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Story time.... When I was a kid, I would pour over Thomas Bros maps when on long car trips. I’d follow roads all over the map, from page to page. Study neighborhoods, how things were laid out. Where construction was planned. I point to that as a primary reason I ended up getting a degree in Geography, and being a cartographer as my first career.

if I was you, I'd say the biggest newbie mistake is meeting at your house. That can cause you a lot more than $2.

I made one for NES, but Amazon took it down. I'm trying to get them to restore it. If not, I'll put up a new one in a day or 2.

Went to Palm Springs this week for the last week of summer vacation. Decided to check out Downtown Disney since my wife wanted to buy art from her favorite Disney artist. The Lego store was limiting the number of people inside the store to ten, and we had to put our name and phone number on a waitlist to get in (text when ready). It was an hour and a half wait, but it was fine since we had other shops we wanted to go to. Once inside, they allowed you to grab sets you wanted. PAB area was closed. There was a display near it that listed what pieces were available with a number next to each piece, and you had to fill out an order form with what pieces you wanted. A few of the sets on the shelves had the Euro stickers on them. It was kind of a weird experience with so little people in the store, but they managed it very well considering the crazy environment we're in.

Finally finished Ewok Village to prep it to sell after getting my last bricklink order. This was a really fun build. It was cool seeing the trees come together. Even though there are several trunks, it never felt repetitive at all. The finished set looks great too. It's a shame the previous owner wrote on a couple of the covers and pages in the manual.

I never sell used sets without them being ready to ship. So if it’s a set that’s assembled, I take photos assembled, then break it down. After breakdown I will photograph the bag(s) the parts are in. That way if there’s any problems, like missing or broken pieces, I know before I sell it. I never sell used sets without them being ready to ship. So if it’s a set that’s assembled, I take photos assembled, then break it down. After breakdown I will photograph the bag(s) the parts are in. That way if there’s any problems, like missing or broken pieces, I know before I sell it.

I miss using maps or memory for road trips. Half the fun was getting lost and seeing what happens. So many good times.

I’m not in any hurry to sell, but I will take offers on a case of 3 from buyers in the United States. I also have the sets in hand already.

Bought a U-Wing two years ago for $35, built it, displayed it, sold it last night used for $80 with $10 shipping on eBay. Now it's time to tear it down, the less fun part.

Those maroon (Dk Red) pieces are notorious for getting very brittle quickly. We've broken many over the years...even when trying to be cautious.

Yes. The hole in my heart allowed a clot to enter the blood supply to my brain. Im fortunate that from just looking and talking to me you cant tell. I have some memory issues , constant tingling on my right side and some issues with my vision. All have been getting better amd building is good therapy .

Where are you from? Downtown Disney is not exactly close to Palm Springs, lol.

You're it!

Old dark red & blue pieces, especially plates, are very brittle, taking apart an old modular can be frustrating & expensive.

I'm guessing that it is probably cheaper for USPS to just pay overtime to their drivers rather than to hire the extra personnel they would need after you factor in benefits for the new people. This is pretty much it. Because of the really stupid law requiring USPS to pre-fund retirement accounts it is infinitely more expensive to hire a new body than it is to pay OT to existing ones. I agree that OT is not a healthy business model but the blame for this lies with the Bush administration and the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.

Tree House in stock at SAH

OT culture is bad...no business should be reliant on habitual OT as it eventually becomes the norm for both owner, managers and workers...expectations become out-of-wack w/ the original business model and financial frame-work which may have been sound once...but becomes out-of-date

I just feel dirty putting stickers over more than one piece (almost didn't get the set because of this, but couldn't resist such a ship). I think I'll swap out the two plates and one tile containers on top with 2x4 bricks. Also thinking about getting custom stickers from brickstickershop to mix up the container selection.

I just added this disclaimer to my $200+ listings [Due to the high price, please expect messaging through the Ebay system to clarify and confirm sale details; set will not be shipped until confirmed messaging by the buyer] I know this won't protect me from all scammers...but it's an additional filter

Anyone else getting internal server errors in the past hour or so on BL? I can only access the home page, nothing else will load. BrickSync can't connect to BL either.

Crime Scene by Jez Rider [Insta: Jezbags]

Awesome song.

Most people aren't aware the 2 months ago I had a pretty serious stroke. Im only 45 and in good shape. Ends up I had a 13mm hole in my heart so it was only a matter of time. So since I have 6months off of work and with all the crazy stuff going on in the world I figured it was good therapy to get back to building. So this is the first think I have built. Turned out ok. Will be starting on Dr.Stranges house tomorrow.

Look at Stuart behind him, he's creeped out, too!

@Jeff Mack Is there any light at the end of the tunnel on Brickfolio? Hope all is well

I sold a number but my favorite sale was 60056 Tow Truck for a buy-in of 10.05 for $115 for a total profit after expenses of $78.91 or a return of 785%. I don't have all winners but if someone told me I could turn $10 into almost $90 in five years - I would take it. Bought in on March 9 of 2015.

Pulled my 9V train kit out of my parents basement today. Of course I stripped it down long ago but I might use it with the Crocodile locomotive I've got.

I like that much better than Yoda.

Baby Yoda!

Within BL, you can create a wanted list. Search the VW set and under wanted list, click part out. This will allow you to add all the parts of the set into Wanted list. Then in the wanted list, check the boxes of the colour you would like to change. For instance, choose all the red bricks and click colour and choose the colour of your choice to see what exists. It will change all of them to Dark Azure and any parts that don't exist will have no image. Rarely a part exists which also says no image.

Put all the relevant bricks on your building surface in Stud.io in the original Beetle color (no need to build the set, just place the bricks down). Select all of them and in the right top corner of the screen (in the side panel that shows your building parts/steps) use the color selector - it will show you all the colors these bricks have in common (note, this could be none in your case). You can play with the selection of bricks to see if subtle changes or substitutions will help, or to find out which bricks are problematic for the given color.

We added an LED light kit to our Treehouse. Looks awesome! Kind of a pain the ass though....I am now dreading putting on our LED kit for Hogwarts Castle!

Built a bunch of random sets to put up for sale. Nothing extraordinary but still pretty fun.

The Treehouse was my Father’s Day present. Snagged one when they finally came back @ LEGO Shop at Home at end of May. Finished building it the other day. I loves the build and the attention to detail. I’m going to BL the tree branch bricks so I can build the autumn look and just switch the entire tree limbs.

Breakdancing by Jez Rider [Insta: Jezbags]

First build for a long term! This is the way...

Built this little blast from the past today. It’s funny to imagine all these little guys sitting here waiting for a few decades for the next battle.

Wife played bumper cars earlier in the year (main damage in the lower left hand corner of pic 1) and finally had some time to complete the repair. The lowest price a body shop offered me was $1250 for the bumper and upper and lower grill. I got all the parts online, including a color matched bumper for a grand total of $275.

Took in two rescues today. Think they are just two weeks or so. I think I have a family for them already, will have to get them off the bottle first. I have been fostering 10 years now but stopped once covid hit. Nice to be back at it.

7261 Clone Turbo Tank (non-light up Mace). This set has been a white whale of mine for a while, finally found a mostly complete one for a good price. I thought the build was great and it displays very well, I was surprised at the footprint of it overall. Looks like a centipede atat from the way the picture was taken

Rainforest by Jez Rider [Insta: Jezbags]

Birds 21301 alternate builds by Iain Heath

This one mostly fits into this topic. Here's an alternate take on the Sea Cow: I Think I Built My Sea Cow Wrong

Here is a large collection of alternatives made from Benny's Spaceship.

21109 Recon Surface Rover by damoncorso