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The Brick Separator is among the top sellers? This thing needs to retire soon as I'm sitting on quite a lot of them.

I think the key is to stand at the entrance of the park and part it out on the spot. "You can now own a piece of the castle!"

San Diego Comic Con. Not to be confused with the much less popular South Dakota Comic Con.

Just thought I'd report that all 3 of the TRU Gift Cards I received from the 3rd Party fulfilling the Staples orders had $0 balances, or are invalid cards.

Sold my last eighteen 10188 Death Stars FBA for $610-$628. Averaged $506 after all fees and costs. Buy in $252 per set. Was hoping for a better price prior to the 75159 reveal but a few sellers using repricers came with enough supply to last the entire year. The reveal is rumored to be SDCC and the price $499.99 USD. If that pans out these bigger sellers using repricers will cause a rapid tumble in prices once other people start dumping stock and we will likely see a $100 price drop quickly (hint don't price match them as their algorithm is set for a price drop on a 3 way or greater match so just undercut them by a few dollars if you want to move your stock). If the new set disappoints I will likely rebuy 10188 on bricklink/brickowl/brick classfieds/craigslist for a long term hold. It is a fantastic set.

rally the troops

Good god. What on earth is happening? It seems like every day there's another tragedy. I was reading comments on another site and someone said, well, nobody likes the police. I LIKE THE POLICE! I guess if you're breaking laws, they would be an inconvenience. For the record, it is never ok to shoot police. [emoji35]

I posted this in the knock-off thread but thought I'd add it here for posterity...

You guys remember him? Damn I'm old....

Finished an incompleted Sopwith I found in CL. Bought it for $30 but it was missing a few unique pieces so after everything said and done, it's closer to $45. Really like the design. It's bigger than I thought and looks good even without a smooth plane wing. However, I understand the limited appeal and that's why it's dropping in value. Great for personal build.

That actually makes a lot of sense. Of course, having an AT-AT out at the same time as a Minor Disagreement on Hoth makes sense too. Maybe they learned a lesson?

Yeh I got a couple of mansions and a few mystery machines. One more machine than I ever ordered after LEGO stuck an extra one in the box for some reason. Cheers LEGO!

Doubled down on the 6285 Black Seas Barracuda Keep an eye on the trading thread for a chance to have one of these majestic ships!

I'm not sure I see the logic that QFin this set will bring a lot of profit. You're going to have to spend at minimum 350.00 to get this set. Lets' say there is a shortage, even if it goes up to 500, that's little money after fees to call much of a victory. Especially when you consider shipping a set like this. So, I think some of you are way too optimistic.

Built this last week with the 6 year old. Pretty happy with how it turned out...enjoyable build, several play features and a ton of mini figs...I really like the end result.

Wasn't R2-D2 retired before new star wars film aswell? I personally wouldn't believe any rumours until lego officially say something, Chinese whispers... Also once you take out Micke/Minnie/Donald/Daisy the only minifigure that would "fit in" the Disney castle is Maleficent. Makes more sense for a series 2 disney minifigures with the Princess than keeping series 1 extended. Just my opinion

In all fairness we could just rename the forum topic. How about "Really cool sh** built with bricks photos"

I know and you know that's not what I meant .... I meant an AFOL creation is a true MOC for me, a TLG creation not really.

The MB Arocs is now $189.99 on Costco.ca which I believe is another $10 off from before.

I'd say anyone gambling on QFLL is expecting it to rise higher than $500 is the thing.

No, don't think it would be worth the energy spent when you compare a dollar to dollar ratio against other hot toys. It's easier to make 30.00 on other sets or other products that wouldn't take up the space, or cost as much money. I'm sure there will be some toy out there that cost 60 or 70.00 that will be scarce and in demand and will net you 30 after fees. You could buy 4 to 5 of those, flip them and make 150 for ever 350 spent. That's better than 30 on every 350 spent. Just my opinion.

"Okay, we're going to take a little bit of this and....let's make a couple of happy trees right here...."

Probably the best way to QF this at Xmas is through CL, NextDoor, and SwipSwap when the inevitable shortage happens. Start about Thanxgv and increase price each week after.

Season 3 Trailer. Be warned...there are spoilers.

Excellent point. It's like a mullet, Business up front, party in the rear.

My son wants to MOC this into Hyrule Castle.

shark tooth hunting on the Chesapeake Bay!

I assume it's tower bridge as the rest have retired

Those are rare variant boxes!!

Can Confirm 7/18 TRU street date unless overridden at register

In all fairness, nothing I've ever posted in this thread was My Own Creation...

No early access because it is not an exclusive. You might see it in some B+M shops before then but probably the opposite in Aus.

So, expect none?

I agree that $500 doesn't net you much profit, but I do not think that $500 is unreasonable. Considering availability and target market. If it's only available at Disney Land/World, or a Lego store, but advertised well so that people know it exists, then there will be a great demand. The CMF line is proof of demand, I believe. But not everyone has access to those outlets. I live in Florida, and the closest Lego Store is in Orlando in Disney Springs (VIP points, freebie and 10% Season Card holder discount would whittle down that $350 price tag some), 2 1/2 hours away. Imagine a scenario where Christmas comes and LEGO Shop at Home is sold out. Not hard to imagine. You can only get one in a Lego Store or at a Park. $500 piece a cake. Why? Target market. People who can pay $350 for a Lego set, can pay $500. A park ticket for one plus the set would easily hit $500. If you don't already have plans to go to the Park to get one of these, $500 is a deal.

Where were they 7 years ago to take care of the cast from jersey shore.

6.5 hours is not taking into account the additional time it will take when I have to go back 20 steps taking about what I built because I screwed something up.

Lego has resealed so many sets that there's no way to have a list or anything but just know there's dozens and dozens of sets that have been resealed. I would guess that there was a bad bag or the like. You could weigh it to verify...

10234 SOH TooS at SaH Europe Second time I see it this week. I doubt it runs much further. I do believe it will retire before TB due to lower demand an to give room to two London's sets. Let the cats get out of the bag!

Just saw this in person for the first time and I must admit this set is impressive.

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

No, it's not her boyfriend. They will forever be interested in one another, but constantly won't admit it because being someone's boy/girlfriend is horribly cliche and something only "normals" do.

Not when I can still make my $3 per set profit. Wake me up when it hits $.50 per