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In honor of the Man U stadium announcement I went back and built the classic NBA arena from the early 2000s. I love the early/mid 2000s sets. Not a cheese slope to be found, lots of big pieces, and good sized builds overall. Along with it I added the 24 NBA players from the player packs, pretty much NBA CMF series without the title. Ended up arranging them by all NBA first, second, third team, etc from the players available. Kobe, AI, Dirk, Tim Duncan, and Shaq made the first team

Right now were working on St Jacques. It's pretty massive. There's still two more stories plus the roof!

Not so much as what I built today but what I will be building. I got a call from my local Lego store manager saying a lady dropped off a big box of old Lego that she wanted to recycle. Luckily the manager saw a few old modulars on there and thought to call me. She asked if I wanted to come pick up the box and sent me a pic. First thing I saw were parts to the Grand Emporium and A Cafe Corner. I couldn't get to the store fast enough. I brought the box home and after starting to dig through it I saw all the parts to Market street inside. Going to be a fun weekend.

Finished this up over the weekend while watching the games. It's huge. Really enjoyed it. One downside, it's too slow to chase the cat with.

Finally found the new 8-wide Speed Champions Ferrari F8 at Barnes & Noble today, and after purchasing and building it I have to say I am quite impressed. I don't have a city needing 6-wide conformity on the vehicles so that was a non-issue for me. I just wanted the standalone set. In the picture here we have the two F40s (Creator Expert vs. 6-wide Speed Champions) bookending the new 8-wide F8 and the difference in detail is very noteworthy (Especially between the 6-wide F40 and the 8-wide F8). Thought I'd provide this view so you all can see the comparison. Fun build!

Finally built the Gingerbread House with my daughter

Most memorable build: Building Voltron w/ my boy in our own train car going cross country Best for resell Deals: Target 50% off Capital Building and Ferrari Garage sets, Best Personal Collection Deals: LEGO Shop at Home 30% deals: Disney Train, Ninjago City & Docks BEST Damn Set 2019 (purchased): Mustang and 1989 Batmobile Biggest LEGO Fiasco 2019: BHZs exclusives Deal that Got Away: Apocalapsburg at 30% off Most Regretful Purchases: Advent Calendars , TLM2 sets at only 20% off ? Still waiting on for right price (worried of being too late): Stranger Things, Modular Diner, Holiday Train lol!

Remember, 1/24-26 is when the three SAH promos will overlap for $80. Hoping the rat promo holds.

That's probably why it's gone. I wanted more Rats and to use VIP points too.

City Hospital at LEGO Shop at Home for $80.... https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-city-hospital-60204 Qualifies for freebie... Parisian is back too.....

Lego Shop at Home has promo Year of the Rat live for $80 purchase, Lion Dance 80104 is a penny short but qualifies. Also, Walmart has Lego City 60209 Sky Police Diamond Heist on sale for $37.99, regularly $59.99 (36.67% off).

The whole set are still available at Minifigsplus for $68

My 10 year old loves the Packers & Lego more than almost anything else, so I got him this buildable Lambeau field this year for Xmas. He's taken on several very complex Lego builds without batting an eye, but he threw in the towel on this set very quickly. I took over the build from him and can't blame him - the instructions are at times near incomprehensible, and there is almost zero margin for error, lest you have to retrace your steps & deconstruct portions of the set to fix errors you didn't even know were there(which is it's own pain in the ass). I'm looking forward to the finished product, but it's made me realize how much I take Lego for granted

Am I the only one who feels like they need to go buy and build a Mustang now?

I let my personal bias cloud my buying habits (so I have 0 BB8), but this thing should do well after retirement

BB-8 was available too and you could stack Obi-Wan

Parisian Restaurant was just available for the same brief time period and I was doing the same thing... ordering individually for more rats instead of buying limit of 20 in one order and moving on. Oh well...

Fess up, which one of you bought all 99 ?

This is fantastic.... The anagram potential: https://www.anagramgenius.com/archive/manche3.html

Interesting gift with purchase in China... United Trinity GWP (6322264) George Best, Denis Law and Sir Bobby Charlton.

I was excited at the prospect of bringing in bags of skittles to the office and throwing them around...oh well, maybe next time

Honestly I was satisfied with just having beast mode in the post season again.

You mean the cat?

You're not picking the right sets then. Star Wars continues to be one of the most productive themes for me each year.

Most memorable build: Cargo Train 60052, my daughter and i filmed with stop motion during the locomotive and cattle car build. Best for resell Deals: WM/TG Exclusives, see below Best Personal Collection Deals: Ninjago City x2 @$159ea BEST Damn Set 2019 (purchased): ADP Eight Studs, looking to buy more @<$150ea anyone know someone? Biggest LEGO Fiasco 2019: Ideas Set #25.... will one ever get printed?.?.? Deal that Got Away: LM2 BHz/Vader Bust! i couldn't buy enough!! lots of hate mail with those listings.... Most Regretful Purchases: Unikitty Cloud Car x22... any one want to buy x17 @$5ea? Still waiting on for right price: Assembly Square, doubt this one will go below RRP... Unbelievable Results: Central Perk and 1985 Audi This has been my first full year as an AFOL/reseller scum (actual hate mail words). i've learned a lot and want to do a write up on my year in this whimsical world!! i think it would be slightly entertaining and if nothing else, something great for me to look back on next year! HERES THE SHORT VERSION: LEGO IS WORTH 2x-4xRRP?!?! NO WAY SOMEONE WILL PAY THAT MUCH! Wait, someone just bought it... and another, and another.....

But my nails look fine... Same time next week folks! Go Pack Go!

Well done Packers? Was a nailbiter ?

I would like to change my regret set to the 3 in 1 creator stunt show. There is a reason why that set got pulled after only 5 months and why you can still find it a year later.

Star Wars Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker - Showdown on Exegol by KevFett2011

I started listening to RUSH in the 9th grade decades later and they are still one of my favorite bands. A classic among fans is one of my favorite live performances: YYZ. RIP Neil Peart!

This is why Neil was and is the best:

Amen!

Love Rush. Possible the best drummer that ever played. He was the main lyricist for them too. Only 67, cancer sucks.

R.I.P. Neil Peart - Legend

Your child has good taste! I agree though, that set looks like trash. Small detail but the “G” is facing the wrong side of the field. It’s facing the visitors’ sideline, and should be facing the home sideline. Also, no tunnel in the southwest corner for the players to run out from!? Come on?! Did a Bear fan design this? Lastly, they are missing the entire upper deck in the south end zone that they added on 4-5 years ago. This model must be old. If you need some accurate photos I’ll be there in my usual seat this Sunday night for the playoff game against Seattle. GPG! [emoji2957]

Possibly because it retired in 2018.

Not the most inspiring stadium in the world either ....

Only problem is that countries in position 10 and 8 are the only ones with any decent level of Lego consumption let alone for a 300 USD set.

Maybe i can get rid of my 71014 for a decent price then...?

made a screenshot of a speed build that shows the stickers...