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I have somewhat of a review after playing with this (the Starter pack) with my 7-year-old daughter. First of all, straight from her, I asked what she likes about the set, or this 'system'. She said she likes how you can make new challenging levels, you can put the different pieces in whatever places you like, and you get to connect it to your phone or iPad. Kind of generic feedback, but she's also 7. She's one that likes to customize everything in her life so I'm not surprised she likes the power in her hands of making her own levels. She also liked using the iPad for the instructions. I did not like it very much because I felt I was 'faster' than the iPad. I like how in regular instructions I can see about 4 steps in advance (4-up on the page). iPad forces me one page at a time and that slowed me down unnecessarily. Kind of like fixing something that wasn't broken. Regarding gameplay, we challenged each other on who could get the most coins. The fun part is deciding where to allocate your time. Some activities may give you a big 10 coin jackpot and then just give you one at a time, infrequently, for a while. Others give you a higher/faster rate of coins but one at a time. The bigger the set you build the less time you have (it still stays at 60 seconds regardless how many sets you buy). Some of the fun came from saying "I made this level, now you try it". So it's fun individually but playing with a partner is more fun. I don't let her use the cloud on a stick anymore... You're suppose to attach Mario and 'fly' him through the air collecting individual coins but she has one too many times attached him too loosely and Mario has fallen to the wood floor from 3 or 4 feet. That was enough of that, however he has survived any damage from drops. I will say it was much more engaging with the iPad. Yes Mario can funnction on his own and yes he'll show you how many coins you got at the end. That is truly the essence of the game (how many coins can you get before time runs out). Mario only shows you how many coins you got, the iPad goes back and tells the story. It tells you who you stomped on, in what order, and how many coins each were worth before giving your total. After playing WITH the iPad, going back to Mario-only feels very bland and edging towards boring. Somehow hearing the story of what you've done is as rewarding as knowing the total number of coins earned. More iPad feedback. When you buy sets, you can scan them in and your digital Mario "world" grows. So as I scanned in each of the character packs I bought (finally got her all 10), each got an island themed in proper decor (desert, water, etc.). Other than the character packs (which actually are a cheap way to get extra baddies), we only have the starter pack, but my daughter likes growing her digital world quite a bit in addition to rearranging the real-world set. Quality is good but the icons on the two buttons on Mario's back are starting to wear away and it doesn't seem like we've played it that much. Luckily there's only two buttons but still. Overall, I do not plan on buying all of the sets. I might get one or two more of the cheaper sets. Since the amount of time allotted per game remains fixed at 60 seconds, why buy the big Bowser set for $99 other than the fact that it looks cool? My opinion is that the starter set with a few more pieces is sufficient to fill 60 seconds of time. There is no leveling operation, i.e. no level 2, so each 60 stands alone as its own 60 seconds of game play. When she's done having her fun with this set I'll put Mario back on top of my NES and I'll re-collect back the character pack figures, and the rest will go in the generic bin of Lego pieces for future play in normal Lego fashion.

Let's do one @legoray01-style: 41318 Friends Hospital via FBA: $299.99 sale price, $41.08 buy-in after tax. No shipping costs (okay, it was part of a 300 SKU shipment that cost me $70 to send to 3 different Amazon FCs, so let's call it $1 shipping), had it in Amazon's warehouse for 2 months, so that's another "virtual" $1 in storage costs, $55.54 FBA costs, for a total net profit of $201.36, or 490% ROI. Bought in June of 2018, so about a 2 year hold.

Some of stuff that I got last few months

Received my Barracuda Bay from VIP Outlet in a huge 24x20x12 box with plenty air pillows. Obviously a return/rejected box from some retailer, but apart from a little box damage on the right side I wouldn't have any hesitation to put this on EBay over the holidays (if it weren't for the fact that this is for a personal build).

YES! A minifig of this creeper

Last week I had my first major score on Facebook Marketplace. I got all this stuff for $50. Very little in the way of instruction booklets for the Lego, (sadly no Saturn V manual) But the Villa Savoy was a happy surprise when I found it under the rocket when I got home as I'm a big Le Corbusier fan.

First image of the interior - definite similarities with 75052 but I'm quite impressed!

From the Korean Facebook LEGO page the first image was leaked, when it was announced as a VIP early sale starting 23rd of September: 1197 LEGO bricks, and 18+ designation on the box. Image enhanced:

Stopped by my local lego store to take advantage of the Brickheads GWP. Store was likely to run out today or tomorrow based on number still available. They had the 75243 Slave-1 on Sale for $95.99. Only one they had so picked that up too.

I hope not, but this can be shipped 2 pounds priority for about 8 bucks anywhere, so 88 plus Ebay fees of 10 bucks is 98, which means you're about there already assuming you paid with red card 5% off.

true, I still expected to see more of a flood considering the mental threshold of "doubling your money" is immediately available. I know mine are in carbon freeze for a while. 150 at Christmas was my plan, but plans can be altered.....

Iconic scene from arguably the best movie. Limited production. This set is a short term and long term winner.

329 live 969 sold I'm guessing most of them have been delivered by now so I'm a little shocked the quantity of live items isn't higher of course this doesn't account for those with multiple items in a buy it now option, nor the amount on Amazon. Most sale prices this past 24 hours have been 88-95 shipped. This hasnt dipped in price like I thought it would upon delivery week. 95 shipped appears to be the new floor.

Well, a couple users did laugh - but otherwise, no results on the inner workings of Jabba.

Four days ago

looks like HP GWP gone from SAH

Anyone here had a chance to buy Osprey in Amazon when initially went live? I wonder if they will fulfill my order.

Best Buy shipped in a box and they were nice enough to remove the stickers before shipping.