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Took a couple of days and finally completed Big Ben. The finished product looks amazing with the level of detail and finished look of the model. The build on the other hand was beyond repetitive - lots of x25 steps that you repeat over and over and over again - but I guess I knew that heading into it based on the images etc... but putting the clock part together was very enjoyable. Anyway looks great on display and price point seems decent based on how cool it looks.

Chris Mcveigh

All 16 new franchises announced at E3.

My Shopko order of 1 Poe's X-wing arrived today in a shipping box that was literally too small in length and height to fit the kit. Shopko's solution? Turn the kit diagonal, stand it up straight like you'd see on a store shelf, and with the kit literally sticking out of the top of the box by an half inch, close the flaps and put a random piece of cardboard in the gap, then tape it together. Somehow it arrived in decent shape and I'm not a box-queen so it worked I guess.

Hmm ... doorbell just rang - courier delivered my 21108 ... box was pristine, but it came delivered in a see-through plastic bag. Not good for the "hiding things from the missus" plan Luckily only my kids were witnesses

Free is always good! My daughter added an extra blue piece to hers, while my son stuck to the instructions.

Big Ben weighs approx 13 tons... No idea how much the set weighs.

Santa Barbara Style PS Haters gonna hate

P1140748 by Bill Ward

I'm pretty sure that bump codes are only the same if the seal code is the same as well. Also, isn't feeling for a shark guy easier than reading the bump code?

Toys R Us: Today, 11-1 Free: Speed Champions: Winner's Podium

Got FO Tie ($28), Shadow troopers ($8), Deep Sea Scuba Scooter ($3.80), and an Ursula Disney CMF ($3.24) with my $10 off $50 coupon at Shopko with the former three items already marked down on clearance. They had three more minty FO Ties marked down to 34.99 each that I'll pick up (with a coupon, I hope) on my way back through Monday (I hope again...).

if my sales don't pick up this is what i'll be eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. ^

For us UKers TLG retirement mark usually comes earlier then across the pond. I'd say it will last until the end of this year and you'll see stock clearance off and on. Best I've seen this to date is 35% off I think (and when it was there a couple of times stock was wiped clean). Been pretty much at 20% off in the UK for all of this year so now's a good time to start buying. This set gets a lot of love from the OT fans (and even called the best of the wave in the reviews. And that's a wave that includes IST and....errr....). One playset that's pretty movie accurate and you can display it for a pretty much every scene from the end of ROTJ. So even though its a playset which tend not to rise as quickly i think it will do quite well. Great mini-fig selection; where else can you get luke, palpatine, Vader - they're not throw aways. And almost tempted to say that because its not a vehicle it might be overlooked in favor of people stocking up on IST and some of TFA ships.

I sold the beat up box tower bridge I picked up the other day for $200. Not too interesting but I did sell it on a new site (new to me) Nextdoor.com. It's a message board website for neighborhoods. It has a classified section. I don't think I will list any thousand dollar SSDs there but it might be good for small and used stuff. It's also great for getting local recommendations. It's gotten so expensive to sell online, love seeing a new local source beside craigslist. It's much more personalized than CL too so I don't expect the garbage responses I sometimes get on CL.

I've had many inquiries, thanks to everyone! The collection has been sold, and I'm working with the buyer to arrange delivery. Thanks again to everyone, that was really quick. I actually had several offers in excess of my $12,500 asking price. I didn't accept them as 1) I had been working a deal with a buyer prior to this, and 2) I felt $12,500 was the fair price which leaves enough room for the buyer to make some profit on this collection. After all, that's one of the reasons we're all here. Thanks again, now I have to start packing things up.

Top Slice Bakery

Medlab Facility

Bought a very good condition UCS Y wing off bricklink for £500. Slowly picking off the old Star Wars UCS sets that I missed in my dark ages. Now have three including the SSD and the Vader Tie. Eyeing up a Tantive IV now.

x25 - ugh!

Took my boy for Lego club this morning and saw the Scooby Mansion has been discounted at b/m Lego store (but still not at shop@home)...$71.98. Had a calendar coupon for 100 extra bonus points w purchase so it came home to go in the pile w/the others.

I think those were few and far between. Not unheard of, but not large stashes at that price.

I won't touch them if not below 70 euro each.

I ordered 5 of these for store pickup a week and a half ago. Never received any shipping/ order status updates. Just received a text and email notifications one day to pick up my order at the store. Got there and the order was in a brown shipping box but it was dented badly on one side. When they removed the 5 sets to verify everything was there, 2 of them were smashed like a pancake. I requested to return those 2 and get a refund. The lady starts going on about how I have to go through .com. I told her no and that they were able to return damaged items for a refund. She had to go get the manager to get it straightened out. What a PITA when workers do not know their employers' policies!

Shop at Home for Lego has the deep sea operation base base 60096 for 79.99. With VIP points, free shipping and the fountain it seems like a good deal. I have not seen this one in the brick and mortar stores around me so I opted for one to add to the vessel and sub to help complete the series. Don't know if it is worth posting about but what the hell it is early Saturday morning.

Great suggestion! My wife's been on it for a while, so I'd heard of it, she sold our old stroller with it. Taking your advice, I put up a listing saying I have a bunch of new and used sets. I've already had two responses in the first couple hours, that equals the number of non-scammer CL responses I've had in the last month and a half (neither of which actually bought anything). Thanks

Well, that was a bland burger.

I didn't recieve any orders today . Probably because I didn't order anything .

The mods are on a lunch break.

Yeah Five guys.......because who doesn't want to pay 17 bucks for a fast food burger?

Oh my, just broke my like button.

My Habit Burger gift card arrived yesterday. Enjoyed a nice burger there today.

Once again, thanks to all. I really didn't want my health to be such a big deal; we all deal with stuff like this eventually, at least if you're living right. Here I am. 6" incision on my neck from the radical neck dissection I had 7 weeks ago. All the lymph nodes in the left side of my neck were removed, along with about 35% of my tongue.

Mock Tudor House

Got excited. Then I scanned it. $380. Even with my 20% cards I'm only saving $10 or so from LEGOLAND. I had Rewards but I'd rather be at the zero stage first than deal with the TRU mark up. Found this for $50 at B&N. Previously opened and taped back shut. For $25 yes. But not $50.

People who take 25 items in the 12 item or less express lanes.

Exactly. go 40% off or go home.

Back in stock @ Walmart for $44.95: http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Ideas-Birds/42104288

Herzlich willkommen hier im Forum!

Lol. How much is the set going to be in Greece ?

Good enough.

Craft brewery red ale.

Shake Shack > Five Guys > IN & OUT

CCCX Tudor Castle

Schiekade Garden 6056

Lego Building #8 by Allan

Model Train Shop by Puddleglum-

(bit out of topic but could be useful clarification for the future in this forum overall) mmh, I think we are comparing apples and oranges here... the USD (USA) prices do not include sales tax: depending on the state/muni such tax could go from 0% to 10+% the EUR (EU countries) prices do include sales taxes - we are in the 20+% ish the EUR prices before sales tax (VAT/IVA/etc.) are closer to the USD ones if for a second we imagine a 1 to 1 USD/EUR exchange rate, the EUR prices are higher but not as much as depicted above (the EU sales tax would pay for the welfare or social benefits while the "savings" the Americans are making would end up going into private health insurance or embedded in the salary withholding in the form of benefits - same private health/dental insurance) now... it is very true that if an EU person goes in USA on vacation or for business she or he will have an interest in getting something back home (expecially in those US states with 0% sales tax: DE, NH, OR, etc.) PS: I lived in EU for 28 years and also lived in USA for 4 years

Merry Christmas! Here's my Christmas card to BP.

I would venture to say that the US has had it good for a while now and that TLG are slowly trying to balance worldwide prices. 170 USD at an exchange rate of 1.12 USD/EUR brings you in line with the cheapest Eurozone prices whereas before many sets were at 1 USD / 1 EUR hence our endless moaning about preferential treatment as discounts also tend to be better over there. I think that apart from the RRP increase,it is the gradual trimmig of the latter that is making the product more expensive. However, it is supply and demand and if we benefit from it on the secondary market, TLG surely feels their product is underpriced on the new market. Perhaps when demand falls off and Lego becomes less fashionable, things will change but that would also be bad news for us. Higher new prices also make our inflated ones easier to swallow.