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Besides 4 Trains and 4 City Square found a Republic Gunship at Ross for $40

SSD. Bought this a few years ago assembled. I broke it down into 5x 1 gallon bags and have been dreading the build due to no baggies and the number of parts. I was so wrong. Very easy build from a big pile with a little pre-organization. I was a little sad when I finished...except for the big daddy pipe dream, I doubt I can find a build I will enjoy more. It's an absolute stunner of a display model too.

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Your thoughts betray you.

Yes and right now!!!

They got him gooch! " After literally thousands of shares between all our stores Facebook posts and countless news stories someone recognized the thief and called Beaverton police. Wouldn't you know it but when they showed up to the guys house they found R2D2 and have now arrested him and returned our little buddy to its rightful home at the Beaverton store. It's a Christmas miracle. "

My gut feeling... I'm feeling better about my 10188s as it appears the replacement is going to be Starkiller Base and not a direct refresh. I bet Lego wants to capitalize more on the TFA than the OT or Rogue One in 2016.

This just shows that the story itself wasn't that important - many of these scenes would have changed the movie. The cuts have had a permanent impact on the remaining story line (not that that matters to them, since it meant that they were able to fit in an extra screening per day). In all honesty, I would love to read Lucas's vision of the final trilogy (that he provided Disney, and they completely rejected) - that would be the real story, from the actual creator. Yes, he wouldn't have done as polished a job on the movie, but he would have cared - I would have appreciated his sense of meaning and purpose. The Disney story is no more than an expanded universe story line (and not a particularly good one) - only with the legal rights to say that it is more.

As high as the perceived 'hoarding' of this set may be, i still know that when i went into several (3 different) Lego stores in early 2015, the sets had seal codes from July/August of 2013. This thing didn't sell for a lonnnnnnnnng time for many reasons. Perceived high price to brick ratio, no exclusive figs, rehash, etc. I still think this thing is UNDER hoarded relative to other modern sets, but we'll find out soon enough.

At Walmart... Star Destroyer x2 $99 At-At (box a bit bent up) x1 $74

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That's a tough call for me. I have over half of these sets, but I haven't opened any of them

Just curious - why don't you guys look at the weight in your cart, and compare it to the shipping rates on the store's "Store Terms" page? I just double checked in my store, and it works in there, even for sets. I always check the Store Terms before I even think about buying anything. It may not necessarily be perfect, but it certainly gives me a very close, rough idea of what to expect as far as weight of parts (or sets), and then postage costs and any additional fees. I always do that before I even start with a store, just to get an idea of what to expect. I've put in about 25 orders over the last 6 weeks, and so far, nothing has been terribly off. Usually it's right on or a l little less than I expect. Edit to add: Doing it that way doesn't require requesting a quote for the parts/sets either.

Where's your store?

True, but their prices are increasing as well it would appear. The oil situation is an added bonus. Let's not start a pity parade for The LEGO Group. LOL

Let's face it, ep7 is a reboot of a franchise. Disney just learned from Star Trek and 007 how to avoid a complete/hard reboot but still get a tons of cash out of it. For a reboot, a familiar setting / story / background is essential to hook the old fans and to capture new ones who have little to no knowledge of the franchise. There is no way on earth Disney was not going to play safe on this movie. Plus, this is Hollywood (and Disney) we are talking about. How many comic adaptations, reboots and sequels have we seen in the past 5 years? For Disney this was a cash grab with a hard deadline of 12/18 (lol at you who thought JJ had a choice to move this date up or down). Like it or not SW is now part of Disney merchandising machine. Safe familiar stories are the keys to get as much money out of consumers' wallets. Lastly, Disney knew SW fans are the most illogical bunch on earth, and Disney just love to exploit this. How many of you who complained have seen the movie more than twice? Three times? Four times? Seriously, people who complained about how dull and inspiring Transformers 2 movie did not come back to the theatres to watch it again and again. They also did not come back for Transformers 3, 4,etc etc.. And Disney also know ep8 will be a success EVEN IF it contains scene where Luke says to Rey, "No, I am your father" ETA: I am actually 85% sure, whoever Rey's dad is, he is going to say the above line to Rey in movie 8 It is all about (looks like someone woke up on the cynical side of the bed )

It's a form of argument that establishes expertise. You show personal knowledge from your own experiences to lend weight/credibility to your arguments. I personally am not sure that I would have hit Ghost Shark 2 as often. Maybe just refer to it as "my movie" so that we're not so completely discounting his expertise based upon the title of an unknown probably 4th or 5th rate film. He does bring up some good points about the process. It doesn't change my enjoyment of the film. I don't know what anyone else was looking for, but I got the good time I hoped for. Expecting a new mythology and a new "First Star Wars" experience in this world that is almost 40 years post Star Wars is ridiculous. How can you set a new paradigm when you are deeply part of the previous paradigm? You know who got a "First Star Wars" experience? My wife and kids. My wife never saw any of the previous films in the theaters, and my kids are far too young. My girls left the theater pretending to be Rey, and my wife asked when we are going again. This film did its job. We're not promised great art and soul feeding storytelling, we're promised an outer space film where people fight with flashlights, guys in bucket armor stomp around and an dog/ape helps fly a hamburger ship. I know that the pastime of the internet is to gripe and groan about everything, and I don't deny anyone that right. I just don't understand why people are so angry at each other for their opinions. Why are those who disliked it so mad at those who do? Is it just a reaction to all of the disbelief and the get over yourself attitude that the fans have?

They have to be gift quality if you are lisitng as new.Some minor dents shouldn't be an issue. Think of it like this : would I be willing to give this item to a beloved one ( brother , dad , mom, wife,....).

Interesting BB 170/X = ? DO 160/2624 = 0.061 PR 160/2610 = 0.061 PC 150/2770 = 0.054 PS 150/2820 = 0.054 GE 150/2903 = 0.051 ETA: I messed that up

I was actually thinking of Game of Thrones by the end of it, how they set up a cliffhanger and reason to come back with the way it ended. Which of course all started with Empire Strikes Back. I can nitpick all of the Star Wars films (with love) for various reasons but the issue I and I think most people have with the new one is a more fundamental problem and that is that we were fed a recycled version (basically a remake) of a movie we'd already seen. No surprise I suppose given that it was JJ (MIssion impossible and Star Trek Into Darkness) Abrams doing it. I did not wait 30+ years from Return of the Jedi for the next chapter only to be fed a story I'd already seen but with various plot points jumbled around and passed off as new, as technically beautiful as this new film was. Empire was not the same story as New Hope, and neither was Return of the Jedi despite the otherwise common element of the second Death Star. They were all very different stories, as were the prequels, but united around certain age old themes. A Death Star is not a theme. It reminds me of the South Park episode where the military approaches Hollywood directors for ideas about how to defeat aliens and Michael Bay keeps saying "explosions" until the general dismisses him saying "Explosions aren't ideas, they're just special effects". I enjoyed the prequels quite a bit and find this latest movie too small in scale and too derivative. At least with the prequels Lucas attempted to enlarge the story and show us a different point of view of the Star Wars galaxy. I didn't get that here, and that's particularly disappointing since I was really enjoying the movie due to the charisma of the new characters and the more original plot points right up until a certain planet appeared. At that moment I knew exactly what was going to happen from then on and the goodwill of the first half of the movie evaporated. I now understand why the prequels are so widely disliked. It's not because of Jar Jar, or midichlorians, or Hayden Christenssen. It's because they weren't exactly copies of the originals judging by the overdone praise many people are heaping on this recycled story as "fresh" and "original". They had better have something new up their sleeve for Episode VIII, because even the most awestruck fan of this story can only have it retold so many times before losing interest. And if their "original" idea is for Luke to say "I am your father" then I will laugh out loud in the theatre.

For Series 14, I found these helpful...

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This article amused me... Has anyone stumbled upon a forgotten 10179 MF in the attic recently? Mr Gold in a draw? http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-3318616/Build-fortune-Lego-stashed-attic-ll-smiling-way-bank.html

Hard for us Europeans to tell how the market is over there. Here it is complete panic stations and for now these are being hoovered up quicker than Charlie Sheen can do a line.

I built the Arocs, great experience and impressive model!

Sandcrawler is backordered so people who have money to burn and want a winter set only have this option - we´ll see.

Amen. I do exactly the same. Go to the store, open terms page, check shipping fees and handling fees (and minimum purchase amount!), factor those into my calculations when comparing with different shop, buy where total seems lowest.

43S5 from the ones I got.

If TH was available for another year, no way would it be at it's current price. Same with the Zombies set. They only reached those prices because they vanished overnight not because they were great sets.

Nice try! I´d give them 20 minutes not to be!

Does anything in this price range of $200 and released in the last 2-3 years have a high end potential of $600-800 in this current environment? I doubt it.

Got to love some ebayers out there, £205.00 plus £98.00 postage?

Bagged myself the at-at on that amazon deal. I couldn't understand why an item would be reduced by that much but was not complaining.

If it's gonna take another month to get those 2 animals in those little bags, take your time Lego. Take your time...

Amazon is not a panacea either .. Returns and scams are becoming more problematic . FBA comes with its own set of headaches .

I'm finding the 30303 Joker Bumper Car at my local Targets here in Las Vegas

He bumped his price $100.

U missed the second part .. It ain't all that good .

It's all good, that kid got caught in Mexico hopefully it's prison then murder for that sorry little excuse for a human being.

I've only got ~$485,000 to go in 2 days! then I'm golden.

Well, BONUS!

This was him yesterday

Wow, Is that where OJ is working these days?

Just sold one earlier for nearly a grand. Bought it for 300, having used $100 in vip points. Works for me. If only I bought more than one, though, and not lots of city, friends, and other stuff.

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It's somewhat counter-intuitive but to really drive sales in Canada you have to think differently than the stores in the US. In the US market price seems to be king, shipping is dirt cheap & very very fast (state to state in under a week!!! - here it takes 3 days just to get from the suburbs to the city's central sorting station) & there's an army of stores all fighting for your pennies over there... (while vender selection is so much more limited here) In the Canadian market you're not likely gonna be able to compete head to head on price to make any worth while profit, most US buyers will buy US first anyway. What you need to do is have allot of stock, you'll need a wide variety of stock & you need to keep the stock fresh/recent. Postage is expensive here so you must make it worth the buyer's time & snag as many things in their wanted lists as you possibly can all at one time - "Lot & Lots of lots" will grab the sales better then the best or even good prices - Canadians know shipping costs will well out way saving 3 cents on a brick, it's gonna cost & take 3 or 4 weeks to arrive at their door so best have as near to everything in one parcel as you can. Also since there are so fewer Canadian based stores Canadians will choose their favourites & generally stick with them over & over again, you MUST make their buying experience fun & noteworthy to get on their go-to list (it's not always easy to break into at first). This means no mistakes (an accurate order is an imperative), nothing messed up in quality (if it's scratched say so - under promise & over deliver), freebies are remembered (toss in a $3 keychain on a big order is inexpensive for you but makes a surprising impact, as does a little bag of extra related parts - get remembered!), package well (your parcel's presentation is always your personal introduction, show the buyer you respect their choice in you & send things neat & safely packaged - do not use used dipper boxes or food/personal chaff, everyone wants to feel like the item in their hand is fresh & new, even if it's used parts) Pay attention & learn from your buyers, watch out for trends in their buying's this will guide you toward what inventory you will want to carry & eventually you'll find specializations that you can leverage... for example in my zone the sales of railroad related parts is overwhelming, everything sells as fast as I can bring it in - similarly for ninjago & technics, while classic space & castle is obviously in much less demand. but don't be afraid to experiment some with the panned lines - if no one carries Bionicle parts maybe they will do well for you if you're the only game in town. Have fun with it - it shows if you enjoy what you're offering. one last thing... don't bother with 5 or 10% off sales - they are really quite meaningless & have no real affect on prices to the buyer nor to your profit margin, it's really kinda insulting to the buyers too, it's just like saying "this is all I think your shopping is worth to me"... it's better to have no sale & have confident in your set prices that offering anything less than 25% off. A starting tip is to boost your feedback up to about 100+ as fast as you can (anything after 3 digits doesn't matter for visual presentation or respect) find the stores that never fail to leave feedback & buy a bunch of little letter mail-able items to get your numbers up, doesn't matter what the parts are - just drop them into your store & recoupe some of your investment - you're not buying the parts you're buying the feedback.

Haven't you heard? Those will be in the new UCS Falcon set and will also include General Cracken.

The price for BIN items of 5770 in Europe still stays over 100€ (sometimes 110, 120€). So, what do you expect from a 40€ Creator set???

My favorite area is Galactus terrorizing the Eiffel Tower. Haha.