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I think because of the current dumpster fieryness of the US, this made me strangely emotional today. We are capable of some incredible things when we work together.

My son is looking forward to helping build these sets! Most of the Lego that comes into the house goes into the store so this will be a treat when we finally find the time. Thanks again for doing this raffle, will be sure to help next year too!

Bob and Doug will make it to the ISS early in the morning!

I haven't built a Technic set in a looong time. got this one to try out in hopes it would hold my Ferrari and such... success:) Impressive build for sure. As fun as it is to build it actually felt like I was building with a different medium. Again, quite fun BUT think after i finish the trailer, Ill stick to modular, spaceships and more classic build structures incorporating gears and motors when needed.

I have moved my collection twice and am getting ready to move it for a third and final time. Biggest tip is to order several large rolls of stretch wrap. I keep the majority of my smaller built sets in those three drawer sterilite drawers. I have them under my city tables. I just wrap the whole thing and they are good. My bigger sets get broken down to smaller section and put into bags and grouped together in storage boxes. My unopened sets are on those rolling wire racks that many people use. Again I just stretch wrap the whole thing and roll it into the container. I dont trust anyone with my Lego so I load it myself into those U-store it containers and have it dropped off when im ready. That way nobody has access to it besides me.

If the time spent worrying about what is happening to your LEGO in transit, plus the time spent fixing the things you are dismantling/fixing once you get to your new home, is greater than the time spent driving (and you enjoy driving), then you should drive.

While we all realize you guys are up to your neck with stuff(Covid/Raffle/work,etc), is there any update here? I have much appreciation for what you guys do here, don't get me wrong.

Best set acronym ever!

General Store by Norton74

One of the employees at my local Lego store needed some money and asked if I was interested in some employee Christmas sets....I said yes...of course.

Looking good. price climbing up .

I demand a Lego set for this immediately

T minus 50 minutes and we are go for launch Good luck to the boys!

Looking better and better for launch!

Can you throw it in water and freeze it to a big chunk of ice...

Stick it on gumtree mate. No one will buy that here. What state are you in? ( Don’t say pissed , that’s my joke). 😎

50/50 chance I just heard from the weather guy.

I would place my money on it being the back side of 76162 Black Widow Helicopter Chase.

I haven’t built any lego in a while but today I rebuilt PEE to make sure it was 100% complete so I can sell it.

I think this could have had a thread made called "What Lego set did you loot today?" as a joke, but I fear some people would have taken it a bit too far...

71043 Hogwarts castle 75957 Knight bus Also had my Pet Shop modular come in the mail.

Only the minifigure community 45022 and fantasy 45023 packs are on the education site. The fairytale expansion set is retired. Both 45022 and 45023 are cheaper on Amazon.

ALIEN VS PREDATOR by Eric DRUON

Mini-Modular Art Deco Theatre by IamKritch

Half-timbered house by Jakob Escher

I have generally gotten pushback from the ladies about this but best of luck

That hurts my grammatically correct feelings.

Hasn't there been some horror stories about moving people and "lost" Lego? I would use caution as @exracer327 has mentioned.

Previously, I've used large double-walled cardboard boxes (about 2 feet cubed) and bubble-wrapped everything. I removed appendages from certain sets (like the sign on Grand Emporium) to make everything fit better (and they'd only break off otherwise). More sturdy sets (e.g., UCS) can just go as-is. So long as things can't roll around in the box it works very well.

I wonder if LEGO is thinking about this: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/5199f8dc-34ad-492a-91e2-0008c8e37f81 (denied) or this one: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1abc6458-52e8-4e7d-a04c-04ba917b6e5b (under review)

Well, it's no 10240 UCS X-Wing which was considered a 💩 for years after it retired. But even that set is now selling for nearly double MSRP at 4.5 years after retirement.

Ouch, I'm actually a collector. The boxes mean everything to me. I never even open them up. Does it make a little more sense now that I would want something for free on such a big purchase and collector's item? When I sit these boxes on a mantle to stare at the box art like a little kid, my eye naturally wanders to these imperfections. I don't know. I guess it depends on what kind of kid you were. Did you ever open a present as a child and the toy box was all mangled? Kind of a let down, right?

Street racers' haunt by Faber Mandragore

Picked up this lot for 1K. All sealed! Pretty stoked!

It can look pretty amazing in the right setup

As someone who recently did this and had 1/2 my son's LEGO sets stolen while en route - do not pack the instructions with the sets. The instructions were the only proof for the insurance that we had the sets. Our insurance was for replacement costs and the LEGO ended up being $700. Our kids broke down each of their sets and we packed them into zip lock bags (the kind with the writable label on them). We wrote the set # and name on each zip lock bag and numbered the bags if more than one. Sadly, that was how the thief knew which sets to take as they took his largest and best sets. (Interestingly enough, they left all of my daughter's friends sets alone). To that end, do not use any kind of tote. They just cut the tape as soon as they hear LEGO moving. That is what happened to us. In fact, the next time we move we're packing all our LEGO sets in large brown boxes and fill them with pillows and all kids of bedding for sound absorption. Obviously, it's a lot easier to pack your sets if you don't have to deal with original boxes. If you want to keep the boxes, well, you have to decide if you want to ship them flat or actually pack the sets inside the boxes, which will take up a lot more space and be a lot more expensive to move. If you end up packing your sets inside the boxes you can use air pillows to fill the boxes so they maintain their shape.