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21016: Sungnyemun : 27 Jun 2012 - 19 Feb 2013 (7m 23d) 21036: Arc de Triomphe : 1 Aug 2017 - 24 Nov 2018 (1y 3m 23d) 21041: Great Wall of China : 1 Aug 2018 - 30 Nov 2019 (1y 3m 29d) 21055: Burj Khalifa: Would fall here with an EOY retirement - Set is a direct re-release of 21031, and is available in European markets only. 21023: Flatiron Building, New York : 2 May 2015 - 20 Dec 2016 (1y 7m 19d) 21035: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : 2 Apr 2017 - 19 Dec 2018 (1y 8m 17d) 21027: Berlin : 2 Jan 2016 - 19 Nov 2017 (1y 10m 17d) 21032: Sydney : 2 Jan 2017 - 25 Nov 2018 (1y 10m 22d) 21026: Venice : 2 Jan 2016 - 25 Nov 2017 (1y 10m 23d) 21022: Lincoln Memorial : 1 Jan 2015 - 5 Dec 2016 (1y 11m 3d) 21033: Chicago: 2 Jan 2017 - 11 Dec 2018 (1y 11m 7d) 21031: Burj Khalifa: 2 Jan 2016 - 18 Dec 2017 (1y 11m 15d) Dubai would be the 13th shortest with an EOY retirement (03 Jan 20 - now) SF would be 15th longest running out of 49 sets released to the public (03 Jan 20 - now)

I just received my space coin yesterday and as I am looking at this coin through this thin wrapping paper, I have come to this sudden realization that these VIP coins are really ugly.

and include payment for the water and hay for the post carriage horses ....

I do not know if they are that smart. I bet the main reason is the amount of stress on their websites having 2 popular promos/events at the same time. Their 2 IT interns were only trained to reboot 1 thing at a time: either the store or VIP page. Heavens help them if both pages are down at the same time.

Dubai definitely goes this year. NY, Tokyo and Statue of Liberty: December 2022. Brick Fanatics date leaks look like the real deal so far. Speaking of very old sets, I wouldn't load up on 31058 Mighty Dinosaur this year either.

From the reddit lego deal page... apparently in Germany LEGO Shop at Home they have these listed for sale now. Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Tapatalk

just had a DM from the guy over at brickfanatics, architecture sets leaving in 2021 san fancisco trafalgar SQ Empire state Dubai Burj Khalifa 2022 list new york staue of liberty london paris tokyo the white house 5 sets retiring seems a lot?

The fabled 1x5. Now a reality. https://brickset.com/article/59143/1x5-plate-spotted-in-vidiyo-set

I can see why Lego is discontinuing the use of black colored instructions after building this set.

I’ll start the May the 4th Be With You 2021 thread. Rumor has it Amazon will discount the Razor Crest. https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-day-deals?fbclid=IwAR1ganuOiWl72E4cAQtZQpdLcy_GexqT8-TL46l1GpLHgDm9BWYfYwHbJp4

Hopefully I can complete the LOTR collection at a reasonable cost as these have shot up in value in recent years. So far, I was able to score these this month locally. I paid $60 Canadian each for 9470 and 9471 and $15 Canadian for the 79005. In USD, that's 73 cents all together.

I would think it's easier on the interns...now they can just unplug and plug all the plugs instead of having to figure out which one is which

https://www.brickfanatics.com/the-next-lego-vip-collectible-coin-isnt-launching-on-may-1/

The Brick Fan reported on it but not sure where the info actually came from

The last coin isn't coming on May 1st. Lego now say they will give some sort of announcement to people before it drops whenever that will be. Noone needs to wait up now lol. They probably don't want the website to crash with the May the 4th promo.

Once upon a time eBay operated much like a slightly modernized flea market. eBay is trying to get away from that image but a lot of the users actually prefer it that way

Why do people constantly ask "what's your best price " when I don't even have the best offer listed?

Well this post aged well 🙂

75234 AP Walker https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYTVRXY

is it me or is everything dead? this forum has just died, its sooooo quite... sales have fallen off a cliff... plus side 20% off buses & rollercoasters...yum yum

Looks like it went back to rrp. Was able to snag 20 at discount. May come back down who knows.

It's pretty straight forward. If you have an Amazon store..should have no problem getting approved.

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Traditional Yorkshire Town House by Johan Emanuelson

Who knows. I'd be keeping an eye on the VIP Rewards page all Friday evening.

That's a metal doll high chair, I remember them from childhood, what you see is rust coming through the thin white paint on the tray there.

After careful consideration, I think it's this one. I always wanted this one, but never had it. Also looks like the hull of a pirate/imperial ship in there.

There's an older castle set in there based on the manual. But the real question is what is going on with that high chair? Looks like the kid had it's last meal in it before graduating to a normal chair, and the parents left the scraps on it as a memory.

Remember the good ol' days when a Brickset link didn't fill up 3/4 of your screen with ads and rubbish? Those were good times.

Fossils stick around. That's kinda what they do.

A wise person once told me to buy what I know. So I looked around my office (which was filled with Apple computers) so I bought AAPL stock (before the iPod existed). I still own it. That was fantastic advice. Fingers crossed as AAPL has earnings after bell close today.

I have no idea what this means. Reminds me of the quote from Good Morning Vietnam.... "Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P."

Saw this lot posted on OfferUp for $100, that Triceratops is from the recently retired JW set - it's going for $30 on it's own on Bricklink, so I went for it. Haven't fully uncrated it yet, but it's definitely got an HP Great Hall, a Garma Mecha Man, and a 75218 X-wing with Biggs. So, a good buy!

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BT-7274 and Scorch by KMX Creations

I pulled the trigger on an eBay listing for 10212 UCS Imperial Shuttle that was up for ~£119 inc. delivery. No figures or instructions visible, but as it happens I snagged a set of instructions cheaply (~£28) a couple of years ago just in case such a listing appeared. One of the pics was also detailed enough to tell that it was proper Lego and not bogus bricks. It just arrived, and looks like I lucked out here. No sign of discoloration, stickers all seem to be here, and there was even the Luke figure (albeit with the wrong hair). I have the correct hair piece, as well as the correct stormtrooper and most of the Vader figure too (just missing the right head). Looks like for less than £20 I'll have the full set of figures, putting me at about £166 for a complete set (though I'm yet to check through every single piece to make sure of that). Very pleased with this - you'd normally be lucky to get one in that condition for less than about £450.

This weekend I got home on Friday to another round of "daddy build another pirate ship". So we built 70618 Destiny's Bounty. Picked it up on Mercari for $60, with only bags 1-3 open, to allow me to sell our sealed copy. Missing the stickers, but ordered them on Bricklink this morning. All we have left pirate ship wise is the 3-in-1 creator ship, and Barracuda Bay. I assume they will be on deck soon.

FKL.3 MECH by Marco Marozzi

I built Pooh. I parted out the minifigs so the set was basically free, but it seems overpriced at $99 for what you get. The instruction book is done nicely with the classic Pooh illustrative motif, although it doesn’t come bagged and mine was ripped. Mix of printed elements and stickers. My main issue is more with Lego in general but this set maybe where they jumped the shark. It used to be neat to build a set with mostly square bricks and see the various building techniques used to make all kind of shapes and nice finished products. This set uses so many specialized elements some larger with only one point of attachment that it just seems too easy to get the end product. It also has one baffling part that I went and watched some live builds to see what others opinions were. If they give R2 a total redesign I think my point will be very evident in that set.

Switch Imp by Zane Houston

Nousagi by Ted Andes

Let's not pretend they did it for the community or the fans. Releasing the coin after the May 4th promo guarantees them that each coin code is used on another order and not combined with the May 4th promo. It also generates extra hype at a different time.

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