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Trench Run!

​Probably just taking a break to modify the box.

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I made my first ever Lego sale today. I got €10.91 for an Admiral Yularen shipped locally on ebay. Not amazing, but it's a start and after all it did cost me nothing

It´s not retired but there will be a remake in 2016 with more than 4000 pieces, a Disney Logo AND a helicopter to cover all demographics.

​This is how I swallowed a flower piece.

Here is The Brick Show Review.

Ferris Wheel is TOOS will ship in 30 days at LEGO Shop at Home. It's not available at any other retailer. Has a limit 1. EOL?

Tonight, while my fiancee was watching Pitch Perfect 2, I reassembled my 10210 Imperial Flagship (gorgeous) and finally built my 6256 Catamaran and 6278 Enchanted Island that I picked up last year. There is also a 6266 Cannon Cove that I picked up last week but the pirates are missing but the extra Imperial soldiers are better anyhow. My only complaint is that I will have to take these apart in the fall to make room for other builds (finding a home is a separate issue). I am positive that the Islanders land is to scale, compared to the pirate ships, because the Black Pearl and the Imperial Flagship are probably from the Marvel universe where they are needlessly loud and large.

From Lego store today

Time to pull out the special director's cut edition of The Abyss.

In hand - can't wait to build, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. i am envious of anyone holding sealed boxes of Grand Carousel. Paired with the Mixer, Ferris Wheel and the upcoming Jokerland, the Grand Carousel would make one helluva amusement park...I have a feeling we'll see more appreciation for GC.

I literally check "sold" mixels every day as I keep track for when I'm ready to get rid of my mixels. Don't pay attention to the ones selling out of Indonesia either. Those are selling cheaper cause it's auction usually and people won't pay as much as obviously it's more of a risk getting them than just buying locally in the U.S, not to mention much longer shipping times. I write those sales off.

​I would trust the results of looking at recent "sold listings" rather than information from folks here that maybe haven't sold any complete sets recently.

​To catch the deals before they sell out, you can use the android app and set an alert on "lego". Your smartphone will alert you when a deal is posted. Save you from having to check regularly!

​You would be correct.

I think that's actually a cat toy. Possibly playing the role of a DS turret firing at our hero.

​Is that a crazy Christmas Tree Stand Imperial Fighter flanking from the East?

​A prequel where they show the birth of the hero of the original movies and that hero has mystical powers. Who would ever come up with such a daft idea?

Was at a local Lego store and they had it in stock so I decided to get it. No worthwhile promotions but it was calling my name.

Given that LOTR is over and SW is about to be born again and all leaked details and characters are signs point to not sucking, I'd rank that list Red 5, Red 5,Red5. Ok, not quite that extreme but I don't think you want to be caught under your goal on Red 5 and seems like the set that will pop the quickest and has been hardest to come by of late - at least round these parts. I've decided Red 5 is even a set worth getting banned over so I have 3 on back order at the moment. Don't underestimate the power of the force awakening in a crop of new 1%er SW kid fans and the synergy resulting with their nostalgic parents/grandparents to blow vast wads of cash on sold out or very hard to find UCS SW-themed LEGO sets. Would be nice to have a few bonus Red5s stashed just in case, we get a year with GDP of 4-5% and some wage inflation. Once Red 5 is really past the F5 stage of panic, and listed as SOLD OUT , & darrin gets done buying all the low hanging fruit, this set will be just like all the rest of the recent wave of retired UCS SW sets. . Of course you could go the contrarian route and corner the market on ToO and still have the same happy ending . Everyone wins with these sets. Just some will win more than others.

Jang recently released his review of this set. It's a quality review and he even dicusses some of the technical aspects of the build.

I got all these 3 months ago in Mexico City, I guess the Mixel mania is not there yet.....

Kind of like Life Hacks, but pertaining to our beloved hobby, I thought a thread for simple but useful tricks would be cool. I'll start: Make your own mini "space saver" bags with a ziploc and a straw. Put the pieces into the bag, zip it up with the straw barely inside the bag. Then, suck all of the air out of the bag. Quickly remove the straw and zip up that last bit in the same motion. Now, you have a super-skinny airless bag that won't rattle at all when shipped.

Bought a lot of 22+ lbs of LEGO from the Goodwill website. Paid about 100.00. The initial pictures looked good as far as what I was getting (couple of shells of Star Wars vehicles 8098, 9495) and several figs (Wampa). When I got it, found well over 100 Star Wars figures and the shells to about a dozen sets. Not looking to sell, so I'm not worried about the price per pound or the fact that these are a lot of Clone Wars sets (although I think that with the figures...the price per pound was good) ,.....but I'll have a lot of fun playing detective and putting these sets together.

​There is a new National Lampoon's Vacation movie coming out this year. There's a ferris wheel in the movie so there's no way it retires before that.

Picked up a few more sets this past week. Santa's Workshop (x2) - trying to reach my baseline target because "winter is coming"Red Five (x1) - way past my limit but they are easy to store and hard to find at retailEcto (x6) - beginning to accumulate these because I think it will disappear quickly and without warningTower Bridge (x2) - burned up some TRU rewards and gift cards. Also picked one up "free" with VIP points at shop at home (backordered)Star Wars Shadow Troopers (x3) - $6 each with surprise points at Kmart. Meant to buy Death Star Troopers but these caught my eye to use as gifts.

​How many Ecto 1 should I buy instead?

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Why there is a plane? Are we driving that thing under the sea?

​ I've been seeing a few of these sell for $34-38 each with free shipping. one sold for $45 last month I think but wouldn't expect that regularly yet. I think the standard for set of S1 should be $125 now. no more messing around people. haha. people who are still undercutting other on S1 and S2 need to run out so prices can go back up. Sets of 3 by color is selling better than full sets.

Redmond WA Fred Meyer put out Series 5 Mixels, the shelf tag says $4.99 but they ring up as $3.99 and qualify for the BOGO 40% off sale, so $3.20 each in multiples of 2.

I like your thinking! ​Have to pick my gf up from the airport this weekend. AKA: and excuse to be close enough to Vaughan Discovery Centre to warrant a trip before i get her

​did you take those pictures in the lego store? Were they like...da fuq?

100% agree. Check seller feedback, asking price (too low is often too good to be true), inspect all seals for glue, re-taping, etc... Note I have some heavy sets purchased in 2013 that have 1-2 seals each which loosened some even though they were stored properly, sometimes it just happens. i do like how Lego is now using 6 seals on some larger boxed sets. For expensive sets like this, i personally recommend buying opened box (sealed bags or used) so you can at least check for completeness and even build. This goes for sets especially like 10196 with scarce contents.

The seals alot of the time are not put on straight at the factory so it is not going to be of any help. With a set of that size and weight you could very well see some loosening of seals over time. I would look at seller feedback as the best indicator. Once you get the set if you are not going to open it then you can weight it and compare to the data on bricklink. Allow for small variances due to humidity and the moisture content of the cardboard. Buy from a reputable seller and you shouldn't have any problems. With the new Ferris Wheel then 10196 may be the better investment tho (part out value of 10196 is ~ $5.5k vs $2k for Taj).

Toys R Us Canada sale beginning tomorrow May 15th: 20% on Creator, Classic and TMNT. Meh.

​Nice score on the MKII. For the unicorn girl, if you're unsure about the head, feel for the horn. It's floating around by itself and nothing else in the series feels like it.

Here you go !

Seems like PS, R5, and ToO are the ones closest to retirement. They all seem like good choices, but I would rank them PS, R5, ToO. Anybody else?

wow. I just see $$$ in that bin, lol.

My own view is that i would never reverse the build and rebag that way. As my Lego investing includes the cost of my time, i don't think the time spent would justify the hoped for increase in resale value. Very much with the not applying the stickers mentality though

​And from the sets' perspective, the minifigs stuck in there probably feel like it is more "The Cask of Amontillado". I am in awe of the care some of you put in building your sets AND preserving the bits and pieces but that is also why I separate completely what I build from what I keep. Having returned from my second Dark Ages, the sets I have are going to stay with me.

He's talking about the three currently known zombie characters in this to be released series you can see in the response below between the Zombie Cheerleader, Zombie Businessman, and Zombie Pirate Captain. Since each is a different sort of zombie, I think they all will do well personally.​ The cheerleader reminds me of Lollipop Chainsaw and the businessman is funny just because. ​ ​I don't understand that logic mostly because what exactly is there stating these characters are specifically wearing costumes and not actual monsters? On the same token the creatures from Monster Fighters could simply be people wearing some sort of getup and are not real monsters. I get these minifigures are designed for Halloween bringing forth the notion of costumes but nothing so far mentions they are just trick-or-treaters.

Finished a couple UCS sets this weekend, including the Tie Fighter. Looks great next to the others! Wonderful builds, all of them. Some innovative stuff in the TIE build, including the wing attachments. Have really enjoyed these.

2016 at the earliest

TRUTH 2 x 75055 - Imperial Star Destroyer --> $139.99 - 20% - 10% + tax - $20 (Babies R' Us discounted gift card) = $86.84 each - 8% rewards 2 x 75021 - Republic Gunship --> $129.98 - 20% - 10% + tax - $20 (Babies R' Us discounted gift card) = $79.20 each - 8% rewards 1 x 75060 - Slave 1 (online purchase) --> $199.99 - $70 rewards + tax - 10% discounted gift card = $125.18 - 8% rewards

If they made the SSD in proportion to the 10240 X-wing and new TIE fighter, it would take up a football field.

If I understood Jeff correctly, it was not just taken by brickpicker members but also by people visiting brickset, brickfan etc. As far as Biniou's comment is concerned: I don't think the survey really pretends to indicate how many AFOL's exist per country. It tells where the participants of the survey come from. No more, no less.