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LEGO Shop at Home Shopping List As time gets close lets ponder our investment choices

LEGO Shop at Home Shopping List As time gets close lets ponder our investment choices

Hello fellow BrickPickers... Starting October 1, 2014, BrickPicker will be starting a BrickPicker Blog Group. In the past, we utilized blog contests to acquire new content. We would like to improve on that method and actually pay experienced and knowledgeable BrickPicker members to write new content for the site. The content will be similar to older blog articles and reviews, with a heavy emphasis on LEGO investing...but any quality LEGO topic can qualify. Qualified members will earn a $5 Gift Card to Amazon, LEGO S@H, etc... for every 1000 words/5000 characters in the content that is submitted and approved by Jeff and myself. There is a new application in the Wordpress blog editor that tracks this and the "readability" of the blog. It is one method that I will use to differentiate quality writing from poor writing and helps take photos and images out of the equation as well. I will talk more about this to approved blog writers. How does one become an approved blog writer? Several ways. Mods will have access to the group and will be able to post new content. Previous blog contest winners/runner ups are automatically qualified to be a blog writer. Jeff and I will invite some people who we think would be qualified to write content(if they are interested in doing so). Also, members can either produce content or show me previous work that indicates high literary ability. Approval is not guaranteed, but we will be honest and fair with any member that is interested in joining the group. We are trying to up the content bar. Jeff is working on a new homepage that will have a more interactive blog section to it. Some blog writers will have the ability to produce daily updates/content on the homepage that be front and center on the homepage. We want to produce "new" content, not just post links from other sites...and are willing to pay for it. If you are interested in joining this group and believe you are qualified, let me or Jeff know by PM. We will be sending out some invites to people over the next week or so. If you want to start writing, you can begin in the Wordpress blog editor. Please ask Jeff or I to enable your access to the Wordpress editor. There will be a private forum for blog writers and I will go over the new editor app and readability indexes with members. Also, Jeff will come up with a basic tracking system for blog writers that shows what they have produced and how much they earned. Any questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks...

You know, I feel like I am in the minority here, but there's nothing on ShopLego that I feel I need to go crazy on. 2x VIP and the Holiday Set, I'll probably just get a Santa's Workshop and a couple filler items, but most anything else I think can wait until the Nov holiday set #2. None of the current exclusives are screaming retirement at me. Winter Village Market may be the only get. but people are very lukewarm on that set in general.

Ladies and Gentlemen... it is done! Final verdict coming soon.

Update: Unfinished plates everywhere!

Despite looking bad, it was super well packed and sets came through unscathed

I need to unsubscribe..... missing this boat is getting harder by the minute........

We do not celebrate "thanksgiving" but "thanksbuying".

Is your phone stuck somewhere where the sun doesn't shine?? Not that you'll see this post anyways.

I placed one order. Four bike shops, four cantinas, and six Death Star troopers. Received five emails stating that all items have shipped. No request for additional shipping charges. No cancellations. No phone calls. Now to wait and see what shows up and in what condition. Fingers crossed.

I picked up my order this morning.... And this is what he brought me: If it wasn't for the fact he packed it himself (told me he pulled almost all of them from the shelf for two orders) I'd have thought TRU pulled a Kmart on me. But this is what I got... Seal code is 33R4 which according to this http://www.epochconverter.com/date-and-time/weeknumbers-by-year.php is middle of August (11-17). No new run... they must have found some old stock. I asked him if they had anymore and he said he pulled half for my order, and almost all the rest for another and the cashier who knows me too well said that one was bought this morning.

I remember when money orders and cashiers checks were the only way to pay!

I looked at this image and first thing I thought it was a guillotine for the Empire. Haha.

As long as it's not a middle finger, there is hope...

Here is a table which resumes life of this theme. Nothing 100% sure for the future but I think it gives an idea of what/when modulars buildings will retire: (click to enlarge)

Source: The Brick Fan

I shared my Printable LEGO Label collection with many of you in the past, but I wanted to let you know that I just completed a large update which includes many common Technic parts. I got a *lot* of comments and emails indicating that you want more labels, so I hope you enjoy. A sample of the new Technic labels. The labels look great on any organization system. LINK: Learn more and download at http://tomalphin.com Sincerely, ---tom

Your not the one that needs lessons...

November 1: All Saints' Day November 11: Armistice Day December 25: Christmas Day Indeed potatoes. We're not savages that go around poking fat ladies eh!

Entertainment Earth order arrived today, 2 Mos Eisley Cantina's in mint condition.

That's not right... are you even allowed to pack TLG items in MEGA brand boxes???

my RI set (shop@home) from yesterday shipped. minor win considering the HH fiasco last week. i'll take it.

Everything going according to plan

As expected.

I got this in my email 30% off $50 purchase of packing and mailing supplies Coupon code: 11784 Expires 10/4/14 Not as hot as the previous one, but still better than nothing

"According to LEGO.com, most minifigures are coloured yellow to display equalization in ethnic society. The use of different tones of colour came about when LEGO decided that minifigures should look "authentic" to the way they were portrayed, this later expanded into licensed themes such as Star Wars to display correct characterization. Although, yellow coloration is still used in unlicensed themes, such as Ninjago, for purposes of equalization in ethnic society" (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Minifigure) "Standard LEGO Minifigures () are yellow because when they originally started being made, yellow was cheaper to produce. As time went on, and all fabrics were all the same cost, they decided that they would keep yellow as the standard color (Brit. colour) because LEGO thought that if they changed the skin to pale it would be raisist to black people. Well done LEGO!" Actually I like the new "skin colours" and prefer my minifigs that way. It will be interesting if LEGO sticks to the original yellow in the future or brings out more and more "skin coloured" minifigs. Since there will be more movies etc. I bet there will be more "skin coloured" minifigs as well. I guess LEGO will become more colourful every year and I like the idea of it because everybody can decide for himself what they want their LEGOs to look like. By the way: I really like the new female characters they have. They look so much better than the first ones ^.^ I've only just noticed that the modulars have a pretty fair amount of female minifigs included. And the modulars seem to stick to the original smiley faces. Also the Winter Village Market has got a good share of female minifigures (maybe even more than male ^.^). I think they should come up with more faces for the female minifigs though. I guess you can just put nice hair on the neutral faces but as I pointed out I really like the new female faces (princess Leia or Padme for example) but they definetively need more expressions. As for skirts: I never had a big problem with the normal legs but I have to admit that I never liked those brick-skirts very much. As spanky said, they are difficult to remove from the groundplates and you will end up with the torso in your hand (can be a traumatic experience for children!!!). Anyhow LEGO has come up with a lot of new designs especially in the minifig collectable series. Here we can see a lot of new leg designs where a print is used as skirt. I really like this approach though I also like the brick-skirt since it somewhat looks more authentic... And then we have those new things... they use on the new snow-troopers or on clone troopers. Don't know what to call it. As for me I do not really like those things and cannot imagine them as a skirt for female minifigs (or male...) but I still like the capes ^.^ (see pictures... oh and there's batwoman just because it's cool!)

I prefered the previous version: BTW here is the prototype of the missing 42033 set:

I built my used SSD. I plan to actually write a review about it as it is such a hot topic. Quick Notes - I didn't want to use a table to build it in case it took me a long time, so I created my own stand with a bulletin board and a base and built the sections at a table and transferred them over (basically the last 60% of the build is like this). The stand does not seem really sturdy but I have no fear of it falling - On its own, it is a sturdy build on its own as you can easily hold it. The interior is very repetitive and I didn't realize how big it really was until I was building it (even though I knew it was 4 feet long) Finally, stickers suck but in this case it is understandable. Now I have to find a home for it, and I will take a building break for a week.

I actually agree with this. Based on the Minecraft fiasco of 2012, I think they have learned to just under promise and over deliver.

damn nice,.. tx for posting the pics.

Did anyone actually order one? The "add to cart" button is live, but doesn't actually add anything to the cart.

Basically its cars, trucks, airplanes, helicopters, construction machines, off road vehicles. Mix, rinse and repeat. I have stopped hoping for something new or clever mechanism from Lego, such as a great ball contraption, roller coaster, cuckoo clock, walking robot, animals, bugs, or a set to build all kinds of simple mechanism.. They used to have such sets, but the Technic team (to be fair, its probably the tie and suit marketing execs who never stepped out of air conditioned space) have stopped thinking for the last 10 years.

OK, I didn't realize it was the link to the thread you were having issues with, that's strange. I thought it might be a link to the item, or an affiliate link of some sort. I'm in IT too, so I know exactly what you're saying.

I see that people got me wrong. To put it short (it is difficult to put that short so if anybody wants to discuss this matter feel free to PM me): I am against discrimating people because I grew up believing in equality. I am okay with fighting for the rights of people who are oppressed and mistreated. What I am against is discriminating other people to do so, not caring about their needs etc. To me we should not talk about men and women but about people. I've been to Africa and Japan and other countries and I am not okay with what most women there are treated only because they are women (Japan is at a turning point though). And if I do have the feeling that men are being mistreated only because they are men, then it is my right and duty to criticize this (and any movement that is supporting the idea that they should be mistreated). Feminism is about women and women alone, that's the hole problem about the concept from the start. I know where it is coming from but I don't agree with where it went. Nowadays an equality-movement would be more in place. Okay I hope that puts it clear and short. If you cannot accept that I am against a movement that is willing to discriminate other people because of certain traits then don't. If you want to discuss this matter then PM me. When it comes to criticize others because they don't think the same way that you do then it gets difficult in this world. And I think a lot of people feel lost amongst all this polictical correctness. I know it is a strong thing in the U.S. and there might be cultural differences when it comes to it. But the main reason I started this topic was to discuss if there really is a need for LEGO to change their policies when it comes to gender-equality. I don't like the way the poster adresses LEGO and criticizes like everything. To me it felt like "You should produce more LEGO for girls! ... Oh wait you did that... but I don't like how you made it all pink and purple and "girlish" forcing girls into a stereotype!... you say there is other LEGO that is pretty neutral? I don't like that most of the characters are not female and the point that minifigures and bodyparts are widely interchangeable does not appease me!" I don't have the feeling that LEGO is missing anything (or at least I didn't) but spanky for example pointed out to me that his daughters are missing something. My little sister never gave the impression that something was amiss. And she also enjoys playing wih knights. There are bigger epic battles than most boys will ever imagine and at the end you still can see how darth vader is drinking tea with luke and leia. She also likes to include her Friends theme a lot. I mean where is a better place to have ice cream???!!! ;-) She really likes the colors and obviously a lot of other girls also like them. There is nothing wrong with it if you ask me. So now I see the need of some more female characters and themes where I did not see it before. I think when it comes to LEGO they are doing a pretty good job though. Next year we get the new Elves theme and besides all my hopes for it to be a cool LOTR-like theme... it is a Friends-like theme. But I know for sure that my little sister already is pretty excited about it and I will have to strongly abuse my LEGO-VIP-card to get her some when it finally finds its way into the stores. BTW: You know this Boba Fett minifig? Or the headhunter princess Leia? So Leia can still be Leia, but Boba Fett became Mona Fett (for some reason ^.^) and those two female head hunters fight against sea monsters and the evil sorceress to rescue their friends! It's pretty cool when you watch her haha. Did you know that you can exchange the hair of the Friends theme with the other themes? You might have known but I learned that thanks to my sis. (Though I do not like Vaders new hair...). I'm not a big fan of "natural female/male traits" and I do not believe that much in them. (@ivncevaughn: Sounds like a description of me "sensitivity, caring, support, motherly tendencies, social grace, modesty, etc." you only need to add the beard and the manly muscles ***** I guess in a lot of ways I'm more "female traited" than my girlfriend ;-) But in the LEGO store she still was most excited about not the VW bus or the EWOK village... but those Disney Princess sets (and here it was Ariel with Fabius she really liked). The GF of her brother loves EWOKs because they are so cuuuute ^.^

looks like they added the Mini T1 to my T1 order but says its OOS and will ship when available ... score if I do end up getting it!!

You don't have to do that. I'm in CA. Double VIP and the promo show up for me. Never had a problem with Lego.com stuff showing up at 9PM PST.

I will tell you one thing, I do not buy from auctions that use stock pictures.

You need better friends. I only do this in extreme situations such as this and 144 dollar tower bridges.

I posted it before but I'm gonna leave it since it's a great video.

Know the feeling. This period seems the most heavy for retirements and for wallets

LEGO S@H was offline most of the day during another big promotion and disappoints again.

NISB 4842 Hogwarts Castle for 125 EUR. I did okay, I guess.

Very good move to unlock value for shareholders. Ebay traffic is declining considerably and on its own does not make much money. Paypal was the breadwinner in this relationship but Ebay was dead weight for shareholders. This will mean ebay will likely open up its platform to alot more payment processors. Stripe was rated the number one processor for 2014 so ebay would be foolish not to integrate it. Also apple pay will be a dominant player in 1-2 years so ebay will have to take them onboard. If Jack Ma introduces a platform in the USA and keeps it free for a number of years (as is his MO) ebay will decline alot faster than it already is under John Donahoe. No doubt they see the writing on the wall. Let's not forget google as a possible buyer for ebay after the split. In 5 years ebay will be like overstock is today.

I think there is at least 10 more pages of "fat" in this HH thread that must be censored.

The reason I ask is because me and some close friends were looking to acquire one:

I was thinking to use the Town Hall as a stand alone building. Like the town center of Hill Valley (BTTF). Then in front of the Town Hall a park with a pond and surrounding the park are the other modulars (PS, GE, FB, PC, PR, etc.). I think that makes an awesome setup with depth.

BTW it's very, very simple to see if this house is seeked after or not. Just check the european ebay and see the "sold items": nearly all sets at MSRP have been sold. That's enough to convince me.

If people think the official model still doesn't give the world famous structure justice then perhaps this large scale intricately detailed MOC by TheBrickMan will.