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Scammers don't usually send out shipping notifications.

Pictures they sent to me before I picked it up. Some Friends and Ninjago sets had only one bag opened in their box.

Tru ad : 20% off friends and super heroes

No outhouse = FAIL

And remember: Excel (or any other spreadsheet) is your friend. Keep a list of all the pieces you need (extract from BL), and keep track of what you've purchased from where and how many (plus cost + shipping if you want to find out how much you saved versus just buying a used one). BTW, unless you're really strict on yourself, you might find you get close to what you would have paid if you bought a new one ... And the obligatory warnings: You will most likely run across incomplete orders (i.e. you ordered quantity X from a BL seller, but got X-1, or got a different part or something like that). Plan for this - unless the part is really expensive, just buy a few more than you need (if the seller has them available). And you will inevitably go hunting for that cat, or that lady minifig, or those sand green bricks with groove etc. Resist the temptation, you must.

Picked up a CL lot from RI for $550 the other day which had a complete Town Hall as the main selling point. So far sorting the 75+ lbs or so it has about 30% non lego. 100+ minifigures I'd guess. Lots of instructions too. I'm now pulling out a 6211 and a 7665. Here are some pictures. Top two are the ones they had built. The bulk is a horrible mess of pieces. I'll sell it off after cherry picking.

I could fill the whole thread with pictures from this absolutely amazing LEGO Train display by PennLUG and Texas Brick Railroad, but will just post a few and a link to Cale Leiphart's Flickr stream which contains hundreds of pictures. It's got everything: beautiful trains, fantastic landscapes, wonderful buildings, great little vignettes etc...

Well.... To top my 25 Hearlake Highs and 35 dollar Olivia's House, My local walmart had an Ultimate McQueen from 2011 today for 23.00, a Skipper Flight School for 11.00, and a 75019 AT-TE for 49.00. They also had some castle, galaxy squad, Hobbit, and LOTR, and some other older sets, but nothing of value. Looks like they are clearing out the 8 trailers they have sitting out back.

Here the LEGO factory tour exclusive of 2016 can finally be revealed.

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Make sense, but LEGO would need to increase the price to $5 / pack just to make up for the lost profit compared to current packagings

And the truck on top is the ice cream truck from the "small tumbler" set 7888 - The Tumbler: Joker's Ice Cream Surprise

He only buys 3 when they're on sale...

One? I thought you were always in for 3? ;-)

Found another The Ghost at a local B&N, RRP - 10% member. Went by a closing KMart and picked up Friends Rafting, Frozen Sleigh Ride, and Elves' Skyra Castle all for 40% off plus was able to use a SYW $10 off. Could've arm swept multiples of each, but I haven't fallen down this rabbit hole far enough yet to start arm sweeping. But if you're an arm-sweeper who's anywhere near Jacksonville, FL, hit up the San Jose Blvd KMart. And PM me, because I'd like to meet a fellow Lego-fiend locally that I could talk to about Lego without getting a glazed look like I get from anyone I mention this hobby to, while they contemplate why a 41 yo man is talking to them about toys.

Chicken Suit Ninjago!

I would use the resources that other provided to obtain a parts list. I actually bricklinked very few pieces. What I did was: 1) Go through the bulk I already had and found about 30% of the parts I needed 2) Ordered new parts directly from Lego.com about 65% of the parts I needed 3) Bricklinked remaining pieces (maybe 5%) of the parts I needed I was able to have almost original pieces except for the following: - Sand Green 1x4 (instead of 1x8) - Sand Green 1x2 (instead of 1x2 with groove) - White cat with no eyes - Med Gray Columns instead of Earth Blue - Black instead of Med St-Grey 1x3x2 Bow - Blue instead of black door - Dark Grey instead of Earth Blue 1x5x4 Bow - Plain instead of Printed Flat Tile 1X4 Rune Stone There were some important substitutions but I kept track of what I changed so that I can buy the original pieces one day if I wish to make it more true to the original. It was pricey then (almost 2 years now), but I think it is more now because of the scarcity of some of the pieces.

New Century Corner by Eero Okkonen

Yup, you're right .

LOL. It's as if people just like to have their own threads...

Marley, I believe you are asking about the set on the left...I'm pretty sure that the dark green and gray set is the Town Hall from set #10184 (Town Plan). http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=10184-1&name=Town Plan&category=[Town][Town Plan]#T=S&O

Well if you want to buy one, go see this guy....

The color is not the same. The color used in CC with the "translucent like" coating I believe only appears in one other set from the 2008 production run. http://rebrickable.com/sets/8031-1/v-19-torrent-mini-star-wars-clone-wars-2008 This and the stitching on the female minifig are one of the easy ways to identify a BL set.

Bought my first modular this week. I picked up the PC (and an Ecto-1) at the Orlando Lego store while I was down there for work. I've really liked this set since I first saw it and had almost bought it a couple times. Really enjoyed the build. It was a little easier than I expected. I love it. The walk of fame stars, the posters, the details in the concession stand, etc. My favorite detail, however, is the use of small blue and white tiles and 1x2 bricks with holes to spell out "Palace" on the sides of the marquee. My plan is to use my profits (when and if they occur) from selling new and used sets to pay for the GBHQ. I currently have a pretty decent stock but have only sold 3 sets, all used Ninjago sets.

Shop lifting = buy in $0. Who says crime doesn't pay. In all seriousness, I'm just finishing the book "American Desperado." If you found Goodfellas or Casino even slightly entertaining, read this book.

Yes, let's all send money to the scammer. Then when he doesn't ship, eBay/PayPal can bail us out with other sellers' money (fees). Sounds awesome. Way to make crime pay!

We've already got a thread like this... I don't really see a need to start another.

Meanwhile, back in Europe, ExoSuit currently has 612 units by 148 vendors with a starting price of 31 euros. Average sales per month since January are 10 units. Doing the maths that works out at another 5.5 years of stock assuming no one lists more items and the rate of sales remains constant.

Today is a great day. A great day that I wish to celebrate and share with You. All of You. Today is my two year anniversary as a brickpicker! Thanks for the laughter, the tears, the joys and sorrows. Thanks for facilitating so much LEGO accumulation at such great value. Thank you, for melting my mind with gift card wizardry, the truth of stacking the TRUTH and teaching me the difference between an incorrect correction and a babble bubble. Thank you for teaching me that one can always go derper. To you all-I love you. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand My wife hates you.

Yep, game day one!

From the fantastic BrickWorld 2016 display by PennLUG and Texas Brick Railroad:

Unintended virality? I think they just made up a new term. This could be a game changer if other retailers start using this. Everything we do here could be considered unintended virality.

I just placed my order. Bought $160 worth of books to get the full deal. I hope it goes through.

Some liars go to prison, and some write television shows....Love the jazz.

My 11 year old daughter loves the modular sets. (I'm so glad she moved on from the Friends line!) We have every set from GG on but I have personally only built GG Wifey built PR and I helped her finish it off. Daughter built all the rest except TH as that is the last one to build for our city. Between mine and the boys Star Wars sets and the modular and city sets, we are slowly losing our basement to Lego tables. We have 5 with 2 more getting purchased this weekend. The only problem with a wife and a bunch of kids who love Lego is that I don't always get to build the cool sets.

Found a random 41008 Heartlake City Pool with Dec 2012 seal codes at Walmart for $20. Bought it for my daughter.

Jurassic World and Scooby are done this year, not in the 2017 Wholesale Order Form.

I typically do a search for the set by name and number (ie - "LEGO Ant-Man" and "LEGO 76039") to see which one comes up first in search results. I then look at the reviews to see which has the most and also which has the most offers for sale. The price may be higher on the secondary listing but my assumption has been that most consumers are going to go with the first search result especially if the price is lower. I do often wonder what the sales volume comparison would be for separate listings like this and if it is worthwhile to park some of my inventory in the other one to fetch a higher price. I have always decided against that though.

Dunkin' Donuts by Suzi More

Top Slice Bakery

P1140748 by Bill Ward

CCCX Tudor Castle

Schiekade Garden 6056

Weight is in grams. Some are close to others but it's very helpful. Disney figs Genie 9.96 Alien 10.07 Mr. Incredible 10.08 Aladdin 10.22 Peter Pan 10.38 Cheshire Cat 10.60 Stitch 10.80 Daisy Duck 11.09 Syndrome 11.11 Donald Duck 11.26 Mickey 11.30 Maleficent 11.76 Hook 12.01 Alice 12.30 Buzz 12.37 Minnie 12.55 Ariel 13.50 Ursula 13.74

Did s search online for target with the DCPI number 204-00-1379 and found all locations ( Tulsa,OK) had hundreds in stock. I had been to 2 previously and not one to be found. So after I saw 279 in stock at one store - I asked an associate who brought me a case. Not one Disney minifig on the floor. ( side note... The sweet 80 year old man checking me out kept arguing that the entire case was $3.99) ( I couldn't do it - when he finally added 59 more he said " hot diggity!")

Here is an album filled with all sorts of stair examples cause, you know, houses need stairs. Ha.