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Finished the main build tonight, just have bag 12 which is the stand / minifig. Will try to do that in the morning at the warehouse tomorrow. Looks really good when finished, very sturdy as well. Build time was somewhere in between 4-5 hours , kind of lost track. Now I'm ready for the next UCS SW...

Over the past few weeks I got: 30313: Garbage Truck (x60) for 34 cents each. There was a target near me that didn't put all of these out for Easter. When they went 90% off on Sunday, they still had 2 boxes in the stockroom. I picked them up before they went salvage. 3181: Passenger Plane (used) for $20. Got this at a local community sale. It was just dusty and missing a few common minifig parts. I cleaned it up and it looks great. 70162: Infearno Interception (x4) for $8.99 70163: Toxikita's Toxic Meltdown (x3) for $11.99 60044: Mobile Police Unit (x2) for $17.98 76013: Batman: The Joker Steam Roller (x2) for $14.99 76022: X-Men vs. The Sentinel for $14.99

"Use the ghetto, Luke!"

I will photograph it with Red Five next to it. Couldn't transport it today as the weather was bad. the wings are pretty repetitive. The second side I flew through compared to the first . I think that is how Red Five and this are though, look great when finished but both fairly easy builds for the price point. Going to do Slave 1 next and see how that build compares seeing they were all the same pricepoint.

Why would it matter if you're going to buy them all today?

Saw this at my LEGO store this weekend. They said it's over 7500+ pieces.

They'll come in handy in 2028 when it goes EOL ???? Sent from my SM-G900F using Brickpicker mobile app

I got an arctic city outpost for $25 at my local Wally world

Try this... <ORDERTRACKNO-EQ:Y> The tracking information for your order can be found here: http://trkcnfrm1.smi.usps.com/PTSInternetWeb/InterLabelInquiry.do?&strOrigTrackNum=<ORDERTRACKNO> Please remember, the USPS does not always provide information while your package in in transit. </ORDERTRACKNO-EQ:Y>

I haven't but I know another member who did here and here are a couple expanded Bike Shop & Cafe MOCs I found the other day to boot. Casa e Bar by nuno2500 my scoot and bike shop modular (wip) by geert.vanderbeke http://www.flickr.com/photos/26864031@N00/sets/72157647998355297/ Jewelry Store and Pizzaria by sonicstarlight

I feel like one Tie Fighter is not enough. Get 3 of those things behind a Red Five and then it will be more realistic. Haha it's only money right?

Your html link is well formed however you can't link to sites like Facebook this way .. and it's not because BL doesn't allow it, Facebook doesn't allow what BL is trying to do in this case. I viewed the generated source of the splash page, and it's hosted in an html control called a <frame> .. any site requiring you to "login" probably won't work. BL was developed waaaaay back when <frame> was a control used a lot. Most modern websites no longer employ this type of control for the majority of the functionality for a variety of reasons - mainly they are a security risk (phising) and interacting with content in a frame is crappy. With that in mind, even if BL tries to prevent some HTML from getting into your splash page .. moving you over to your own hosted splash page won't matter because Facebook doesn't allow it to be hosted in a frame which is what BL uses for the content of each tab. Suggestion .. do this: <BR>Check us out on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gem-State-Bricks/1625510294338460" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/gemstatebricks/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> for updates and store promotions. <BR> By adding the target="_blank" to the html link, it will open the pages in a new tab of the browser. That's as good as it gets... and IMO a better user experience anyways. (for the folks who care about the technical reason .. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7276036/open-facebook-page-in-iframe-or-frame .. it has some details from a facebook developer on why it's not allowed)

Found a 70146 Flying Phoenix Fire Temple on clearance for $38. Wasn't marked but I bought one months ago on clearance, so I scanned it and sure enough it was!

Movie drop ship Target $12.99 Would not scan so cashier said how about $12.99 I said sure

Not sure about all the Juniors sets, however, Defend the Batcave in particular will do well long term. I parted this one out before xmas for profit and then sold them during xmas last year for $50 (buy in 22.50) when they sold out everywhere. This has the limited retro batman and robin minifigures which are based on the 60's TV series. The only other set that has these minifigures is a rare 2014 san diego comic con set. The Joker minifigure is sort of rare too and sells pretty easy. A few rare bricks and plates on top of the minifigures makes this a parter outer set or long term hold. The minifigures alone were going for $30+ when it first came out. Once it is EOL and a new crop of obsessive collector batman lego freaks come out of their dark ages, they will bid this set up to $75. Small box, easy to ship, takes up little space. What's not to love. LEGO Juniors. Its not Duplo.

3 more Death Star's

The more of these I see, the less I like the idea of creating full-blown modular sized buildings out of the set. I think the design plays better into a half-modular play style. I was excited to see them (almost) continue with the theme in the toy store 31036. In reality they cut corners and botched the toy store set so much that it is an insult to the 31026 set. other sets I've been looking at that might fit into the same scale though, town square, heartlake mall, daily bugle, maybe avengers tower. I just think that trying to scale it up just doesn't fit the design, and eliminates some of the play functions. I have to admit that last one looks decent though.

No, I do have my thoughts, but they usually align more to my building preferences and I like to hear those of others. I have read a majority of the threads regarding each of these sets.

I'm guessing you are referring to these http://applications.ebay.com/selling?EAppsHome#

My personal ranking: Buy now, good investment, very likely to go away in the next 6 months: PS, 42009 High priority, may or may not last another year, and a good investment: PC, T1 Going away soon, but limited investment value: EEE Your guess is as good as mine, good investment, but completely unknown life: DS, TB, Sea Cow Can wait on this one, unlikely to go away within the year: Slave 1, Tumbler

I have seen a lot of people speculate about the pet shop, death star and palace cinema being at or near the end of the line. Who knows if that is true for sure, but if it is, I would focus on those to start.

Wildbricks, you mean 1 plate at a time? Most folks would just prefer Lego sell the straight piece alone for cheaper instead of including that crossing plate...I'm sure many have extra crossing plates they don't use. Eventually I'll need to add more straight and curved plates. Slow build...many empty land parcels waiting for Cinema, Restaurant, Detective etc. just like Rome wasn't built in one day

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If you have limited resources just build and enjoy it. Just accept you missed the boat and move on to the next oppurtunity. Palace Cinema or ... However... if you have unlimited resources buy the one for $450. I believe there is still enough space for growth on this one. As I've mentioned before... an MISB GG could be bought in January last year for 450 euro. Now, to get this set you will have to throw 700 to 800 euro on the table minimum. I still believe Town Hall will become scarce very soon. Also cause the end-user mostly will open and build it and add it to the personal collection. The longer you wait, the more difficult your decision will become to pull the trigger. Hope this helps.

I would just build it. But that's just me, not saying that's the most reasonable thing to do from a financial point of view. Regardless, mid to long term, CAGR for 3x PS (or PC if you buy into the early retirement hype) will most likely be better than 1x TH.

If you want to keep & build a Town Hall anyway, I'd go with your first option. 3 Palace Cinemas (or another good grower) are going to be worth more than a single Town Hall. My 2c.

Buy a used one right now. But man you're really late to realize that you missed the boat.

The Episode V poster top notch.

Could also be folks that don't own a credit card. You can open up paypal with a bank account and no credit.

Ok off the wall. Leave the one sealed on the shelf. Then buy 3 Death Stars. It's going this year I think and the replacement in my opinion will not meet this one. Keep them sealed too. I'm jesting but really I am being serious too. Something to consider.

Approximately 60 stickers DOH!

Built Friends Lighthouse with my daughter. Great set - will be purchasing a few next year.

Same here, all 5 I ordered shipped this week.

Honestly, I use whatever I get from my own purchases. Hell, even newspaper works fine as long as you use a properly sized box and make sure that the set does not bounce around. Now, for a more professional look you might want to purchase kraft paper as dcdfan mentioned above, or big rolls of bubble wrap. The key is making sure the set does not bounce around the box and that it has proper padding on the top and bottom. At least that's how I do it and have had no issues so far. Note, however, my main target market is not really the hardcore collector or serious investor.

Received a confirmation that the 3 sets I ordered in January from Amazon.es were sent to me and will arrive on the 17th.

I thought my name was Bernard for a minute - sorry, you all are, of course, correct about needing all three statements.

I built 3 Bionicle and 2 Hero Factory sets for my son.

I use Kraft paper. Someone on this site posted pics that are exactly like I do it.

No recent posts, so here's one. While everyone concentrates on what they buy for, there doesn't seem to be any selling details. (in Canada keep in mind), sold a few over the last 3 months, last night's for $724.99 Canadian. or about $575 US

Ok...hope the picture shows up. Just found it on brickblogger. I'm sure there's more versions and unique builds...some folks are really talented.

He's stating it more like fact rather than opinion, and not nicely either. I don't care if people want to post what they think, but when they are rude about it and act like a little kid trying to get their point across its annoying and a waste of time reading the post......especially with " I am right.thanks". Great, he may be right, but coming off like a pompous jerk isn't going to make others here like you or respect your input. Rant over, moving on.......

I always just pick Standard Shipping... They use DHL which charges WAAAAY less brokerage than UPS. Back in January, I ordered two MKII - total paid to Amazon UK was $376.23 as per my credit card statement. All of the invoice and packing slips don't mention the cost, but I'm almost positive Canada Post delivered it to my door and charged me $56.46 for a total of 432.69. Taxes for me are 13% (and the way Amazon fills in the declared value I ended up paying tax on the $8 shipping charge). That made each one $216.35 and the total "brokerage" was $7.55 which looks like it is 2% of the total cost (376 * 0.02 = 7.52). I'll try to find the invoice slip... It's still a good deal with the 2% brokerage fee which basically turns it into a 15% tax. Ouch.

I used two coupons total. You can re-generate unique codes for $10 off $75 on toys at this URL http://shc.cpn2c.co/...ervice/web/bE3R The $10 back on a $50 purchase is unique. Once used, you can't us it again. I would say do it once, and pocket the points. Then parlay it again by using a $10 off $20 coupon. If you have shop your way linked to a mobile account, Text THANKS to 73277 to get a Sears.com coupon code. It says sears on it, but I was able to use the code from kmart.com on a birds purchase. I had some points stacked up, so I got another birds for $7 after I used all my points from the previous purchase, and some I had banked. There's definitely some room for some creativity. Outside of some SW sets, this seems to be one of the few sets at kmart with some investment potential (I'm in the camp that says this set is a winner).

Ah yes, that Star Wars classic French movie Rouge One, about the number one ladies lipstick colour. I'm here all weeks folks, well at least until Ed bans me for taking the mick out of him

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52656812@N04/sets/72157649139647834/ The Ocean Restaurant by snaillad

<drunk> So you said my girlfriend got bad taste!? *breaks beer bottle on the counter as if it were the most normal thing to do*</drunk> If she wouldn't be into big fat ugly things, where would that leave me?

There is no way PC is retiring soon. "At least not before Halloween or before Episode 7 movie comes out.

you could have easily went with chocolate

Definitely need to include Black Seas Barracuda, Forestmen's River Fortress, and original Monorails (city and space).