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Bought I think almost the entire LOTR & Hobbit collection used with box and manuals 100% complete (verified) ... $1350 does come with a sealed Uruk Hai which I might flip for $70 ... so net cost $1280

Just a heads up. This is the second time Target has run this sale on the Hidden Side Train ($60) in just over a month. Last time the sale lasted nearly two weeks.

I feel you! My 6 mo old has helped sourcing tremendously, scrolling on the phone feeding him keeps me awake. My only problem is I forget what I order and when stuff shows up my husband asks if I order it and the answer is usually, and honestly, “I don’t know”.

Finished this up last week. Its a really nice set with some interesting building techniques. I bought the set for the bookshop - my parents wrote children's books when I was a kid and it reminds me of the independent bookshops we used to visit for their presentations, but honestly I liked the house build more. I know this has received criticism for being small, etc, but the details are really nice. I built the Grand Emporium a few months ago and there is a definitely a difference in style between the earlier modulars and the trend of newer ones, but not a bad one in my opinion. I do agree that LEGO missed a great opportunity to create more clever book titles like they did with the Palace Cinema movie posters, and I feel like they could have tossed in a couple more leaf elements for the tree, but overall I think its a really great set!

10277 and 40411 delivered in (what looks to be) pristine condition. 3 day COVID quarantaine starts now so I can build on Sunday... Giddy

Sounds like a great investment. Going to cash out my 401k and go all-in on this set. Also the set is $5 cheaper at Walmart.

Good investment? No idea. But as cool as the final product looks for these I will not be buying for personal use. I would not enjoy building these, and a fun build is the primary reason I enjoy Lego. This is essentially Lego paint by numbers. No thanks - not for me, especially not at that price point.

First discount I think I've seen on the ISS.....not a huge deal....but if you're stocking up on these..... https://shop-california.legoland.com/products/international-space-station

At $500 a pop, not sure why you left any of them!! You must not be a quick flipping legolas lover...!

Between retiring sets, current sets, and new releases, covid should be affecting current sets the most. If a set was going to retire soon anyway TLG probably isn't going to use their currently-limited production to pump out another batch just because a previous final batch may not have made it out before the virus hit. On the other end of the spectrum, new sets are probably getting priority right now for production. So that leaves current sets kind of in limbo with limited supply available, but retiring and new sets largely unaffected. Obviously this is all just my opinion but I'm personally not changing any of my plans in regards to retiring-soon sets because of the virus.

i can imagine - since Snowspeeder and Ywing had just 1.5 years production...

Credit: stonewars.de

UPDATE Post. Here is some updated prices. Price change period April 6th - June 29th. April 6th – Jun 29th Ninjago City 70620 – $300 - $500 / $500 - $600 Ninjago City Docks 70657 – $309 – $339 – / $350 - $400 Jokers Manor 70922 – $450 - $500 / $550 - $600 Silent Mary 71042 – $229 - $250 - / $340- $400 Brick Bank 10251 - $240 - $400 – / $425 - $450 Detectives Office 10246 - $300 - $400 – / $380 -$400 Old Fishing Store 21310 - $310 - $359 – / $350 - $390 Technic Porsche 911 42056 - $350 - $450 – / $525 - $600 MC Mountain Cave 21137 - $479 - $599 – / $650 - $670 SW Cloud City 75222 - $400 - $700 – / $500 - $600 Ninjago Dest Bounty 70618 $229 - $250 – / $260 - $290 Creator Ferris Wheel 10247 $350 - $400 - / $400 - $450 MC The Farm Cottage 21144 $109 – 149 – / $159 - $179 MC skeleton Attack 21146 $79 - $95 - / $100 - $130 MC Waterfall Base 21134 $92 – $120 - / $110 - $120 MC Ocean Monument 21136 $140 - $170 - / $150 - $190 Elves Healing Hideout 41187 $75 - $99 - / $100 Elves Tree Bat 41196 $74 - $90 - / $90 - $100 Elves Earth Fox 41194 $70 - $90 - / $130- $140 Elves Noctura SD 41195 $64 - $74 - / $100 - $110

LL 928-B Galaxy Explorer by Ben Smith

1. De ja vu 2. I can't believe I have been a BPer for this long

I cannot believe you picked up a HH from Tysons! I was just their on Tuesday afternoon and asked about several sets I've been waiting for...I suspect all of the HHs are gone by now. I'll have to check the other local stores.

it's the point of this thread...should be relabeled: "How to read CV trend tea leaves"

LEGO is a very conservative company and will often put worse case scenario timelines for production. This winter is going to be extremely interesting. A lot of shopping shifted to online sales over the past 10 years but this year it will be an extreme shift. The freight companies are backed up like crazy and it will only get worse. Amazon appears to be shipping items directly from LEGO warehouses given how many boxes have shown up in LEGO branded boxes. I could imagine a world where LEGO uses Amazon as a store front and logistics company to fulfill its back order of sets instead of finding freight companies to distribute them to B&M stores. Amazon is poised to be a crusher in times like this. They built the most efficient fulfillment system in existence and continue to be flexible and innovate. I would expect non traditional fulfillment and stock fluctuations.

I got a similar display case from Walmart that hold 72 minifigures: https://www.walmart.com/ip/32-Pocket-Pro-Mini-Football-Helmet-Display-Case-Cabinet-Holders-Rack-w-UV-Protection-Panel/415327881 NOTE: my reflection is not included! I used Velcro strip to hold them in place using the black tiles (plates) that comes with the minifigures.

Still available on Amazon too...

Sorry about that, seems like I quoted the wrong post in my response!

Flintstones will likely go before fossils, along with treehouse and steamboat willie. My treehouse has not been fulfilled by amazon.de since early may...

- 21320 Dinosaurs Fossil can anyone really see this going? feels like its been here 5 mins?

Covid hasn't had as large of an impact on retirement dates as some suspect. Dates have shifted, but not in any kind of unusual way.

Rainforest by Jez Rider [Insta: Jezbags]

MT-760 Bubble Scout by The Brick Artisan

Crocodile at WM available now https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Crocodile-Locomotive-10277-Building-Toy-Relaxing-Project-for-Adults-Who-Love-Model-Kits-and-Train-Sets-1-271-Pieces/837470127

Backorder September 15th. Ok.

42083 Bugatti Chiron 75244 Tantine V 31097 Townhouse Pet Shop Cafe

-71040 Disney Castle - 21047 Vegas

Made my first MOC this weekend. Had to get creative with the 3 lighting kits. Two LightTailing and one BricksMax. There’s a color difference between the two.

Will the Michael's case fit Batman minifigures? The mermaid Batman was the tightest squeeze so far and had to go without a base plate. The rest have plenty of space.

https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/7014/what-does-the-4-digit-number-embossed-on-my-lego-set-represent

Annihilator by Elephant-Knight

SP1 MOC - Heavy Pursuer (box front & back) by Mc BAIN

Interstellar Spark by Paulo Carreira

Surface Explorer by Jens Blomqvist

Ice Planet Polarexpress by Mr_Minotaurus

Neo-Blacktron Impeder by Capt. Dad

10196 Grand Carousel Classic Space Redux by justin_m_winn

BS Bird Bringer by Purple-Wolf

Galactic Interceptor by F@bz

Classic Space LL43979 by Kev Levell

Ice Explorer by BobDeQuatre

LL-96874 "Separator" by Dale Harris

Horizon Station by Geoff Horswood

a big house.