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Thank God. @Alpinemaps would have been unbearable if it hadn't been made.

Those clearance stickers probably have a small exclusion list on them that includes LEGO Construction Sets.

LEGO Ideas Third 2016 Review Results And I hope you are "Ready to Form Voltron!" And Ship In a Bottle

I did not watch Voltron either, but I am happy to get a traditional Japanese mech for the sake of fun. Now somebody please pass a Godzilla so I can make them fight in my modular city.

HELLL YEAAHHHH!!!!! @Alpinemaps dude...plug in your phone. 18% AT 7AM?! Going to be lots of chatter today! ;-)

I finally finished up UCS Artoo after a week of 1-2 bags per night. I really enjoyed the build and love the final result.

Finally got around to starting this last night. Did bags 1&2, no stickers yet, KAI and KONRAD figs with his fishing boat. A couple of elements in new colors to me they may be in some mixels or friends sets that I haven't built and one new element that is covered. Took me longer then expected because I had to line up all the imprints on the translucent light blue elements but looks nice. Plan on bags 3& 4 tonight.

When you hear folks talking about the issue of a "nexus" in relation to sales tax, they're talking about the factual circumstances that have to exist in order for a state's tax authority to exercise personal jurisdiction consistent with the due process clauses in the U.S. constitution over you or your business in order to require you to collect and remit sales tax to the state. The easiest way to establish a nexus is actual presence within a state. So if you live in a state, that state has the legal right to require you to collect and remit sales tax. On the other end of the spectrum, if you have no contact with a state whatsoever, there is no nexus and that state cannot exercise jurisdiction over you for the purpose of dragging you into its courts in order to enforce its sales tax laws. The tricky part is the in between and the question of how much contact (or "nexus") does one have to have with a particular state for that state to have the ability to enforce its tax laws against you consistent with the constitutional due process protections. Personally, I don't buy the argument that inventory stored in an FBA warehouse in a distant state is enough to give that state the right to enforce its tax laws against me. I don't think that is enough standing alone to create a nexus for tax purposes. Some states have passed laws that say that it is enough, but those state laws are not the last word on the subject because they remain subject to restrictions that flow from the constitution. The people who I primarily see arguing that those laws are enough and that the presence of inventory in an FBA warehouse does create a nexus tend to be people who have a vested financial interest in convincing people that a nexus exists so that they can sell those people some type of tax preparation, calculation, or submission service (e.g., Taxjar). That's probably more than you want to know, but is how I understand the nexus issue.

I was wondering today... what with all the Walmart clearance going on right now... my Toys R Us has plenty of two-year-old junk on the shelves taking up too much space... how do they have room for all the new sets coming out this month? So I stopped in and found... they don't Not much to get excited about, tho... I picked up some of the smaller Bionicles. With partial pay and a gift card, got 11 Bionicles out the door for $5.55 ea ... piled on $20 in rewards to make them about $3.75 ea.

Glad I could help! 1985, I'm in 8th grade, and my friends and I are in our yards playing Voltron. Forming Blazing Swords, fighting off Robeasts. It was a grand nerdy time. I obsessed over that show. Saw every episode. Hunted down the name of all 15 Vehicle Voltron characters (wasn't easy!). Had both the big Matchbox sets. I have a grand total of ONE Funko Pop on my desk. It's this guy: As soon as the Ideas set got posted, I was on the bandwagon. I probably over shared the Idea on Reddit. I remember being really bummed that it was about 500 supporters short of 10,000 when they closed the review period on March 1, 2016. So it had to wait until the next review period closed (it made it's goal a few hours after the review period closed). This is a Day One, retail price pick up for me. I most likely will get two of these, on to build out as Voltron, and one to have as the Lions. Short of being the Ideas creator, I've got to be one of the happiest guys around about this set. I even built this guys (thanks to TOK's help):

You can never know the feeling of going to Walmart without actually going. The wildlife there is something to behold. The first few times I went on Lego hunts at few prime Florida locations, I really had to consider whether it was worth it. It's the intersection of two very popular (and very true) memes: "Florida Man" and "People of Walmart". There's not one visit that I don't see one or both.

My store said there were 10x at $10, only found 3

Finally all here. My SDCC collection is complete once more!

Not a shocker that TRU needs to take notes from Target and WM on how to properly price clearance.

I may have cried. I certainly would have been in disbelieve. What boggles my mind is that the Ideas submission happened last March, and we are just now hearing that it's official. It's probably going to be next Spring (or maybe Comic Con time next year?) before we have a release. My wife looked at me more oddly than usually, as I was bouncing up the stairs yelling "I'm ready to form Voltron!" over and over again. lol I charge my phone all day at work.

Good on three orders until 10/1.

Booo! I was forced to use my EBay Bucks since they were expiring last night.

I'm seeing 6% eBay bucks, no minimum purchase.

Congrats to you Voltron fans! Hopefully the model is jnteresting and good enough to make me want to get it as Ive never watched Voltron Good to see that guy was right about Ship in a Bottle woo!

10 x Amusement Park Bumper Cars for €12.50 each. Almost feels like I've been to Walmart

Congrats to all the Voltron lovers. I was hoping for the diner, but ship in a bottle isn't bad. Venetian Houses....that looks to be my favorite of the next review.

Ship in a Bottle and Voltron !

20 dollar Scuttler. Inventory checker said there were 6. Glad to have found one.

I keep seeing that $160 price tag and I think it's 20% off. Much more complete than Silent Mary.

hey remember this turd ? lowest FBA $43.99 , 50 sellers and price climbing.

I already grabbed 5 last month @ $45 ea.

When "Die Hard" AFOL see the trailer with Lego prop visible for split sec.

@Kenxxx I do think those Bricktober figure packs are a good deal, especially if you can complete a set or two. I know I sold a couple of those sets for $70 - $80 on EBay.

I'll try to remember to take a pic of Darth Vader (75111) on his knees in front of Voltron.

I'm guessing this won't be limited at all, available everywhere Architecture sets are sold. If that image is legit, and Arc de Triomphe is 21036, I expect that The LEGO House will just be the next architecture set. What better way to promote their new attraction than put it into the minds of anyone that shops for Lego? Seems like a very sound marketing scheme to me. We'll see, but that's my 2c.

I would be happy for the tram. Probably not good seller, but should please the modular crowd. Perfect for a modular street. If I were LEGO I would market it that way, promoting it with photos in front of a row of modulars.

Please Voltron! So the Voltron Season 3 trailer dropped on Tuesday. And Season 3 is released in Amazon tonight. I think if results are going today, it leans toward Voltron. Timing would be perfect. It would be perfect cross promotion. /edit to add: It's 9:45 EDT / 3:45 PM in Denmark right now. Maybe we'll get an announcement at 5 Danish time?

I'm expecting this to be not be a limited run, but to be only available at LEGO House. We'll see.

I've been using Tapatalk for months now with this fourm, it just started looking like that a few days ago if that helps. But I just went back a few weeks to screenshot u what it used to look like and it shows the url jumble all the way back now. So Tapatalk must have changed something

Unreal, if I have any piece that is faded "way" more than others and many times just a little, I toss it out. Examples are old Blue, Reds, Yellows, and Whites. Off the top of my head those are the biggest culprits (Grays I guess too). I'm pretty sure I have tossed out A lot of White due to the fact that if I question it, than or course someone else will too. I can't say absolutely all faded pieces get tossed, but I feel confident I catch the bulk of them. Impossible to be perfect cause last I checked, I'm not a robot yet.

That is strangely specific.

you've been hanging around @exciter1 too long.

So I picked up an Xbox One starter pack l a few weeks ago cheap, for personal use. The outer box had been opened, but everything inside was untouched. I started playing it Monday night and when I realized you have to move people around the pad a lot I moved it closer to me. While doing that, the cord was slightly kinked and I wasn't pulling hard at all, but the rubber cord came away from the XBox, but the USB connector stayed attached to the XBox. I contacted WB games and they are considering sending me a new pad. Really enjoying the game, Wonder Woman is the best player to use and I broke out Dr. Who during that level. I like the on-screen building instructions. Packs I've picked up so far: Levels: Dr. Who, BTTF, and Portal 2 Team Packs: Scooby Fun: Wonder Woman, Emmet, Doc Brown, Unikitty, and Slimer Wants: all the 80's stuff like A-Team, Ghostbusters, Knight Rider, and Goonies and the Batman Movie Portal

It all comes down to the business model. We would not be selling expensive one offs on Amazon. All I can see is upside to this new program and reviews from those who have been in the beta are all very positive. If this does not work out then it is going to be mandatory FBA so I am glad for the FBM merchants that they are at least getting a chance.

Wow! Totally misread that title...

I have recently updated my store terms, adding the following message: ***INTERNATIONAL TORSO BUYERS*** The United State Postal Service has recently changed it's rates for small packages. Bubble envelopes, which used to be inexpensive to send overseas, are now considered "packages" and cost the more expensive package rate. This means even small (30 gram) shippments start at around $13 to ship. However, I have been experimenting with shipping small parts orders in a reinfonced envelope with great success. The Envelope rate is much cheaper, and I can send some small orders for $5. If you have a small order (20 parts or so) of parts in the following catagories, ask me if I can ship them envelope rate: -torsos -heads -hips/legs -minifigure weapons Most helmets and hair pieces are too wide and fragile to ship via envelope. So @longshot, the deal is, you can send some small parts orders envelope rate. I posted pictures of the "cardboard sandwhich" technique I use for sending via envelope in the Packaging Thread* (I forget the actual name of the thread.) Let me know if you can't find it; I'll post it here. UPDATE: I found that post. It is HERE. Sending a 2oz envelope is around 3 1/2 bucks. I have gotten a noticeable uptick in international orders since adding the above note in my terms; I sent a $15 order to Denmark yesterday and a $50 order to Hong Kong today.

I can see the Falcon, lemme post the pic once I'm done editing

I thought it meant you were part of the Big Time Player's Club.

I find the first area with the data reel computers interesting and like the last one with the satellite & nice shot of space. Neat the symmetrical book stacking in the second vignette nodding to the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947. No human being would stack books like that. An altogether nice assortment of characters in my opinion. Yes, I am going to be that guy. Also to note for the record, I hate how many negative connotations the term "feminist" has taken for a word that simply means "a person who supports the belief that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities." Besides let us please not turn a friendly discussion over a simple LEGO set into some bizarre nonsensical farce that does not belong here in the first place.