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Here's some quick pictures, it's a work in progress. A mixture of our own stuff with Lego models because, frankly, I'm not very good at doing my own thing.

Did you make a LEGO-themed Halloween costume, or see any great ones this year? I'd love to see what everyone else created! I had a great time creating both a Unikitty and a Benny the spaceman costume for Halloween this year! I got to wear my Benny costume at work and a party at our house that evening. LEGO Movie Unikitty and Benny costumes. My colleagues wearing LEGO Movie costumes at work. Sincerely, ---tom

Usually I don't post this but today seems to be an unusually high mixel volume day Sold 6x series 1 mixels for $114.95 each

Hi guys, Seems TRU gets another shipment of RI, this time around 60 sets. It is here: http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=42333006&prodFindSrc=search&foreSeeBrowseSampling=15&foreSeeBrowseLoyalty=1&foreSeeEnabled=true Good luck!

I only managed one HH on Hot Tub Time Machine Day, but it arrived minty fresh this morning. 37R4.

I have two slightly damaged GEs (one has crease and one has box image tear on front) that I am planning on returning to WM. I'm offering them up to BPers (for purchase) prior to doing so. I will ship and the cost to you will be my cost + shipping. Ideally I would prefer these go to BPers that have been unable to acquire one yet. If you are interested PM me. (Mods: I've already passed this post by Ed)

These sets have special mystical powers so they are more expensive.

So here is the list with every individual list aggregated. For those ranking them in order I assigned a scoring system of the #1 set getting 10 points, the #2 set getting 9 points and so on. For those listing in no particular order each set got 5 points. Here's the results: No surprises at the top and I'd have to say the combined top 10 is a pretty good representation of sets that should be considered 'iconic'.

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CATEGORY A - PHYSICAL (three winners based on votes, one winner chosen randomly) >Exo Suit - Pirate Edition by sweetsha >Divers Exo Suit by Sebeus I >The Ecto-Suit by Skalldyr >Aquazone Exo Suit by aminster85 CATEGORY B - DIGITAL (two winners based on votes, one winner chosen randomly) Note: two entries tied so both won a spot. >The Bat-Exo-Suit by Oky >Power Miners Exo Suit by kobalt1977 >Exo - Homer by krisandkris12 >Colossus Voxel by CM4Sci

nothing lego related but bought 93" teddy bear for my daughter

I wouldn't be surprised if it sold for less in two years after eol than in 6 months. Kids may not even remember what Chima was in 2 years.

I don't think it's returning.

rebuild...? huh? you mean you guys aren't supergluing them together? when i get done i spray paint them orange and sell them for large sums of money on ebay as prototypes.

I have both the DS and EV on display in my house and when guests come by the first thing they all go look at is the EV - I've gotten many more compliments on it than any other displayed SW set I own. EDIT: random side note: George Lucas' daughter Amanda and I were on the same little league team as kids sometime between 1988-1991 and he used to come watch our baseball games.

Generally, I listen to my wife complain after my son and I finish building something. He leaves them all over the house and they accumulate fast.

Sopwith in stock at TRU.ca, Canadians http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=13148493

I dunno. I like the sets. I like the colors. I'm a geek dad to a 6 year old daughter. She likes Friends, she likes non-Friends Lego, too. This is a gateway into "fantasy" worlds. I have no idea if it will be an investment winner. It might be a parting out winner. But, I know I willing be buying. Maybe there are others that think like me.

Several boxes can be seen on the page: http://kollectobil.com/2014/09/lego-elves-to-make-their-debut-in-2015/ (boat's box is perfect, how can it be possible to not buy (or steal) it when you have it in hands ?)

Here are images for two of them and I can hardly wait to see the rest. I'm in love with the Unicorn Girl ....but I imagine you already knew that. Unicorn Girl Snakecharmer Source: The Brick Fan

It is too bad that won't happen but Rainbow Dash in Lego would be.... AWESOME!!!!....I'm more of a Celestia fan to tell the truth. Praise the sun! :lol:

Craigslist sale. Four new sets to one buyer. A-Wing, MHC, Desert Skiff, and City Park Cafe for $150. No eBay, paypal, or shipping fees, so I cleared just over $80 profit. The customer was an older couple buying Christmas gifts for their grand kids, and mentioned they might be looking for more for birthday gifts. I wish all Craig's deals went this smoothly.

I blame Brickpicker for encouraging me in spending more money on Lego than any other novelty ....and I haven't been happier. Who needs such frivolities to waste time and cash on like beer to 'get high' when there is another set in the closet waiting to be built? So many bricks, so little time.

If the buy in is right, this set should do well after eol. It's only been out a little over a year though, do I'd be surprised if it retired any time soon. A lot of little girls like to "play school", and this set lets them do that. My seven year old daughter has this set, and plays with it all the time. Heck, even my eight year old son plays with it too, but he usually just attacks it with his AT-AT.

What you're forgetting is that retail organizations (and large businesses in general) completely over-react to minor things. Your numbers make sense, and work on logic. A lot of businesses don't always do that. Also, let's not forget the point of the promotion was to move $75 worth of OTHER LEGO SETS. It clearly goes against the spirit of the promo itself to buy the sets to get a free set, and unless every TRU manager is dumb, they are going to take notice. General employees may take notice. Other customers may take notice. There's something to be said for keeping a low profile. They literally need to get one old fashioned complaint letter to get wheels moving. Or they look at their own numbers and see something is up. I know we all want to say that retailers (TRU in particular) are really dumb, but obviously they have some people doing their homework there, and that homework gets easier and easier with all the analytics and instant access to information. The following retail changes have occured in the last 12 months alone, and this is a partial list: 1. Walmart has stopped their 50% off LEGO After Christmas clearance. 2. K-Mart.com no longer accepts (Many) coupons for LEGO. 3. Barnes and Noble coupons exclude LEGO. 4. Target.com has begun pricing their hard to find/retiring soon LEGO sets at higher than MSRP regularly. 5. TRU (most of them) have stopped selling their PROMO items separately, and are actually getting corporate orders to NOT sell them. 6. TRU Coupons (some of them) are starting to exclude LEGO. I know I am not going to change anyone's behaviors, there are some folks who are short sighted and frankly don't care about "the future" of LEGO Investing, they want to get as much money as they can right now. I am not claiming you are like that, but there are lots of folks who are. Some on this site, many others who don't bother. But to deny that the impact of increased LEGO reselling visibility/reseller actions helped bring about these changes is really silly. I am not trying to take any sort of high road here or call anyone out, I am just pointing out that there is a cause/effect relationship between resellers and retailer policies. I am not one of those sky is falling sorts, but anyone who wants to do this long term should think about their actions and encourage others to think as well. Lots of people have pointed out increased competition/lower prices, harder to find deals, etc etc. It's not going to get any easier from here. And we certainly can't be surprised when retailers adjust.

In the early days, it caused me to spend a lot of money. These days, it causes me to spend a lot of money, but a little wiser now.

Brickpicker has probably aged me by 10 years Brickpicker has made me gain like 20 lbs Brickpicker has made my wife constantly say, 'you love that website more than you love me' etc, etc, etc...

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

Hey guys, 34 years old here, and just got back into building Lego sets after a long time, thankfully my wife is cool with it, though she doesn't really like to participate unless it is a small build. Just wondering, what do other Afols do after they build their sets. Can't say I'm interested in playing with them, I think what I find the most attractive about this hobby is the zen like feeling you get when you're building, you just don't think of anything else and your mind feels at peace. Once I'm done, I love displaying the sets in my living room, especially the beautiful ones like the council of elrond and the unexpected gathering. Don't think I'll be displaying the towerof orthanc when I'm done though. Lol.

I like the guy with the piece of cardboard he pulled out of the recycling and fashioned a minifigure mask with it with no other accessories!

Series 1 Mixels are on fire right now. In the last three days, I've sold 6 sets as well at $115, with 4 of them going in the last 25 hours. Time to raise the price again.

Sold 4 TRU Bricktober sets to one buyer for $459.80 shipped. Great to have them all in one package and this buyer bought 2 sets from me previously. Happy! How does that happy song go?

...you damned reseller. *click* edition: ( woops )

Ja sie sind praktisch, nur wenn es um Set's geht die gerade nicht in aller Munde sind, dann muss man schon mal etwas gr

Oh it's American. No other country would call that piss colored rice water beer. Blue moon is about as Belgian as Taco Bell is mexican.

Was that the one for $90 yesterday?

For all the Ewok lovers....

For all the Ewok haters....

Wow - didn't realize TRU had so many left online. It's been sold out in store forever.

If you want to maintain an advantage, the last thing you want to do is bring attention to it. This Bricktober situation is perhaps not a big deal in the grand scheme, but is easily lumped into the discussion with Ban Hammers and Coupon Restrictions and ID Required for Returns and Exchanges. As far as the math, the person behind you in line doesn't give a rat's rear end about the numbers when they can't get their mini TH today because you bought the last one... and the one before that... and the one before that... x50. It doesn't matter if the store let you or not - the backlash and negative perception is what really matters in the long run. And in this world of blanket policies and over-reaction, hundreds and thousands of those cases added up over months and years and states make life a lot harder for almost anyone trying to make money here. "It's not really hurting anyone" has, since the beginning of time, been a deluded justification for excessive greed and selfishness. Not meant to be any sort of personal "attack", just food for thought. Moderation, indeed... If you want to maintain an advantage, the last thing you want to do is bring attention to it.

For the most part, the majority of my Craig's sales have been with "normal" people, with a few repeat customers. You can usually get a good feel for a person through the conversation ahead of time to set up the deal. The people who lowball you are usually the strange ones, and since I don't give my inventory away I never meet them. Where I get leery is when I'm buying used sets/lots from others, because who knows what kind of person I am about to meet.

After (a while ago) seeing jaisonline modifications (which I really liked) I bought some 1x8 door rail pieces and modified my DeLorean Time Machine myself. I'm pretty satisfied with the results. Just where the window is I had the feeling that something was amiss and my solution is far from being perfect... but somehow I still like it more than leaving this area "naked" ;-) Here are some pictures so that you can see what I did and how it looks. I added: -Some smooth elements on the doors lifting arms (or however you call it... ) -a 1x1 brick and a 1x4 brick both black underneath the door because of -a 2x6 brick on the roof underneath the smooth brick (+ two 1x2 smooth bricks) and additionally two 1x2 bricks to elevate the roof even more (just on top of the flux capacitor and the bricks behind it). -an angular smooth 1x1 brick on both sides (rear mirror) and I replaced the smooth black 1x1 bricks with those round smooth silver 1x1 bricks -a 1x2 silver grid behind the... eh... binoculars brick thingy on the roof - and those bricks you can see where the window is situated Now it does not only look better/cooler (at least to me ;-) ) but there's also enough space to put Doc Brown into the car. Maybe even both minifigs but I guess putting one minifig inside already is a great achievement ;-P Thanks again to everybody who posted his modifications, without I probably would not even have had the idea to modify anything. I feel much more pleased with my result now than with the original design of the set.

GC

Oh yeah that was me, I'm still happy that I did that. Also I bought some GE. It was either that or traveling the world with my girlfriend with all inclusive. Honestly the decission was easy, a real no-brainer!

True dat! I'm not nearly as active as some on here (mainly because of my lack of experience in this whole world of reselling) but I've never been so active on a forum before. All deals I've come across have been because of BPers. The majority of my knowledge about ebay has been from here (ravenb99 and others). (Cladner) gave me the bump I needed to start selling on Amazon which I have had most of my success with thus far! Living by the the Can/US border (redghostx) was very informative with cross border fees, shipping within the states, bogus US Craigslist adds and local deals. (Justafrog) prompted me to get in touch with my accountant and set up a proper business plan. Props to all those who unselfishly share info with others to succeed directly or indirectly (Ed M.). Thanks!!! Now if you have any questions about machining, I'm your guy! Edit: And to TheOrcKing who just gave me my first badge :D

My 7 month old daughter built her first Lego set 10553 and she developped a taste for it. Her review was, plenty of nice colored pieces. The little bear is most easy to chew on and the window boxed is most useful to poke mommy's eye out. Brilliant set imo.

I love the original by Pink Floyd with every fiber of my being but have to admit this cover is f***ing fantastic. Korn - Another Brick In The Wall (Parts 1,2,3)

As soon as this goes EOL (in five years) I'll let you know if it was worth investing in. BTW, don't be an Ewok hater. They can't help it that they are short, fat, and hairy. It's the way Lucas made them.