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IDHAMMTKBTS I Don't have any more money to keep buying this stuff. We use it a lot.

Wow, what a spirited discussion. I've only been to Lego store twice, distance makes it hard. I'm not defending Lego policy or people who abuse their position but, I do take issue with the "go nowhere job" title. I was brought up being taught I should always have respect for a honest, hard working man(women) weather they running the country or cleaning toilets. As you should have theirs. No worker should be looked down on even if they don't share your aspirations.

"Oh, so I see you came back for another Martian Manhunter just a week after your last purchase. And perhaps something to help fund your Jamaican drug ring or your plans to take over a Naval ship and/or train packed with a nuclear bomb? No no, I don't think so, walk away son, just walk away."

How about MF as in Millennium Falcon OR Monster Fighters depending on the poster's whim. My point is we make these up as we go :D

With a 2362 under the 60593 and a 3022 to stick them, and some plate tiles under, maybe it's ok. Or maybe this way (feet upside down): Something that disturbs me is that the horizontal window seems to be a 1x2x4 on the picture (I virtually used a 1x2x3)... it should explain why it seems that there are two plots large between the 6141 plots (and not just one, as I showed with a blue 1x2 plate tile)

I think you might be hallucinating. LEGO store manager is a fine pseudo-career for someone who has no other skills nor any ability to gain other skills, or maybe even for someone who simply adores retail and children and doesn't need to be able to live on his or her wages. For those without high school diplomas, they can make a lot more starting their own business OR, if they really enjoy the steady paycheck route, they can get a trade school or apprenticeship education and make enough money to actually support themselves. But let's look at this rationally. Even if I adore retail and children, and don't need to make enough to house, feed, and clothe myself, and get a job in a LEGO store, and "risk" that job by selling LEGO on the side, and get caught because my deadly traps fail to spring and lose my LEGO job, it's hardly a drop in the bucket of tears I'll shed during my lifetime. I just go get another retail job that caters to younguns, no harm, no foul, nothing more than a blip on the radar. It ain't skydiving or shark hunting, it's "risking" a job I can go get all over again without the slightest trouble, from some other retailer.

In the last 6 months I've noticed that if I buy 3 of anything at my local lego store without fail they will ask me "so who are these for?" and I immediately want to say "they're for your mom!" but I haven't, just yet.

PONYFAIL - ex Lego employee

TRU - Toys R Us SD - Slickdeals.net PAB - Pick-A-Brick PONYTAIL - LEGO Employee

So, I've recently been going through bulk lots bought about 2 years ago. As I sort I put aside things partially built whether they look MOC or from a set. So I found this and noticed something was rattling around inside. Opened it up and it looks like we have a Lego serial killer on the loose. Be on the look out... Oh and...Damn kids and their markers....

The Lego store employees at my mall strut around like they work at the Apple Store. There are a few that are friendly, but the Christmas time workers were pretty obnoxious. I'm the last person they would think is a reseller -- I go in with my kids and have only purchased 10 or so items from them in the last 5 years. But they still manage to look irritated when I have a question or ask if they have any product in the back that might not be on display. Once, when I was doing a build with my daughter, I asked a worker if they had any different Pick a Bricks in the back, since 3 of the wall containers were empty. He said "Not likely." I told him I was looking for pink plates for something I was making with my kids, and he returned "I said not likely." I understand that they were busy, and it was Christmas time, but that was just freakin bad form from someone in his position. I take no pity on workers like that.

I think this thread has entered the Twilight Zone, when someone can, in 40 hours a week make 30k plus w/ benefits without even a high school diploma and is looked down upon for doing it and the ability to move up within a large company is considered a "go-nowhere job" things are just backward. Many of us thrive on " being our own boss" and doing our own thing. That's not for everyone. Some like a more steady paycheck and the simplicity of a W-2 instead a schedule C and an accountant.. Of course some will take advantage, but those don't last very long. It's much easier to police ones own employees than ones customers. Show some damn courtesy and maybe even a little respect for the working retail stiffs.

Not at all. Questioning a business decision or a situation in regards to TLC that contradicts that general interests of investors/speculators or secondary market LEGO sellers doesn't make a hater of those aspects anymore than me questioning TLC's motives in regards to things makes me a hater of it. I'm comfortable enough to call out the situations as I see them....and in this case, it makes more sense for TLC to have the ability to "give the most to the most people" as opposed to allowing fewer people to get more. People occassionally want to bring up the plight of the guy who has two(or more) children yet cannot get two (or more) promos as a defense of the "anything goes" argument for procuring exclusive giveaways.......but it has been my experiences (as a father with two children) that the overwhelming majority of time that when I've reached the minimum threshold of purchasing requirements and my children are with me.....there's been no problem in me getting another exclusive; either by paying for it (which I have no problem with) or thru the kindness of the TLC employee.

Reading this post struck close to home for me. There's nothing wrong with taking your job too seriously, but it's very offensive when I get treated like a criminal because I'm trying to spend a lot of money. I've encountered this at both Tysons Corner and Potomac Mills locations in VA.

I think we should not use abbreviations, even more so with set numbers. The purpose is to save time but often we end up with at least one more post asking what it is. With set numbers, readers often have to look up the number to find the set name. Posts like this will make it hard for everyone: "Picked up 2 BE from TRU today, saw a small discount on MC2 but passed" Lego maintains 200 sets each year, how are we going to keep up?

AFOH: Adult fan of hotcakes.

I'm now on page 70 of 316 (step 52 of 96). I start building the leading gears and interior gunners' chair with step 53. i would be a few steps further if 45 mins weren't spent finding the 2nd (of 2 total) dark bluish gray "Utensil Loudhailer / SW Blaster ". i gave up and was lucky enough to find one in my spare parts bin (from the Zombie coffin car polybag). Sent from an iPhone using the Brickpicker app

GE : grad emporium FH: Fun house DC: Dolphin Cruiser SW: Star Wars Lotr: lord of the rings HP: Harry potter Potc: pirates of the Caribbean Pop: prince of perisa S@ H: lego shop @ home HD: helms deep VC : Vampyre castle HH : haunted house WH: amazon warehouse

That's awesome. Wal mart continues to boggle our minds with situations like this. Sets that are barely a month old for $10 on clearance, and yet I've seen several walmarts still sitting on piles of attack of the wargs at full retail. Since they are so new, I would quick flip them. It will be quite a long time for these to appreciate to the level long term holds need to get to to make them a "success". Since you got them so cheap you can make some decent coin selling now at or a little below retail. Let us know how you do!

hopefully we'll see the prices of this set go up soon!

I guess I should thank my friends who were too busy with meetings to go to lunch with me today. I was able to make a couple stops at lunch. Let me preface this, I still do not understand Wal-Mart's clearance policy. Is it a science, anomaly, or phenomenon? I had to go by Toys R Us to return my son's extra TMNT: Turtle Submarine and I stopped at Wal-Mart just to check out the clearance again, since I found a lonely Uruk Hai Army yesterday for $21. Today they had set out a new clearance shelving unit in the main aisle between housewares and toys. I walked through the LEGO aisle and I saw one of the employees standing over a cart full of LEGO and I noticed Red Skull on the end of one of the boxes. I assumed they were just filling the reset LEGO aisle with more product. I walked back to the clearance endcaps and then heard her wheel off the cart. I then walked by the LEGO aisle again before I left the store and she wasn't there. Hmmm, I saw her standing out by the new clearance shelves with the cart full of new LEGO. I asked her if she was going to clearance this stuff? She said yes and then offered to scan them for me. She said these will be $10 and these will be $15. "Would you like me to change them now?" "Sure", and I left with the following: 6 x Doc Ock Truck Heist (76015) - $10 each 5 x Captain America vs. Hydra (76017) - $10 each 2 x Airport Fire Truck (60061) - $15 each This was a total fluke and I'm sure somebody just moved some boxes in with their clearance stuff in the back. I am going back after work to see what else they set out. I'm just on the fence now about flipping them or keeping them, suggestions? I left at least 4 of 60061 behind.

I've avoided Chima like the plague...mostly because if it fails as an investment I'd never want to open and build the sets myself. For what it's worth, the sets look nicely designed, but I just can't get over the animal-vehicles and silly looking mini figures. Good luck to you investors!

Thanks for the reminder: TREX bauble is HERE !!!! :jig: :jig:

The TREX bauble is here . It was smaller than what I thought it would be. Only 9.5 months till Christmas ;)

I have several, since this will be the first time I've bought most of these. Mostly Star Wars: Sandcrawler Star Destroyer AT-AT Cantina I think I'll have to setup a Tatooine table now to include my Jabba stuff as well.

I can 80% assure you that I checked 10229 on the lego website around this time last year and it was listed as retired, great I thought, then I found out from this site that the winter sets are returned the next year, this year the village market didn't last long enough to be in a sale, I got my cottages mid January 2013, but the market was sold out before xmas/boxing day sale. If people think the set is gone because it is listed as retired, then maybe it is, but I'd say its more than likely to return. Investment at this stage is a big gamble. Also, if lego said that this set is simply out of stock then they would be getting enquires as to when it would be available again, they cant say when it will be available for next winter, 9/10 months away, so they list it as retired.

I personally feel a little at odds with what Lego is trying to push with their definition of 'UCS'. I started out with the original X-Wing and Rebel Blockade runner, that had the title Ultimate Collector Series. And shortly afterwards I had the Imperial Star Destroyer. I'm not all up in arms like I've seen some people get over it, although it does seem to water the name down a little bit. To me if it has a plaque and isn't designed to be a playset, then that's a UCS. I don't consider the Death Star, or Ewok Village to be UCS, just really big playsets. This is where the Sandcrawler IMO is a weird in between. It's big enough to be a true UCS, but with all the minifigures and play features, like a tiny Death Star. I really like the look of the box, and enjoy that after MANY MANY years, they are finally identifying 'UCS' sets over the normal ones again. That's what actually caught my eyes as a teenager seeing the X-Wing UCS for the very first time.

The new cantina is coming at a good price, buying at a 30% discount is going to see some good returns by 2017.

Welcome Darkside2SIX, I am new too, with kids, and in Washington State, thou I live in the part down in the south eastern were it is sunny most of the time. And thanks for your service (funny, how much more thankful we become as parents, for the sacrifices our young service people make, or maybe it's me, but as a father of daughters I am so thankful to be able to raise them in a free country). A few things I have learned in the last 10 days: 1. people here will help you if you put in a little effort 2. Out of all the places I have gone to learn, I have learned the most by far here at brickpicker. 3. I am by far not even close to being able to give advice on what to buy, but these sets seem to get good feedback A) 10220 T1Campervan 10211 Grand Emporium C) 10214 Tower Bridge D) 10225 R2D2 E) Possibly 10237 Tower of Orthanic 4. With my kids I am finding that I am trading or selling my old stuff for ones that I can enjoy with my girls. (they like Trains, Mindstorm, Technics and friends( they are not really into the princess Lego, but love the Princesses)) 5. I plan on parting out about 10-15 sets a month (selling the figures) to get free or low cost bricks to build with. They want to make a blue, pink, and yellow train next. ?6. After surviving baseball cards, beanie babies, pong and so many more. The biggest thing I have learned is to pick one. Be a collector or be a dealer/seller (just a personal observation) I hope that at least some of this will be helpful, good luck and remember "A kid without Lego's, is a future trouble maker! So make sure the kids your kids play with have Lego's at any cost, you are only as strong as your weakest link, and there is nothing weaker than a child with out Lego" Sent from my tired self up to late using Brickpicker...

Buy buy buy .. Did I say buy?

I'm tempted to buy a couple at my local TRU at CANADIAN retail - which is $169 - so if you are getting them for $120, you should not be checking this forum but driving back there and buying them before someone else does.

I would buy them. The set is already in the 160 ish range. Castle, iconic scene and good minifigs...this set will do very well. I think 250 to 300 dollars in a couple years is pretty realistic. Especially if the LOTR line is done as we have yet to see anything on more sets coming.

So This Is How The UCS Line Dies...With Thunderous Applause

I hope you are right. I would love to see some non Star Wars UCS sets.

TRU has a sale this week. Barrel Escape is $25. My local store had at least 15 of them on the shelf. Limit 2 per customer, though. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

"That's what I said, bootytraps!"

could be coz your username has 11 in there?

My Zoo was cancelled, but the other little items shipped. When the box got to me, there was 11 Frodo Baggins keychains that I did not order!? Was this an apology for the Zoo cancellation? Did this happen to anyone else?

Dang it, now I want a go nowhere minimum wage LEGO job. I didn't know there'd be deadly traps.

You missed where I said "I would be the craftiest..." I would sell through a different identity and person, perhaps from an underground lair filled with deadly traps and some funny ones, too. And, worst case scenario: I lose a minimum wage job? Totally worth it to build deadly traps.

I agree. It's naive to think someone wouldn't risk a go-nowhere retail job if they saw their way clear to making a decent packet doing what a bunch of us do, and having the advantage of inside information, knowing stock levels, etc. Heck, I've toyed with the notion of having one of our daughters, who work in our business, get a part-time job at a LEGO store. There's too much of a commute to make it feasible for us, but otherwise you'd see one of the tadpoles wearing a Lego Store vest and smiling helpfully at you next time you walked in.

10188 is not a UCS set. Also Yoda and Darth Maul do not have a plaque. For the Sandcrawler, it's a UCS set if Lego says it's a UCS set, that's it. It makes a bit of a deal for some people as there are plenty that just collect UCS sets. I would have liked a a plaque and a better box design as well, maybe something like the old TIE Interceptor or X-Wing would be great for the UCS line. Even something like the 41999 box would have been great.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion on the difference between someone taking their job seriously versus persecuting people because someone gave them a little power. That's why LEGO asks customers to give their opinion via the survey - if they find too many people feel persecuted, they'll consider making a change. If they find it's a rare occurrence and most people love the store management, they won't. Since the OP was unhappy with his experience, he should address that, as he did by phone and can also via the survey. Should you shop at ponytail's store and feel great about it, you can exercise a similar privilege. What's wrong here is people telling the OP that he must feel as they do about this situation.

Why is it wrong to take the job seriously? Kind of get the impression from this site sometimes that a majority of the users here want nothing more than for these people to bend over every which way possible....

Just play dumb. When they ask "are you a reseller?" Just ask back "what's a reseller?" They won't expect it. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

I would have laid the set on the counter, asked for the phone number to the district manager and said your purchases were now going to be made online. These stores loose their bonuses when they get bad surveys from customers. Stick it to them in the pocket book.

Are you stocking up on Skunk Attacks and Swamp Jumps?

Np. The detolfs are 49 on sale. 69 normal. Heavy as heck but worth it. Google detolf display mods and see what cillectors do. I keep the legos i dont want Mauled by my kids in em. Off limits.

Eschdaddy literally just posted an article on this. What timing! It's titled The Art of Cleaning LEGOs, and I recommend reading it.