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Had to turn that Tumbler Alert off, My wife thinks I have a girlfriend.

Mystery Machine at Amazon 30% off for prime members only: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Scooby-Doo-Mystery-Machine-Building/dp/B00WI0ASSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459341435&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+scooby+doo

Latest build and first big one in a while that hasn't been star wars related.

There is no such thing as horde not looking in regards to ucs and modulars.

I'm sort of being a traitor again. This is a rebuy after selling several of these over a year ago. My son is into Halo, what can I say?

Flashback to 1991. Smashing pumpkins tonight in salt lake. I'm so old.

Wingspread by Jameson Gagnepain

Somewhere, some guy is telling his buddy "yup, found another sucker on Craigslist, he paid $5 dollars more than what I bought that Lego architect set for new"...

TRU website has just added a few more exclusives including, Sandcrawler and Ewok Village for those with rewards and discounted gift cards... http://www.toysrus.com/ Also Parisian Restaurant and Red 5. Edit: Red 5 now poof.

Also, since I am still dreaming, how about minifigs of Goliath and co from Gargoyles? or Xanatos in his red Gargoyle suit?

Superman Man Of Steel Bundle: 76002 Metropolis Showdown, 76003 Battle of Smallville, & 76009 Black Zero Escape - $89.99 on eBay. Plus the buyer paid shipping to Canada. I'm a little shocked these sold above MSRP! A decent profit too considering my buy-in for the lot was around $30.

This thread helps

Haunted Mansion by Karen Metz

Groothoofdspoort in Dordrecht

got a used town hall on Ebay for about $385 after gift cards & 10% ebay bucks promo. very excited to build this, it was the last retired modular I had on my radar.

Or old train with Christmas decorations on it. One can hope!

Probably some "old emerald night" train or something...

Scored a good deal and an amazing one last night from Craigslist from two different sellers. Picked up a sealed 60097 City Square for $100 and 21016 Sungnyemun loose with box and instructions for $40!

Lego Dimensions

Great, thank you 4am Pacific...

When you've got used to the bag 1, bag 2 format of most lego, hunting through all the bags for a part seems frustrating now. The actual build was fun though. Fiddly at points and takes a while to realise what different pieces of the build are for but when it comes together its quite a clever build. It's quite an impressive size for the money too (£68 from German Amazon) I'm waiting for Smyths to drop the price on the Technic Cargo Plane as I think that will be an even more impressive build especially with the power functions included in the set. As for displaying, it's very impressive to look at all the detailing and how it is built, but I'm really running out of room for displaying Lego.

Open it .... Unless it is a 10179 it won't matter much

I hate how Walmart now applies these square stickers to almost every set .

Same price at walmart if you want more than amazon's limit http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Scooby-Doo-The-Mystery-Machine-75902/45059391

Man, you are all over the country. I want your job , maybe/depends.

Man, Maleficent is so freaking sweet! Her and Ursula are top tier blending the animated character into LEGO's world I think. All are good really aside from Genie's awkward head cap and Alice does look much better in person than on the box. Stitch's head appears enormous here. Haha. It could be the angle and lighting. Captain Hook's face feels the most odd of them all. Yeah, that talk never gets old. Heaven forbid LEGO make any unique personas. At least the Martian has been updated with dual molded short legs and now Ariel is a minifigure over the former minidoll. Speaking of repeats, this Buzz is mostly the same except for the regular head with printed legs and arms.

Well some people designed then put it together so tip of my hat to them all for such a fantastically accurate recreation. Shoot, I want one in my yard. Haha.

10686 Junior Family House Set- Shopko Utah. $11.99 Clearance. Got three saved one for Timmy.

When someone cooks fish in the break room microwave. Come on...

@feed: Is that ISD 75055? The box of that set is quite big so that's surprising. Finished building that Batman set with the exception of Batmobile and Batcopter and the superhero minifigures. Those are already packed for sale to recoup parts of the original costs. It was a fun build and the final result is more impressive than I imagined. A lot of people complain about the set but I think it's cool. I'm not a fan of superheroes and Batman though. And this is how it could look like if integrated into a modular street.

I went to the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover, Massachusetts for Animal Rights Day. http://www.mslaw.edu/animal-law-2014/ It an amazing event that keeps getting better every year. I got to pet an alligator today along with lots of other critters. My girlfriend Michelle had a table selling her kids book Kyppa and the Duckling. Most of the proceeds from the book today are donated to the Sampson Fund here on the Cape. Not that we sold that much but I always match it so any amount helps. Kyppa was our Rottweiler who was a AKC Good Citizen and a CAP Therapy Dog. Michelle would take her to nursing homes and rehab facilities. Kyppa was obsessed with tennis balls so you had to watch out for walkers that had them. She'll kill me for posting her picture. Pictures are too big for one post. It keeps merging...

"You don't know you're in the good old days until you've actually left them." I am not sure how many of you have read my postings over the last 2 months since I joined in January, so I will give you a very brief intro to my background. While I am a relatively new Brickpicker member, I am certainly not new to this game. I was in it huge from 2004-2007, Had many UCS xwings, UCS Tie Interceptors, UCS ISD, UCS Y-wings, UCS Snowspeeders, CTT, Cloud Cities etc. While I was not an emazer level operation, I was running about 3,000-4,000 in volume on an average month and reached Bronze Powerseller level, so not too bad. However, in 2007, due to life changes I started selling off my stock without reinvesting. I cashed out and did not ante back up. Over the last 8 years since I sold of my last Clone Turbo Tank in 2008, I have peripherally watched the market. I have seen various sets rise to proportions never thought possible (10179), and some falter secondary to remakes. On occasion I would surf Amazon just to see what the lowest buy price would be, many times wishing I was still in it. I would visit the Lego store when I happened to be in Disney World just to check out what sets were out, seeing the exponential increase in sets being produced. In January, I happened to be walk into a Lego Store in a mall with my son, and was just shocked as to just how many licensed sets there were. I was also impressed with just how accurate some of the newer sets were in likeness to the actual original model (Wall-E and Ecto01.) Suddenly, I had this itch to get back in the game again, that I just could not resist. Luckily, over the last year, several life changes had allowed me to pursue this endeavor again for the second time. So I decided to get back into the game. For the record, I did not get into the game because of a USA Today or WSJ article. In all honesty, I am awful with politics and current events, so I had no idea how far Lego resale, or what is now called "brickvesting" had now become. I had no idea this was even being covered on a national level, until I decided to start back into Lego Resale. So I began googling about Lego sets, and to my shock, there were national news articles about Lego investing and even a WHOLE WEBSITE devoted to Lego Investing. All I could think about about was how far this had come in 8 years. From 2004-2007, there were minimal Lego and AFOL websites. There was bricklink and fbtb.net, and the only big forum community was on fbtb. And that was mostly Star Wars Legos without a whole lot about anything else. Although, in all honesty, back then there were minimal exclusives, and really Star Wars Lego's were the only think worth investing in. So I discovered this Brickpicker, and I just happened to get in at the time the Tumbler was retiring, so this place was on fire about the retirement of this Iconic set. In all honesty, this set was the set that pulled me out of retirement as it seems like such a good investment. I still believe the Tumbler is a great investment, however, reading the forums for the last two months caused me to realize just how much has changed in 8 years, and how much more difficult this will be now than it was from 2004-2007. It took me a while to figure just what changed. Lego's were such a guarantee before. Ebay and the internet while young and in it's infancy was still a known commodity and widely available in 2004-2007. People knew what items were selling for. You could search completed listings and know that Lego's could net a good sum of money. People had hopped onto various collectible fads in that time from Magic cards, beanie babies, furbies, baseball cards, and tons of other garbage. Lego had ALWAYS been immune because it was not a fad. It never had major publicity but was always reasonably popular. So what changed? As I read article after article, I finally noticed a pattern. It was 10179. This was the game changer, and quite frankly the worst thing to happen to Lego Investing. 10179 came out right about the time I was leaving my Ebay business. At the time, no one would touch this thing with a ten foot pole from an investment standpoint. It was already hard enough shipping 10030 ISD's. When I would ship an ISD, I would go to the grocery store, get a ton of boxes, cut them up and jury rig some kind of cardboard container. It was painfully time intensive. How the heck was someone gonna find boxes for a 10179? The weight, size, and investment of $500 (although it was pretty much permanently on sale around $400) was near insanity. The most expensive set selling at the time was the UCS X wing and it sold used for about $450 usedand MISB around $650-700. So how in the world was the market going to tolerate selling 10179 to make a profit. This was even in a time when Ebay fees and paypal fees combined were about 6-7% if I remember correctly. It was basically considered flop from an investment standpoint. It was the Sea Cow of 2007. Oh if we had only known what we know now. Many might ask, how could the single most profitable set of all time be bad for investing? 10179 gave a face to Lego Investing. Before Lego's were just a standard commodity like any other resalable collectable item. Sure some sets might sell for a profit for 200-300, but lots of other collectibles do that. I sold Art Asylum Star Trek Starships for a while and was buying them for $5 dollars and selling for $140-$150. There are tons of reselling opportunities out there if you understand the market, and Lego was just another one like any other toy or collectible. However, 10179 brought it to the forefront. It was the Honus Wagner and Mickey Mantle rookie card of the Lego world. Those cards caused people to jump on to baseball card collecting like no other. People would blindly buy baseball cards with no market research just because of those two cards. Sound familiar? The Mack's state in their webpage bio that part of what stemmed them building this website was 10179. Without 10179 there would be no Brickpicker. Without Brickpicker, there wouldn't be a USA Today headline bringing Lego Investing to the masses. 10179 was what gave bloggers and article writer's a nice catchy headline. "Lego's set sells for $5,000" "Lego's Brick's Better Than Gold Bricks." From the moment 10179 took off, it was all downhill from there in the Lego Investing world. 10179 was basically the coming out party of Lego Investing. People dream of making the big bucks. People dream of hitting gold. 10179 gave people a tangible dream in the Lego Investing market. Before then it was simply a faceless game that some people partook in. I would always get laughed at in any business meeting when people asked what I was investing in, and I told them once I had maxed out all other retirement options, I would probably put some in Lego's. You can only imagine my stares. Now with websites like this and USA today, and WSJ article's I have ammo now to defend my position. Unfortunately, now with the ammo, it is even harder to defend the position. So ultimately, 10179, has caused a spiral of events that will ultimately eventually bring about the end of Lego Investing. Is that likely to happen in the next 10 years? Not likely, but this site is adding 60 new members a day based on the number at the bottom of the main page. Albeit, not everyone is going to invest, and some might join just for the community, but there are some investors in that number. The market is still very strong, and will always remain strong because Lego is not a fad, and Lego will always have demand. Are you likely to lose in Lego Investing, like people lost big in baseball cards and beanie babies. Not likely, unless you are just AWFUL at picking sets, and are completely impatient. However, eventually a time will come, when selling just to cover your initial investment at RRP+Taxes will become standard for most sets. "You don't know you're in the good old days until you've actually left them."

They are getting it confused with Marketplace pricing which they say they won't PM. Graciously show them the PM policy. If that won't work ask to speak to a manager. If they won't budge you could always buy a $1 item and give a bad survey or call their DM and explain how it affected you.

If you go to amazon.com and logout of your account (just search amazon as a "guest"). Most items will have the same price with "free shipping on orders over $49". Of course, a difficult employee may still refuse if the item is under $49. And of course there are a few items (like the current Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine) that are "for Prime members only". Those might be tough to price match if you have a difficult store policy... try another store.

Mystery Machine $20.99 at Walmart.com and Amazon. (Score one for the SlickDeals LEGO alert that is actually for LEGO!)

All Pet Shops I ordered from TRU in the past month were delivered as Parisian Restaurants. Think I got in for six.

No, all sets produced after week 47 of 2015 have it already modified. See page 19 of ths thread

That time does seem to be pretty common for stock updates. And with all the GC being dumped on ebay its not surprising they are going quick. It is interesting to see all this stock show up in TRU.com, given that for a few months they had very little. Would be curious to see seal codes for all these sets.

Not to detract from the £1 chicken men! Very now has 3 for 2 on the ninjago flight of destinys bounty, Star Wars imperial shuttle and Death Star duel and the attack on avengers tower. With the 20% discount this makes them pretty much half price and you can also get an additional 20% if your a new customer.

My daughter discovered American Girl minifigs and sets from M***B****. So I hear ya.

Nothing can be worse than the Lana drama on "Smallville".

The only 3 current series I actually sit down and 100% watch are Game of Thrones, Black Sails, and Star Wars Rebels. Other shows are just background noise. That is how good Rebels is, and it is only getting better.

Bought 5 ..75074 Snowspeeders ...after EBay bucks .. Total cost $32.19

The "LS" is not the destination. When you ship out from the US you get tracking codes "LZ...US" if the destination country supports tracking and "LN...US" if no tracking. No idea what the codes mean, but you will certainly get _something_ from China.

A somewhat more legit seller. 75916 - JW: Dilophosaurus Ambush - $20.99 (30% off) at Amazon 21114 - Minecraft: The Farm - $20.99 (30% off) at Amazon

One of the most underrated parts of this game that people do not emphasize enough is without a doubt the buy-in. Sure if you are buying a set at 30% off you are guaranteed reasonable profits. Back in 2004-2007, discounts on exclusive's were very easy to come by. I have posted this pic before, but just to emphasize how different this game is now, could you imagine discounts like this in today's climate. I know I can't. Buying exclusive's at 50% just does not happen anymore. If this happened in today's market, it would go bananas. The BP would probably shut down and it would be a national holiday. Discounts like this were common place before. The buy-in was crazy low. I almost want to vomit thinking about how much I missed out from 2007-2012 before the game started changing. Just finding a set at 10% off like the Tie Fighter today (it was 15%, but most have at least 5% in taxes), make people go crazy now. Before a 10% discount would barely even cause people to bat an eye. Tie Fighter or Slave I going for $100 would crash a website. Getting the Kwok-E-Mart for $150 from Barnes and Nobles is a no brainer, but if you weren't online at the right place and the right time you likely missed it. For most casual investors, we do not have the time to hunt every deal down, and eek out every percentage point discount, making it increasingly hard for the casual investor to succeed in Legovesting. But truly, the most important aspect of the game going forward is the Buy-In. It's easy for an emazer or any other BPer who stalks deals for maximal discount to sit back and feel good when buying at 30-40% off RRP on an exclusive. Even if the market sits sub $600 for 10188, a buy in at $275 makes profits easy going. For future sets, however, getting a set like GBHQ, Hellicarrier, Sandcrawler, etc. for more than 10% off is a battle, a battle which Lego is fighting furiously to win. The occasional deal will pop up, but it is becoming harder and harder to get that low buy-in. Given the effort of the buy-in, one has to start placing a value on the time to hunt these deals down, whereas before an RRP buy-in was more than good enough, and anything else was gravy. Now there is no gravy. Just biscuits. Thankfully, Lego's will never bottom out to a zero worth like baseball cards and beanie babies. No matter what there is a bare minimum innate value in the bricks themselves. With Beanie Babies, the fabric and beans are basically worthless in bulk. With baseball cards, cardboard is literally worthless, unless you are using it to ship Lego's. =) Lego bricks sell in bulk for at least some cash, so even in the worst case scenario, there is intrinsic value in the brick itself. This provides a safety net unlike the stock market which can hit zero value.

Met a Brickpicker friend to deliver a set, talk shop, and enjoy some friendly conversation.