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Lucked out with OfferUp today. Was able to pick up a "used" (and I use this term lightly, because it looks brand new), built Daily Bugle. Complete, everything is there, all minifigs, for $200. Quite excited to have picked this up. Didn't realize how tall it is!

Lego Art World Map 31203 plus $30 Kohl's Cash $174.99

I'm afraid you might be right and I'm seriously jeopardizing the "Obvious" namesake here. It's more based on hope that my emotional purchases from LEGO direct will be justified. IRL, I've built my career on a data-driven approach, the same way you pros buy and sell LEGO unemotionally. LEGO is more therapy to me and the career sustains the addiction. Currently compiling an Excel sheet of my LEGO store and LEGO.com purchases, rewards redeemed, and profit made from selling my Loyalty rewards. It's not looking good at all... Reality is, in order to get points, you have to buy direct from LEGO which means full retail price. I can't tell you how much it hurts when I go to the "Daily Deals" page on BP only to see the set I just bought from LEGO is selling on Amazon at 20% off. So in order for rewards to be worth it, you have to take into account that 20% loss. Even with my "big win" rewards followed by many "break evens" if not losses, I'm afraid getting the sets at 20% off on Amazon is about par to what you get with the reward profit unless you cherry picked the rewards correctly (I redeem most of the rewards to spread the chips out). The only way the Loyalty program works out is if you get a very big winner like the Batpod. Stay tuned for the Excel sheet, there's no way to polish that turd. The numbers will speak for themselves. In the meantime, I'm starting to think the Amazon route is the way to go. The only caveat being, is that you can't control the quality of the box from Amazon which is a big deal to us collectors. That needs to be factored in too when considering the overall profit margin if you were to sell your whole collection tomorrow.

I’m getting used to it, but the number of clicks to perform simple data entry is annoying. In fact, everything on eBay is annoying, but I eventually get used to it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Easy mistake to make with these digits, but 02R1 is 2nd Week of 2021.

That one's on the Min Profit list.

Just pulled the trigger on this - £491 from John Lewis. First time (I'm aware of) that it's gone below £500 from a mainstream UK retailer. Supposedly retiring at the end of the year so I doubt that there will be too many more opportunities to get it at this price. Always risky to wait.

I sent in a complaint saying this was created to bypass seller restrictions. Look at it today and it’s sold and shipped by Amazon. #1 seller in Laptop Computer replacement parts. LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Moment: Defence Class 76397 Building Kit; Collectible Classroom Playset for Ages 8+ (257 Pieces) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JKWFN2Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NVDK37PHGPXD3F85PEVH

And you believed them? The new official box art pics are up at Lego and Pirelli is still on the stickers just not on the wheels of this set due to a change in sponsorship to Google. The other stickers changed or removed was because they are no longer McLaren sponsors. It is not a Lego issue but a McLaren issue as Pirelli remains on the wheels of the Mercedes F1 SC set.

$174.99 (was $249.99) plus $30 in Kohl’s cash plus for me $5 in Kohl’s cash for in-store pickup. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I get better boxes from Amazon than lego.com I've said it before, the days of big nice exclusive VIP rewards that can be directly redeemed are over in my opinion. LEGO wishes it could get a mulligan on the batpod. Would have been way better for them to raffle it off like all the other premium VIP items. The adidas shoe was an outlier as well. And not even that great.

A-Wings are actually A-Wings, thanks! 02R1 yet minty fresh, I wonder where they found these.

I'm disappointed in the Dumbledore's Office, I feel like the spiral staircase is an important element to that and they just skipped it. They somehow literally did a better job twenty years ago, IMO.

My sister used her cricut to make me a Space logo sweatshirt for Christmas that should go well with that space cap.

'New article soon' ended up being 4 days! 75192 Millennium Falcon is now a 7 year run minimum. 2024 is the scheduled date.

Updated Brick Fanatics list: https://www.brickfanatics.com/every-lego-set-retiring-in-2022-april-update/

Thought this was pretty awesome... https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/18/zelensky-molotov-cocktail-lego-figurine-aid-ukraine/

Yesterday, I did my fourth round of Medieval Castle from Vitacost with Honey. This one was actually the best offer $20 plus 10% CB on the $100 not the discount. The other three were all $25 plus 2-4% CB. All have 1% PP CB as well so 28-31% off this set that hasn’t gone on sale at any major retailers yet. The funds are available in 8 days and I cash them out and use them towards the next purchase.

I disagree. I think Lego will never offer something for that many points again. They prefer now to let you buy raffle tickets with your points. Could be wrong, but that is my gut feeling. They get bitched at too much when they have limited run items as it is. Vip points for raffle tickets is the most egalitarian way to do rare items for them.