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New code for $10 off of $50. Sounds like it works on Lego but haven't tested: NewArrival16 Just tested on new Star Wars Lego and it seems to work so we are good to go! Not sure when it expires though.7 points
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I think it will retire once they stop making it.6 points
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My son and I spent the last couple of months Bricklinking a Super Star Destroyer (missed it when it was available). We just got the last parts yesterday, which was a baggy of 22 blue hinges that I ordered in the wrong color. We split it up over 10 different orders, both to keep the incremental cost reasonable (a bit each pay-check), and because many parts were not available from the same vendors in the quantities needed for this guy. All-in-all, I spent about $380 on the ship itself (no mini-figs or stickers). I substituted 3 piece types. The first is the infamous yellow Technic 5x5 right-angles (subbed it for black ones), the second is the large quantity of light and dark-grey 1x2 plates with 1 stud (had to sub it for the kind that has a slight groove along the bottom), and the third is a transparent blue piece that has the Emperors face on it (just the regular transparent blue piece for now). I've also picked up Admiral Piett ($20) because we have to have at least one guy on the bridge when we put it together. I'll get the rest of the mini-figs over the next few of weeks. This was really enjoyable for the 2 of us, and we spent last weekend taking inventory of all the orders to make sure we have everything we need. Our "master plan" was to hold it for Thanksgiving vacation to assemble. I don't think we're going to make it.3 points
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Smart.3 points
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Round 1 Santa Workshops from Walmart site-to-store in tax-free NH order fulfilled
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The TFA Snowspeeder would make a terrible, terrible UCS set and I would bet money it isn't the version we are getting.3 points
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The gingerbread house is adorable. Darn it, I said I wasn't going to buy any more lego. Lego, just take my money!3 points
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With any business whether it be a large corporation or a small website like BrickPicker, business models change. At times, you need to ask yourselves what it is that you are looking to achieve with the product you are working on. Since the beginning, Ed and I have always set out to try and help the LEGO investor and reseller save and make money.Today we are announcing that Brick Classifieds will be changing to the FREE / NO FEES model. I don't think you can really complain about that now can you. We want to help you, the LEGO investor/reseller, to move your product. Hopefully with some of the new tools that we have added to the system and the new ones that are being worked on right now, you will help spread the word to check Brick Classifieds first to find the best prices on LEGO items. Since there are no commissions taken out of your sale, we hope that you will work to price your items accordingly. If you are not going to lose fees, you should be pricing it lower on Brick Classifieds than on the other marketplaces so that you can still make the most money. Lower prices will help bring new buyers. Once buyers learn to check Brick Classifieds for best pricing, they will check Brick Classifieds first which means more money in your pocket instead of someone elses. We have made some updates to the product detail page of Brick Classifieds. We have included listings from other Brick Classifieds sellers as well as listings from eBay and Amazon. We are trying to show the buyer where they can get the best deal. If you, the seller, do your job correctly, they should want to buy the product from you and not go to the big shops. If the prices are better on eBay or Amazon, hopefully the buyer will click through and Brick Classifieds can earn some revenue through affiliate programs. Over the next few days we will be adding feeds from BrickOwl and still looking to see what can be done with BrickLink. It's been a while since I made a post about updates, but here are somethings that have changed on Brick Classifieds: Seller fees have been changed to 0% Removed the Trade feature. That has now returned to the BrickPicker forum. Entire site is in https (SSL) mode Created an infinite scroll page to easily see all the latest items that have been posted on the site Built a Store Banner Generator for you to design a custom banner for your store profile page. This could be useful for posting specials and discounts One of the big things we want to do is help spread the word about Brick Classifieds. We created a tool that will allow you to select random products in your store or pick the actual items you want displayed. It will create a snippet of code that you can use to display your store products on forums, websites, eBay, where ever. Just paste the code we give you and your items can be shown anywhere. In the coming days, there will be an update to the price guide template on BrickPicker that will include listings of sets on Brick Classifieds Everything you need to sell LEGO items is here for you. The price is right, that is for sure. The thing is to get the word out, price aggressively and get the buyers out there to learn more about your shop here on Brick Classifieds that has great prices. Viral marketing from all of you is the best way to get people to see your listings. Price the items better than eBay, Amazon, etc. They will buy from you and you will save on the fees. It is a win for everyone. Put a snippet about Brick Classifieds in a eBay listing here or there to let them check out your store. I am sure they would be happy to pay a lower price and know that you are most likely padding the price to help pay the eBay fees.2 points -
"I paid for this item this morning. Why haven't you shipped my item yet?" I can already tell that this is a person that I will wish I never sold anything too. Really? You EXPECT same day shipping? Some people are ridiculous.2 points
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Resurrecting this thread. I was going to post this in the What you building from bulk thread, but then realized that it's mostly stuff I'm looking to do on Bricklink, not from bulk, that I want to talk about. I realize my list is getting out of control at the moment. This is what's on my current Bricklink "want" list. I'm starting to put together orders now: 10188 Death Star - need to finish out about 100 pieces, from a Goodwill pick up that was missing a couple hundred pieces 10211 Grand Emporium - eBay purchase that was missing about 200 pieces 10224 Town Hall - decided I'm going to try to BL this instead of cracking open my inventory for resell 10680 Juniors Garbage Truck - I just want the dumpster 20010 Republic Gunship - Polybag is too expensive 20019 Slave 1 - Polybag is too expensive 4488 Millenium Falcon - Polybag is too expensive 5004590 Batpod - I didn't win one, and I'm not buying one 5526 Skyline - Too expensive NIB 60073 Service Truck - I just want the port-a-potty 75010 B-Wing - I don't want the planet, just need the ship 7778 Midi Millenium Falcon - eBay purchase that was missing just a couple of parts SDCC Batmobile - rather BL it than buy it SDCC Superman - rather BL it than buy it SDCC Ultron - rather BL it than buy it Tatooine Mini Build - rather BL it than buy it Dagobah Mini Build - rather BL it than buy it *Whew!* I should probably slow down a bit.2 points
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Was putting together a complete set. Practicing smushing today. Got the big foot and thought it was missing the inner head. #derp.2 points
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I sometimes stop to collect my thoughts - those can be pretty worthless.2 points
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In the literal sense you technically are a collector. You can collect for value/rarity, etc, but you can also collect without a care about value. Sure I do care about the value of some of my things, but it's not the biggest motivator either. I technically 'collect' Blu-ray movies, but I don't do it for monetary reasons. I do it to own the movies and such. I have other stuff I've collected over the years that have no value whatsoever, but I still keep them because they hold meaning to me other than value. So yes, I do still consider myself a collector and a huge fan of Lego. I'm not trying to start a huge war about it, but it's just different definitions to fit different people's needs is all. So yes we do disagree, but we are both right.2 points
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http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?id=44414#T=P http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_odkw=lego+10129+-brick+-replacement+-slope+-panel+-tile+-hinge&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR5.TRC2.A0.H0.Xlego+10129.TRS2&_nkw=lego+10129&_sacat=0 There aren't a lot for sale right now... If you're still holding while so few are available in the market place and at the prices they are selling for, I just don't feel sorry for you. I wonder how many sellers had/have yanked their Star Wars inventory from BL, eBay, etc, waiting to see what hype the movie generates.2 points
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Also, as others have noted, if you honestly have held onto this for over 12 years trying to squeeze ever last drop, then that's your own fault. At one point, with inflation and every other measure out there, you will start to lose money anyways as it plateaus out in value. There are exceptions of course, but 12+ years to hold on for possibly an extra couple hundred is silly, when there are plenty of sets even now that can net you more than that value in shorter time.2 points
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They said, "Do you think Santa's Work Shop makes these Santa's work shops?"2 points
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Hmmm.. 1 day overlap with both promotions where many people will purchase a ton of sets (likely hitting purchasing limits) in separate transactions... /insert Admiral Ackbar2 points
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Hmm UCS Po's Snowspeeder ? Orange & Black is the new white2 points
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IIRC, a store stated that so at this point it would fall under "what I heard..."2 points
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I will add the new info about C3PO and the Hulk into the next update I do.2 points
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22 Full sets of Series 4 Mixel Glowkies for £62.342 points
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There's some really annoyed fans out there that's it's "just" pearl gold and not chromey like in the picture. I can't wait for it to show up in North America.... that'll be a superb addition to the collection!2 points
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Simply list as New in Sealed Bags instead of New in Box. NIB implies that the box is still sealed. Like zskid00 said, you're opening up yourself to a SNAD case even if you show that the box is opened by listing NIB. With sealed bags, you'll get 90+% of NIB simply because someone buying to build isn't going to care if the box is opened as long as they know it's complete and pieces are still new.2 points
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LEGO B&M's got them today (should be on all stores incoming truck depending on day of week yours comes in)2 points
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My wife's grandfather recently passed away, and we acquired this old pinball machine from his estate. It's called Gold Rush. Produced by Bally in 1966. It accepts dimes and has a built in "bonus" game built into the back glass. I am not an expert on pinball machines, but was hoping to gain a little insight into its value and how to go about cleaning it up. It appears to be all original. It does work, but not perfectly. For something that is 50 years old and has probably never been cleaned or cared for properly I should expect that. I did a little research but couldn't find much on the internet other than there were only 1750 of these made and were produced for New York and Wisconsin. This makes sense because we live in Green Bay. Can anyone shed some light on my newly acquired family heirloom? Thank you.
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Turning into a nice evening...2 points
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yes it really looks like it was the case. Lol1 point
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20% off plus $10 off would be a colossal fire sale in CAD with this exchange rate. The last time there was a 20% off, I hammered the Avengers tower hard and made about $15USD each on those after ebay fees and shipping. Just do the in store pickup. The cashier at Lansdowne Mall in Richmond B.C. asked me what the heck am I doing with 25 sets of these. I have a suspicioun people will be punching in orders for the monsters minifigs this time if it shows up online. 3.99x15 = $60 - $10 = $50 $50x1.12 (BC tax) = $56 Convert back to USD is around 2.75 a pack after taxes. The cheapest I got the minifigs was in Oregon stacking GCs and 5% red card at target, and it was 2.80USD a pack. And I had to go to the store lining up and the cashier had to scan this and that. So what you really want to see now is the CAD dropping to 72 cents. Then you clean every lego set that is on sale with the code. Minifigures can be used as fillers.1 point
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Didn't realize you were on here. I only got to watch the first few minutes of your live stream before I had to get kids to bed. I did post about it in the Wall-E thread. Next live stream, be sure to mention it in the thread for the set you are building.1 point
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Built 21303 - Wall-E last night. This was done on my live stream on Twitch. Great build with some interesting techniques. I see what people mean about the floppy head tho. Now that it is actually available in stores, I'm curious to see the difference.1 point
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an archivist??1 point
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It's showing up... The forum software takes a moment sometimes to display the "summary box" of the thread you're link to in a post. You just copy & paste the URL with or without the parts added to the end. For example your post has the following URL: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/13646-bricklink-discussion-questions-answers/?do=findComment&comment=500771If you want to link to a specific comment, you paste the URL. If you want to link to the thread (and let the forum decide where the user ought to end up) you can remove everything after the question mark (?) and it'll decide for you.1 point
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as long as you have this guy too, you can be a coin collector
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and here all along I thought LEGO cared about me.1 point
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Careful what you wish for people...1 point
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It was me in the October offers thread:1 point
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If the seals are cut I would not list it as a new item on eBay. You're opening yourself up to a potential SNAD case. I would mark it as used, thoroughly describe the condition (ie - damaged box, cut seals, but sealed bags), and take good pictures to show the condition of the box. As far as pricing you are likely to get pretty close to the current market prices for a HH in this condition since the bags are sealed and most people are buying to build it at this point.1 point
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Pinside is a good forum for pinball. Imagine brickpicker but pinball is discussed instead of lego. Probably worth 400-800 depending on condition. The market for EMs is soft except for a few rare games. Games with animated backglass can be valuable so maybe this one is more sought after.1 point
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Aren't they a little late with the shark mini-build? I mean Shark Week was about a month or so ago. It still is a nice brick-built model and the Gingerbread House although also small is very nice. Now if only LEGO would make it more appropriately sized for the Winter Village. That would be sweet.1 point
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Here at number ten is Spyrius' 6959 Lunar Launch Site 'castled' into a Wolfpack Hideout. Now this for me wins on many levels. First, I took one look at the build and immediately recognized what the set of inspiration was. Second, Spyrius was possibly my favorite group of explorers well as some personal fervor for Wolfpack. Third, the built-up 'baseplate' is quite good almost matching the actual one in every aspect. A lot of play features integrated here like a trap door, secret passageway through the middle openable boulder, a hidden dungeon beneath the ground, and then some.1 point
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Rookie mistake. I did get a bunch for $80 so not a bad return but I also splurged for a couple at full retail. Lesson learned.1 point
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Is that what you want, what you really really want ?1 point
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Here is the Brick Show building the Batpod, at the end they show the finished set. It could just be the lighting but I am surprised at some of the color choices and I think I may also make some color modifications. I will have to wait and see how it looks next to the Tumbler.1 point
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My used Ewok Village sans minifigs arrived last week. Sorted the pieces over the course of the week then built up the village on Friday night. It lasted less than 24 hours where I dismantled it and put the purchase to it's real purpose. Saw this in the MOCs thread a couple months back and fell in love with it, had to have one. I present my personal edition of the 10236 UCS Lord of the Rings Ent!
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A lonely mountain of 79018 sets at TRU Times Square two nights ago...didn't even bother to check the mark up.
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They'd be mostly boring stock room pics right now. As I don't currently have a home office/study/den/basement, and Mrs. Deadfraggle doesn't want to decorate our living room or bedroom in a LEGO motiff, I'm anxiously awaiting my next Army PCS move to hopefully get a bigger house.1 point
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I'd love to see a multi coloured tumbler when you get round to doing it. Personally I think i'd like it to at least look similar to the original.1 point
