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When you run out of space for your LEGO, you are supposed to buy a bigger house.

Stay on topic, fellas. I have little patience for any covid chatter tonight.

How bout a little Corona time instead?

seriously... when the kids go to college, their room is becoming... The BIGGEST LEGO CITY EVER!!!!! They can sleep on a mat under the mountain region. 11 years and counting down.

#TWSS

Sold a Palace Cinema (open box, sealed bags) - the seals had stretched so I just opened it up lest anyone think it had been tampered with. Buy in $95, sold for $305 + shipping. My best was a lot of sealed bags I purchased for $20 ended up being a Brick Bank + one extra sealed bag for a Ninjago Movie Strider set. I purchased a new instructions + I had a new tan base plate ($5). So for roughly $30 invested I sold it new, sealed bags, no box for $345 + shipping.

The T1 Van. Seems like I've had my eye one that one forever. Hopefully it will come back.

You should get most information by going through these 2 threads. You can post your questions on one of those thread TLDR: the main hurdle with selling there is you need approval from Amazon to be able to sell LEGO there.

I think it's a giant version of this part: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=30105&in=S

Just so you know, returning unsold items to the store you bought them from is frowned upon on here as unethical. Noted, thanks for the succinct call outs my friends. Truly I mean this, thank you. I don't have a history of it (I live far from stores so returning is a hassle), but now that you all have me thinking about it it does seem questionable. I will certainly take your reminders to heart and not return things just because I couldn't get a good flip. Besides... majority of the time if you sit on it long enough it garners enough value anyways. I will, however, hold Target and other companies accountable to delivering a quality product especially when it comes to the 16/18+ LEGO market, where box condition and collectible valuable is influenced by such.

Just so you know, returning unsold items to the store you bought them from is frowned upon on here as unethical.

I want to update you all as we are still getting some messages. Series 20 is in stock now. Due to a great response for the series, our stock is low. However, we will still offer a small discount to members if you contact us directly. Current box price is 259 on our website. It may change again, so I will refrain from listing a price, but we will always offer some discount to members if you contact us.

Phoenix has been in the 100s and is seeing an increase in cases, you might want to check your sources.

Materials guide for LEGO selling & shipping Many members have asked for a centralized place where they can go for shipping box information. I'm going to pin this post and update it as new information is provided. I just want to take a few minutes and thank those who wrote the following articles. They are still very good reference materials for the LEGO storage and shipping process. I may develop this into a blog article eventually. Fcbarcelona101's : Selling LEGO : Basic Materials Guide Mos Eisley 's : LEGO Storage Wars Incompetech's Catalog of Amazon.com Box Sizes - (thanks No More Monkeys) Amazon Boxes Sorted list by length - courtesy of pstebbing I've scoured the forums and here is a list of box sizes with basic set information: Boxes: 24x20x8 : Super Star Destroyer; Death Star, Roller Coaster, UCS Sandcrawler, Assembly Square 24x20x6 : Thicker sets like Town Hall, Tower Bridge 24x16x6 - 60052 Cargo Train, R2-D2, Maersk Line Triple-E, 7939 Cargo Train 24x16x4 - Helm's Deep, Vampyre Castle, Black Pearl, Friends Riding Camp, Parisian Restaurant, High Speed Passenger Train, Jabba's Palace, Downtown Diner 24x20x4 : Grand Emporium, Pet Shop, Imperial Shuttle, Haunted House, Palace Cinema, Fire Brigade 24x14x4 : Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol 24x4x12 - Dolphin Cruiser, Coast Guard Patrol 20x16x4 - Volkswagen Camper Van, Olivia's House, Sonic Raider, Sopwith, Creator Bike Shop, Batcave, Quinjet, Moria & Ambush 20x16x6 : Thicker sets like the Republic Gunship; City Cargo Plane 20x14x4 : Attack on Weathertop, Hulk 's Helicarrier Breakout, X-Wing 9493, Black Gate 16x16x4 : Gungan Sub, Pre Viszla, Tie Fighter 16x10x4 : Council of Elrond, Desert Skiff, City Grand Prix Truck 16x10x6 : Thicker sets like Creator Family House, Hillside House 15x12x4 : Funhouse, Orc Forge, Tumbler Chase, Daily Bugle Showdown, Hulk Lab Smash 12x12x4 : Uruk Hai Army, City Cargo Truck, Creator Treehouse, City Fire Emergency 11-3/4x8-3/4x4-3/4 : Wolverine Chopper, Arctic Batman, Power Armor Lex, Droid Escape, Cloud Cuckoo Palace 12x8x3 - Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets 10x8x4 : Battle Packs, CA Avenging Cycle, Catwoman, Gandalf Arrives, Holiday sets Envelopes: 4x8 : Minifigs & small polybags 6x9 : Polybags small & larger 10.5 x 16 : Larger shipments of 3 x polybags or more Packing Tape : buy in bulk or on sale : you can throw some in during a Staples coupon promotion to get up to free shipping Walmart.com Duck Brand Packaging Tape http://www.staples.com/Staples-Standard-Grade-Packaging-Tape-Clear-189-x-110-yds-6-Rolls/product_380107 Retailers: Uline.com : holiday sale starts first part of November (usually 30% off) Staples.com : use coupon promotions - $10 off $30, $20 off $75, free shipping over $60 Walmart.com USPS Priority Mail (free boxes at USPS.com) Michigan Box Company: Flat Boxes 18"-23" L (thanks pstebbing) GBE Packaging (thanks pstebbing) PackingSupplies.com http://www.packaging...ated_boxes.html (thanks pstebbing) Bubble Wrap: 3/16" thick x 350' ft x 12" wide - eBay Sams Club 3/16" - 12"x240' $12.98 (In store) ($.05/LF) (thanks pstebbing) I like to use large and small retailer plastic bags to wrap items in, even after I bubble wrap it. For battle packs and even small sets, I sometimes use Wal-Mart, Target, or plastic bags from any store. Additional packing isn 't really needed. Usually like 2 bags on bottom, one to wrap the item, and two bags on top. Make sure to cover the corners of the item real nice to provide extra padding. Rule of thumb : ship & pack all of your items the same way you 'd like to receive items you've purchased. Shipping Paper: Collect it when you receive shipments. http://www.amazon.com/Pratt-Multipurpose-Packaging-KPR30241200R-Length/dp/B00AI652CM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408061459&sr=8-1&keywords=pratt+kraft+paper+1200? Shipping Labels & Printers: Dymo 450 & Dymo 400 Brother QL-700 DoNotInsertIntoMouth's : How to setup your label printer for shipping on eBay Feel free to post a follow-up or point out anything I missed. I 'll update it with what everyone wants added. I hope this is helpful.

$249.99 Coming soon June 1, 2020 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/haunted-house-10273

I now have 4 shipments total, one of which has QTY 3 in it. Looks like we will all get what we ordered! Do tell about this order status thread?

After reading this post, I took a look at the status of my sold items, and I currently have 7 that are behind their targeted arrival dates. No buyers have said anything yet, but I did reach out to a couple of people who have been waiting longest to let them know when I shipped and to review their tracking number with them to keep up to date with the status of the package.

eBay+PayPal and Amazon fees are high +/-15% and 17% bricklink and BrickOwl are 3% + PayPal sales prices are higher on eBay and Amazon amazon fix shipping fees, eBay you charge a set fee nationwide, not good if you ship one coast to the other. brickowl and BrickLink allow for zonal shipping pricing. sales probably quicker on eBay and Amazon as long as you price to sell Great screen name! do I detect another mopar lover?

Lego did put out a statement regarding COVID-19 on the Ambassador network: This leaves more questions than answers for me.

I just don't see the Community set having enough widespread appeal for LEGO to take it on like the Big Bang or Friends sets. That windmill is awesome. With Elves gone, I'd really love to see a line that focuses on fantasy/medieval settings that aren't strictly "knights/castle." I know the creator of the windmill set also submitted a Legend of Zelda set, and that is right in line with what I am picturing.

Article on Brickset talking about the motorization of the Haunted House. Curious why it needs two motors. I'm wondering if one lifts the cart to the top while the other winds up the flywheels, somehow providing resistance on the way down. That's my best guess. Others were speculating that one motor was for the chain system while one was for the door but someone else said it looked like a door latch was used and that one motor should be controlling both the chain and door latch. Anyone here have ideas why/how two motors are required? https://brickset.com/article/51367/motorising-the-haunted-house

my kid is only playing in "peaceful" mode or something and all he does is kill things or blow $hit up

You could argue it's the best game ever made (my cumulative game play is less than 10 hours).

I knew it'd be small.... but... I guess.... I just didn't think it'd be this small. lol.

The guy who lived here before apparently had a bunch of miniature dioramas, so the areas arrange from anywhere from 3ft deep to 10" deep in some shelves. But all the heights are no higher than 17". We share the space for storage and its essentially the kids play area. The other half of the basement is conditioned, but unfinished and where I currently keep my unbuilt collection. My ultimate goal is to have that area be the Lego room.

The Big Hogwarts set. I know there are a few sitting in my local store and I'm going to hit it day one when they reopen. The upside down Stranger Things set is another one, but I can live without it. I was able to get a roller coaster ordered before it went oos. But I won't see it until Aug.... hopefully. Oh, forgot about the Tree House. I need one of those.

Now that set is an investment winner, if it gets approved and LEGO doesn't botch it. And it achieved support on my birthday!

10273 correct number

You are right, returning damaged goods is fine. That is why I only mentioned returning unsold items.

This day and age, what goes on the background of video chats has become a big deal. For professionals they are for sure giving it a lot of consideration as backgrounds has become a thing. Her choosing LEGOs (hers or son's) still highlights the image that LEGO is both high-end and desirable. "Normal" won't happen for at least a year or two...if at all. LA county declared SIP through August at a minimum

or just create one set lot listing with a outrageous price plus $90 shipping, then use the "send buyer an offer" option

Working on the Town Hall I got in a free lot. So far there's a few pieces I need to locate but nothing that'll stop the build.

We finished up the 4482 Star Wars AT-TE set over the weekend. Great set considering it’s from 2003. Final product looks better than Captain Rex’s AT-TE 75157 that the kids built last summer. Forgot to get a comparison pic. Next up from the FB lot: 7163 Rebublic Gunship.

That windmill is a stunner. I'll take that over any of the 26 under review.

The Mountain Windmill by Hanwasyellowfirst https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f966f364-7cee-44ad-8870-6d7ff1cfe053 Achieved 10,000 supporters on 11 May 2020. Submitted on 10 Feb 2020. 4th submission by Hanwasyellowfirst. 3rd one to reach 10,000 supporters. His first was The Seven Dwarfs' House, which was not approved. The second was The Legend of Zelda: BotW Stables, which is currently under review. This set was at 9200 supporters just 5 days ago. Currently, there are: 15 sets with more than 75% support 2 sets at more than 90% support (LEGO HeroQuest @ 9688 and House from Up @ 9035) Mining Site currently sits at 8785 with 13 days left Most recently posted is Community - Greendale Community College (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1e2c362e-43ab-4f8c-8340-6b7b13cd14de) which has ~8500 supporters and was posted on May 4 (7 days ago)

The bigger the set, the more pieces that it needs, the harder it may be to fill the complete list. We know LEGO makes individual pieces in batches (not per set); a unique piece batch may be held off until the more common ones get made. Also the bigger the set the smaller the target buyer size. These two factors based on supply chain and down economy suggests that the big sets are more attractive for LEGO to retire early...and the ones that have no licensing constraints even more so. Just my thoughts based on my limited understanding. I have no insider info.

Wife wanted a home office and the only option was our garden shed out back. Took about three weeks. Had to install three new larger windows, new subfloor, reframed the door and installed a new one, trenched and buried electrical 75ft, new 20 amp breaker in the panel wired, vapor barrier, insulation, wood tongue and groove pine, installed a screen door. Likely do plywood planks for the floor tomorrow. All told about $1000 w a small window A/C unit. It’s only about 70 sqft so not much of a chance for multi use space. It was her Mother’s Day/ birthday gift. She keeps calling it our Covid Cabin.

So here is what I have been working on this quarantine. Before: After: Needs a bit of trim and some paint. Everything is easily removable so it can switch back to being a clothes closet. Stores the same amount of LEGO as before. Not visible are the left and right alcoves (about 2ftx2ft each) that contain more boxes and storage. Can't wait to start using it!

The car enthusiast in me wants Chitty, but I am highly doubtful. But there are a lot of really cool sets for review.

Some random current stats for Gathering Support submissions as of May 6, 2020: 14 sets are 75% of the way to 10,000 supporters (one is just under 7500 supporters) 2 sets are above 90% of the way to 10,000 supporters LEGO HeroQuest (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/d0c19cd7-ad7a-4775-b185-debbf29968d7) has ~9500 supporters, posted July 2019, with 482 days left Of those 14 sets, the oldest was posted in March 2018 - Mining Site (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/86dd2b84-b402-480f-b9ea-d87e6a1b85d6) with ~8600 supporters and 18 days left Of those 14 sets, the newest was posted in February 2020 - The Mountain Windmill (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f966f364-7cee-44ad-8870-6d7ff1cfe053) with ~9200 supporters and 703 days left Overall, there are 4 sets that have more than 6000 supporters, and less than 90 days until they expire 8 of those 14 sets are Staff Picks 5 of those 14 sets are 3rd Party IP 9 of those 14 sets are original ideas

Perhaps...

I'd never buy a set like this new unless the price was right. I previously had a sealed 10185 that I got for £300 (I believe I posted that in the 'what set did you buy today' thread in about 2017). I decided that I couldn't justify opening it to build, so I sold it early last year for £840 so I could buy a used one and pocket the difference. The very same month, I was able to get this version for the price of a used set from an eBay auction, thanks to the seller labelling it as used rather than new.

3+ year thread bump incoming... I thought I would contribute to this thread by providing a picture. I'm in the fortunate position of owning a new Green Grocer where all the bags are sealed but the box seals have come unstuck. Here are all the bags laid out (the numbers earlier in the thread are correct):

To be fair, you only have yourself to blame. Never pass up Lego sets you want.

Why didn't you buy it when you saw them in the store?

I got a puzzle back once when it was suppose to be a U Wing. Took that to the chin lol.

I love Amazon returns... Sold 41232 almost a month ago. I get a return request. I get it back, and the set has been opened, assembled, and played with. Kids must've gotten sick of it so they send it back.