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Before this thread gets locked, can I just state here that I am sick and tired of Covid, riots, politics( both parties and candidates), the Russians, the Chinese, sports games without fans, Dr. Fauci, wearing masks, death counters, flies, excuses that things cannot be done because of Covid, NJ Governor Murphy, remote learning, bad bank hours, poor theatrical releases and having to use hand sanitizer 100 times a day. End of rant.

Zero. I don't find murder acceptable either in case you were wondering. However, when either occur, I expect it to be captured and put through the justice system. For voting fraud to occur, you have to have so many things go wrong. This is not a full list but some items as examples 1) Each district knows the population 2) Each district knows how their district typically votes (within deviations of course) 3) Each district knows what percentage of voters typically turn out (high, lows, etc..) 4) Each district has Multiple people watching over the election process 5) Each district has their own standards on how people can register to vote 6) Each district is within the USA and falls under our judicial system, of which, the vast majority of people know it is unlawful to illegally vote. Is it still possible to commit voter fraud. Of course it is, just like murder is possible. However , unlike murder, which I would say is very low already, it is already statistically so much lower than murder that it is a "fake outrage" that is being created. Especially when some states have been voting by mail 100% for year and years and year, w/o any issues. So what would they suddenly have one now? If voter fraud was such an issue, why even waste money on advertising, on campaign visits, on everything. Just spend the money making ballots and blowing past all those items listed above. Like Russia, where there are video's after video's of people taking ballots and just dumping them in. Let's not forget too, part of the stimulus package was more money for elections, but Republicans balked at this being included... which surprised no one. Anyone else hear about Texas reducing ballot drop off boxes to 1 per County. Which equates to 4.7MM Houston citizens that have 1 drop box to utilize. If they all chose to use the drop box, they would have to drop off 6,000+ ballots per hour every hour to meet the deadline. Imagine that for a second, 6,000 people having to drop off their ballots every hour until election to satisfy the County. Opponents say "well if you want to vote, you will drive by and drop it off, we still make time for grocery shopping". Imagine having to go buy groceries and having 6,000 people there as well within the same hour. Anyway, the answer is Zero. I don't care who you vote for, but vote and don't complain if you don't vote and don't like the outcome. EDIT: Obviously, I voted Biden. I hoped for the best with Trump, I really did. But I've been in my house for 240 days only leaving for groceries and to see my mom/dad 2 times and I'm sick of there being no f'ing plan to get us out of this. I'm tired of "putting cloth" over our face even being debatable. It's disgusting, the leadership is awful and full of BS over and over and over again. The press conferences on COVID were embarrassing. I don't care what happened or was said in the first couple weeks. There has been zero shift in plans since except spew the same dumb stuff over and over again. Scientists will save us, not this administration. When a vaccine becomes available from any company that succeeds, whomever is president will surely have it distributed after it passes all the necessary tests. Overall, I'm fed up with this timeline and look forward to another team coming in and Leading from the top to everyone, not just red states or whomever is in his trumps pocket. I'm also pissed that he steals golf revenue from us every week. We complain about the smallest things, but accept millions beyond millions just going directly to his businesses. That is not very presidential if you are trying to save the USA money when we are exceeding budgets like crazy. Anyway, go vote. I'll still be your friend if we are not on the same page here. I have kept level heads with any republican friends throughout this. I was once a republican and voted that way all the way up to 2016. (and never Scott Walker too) Take care everyone EDIT2: Sometimes I'm asked, well how would you have solved this COVID thing... Sure here goes. #1 - Have a goal. Maybe in April/May/June or July even made the serious goal of "we want to make sure our children are back in school come Sept 1" #2 - How do we obtain this goal. Severe methods vs Non-Severe methods. What are other countries doing, etc.... Select the most appropriate method and implement it across the nation. It probably would have just had to be some of the following (and others too of course): 2a... everyone who can stays at home (duh right) 2b..... everyone will be provided with enough money to pay rent/home payments, auto, etc.... and where needed food assistance including delivery of food to those most at risk (pretty much keep unemployment going + extra to those that may not qualify and to be fair to all those actually working still) 2c..... all small businesses are provide with income to continue to survive to pay their rents/expenses etc..... 2d... basically pull out all the cards to make sure nearly everyone possible is taken care of to keep the cases from going up #3... test the hell out of everyone, test them more than once, but make sure the virus is cornered. #4.... educate everyone on why this is being done and drill home the following ovre and over and over again "proper masks to wear, social distancing, we are in this together, we are getting there, be 100% honest, just be honest" #5... mail every person in America multiple masks. have a store online where citizens can buy more masks from the Post Office (help fund them too) to get creative ones or ones that fit your style, maybe you need a larger size too #6.... if needed, pay incentives to those whom are covid free (small tax credit) - this one I'm sketchy on, but I feel there could be some kind of incentive to those that continually test negative, but not Large enough to matter in the grand scheme (it's a work in progress) #7... then obviously make sure all front line workers no matter what industry they are in have the proper items to keep them from spreading anyway, these items are just things I literally wrote in the last 7 minutes. I'm not a task force, which is why I can't believe the "task" force implemented next to nothing other than "hope" for a vaccine. This is the end. I can only do so much of this, but this is also a stress reliever simply typing it out, even if you hate everything about it. That's your problem, not mine. I wanted a common solution we could all get behind. Imagine COVID was under control and only popping up in pockets here and there. Trump would have won in a landslide and even though I probably still would have voted Biden (not sure) it wouldn't have mattered as much because he took care of us...instead of watching 200k die and barely acknowledging it.

Fam loves Halloween, kiddo and I love LEGO.

Speaking of Airbnb, we're spending the rest of the week and weekend in Mariposa, a town near Yosemite. We don't want to fly anywhere so this is our "vacation". We'll be spending the day at Yosemite on Saturday. I haven't been there in 20+ years and our kids have never been there. Can't wait.

One thing to realize is that the list of sets retiring is fluid throughout the year. There are typically a few specific points during the year when changes are made, but they can adjust their production/marketing schedule at any time like they did a few weeks ago with the Harry Potter sets. Unless you have a pipeline directly to the executives at The Lego Group who are making these decisions or someone else internal that has access to them, nothing is written in stone until a set can no longer be ordered.

Mine arrived yesterday but I hadn't opened it yet. I completely forgot about the Lambo polybag until I read your post. Mine came as well. For the record, I like the collectable style box. Gives it a little more value than a typical set.

So it's in the catalog, but was only available for a few days. That's crazy, but also awesome for those who got some.

Retirement has always been speculation more than hard facts...it's a soft list which should be treated as yet another tool for investors/collectors. By the time it's fact...it's also too late. I appreciate the rumors and subsequent discussions. This thread is one of my favorites and has been very informational for me.

What did you expect with creating a thread about voting? Seriously as this is a web site about toys. When I originally saw this thread, I thought it was going to be about Lego. E.g. vote on a favorite set.

id love to know where you get your stuff from. not enough margin quick flipping, especially if you pay tax.

Yosemite is our favorite place in CA. Wife and I did all the major hikes when we were in our 30s....during SIP we got a last minute Park reservation and got to experience Vernal falls without hardly anyone else around (unheard of outside of winter) FYI, purple air is showing unhealthy air quality currently in the greater Yosemite area...should have a plan B for inside activities in the area.

After the initial high rates of death (per million) Sweden have been better than most - I expect that the end rates will be fairly similar to others countries (while being able to maintain their economy, while others have been destroyed). Countries/states that locked down hard, simply spiked up after re-opening (as the virus is quite patient). The USA has so many reasons to be a problem with the virus - From our general stupidity, selfish lifestyles, and general disregard for others. Our way of life simply makes us a enormously easy target for the virus. We also have so many elderly/sick who remain alive only through active assistance (who certainly have a hard time being able to survive the virus). I think people have been fairly decent/respectful in their comments (surprisingly).

Ha, believe me, It's the last thing I want to do. But there is no way I'm building it 3x to find the same issue again. I'll buy all the pieces to have on hand aside from their glued counterparts to have an untarnished set, but I want to actually use this thing, not just look at a broken down Six Flags ride.

head over to the ethics thread and find out!

Since you bring up California, one discussion point I always bring up is how the electorate might have voted if popular vote were counted vs the Electoral College system. As someone stated above, if you know how your state is likely to go, it feels a little like “why bother?” A Trump voter in California could feel disenfranchised because “Hilary will take the state.” If the state is pretty assuredly going to go one way or the other, how likely are you to vote? Or legitimately vote for your candidate? It goes both directions - why would a Biden voter bother to vote in their very red state? Now flip that around to a popular vote, and you may have had a different result. Not saying it is right or wrong, or that we should change the system, but under that system, you might get a more true will of the people. I have no great insight. But I do know people that stayed home because they felt that their vote didn’t matter in 2016.

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I don't think there will be many re-sellers because: 1. All the people are still full stock of T1 and probably they didn't want to buy another one (similar) 2. Everybody thought that this will stick for many years (also like the T1) 3. No leaks till now about this set retiring in 2020

Same. I thought people saying "no returns" really meant "Please don't read ebay's terms of service because I have to accept your return no matter what." I'd be careful about adding a note regarding damage because I'd rather get my item back in sellable shape than having the buyer take a baseball bat to it and then show me how damaged it was.

I am not in "don't accept return" crowd so I am not 100% sure what happens next. I am actually surprised buyer was able to open a return request with this reason when you did not accept return. Technically this request / case is pretty clear cut and eBay should back you up. Can buyer go to SNAD route afterwards? There are ways to do it, at least there used to. Would eBay still back you up then? I do not know

Definitely going for the emotional response with these statements. I tend to more focus on the societal issues surrounding Covid, and not in the typically talked about sense. Having a preexisting condition raises your chances of death/hospitalization significantly, and unfortunately America is basically a walking preexisting condition. Obesity is obviously a massive contributing factor to the death rate, with the numbers largely falling in line with the most overweight countries having the highest death rate. So when people talk about more quarantine, masks, etc., while I don't necessarily disagree, I really think eating a salad and taking a walk would likely be the best treatment of Covid (statistically this is true as the majority of conditions are based on lifestyle and are 100% preventable).

Destroying the economy destroys lives, and does cause much death. It might not show up in direct body counts, but it absolutely does show up. Suicides, murders, overdoses, and violence brought upon by financial sufferings (and isolation for those with mental health issues) can be dismissed, and the cause can easily be denied, but it is real and damaging.

Thank you @LegoMan1212, what you typed took berries and I appreciate that. I agreed with alot of your Task Force Plan. @Alpinemaps, I would say Zero fraud as well. Mistakes, ok, we can work through those. But fraud, no way jose. One of my biggest peevs about the election process is if a candidate knows they wont win the popular vote, they target the correct amount of electoral votes and then inundate those states with lies, propaganda and fear. I mean, those are tactics discussed straight out of mein kempf. Also, trying to disregard hindsight and keeping basic science and particle/dust/contaminate containment in mind, I would have kept to my same plan as we discussed back in March in the Covid thread. I would have opened up the development of a rapid test from actual companies that specialize in serology and not made it a race for profits. Also, I would have included other countries early on that had already developed a PCR based test (15 min, rare false neg/pos) and was testing tens of thousands a day before the summer (S.Korea, Japan, etc). Testing early on is key to minimize the spread, which we had plenty of time to do. Also, facemasks would have been mandatory with strict enforcement. But first things first, I would have educated the population right out of the gate. So they knew what we were up against and how good hygiene, social distancing and wearing masks are truly the only weapon we as humans have against a novel(new) virus we understand so little about(No test, vaccine or treatment). Calling the disease a hoax or 'just like the flu' gave so many nut jobs and know it alls a false sense of knowledge to actually go against the advice of scientists. Think of that for a minute. We all wasted time discussing if masks work, why cant I go to the bar or church and the death count is inflated. And we are still going around this merry-go-round as schools are dealing with clusters along with Hollywood, Pro Sports and even the WHITE HOUSE.

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Personally, I don't have any problems with mail in voting and I am solidly on the Republican side of most issues. Actually I hope that every Democrat who wants to vote decides to vote by mail. I will be voting in person on 3 Nov though. I do take issue with states that send unsolicited ballots out to every registered voter though. That is just asking for ballots to be sent to dead relatives opening up the possibility of fraud. If you want to vote by mail, what is so hard about going online and requesting a ballot be mailed? I think that our country definitely needs widespread voting reform and the first thing that I would start with is gerrymandering. And why in this digital age we are in are we still arguing about mail-in voting when we should be arguing about online voting? Surely with the advances made in digital security such as block chains (not an expert, please don't flame me haha) we should be able to ensure the integrity of online voting.

You can create duplicate listings on Amazon for products, but it is technically against the rules to do so. Sellers often do this to get the BB when they couldn't otherwise.

Ironically, some people still have not accepted the result of 2016 election

I drove from High Point NC to Troy, MI. 690 miles - started at 3:30 this a.m. Then I took a nap

My three backordered sets arrived...also 26R0. The one I got from Target a few weeks back was 27R0. Very interesting.

It's safe to say the Saturn V is the biggest catastrophe yet. Forget a tumbler scenario! There have never been more people that bought so many of a particular set. What a flood. And worst of all: not everyone knows about this yet. Wait until LEGO officially posts something. The only positive is that this will without a doubt scare people. The negative: LEGO proves again how unpredictable they are now.

In for 3!

The Viking Hideaway by Josh Nilson

I haven't built anything with LEGO in months, so these were a nice way to break that streak. I really enjoy the variety of colors and the combinations of different shapes. They really look like their source material. I just wanted these CMFs and I have no plans to build any of the sets from this series, so check back with me in 6 months to see my entire set up when I have inevitably purchased everything...

I finished the set 2 weeks ago. Followed the directions 99%. Really cool build. Will likely have a UCS release w/in 18 months I bet. Just couldn’t bring myself to having the carbonite chamber so close to the sleeping quarters. The top escape hatch was a really cool play feature added by Lego. Also likes that extra light goes into the cargo area when it’s removed.

My son has spent about 10 days putting this together during the weekends and after school. And, I've got to say its an impressive looking set.

Selling some of my personal sets I have had in storage. Built this yesterday, took some pics, tore it down today. Removing the floor tiles is a killer on the fingernails. I really like the set but I just have too many. Going to sell down some of the modulars & focus on a theme park. There are finally enough carnival sets to do a nice one. Won't abandon Simpsons entirely, kwik-e is staying.

Pieced these together from a $40 lot. Surprisingly, there were not many missing pieces. As far as I can tell, there is still one 3368 can be built from the lot and a couple of small Star Wars sets. A couple of castle figs were also found including the king and two armored horses.

Bye, Felicia!