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So no one told you why Lego made this theme This set's a joke, revoke Resale value's D.O.A A Seinfeld set would have sold a ton of gear.... Clearance priced from first day, all week, all month Half off by next year, but * I'll be there for you (When the tears start to pour) I'll be there for you (Like Adventure Time before) I'll be there for you ('Cause I'm sure I'll buy too......) * I honestly have no idea how this set will do... but that was just too much fun to write

I think I just entered into a new era of Legodom. Loved Lego as a kid, emerged from the dark ages as an adult for the Star Wars initial release, then returned to a second dark age with work-and-life-stuff. Arrival of The Next Generation gave me reason to step back into it, along with a mandate that I get some sort of hobby that doesn't involve a kitchen remodel when my partner is out of town for a long weekend. Thus Era 3 began, and for the last few years I've been overdoing it, following your antics, sales and deal hunting. I got into the sales game. All progressing. Then, I bought a few yard sale lots. Then a few more. Then a few more. Then a few more. I think I've gone down the rabbit hole. I've sorted and washed more parts in the last few weeks than I had in total before now. I've discovered corners of Legovilization that I never knew existed. I've learned to curse the false-bricks, and begun to identify them by feel alone. I've found and listed a few diamonds from the rough. For those of you who have earned and accumulated the wisdom of the Lego ages, is this an entirely new level I've discovered? Is there a way back? Is there hope of seeing my desktop absent a little yellow head ever again? Why didn't Nancy Reagan warn us about this?

Wally is firing up the rollback train again: https://www.walmart.com/search/?cat_id=0&facet=special_offers%3ARollback&page=1&query=lego#searchProductResult That Heartlake Pool is essentially retired and poofed across most retailers, including CtC @ SaH. Unfortunately, newly released Andrea's Pool Party (not to be confused with Heartlake Pool featuring....Andrea) may limit the upside.

Please retire Saturn V and keep Tower Bridge and Volkswagen Camper Van going. At this point I think everyone has pretty much given up on those two sets.

I'll admit, I wouldn't mind having a Soup Nazi minifig or Festivus pole.

(Kidding... ) Luckily for me, I set aside the hourly calculation long, long ago. In my "business case", this is a hobby, a thing to share with my kid, and a palate cleanser from the work stuff. Those of you who do this as a business are hard core, and far better than I am.

Nope, you definitely sound like a goner too. If it means anything, the club does have jackets.

All that stuff is going to linger on amz & target. SW is so watered down now.

Most days, I feel smothered, buried under so much LEGO - Unable to move, unable to breath.

If you like that part of it, you'll do OK. I hate that stuff, and as a result have struggled off and on with feeling overwhelmed with my supply - what am I going to do with all of this stuff. You will probably find that it ebbs and flows. The one piece I would give as advice, is to just be aware of the "doing it for my kid" vs. just doing it in general. My son turned 11 this year, and he still loves Lego but is getting less and less interested in it....so I do look at a lot of the "saved" sets in my office and wonder just how many more we're going to open.

Yes, the struggle is real. That's why a number of folks are on this support group I mean Investing forum? I also vote for jackets. I would totally rock that?!

If eras often transition based on mass extinction, should I view Walmart clerks advising me I can "sell all these legos on Amazon" as harbinger of a Permian-Triassic event?

Max, he's quite well known here.

As long as you enjoy the game, and make a profit you're happy with, there is no way back. Once it becomes a drain mentally or time wise, you'll step back to reality. Catch your breath, then dive back in. If you happen to be losing significant amounts of money... well the buying problem eventually solves itself that way.

Oops think U Forgot the handle bars.

I’ve seen a few Friends episodes and if that is supposed to be Rachel , I’d say she’s missing a couple of things.?

I will dig into it tonight and see why it's losing its session.

You and me both friend.

There are several The Last Jedi and Solo sets 20% off on S@H right now.

My wife still watches it nightly. I also hear parents saying their kids enjoy watching it too these days.

I finished the MACK not long ago and really like it. Have been toying with the idea of making the Compactor, would be a good place to keep all your extras...

Not bad for $59.99. Better than The Flintstones set at the same RRP.

On the plus side, it's those sets you intended to keep that were held long enough to be worth a lot more.

All I can say is deja vu. I'm right there with you. Even kicking myself for not buying sets that I was sure would be winners. But it keeps me in reality and my wife with me.

Who is this Profit guy? Never met him.

Lego store mini build

My wife thinks 2x4s in her kitchen are tacky.

Dismantled the Mack and built the B model. I enjoyed building this more than the main set. Has a working compactor inside the trash cab.

Yesterday my family and I went to BrickFair at Chantilly, VA. What an awesome day! Our favorite family activity was definitely bingo and we were fortunate enough to win an exclusive towel, and two polybags, Slave I and a Kingdoms one. I went to see classic space, pirate and castle sets and got my fill and more. I talked to one of the space sets designers and asked him where he got his hard to find pieces. Some of the yellow trans-clear windows came from Batman movie sets, and I wonder why I did not think of that! The schooner is a dream of mine, but out of my budget and I drooled over the castle sets with their original boxes. The Guarded Inn is a fan favorite. I found out the castle sets are a combination from childhood, yard sales and estate sales.

Hi. I finally managed to build my EV3 omni/holonimic telerobot with anti collision-system. If you drive to close to anything it stop and reverse a bit, if needed. Sensitivity and reverse is adjustable. I will equippe them with laser tag weapons and laser aim system and so on. It can be remote controlled over the internet with live camera stream, so it is a internet camera robot, (that moves like a computer avatar in FPS computer game). It can be controlled over the internet from a mobile phone, ipad or computer, from a browser. I plan to build a internet game so that you can log in to robots and have a game with them like in https://www.isotopium.com/ . I did this on ADSL already 2005 and had people playing with my robots from all over the world. Here is one guy in Australia that explain how it was 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20080220221155/http://www.roaringsnake.com/misc/article_tank.htm# You can build it your selfe. You need a 1. Mindstorms robot 2. Building instructions. http://thetechnicgear.com/2014/04/howto-build-3-wheels-holonomic-robot-using-lego/ 3. An android phone with a Google app called RoboCam. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.proghouse.robocam&hl=en_US 4. 3 Omni wheels and 3 Large Servo Motor. 5. 4 Ultrasonic Sensors Regards MagI