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Palace Cinema...with some personal modifications. I have always admired the aesthetic style of this theatre and was happy to finally have a used one cross my path to build. The build was overall an enjoyable experience. The interior is not the most detailed of the modulars, but the exterior makes up for it in spades. Book 3 was very enjoyable to see how the roof, marque, and most impressively, the Palace sign come together. I enjoyed adding my little touches although I funged up the Shawshank poster. It adds charm though! I still may create stadium-style seating in the theatre, but for now I have a bank to build!

But won't the constant toilet stops impede that?!?

Pretty sure we tell all the noobs who've never sold or shipped anything to start out small... Not our fault you didn't listen.

Made my first Amazon sale! Silver Centurion 45.99 FBM and sold a CMF Piggy for $12.99 on eBay.

I always Emails and I have talked to alot of guys on this site asking me what I am buying and what I will be buying, which I always give them the 100% Truth, alot have listened and I am sure many have not, now on the Helicarrier I will have 3-5 thats all, not saying it won't do great, I would rather have 10-15 Sandcrawlers, I already have my goals on 25 Slave1, 26 Tumblers, and all the Exclusives that should be retiring in the next year, and will be buying 5 more Simpson sets to have 15 each, and the main thing mentally for me is that I don't have to do the Panic buying, and getting them online and get damaged boxes. I get all mine at the Lego stores all great mint boxes. So for the guys that can afford it pick up the Exclusives now and then, which I been saying for a few years, Ed

Yeeessssssssss!!!!!! WORLD CHAMPIONS BABY!!!

Here is the rumored list for Series 16 due out around September this year courtesy of just2Good. Babysitter Wildlife Photographer Cyborg Ice Queen Penguin Guy Banana Guy Spy Imp Hiker Rogue Arabian Knight Serenader Spooky Boy Scalawag Pirate Dog Show Judge Female Kickboxer

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Text rain check to 888-222 get free burrito from chipotle . Great deal for your WM Lego hunt

Finally getting around to putting some stuff in my display case. This shelf is western theme.

It will remain underwhelming for the rest of your life if you take a look at this.

"Any given Sunday!" No matter how dominating an offense looks, or a defense, you still gotta play the game. Hats off to the Broncos and that D! Defense wins championships. Glad for Peyton for winning it and probably going out like his boss did.

I Should've bought more ant mans. CJ Anderson... saving it all of the fantasy season for that single run. Not that I'm bitter.

So there is a rule of 2. Not just for the sith

Walmart Clearance after a lot of footwork.

One thing I always factor into my decision making when buying sets for investment is the box art, not just how the set looks on display. After all it the box that people look at time after time while they're debating whether or not to part with their hard earned money. Box art was the final push that made me buy another DS , a set that I'm not to bothered about display wise, but which has a absolutely fantastic box. Its looks collectible, retro, expensive and that massive Star Wars logo on the side just finishes it off perfectly. Now I don't think for a second that this will ever have the demand of the big SW sets, but the box does look pretty good, better than the set on its own anyway. Its big and has an expensive look about it. It looks, well it looks collectible. Anyway, this is one of the reasons Ive bought a couple (at good discount I might add) for investment and i'll leave it add that. Hoping for a short shelf life as always. I don't want go off topic but...

I'm not an Avengers fan but even I have to admit (like the Sea Cow), seeing the Helicarrier in pictures don't do it justice. It looks awesome in-person.

I've noticed over the years, most sets like this always follow the same general trend. Release: panned, not liked, skipped, etc. During production: this set is a stinker, no one will buy, etc. Near retirement: I think I'll pass... Once prices start to spike, the same people start buying and the horde follows. Retirement: Man this set was awesome, I'm glad I grabbed some when I got the chance. This set is a winner!!! P.S. I sure did open a can of worms replying to this topic. Sweet...

All this dislike and ambivalence for the set makes me think this is the next Sea Cow.

Having or buying the Hellicarrier is never about its beauty. Yes its a bit off, odd and maybe a bit childish even. But c'mon...It's a freak'n HELLICARRIER, it's certified and made out of real LEGO in a BIG BOX you can buy! Who cares what it looks like under a magnifiying glass...It's about watching the Avengers movie with friends and say 'You see that Hellicarrier falling from the sky? Yeah...What about it? I have it...Made out of LEGO, Then show them the BIG BOX and let them imagine what it feels like to own it..That's what the Hellicarrier is about,

Watch them in the machete order.... http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/ You will not be dissapointed.

I think this will be a Seacow story. It's huge, it's nice and we all know we are going to get a ****load of Marvel movies shoved down our throats in the next couple of years.

Smyths Toys (UK) are selling all their Sandcrawler stock and not expecting to get more. Price has been slashed to £150 (but naturally only a couple of stores had stock). So perhaps the beginning of the end.

Another three winning packages went out today. It really hurts my soul to part with such wonderful sets. LOL. It also sucks packaging them and shipping them. Why didn't anybody tell me it was so hard?

At least american football is really fun to watch. So, as long as I dont have to take all those hits those guys are virtually killing themselves with, I'm pretty fine. Anyway, watching it is a bit like wathing Gladiators fighting for their lives...

I don't see why they would not be popular. The German soccer team is (among) the most favorite in the world. Players like Thomas Müller, Manuel Neuer and so on have fans all over the world. Every child that plays soccer knows them. Their names will stick with soccer fans forever. (I might be biased though cause I am German )

I'm guessing he wanted to Chew-bacca

Thought this thread was retirement speculation not "what sets we think are UCS open speculation"..... Gonna throw out there that Speed Champions series 1 will be pulled (or at least part of the series) when Series 2 comes out in March. Any takers?

Oh sir you couldn't be more wrong........many people do exactly this on a daily basis

A bunch of off-topic and inflammatory posts have been removed. Barely 10 posts into a new thread. #impressiveYetSad

LEGO Modular Building: Book Shop by Palixa And The Bricks

Go Broncos! Never thought I would get to enjoy another Super Bowl after Elway retired. That defense just stamped their place in history and so did Peyton.

Classic Peyton Manning game....zero offensive touchdowns and the defense has to do all the work to win the game.

DEFENSE!!!!

After this Coca Cola hulk commercial, I'm doubling prices of my smash labs lol

Love Steve Harvey. That's a good sport willing to poke fun at himself.

PuppyMonkeyBaby... The list of things I can never unsee grows longer...

Had a banner day yesterday (Saturday). I'm just recovering from it. 1. Fell asleep Friday night in my 3 year old's bed with him. Was so zonked that I slept there all night. Oops. Woke up with back and neck pain. 2. Went downstairs and found that the cats (6 month old kittens), had knocked the entire hamster habitat off a shelf. Everything upside down, tubes everywhere. 3 year old is crying up a storm, worried that the hamsters are gone. (Fortunately, the hamsters were still in their cage). Spent the next 45 minutes (at 5:30 in the morning, thank you early riser 3 year old) cleaning up the cages, and putting everything back together. Guess it was time to change the bedding in there anyway. 3. Take the 3 year old out to start a couple of Walmart runs, drop off some Girl Scout cookies at some friend's house, etc. He wants a Happy Meal. We're in line for the drive-thru when he says he's going to be sick. I'll save you the details, but we had to head home. No LEGO hunting for me. 4. He and I nap off and on for the rest of the afternoon. 5. As we're getting ready for bed, he doesn't feel good again. Again, I'll save you the details, but I spent the next hour cleaning. 6. He and I sleep the rest of the night on the couch, just in case.

My 8 yrs old nephew built these two over the weekend (nexo knights and WALL-E): No help from my side on WALL-E except for one or two cases, he's a better builder than me!

Here you have it. 02S6 tags. Whole point of this forum is to share information. If people dismiss out of hand such information and be rude, that's when people stop sharing.

It's about the same with 3in1 houses, not as poor investment as 3in1 vehicules but most of them have to be passed without regrets. There are few exceptions especially with houses that have a special brick with sound or light (I'm thinking about sets like 31012 that has retired soon, even if it will not perform that better than 110€/$, BTW it's time to unload them if you have some and invest elsewhere). For such sets being a Lego builder gives you some hints as an investor. Other exceptions are sets based on robots and animals (and dinosaurs). As an investment I would say that : animals (including dragons and dinos) > houses > robots > vehicules ... of course also depending how cool they are. (we're talking about 3in1 sets, not related with some creators sets like the 10226 sopwith camel or 10233 horizon express) Ok now I'm really off topic, time to stop.

San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Dagobah Minibuild

GG lives up to all the hype, up next GBFHHQ.

seriously that's awesome - that's like he just gave you a hundred dollars.

I'm sure those that couldn't afford as well...

I know I bought the First Order Snowspeeder in order to get the C-3PO polybag. I wasn't exactly excited about the looks of this thing before Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens was released, but I assumed it would get more interesting to me once I saw the film. I figured I might review this LEGO set with added appreciation once I had seen it in action. So I stuck 75100 on a shelf to age like a fine wine. The First Order Snowspeeder did not make a triumphant and exciting appearance. The enclosed Snowtroopers didn't battle valiantly against anyone. 75100 sat quietly on my shelf, waiting for a time that didn't seem likely to come. When I review a LEGO set, sometimes I have to hope that what I get is more than what I see. Let's see if this set wound up being more interesting than it first appears. REVIEW: SET DETAILS Set #: 75100 Name: First Order Snowspeeder Theme: Star Wars Parts: 444 Price: $39.99 Before we get to the build, let’s talk value. At 39.99 the price per piece works out to about $.09 each. This is on the low side of pricing for a licensed set. There are 3 minifigures. The minifigures are 2 First Order Snowtroopers and 1 First Order Snowtrooper officer. The only difference is a red shoulder pauldron and the weapon that you give the officer. The same Snowtrooper is available in the First Order Snowspeeder microfighter 75126 without a skirt. BOX CONTENTS Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. For this set, there are 4 numbered baggies, a large sticker sheet, and an instruction book. THE BUILD AND EXECUTION BAG 1: You start the First Order convertible pretty much like every other ship in the universe, layering stuff to give an approximate shape. It does make me wonder sometimes, why do we get stuff like these grills that are just going to be buried in the build? Is it just to give MOCers something to use? This convertible is starting to look like the finished product. Sadly, it hasn't really been terribly interesting to this point. There's a couple hinges to help shape the chassis. With this number of brackets, we're obviously going to be sticking stuff to the outside. I hope it's not just panels. Hey, look, it's a panel with a sticker. . . yay. The most interesting thing of note is that they went SNOT on the edges. So we know that we are done building up the walls of this jalopy. First Order Snowtrooper Officer has the red shoulder pauldron that you also get with the First Order Officer in Kylo Ren's Shuttle. Plus you make him a special gun by adding a white lightsaber handle to a blaster pistol. BAG 2: The stickers awaken. Fr people who love putting stickers on LEGO, this is the bag for you. 7 additional stickered panels get added to the outside of this thing. We start adding something to the underside. I was surprised because I thought the body was fairly skinny. but obviously we're adding something tall to the underside of the structure. Oooo, it's clear wheels in a bunch of Technic pieces. Now it will give the impression of floating as it sits in the background of scenes. Attach the Technic construction and start to try to disguise that the whole thing is there. (A side note. I have no idea why that light bluish Gray Technic pin gets put in there on both sides. Nothing attaches to it.) Turn it right side up so that it can hoer and disappoint the way it was always intended to. BAG 3: What's this? 2 Axels stuck together in a box? now it gets crazy up in here. I am not a fan of the single stud shooter, but this crazy 6 stud shooter has a charm that I can't shake. I mean, who doesn't want to rapidly fling 6 studs as quickly as they can into the dark corners of a child's room? Attach the knob do that you can most efficiently launch your projectiles. Snap that bad boy onto the structure. So, now we've got 2 little pea shooters on the front and a big honking gun on the side. And replicate it for the other side, and we should be all gunned up, right? We need to greeblie up the back a bit, so here's your plate. And another one for the front. Cushy seats for the cushiest job in the First Order, plus 3 boxes of laser bolts. Why do we need 3 boxes? Well, as soon as your kid loses the first 12 studs, you need to be able to quickly replenish the stock of studs for them to lose. But, why 2 more on the deck? I bet you think we need one more gun. Of course we do. another gun with another stud shooter. Now our Space convertible with the reclining seats is ready for inaction. Plus, the officer just picked up 2 of his buddies to go grab some beers. Probably, he'll use the storage boxes as coolers once he's lost all his laser bolts. My daughter did ask if these were girl Stormtroopers since they had skirts. The minifigures look excellent with lots of detailed printing and sweet new helmets. REACTION I was whelmed. I got exactly what I expected out of this set. No more, and no less. The build was routine with no interesting surprises. To me, the fact that LEGO added floaty wheels to the bottom of this thing says that even they knew it was dull. 3 Snowtroopers make this an armybuilder's dream. You can take these guys who did nothing in the movie and pit them against the Resistance ground forces that did nothing in the movie. I am not sure, but this build may have made me accept the First Order Transporter a bit more. Apparently the First Order goes in for dull, utilitarian vehicles that have floaty wheels. FINAL THOUGHTS So, this vehicle was used as set dressing in a few places in the movie. It has the distinction of being mostly forgettable and almost entirely forgotten. If JJ can somehow add the chase scene back into the movie, interest in this piece will finally take off. An indication of its performance is that it got an early 20% discount that it still maintains. The price point of this set did not break the bank. It was the cheapest Bad guy set when it came out. It did sell out at Christmas, unlike Kylo Ren's ship or the Transporter. I think that was mainly due to the price point and not fan demand. Unless this vehicle shows up in the next movie, or the scenes get added back into the film, I don't see a big upsurge in demand later on. A deleted scene extra is hardly likely to excite long term growth. Kids and adults like to see their toys in the media that they are watching. If the Snowtroopers had done anything interesting, they might have given this a boost. I spent an hour looking for pictures of the 2 occurences that I remember of this vehicle in the film. I could not find them. No one cares enough to point it out, as far as I can tell. I forecast low to no growth on this set. I'd be happy to be proved wrong, but nothing about it says "Buy me for a premium." Find it here on Amazon EXTRA PIECES You get a couple extra backpack pieces and an extra white and black lightsaber hilt. The white is much less common, although not incredibly rare. BONUS Check it out concept art, cut scene and promotional still. Now you can feel like you saw these in the movie - ish. View full blog article