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bricklinked mine recently in Sand Blue instead of Sand Green, 293 euros for pieces and 65 euros for shipping I have bricklinked it with Cafe Corner and 3 Battle of Endor AT-ST units since I believe that doing it all at once provides overall savings

Boo. Buying 75159 at any price is up there with eating humpback whale stew out of a galapagos tortoise shell while wearing a 10-carat conflict diamond ring. Actually, it's worse than that. It's as if millions of resellers cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Nearly every new reseller and their dog has these two sets targeted, hoarded and future growth stunted, based on the LEGO=#betterthangold viral articles that swept the internet over the last year. The idiot's guide to every newb becoming a savvy LEGO millionaire was based on a select few rare sets skyrocketing after many-a-year in a lonely attic. Cue all the exclusive and most attractive sets being ramped up in production by LEGO, and stockpiled by the casual browsing, average Joe/Jane, would-be wallstreet wizards, hungry for the easy buck, only to find the mass stampede, that they themselves excitedly got swept along in, has trampled the former profits. It seems the smaller, under-the-radar sets are a better gamble nowadays. There are large threads on both sets here already filled with many peoples' pair of cents on the cloudyness of their own crystal balls. In other words - put both names in a hat and whichever you draw first is as good a prediction you'll be likely to get in this new era of mass hoarding.

My son's turn to do some shopping: He bought a Kylo Ren buildable and a Vacation Getaway in the downtown Chicago LEGO Store. He wanted the free Nexo Knights figure - but the promo turned out to start only tomorrow. After a seriously disappointed face and my suggestions to come back the next day, the assistant store manager gave him the free set, and a Nexo Knights Royal Guard, and an Apple polybag. Result: 1 happy kid.

Need another display set for at the office so decided to build one of my 10179's. Always a fun build. I'll post pics when done

Hadn't seen this mentioned: text GROCERY to TARGET and receive a $10 gift card when you buy $50 in grocery items. Only good through today. I just happened to be in the store, needed some food, and figured $10 for LEGO never hurt.

Seriously though, welcome to Chi-Town

Bought a surprisingly minty Sandcrawler from TRU for 20% off. Didn't see any on the shelf so asked the guy stacking the shelves and he went in the back and got me one that was probably supposed to be only put out once the recent promo finished. Just one more to get with in October with double vip points and the London bus and I will have hit my moderate quota

At the very least, Lego missed out on a awesome opportunity to release a new great UCS set. This isn't just a random spaceship that appeared briefly in one of the Star Wars films and that would be soon forgotten. This is the Death Star - an instantly recognizable icon of the Star Wars genre. It would have been cool if they designed modular rooms that were based on different movie scenes and that could be connected different ways. They could have add-on sets that came out later and allowed you to build your Death Star even larger. I'm sure all the creative people at Lego could have found a way to do this. As for Jang, I wonder how his fans would feel if he "re-released" one of his MOCs in a new video and just added a handful of new pieces. Surely they wouldn't criticize him, right?

Amazon 75074 - SW: Microfighter Snowspeeder - $7.64 (24% off) 75093 - SW: Death Star Final Duel - $57.59 (28% off) 75094 - SW: Imperial Shuttle Tydirium - $69.29 (31% off) 75137 - SW: Carbon Freezing Chamber - $18.89 (24% off) 75139 - SW: Battle on Takodana - $43.19 (28% off)

BUILD IT!

$227 (no tax, no shipping fee) - keeping it of course.

Be happy these people still exist!

I hate when people do this. Which sets are $1.00 exactly? Oh, none of them. [emoji849] I see now, OBO. Way to raise the bar. You should offer $1.00 [emoji23]

I feel some type of dark seated anger after watching more of that than I care to admit.

as soon as this song makes it big time

The more I think about this one, I'll more than likely purchase the new one in the future. We haven't tapped into our Death Star boxes, yet, and so I might wait till this goes to about 380 on clearance, or wait till it's end of life (could be as early as next year the way the rotten tomatoes keep getting tossed), and then buy one for about half off and that will be the one to build... If this is the better model, and design issues are fixed, that would be the one i'd want my son to build, if I were to let him build one. I do think the minifigures in the new one sort of fit with all the sets from the last 4 years.. So, it goes well with more current sets (2011-2016) like ISD, Tie Fighter, droid escape, all of those tatooine sets, etc than the old one would have. This set would go better with that then the old one. So, once it falls into clearance mode, i'll probably jump on one a few years from now. Until then... what's next, Lego?

Saw this on a FB Lego group today: Rumor is Series 2 in September 2017, with another 18 minifigures in the set. Purple packaging, $3.99 USD MSRP.

Remember the first time that you saw Star Wars? Remember the feeling as the small rebel ship blazed overhead pursued by the massive Star Destroyer? It was so unlike anything we had seen before. When people talk about iconic Star Wars vehicles, they talk about the ones that appeared in all of the original trilogy; the Millennium Falcon, the X-Wing, Star Destroyer and TIE FIghter. The very first image though was of a ship that only had minutes of screen time. Despite that, the Rebel Blockade Runner was burned indelibly into the consciousness of fans. You may not know, the Blockade Runner was modified from the original design of the Millennium Falcon. Just a little trivial trivia for you there. Though never specifically stated on film, it was called the Tantive IV and belonged to the royal family of Alderaan. In 2005's Revenge of the Sith, a second Blockade Runner was shown, and since then several more have appeared in Star Wars Rebels. Released in 2001, with a retail price of $199.99, this was an expensive early addition to the LEGO Star Wars theme. It was more expensive than any other Star Wars set to that date. It cost twice as much as the UCS TIE Interceptor or the first Millennium Falcon and 1/3 more than the UCS X-Wing and Darth Maul. According to the Brickpicker Price Guide the current market supports sales of this set for around $1300 new in box or more than $750 used. This set is almost 4x the original cost in used condition. When I looked at the parts from this set, I realized that it contained a large number of old grey pieces. Because of the switchover to newer bluish greys, you should be aware that someone might try to pass off the more prevalent "bley" pieces as opposed to the correct and rarer old grey. A lot of pieces in this set are unique to this set or rare (appearing in 10 or fewer sets) mostly because of the grey switchover. When I do a summary of parts, getting them at average market value, you'd spend close to $1000 for all the parts that you need before factoring in the shipping of multiple orders. I'd like to first discuss the pieces in this set where you need a larger quantity of each one. We're going to look at all the pieces that you need 20 or more of. I would like to stress at this point that this article is in no way a complete inventory. This article is a survey of the notable parts, whether they are expensive, rare or you need an unusually large number of. For a complete inventory, please consult the bricklink set inventory. The most prevalent piece in the set is 59 black 2x2 round plate with Axle hole, Element 4032. This is a part that appears in 464 sets. The number needed for this set is almost 2.5x the amount required for the set with the next highest count. You can get these for $.01 each but most of the volume is in the $.02 range. Next, you need 52 light gray round 4x4 corner plates. Element 30565 is only found in that color in 5 sets. It averages $.30 on bricklink. Most people on Bricklink don't have the quantity you need though. We've also got 52 element 30562 white cylinder quarter 4x4x6 for all of the engines on the back of this thing. They'll run an average of $1 each. This part appears in 12 sets. Element 4286 White Slope 3x1 is next. You need 41 of them. You can get all that you need for $.02 and it appears in 219 sets. Appearing in 33 sets, and easily obtainable in the quantity you need for $.05 or less, you will need 34 element 2412b dark grey tile modified 1x2 w/ grille The 1x2 plate modified with jumper stud element 3794 appears in 177 sets in light grey. You can easily get the 32 that you need for $.03 each. I would classify this next piece as rare. Appearing in only 4 sets, element 2476b red Plate Special 2 x 2 with Pin on Bottom, Small Holes in Plate and Locking Fingers on Underside appears in this set 31 times. Thankfully, despite its rarity, they only average about $.09 each. Only 3 bricklink sellers have them in the quantity that you need as of this writing, so you will likely need to include them in a lot of orders. 30 light gray 1x4 bricks with 4 studs on 1 side, element 30414, are next. It appears in 21 sets and averages $.40. There are no sellers on bricklink currently who have the quantity that you need for less than $.80 though. White inverted slope 2x2 is a super common piece, appearing in 346 sets. You need 28 of element 3660 that you can probably get for $.02 each. 28 light grey 1x2 plate element 3023 are pretty common. They appear in 501 sets and even though they average $.05, you can easily find all that you need for $.02-$.03. You also need 28 light grey 1x1 tile modified with clip. Element 2555 appears in 91 sets. You can get all that you need for $.03 I really thought that element 3001 was more common than it is. Don't get me wrong, it's still common, appearing in 669 sets, but I expected it to be over 1000. Anyway, you need 24 red 2x4 bricks. You're doing something wrong if these cost you more than $.04 each. 22 round 2x2 light gray bricks are next. Element 3941 appears in 99 sets. You should be able to get all that you need for $.08 or less. Element 3666 in light gray appears in 218 sets. You need 22 of these 1x6 plates. I see a lot of them on Bricklink for $.05-$.06 I assume that people call the 2x2 round corner brick a macaroni piece because of its shape and not because they like to eat it with cheese. You need 22 white ones and Bricklink says that element 3063 appears in 68 sets and averages $.12 each. The dark gray bar 4L or lightsaber blade/wand appears in 25 sets. You need 22 of them and bricklink says that you can get them for about $.63 each. element 30374 is a $.04 piece. 22 is a prevalent number for this set. You need 22 1x2 plates modified with grill in light gray. It appears in a modest 131 sets. element 2412b Breaking the pattern, you need 21 element 3937 light gray hinge brick 1x2 base. This is a part that appears in 135 sets and can be found for $.05 or less. White modified 1x2 Bricks with Grill(e) occur in this set 21 times. Averaging about $.05 element 2877 appears in 99 sets. The final piece to make this list, squeaking in at 20 occurrences, is Dark Gray tile 1x4. Element 2431 appears in 36 sets. (The Dark Bluish Gray alternative appears in 267, so watch out for the more common cousin.) While it can be had for less than $.10 the cheapest seller currently with the full quantity that you need is $.11 each. Before discussing the rare parts, I would like to take a moment to talk about the stickers. There are certain pieces that require stickers, those pieces may be had for a fraction of the cost without stickers, but most would consider a set incomplete without them. The sheet of stickers itself is rare. If you can find an unused sheet, it will probably run you $100 or more. To buy the pieces with stickers, you'll possibly spend more than that extra. I do not advocate for either tracking down an expensive sticker sheet and using it, or finding the pieces with stickers applied. That seems like a personal choice to me. I am, however, going to caution you about the reproduction stickers that are available. You must educate yourself on what to look for in regards to those fakes. The Bricklink inventory doesn't show all of the stickered parts as counterparts, I can only assume that it is because some of them go across multiple pieces. That makes it a lot more difficult to acquire all of the stickered pieces. Now, as far as rare and/or expensive pieces I was surprised at how many somewhat inexpensive rare pieces are in this set. We've already seen a few in our overview of the more numerous pieces. I'm going to skip over all of the stickered alternate pieces and just concentrate on the ones without. This list will concentrate on pieces that appear in 8 (or fewer) sets, or that cost more than $2 (or in many cases, both.) This leaves us with 23 elements. (One part got bumped because it appears in 2 brand new sets.) The single most expensive piece in the set is element 2440 Light Grey Hinge Panel 6x3. It seems like they are so rare that people can kind of make their own price. Only 3 have been available on Bricklink in the past 6 months and one sold for more than $200. The others sold for $50-$60. The stickered version sells for about $110 but is equally as rare. Thankfully,you only need 1. There is not a light bluish gray alternative for this part, but beware of someone trying to swap the Dark Bluish Gray piece instead. RInging in at about $20 each, there are 2 Dark Red round 8x8 tiles element 6177, This part is also unique to this set. I am going to take a moment to acknowledge a cheap piece that is also fairly rare, that is 2 white round 8x8 tiles element 6177 which only appears in 3 other sets. It's entirely possible to get what you need for less than $.50 each. Sort of surprising the difference in price for basically the same piece. Element 2418b has a long, cumbersome name. You need 4 white Windscreen 6 x 6 Octagonal Canopy with Axle Hole. Each of these will set you back more than $20. Currently available stock on Bricklink places them in the mid $30's. This part is unique to this set and fairly rare in any color. Appearing in only this set, element 2903 in dark red Wheel 61.6mm D. x 13.6mm Motorcycle appears 11 times. It seems like you'd be lucky to find them for much less than $16 each. Also requiring 11 quantity is element 2515 Wheel Hard Plastic Large (54mm D. x 30mm) in light grey. This wheel is not exactly common in any color but it is most expensive in this color. It has dipped as low as $10 each, but averages closer to $14. White Slope, Inverted 45 6 x 4 Double with 4 x 4 Cutout appears 6 times in this set. Element 30283 appears in this color in this set only. It averages about $6 each. Slightly less rare, in that it also appears in Set 6478 Fire Fighter's HQ white Hinge Brick 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger Vertical End and 2 Fingers Vertical End element 30386 occurs in this set 16 times. It averages about $6 but, only one seller on Bricklink seems to have the quantity that you would require. It's kind of sad that a piece that only appears in 4 sets starts to seem common. Tan Hinge Tile 1 x 4 element 4625 should only cost you about $5 each, but will probably take you multiple purchases to find all that you need. There's an overlap with the Cafe Corner here with element 2362b. (This piece is not exactly rare appearing in 25 sets, but breaches the threshold of expensive pieces.) White Panel 1 x 2 x 3 - Hollow Studs appears 4 times. It's probably going to cost you $3-$4 each. Appearing in 15 sets, element 3961 is also not exactly rare. However, averaging about $3 each, you need 11 light grey Dish 8 x 8 Inverted (Radar). So, that's not exactly cheap, especially considering that at this time, no single merchant on bricklink has all that you need. For about $2 each, you could get 2 white Plate 6 x 16 aren't terribly hard to get. Element 3027 appears in 10 sets. It doesn't seem like you'd have a hard time finding a seller with the required number. Back to rare pieces, element 2356 appears in 4 sets. White Brick 4 x 6 is only about $1.50 and you only need 1. I am sure that the only reason element 4150px18 is easily found for $1 or less is because it is found in the fairly inexpensive Imperial AT-ST set 7127. You only need 2 light grey Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Hatch Round Pattern. You need 6 dark grey Dish 4 x 4 Inverted (Radar) with Star Wars TIE Hatch Pattern that is only available in 3 sets including the UCS TIE Interceptor. Be very careful not to purchase the dark bluish grey element 3960px4 which is much more common. You'll probably spend about $1 each on these. Who likes a telephone? I know I like a dark grey Bar 1 x 3 (Radio Handle, Phone Handset) as much as the next guy. element 6190 appears in 4 sets in dark grey. Be sure not to get the much more common dark bluish grey. The 2 that you need can be found for less than $1 each. (It's also used in the UCS Snowspeeder and TIE Interceptor.) The Rock Raiders HQ sometimes has 8 black Support 4 x 4 x 5 Stanchion, Plain Studs element 2680b. For this set, you need 2 and they show up for about $.50 each. I think what keeps the price down is that most people probably think that it's the same as the more common element 2680. Blue Brick, Modified 2 x 4 x 2 with Studs on Sides appears in 3 sets and averages less than $.50 each. Element 2434 appears 4 times. This set and the 4709 Hogwarts castle both require 2 element 2577. The dark grey Brick, Round Corner 4 x 4 Full Brick appears in 3 sets and is easily found for less than $.20. You need 11 dark grey Wheel Wagon Huge (43mm D.) (It's yuuuuge.) element 33211 appears in 3 sets and is also under $.20 each. You need 8 white Brick, Round 2 x 2 Dome Top - Blocked Open Stud without Bottom Axle Holder (boy that's a mouthful.) Element 553a appears in 6 sets and might easily be confused for 3 other versions of the 2x2 dome. It's less than $.10 each. 4 sets contain white Slope, Inverted 45 6 x 4 Double with Recessed Center. You need 1 element 30183 and it will only cost you about $.09. The last item in my list is a fairly inexpensive piece at $.04 each. element 30526 appears in 7 sets and you need 5 dark grey Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with 2 Pins. As one might expect, most of the hard to find pieces are the old grays. Newer pieces in the new grays are usually available, and someone might substitute them in to your set if you buy one from a shady seller. Also, a lot of the white pieces (and grays) may yellow with exposure to light. There are methods to try to remove that yellowing, and if you are concerned about those methods, you might have difficulty securing a truly white/gray version of this ship. You may wind up paying a premium for that. If you're a stickler for instructions and boxes, they're going to cost you. Instructions are availableon Bricklink. They start at $75. The box is even harder to find. It also has a variant. If you want a box you may have to decide between a full color box or a black and white one. If you see a black and white box, it is not necessarily a fake. Some of the boxes were released that way. Look, Darth Vader just got one for himself. If someone is offering you a deal that may be too good to be true, talk about it here. If you want to talk about this great set join the discussion here. If you want to discuss the differences between the UCS set and the later System version, do it in this thread. All images are the property of Rebrickable.com, Bricklink.com, and the LEGO Group. If you liked this article, please check out the others in the series: 10123 Cloud City 7181 UCS TIE Interceptor 10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle 10182 Cafe Corner View full blog article

Thanks, I appreciate having this come up in my "More items you'd be interested in" feed.

There is no CMF Disney Series 2 next year.

My $227 UCS Sandcrawler from Niko arrived today, bubble wrapped but bubble wrap taped to the box happy with the price, little disappointed in box condition since I'm a box-queen...

Just a suggestion for next time. Try to post the photos and/or the text, not a direct link. Someone else could swoop in and grab it. And once it's deleted, we won't see it.

1. http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/ship-smart/advanced-shipping/attract-more-buyers/fastnfree.html (most likely depends on sellers handling time, shipping service, and proximity to you, the buyer) 2. http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/stores/promoted-listings/benefits.html

40122 Trick or Treat making it's return online at B&N. Not a deal per se, but for those who missed it or sold through last year's supply. Here it is. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/toys-games-40122-lego-trick-or-treat/30184490?ean=0673419232746

I may have to cancel my order then on daily deal related note, I think somebody mentioned Amazon having tydiriums for $69, looks like target also has them for $69.29. http://www.target.com/p/lego-star-wars-imperial-shuttle-tydirium-75094/-/A-16965692?lnk=abtest_searchpdp_1

We're holding you to that and we totally expect a tearful selfie by the end of the video.

You must of watched more than I did , actually had the sound down and when he was on the stairs turned it up for curiosity. That was a mistake...

Lol, no way I'm clicking on shirtless, long hair guy singing.

I just hid those bad links and they were posted earlier anyway. Thanks all...

Another dog pic. So far, so good on integrating into the family.

I just logged in and saw Walmart has AoH on sale. For whatever reason, I decided to check it out even though I have no intention of buying that rubbish at the sale price. While I was there I guess I was feeling a little masochistic and decided to read the reviews. This was my favorite so far

Lots of people, smart people, they're saying . . . all the time they tell me, the Death Star, it's gonna be great. It's going to be so great. I get tweets from these people saying, let's make the Death Star great again.

Can I buy a vowel.

$120 in cash, bnib. Found a local seller on eBay and saved us both the hassle of going through eBay. Going to build this up with Ass on Hoth, as soon as I find a place to put it in my house.

AWD : like new Helicarrier $304

No... he gave them 550 euro if they would take it off his hands.

Yes , Christmas of 2014 . Good times , although Timmy's mom would disagree with me

Again...SOH will retire before TB as the latter will be left in shelves to live together with its new brother BB, with synergies all over the place. TB will be milked until end of 2017. TLG made clear before that being the oldest set does not mean it will retire first.

I realize that, I was simply stating that despite the gap at MSRP, my recollection is that the Tie had greater discounts... and we all know that buy-in is king when deciding what price to sell at (demand be damned, we always hear about my goal is 2x or 3x buy-in). Frankly, I also think that Poe's X-Wing increased demand for the original X-Wing and the Resistance Tie decreased demand. We've recently started collecting some star wars sets after I finally convinced my partner to watch all 7 movies with me and the boys. Now that we all want to round out parts of our LEGO Star Wars collection (like yesterday, after we watched A New Hope, she said "How come we don't have a Luke minifugure as an x-wing pilot?") we've been looking at some sets. The new Vader's Tie Advanced vs A-Wing will surely end up in our collection but given the similarity of the TFA Tie and the original Tie, I can't see going back to get the original one. I can however see going and getting an original X-Wing since it's so different from Poe's and the resistance. Just MHO.

Hehe nice display. 8038 is a great set. Makes me think of what they could have done with Assault on Hoth. Sigh... Still the best version of the AT-ST too.

Town Hall price continues to rise nicely - last 2 sales on ebay in the last 3 days were $595 and $592. ebay is a little ahead of amazon guessing because of international exposure on ebay. get with the program amazon sellers - bump your price up $30. under 100 sellers on amazon so we should see some nice price appreciation coming up.

I've been waiting to catch them on sale to buy more. I do have one set. I skipped them as an investment. I'd just like to have some extras. Time will tell if I made a good choice on the investment front.

Anyone spot these in Disney Parks yet?