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Well...I finally found all the pieces...a couple off color but still looks amazing I think. It took my son and I 7 hours with 3 slight rebuilds until we got the balance right. Yes, it is tricky getting it to stand! Let me know what you all think. #legodad

Finished the Sydney Opera House to go along with the two English landmarks. It was a fun build, much better than I thought it would be, and it looks much more impressive than I had thought. It's a really sturdy build too. Highly recommended.

My son wanted some police stuff, so we busted out a 60047 tonight. Little does he know how much police stuff I have stashed away.

Built this

Just finished lighting up my Palace Cinema. Still need to light the street lamp but that requires a drill bit I didn't have handy.

Get $20 off when you spend $75 or more via Rakuten w/ Masterpass Checkout - use code SUMMER20 w/ Masterpass Checkout Code is one time use. Some of the Toys R Us Sale items are eligible to choose from: 60095 - Deep Sea Exploration Vessel - $75.99 60096 - Deep Sea Operation Base - $59.99 60080 - City Spaceport - $67.99 75904 - Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion - $55.99 75919 - Indominus Rex Breakout - $91.99 75913 - Speed Champions F14 and Scuderia Ferrari Truck - $67.99 76035 - Jokerland - $83.99

Nice poster celebrating Wonder Woman's 75th Anniversary

The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw

You rang?

Hanging Gardens by Letranger Absurde

This is not a "war" story but a good experience I just had with Craigslist. Found a listing for Death star 10188 NISB for $375. I emailed asking if he would consider shipping, same state but 6 hour drive each way. We exchanged a few emails and agreed on $415 shipped UPS. He invoiced my paypal and I paid yesterday, he shipped yesterday and it arrived today. It is in pristine condition, just like it came from Lego. Still in both original lego shipping boxes. I was nervous after reading this thread but super excited and happy I found this deal.

This whole recent what gets to 2x discussion belongs on what set should I buy thread. This is the I think something is going to retire soon thread. If you are talking about sets that are going to retire on your list its pet shop and ewokvillag. No way Feris wheel goes before fairground mixer. I am at my goal for palace cinema which could be another dark horse to eliminate the 149.99 price point. I will be surprised if scooby retires before 2017.

Set of Series 16 minifigs. Pretty sure I smooshed them all successfully. I'm impatient. I just want them.

A 60057 Camper Van just popped up on Amazon for $19.99. Grabbed it and will hope that it's in good condition. This set has appreciated nicely.

Lego department within Harrods:

My son thought I should redo the face and add a mustache and make it Mario

Not in your area

You look to be coming along well..

New threads need the Supermarket Sweep treatment.

I agree. For a modular to hit 2x retail it always takes a bit of time, especially when the likes of the PS have been around for such a long time and are heavy hoarded, there will be plenty of stock that will hit Ebay after retirement, and you inevitably face the battle of the resellers where people start to reduce their prices to shift their stock early and before you know if you are selling for literally no profit (Tumbler) hence it is better to sit on a set for a year or two post retirement and wait for the initial influx to disperse. Also, you see very little discount on the exclusives, if you are lucky you maybe able to pick one up from various online shops which 10%. Where as MM, IST, RS, ET,BB etc. will be easier to shift, firstly because 2xRRP on these sets is a lot lower and therefore people are likely to part with their cash without as much thought. If you are looking at 2x profit, this will be even quicker to achieve because most people on here purchased the MM for £15, RS - £10 etc. so even if you sale at just over RRP after retirement you can still double your money relatively quickly. Buyers may do their research and think to themselves 'its fine, I'm still paying RRP or just over for the MM at £30/£35 on ebay after retirement' which they will find acceptable, however we purchased them at £15 and therefore doubled our money.

Personally, if you are looking for sets to hit 2x the quickest, I wouldn't go with a single modular since time is playing a factor and the only one that has any real possibility would be the UCS tie if that one retires in the next few months. I have been playing this game in my head too, and i'd go with Mystery Machine, Imperial Shuttle Tydirium, Rey's Speeder Bike, The Eiffel Tower, and Big Ben from the architecture line..

You forgot the words "the best" in that sentence

Source: Brick-Inquirer

LEGO® City Police Hovercraft Arrest 60071 $20.24 (55% off retail price) Not available for ship to home, but stores will price-match. (Target US) http://www.target.com/p/lego-city-police-hovercraft-arrest-60071/-/A-16752391?lnk=fiatsCookie

You know you should wait for Lego's official release don't you? I am really curious about the designer video though. Has that one leaked as well?

Working on a western scene and saw a western train station on Lego Ideas and liked it (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/9050), but wanted to mod some changes, make it a modular and add some LED lights (http://www.lifelites.com/). I have worked on this one on/off for about three years making all kinds of modifications to it. I want to redo the inside of the building at some point, maybe give it more detail like the outside. However, for now I am content with it. I hid the battery pack to the street lights under the water tower and ran the wiring under the building (you can kind of see the battery pack, but not too bad). The clock tower lights up too, though it may be hard to see. I hid the battery pack inside the roof, with a little trap door to turn the power on. I like that it is usable for western type scenes as well as a modern train station (since there are so many older train stations still in use across this country). I also modified the locomotive so that it runs on Power Functions. All the wooden planks that wrap around the station are the 1x4 wood grain tiles (not stickers), part #2431pb243. I bought a bunch a few years ago and am glad I did, they are quite pricy now. I think it makes it look a lot nicer. Spoiler: and those of you with OCD…you may notice in the pictures that the four clocks are not aligned to be the same time…sorry.

Big Ben in its new home. Very tedious build which is worth it at the end.

Probably just bad inventory numbers. I see it all the time with Target and Walmart. Target at least fixes theirs after a couple weeks.

Starting to become more available...

I had the same problem. Thanks exciter for alerting us early. I telephoned Staples and they transferred me to their "gift card dept.". The call went to GiftCardMall and the rep. told me they handle Staples' gift cards for them. He recognized the problem and immediately activated them. That's all it is, they just need to be activated.

There were a lot of Star Wars sets that disappeared last fall/winter that were out only 12-16 months, even some you would have expected to hang around longer such as the AT-AT, ISD, Cantina, and MTT.

75102 is on clearance at a german grocery store, normally their clearance is reliable for predicting eol

Mario!

I'm a little concerned about my own memories mixing. Ugh oh...

Stunning !!! How tall is it?

Sharing is fine, don't be put off by the responses. The concensus in the responses is just: a) Brickset numbers can be used but should be used with caution; b ) there are faster and better ways to make money than by betting on the sets you listed. Still, to each their own game and only time will tell who's right or wrong (if there even is such a thing - there are many different strategies with different expectations).

Thank you. I went back to basics and got some low brightness LEDs and complimentary resistors from the local electronics store and soldered them together. Then used some low gauge copper wire to run them through to an old 6V Nokia mobile charger. The beauty of it is that there's still enough spare juice in that single charger to run a couple more modular buildings off it. Thank you. I'm thinking of bricklinking a few of those pieces to make a whole bunch of low intensity street lamps. Saves money and I can use a really fine copper wire that I can run under the street tiles.

They are so cute! With the Pokemon craze going right now, this will attract new investors and collectors. We should buy the maximum quantities as soon as they are release to create a shortage. Oh btw, new investors, start buying out all the current orange removers, those will be going for big bucks

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'm a bigger LEGO fan than I am a Star Wars fan so most of my build have been in the Creator line. However the Star Wars UCS line does have some of the largest and most interesting builds so I knew eventually I would get there. Since I came out of my dark ages a year and a half ago, I've always thought the UCS Imperial Shuttle 10212 was one of the most accurate and interesting looking Star Wars models and wanted to get one. To that end, for the past 3 months I've been slowly bricklinking 10212, 10182, and 10189. All original parts and color in new condition except where it didn't make sense (e.g. stud hole vs no stud hole). All new condition except, again, where it didn't make sense due to price or availability. I can give more specifics if anyone is interested but in short I sourced all three for about $1,400 plus ~$40,000 in unpaid time . This week in the evenings I built 10212... In the end I was just as impressed as I thought I would be. Really enjoyed the build and the final result!

Finally put together the GE I bought last year as a partial set in a bulk lot on eBay for cheap. I loved this build so much more than the Fire Brigade. It was pretty fun. Not sure if it's because it's a corner building, or feels more regal. But it just looks pretty cool.

Finally! After a week of building this from bulk- putting the finishing touches on this bad boy .

I just want the figures and their fancy stands. ....That's it.

I actually had a thought of one day trying to do a MOC Deathstar Trenchrun using the Microfighters since we'll be getting the Y-Wing. Obviously a USC set with more realistic miniatures would be pretty cool.

Hey at least the girl doesn't have her mouth open with that hot dog so close. Now THAT could raise an eyebrow.

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