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People who keep saying Lego hates resellers are starting to be a pet peeve of mine. From a finance perspective, the reason why Lego bans some people from retail purchasing is simple: to force resellers to become an official Lego reseller, which benefits Lego even MORE than having their products sold via retail. I manage 3 shifts and inventory control for a very large online retailer. When I need more labor, I offer voluntary overtime to 50 or so associates. Many of them ask if they can come in for only 1/2 of a day to work overtime. I tell them no and that it is a full day of overtime or nothing. Using the logic of many of you on these forums, that means that I am against employees getting overtime. That's the exact opposite. I know more than 50% of them will settle for coming in for a full day, which gives me more labor overall. It is the exact same logic for Lego. They think by trying to round up resellers into their official program, they will benefit more down the road, as well as keep sales for its end consumers more constant and easier to forecast. It does NOT mean they hate resellers.

Because it's what's on the inside that counts. Everyone knows this...especially ugly people.

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I wanted to construct a tree that would look good standing next to my Haunted House for Halloween. Please give me some input if you see areas where I could improve. I may put a few hanging vines on later. Not sure if there is actually a way to link to the 3d model or not. 196 pieces. Here is a screenshot I took.

Got my one TB during the Friday deal and I'm extremely impressed! It's minty fresh! Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

This set is a winner in 2015.

We will jump with joy about this set in another 2 years or drain our sorrows together. A-lot is riding for many on this underrated set.

Here is more of what I would try and Bricklink:

Hide them behind SSDs... They'll protect you...

I doubt it has anything to do with becoming an ITD. First, if you become an ITD you don't get much of a deal, and then you have to pay their inflated shipping/freight, which basically negates the wholesale pricing. Second, you have no idea when or if you will get what you order. I have had orders open for 8 months, and they will send 1 of this, 3 of that, 25 of this, etc. Third, it is very tough to become an ITD as you need a BM location. The minimum order requirements are easy, but they removed the option for online only retailers a year or two back, and I'm quite certain it is still that way. So there is no reason for a reseller to want to buy direct. Not to mention almost 100% of the resellers fit the profile of not being able to meet Lego's minimum requirements of needing a physical store front. I believe they don't like resellers for the simple fact that they want the product to be available to the end user. The end user who might walk in a buy one of this, or that, and a few of these, etc. And before you know it you have a shopper who has spent more time in the store and more money on regularly priced items. As compared to the reseller who is looking for only the discounted/hot items, and spends 1 minute in the store. You get no add on purchases from a reseller, and they can only really make your brand look bad (oos instances and inflated prices, thus damaging brand image down the road). It's the same as any other retailer that dislikes resellers. It doesn't make a lot of financial sense to ban somebody who spends more money than 99% of the people who shop there but they still do. And they all do it. To date I'm pretty sure the only stores I have not been banned/blacklisted from is Sam's, Lego (which is miraculous, but probably has to do with how much I used to order from back in the phone special days) and most of the overseas places.

I you were old, that would have made Ed ancient

I uses to get all psyched up for an auction conclusion, but in my old age, I like to stick to Buy It Nows if I really want something. I just don't have the patience to wait like I used to. Sent from my iPad using Brickpicker

I have been trying to place some Walmart.com orders here and there for the past 10 days. Each time: 1. The order goes through at the website and I get an initial confirmation email from Walmart. 2. My bank or PayPal authorize the charges (but the money isn't removed from my accounts since the orders aren't full processed by wm.com yet). 3. And then I get a payment error email from Walmart.com telling me that the order failed to pass their security checks and has been cancelled. When I contact wm.com customer service (phone or email), they tell me to try again, with another payment method, after 24 hours. I've tried three different payment methods in four separate order attempts (different stuff each order) and have the exact same problem. There is no problem with my payment methods - twice I've tried with MC Debit cards linked to our business accounts - the same accounts I use every day to order from merchants online and off, and I've confirmed with our bank that there is no problem with the cards and no hold on their part against walmart.com specifically; once I tried with my PayPal account which had plenty of funds - all have failed. Wm.com customer service is, no shocker, no help. All I get is their canned responses. Now, I'm not pulling my hair out here because Walmart sucks. I like the occasional deal there, but their shipping is the worst in the business and trying to get my sales tax refunds from them is like undergoing genital surgery without the benefit of anesthesia while being forced to listen to Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits. So if I truly can't order from them ever again, fine, I'll live, but I thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone's ever had the problem and happens to have a magic bullet. Thanks!

How do you know when you buy a set that it won't be re-made two years later?

You've managed to get yourself banned from Wal-Mart, congrats.

List as new, but damaged box and let the market decide.

BLASPHEMY!!! LEGO UCS SETS ARE NOT TOYS!!!

Except when you want to observe the effect of SSD colliding with DS...

How'd you like this as a centerpiece?

Regarding 4, I don't think the build is that fragile, the only thing that has a tendency of breaking on mine is the back part of the cockpit, and adding a technic axle solved this issue. UCS sets never have any playability and people expect them to be large. These issues won't have an affect on the price of this set.

If you have the ebay bucks promo right now, the $359.99 Playstation 4 from altatac becomes $309.59 after quadruple bucks + extra 5% on ebay deals + extra 1% from Bill Me Later. Pretty nice compared to $399.99 + tax from a local store.

I can check after a week only. I dropped into the shop to check on things before I went on vacation.

Thank you for the info!

If you didn't get the very essence of my post, then it's pointless to give you more arguments. Thanks God companies are not run with such mentality, otherwise they would be extinct by now.. They don't have a competition in the "bricks set" type of play. But in kid's toys, the competition is very fierce. Yes for the cell phones. If the logic of "never retire or improve something that sells well" was right, we would still be with Nokia 3310s. Absolutely. Kids are over saturated with Toys nowadays, even to the point - spoiled. Way too many choices and over abundant market, especially in the western world. Sometimes parents have to hide little toddler's toys and re-introduce them to the kids months later otherwise interest to play with all gets lost. So in terms of competition its never been as hard. Toys are getting less and less expensive with the cheap labour coming from China and other countries in the region and to be competitive you really have to dig in deep to find out what the kids need nowadays. I am not even mentioning things like game consoles etc.. Anyway, in the last decade it seems Lego has found its Mojo... By the way, when I was a kid, I had a few toys only. One of them was a tiny Technic set. I looked well after it as it was super expensive and I knew I can't have another one. Back on the 10221 Super Star Destroyer, what's the status of the UK market? Any SSDs in the shops?

I don't agree, Lego has plenty of competition - all the other toys out there. Remember, Lego's primary customer are not AFOLs, they are kids and teens. They need to keep the product line fresh so that kids keep asking their parents for Lego as opposed to other toys. I can tell you, as a former kid, it works. They used to stick product catalogs in Lego sets during the 80's and 90's that showcased all the current and future sets that were coming out that year. Those new sets always made my birthday and Christmas list. I had few toys other than Lego growing up, simply because I didn't ask for anything else. If Lego starts to appear dull or boring, kids will gravitate to action figures or something else that piques their interest.

Sorry for putting life in this old topic. But... The value of the 10227 B-wing is slowly increasing now. I have two of these. Should I bother to buy two more MISB for 160 euro each?

Anyone with $20 eBay coupon can pair it with this deal to get a $100 TRU GC for $65. Immediate 35% off before any coupons. Now to the Daily Deals thread to find a TRU coupon to drive that purchase price even lower...

Awesome thanks

I'm in shape... Pear is a shape, right?

I told u to listen to me and ud get results

He is! Didn't you see one of his "awards"?

Most definitely, why else would I not buy it......I mean it was a steal at 329.00

Why are you even inside a TRU?

I just finish my R2D2 a few days ago Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

You guys realize this list is for the number of sets that come in an original, labeled shipping carton from TLG, right? It isn't a list of how many sets Amazon, TRU, or even TLG jams into some big shipping box. I've noticed that several of the more recent numbers listed are incorrect. It kind of defeats the purpose of this if the numbers aren't right. The box sizes are definitely all the same throughout the U.S. and I would imagine the world, but I can't say for sure they are the same outside the U.S. I would say that to ensure this list is correct that each post be accompanied with a picture of the original carton label to verify that the correct info is being posted.

Rancor Pit : 3/box

4184 Black Pearl - 3 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge - 3 6858 Catwoman Catcycle City Chase - 8 7937 Train Station - 3 7938 Passenger Train - 3 10193 Medieval Market Village - 3 10197 Fire Brigade - 2 10224 Town Hall - 3 10229 Winter Village Cottage - 4 10233 Horizon Express - 2

79007 - Battle at the Black Gate:#1. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags + 1 tiny bag for Gandalf's hair + 1 box for all three capes)#2. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags + 1 tiny bag for Mouth of Sauron's helmet)#3. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags)#4. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags)1 small double-pouch bag for eagle1 6x24 dark bluish gray plate2 instruction booklets (#1 & #2)TOTAL = 4 numbered bags + 1 unnumbered bag

Lol had to get off the internet yesterday because I recorded all the World Cup games and didn't want them spoiled. That count is correct and mine is complete!!! 6 #1s 6 #2s 7 #3s 7 #4s 2 unnumbered bags - one has 7 brown baseplates and 8 grey 2x10ish pieces, the other some longer technic pieces I believe. 2 big blue baseplates and a smaller blue baseplate and a small brown baseplate. So 28 bags altogether and 4 lose baseplates. My wife wanted this set. Super lucky as I only paid 170$ for it.

79002 - Attack of the Wargs:#1. 1 large bag (Inside: 2 small bags + 1 tiny bag for Bifur's hair + 1 box for Bifur's cape)#2. 1 large bag (Inside: 1 small bag)#3. 1 large bag (Inside: 1 small bag)1 small bag for white warg1 small bag for dark bluish gray warg1 instruction bookletTOTAL = 3 numbered bags + 2 unnumbered bags

76000 = 6

10219 Maersk Train - 3 10234 Sydney Opera House - 1 10241 Maersk Line Triple-E - 2

So I'm not the only one then. Good. Those darn things had me baffled for a good minute. Sent from an iPhone using the Brickpicker app

Its 5 am, didn't know this part of the day existed but now I do thanks to my daughter

We took my wife to the hospital thinking her water broke (were expecting next month) and the cha-ching went off while we were in the exam room! I of course had to check it! Hahahaha she shot me a look that could kill

It's in the new LEGO catalog. It's not retiring. Sorry.

I was stoked.... ... .. . and then I heard about LEGO possibly doing UCS Slave 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4-gLlF0uw

Maybe. It probably created a few a resellers, too, though.