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Sold 10 miniVW $329.90 A few days ago. Sent the guy a message that I got more and would give him a $20 discount if he bought 4 or more. So he bought another 10 for 309.90.

I am stealing Jaisonline's idea from last year! For each LIKE $***THIS***$ post gets I will donate 1 dollar! 1 like=1 dollar towards the schools raffle!

Just buy one, use a coupon, points or something. Don't miss out and reap the rewards later.

I got you

Three days of Meijer 50% off clearance fun. Here's my haul: 2x 21127 Minecraft The Fortress - $38.50 each 2x 41178 Elves Dragon Sanctuary - $21.25 each 1x 75146 SW Advent Calendar 2016 - $10.00 1x 75099 Rey's Speeder - $8.50 1x 75140 Resistance Troop Transporter - $29.75 8x 75078 Imperial Troop Transport - $5.15 each 1x 70315 Nexo Knights Clay's Rumble Blade - $15 1x 75108 Clone Commander Cody - $8.50 Average of around 60% off.

2x 75094 IST 47.50 euros each 1 x 31052 Summer motorhome and City Fire Station 60110 for 69 euros total.

Couple more 10030 pics. Had my first major issue tonight - missing a 1x3 Left Wedge Plate. Lucky for me, I had hit a 99 Cent Store and bought a lone Gmili Fun Pack that had that part in it. I only bought it for the minifig anyway, so no big loss there.

Wow, talk about setting yourself up for disappointment.

And here the CEO thought he was retiring.

That's more like it

Meijer purchases this week: 2x SW Advent $18 (was marked $36) 1x T-Rex Tracker $29.74 2x Volcano Exploration Base 60124 $45 2x Volcano Exploration Base $60 (purchased days before 50% off promo) 1x SW Death Star Final Duel $32 x9 Minecraft Nether Fortress $30 1x Ninjago Master Wu Dragon $20 (purchased days before 50% off promo) 3x Elves Queen Dragon Rescue $17.50 2x SW Captain Rex AT-TE $45 2x Minecraft The Fortress 21127 $38.48 (although not marked they were clearance $76 and then 50% off applied) Thanks for whomever provided info about the THE Fortress 21127. I didn't realize they were clearance price and eligible for 50% off until you posted. I'm returning 2 or more of the Volcano Exploration Base to the Richmond KY Meijer today if anyone is in the area and interested. Hands down my largest (and most exciting) haul thus far.

Yep, that's me. Whoever poof'd them cancelled shortly thereafter (probably having seen jaisonline's recommendation). Obviously bought all 3 before having looked at the listing... Anyhow, if a BP'er was interested, message me to discuss. I could probably go as low as $40-55 for one of you guys in a private deal.

75106 Imperial Assault Carrier x5 @72€ 75140 Resistance Troop Transporter x15 @38€ 75155 Rebel U-Wing Fighter x4 @44€ 75092 Naboo Starfighter x8 @ 37€ 75093 Death Star Final Duel x8 @54€ 75094 Imperial Shuttle Tyridium x12 @57€ Excellent winter sales in France, overall. Mostly SW EOL sets discounted at 50% If only I had more storage space

Another solid revival strategy. How about replacing some floor and ceiling tiles?

Nice! If he were one of us, he would've tried to split the order and get $20 off twice.

All these pics of dimensions cases made me itchy to buy something in bulk. Way I look at it is I got a head start on Ross this year and Walmart & B&N next year.

My question is why aren't there a ton of Dimensions packs showing up on Brick Classifieds?

Hermione Granger and Buckbeak the Hippogryf.

Found a lonely Obi Wan's Jedi Interceptor for $20 at target so I snatched that up.

Went a bit old school for the weekend... Built the b-model from my 8438. Being old, I like the brick built technic stuff. A nice back up build that looks cool. Not as much going on functionally as the main model but that's par for the course. Got it a couple of years back on eBay and is my first time building this model

Ordered some track from Brick Coaster (https://www.brickcoaster.com/) and then Bricklink'd the brown pieces to make it look like a wooden roller coaster. We then modified it with power functions and technic chains to get a working lift hill. Need to modify a few other things, but the darn kids keep playing with it and getting in my way!

Wire the cash, ask questions later.

I think you were too generous with this particular seller. They obviously either don't care or don't feel glued Lego parts matters and doesn't need to be mentioned.

Soooo jealous of @donbee right now... wish I could make this trade

Your picture is kind of fuzzy, but looks like: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=53585#T=C

$52.93....I got one...

Just about 100 likes on the first page! Pulled the trigger just now for the first 100. Let's try and get to 150-200! If you have not yet please go on the first page of this thread and like the first comment (my post) I will donate 1 dollar per like! I believe it's at 97 or so so I just rounded up before today! Keep going guys! Let's at least finish around 30,000!!!! I have been apart of a lot of "communities" motorcycle, video games, cars, etc. no other community is this giving/thoughtful! Let's prove it! We can spend 1,000s on lego we can give something to this cause!

I need one.

There are 15% off unique code coupons floating around out there too.

For West Coasters, too far for me 2/3 9 AM Tacoma WA

The Ultimate Collector Series, or UCS for short, of LEGO sets tends to focus on the Star Wars brand. These UCS sets are the gold standard by which Star Wars sets are judged. They tend to have a much higher piece count and are much more detailed than the standard run of the mill sets. In 2000 the earliest Ultimate Collector Series began with the 7181 TIE Interceptor and the 7191 X-Wing. Like my previous article Brick by Brick, Breaking Down Expensive Lego Sets: 10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle we're going to be taking a look at what makes up one of these sets, in this case, 7181 TIE Interceptor. When looking at an old and expensive set that you want to buy, how do you decide if what you are getting is what you really need to complete the set? Did you spot a killer set in a box that you aren't sure that it is what you think it is? I enjoy looking at those bulk lot auctions and seeing what I can figure out is in there. In this second article of my Brick by brick series, I'd first like to show you something that caught my eye recently. This particular set is actually what led me to the idea for this series of articles. I found a bulk lot auction that looked like this: I initially thought/hoped Vader's TIE Advanced, but looking further at the pictures I realized that it was the TIE Interceptor instead. The blue was what told me that it was not Vader's TIE. The TIE Interceptor, 7181, was released in 2000. The original retail price of this set was $99.99. Used complete sets sell from $250-$350 while New in box sets sell for $625-$700. The box shows a total of 703 pieces. The first reason that this set is not one that you could just assemble from all of your kid's loose bricks is because it is pre-2004 pieces. This means that all of the grays are the old gray. These are not the bluish gray found in modern sets. Some of the pieces may be significantly easier to find in the newer colors, but they will not match the pieces that are unique to this set. When purchasing a used set, beware of someone replacing the old grays with the new bluish grays. Interesting article on the differences between old gray and new gray Let's take a look at the pieces that are most common in this set. (apologies that the stock photos do not always reflect the color of the pieces in this set, they are for reference only) Since this set is not significantly large, the numbers involved aren't huge, but will most likely still outpace most sellers. For the higher part counts, there are: 36 black plate 1x8 Element 3460 20 Blue plate 1x8 Element 3460 20 black 1x1 tile modified with clip Element 2555 16 Dark Gray 1x1 plate modified with horizontal clip Element 6019 (only available in 10 sets) 16 Blue Tile 1x8 Element 4162 16 Dark Gray Hinge Brick 1x2 with 2 fingers vertical Element 30365 16 Dark Gray Hinge Brick 1x2 with 1 finger vertical Element 30364 14 Black Wedge Plate 8x4 Wing Right Element 3934 14 Black Wedge Plate 8x4 Wing Left Element 3933 14 Dark Gray Tile 1x2 Modified grill with bottom groove Element 2412b 13 Dark Gray Plate 1x4 Element 3710 13 Black Plate 2x3 Element 3021 12 Dark Gray Panel 1x2x1 Element 4865 12 Black Tile 1x8 Element 4162 12 Dark Gray Inverted Slope 2x3 without connection between studs Element 3747a 12 Blue Tile 1x4 Element 2431 Out of 143 unique elements (meaning different part and color) 41 are the old Dark Gray consisting of 242 pieces. 15 are the old Light Gray consisting of 30 pieces. This includes elements from the above list as well as the unique and specialty pieces in the second section below. Even though most of these elements are common and cheap, most vendors on Bricklink do not carry the inventory to cover your needs for these pieces. You'd have to make multiple purchases, pushing the average cost of these pieces up, due to all of the shipping and handling charges. Of course your savvy Bricklinker will know to either have multiple wanted lists running, to spread out their costs, but still a lot of pieces means a lot of separate orders. Apart from the common pieces, you also have some specialty pieces that make up a set. The specialty pieces are ones that are either unique to the set or in so few sets as to make no difference. The unique and specialty pieces in the sets tend to have values that reflect a large proportion of the total value. This causes some collectors to forego the piece in favor of a cheaper alternative, whether it is the same piece in a different color or completely different pieces that serve a similar function. Unethical resellers will replace these pieces and not tell the end users who may not know to look. In some cases, people have made fakes. Spotting fakes is important, but not the focus of this article. You can read more on that topic here Helping to identify reproduction stickers and printed elements For most UCS sets, one of the most expensive pieces is the sticker. The sticker is unique to the set, large and limited in number. Some people require unused sticker, while others are content to have them applied. For the TIE/Int there is a single sticker with information about the ship Sticker Sheet Unlike later sets, the stickers are not applied to a single large Plate, instead they are applied to 8 of the 1x8 black tile and attached to several 4x8 black tiles. This collection of parts consisting of a used sticker usually runs up to about $50 but may be found in the $20's. A New sticker sheet can be had in the $70-$85 range. I will not discuss the moral ramifications of buying or creating a reproduction sticker for a set that may eventually make it back into the marketplace. I will say that any set with a reproduction sticker should be considered incomplete or even altered if it makes it up for sale. For rare elements I want to start with the big daddy. This piece is the major piece that if it's missing, you've just got a big pile of LEGO. This was the first piece that caught my eye in the above auction. Element 2598px is the Cockpit Windscreen 10 x 10 x 4 Canopy Octagonal with TIE Interceptor Pattern. This piece is unique to this set. They created a different piece for the later Vader's TIE Advanced. This piece sells in the $100 range. There are 6 Dark Gray Bar 4L Element 30374, the same piece used for lightsabers and wands when molded in different colors. There's 25 different sets with this piece in Dark Gray, but it's used in a lot of early UCS sets, so competition for this piece is high. Element 4095 is also exclusive to this set. You need 4 Blue 6.6L Bar with Stop. Each one is going to run you more than $12.50 on average. As of the time of this writing, only a single Vendor on Brickpicker has any, and they only have 2. The next piece is 2 Dark Gray Plate, Round 2 x 2 with Rounded Bottom Element 2654 is available in a massive 4 sets including the UCS Rebel Snowspeeder. They can be had for a low cost because they were available in a very inexpensive set 4097 Mini Robots. The total number of sellers on Bricklink is less than 100. There is a single Dark Gray Cockpit 10 x 10 x 4 Octagonal with Axle Hole Element 2618 which is also unique to this set. There are currently none available for sale on Bricklink and the last 6 month sales average is just above $21.50, with the highest being $28. Next, there are 2 Dark Gray Minifig Utensil Sextant Element 30154that is only available in this and 5976 River Expedition. It's available for less than $1 but the average sale price is closer to $1.50 for a used piece. You also need 10 of a fairly common Element 4151 Black Plate Modified 8 x 8 with Grill. This is notable because of the 32 sets with this piece, only this set, Vader's TIE Advance (16) and the Eifel Tower (13) require more than 4. It averages about $.55 each. Between 1987 and 2000 Element 3040p01 Black Slope 2 x 1 with 3 Red Lamps, 3 Yellow Buttons, Yellow Border Pattern was released in 8 sets. You only need 1 and it's cheap at about $.25 Another rare piece that you need is 2 Blue Dish 6 x 6 Inverted (Radar) Webbed - Type 2 Element 4285b. It is included in the more recent 10131 TIE Fighter Collection and as an alternate piece in Central Precinct HQ. They average about $.40 each, probably because the very similar 4285a also runs $.40 The Light Gray Technic Brick 4x4 Open center 32324 is available in 10 sets including 2 additional UCS sets and the Cloud City. For a used one, the price averages close to $.50 4 Blue Rigid Hose 3mm D. 20L / 16.0cm Element 75c20 are also required. This piece appears in 4 sets, the most recent of which was 2012's Gungan Sub 9499. The relatively recent availability of this set probably drove the price down. Element 3960px4 Dark Gray Dish 4 x 4 Inverted (Radar) with Star Wars TIE Hatch Pattern was available with the TIE Fighter 7146 and the UCS Rebel Blockade Runner 10019. The more common Dark Bluish Gray version is available with 8 sets (Surprise, surprise, all TIE Fighter variants.) The Dark Gray variant is about $.80 on average. Another rare piece, the 4 Dark Gray Bar 1x3 (Radio Handle/Phone handset) Element 6190 is available with a total of 4 sets. UCS Rebel Blockade Runner, UCS Snowspeeder, and 6738 Skateboard Challenge. You're probably going to spend close to $.75 each on these. Only 8 sets have Element 3039pb014 Light Gray Slope 2 x 2 with Horizon Indicator Screen Pattern. It's only about $.20, but unlikely to be in most people's spare parts. Element 3040px2 Dark Gray Slope 2x1 Black Crosshair pattern Green insectoid Pattern is available in 7 sets and averages about $.20. The last thing that many collectors consider when purchasing this set and the most obvious thing that you could see in a bulk lot is the instruction book. Instruction book Bricklink shows 3 of these sold in the last 3 months and 3 currently available. The price guide shows that the sold books range from $25-$35. As I said earlier, all of the Gray Pieces are the older Grays. 1/3 of the set has not been produced in this color for over a decade. Most people don't have that many older Gray pieces laying around. The rare pieces are truly rare and really expensive for a set that is significantly smaller than most UCS sets. All of the specialty pieces and pieces pulled from a small number of older sets are going to increase the number of bricklink orders that you would need to place. Honestly, if you don't already have a handful of key pieces, you should probably just buy a complete one, unless you really do like a long term project. I also feel obliged to mention that this set looks old. Comparing it to UCS TIE Fighter 75095 it looks blocky and primitive. There's a certain charm to the older sets, and since this is the only official TIE Interceptor, UCS Completists will always have a place for it. It's doubtful that the LEGO Group will be remaking it soon, but I wonder if they ever will. The used price of this set isn't terrible, probably due to the size of the set. Just for fun I'll throw up the rest of the auction pictures and you can see if you can pick out the key pieces, and can you make out the other large set that's in there? In the weeks to come, I will be exploring the pieces that make up each of the Top 25 Most Valuable sets, Ultimate Collector Series, and Modulars. Images in this article are the property of http://rebrickable.com/, Bricklink and LEGO. View full blog article

Found 2 Raptor Rampages in my local dept store. Both in good condition. Snapped them up despite being RRP.

Kmart's giving out $1 Million in points.....

From yesterday... * KMart store closing (40% off) SH & Creator sets ~50% off after coupons * WM 3 Friends Advent Calendars at $12 @ * B&N FOT $49 - A little pricy, but hard for me to pass up 40% off retired SW. * Kmart 2 Final Duels $64 - bought on coupons & points * KMart.com FOT $37, Passenger Terminal $48, Lakeside Lodge $13 & $14

Jazz by Sam.C MOCs (S2 Toys Studios)

Bless you. You might want to get that cold checked out. I assume those are words in some language?

I have no idea what it is, but hey, something new!

Apart from my very first weeks (I recall buying a Riddler's Chase based on advice here) I have never bought a set just because people here said I should. Always know your game and do your own research.

This was online at Kmart.com for about 24 hours for $79.99 with $22.99 back in points, then yesterday it dropped to $15 in points and now it's $69.98, no points, but sold by TRU through KM (and on toysrus.com). If you're willing to play the ShopYourWay point game and look for deals/glitches there are some good buys. I posted this below on the Kmart board yesterday... Right before the price changed I got one FOT at $39.75, and that's with NO coupons as there's a known glitch on Kmart.com that sometimes won't let you apply coupons. Thank you, Kmart for the mysterious $24 anyway! YMMV (wildly!) BTW, since it's on toysrus.com now you can go to a TRU store and price match to their site. Get a GC (9% today). With TRU credit card points I calculate 75103 at $59 + tax. My lesson in Kmart math: A = Star Wars First Order Transporter #75103 $79.99, earn $22.99 in points B = Creator Lakeside Lodge #31048 $21.16, earn $2.11 in points C = A + B = 2 sets $101.15, earn $25.10 BUT Kmart math (checkout) says C = 2 sets $101.15, earn $49.16 Which works out to 59% off: $39.75 for 75103 and $13.25 for 31048 inc. tax. Glitchy stuff. I got in one order, then the FOT went off the points back special

I just modified it a little bit more to make it another "brick" taller and to make the lift chain easier to connect to the car. Pictures of the power functions and chain below...

Ummm, do you have my dog?

That's a member here No Box, Duckmobile/Penguin, or Bat-Boat/Black-Batman

You do realize if you buy a Scooby Dimensions pack, open the box and throw it away, you now have 2 LEGO minifigures, Scooby and Shaggy, as well as a buildable MM and a 3-in-1 Scobby snack. You also have 4 LEGO Toy pads that are great for displaying minifigs. If you don't see profit there with a buy-in of $1, I think you need your glasses checked.

Finished up the last of our CL find...The SW Snowspeeder 75049. The two At-Ats are in trouble now that we have built their nemesis. Lol. Fun little build...but probably wouldn't be worth the $68 price these are going for on Amazon or the $50 price elsewhere.

Dekaimano Buster V by Djokson

"Rubrikon Transform!"

Soundwave Superior by Joe Perez

My problem isn't capital, it's supply. I was clearing at least $1000 a day during the holidays. Until I ran out of stock. The only time I quick-flip is when there is a window between limited supply and over-supply. If I can get something that very few people can get and it's only going to be for a limited time, then I'll flip them. Otherwise, I'm buying and holding for that holiday rush. Again, I'm not tying up capital because the supply isn't sufficient to have to not purchase something due to lack of funds. Once I see merchandise that I can make 2x - xx my buy-in and I can't make the purchase due to limited funds, I'll reconsider. Ain't happened for a while.