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If you're having trouble selling your sets on Ebay, maybe message this seller for some (or better said: two) tips ... https://www.ebay.com/itm/262492801150

Built Big Ben and added lights from Brick Stuff. What a slick addition to the model - I added two white LEDs in the top of the tower, and two green LEDs behind the colonnade above the four sided clock. Next step is to illuminate the facade and light the Tower Bridge displayed next to it. For those builders and MOCers that have thought about diving into lighting, you will not be disappointed.

Gave my husband a Grievous constraction 75112 for his birthday today. I had no idea how large it would be. I may never feel safe again. He is quite menacing.

Amazon.com: Dimensions Doc Brown Fun Pack - $5.97 (60% off) Dimensions Dr. Who Cybermen Fun Pack - $6.29 (48% off) Dimensions DC Aquaman Fun Pack - $8.50 (43% off)

our first used Modular on local eBay, first purchased locally here in Brazil, at BRL 1300 (USD~385 -EUR~349) extremely well kept, first time no missing pieces at all (previous used set experiences always with missing pieces 75093, 79003, 7965, 8038, 4842, etc.), as you can see below seller placed back the pieces into the original numbered bags...

Received the B/N order. Temple and a bunch of Lego books. Packaged nicely by Barnes and Noble.

Finally got around to building (and photographing) 10197 Fire Brigade. It was the first modular I ever constructed. I enjoyed it, but, it wasn't as life changing as I expected. I'm in the process of tearing it down so I can sell it, lol. But I am looking forward to building others in the series.

Hi guys, Earlier this year my wife and I "completed" our journey out of the dark ages (thanks again to this community for making that possible for a -relatively- reasonable amount). Having acquired all of the retired sets we wanted (within reason, sorry UCS Falcon and Grand Carousel), my wife mused that our city needed a zoo. I agreed, so I decided to make one. I posted a MOC a few months ago but this is my first end-to-end, all the bells and whistles effort at something special. It took about 10-12 weeks. I built it and my wife provided constant feedback, answering "what do you think of this?" and "how does this look?" over and over hahah. I also received input some friends, family, and even an esteemed member on here (shout out TheOrcKing for his feedback and, really, everything he does and contributes to this community). Anyway, I thought I'd share this one with you all, too... The concept is that it's a modular building that has modular exhibits, in that you can remove them from the building and place them side-by-side more like a traditional zoo. Depending on how you configure it, the play area becomes as large as 50" wide, but is easily stored and placed into your city on a single standard 10"x10" baseplate: Behind the facade, there are 7 exhibits and 1 food stand & lab. Here's a look at one of them (link to others below): And this is what it looks like as part of a Lego city street: There's a complete video overview here: https://youtu.be/3q6l0Ud5C3c And lots more pictures here (no pressure to vote, of course.... not that I'll stop you lol) https://ideas.lego.com/projects/145483 Thanks for looking! Thoughts?

If anyone is still looking for more storage drawers for their store/LEGO collection: Sears continues to have the 39-drawer Stack Ons as Hot Buy for $13.99/ea. There is a $10 back in points for purchases over $50 promotion, plus a 10% back in points promotion, making a purchase of 4 $56 plus $15.50 back in points towards FREE LEGO. (plus a 5% off coupon if you have a Sears Card - saves an additional $2.80 on 4). Combining with discounted Sears gift cards gives more direct savings if you have any.

Well, it looks like I won't have to worry about hitting any Toys R Us stores on the way to the beach.

Especially when I start to get rid of some...

Grand Emporium is an excellent set. Every collection should have one.

you know whats odd, I was doing an inventory of all the Mixels I have ( turns out its like 1100 ) and comparing prices on Amazon/eBay etc and for some unknown reason maybe valublae pieces in the set, the Mixels Scorpi from series 3 was selling for £14.50, so I put the 34 up which I bought for like £1.50 each and all sold in like 10 days ( all Amazon and all sent none-recorded because Amazon actually bans people. ) Yes madness

That's strange. Mine came with these...

All my WM birds got stickers blue rim for the first buy 21S5 and orange rim for second buy 24S5. The first time I almost got a heart attack (given previous experiences with WM sticking a shipping label to my town hall and shipping naked...) but I was pleasantly surprised when they pealed off easily. Catastrophe averted now I just want WM to dry up before they single handedly flood the market.

As if Medicare isn't subsidizing grandma enough already (most 65+ people receive in paid services about 4 x what they paid in during their working lives, thanks to younger workers who will never see any of their 'generosity' repaid). The least grandma could do is not go around hacking eBay accounts and running phantom lego reseller scams...

75055 Imperial Star Destroyer for €100 from real.de

These were plastered all over mine.

A couple updates on Amazon. 41015 - Friends: Dolphin Cruiser - $55.99 (20% off) 76046 - SH: Heroes of Justice: Sky High Battle - $46.99 (22% off)

"Everything you need to hook up and play! Console has been cleaned and thoroughly tested. Joystick is somewhat used and works great. Polished pins on game. I ship six days a week!" I'm not 100% certain, but that description ... seems pretty accurate.

*sigh* That's right about at my price point. Guess I'm in a for a few more.

I used the dollar for size reference. We have a local auction group setup on Facebook for our county and neighboring counties. I won about 40 sets, varying from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman, SpongeBob, Toy Story 3, Indiana Jones, City and Creator sets. I used the Brick picker app to at least track the retail value. I know I can't go by the exactly as far as valuation goes, but I don't think I did too bad for $75.

Already? jack & coke pls ill check my honey hole tomorrow and will report any new polybag findings...

Nice haul. Looks like a Summer Riding Camp is in there too based on the white corral.

Didn't know the VA had licensing agreement with LEGO?

I foolishly bought 5 more complete sets, when I was adamant I wasn't going to buy anymore, but reading this site convinced me to get some more. Anyway, back in late April, I scored 2 cases of these right before the official release date, and then over a 2 week period, I blew out 10 complete sets and made decent profit on them. I sold some sets for 180 during the initial gold rush, but then prices dropped quickly, but were in the 150 range for a few days (still very good profit), before going lower to where they hovered around 120 for quite some time. Now, they are down to about 105 before fees, and I have to say it's just average times right now, because they are not moving like they once were, and the better time to sell these was during the first 2 weeks of release. I sold one of the 5 sets this past week and made a whopping 9.00 after fees/shipping/packaging costs, and plan on just holding the other 4, but I'm thinking it's going to be a while before these are profitable again (be nice to see them hit 180 again). The good days have definitely slowed. Reminds me very much of Series 14 when early on it was incredibly great but as time wore on, the interest waned, and too many people jumped in. I think the same has happened to the Disney Figures. I hear a lot of people convinced these are going to be extremely profitable, but i'm not convinced. Same thing was said about Simpsons series 1, and that hasn't really panned out and they have been retired for some time. A lot of the previous minifigures I wouldn't call "extremely profitable either".. While some figure MAY net you 2x, a majority of these will hover around the 30% range for quite some time. So, I think a lot of people are overstating these as investments.

It looks to me that the parents are expecting to get back near what they spent without putting in the effort to organize it into sets. not anywhere close IMO. If you're interested in going into Bulk, I wrote a primer on it.

Started this Friday night, just finished. I was always underwhelmed by pictures of this set. I was mistaken as it's quite impressive in person.

The iconic Ferrari F40 with a working gearbox and headlights. I think the hood has room for improvement but overall it is a beautiful model by jorgeopesi. At some point I will be adding the Ferrari sticker emblems to the hood and side of the car.

It's bad enough the Seller slapped the mailing label directly on the ARCHITECTURE SERIES box and mailed it that way, but there's three other assorted labels affixed to the packaging as well. To further add insult to injury, my Jacka** rural postal carrier wrote my address on the box with a sharpie.

dont sell to this guy ^

Sold 1x 70173 for 199E, no fee.

My password for my ebay account used to be "Sky" You had to have at least 3 characters so that is what I came up with. How did we not get hacked back then? lol

Angry Birds was added to the TRU sale at 20% off.

Don't have any idea what he was selling but I almost bought it......

Eh Ninjago Airjitzu part deux

Patience my friend

Built the GB Firehouse over the weekend. This thing is a monster. I got through two movies and the entire oj made in america doc while building it. I just need to find a way to tie it into my modular town. Edit- think I have a plan

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.

I just repurchased and built the very first Lego set I ever received. I got this set from Santa many years ago I just got one like it on Craigslist.

Build this over the last few days, picked it up for £300 so happy. Quicker build than I expected, but looks fantastic. Bit big though, doesn't fit on my shelf without removing the top section of the tower.

Well its been £230 for the ship (including a replica sticker sheet that actually doesn't look that bad). Ended up buying from 3 different stores in the end. I also got a bargain deal for the Vader (new), Storm Trooper, Imperial officer and Imperial pilot for an extra £20 on eBay. Only missing Luke and all the weapons. To put it in perspective the cheapest you can find a used, complete with instructions (and usually the box) in the UK is £350. Ok, I don't have Luke but as I wasn't buying this for any kind of investment saving works out ok. Plus it was a nice little project.

Finally Finished this bad boy after building it little bit at time over the last week and half. This is my first big build and I am really digging these larger SW sets.

Bricklinked 10185 Green Grocer! Substituted some pieces.

You might have received a pre-release copy of the NEW Death Star .... here is the box art:

Recent builds

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.

Phase 7: I discover that my wife's silence can be purchased at Lululemon.