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Ok, it may seem hard to believe, since, when I started this topic (in December) we already had a foundation poured. But, it is true, we just got our final inspection on Thursday and have been moving in basically all week. I promised to share progress, so here it is. The first picture of the new Lego area. We have agreed that I have a 9’ x 14’ Area for the city and build desk. The ceilings are just shy of 9 feet. I think I’m gonna pop a time lapse camera up Soon so I can capture The process from raw concrete basement to Finished Lego area.

Mental note to self: When something that is fairly worthless, with an open-ended production run has an absurd valuation - Sell.

$299 USD 3772 Pieces 25 Minifigures VIP Early Access on this set starts 5/26. Part out the minifigures for an easy double up and a free set https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/daily-bugle-76178?CMP=AFC-AffiliateUS-jfOcdvfTNg4-2761375-721845-10000089

^^ This ad is still reposted every week but I may have found them a client

Yes, I agree, I believe Kingpin is more a DD rogue (even though first app is ASM #50). This set is a day 1 purchase for me. I still have a sealed #76057 with Kraven and Scorpion to add to these rouges. Plus the modified one I made a few years ago...with some of the other rogues added. However, could use an updated (bigfig) Rhino.

Well, given that there have been at least 4 different Hogwarts Castle sets of the same general variety and 4 different Hogwarts Express, I do think that there is some past performance that we can look to here. Now, I'm sure you'll say "Well, yes, but those all had at least 1 year in between releases." And my response would be "Sure, but what difference does that make? Why would the gap in between the sets be the critical factor in whether they perform well or not?" I admittedly haven't been paying much attention to the HP sets over the last few months so I may have missed something, but if the "overall better set" that you're referring to is the Great Hall & Chamber of Secrets set, you're not talking about the same set at all.

Per Jay's Brick Blog out of Australia, the Gold VIP coin will be released on 5/20. Not sure if this will be in the US also. It also looks like Lego might release another run of the coins later in the year per his latest post.

Haven't seen this here today been going on all day Target LEGO Hidden Side El Fuego's Stunt Truck Toy Truck Augmented Reality (AR) Building Set 70421 $19.24 50-52% off msrp https://www.target.com/p/lego-hidden-side-el-fuego--39-s-stunt-truck-toy-truck-augmented-reality--ar--building-set-70421/-/A-75667123

A childhood favorite.

This and “Back to the Future” are my favorites.

I'm also buying for modular city building and selling minifigs. Win win win. Great looking set. Upon closer inspection, do you need two to close it up? It doesn't look as deep as a modular on a 32x32, it looks 16 deep. Yay LEGO!

I'll take some flak as well for 2009's The Time Traveler's Wife...also Rachel McAdams.

remember when they released this polybag when Batcacave 76052 came out? Maybe trend...

My GUESS is, the Iceman license is tied to X-Men and harder to secure. Whereas Firestar, Blade, Punisher, DD are pretty much their own brand

How many Harry Potter sets in this size/price range can you name that have performed poorly after retirement?

Pretty good:

well if getting the coins the 2nd time is just as hard as this go around...I think the scarcity/rarity will be maintained....just gotta keep holding if you're not seeing the right sell price. For me it's a no brainer to keep holding these rather than "fire sale"...it's not like they take up a lot of storage space.

My favorite time travel (short) stories: - Trunks in Dragon Ball Z - All Good Things in ST TNG - Trials & Tribble-ations (DS9) - A Stitch in Time (the Outer Limits) - The Leap Home part1 (Quantum Leap) <- best last few minutes when Al told Sam how lucky he was - The end of Deadpool 2

I'm going to have to agree with @redcellhere. The new great hall coming out is nice, but the current one is a really fantastic building outside of being in the harry potter theme. It looks and feel like a more adult build to me. Also, there are still 3 sets that will persist that go with it. It's not like there isn't anything that will drive people to it. I don't see any downside to it imo.

LEGO need to make mini-posters out of the promo pictures for VIP to purchase with points. From Facebook:

Just got an email Tulips were back in stock. Went to purchase, TOOS. Lasted lest than 2hrs. Tulips, so hot right now, Tulips.

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I've seen that and I really enjoyed it too, definitely an interesting take on the concept. I don't mind time travel movies, but since my first memorable experience with them was BttF, it helps if they follow those rules. This is a fun watch for what's wrong with bringing characters back.

My wishlist in order: Kraven, Electro, & Vulture to make Sinister Six, the Lizard (90s cartoon version), Scorpion, Hobgoblin, Morbius, then maybe Kingpin. Kingpin is more of DD's rogue to me.

I'm surprised they added Firestar but no Iceman. They were in the cartoon together back in the 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_and_His_Amazing_Friends

Here comes the race to the bottom on getting rid of these. The timing of this announcement 3 days before the last coin release was a slap in the face.

This is like my dream comes true

All the bitching about the availability of these (and the space probe) may have prodded them into making more. We may have seen the last of the super limited vip items.

Of course they wait until the final coin released to make that announcement. They wanted to soak up as many VIP points as possible creating demand for something they would reprint or have a bulk of (as I don't believe they stated were actually limited, just collectable).

all lego coins going to be re released later this year... looooool

Came across this

That's the best time to buy. Here's where we are in relation to other cycles. Odds are likely in your favor. Best time to buy is now, not when everyone FOMOing in at 60k+. Then again nothing is guaranteed, just go into it long term. It's like ordering a banana muffin at a really nice restaurant, the muffin should be really good, but nothing in life is absolutely guaranteed.

I think they will go quite quick. Smyths might take longer, maybe they'll reduce them to make room for the new sets soon. I do think most people have given up on this set for potential given the new release. Given how good the new set is I think this one will be a poor performer and gains will be very minimal.

75954 is showing as 'Sold Out' on the UK website - presumably 75953 won't be far behind...

One the most awesome things about this community is how we rally to support and offer words of encouragement to one of our own in their time of need. Please stay strong ravenb99 and may you get a diagnosis soon.

Very dangerous market right now. Bitcoin feels like it has lost its power. If the bear comes & it goes down, it'll take everything down with it.

Army of Darkness & Timecop are great time travel movies.

8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress. This set has been on my want list for a long time and I finally picked one up off eBay a few weeks ago. I've always really liked the Knight's Kingdom era sets, even though this doesn't have the same level of detail as newer sets, it's a big finished product with a nice selection of minifigures. Folding cover box too! Pretty big footprint to fit in with other castle sets

It makes the ship look bigger if there's a smaller person holding it haha

Wearing a mask as a grownup is merely an inconvenience but the kid in me thought wearing a mask made me look like a train robber.

Got some Christmas light up:)

You just triggered my PTSD (Post Traumatic Steamroller Disorder) by posting that. 😂

I hit the fold-out picnic table/bench I made last summer with my minivan yesterday: https://video.nest.com/clip/effc64b9b99148068fd792f9bfe770e2.mp4 On the bright side I hit it with the tire so no damage to the car.