there is a huge surplus of Lego to sold. So get ready. Price guide will be the next huge hit. Once Brick Classifieds is out there and we are collecting feedback, we will be hard at work overhauling the price guide and Brickfolio. This will also be the start of creating Brickpicker Premium. We will give more details on all this, but from what we have put together for features, I don't think anyone will be disappointed. So bear with me for a day or two. I have already squashed a few bugs, but there is some more to optimize and fix. I know there are some weird issues with the mobile template and I will get to that. Thanks for reading my wall of text.

Please explain why the previous 2 star wars calendars are not even going for retail price? I didn't see any posts in Oct/Nov stating buy these up right now because they are going to be limited.

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Inexpensive-Photography-Lightbox I made my own using a box ala the link. Works descent enough and worked out to like 40 bucks total for it (+22 for a tripod).

Hi Everyone, I would like to thank everyone on here, that has been nice, helpful, informative. My house has been broken into. they have smashed everything up. They took my Xbox One, smashed all my Lego stock, Killed one of my cats(Ren), my other cat (Tanis) was kicked, big vet bill. The only picture of my dad, burned. I have nothing left. I cant, buy or replace my Lego, or the damage done to my home. I won't be using the forums much anymore. Thanks to the bosses, admins, users. Its been fun. Stomping

For the last 2 months, I've been buying this set when on-sale. Since it's release in Dec 2011, it seems to have always been under the radar due to more popular sets (Batman, Avengers, etc...). Physical in-store stock has always been hit or miss in my area. Since Oct, it hasn't really been available at least around me ( except for 1 over-priced TRU). Online inventory is still good if you want some. Note : it is already retired in all countries except the US and Canada. I think 6862 will do very well once retired based on recently retired / soon to be retired sets like Capt America's Cycle, Wolverine, and Catwoman. Additionally, Superman has prob better appeal outside of the US ( based on recent movie research). It is the only set that contains Lex and Wonder Woman (for now). Also the only way to buy Supes in his classic attire. The Mech-like is surprisingly good. It holds together well and looks cool with Luthor. The set sells consistently on bricklink for $18+. The minifigs already sell decently. Superman sells $8-$11, Wonder Woman for $5-7, and Lex a paltry $2-$4 (too bad he's not wearing the green armor suit like in that poly or game box). With the upcoming 2015 Superman II (with Bats & Wonder Woman) movie, this set should keep the fans happy until new sets are introduced with minifig refreshes. My (for what it's worth) April 2015 target price is $60 ($75 with luck) for a set that can still be had for under $15. I selected April 2015 assuming the next movie is released in May or July because I'll be unloading my sets prior to it's release due to the probability of refreshed sets being available and pre-movie hype ( in case it tanks).

Yeah, I call bs on people saying we should have seen this coming. Last year sets were discounted heavily before Christmas too. There were no indications that Lego was going to produce these in short supply.

Great deal on unimogs, but you have to buy all 6. They won't split the lot. http://www.ebay.com/itm/231118766413?redirect=mobile

They should be there now

Complete with box Star Wars 10198 Tantive IV for $100

when you say "portable", is it because: 1. you want to carry it around; or 2. you have limited space and want to break it down when not in use? if #2 is the reason, you can setup a simple lightbox using a white bedsheet (walmart $5 bucks) with some strings. btw, in my opinion, the most important part is to use "natural day light" or full-spectrum light bulbs (LED or CFL) that are around 1600 lumens (i am currently using ottlite model# 25ed12r). just be aware that some of the so-called "day light" bulbs are bright but not full-spectrum so they cast a yellowish light.

Are these the same officials each time? You would think one would twig and ask Haven't your kids already got 10 FBs? :)

Teach them!!!.. Ok kids, when you are transporting legos across the border to resale make sure you tell the border security that they are for your kids.

Text TOYSALE to 827438 (TARGET) to receive a $10 off $75 toy purchase Target mobile coupon. This coupon will also be coming in the ad on Sunday, so if you don

My five arrived tonight via harried UPS driver (gotta feel for those guys this time of year...) -- all safe, sound, well packed, and my best steal of the year.

Maybe too much info.

Hey, so does this mean I was right? http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/5014-why-i-think-lego-friends-will-be-a-winner/ My wife will be pleased!

Ah crap, we are all seriously Jeffed. :fie:

No, I am taking credit for everything. I want all the power!!! Yes, I will update all that when I am doing brickpoints, etc.

Thanks for the info

damn now I want to open a second HD set..