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Here's a pretty cool TIE Interceptor MOC using this set I found on http://www.fbtb.net/2016/09/13/this-ucs-tie-interceptor-moc-is-the-bees-knees/ http://m.imgur.com/a/SOaVL

Poor Unfortunate Souls (Little Mermaid) by Jme Wheeler Poor, Simple Fools (Maleficent) by Jme Wheeler We're All Mad Here (Alice) by Jme Wheeler CHOSEN (Toy Story) by Jme Wheeler I'm Lost (Stitch) by Jme Wheeler

BP was my Facebook.

Hello BrickPickers... It's that time of year again. Time to raise money for my son Max's school, St. Paul School in Burlington, NJ. After a very...VERY...successful first BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE in which we raised over $62,000.00 for the school, it is time to start thinking about this year's version. The money we raised last year literally kept the school open...which is a great thing. It's a special school that once again was voted BEST Private School in Burlington County, NJ by The Burlington County Times, along with numerous other awards. We picked up 25 new children this year, which is great news as well. This year, Jeff and I will be chipping in some sets (UCS 10221 Super Star Destroyer comes to mind) and the school's PTA will be donating some items as well. As always, I will accept donations from members that we can raffle off. We got some really good stuff from members last year that helped sell a lot of tickets. Last year we had ELEVEN separate LEGO raffles and winners from around the world. Surprisingly, the raffles all were pretty much equal in tickets sold, with the 10188 Death Star being the most popular and the Friends themed lot being the least popular. Regardless, the Friends lot still help bring in thousands of dollars, which was wonderful. I am here today asking the community is there anything else that would interest people? It has to be something I can buy and drop ship for ease and cost factors. How about an Apple IPad or similar electronic device? How about gift cards? How about watches? You let me know. I want to sell tickets and I really don't care if there are some non-LEGO items mixed in. I'm looking for ideas, because I have to address the school PTA on October 3rd to see how much we will be raffling off. I will put up a simple poll to get some feedback. You can also respond with some ideas that will give me some direction. Thanks for your responses ahead of time and I am looking forward to raising even more money this year. Ed Mack

After missing out on last week's Cogsworth TRU build event because of soccer and dance class , the kids were able to attend today's event with minutes to spare. At 1:20, about 10 sets were left (already bagged for us). My kids were able to get 1 each and the employee allowed dad 1 which Upon checkout, I saw one of the element dividers near the trash bin and asked if I could keep it (my TRU uses 2 per event). The mgr said "sure". here's pic of the Lego element divider bin and instructions.

Having a 4 year old that loves to build. I love it and I love him. But dude, slow down! I'm far behind on my inventory and keeping track of what you've built and where it is. He'll play with it for a week or two and then move on. Which is fine, but I'd like the sets to stay together a bit. I'm out of build buckets. Just give me a day or two to get organized again!

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!" Batman '66 by Jme Wheeler

Hello, saw this at work when a co-worker received a engineering newsletter. You can check out their site if interested. I purchased one for my daughter yesterday. https://flybrix.com/

I remember that there was a weird point in the 90's when second string comic characters suddenly became popular. Inexplicably, guys like Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer and Moon Knight picked up in popularity and no one could explain it, so we all just sort of went along with it. Ever since then, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Ghost Rider. Possessed stunt rider Johnny Blaze or geeky teenager Danny Ketch transforming into the spirit of vengeance and riding a flaming motorcycle while flailing away at bad guys with chains of fire really warm the memory box. I never tainted my memories of those fantastically bad years of reading comics by watching that Nick Cage atrocity, so maybe that's why I have fond memories still. Anyway, I heard that there's a new Ghost Rider in the upcoming season of Agents of Shield. What a perfect time to release a set with Ghost Rider, except the one in the show drives a Dodge Charger and not a motorcycle. That's a disappointment. At first blush, this set looks cool, so let's get into it. REVIEW: SET DETAILS Set #: 76058 Name: Spider-Man: Ghost Rider Team-up Theme: Marvel Super Heroes Parts: 217 Price: $19.99 BOX CONTENTS Some people may wind up picking up a set that is open box or, want to verify the box contents before beginning a build. For this set, there are 2 numbered baggies, a sticker sheet, a comic book, and an instruction book. BUILD AND EXECUTION: BAG 1: We start off with the minifigures because the instructions tell us to, and because honestly, that's where most people would go immediately anyway. (apologies to anyone reading this who doesn't want to read my dialogue, but I think that the Super Hero sets are infinitely more amusing if you make them talk.) Hobgoblin: Hey Spider-Man, coming to my party later? Spidey: What the? Dude, you need to moisturize, maybe get a little eye drop action, Spidey's got his new web net in this set, along with the new piece used to allow him to shoot it out in front of him. You begin building Hobgoblin's glider. I don't think he's got a special name for it, but since he's just a ripoff of Green Goblin, we'll call it the Hoblin Glider. Hobgoblin: That was incredibly hurtful. Now, I'm not going to let you play with my new drone. Spidey: I'm getting out of here before the FAA cracks down on that unlicensed drone. Oh, crackers, that wasn't the button for swinging webs. The Hoblin glider is actually starting to actually look good for such a small build. The use of the sloped piece and the teeth to make its horned "face" actually carries through well. Spidey: Well, dukes, I caught myself. It turns out my arch nemesis is gravity and the wrong button. Hobgoblin: I'm going to illegally modify my drone so I can ride on it. Spidey: But, that voids the warranty! you finish off the Hoblin Glider with a couple flick missiles and a couple spoilers. In my opinion, it looked better in the previous stage. Now, it just looks bulky. Hobgoblin: Ha ha ha ha ha, you said that I could never do it. Spidey: I literally never said that. Hobgoblin: What have you ever made in your miserable life webhead? Spidey: Well, while you were messing around with that thing, I made a web teepee. Now, because the Hoblin Glider is so small, you've got to pad the build with some environment, just not too much of one. Let's have a street corner. We almost never, errr sometimes see these sets with street corners, so let's start with a sidewalk. Hobgoblin: I should kill you foryourimpertinence! Spidey: That is literally the dumbest reason anyone has ever had for trying to kill me. I find amusement in dumb things sometimes like the newspaper vending machines. The red one is for the classic Daily Bugle which has a sticker showing the current headline as "Spider-Menace." Spidey: Spider-Menace? What's Jonah's problem? I've saved his life dozens of times. He even almost thanked me once. Hobgoblin: Where's the fly button on this thing? What is a street corner without a traffic light? Well, in the world of LEGO,it's a missed opportunity. I like the inclusion of the black streetlamp piece. The stickers on the street signs place this street corner firmly in New York, or anywhere else that has a Bleeker and Second Ave. Hobgoblin: I did it! Rise, RISE my Hoblin Glider! Spidey: Why can't I have a real villain instead of a lame Halloween costume? Hey, Gobby, you're going to get in trouble flying an unlicensed craft in the city. The trash can just has some random trash and the newspapers have 2 different sticker decorations reflecting which newspaper it is. I really dig the pumpkin head and wish I could get a bunch for a Halloween display. Hobgoblin: You knowwhat happens when a spider catches fire? The same as everything else. HA HA HA HA HA Spidey: TIme to be a jumping spider and bounce before that idiot's drone modifications blow in his face. BAG 2: Again, we start with the minifigure.In this case,it's Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider: The souls of a thousand bureaucrats cry out for vengeance at the voiding of a warranty. I must ride. You start forming the motorcycle much like any other. I made a big deal about pink pieces in Batman's motorcycle before.Interestingly, Ghost Rider has a big yellow piece in the middle. Yellow makes sense if you go with the flame motif. Moreso than the all black Batman. Spidey: Ghost Rider Motorcycle Heeeeeero! Riding along with his head on fire! Where's your motorcycle? Ghost Rider: I summon my mystic mount from the depths to once again ride for vengeance. Most of these super hero motorcycles (and Ninjago for that matter) have a big bulky block right in the middle. It's what you build everything else onto. Spidey: So, do you have the burning, itchy feeling of dandruff and dry scalp? Ghost RIder: You have no idea what this feels like. I like the decorative aspects of this build. THe multiple stacked fins and Trans orange pieces really sell it to me. Spidey: This is a cool flame chain that you have here. Where did you get it? Ghost Rider: Each link is forged from the soul of a criminal that sought to evade justice,but has since been sent to Hell. Spidey: So, not Home Depot? I like the appearance of that Nexo Knights pentagon. It gives a more unique shape to the chassis. Looking at the picture though, I feel like I needed to angle it differently. Spider-Man: So, it takes a while to summon your mystic motorcycle. Ghost Rider: You might want to put that chain down, your gloves are starting to smolder. Yet again, I find myself second guessing the motorcycle wheels. I feel like this installation might cause it to ride too low. I was right on the Ninjago set, as I had to flip a wheel when my kids played with it. The bottom of the cycle has 2x2 rounded bottom pieces to allow it to glide easier. That tends to tell me that the designer also felt it would ride too low. THis was also the first time that I noticed how big the tire was. Spidey: Wow, that's a big tire. Can you get those at Costco, or are they custom order? Ghost Rider: I use them to drive up buildings, or squash those deserving vengeance. The front wheel seems pretty tiny by comparison. I'm actually slightly underwhelmed by the appearance here. It seems somewhat puny. Spidey: Hey GR, I thought that your mystic motorcycle was a bit more flame-y. Ghost Rider: FLAME ON! Spidey: Wrong hero. Once you attach the flames, it does look a bit better, They fill in a bit of the skinny struts. Ghost Rider: Commence conflagration. Spidey: I wish I had some marshmallows to toast. Ghost Rider: The flames of vengeance are really good at roasting hot dogs too. REACTION: As far as this set is concerned, it's not a bad deal at $20. The inclusion of Hobgoblin makes sense when you consider that he's a demon possessed bad guy who has been literally twisted into a hobgoblin. Ghost Rider is a demon possessed hero that rides a motorcycle (or Dodge Charger.) The fact is, Hobgoblin's just lame. He's a dumber version of Green Goblin, and I am sick of this Spider-Man. I couldn't be happier with Ghost Rider, but I felt like the design of the motorcycle was lacking at points.The thing that bothers me the most is that the wheels and tires are standard black. The wheels of the classic motorcycle and even the new Dodge Charger are usually depicted as flame. I would be a lot happier if the wheels and tires were at least orange, or red. I'm not a fan of street corners. I'm wishing that they had made it something different, Maybe a wall that you could stick Spidey to. You may remember that I say the same things about all Super Hero sets. I keep saying how they always have a fire extinguisher, and based on the amount of flame in this set it needs one. This set, however, does not have one. Most SH sets have a truck, motorcycle, helicopter or plane. Obviously this one does have a motorcycle. I'm only at 50% for this one then. For the minifigures, I'll start with Spider-Man. This is the same boring Spider-Man that we get in almost every set. It's not even the one with the 2 tone legs. He's going straight to the extras bin. Hobgoblin does have 2 tone legs and he has 2 faces. The front and back printing is nice. With a cape and a hood, he's got a lot of accessories. Ghost Rider has anew headpiece with an attached flame. His torso has nice front and back printing, but his legs, arms and hands are all basic black. FINAL THOUGHTS: As a $20 set, and a super hero set, I wouldn't lay a lot of stock on its future growth. Ant-Man and the Wolverine Chopper Showdown seem like the exceptions. I kind of doubt that this set has a short shelf life with the big Spider-Man push recently. On the plus side, I highly doubt that Ghost Rider will make another appearance anytime soon. Look for it to drop to about $15-$16 in the summer. I wouldn't buy a lot early. For a personal collection, it's a good set. If the appearance of Ghost Rider in Agents of Shield sparks renewed interest in this character, or if he appears in one of the upcoming Avengers films, I can imagine interest in this set causing a bit of a spike. EXTRA PIECES: I am including the Super Jumper as an extra piece, because I dislike the piece so much. It's got an extra piece that fits in the hand. It's a fairly new piece. If you like Super Hero sets, please check out these other reviews: 76049 Avenjet Space Mission 76065 Mighty Micros Captain America Vs. Red Skull 76022 X-Men Vs. Sentinel 76044 Clash of Heroes 76037 Rhino and Sandman Supervillain Team-up 76047 Black Panther Pursuit 76050 Crossbones Hazard Heist DC Mighty Micros 76053 Batman: Gotham City Cycle Chase 76052 Classic Series Batcave 76051 Super Hero Airport Battle View full blog article

I don't know about anyone else, but I like looking at bulk lots and playing a guessing game about what might be there. Sometimes I can figure it out and come out well, other times I am left scratching my head wondering what other people are seeing that I am not. I usually assume that it's a modular building and shrug it off as my lack of experience with them. However I don't have to shrug it off, I could educate myself. I begin my analysis by picking out a desirable set. In this case, I have chosen 10190 Market Street. Market Street was made in 2007 and retailed for $89.99. This set was significantly cheaper than any of the other modular sets when it was released. The lower retail cost is probably due to its smaller size. It is 1248 pieces, including 3 minifigures. Market Place was the only modular building set that was not released under the Creator imprint. It was instead released under the Factory imprint. LEGO Factory is the imprint used for a series of sets that were created in LEGO Digital Designer by fans and submitted to LEGO for approval and eventual release. The original LEGO.com description: Add Market Street to your LEGO town! Designed by a LEGO fan, this realistic LEGO Factory exclusive features interesting colors and details like spiral staircases, awnings, removable balconies and a terrace roof. The modular construction allows you to put it together in different ways and to enlarge your LEGO town or city as your collection grows! Combine with set 10182 Café Corner to expand your LEGO neighborhood! Designed to minifigure scale! Includes 3 townspeople! Build each floor separately and put them together to complete the building! Top three stories lift off to reveal inner rooms and staircases! Street base measures 10" x 10" (25.4 cm x 25.4 cm) and the building stands 13"" (33 cm) high! Realistic features include opening doors and windows, gate, street light, striped awning, fruit to sell at the market and more! The set comes with printed building instructions which are also available online at www.LEGOFactory.com/buildinginstructions. In the most recent update of the Brickpicker price guide we see that this set has risen in value to $1461 for a new copy and $631 for a used copy. For an unopened copy that's more than 16X the original cost of the set and even the used copy is more than 7X. I don't know if that used price includes instructions or a box. As we all know, the sets cannot be rebuilt out of just random parts that you find in your kid's LEGO bin. It takes a certain selection of parts, and that's what you or I would look for in a bulk lot to see if this set is present. If you were to buy this set broken down, you'd probably want to check out specific expensive pieces to make sure they were present. If you were thinking of building this set from scratch, what pieces would be the key pieces? I'm going to separate the parts into 3 groups. The first group is the most common pieces in this set. That doesn't necessarily mean that these pieces are common, just that they are the most numerous in this set. To that end, I will list the parts that occur 19 or more times in this set. The second group are the rare or expensive pieces. Any piece or minifigure that sells regularly for more than $1 and/or appears in less than 10 sets will make up this group. The third group, are the rest of the pieces, I'm not going to talk about them. There are lots of places including Bricklink and rebrickable.com that you can get a complete inventory, this article is focusing upon the highlights. If you decide to try to gather the pieces to build this set, you'd be looking at 1239 individual pieces (If the minifigures are treated as a single piece.) Those pieces can be broken down by unique color/part combinations, or elements. This set is made up of 184 elements. When I take an average used price of all elements, I get a total of $366.62. That's not actually that bad considering the cheapest used set I can find is $499. However, one should take into account that most sellers are only going to have a portion of the pieces that you need and each additional order is going to increase your expenditure. Also, as I mentioned, I used the average price, savvy shoppers could find many of the pieces cheaper, but you'd have to make a determination of whether it makes most fiscal sense to purchase a part for more if the seller has more parts that you need or for less from a seller that might not have anything else that you need.. I always have a hard time labeling this section, most numerous, most occurring, most common? I'm going with most common. Anyway, Let's take a look at the pieces in Market Street that you need 20 or more of. We have 13 different elements that occur 20 or more times. I will list them from most occurring to least. I apologize for the times when the image is not the exact part/color combination. Sometimes the image was not available in the right combination. The part will always be correct if not the correct color. The most commonly occurring piece in this set is 82 Medium Blue 1x4 Brick. Element 3010 averages $.11 and the cheapest seller at the quantity you need is also at the same rate. This piece appears in 54 sets. The next most occurring piece is Dark Blue 1x4 Brick, element 3010. You need 79 and they're going to cost you about $.27 each. Actually one seller has the quantity that you need for $.21. The price difference is probably due to this part being available in fewer sets at 46. Medium blue is a dominant color in this set. You need 65 1x2 bricks in that color. Appearing in 89 sets, element 3004 is going to set you back about $.05 each, or somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.25 for all of them. Averaging close to $.06 (which to me is weird because I have a ton more of these than the previous piece.) Element 2877 shows up in 164 sets. You need 44 light bluish grey 1x2 brick modified with grill. Dark blue 1x2 bricks cost a little more, averaging $.18. Element 3004 appears in 48 sets. this set require 38 of them. You need 37 medium blue 1x1 bricks. It appears in 66 sets. Element 3005 averages $.05. Tan 1x1 tiles appear in this set 29 times. Element 3070b appears in this color in 89 sets. It averages about $.08 each. You need 28 1x1 round plates in light bluish grey. It appears in 428 sets and element 4073 could cost you as little as $.01 each. Light bluish grey 1x1 tiles appear in this set 26 times. Element 3070b appears in this color in 161 sets. You're most likely going to spend about $.05 each Appearing in 153 sets and averaging $.10 is element 3069b. For this set, you need 26 tan 1x2 tiles. Anyone who loves tiles has to be really excited for this section. Our next part is Dark Bluish grey 2x2 tiles. you need 24 element 3068b. THis part averages $.15 and appears in 217 sets. It's deja vu all over again. Dark bluish grey 1x1 tiles appear in this set 22 times. Element 3070b appears in this color in 148 sets. You're most likely going to spend about $.07 each Our final part for this section appears 20 times in this set. The white Window 1 x 2 x 3 Pane appears in 64 sets. Someone has plenty of new element 3854 for $.05 each. Between these 13 different elements, (~7% of the set) we have 520 pieces (~41% of the set.) If you take the average value of these pieces you're at about $58.64. Thankfully, there are no stickers. No one really likes stickers it seems, and they tend to cost more than anyone really wants to spend in these expensive sets. I'm going to split the minifigures from the individual parts that make up the rare/expensive pieces. For the purposes of this article, the rare/expensive label will be any part that is a part of 10 or fewer sets and/or costs more than $1.50 on average. The parts in this section will be listed from most expensive to least. We have 11 parts that meat these criteria. Our first part averages $24. Element 73435c01 appears in 6 sets. You need 1 light bluish grey Door 1 x 4 x 5 Right with Trans-Clear Glass. We explored this piece in the Cafe Corner. You might be able to find this part in a partial Krusty Krab set for less than $20 though. You need 4 white Hose, Flexible 8.5L with Tabbed Ends (Ends same color as Tube.) The average for element 73590c02a is about $12. You may want to try looking for Alien Fossilizer 6854 which sometimes sells in the $7 range. This part is found in 4 sets. When I wrote about the Cafe Corner, I also talked about element 3308. Dark Blue Brick, Arch 1 x 8 x 2 appears in 5 sets, and you need 5 of them for this set. Each one of these is going to run about $6 each. I feel like I need to issue a warning about element 4095. Light bluish grey Bar 6.6L with Stop Ring (Patio Umbrella Stand) might be replaced by element 63965. A $6 part could be substituted by a shorter $.12 piece. Thankfully, you only need 1. This part appears in 21 sets including 10179 Millennium Falcon which is why such an undistinguished part is so pricy. The counterpart to our earlier door is light bluish grey Element 73436c01. The Door 1 x 4 x 5 Left with Trans-Clear Glass appears in 5 sets (including the aforementioned Krusty Krab.) It averages $6 each, probably cheaper because it is not in the Cafe Corner. You need 1. Dark bluish grey Baseplate 16 x 32 is part of 23 sets. Most of those sets are fairly large. You need 2 element 3857. It averages a bit more than $5 but several sellers have a large quantity for less than $4. You need 10 Window 1 x 4 x 3 Train with Shutter Holes and Solid Studs on Ends. It appears in 14 sets including 10173 Holiday Train. Each element 6556 averages $5. Element 2039, White Lamp Post, 2 x 2 x 7 with 6 Base Flutes is almost a staple of the Modular theme. It appears in 21 sets and runs about $3.60, you only need 1. I'm sort of confused why there's an Exo-Force hairpiece in this set. I guess, it would look interesting as a houseplant, or maybe Mr. Greenjeans wears it on the weekend. Anyway, you need 1 Bright Green Minifig, Hair Angular Swept Back. This part appears in 8 sets and is part of 3 minifigures named Takeshi. Element 53982 averages $3.50, despite the fact that Takeshi can be found for less. You only need 1 element x39c02. The black Door 1 x 4 x 6 with 3 Panes with Trans-Black Glass appears in 9 sets and you can get it for $2 or less used. (New, this thing is over $11.) So, I guess this set might double as a Harry Potter set? The black Owl Large, Rounded Features is found in 10 sets. Element 40232 is actually in mostly Harry Potter sets (8). On average it sells for about $1.50. So the minifigures are unique to this set. How unique are they? As we saw with the Green Grocer, all of the minifigures shared parts with other pre-existing figures. We'll look and see if the same holds true here. Before I get into the breakdown, let me share with you a bit of trivia that I read. This is the only modular set that uses faces that are not the basic smiley face. Each of these minifigures has an individual personality. Our first minifigure is twn045. Dark Blue Jacket, Light Blue Shirt, Dark Bluish Gray Legs, Square Glasses, Dark Tan Female Hair. I'm going to call him Roger. Now Bricklink says that his shirt is light blue, but I think it's white paint on top of dark blue plastic. I think it's supposed to be a white shirt. You're going to be able to get him in the $6 range. When I price out the parts though, I'm looking at about $2 in parts. I'm going to call the next one Wendy. I have no reason for it, but I hate referring to the figure as Medium Blue Jacket, Dark Blue Legs, Reddish Brown Ponytail Hair. Wendy is not a number, she is a human being, so don't call her twn044 either. Wendy's not a cheap date, She's going to cost you about $17 on average. What makes this figure so pricey? I made a mistake when I wrote about Cafe Corner when I said that twn040 had a unique torso print. It's definitely not unique since it is shared by 8 minifigures. That's actually a lot of minifigures to share a part with. However, those minifigures all seem to be part of somewhat expensive sets. You won't find the torso piece for less than $12. (Keep your eyes peeled for twn024 which seems to sell for less than $10 frequently if you want to grab the torso for cheaper.) The rest of Wendy's pieces are less than $1 total. I want to call this guy Mr. Greenjeans. I know, he's got on overalls instead of jeans, but I don't have something for green overalls. Wilbur? Anyway, ovr032, Overalls Green with Pocket, Green Legs, Light Bluish Gray Male Hair is the cheapest of the three. I thought Roger was boring, but Mr. GJ is super dull. He's in the $4 range. His parts are about $2.75 with the torso being responsible for $1.75 of that. If you feel like your set's not complete without instructions, you can find a set, but it's going to run you about $200. I was unable to find data for the box having been available anytime within the past 6 months. I can't make an accurate estimation of the value. If you would like to discuss this set, please join the conversation. 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 10019 UCS Rebel Blockade Runner 10185 Green Grocer View full blog article

Impatiently waiting for the season premiere of "Star Wars Rebels"

I've sold many used complete sets and never had a problem. 99% of eBay buyers are good honest people. You might run across the 1% but it's unlikely. Just be clear in your listing and take a lot of pictures and you will be fine.

A fine vintage whiskey (no bourbon, its too damn sweet!!)

I saw that on email notifications and had to come on specially to give that a like. Kudos sir, kudos

Picked up my 2x BWE from FedEx Office just now. Thin flimsy singlewall box used to ship 2 sets. About 40 air packets on top. Box was a mess, collapsed as there was too much open space on top and even the air pouches didn't help, orange Walmart tape was completely ripped. FedEx lady said they added clear tape to at least close the box. Opened it up to find 2 mint box BWEs inside. Hallelujah! And with mint, I mean, as mint as a 20lbs box full of LEGO can be after some warehousing and transportation movement (i.e. maybe a slightly worn edge here or there, but otherwise A+).

Our store actually did both last Sat. we are going to go back today to get another round to sell.. here are the directions for Lumiere I scanned on my printer and they are .pdf IMG.pdf IMG_0001.pdf

This is a set I'm definitely not investing in, you know something is wrong when you go to your local b&m lego shop and they openly state in their Facebook posts "buy now, this set will be worth 2xRRP in December". Dozens of "normal" people said yes let's buy for investment. That plus this can easily be found for 33% at various shops for 3 for 2 in UK. I feel that if you are not a high volume mover, there is no point in buying advent calendars as the average seller cannot compete with the big fish. Plenty of other fish to fry, I also thought this year's star wars set is terrible compared to the city version, they at least get a santa and a sleigh!

This topic began as place for members to voice their anger about Lego-related complaints/ issues. I know it's gone off topic at times but here's the canned mod post... There are better areas on the internet (such as social media : Twitter, Facebook, etc..) ) to voice your opinions and statements about these sensitive issues. We totally understand a post or two venting about the spouse, something political, bad tasting corn dogs, etc.. However, let's avoid the terrorism, riots, protesting and gunfire talk. If you disagree with my post, PM me and I'll escalate to Ed and Jeff for their thoughts.

I'll probably have enough Lumiere but if you don't get a taker on your trade pm me. I have an extra Cogsworth.

Yes it is tomorrow: September 24th between 12-2PM...Disney Princess Lumiere character I'll have an extra Lumiere to trade for a cogsworth...my daughter was disappointed we missed that build.

Wonka by Klyph R'ha Ben Sun

LOL smh. " Clueless iPhone 7 owners tricked" https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1845589/clueless-iphone-7-owners-tricked-into-drilling-hole-in-their-phones-to-get-a-headphone-jack/

Jang's review. Very nice looking set imo. I like the rotating head especially.

You want the pre or post-ER pics?

Not a LEGO set per se, but thought this might interest some of you. Placed my order for a Flybrix Deluxe kit just now: https://flybrix.com/

They have chairs at the airport ... it's all a matter of priorities, I'm sure she'll understand.

Yep. Not the sets I'm looking for.

I feel like that's stating the obvious.

Spotted 30279 Kylo Ren Shuttle poly today at Target.

I respect you @CM4Sci, and appreciate your contributions. I'm just curious about the line you won't cross. Pics of the retailer's catalog but only drawings of Nexo Knights? What ever it is, it's good with me. Keep sending us whatever you are comfortable sending!

Blue Gale Xabungle by Moko

Speed Champions McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop - Out of Stock Call to Check USA LEGO Shop at Home - maybe the first of the theme to retire? https://shop.lego.com/en-US/McLaren-Mercedes-Pit-Stop-75911 Speed Champions is a TRU exclusive theme and its still in stock inflated by 10% over MSRP.

Oh, I'm just laughing at the number of people on Reddit complaining that you haven't posted "part 2" yet.

GC for Chapters Indigo on sale for 20% off from Sept 23 - Oct 6 at Rexall and Superstore (west). They have a few sets already on sale so stacking the 20% of with the sale price, e-b-a-t-e-s, plum rewards, etc might make some sets worth while. If you spot anything worth while let me know... still lurking to see if I am going to pull the trigger on anything but their site is kind of awkward to use.

took the last 4 months off from selling. priced it right and boom. all sold in a day. clearing out the small Super Heroes rubbish and freebies. all FBM including shipping fee. Gingerbread House x 3 - 49.99 each Spidercycle Chase 76004 - $33.50 each x 4 Ironman Seaport Battle - $31.50 x 1 - only one i have of this one - good riddance. Batman Riddler chase - $44.99 x2 - two left. not terrible performance given the cheap buyins for the Cycle chase and ironman sets but still thought they would get to at least $40 by now. probably need to switch to FBA but that will be next year's project. now that is the next frontier for brickvesting - bartering/swapping for other goods and services. i'm trying to figure out how many chickens i could get for a Grand Emporium.

Paid $300 for an almost complete Monster Fighters collection. All that was missing was the Zombie set. Edit: the vampyre castle always gets destroyed in transport and is in another bin somewhere unless the kids got into it.

"It's a wind up" by red

Jangbricks review of the set:

2x JW IRB at Wal-Mart for $30 a piece. This particular Wal-Mart puts out empty boxes with the "See associate for help with Lego products" sign for the large sets. This so far has worked in my favor as they usually don't sell, even on clearance because no (normal) person feels like waiting 20 minutes for the associate to go find the manager with the key to find the locker with the set. Just made it home in time for the Survivor season premiere.

Built the UCS Tie the last couple nights... I have to say, what a fantastically repetitive build. My fingers are sore, the instructions were hard to read, but who ever designed this thing did an awesome job. Solid, detailed, HUGE but seemingly in scale with the Xwing. One complaint... Stickers. Why oh why do they make complicated stickers? I think I got them on OK but that stupid little red down arrow sticker might have been the WORST placed sticker ever. Makes the Maersk stickers seem easy.

MOC: Private Detective by Chris Goddard

Other than the colors this looks like something out of Mad Max. WITNESS!!!

Built some Jurassic World stuff today. The dinosaurs I be kept sealed as I intend to sell them in the future. I didn't apply most of the stickers because I don't have any plans for a Jurassic World display. T-Rex Tracker: Raptor Rampage: I just finished modifying the proportions of the RR vehicle a little bit for a possible reuse in a city setting in the future:

I just let you guys do the work and then buy a set when undercutting gets them down to RRP.

Be happy these people still exist!

Feel free to use my pictures people if you are in a bind...

The Ring by Paddy Bricksplitter

Heeeeerrrreeee's JOHNNY!!!!!