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somewhere emazers is shaking his fists in disgust for you not buying them at $399~ during the last 4 years. he only reminded us a couple times per year.

Finished the Pet Shop set. I really enjoyed this whole build.

My wife made a box to keep her wedding bouquet in using four picture frames and a piece of thick card stock all held together with hot glue. It worked very well until my son hit it with a soccer ball. Funny thing, the spot that it used to sit on top of a book case is now occupied by my QAR.

I don't want anyone buying them at MSRP. I want them buying them at 3x MSRP. Preferably from me.

It's Peter Reid, not George Washington, some people won't want a signed set, some might.

Here's some pics of the bulk I got. Not the best, just quick shots from my phone. I can't wait to start building when they all dry. Last shot is the forest female torso. I was always partial to Forestmen sets.

ok - i'm out of the amazon RI market - the only 8 i had all sold for $100 (94.51 + 5.49 shipping credit) on amazon. after tax fees shipping >300% ROI in 24 days. too bad i only had 8. the last 6 sold in the last 8 hours so get to it the rest of you gougers.

GE is EOL. Here alot of retailers do not carry them anymore. Production is done. The ones that are still around are the last ones remaining. Maybe Lego can sing it out till Xmas, maybe not. Yes, it is a brickpicker effect that it goes so fast. But I believe Lego cut the decision and the production lines are cleared already and in use to produce other sets. Just my humble $0.02

I like the part where the money from my paypal is transferred into my bank account

** Canada TRU for all you poor souls south of the border stocking up on Exos. ** I just picked up a single lonely RI set at a TRU near me. They figured it was a return *shocked* because they had never even seen it (that's because I cleaned that TRU out the first day they had it in store). Anyways, I asked if they could look it up for stock since Monday AM is when my stores get new shipments and they had a pallet of Hasbro & Lego boxes (read as many labels as I could... no Exos or RIs ). They had all kinds of trouble looking it up as the inventory search wasn't matching SKUs so they called the manager and he punched in a few more things... And this is what I was told. - Any large order of the RI input into the system has been cancelled. The only current order was very small and that he doubted they'd even get any stock with such a small order. - What I saw on the screen was orders for Aug 4, Aug 14, Aug 23, and Aug 30. It had three rows visible to me.. QUEA, ONTA and WEST. - Aug 4 was approx 300 units split pretty evenly over the three lines. - Aug 14 was approx 180, also split evenly. - Aug 23 was approx 100 with almost all going out west and - Aug 30 was 14 with 7 going to each of ONTA and QUEA with WEST reading 0. Of course this is all pure speculation because I don't know what those numbers mean... ordered vs inventoried, who knows. But in total it was just over 600 units. The internal SKU is 119558 if anybody wants to call and check their local TRU.

If anyone wants to see what the official instructions look like then this Flickr gallery will help. Probably easier too since I can embed it into the post and you can go through it same as a slideshow. You can even see the parts list as well. It isn't a whole lot different than what I did a few posts back but this might be easier to follow for those of us more accustomed with Lego's setup. http://www.flickr.com/photos/neoape/sets/72157646320899458/

Sold my largest BrickLink order to date. Almost $100 ;-)

i have foreseen the delivery of this comic.

...and then some. Sure, I know what you are thinking...."Ah this guy has thousands of dollars worth of (fill in the blank), how bad can it be?" Well, it's all relative. I see what I make in money now at my business and what we made years ago and we are working harder than ever to just keep status quo. Sure, I can eat a nice steak for dinner, but I also work 70+ hours a week to pay for it. We are on a slow decline in this country and it's going to get worse unless we can bring better jobs and pay back into the US. The minimum wage jobs being created won't support the LEGO secondary market.

The new turtles are ugly, nuff said. Although, I was surprised we liked the movie. I still can't believe a Michael Bay movie was held to under 100 minutes. I was shocked!

Why put the add for buying lego? It usually attracts 'dump lots'. May look good but wait till you dig in. There are plenty of adds out there of people selling their lego because their kid got tired of it and it has been collecting dust since. I like the idea of some sort of business cards better. You go visit people that you buy some second hand lego from and if the lego looks decent, you give them a card. One condition, both buyer and seller need to have the feeling that they're actually making a good deal and not being ripped off. I encountered alot of soccermoms or families selling the lego of their kids. 2 weeks ago I met a Turkish woman that sold 4842 Hogwarts Castle for 85,5

21000 Willis Tower - $42.95

That story created a ton of new lego resellers including myself. Debatable if it was the best thing for investors, at least the old timers.

Just listed RI on Amazon for $94.95 sold in less than 30 minutes.

Buying heavy on 76000 when I can. Aqua man does not carry that set IMO. Arctic batman and mr freeze minifigures with the really cool bat boat (build one and you will see) will carry this when it's retired.

This sucks so hard. I appreciate them sending the pieces, but nothing kills the buzz of building a new set as hard as a missing piece. They will tell you how sorry they are and that they understand.

I think knowing sooner is better. At least the first two rounds kind of get mapped out and go much faster. You know, so we know which kicker to grab with our first picks. However, to be fair, we should send out emails so hopefully everyone knows.

Yeah, they'll go together. You can see what sets they have been used in on Bricklink, and if they are common to the set (like set 3187 for instance), you're good to go.

That on the other hand is not a bad idea.... Ciglione Lego Restauration & Sale Doesn't seem cheesy to me unless it's printed on ordinary paper

Yeah, me too. I always thought the Exo looked like it was drunk or something, staggering about. I don't think the image really shows it in its best light. I generally like the Ideas boxes though.

I am curious too about this. It always crosses my mind to put an adv. up. But never done it cause I think it will not be successful.

I think the figs being released separately does not bode well for this set. Especially since the CMF versions of the characters look better. That said, when this set retires it will be the only set of its kind and unlikely to return ever, so it'll have nowhere to go but up.

Number of Exo per case.

I think in reality, someone could choke or suffocate on anything. Use your best judgement. Intended for both shipper and recipient.

Could take a week to get the ebay sets. Market could change by then.

I agree. It would be a cool neighborhood model. I've really enjoyed the different color bricks on both buildings. I finished the first floor of the Pet Shop earlier today.

Welcome Gino! I've just got into the whole buying/long term investing thing as well, and I can relate to your enthusiasm in just "starting out". I've bought quite a few sets over the past month or so and put them in the attic (dark and dry!). Looking forward to seeing some long term returns on them, eventually. I do have 2 of the BTTF deLorean and 1 of the Ghostbusters ECTO-1. I've built one of each and have a deLorean for the attic, both great fun, especially the ECTO-1. But...reading your post, it sounds like your kids would really love to build and play with them both. In your shoes (and assuming this can be done financially) I think I would let them build them; is it really worth the few bucks they will potentially make in a few years time, measured against the fun, enjoyment and interaction that you could get with your kids right NOW? Buy another one of each; stick them in the attic (the kits, not the kids! ;-) ). I am sure the fun you will have enjoying your kids building the kits, watching the movies and interacting with them, will outdo any profit they will make over time. Many members here may disagree, which is fair. But as others have said, Lego was built in the first place for playing with...I'd be tempted to just play! My 2 cents anyway... Gareth

Yes they are the Ribba frames from Ikea

Madanthony is back!!!!!

Might be time to offload the previous Dinos

http://community.brickpicker.com/uploads/monthly_08_2014/post-41490-14088218415962.jpghttp://community.brickpicker.com/uploads/monthly_08_2014/post-41490-14088218601515.jpg Thank you again! After a long week of waiting for the final pieces to arrive, I finally have mine done!

Imperial flagship 10210 for $600 plus shipping. Sealed. And I paid $125.00 for it. Beautiful.

It's much easier to invest if you don't care anything about building.

The postal service in Spain is very reliable. They deliver most packages in a couple of days. They have tracking on the Website which is updated.

You are talking sense. However... Lego does a terrible job managing inventory. We can see by their summer catalog they expected the SSD to last well into, well, the summer. Oops. Anyway, their minifig packs don't generally combo with the other sets. I think they're in their own little world, like the "Planet" sets. The DS Troopers are awesome, but I think they're meant more to be the "poor man's DS", as opposed to a complement to 10188. For one thing, they come with their own gun. 10188 has plenty of guns already (turbolasers and super duper mega planet destroying laser). If anything, I could imagine Lego seeing the Troopers as a sort of replacement for 10188. Anyway, here's a strong reason for 10188 to go: Lego wants to raise prices. Look at 10221 vs. 10030: very similar piece count, radically different prices. 10188 has a similar price/weight ratio as GE. For a licensed set, this is very unusual. I'm sure Lego would like a 3800-piece SW set to retail at $499, not $399. But Lego almost never (AS maybe the only exception?) raises prices on a set after it's released. By Lego tradition, the only way to stop selling the DS at 2008 prices and take into account dollar devaluation since then is to retire the set. In a few years, maybe we'll see a new, slightly modified, much more expensive DS. But it's time for 10188 to go, and every sign, except for the prediction of one anonymous mystery man, says it is on its way out.

Terry, I'll setup another lemonade stand and get some of those flippable Tommy Hilfiger underwears. We might be able to go halfsies if things go my way. I call the odd pages and you can have evens and the sea monkeys ad on the inside back cover.

I guess that is why LEGO does not ban or restrict buying outside the US...the prices are too high. If some poor sap wants to try reselling at those prices, LEGO supports it. On the topic of the letter...I really think the biggest threat to LEGO is their move to China and the inevitable stealing of molds and components needed to reproduce knockoff LEGO bricks that are so good that you won't be able to tell a fake from a real one. LEGO made a huge mistake by bringing a production plant to China. We all will pay in the future...

At first, when I read the topic title, I thought it was about hiding lego for the wife or IRS.

I don't like the batmobile at all - the shape and everything about this one. BUT... you did a pretty nice job. I think that will pass for it perfectly. Now you just need to build it and sell it "used" for 300$

I don't actually know what our issue is, but every couple/three weeks the computer network and the Dymo get into a fight and stomp off and won't talk to each other. Mr. Frog has solved this by simply uninstalling and reinstalling the Dymo software - takes just a few minutes - and then it works fine for another two/three weeks. Every time it happens I threaten to throw it out the window, though. I hate computer problems of all kinds, and when I'm trying to prep shipping for the day and print labels I become even more homicidal than usual. In the event I'm ever on the news - for example, strolling through a mall with a chain saw and a vacant look - you all can tell them it wasn't the video games or the rock and roll music that made me do it, it was the DYMO printer.

Sweet Jesus. Usually when I find a big lot like this, the instructions are trashed or missing, and everything is in a giant, sticky pile. You scored.

I am jealous

One of my personal favorite parts on the side of aesthetics would be the Lion Head cutout. The use is limited but gives just about any structure a nice sense of artistic design and works with current well as medieval designs. I've already fallen in love with the piece introduced last year of the single stud circle tile. It has so many uses despite only having one point for connection. It is one of those things Lego has needed for a very long time. On the side of plain ol' classic versatility in any situation, it would have to be the 1x4 brick. It's the perfect size for any size of wall or most any sort of build. Of course it isn't the best for every single scenario but it usually can get the job done basically.

i never liked using shipping label printers or paper since they lack "proper" protection when mailing. this dates back to my glory days of selling sporting event tickets on ebay and stubhub when i tried all types of stick-on labels . instead, i put the shipping label (printed on plain paper) in free clear address pouches provided by USPS and UPS. I then attached those to the shipping boxes. the UPS pouches do not open when sealed while the USPS ones do (have a slit) since they are mostly used for international customs). of course, the USPS pouch can be taped sealed. links = http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/docs/internet_labels.html https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=P_FORM_2976_E