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I'll take Jang's word for this set. I never heard him so outraged.

My tru has new Lego batman sets out, including new cmf series which are 2 for $5

To those who haven't seen it yet... yesterday #trending5 globally. Those bunch are the reviewers that Rian "Some Guy" Johnson was afraid of... One of the best reviews out there. You can play it as a podcast but back to back is a great review to see/hear.

The most literal "hunk of junk" produced yet.

Agreed - It is pretty inexcusable to allow the first two movies of a supposed trilogy to go from one extreme of respecting the traditions of Star Wars to the total disregard of them. If you want to make crap, make crap - but at least make it consistent crap.

4 trees total. Spent $22 in points and $52 in cash to get them. Received $207 in points. Hoping to get $60 total for the trees. Bought $350 MSRP of LEGO for those points, with $30 left in points. Net result: $8 cash (hopefully), $30 in points and $350 worth of LEGO.

Finally finished! Holy cow, it’s a beast! Frankly I love it. Wish it had gotten more love. Sooooo steampunk. As steampunk as LEGO will ever get, I bet. Great build. Very interesting the entire time. Fantastic detail throughout.

UCS Sandcrawler this weekend Looks great alongside other UCS Star Wars stuff Snowspeeder next weekend!

It was 62.50 at my store but couldn't pick up online. Luckily I checked brick mortar . In for 3.

Same happened to me last night for the 2 I ordered. My store told me they will honor the price when they get more stock in, just to bring a copy of the order. Would like to think that’s not a YMMV thing, but don’t know. I do think it’s ridiculous TRU online doesn’t just change it to a back order status vs flat out cancelling.

They need to re-make Rainman and instead of “Kmart sucks” they could update to “TRU sucks”.

Nominated for post of the year

Why so cynical? I believe they will only be produced for customers who buy within the next ten days. I bought mine online day one and still have no card.

LEGO Star Wars Kylo Ren' s Command Shuttle (75104) $62.48 https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=57582706

What state are you in? I'm sure someone would like to help you.

Only 23 sellers on UK Ebay and lowest price £60-ish. Almost all sellers are wanting more than that. Looks promising.

We are talking about the black VIP card, not the set. The VIP card shouldn't take this long to produce. Period.

I'm still amazed at how terribly Lego is getting these sent out. It's beyond ridiculous at this point, especially for those of us in the states. I got mine the day after release, and I'm still sitting here with nothing to show for it. First it was 6 weeks, now it's 12 weeks. Well we're well past the 12 week mark, and it'll still be another couple of weeks. Get your **** together Lego.

I think all of us holding gift cards for dec 26th can breathe a sigh of relief.

Interesting video from the Modular Buildings nerds/fans. Too bad the quality is terrible, but some insights from the designer.

I just had to look up on Steam and see if that was real. ....Good lord, it really is! Haha. I love how the animation of opening up the loot crates mimics Overwatch's style.

Triple Mid Section Tram

That's a great strategy. I recently sold about 15 sets a day or so for the month of December and both my kids thanked me for the opportunity to make some extra $$ but looked at the pile of sets to be packed and shipped and walked the other way. I can't wait to sell my other 5000 sets...

Sunday through Saturday unless it is a weekend special

2 volvos shipped today. we will see what i get.

3 hours ago, Goofball814 said: Yes, there will be clearance deals. Just pay attention here, you'll hear all about it. If you're serious about this game, then yea, take off the day. But there'll be lots of sales for a month afterwards. There's always something to buy. We usually know about it before the Walmart employees do. "Every year for the last 4, my Walmarts have had massive sales on the day after Christmas. I usually just pick up one of each that I want and head to TRU for price matching so I can use gift cards." Not specifically calling out the poster, but price matching clearance prices is against pretty much every store's rules, and I would strongly discourage you from trying it, as it's sketchy behavior - even if your store somehow does it.

I spent Thanksgiving break teaching my son the fundamentals of proper packaging. We negotiated 50 cents a package and extra 2 min on iPad after he's done his homework.

Correct. It's all 'bout that basis, 'bout that basis. Regarding the treatment as a collectibles versus business inventory, collectibles get a federal long-term capital gain rate cap of 28%. If your marginal tax bracket is above that, then you would benefit from treating it as a collectible. If below that, then there is no difference. State laws on capital gains vary. For California, for example, all capital gains and loses are taxed at your maginal rate so it doesn't matter. You wouldn't pay self-employment tax on your collectible gains, but if you are considering using the 28% bracket versus your higher marginal tax bracket, then you've likely already hit your cap for the social security portion. Also, if your income is high enough, Obama care has a 3.8% tax present waiting for you on your collectible gains. So, it's likely a wash. So, certainly you could treat LEGO investing as collectibles. I know from my situation that I would benefit very little -- if any -- so it's easier just to treat the whole thing as business income. Definitely a YMMV I'm also not sure how the expenses work out for collectibles. I.e. suppose 100% of your sales are considered long-term capital gains on collectibles. I understand you can deduct sales expenses, shipping, fees, etc... But can you then expense utilities, gas mileage, etc... since these would have to amortized across all items unless you can say you drove 15 miles to TRU specifically for that set? Which reminded me -- don't forget you get to deduct for that mileage driving to all those stores. In my spreadsheet, I have a purchase date and store for every set. So, I sort them by date and store and then use google maps to tell me the distance between stores (you memorize them after awhile). From there, you can figure out how many miles you drove that day. I can't remember the expense ratio for mileage, but it is a decent expense to claim. Shipping expenses are pretty nebulous when it comes to packaging. You can figure out the cost of a box, the cost of a packing peanut, the cost of a foot of tape, or the cost of a square foot of bubble wrap or that adhesive label. There are a couple ways you can handle these costs. Either expense them at the time of purchase or amortize them per shipment. I preferred the latter because I package everything in advance -- sometimes the sets sit in a box for years. Since I was starting off slow, I didn't want to have a big shipping expense from buying lots and lots of different shipping boxes in different sizes with very little sales to offset them (IRS red flag). So, I studied the shipments costs and the shipping supplies cost and came up with a factor (25% for me) that I multiply my shipping costs against. So, if I ship a package for $10, I'll put $10 in my shipping expenses for the year and $2.50 in my shipping supply expenses. I checked it again this year and it is holding up fairly well. If I was to continue this business for another ten years now that I've got a fairly decent of sets going out each year and shipping supplies being bought to replace used supplies fairly regularly, I'd likely switch to expense the supplies when they were bought. Purchases with gift cards are another tricky accounting bit. You *should* adjust your cost basis by any discount from the gift card used. If you are only holding the gift card for a short time, you could expense the gift cards and then add then leave out the purchase price from the part of the purchase from a gift card. For example, you buy a set for $50 and use a $40 gift card that you paid $35 for. You expense $35 as a business expense and adjust your cost basis for the set to be $10. If you are buying and selling in different years, you might be better off not expensing the card and just reporting a cost basis of $45 when you sell the set. As a business expense, the math is a wash. Back to the collectibles, it would come out differently since the capital gains would be off of $10 versus $45 -- assuming those rates are different than your business expense rate. You *should* also adjust for store rewards and credit card rewards. I.e. you made an effective 8% in TRU rewards by using your TRU mastercard to purchase the item. Then, when you get that $20 reward and use it to buy diapers, you *should* adjust your cost basis by -8%. People who get into this is as a side business don't realize how messy the taxes can actually become. And, honestly, it's one of the reasons I'm scaling back my operations after this year. When you spend as much time accounting for and filing taxes as you do shipping items, then you realize how little you are making for your effort. I did understand what I was getting into because I had done some other ebay businesses before LEGO, but I expected the gains to make it worthwhile for years to come...

I got this.. well .. actually not today but on Saturday, but it took some time to make pictures: http://vault.wmce.cz/171219_renault_creator/template.html

i think Destiny's Booty is rather hot .. so 200$/hr?

Target most likely. Walmart hasn't had one in a couple years IIRC

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Destiny's Bounty (70618) Now: US $131.99 https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-LEGO-Ninjago-Movie-Destinys-Bounty-70618-/172971590951

Turn the music down mate.

It has been available for less recently (e.g., from TRU or LEGO Shop at Home with the cashback promos), though I doubt something similar will appear again before this retires. You might also wish to look on eBay for any auctions, as they often end at around £180 - £190. If this set does get cleared at 50% off I'm getting in on that action. Already got one for £140, but the box is ruined (knew when I bought it).

Winter village and north pole.

It appears to be back! Just got 4! https://www.ebay.com/itm/253313374093?ul_noapp=true

Any LEGO she's bought between 2011-2015, and some from 2016 depending on when they were bought & sold, can be treated as a long-term capital gain while sales of items purchased less than a year ago get treated as short-term capital gains and taxed as ordinary income, no?

Got this from S @h today instead of my BO 10254 https://lc-www-live-s.legocdn.com/r/www/r/service/-/media/service/service 2015/santa letter/na santa letter.pdf?CMP=EMC-SH2010GeneralApology_US&HQS=201712item1download

Is that what those were? They looked like two giant squares to me at the time.

The confusing part is that TFA tried too hard to please fans and TLJ in turn spits in their face. There is a middle ground that hopefully can be made out of Ep. 9. The problem is that the next film completely rests on the shoulders of Rey and Ren. Their story by the end of TLJ isn't all that interesting. It's basically been told in two films. Honestly, what is there to look forward to in Ep. 9? Killing off R2-D2? It wouldn't surprise me.

Sold a 75093 Final Duel for 90 euro cash.

Mini GE. I really hope Lego gets around to releasing more of these.

Saw this gem the other day

On LetGo, Tower Bridge for $75. They threw in Seattle Space Needle and Big Ben Arch set for free. Complete and fully assembled.

Awaiting the next UCS release A Salt On Crait

Not Lego related, but Target took my “crushed” tomato order a bit too literally.

Glitch Parisian 1st floor

Black Pearl and Queen Anne's Revenge. Paid a total of about £240, including Bricklink costs for completing them.

Knowing Disney its a sneaky inclusion of politics into films.

That would suck, but the problem is they have not made their online shopping very competetive, other than the few times per year when they have sales. Why buy a lego set from them online, or in the store, when you can get them on amazon for 20% cheaper. Their model is doomed to fail unless they adapt.