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As interesting as that quote by Hans is, it is still just my 2nd favorite Hans Burkhard Schlömer quote on brickset... What kind of Episode 7 was HE watching? #MILF

1/3 way down.

I see lots of "confused' emojis in my future.

It looks more like Dance Trooper to me

TIE Silencer? Is that a self deprecating name? AFAIK the only thing that needs to be silenced is Kylo's whiny ass

Can I use some of my points on it during 2x VIP?

Calling @Lego Templar

Time for another San Diego Comic Con thread. This is for anything and everything Comic Con related - news, giveaways, etc. It can be LEGO-related, pop culture related, something about your favorite TV show or movie. Whatever you want to share and talk about.

I have had quite a string of fraudulent purchases lately. Warning signs for brickpickers: 1) item purchased buy-it-now, above market price, no negotiation, immediate payment 2) buyer quickly responds asking you to ship immediately for a birthday or because they'll be out of town 3) address looked slightly odd in paypal, but was verified. 2 of them had extra spaces, or periods in the address line 4) buyers were all low feedback, but this could happen at any feedback level What I did in each situation. 1) Set your shipping policy to give you time to think about it (I pick just under the 'extended handling time' penalty, like 3 days). This allows the REAL buyer time to notice they've been hacked and contact you. Also prevents your seller rating from going down, while you wonder if you're shipping to a scammer vs meeting your 1 or 2 day shipping stats. 2) Ask yourself is this too good to be true? If so, it's probably a fraudulent purchase. 3) Ask the buyer lots of questions. If they're unable to respond after contacting you so quickly, they might be doing this many times to other sellers. Try to discern the scammer from the real mom who needs the present for Timmy by Friday. 4) Once you find out it WAS a fake purchase, Do NOT respond to a paypal request for refund. Do the refund in EBAY first by requesting the user cancel the transaction, ebay then asks you to refund the amount. Do so HERE, not in Paypal. If you refund in Paypal first, then try to cancel in Ebay, Ebay tries to get you to refund AGAIN. This bit me, and I had to call Ebay for resolution.

Yep, 2 times, some serious stuff.

not a whole 2 times...

"If it's on the Internet, it must be true." Abe Lincoln, 1954

"If it´s been done before, we´ll do it again". Walt Disney - 1998

By that logic a TIE Fighter would be a ship that fights TIEs! BTW, does anyone else love the Praetorian Guard designs? They're sooo coool... I can't wait to get at least one as a fig

lol. Well, Ship in a Bottle isn't part of these review results. I'm going to stand by that they must just be days away from the ink drying on the Voltron contracts, and that's what's holding it up. I'd think that if Voltron was cancelled, they would have released the results already. Still hopeful that maybe there will be an announcement at Comic Con.

Force Friday is September 1 (not sure if that was mentioned recently). They've missed the other "obvious" dates for announcing this set. That would be a perfect day to announce this set.

They just announced Kylo Ren's TIE Silencer - looks like LEGO got it spot on!

Over the past couple days I have been busy with used sets that I ordered the missing parts for: 5973 Hyperspeed Pursuit 5982 Smash n Grab 7292 Propeller Adeventures 7622 Race for the Stolen Treasure 8016 Hyena Droid Bomber 8669 Fire Spinner 360 9471 Uruk-hai Army 79107 Comanche Camp 79108 Stagecoach Escape (picture is before I got the missing hat and mini)

My gut says it's legit because it is set up like a garage sale and the seller either hasn't taken the time to look up its true value or doesn't care and just wants it gone. They all look used and open. If it was stock photos of sealed sets at a bargain basement price then I'd be skeptical. Give the guy a call and go check it out. Just the other day another member found a mostly complete / sealed bags Taj Mahal at a garage sale for like $45, so you never know. Good luck.

Well 10179 and 75192 (if true) would make a "Full" UCS collection. all speculation. Lets just say I went to 11 err...6000 in this case.

Now is probably too late to obtain optimum value but definitely better than it will be in a few months.

Besides being a great looking build...

I'm not basing this on anything, but... We're still waiting to hear results. And we're still waiting to hear on Voltron. And San Diego Comic Con is this weekend. Maybe we hear something in the next few days? It would certainly be a good time to do it.

I HATE you LEGO. (*&*&&^%*^)(*&)@)(*&#@$)*&^!! Man, I want that minifig. Why do you do this to me? Why do CW figs for SDCC giveaways? WHY?!?!?

Yes, it appears more partitioned and shaded, with ugly emojis. I hope that the update allows me to stay logged in on my desktop instead of having to re-enter my password daily.

CM any idea about SDCC mini figs? (Off topic but want his info!)

I have wonderful memories of playing with this one with my kids - so to me, it will always look beautiful.

Dusseldorf by Cole Blaq

Photo studio by morimorilego

Ferrymead in Lego by Pizzareno

Wonder Woman instructions https://m.imgur.com/r/lego/p8qat

TRU added some "special sale pricing" to a number of sets. Of course, the sale brings some of them down to RRP. http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?s=A-UnitRank&kw=071317lego&keywords=071317lego&origkw=071317lego&sr=1&ppg=96

I'm disappointed in myself for not being able to decide which glitch modular to build first.

The hardest part is deciding what set to build first.

So this is my haul for the week, plus I have another really nice deal in the works. Total paid for everything on the table: $900. Wait, the pic is missing the Brick Bank, I set it to the side b/c I have a buyer coming tonight.

I like that set, and would probably pick that up as it's a ship (in a bottle!) and it's pretty cool. But I better get Voltron. Just sayin'