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I asked the live chat-based CS about the very same thing, the rep said that this was their lingo for an online order going to the warehouse to be fulfilled. I guess it's just different terms for the process than what we might be used to with LEGO SAH, for example. She indicated that the estimated delivery window should still be valid. I worried that they were waiting for the vendor to fulfill the inventory so that they could ship it out. I'll keep holding my breath until I actually get a shipping confirmation. I did complain once to CS about losing $50 of rewards dollars on an order that they cancelled and she gave me $100 as an apology. Of course, that assumes that there would be anything left to use them on or anyone available to help. Might be cyclical. If Amazon benefits from other brick & mortar businesses being their showroom, then when they disappear and the cost of business goes up because of all of the free returns or free returns goes away, I can imagine a market opportunity for "catalog showrooms" and try-before-you-buy opportunities to make a comeback, especially as one-day or same-day delivery gets perfected. Also, as the brick & mortars go away, the loss of revenue will drive governments to find ways of taxing e-commerce and warehouses more and more, as that cost goes up, a brick-and-mortar might become viable again. Will probably also make a difference how much revenue is lost through credit card fraud versus shoplifting + credit card fraud at a physical store.

Not mine, but someone has done a moc to include the cargo compartment for 75192.

Sold a "60 year of the brick bundle" for $220 + shipping - buy in $95 after tax. Consisting of 10715 limited edition, 4000028/4000029/4000030, plus the 60year promo set, plus the 60 year booklet. Fees should be capped at $10 thanks to EBay promo, so $125 in profit.

Since I started rolling up with my own cart and boxes I've had multiple people ask me what aisle the ________ s are in as if I work there. And a few days ago I had about 60 sets loaded up and asked an employee if she had any more in back... She asked me if there was a recall- because she thought I was there to remove all the Lego stock.

For maybe the third time in my life, I just don't know what to say.

Still there .... I unlocked the thread, but maybe the whole section of the forum is locked.

I honestly hope that when EP9 begins..........A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...STAR WARS...Episode IX(Opening Crawl)....Millennium Falcon emerges from lightspeed near the atmosphere of some regurgitated/recycled planet from the OT. In the cockpit sits Chewbacca, C-3P0, R2-D2, and all the porgs. 3P0 orders R2 to go inform General Organa that they have arrived at their destination at said regurgitated/recycled planet. R2 whistles back at 3P0 as he rolls to the back of the ship. Just as 3P0 makes contact with the planet, several First Order Star Destroyers appear out of lightspeed and immediately bombard the Falcon in a hail of fire. Chewbacca roars, 3P0 shouts "Oh Dear!", Porgs cry out, as the Falcon is completely blown away by the First Order. Aboard the Star Destroyer, a satisfied General Hux watches the remains of the Falcon begin to burn in the planets atmosphere.................Sitting in thousands of theaters everywhere, millions of longtime fans will forever mourn but, for the next two hours will rejoice that what remained of our beloved ill-used/under-used/unused characters will not be in a terrible movie and the destruction of the Falcon insures it will not fall into the hands of unworthy, substandard characters. I apologize for the spoiler however, only "A" to "IX" in the above is the only thing I know will happen. Also, I do not consider porgs a beloved character, I found them to be as useful as Jar Jar.

I have met Ex in real life, and let’s just say there may be more than a passing resemblance here....

Sold 4 more 75909 Mclaren Speed Champions at $62.50 each on Fba, buy-in of $11 each. Have 1 left when I should have 2, looks like I have to chat with seller support to find it. Also, I will count these as sales for now. Amazon reimbursed me for losing 3x 76031 Hulkbuster Smash. The gave me the equivalent of $71 each, netting $56 each after fees. My buy-in was $18 each. Could have sold them for a little more but can’t really do anything about it.

Set Minifigures Images Revealed Sam Flynn, Quorra, and Tron

And yet, a hokey religion and an ancient weapon is what did him in.

I live in NYC and I also have trouble computing a stroll down to Times Square.

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Being from the rural mid-west, I have trouble computing the ability to wake up and stroll down to Times Square to take a look.

I agree...Service Merchandise will make a comeback. One day when Amazon falters, people will say, "Consumers want to see, hold and touch products before they buy! Amazon didn't figure that out."

This company just doesn't seem to get it. Anytime I go into a Toys R Us and I see things there that aren't in other store locations, you can bet 99% of the time, I can pull up target.com, walmart.com or toys r us.com on my phone, and find it cheaper online. I then have to go to the dang register and price match it. The Toy's R Us tax is a big time hindrance, and they never seemed to get this. This is why most mom and shop stops will go under as well if they either 1. don't sell online too to supplement their business income 2. don't try to compete with the free market (which is now a big influence online). Because of their stupidity by forcing the "toys r' us" tax, even a 7 year old like my son knows that he can spend his money on amazon, even if he has to wait, and he will still have more money to spend, then if he bought the same item at TRU. It's sad to watch them go, but on the same token they were their own undoing.

This was at my local Toys R Us today: It’s like a bad case of denial.

Cashed in all of my rewards. RIP TRU.

@Val-E Lego Group sneaking in 'copters even in Architecture.

what a tease!

Thank you to everyone who has bought tickets and donated! You’re support of our wonderful school is amazing! We can’t thank Ed and his family enough for their generosity of time and money and for the most creative fundraiser ever!

There is more than one way to cut this deck.... Belated Valentine's Day Musings by Julius von Brunk

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"Something need doing?" "Build more burrows!" "Work, work...." Orc Burrow by Dr. Zarkow

I just want the Millennium Falcon to be destroyed so we can stop getting remakes. I never really liked the ship anyway. Not symmetrical.

Burned remaining rewards and a 10% off gift card bought from TRU the other day and got me a brick bank. Just got the shipping confirmation today. As much as I am annoyed at the TRU tax and their inability or reluctance to innovate, this is the store that got me out of my dark ages twice. Back in 2002 when I purchased a 4x4 off roader and again in 2011 with space centre. I will always remember as a kid going with my friend to browse for hours at all the toys. It's sad but expected to see them go.

What I did for the batman figs was buy blind packs from Ebay. I average $2.5 per pack. Had some issues completing a couple sets but I just trade for the ones I need. Probably will do this for this series unless I can get a box for a good price. Buying a box and not getting the police fig is a deal breaker.

No....still there. Doesn't appear until the checkout page when using red card....

Hate? If anything, the opposite. There's literally an A-Wing remake every couple of years now from Lego. I think we've had three in the last 4 years (albeit not UCS). They probably feel that given the size of the ship, a systems set is a better place for it. The UCS Jedi Star Fighter a few years ago, didn't do all that well and they may well be thinking that this would be how a UCS A-Wing would be received. If you desperately want a UCS U-Wing, Anio's MOC is a great example. Can be bricklinked for about £250 all in. Maybe for the 50th anniversary release.

Check your EBay Selling page: 25% off Final Value Fees! Get a 25% discount on final value fees. See terms for full details.opens in a new window or tab Start:Mar 12, 2018 at 12:00am PDT End:Apr 12, 2018 at 11:59pm PDT Used/Left: Activate Also, there is still a few hours left to benefit from the $10 cap on listings of over $100.

There's a new series on Netflix. Actually pretty good

Goatleg.com is the #1 and best resource. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Brickpicker Forum mobile app

Interesting tiering of this promo: Sears only, Online only. Max $100 in points per member. One time use per account (from what I can see). Combines with FreeCash. Used a $15 on $40 Home FC offer plus some points plus a 6% discounted GC to get $45 in vacuum bags for $23 with $21+ back in points. Points already showing as pending for tomorrow.

Blowing all my discounted gift cards on speed champions

Here is Nana and Pop Pop with Max all smiles at St Paul car show, organized by one of our very generous teachers, Mrs. Bifano, and her husband, George. Teachers, staff, parents, grandparents volunteering, giving, fighting for a school they believe in. So many are being touched by this raffle and the generosity of people they haven't even met! Thank you and good luck!

I don't think it helps that many of the ship designs are fairly poor facsimiles of those from the original trilogy, or that when they do deviate they don't seem to be very compelling vs. the designs from the prequels. The Disney movies have essentially copied the X-Wing, TIE Fighter and Star Destroyer designs, and just tweaked them slightly. SDs in particular grow to ever-more-ridiculous dimensions while keeping the same fundamental shape. Both Kylo's and Krennic's shuttles, although not bad designs, are essentially variations on the shuttle first seen in ROTJ (three wings, two of which fold-up). Even if LEGO weren't making too many sets (which they obviously are) how many variants of the same thing can someone be compelled to buy? As regards the new ships, I think Rogue One's have fared the best -- I really like the U-Wing, and the stolen Imperial shuttle was pretty cool (strange that they haven't released a set of that). The less said about the forgettable resistance ship in TFA, and TLJ's bomber and skimmer, the better.

So when I bought my tickets and shared with the family that we could win a prize of 5000 Legos, I got a look of pure joy and a look of terror (where will we put all those Legos)! Ah we are just a year into collecting/playing with Legos and it's been such fun for all . . . Reminding me of growing up, but I miss the old school windows. Thanks again from an SPS family for all the support!

My hubby is waiting for just the right moment to buy! Who is with us! Ed and Jeff yiu do so much for all - thank you, thank you, thank you! Let’s get this over $30k. Love watching it grow - this community is amazing! Thanks everyone from parents of 2 St. Paul Strong Students!

In fact it was a little bit frightening

Much to my son’s dismay, my wife built 60146 - Stunt Truck today. He got a few steps in and took a break. She sat down and next thing we knew she was done.

my family is really bummed about it. we enjoy going to our toys r us all the time. it is fun for us. I agree with the news reports saying that 10 to 15 percent of sales will never come back. I think it may be more. The ability to browse and shop for toys at Walmart target and other places is just not the same. the fact is without Mattel and hasbro having toys r us as a physical place everyone can see all the toys the toy industry is going to suffer. it is already suffering when you look at Star Wars toy sales for example unrelated to toys r us. yes many toys will be bought online but people will not go window shopping to find every hasbro Mattel or lego set online that they would in store. it is a sad day for the toy industry. I think this only helps cement the loss of toy sales in general on a permanent basis to the new digital age where children don't even want as many toys. those who wish toys r us would go may in fact regret if it does. with Walmart limiting purchases target banning resellers and toys r us disappearing the options for acquiring significant inventory also becomes more difficult you may have a different opinion thats fine ..... this is mine ..... very sad about what is to happen

Did you slap their hand away or just shriek

My son built 60144 Race Plane last night

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I am assuming this is the show and tell section or the bragging section...lol, so there I go................. I am SO excited to share this with you guys !! I found this auction on eBay with a starting bid of $49.99 (reserve not met) (no bids) and a make offer option, Local pickup only =( I emailed the seller and they wanted to get $400 for them. They ended up agreeing to sell them to me for $200 ship to me for $36 shipping ! We have received them all and assembled them. I can not get over how immaculate they all are ! They were hers during childhood and guaranteed me that she took great care of all her things growing up ! Besides a little dust. They look brand new and all the boxes are intact and only a few creases and a little tear here or there. All the pieces are there ! Even the little gold coins and feathers for the hats. All the instructions are perfect and they even have posters that have not even been unfolded in them ! I feel very fortunate to get a hold of these and will enjoy displaying them =)

Here is a 6 month update for those that were curious. The ship has weathered quite nicely. The only thing I'm worried about is the sails, they look great now, but I don't know about long term. It has not been a maintenance nightmare, as a matter of fact, our cleaner fish and snails do an excellent job!! We get more comments on this display than any of our other displays....people love it!!! I'll post a one year update just for sh*ts and giggles.

By the time the sets are in resellers hands, LEGO has made their money. We've talked at great length about his before .. whether LEGO likes resellers or not, whether scarcity of product is good for their image or not, whether higher secondary market prices allow them to raise their prices. etc. In the end, we just don't know but love to speculate. As for the Taj Mahal, is it being unhappy with scarce sets or was someone thinking - you know, we've had a down year and had to let some people go.. We just don't have the time or money to do new designs for every market segment we're trying to reach... what if we re-release a popular but rare set? A few die hard collectors will be upset but we'll be making a larger part of the market happy. Less design time, update the packaging a little, boom, easy money. Or did they say - let's make people happy and release a set from our vault no matter whether we make money on it or not! (I know that's dramatic, but in the end they do this to make money...) Just look at the death star fiasco... giving it a new number and making some extremely minor cosmetic changes blew up in their face PR wise. Sure people are buying it because who doesn't want a death star, but it was not the happy reception they expected. People -rightly so IMO- saw it as a money grab. I know minifigs aren't that kind of money grab, but its one of the only things they could get away with in the "mystery loot" schemes - which companies do to make money. Who'd buy a box of random lego blocks unsure if it built a car or a boat. The average buyer doesn't give up and just go to ebay... it's part of the attraction to "just one more time." It's addictive just like gambling (no, I'm not saying LEGO is gambling). I honestly think LEGO likely approaches it this way: it's fun and will make us more money. People can't just buy the one they like but they'll have fun trying to find it. I'm pretty good at smooshing the bags (smooshing is the technical term for feeling up the bags) but it's time consuming.. it would be a lot more fun to just buy them blindly. Given the odds of finding the CMF(s) you want in a retail store vs some of those online games (gachas), the odds are pretty good... And there have been some well documented cases of companies making the rare items even rarer than advertised - LEGO doesn't do that. In fact, by shipping them in cases of 60, the true distribution becomes known very quickly vs companies that do not disclose the rates at all. To me that shows two things .. 1) they do care about customers and 2) they know this is good enough to make their money on them.

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