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All set, the end result was freaking awesome. Hands down the best and most enjoyable set that I have ever built. The final piece is pretty sturdy and more importantly breathtaking . A must for any adult builder who is into the HP franchise . My 2 cents on some missed opportunities/cons from a die hard HP nerd POV . Stickers : about 70 - 75 of them. They do help keep the piece count down ( otherwise building some scenes would add a lot of elements ) and they do hit the mark portraying their respective scenes , however printed bricks would have been a better idea and added more elegance to the set Is this a Hogwarts Set or a HP Hogwarts set ? Meaning it stays loyal to HP's POV of the castle . Would have rather had the other 3 common rooms added along with the kitchen ( threw in an elf of two ) rather than have many scenes from the first movie. Speaking of first movie , should have added Fluffy and done away the dragon since again it is heavy one the first movie scenes. Room of requirements : in the dungeon? gmab Should have had Hagrid, no excuse for that one not to be included. Bonus micro figs : Slughorn, Lockhart, and Mad Eye.

Don't try to change the subject. Stay on topic

OK...Let's please move on. I am partly to blame for extending the off topic BS so I apologize. These are difficult times and people are on edge. Let's get back to how LEGO is the root of all evil! These shows never die in syndication.

Set is fine. I really don't watch the show. I don't like how they portray geeks.

I like the set is has nice minifigures.

So how about that Big Bang Theory? I have 2 of them.

Grainy image of new Diagon Alley... it is microscale to match 71043

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back to $14.97

Speaking of simple...SpongeBob Squarepants. I love SpongeBob.

Two and a Half Men, Seinfeld, King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond...All great stuff. Makes you appreciate your life.

Perfect advertisement......for simple minded....sounds like I’m really gonna enjoy it then

The only glimmer of hope:

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Interesting. Good potential for a future honey hole since that’s the last place I would think of to find Lego.

One time I got takeout from Five Guys (burger place, if you aren’t familiar). I got back to work with my food and discovered that the double cheeseburger I ordered had no meat on it.?‍♂️

Another day, another demographic to be concerned with offending.

The 10213 is a great set - I have some stored away, and based on the recent re-releases, I am not too worried about needing to move them. I would like to see a modular quality level series of sets for Harry Potter buildings - Starting with Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, which could be great in LEGO, with so many fun details to work with.

Good price, I’ll do some research and let you know.

Alternative build for 7$079 Aquaman Battle of Atlantis. Not my creation. Originally don’t by Brick Bros UK.

I have a confession to make; I've been slowly cashing out of the game. This was always a short-term exercise for me to help boost my prospects of paying for a wedding & house deposit whilst at uni and that time is almost here. I only have 1 or 2 left of most things, except for 75099 Rey's Speeders. I was (perhaps stupidly) trying to sell them per box instead of individually and have now run out of steam to sell them. I have 30 of them in total. I don't know if anyone is interested in grabbing them in bulk off me at my buy-in price? Thought this would be the place to ask at least It would be $500 posted for the lot within Aus. Some easy cash to make in them I reckon, I wish I could hold onto them longer but time is no longer on my side.

Just wanted to confirm that the post office modular is indeed just my MOC building "Brick Square Post Office". That box art shot is just something I knocked together in photoshop yesterday, but I apologise if it has tricked anyone, that definitely wasn't my intention. When I build my own modulars I always try and present them using similar backgrounds and camera angles to help them appear similar to official modulars. A couple of examples below... I created the box art shot to share on my instagram. I have posted many shots of my Post Office on there before and only have a small following so I assumed that people would realise it was just another fancy way of presenting my model. Perhaps it was a step too far though and I deleted the picture as soon as I heard that rumors had started to circulate about it. It had only been online for a few hours. You are right. The image is basically just the Downtown Dinner box with my model photoshopped on to it. Yes the mail van in the shot with my Steam Engine is the same one from the Post Office. Here is another picture with them all together. Once again, sorry folks if that picture tricked anyone.

Thought I would add a couple of new pictures of my Traction Engine model. Here it is alongside one of my other creations. A vintage mail van, loosely based on a British 1950's Morris J Type Commercial van. Thank you very much @Haay ?

Same as the prior Cloud City and in the same vein as the Death Star, it is unsurprisingly a playset except vastly improved from the original design. A high price point however I spot numerous types of large plates and pieces. I can only imagine how much this thing weighs. Almost an "all-in-one" layout similar to Assault on Hoth yet by comparison the Hoth set felt or appeared altogether complete then again there really is no way conceivable to create the entire Cloud City outside of what LEGO just did with Hogwarts Castle. There simply is too much of a city to cover aside from the most noteworthy scenes many of which have been done separately I believe. The redesigned Slave I and Cloud Car are nice. On one hand it is fun playset for the family with just about everything memorable conveniently included in a single set. On the other almost each individual component have been done as separate sets and in ways were better but then again said sets are no longer available. Perhaps LEGO could have released this in more detailed subsections with modular connectivity between them (Cloud City Landing Pad with Slave I, Han's Torture Chamber, the "I am your Father!" scene, and etcetera). Problem therein each could have retailed shy of a hundred dollars not to mention the amount of shelf space (in store & at home) taken by them all.

This set is doing ok, nothing more nothing less. The auction sold prices are still marginally below RRP. When I'm 64 - it might then get to 2 X RRP.

YMMV but I've had some success directing buyers to BrickLink, BrickOwl, or ebay with a price adjusted for the fees and shipping. Either they're willing to pay a premium over the CL price and use a payment method that gives you some fraud protection or it's not worth the sale.

Funny she said that. I found this on Facebook yesterday as somone's opinion on what this new set reminded them of. haha

Cloud City makes the existing Jabba's Palace/Rancor Pit look like a masterpiece.

A lot of hate on this set so far. We knew this was always going to be a big playset. Cloud City/Bespin is just a tough design to truly capture in LEGO form. It blows the original version out of the water and people are willing to pay $1,000+ plus on that one. Personally, I think this new version is great, but I have always liked LEGO playsets anyway...Yeah, it is pricey...but all LEGO is pricey. The minifigures are outstanding...especially digging that Luke and Leia

It's going to be difficult to make a non-ship UCS level set that pleases everyone. This is fine for a big playset. Won't be worth investing in, not nice enough to display, but fun for kids who have rich parents.

You aren’t alone. I’m very surprised LEGO hasn’t explored this yet. They could design a modular set with a solid core/base and sell future expansion packs/sets to enhance the build. But maybe Jabba/ Rancor spoiled that idea? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i’d rather have 4 $50-$60 sets that connect together.

Price is too high. I don't hate the set, but I do hate the layout. The LEGO Shop at Home site lists this as 22"x22" and something this size is hard to throw on a shelf and get down to play with. A linear or more modular layout would at least offer some storage options. That won't be a problem for me though since this will be a pass unless there is a good sale. I'm not sure if they made a display type of set that I would automatically recognize it as Cloud City. That Leia figure is nice though.

Good news for my Carbon Freezing Chambers....

They were able to keep the pics a secret because every time the pics leaked people saw that box art and said no way this is legit.

not bad but I was expecting something more "opulent", Ninjago City spoilt us

Well, at least they did an A1 job keeping it under wraps prior to the reveal.

Up on SAH. 350 euros across the board so happy days for Lego tax countries.

75222 Betrayal at Cloud City, 2,812 pieces US $349.99 – CA $399.99 – DE 349.99€ – UK £299.99 – FR 349.99€ – DK 2999DK Available from 13th September for VIPs, 1st October everyone else. Visit Bespin’s amazing metropolis in the sky—Cloud City! Relive a world of unforgettable moments from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back or add your own fun twists to the story with this LEGO Star Wars 75222 Betrayal at Cloud City set. The amazingly detailed set is divided into 4 sections, each depicting scenes from the classic movie. There’s a landing platform complete with Boba Fett’s Slave I ship, a detailed promenade, a dining room with seating for 5 minifigures, a garbage processing room with incinerator, and a sensor balcony for epic Luke vs. Vader Lightsaber duels. There’s also a carbon freeze chamber with a function to ‘freeze’ Han in carbonite, an interrogation chamber and prison cell, a secondary landing platform for the Twin-Pod Cloud Car, and so much more. Add an astonishing 18 LEGO minifigures plus 2 droids to the mix, and you have a set that Star Wars and LEGO fans of any age would be proud to add to their collection. Includes 18 minifigures: Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker in Bespin outfits, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Lando Calrissian, Lobot, 2 Cloud City Guards, 2 Cloud Car Pilots, Leia and Han in Hoth outfits, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, 2 Stormtroopers and an Ugnaught, plus R2-D2 and an IG-88 droid. Section 1 features a landing platform with a sliding entrance door and Boba Fett’s Slave I ship with an opening minifigure cockpit, movable wings and space underneath to store the Han in carbonite element. Section 2 features a dining room with a table, seats for 5 minifigures and a decorative Cloud City micro build; lounge with a transparent sculpture and 2 chairs; garbage processing room with an incinerator, conveyor belt and a deactivated IG-class droid; and a promenade with tree sculpture, mural relief and opening doorways leading to other parts of the model. Section 3 features a sensor balcony with railing and swing-out function, plus a maintenance cabin with opening round window for epic Lightsaber duels, plus a carbon freeze chamber with lever-activated ‘freeze’ function. Section 4 features a dark-red corridor leading to the interrogation chamber with a turning interrogation chair, plus a prison cell, hangar with a secret trapdoor and tool & weapon rack, and space for the Twin-Pod Cloud Car with opening minifigure cockpits and 2 stud shooters. New minifigure details include Leia’s red dress, Han’s Corellian blood stripe, Luke’s dark-tan Dagobah outfit, the Ugnaught’s head decoration and the cloud car pilots. Weapons include Han’s blaster pistol, Chewbacca’s bowcaster, Luke’s Lightsaber, Vader’s Lightsaber, Boba Fett’s blaster rifle, IG-88’s blaster rifle, 5 blaster pistols and 4 blasters. Accessory elements include a wrench, handcuffs and Lobot’s cybernetic band. Stage air-to-air battles between Boba Fett’s Slave I and the Twin-Pod Cloud Car. Pull the carbon freeze chamber lever to pretend freeze Han in carbonite! Relive unforgettable scenes from the classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back movie. This amazing set is part of the LEGO Star Wars Master Builder Series. Cloud City measures over 6” (16cm) high, 22” (58cm) wide and 22” (56cm) deep. Slave I measures over 4” (11cm) high, 7” (19cm) long and 7” (18cm) wide.

Justin is a real HP nerd and very cool guy in person.

My bets: 90% - PR (first in time line of modulars), Holiday train (winter sets has regular EOL) 75 % - Slave (too long life for UCS) 50 % - Ferris Wheel (3 years old, but good for combination with carousel and rollercoaster), Saturn (Ideas set have short live, but this is a hot seller + next year is anniversary of moon landing), Fishing store (same story), GBHQ and Silent Mary (depends on the licence) 0 - 5 % - Death star (why to retire a re-made set after 2 years, while the previous version was here 8 years?), and the rest of exclusives... unable to predict - VW T1, Tower Bridge (they should be already dead for years), Minicooper (younger than T1, but it can jump it as Ferrari), Assembly Square (special life time for special set?), Disney Castle (it can live for 2 but also 8 years, since it is a special set related to Disney parks)

I made a $650 sale via Bricklink that included my only two Piggy Pirate Ships (163% gain), all four Riddler Riddle Racers (460% gain), and my only three Nexo sets, Jestro's Volcano Lair (59% gain). What makes this sale more notable is that it pushed my "cash on hand" total to over $10,000 for the first time ever (combined PayPal and actual cash). I'm stacked on cash for the next round of Walmart price drops, but that isn't coming........ Not sure how my $10k stacks up against others in this hobby (and it doesn't matter), but I feel like that's a good landmark and makes me feel like I'm coming out ahead on this. Someday I might even tell my wife how much cash on hand there is! Knowing that within 24 hours of that announcement, there will be someone at the house generating a quote for new floors on the main level.

Finally finished my Assault on Hoth diorama

But that's like comparing 75904 to 10212, regular Imperial Shuttle vs the UCS version. They're different scales. I'm going to buy this eventually. Not in a rush as in the past due to the way Lego is producing sets now.