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I just found another Lego store near me. I live in the San Francisco suburbs. The Bay Area. I believe San Jose has a used Lego store. There are none in San Francisco. But my area has 4! That's crazy. There are only 4 The Lego Stores in the Bay Area and I have 4 used stores near me. What is your area like? I'm really curious what SoCal is like. There must be a bunch down there.
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Sep 26, 2017 23:16
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Waltzing Along posted:I just found another Lego store near me. Hey, I live in San Jose.
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Sep 26, 2017 23:21
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I live in SF. Sometimes there are legos at the children's consignment store we go to. Also, there is a person in inner sunset/cole valley area who clearly runs a lego arbitrage business out of their garage, if you look at craigslist regularly for legos in SF they account for 1/4 of all listings. I wonder if they will someday be the victim of lego theft or if they are the retail fence end of a bay area criminal conspiracy in lego form. They charge pretty much exactly retail for sets in production, high markups for retired sets. It's weird. Should we have bay area legoons meetup?
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Sep 27, 2017 00:21
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Hermsgervørden posted:I live in SF. Sometimes there are legos at the children's consignment store we go to. Also, there is a person in inner sunset/cole valley area who clearly runs a lego arbitrage business out of their garage, if you look at craigslist regularly for legos in SF they account for 1/4 of all listings. I wonder if they will someday be the victim of lego theft or if they are the retail fence end of a bay area criminal conspiracy in lego form. They charge pretty much exactly retail for sets in production, high markups for retired sets. Anyone can buy directly from Lego. You just have to do an order of 50k, I believe. So you buy 50k in product, sell it on ebay/wherever at whatever price you want. There's a guy in Alameda who does it. I bought a couple new sets from him once at much below retail and he explained it to me. Probably a good way to launder $$ as well.
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Sep 27, 2017 00:46
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Waltzing Along posted:Anyone can buy directly from Lego. You just have to do an order of 50k, I believe. So you buy 50k in product, sell it on ebay/wherever at whatever price you want. There's a guy in Alameda who does it. I bought a couple new sets from him once at much below retail and he explained it to me. Probably a good way to launder $$ as well. Pretty sure those were stolen.
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Sep 27, 2017 01:08
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veni veni veni posted:Pretty sure those were stolen. I doubt it. Guy knew too much about the system and had too much inventory to be some small time crook. Plus he still lists things on CL pretty consistently. I actually found him on ebay the first time. Anyway, is Pirate Ship Ambush a lovely set? It's been out of print a few years, it's a ship, and it has barely climbed in value. You can get it for pretty much what it cost at release still. Seems a bit odd for a ship.
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Sep 27, 2017 14:51
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Finally finished the Ninjago Movie Destiny's Bounty, and drat. That is one highly detailed and intricate set, and it just looks properly amazing all together. If I have any quibbles it's the usual thing about stickers, but there's not so many of them. Also, I was imaging that the sails were going to be much larger, but oh well, I can deal, the rest is all so good.
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Sep 27, 2017 23:26
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I might get it this weekend, as there's another £10 off at Smyths...
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Sep 27, 2017 23:30
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Marmaduke! posted:I might get it this weekend, as there's another £10 off at Smyths... But it's back up to £109, rather than £75 
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Sep 27, 2017 23:33
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First time seeing this hunk of junk in person. It is sweet. 
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Sep 28, 2017 02:32
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No, this is a junk:
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Sep 28, 2017 10:53
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The_Doctor posted:But it's back up to £109, rather than £75 Easy come easy go!
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Sep 28, 2017 13:25
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tomapot posted:First time seeing this hunk of junk in person. It is sweet. My head keeps saying no, but my heart says yes. My wallet and stock availability also says no. So close.
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Sep 28, 2017 14:31
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My head says no. My heart says no. My wallet says if you can resell it for a small profit and get some free VIP points out of it yes. My laziness says that's a couple hours of work to go get it and find some moron to buy it so no. No.
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Sep 28, 2017 14:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRuIJzTzBCw
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Sep 28, 2017 14:57
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Humphreys posted:My head keeps saying no, but my heart says yes. My wallet and stock availability also says no. So close. My plan is to stage a slip and fall in a Lego store and tell them I won't sue if they give me a falcon.
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Sep 28, 2017 15:08
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veni veni veni posted:My plan is to stage a slip and fall in a Lego store and tell them I won't sue if they give me a falcon. I have stood on random floor Lego in a Lego store.
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Sep 28, 2017 15:16
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The_Doctor posted:I have stood on random floor Lego in a Lego store. I was going to say. Just walk by the pick a brick in sandals.
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Sep 28, 2017 15:32
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The extent of my commitment to the new falcon is adding it to my christmas wishlist and forgetting about it. It's all in the hands of my family now, do they have $800 worth of love for me or not?
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Sep 28, 2017 15:51
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Got an update today about Millennium Falcon from Lego:Lego posted:As you may know, the new LEGO® Star Wars™ Millennium Falcon (75192), our largest LEGO set ever, went on sale exclusively to VIP Members on September 14. We are very excited that we received such a positive response from fans like yourself, it exceeded all of our expectations! Unfortunately, that also means the first batch has already sold out. So I guess chances of getting one this year are pretty much zero. Heck, they still haven't been able to even get Saturn V properly back in stock, so...
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Sep 28, 2017 17:15
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veni veni veni posted:My plan is to stage a slip and fall in a Lego store and tell them I won't sue if they give me a falcon. Stage the fall near their demo Falcon and happen to reflexively pull it down with you for support as you fall.
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Sep 28, 2017 17:24
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Habibi posted:Stage the fall near their demo Falcon and happen to reflexively pull it down with you for support as you fall. He will be crushed.
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Sep 28, 2017 18:40
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PriorMarcus posted:He will be crushed. Bet he'll get two free ones, then.
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Sep 28, 2017 19:25
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I wonder if II can backorder one, get the VIP card, then cancel the order before it ever gets close to shipping.
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Sep 28, 2017 20:37
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Spotted on the reddit: https://imgur.com/gallery/4WecC  do want
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Sep 28, 2017 21:52
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xzzy posted:Spotted on the reddit: "And here, the young remain close to their mother, nuzzling her for warmth and food. Both of which will soon be in short supply as winter encroaches on the upper climes of the Kessel run."
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Sep 28, 2017 23:09
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I'll get one next year. This year I want a new tablet.
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Sep 28, 2017 23:28
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The TRANSPARENT ORANGE CHAINSAW sticking out of the side of the top turret on the Ice Planet one is inspired.
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Sep 28, 2017 23:28
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Sockser posted:The TRANSPARENT ORANGE CHAINSAW sticking out of the side of the top turret on the Ice Planet one is inspired. Holy poo poo :masterstroke:
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Sep 29, 2017 02:15
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Quick opinion check on that ship I posted last week. I just redid a few small details and there's 2 that I'm not sure of. 1. the sand blue 2x4 on the wings (which was previously all gray) and 2. the blue hoses. I'm not sure if I like it more or I overdid it. I like the sand blue tiles but I feel like it loses some of the classic space-ness since there is already so little gray. And I like the blue hoses but I can't really tell if it feels like overkill. Thoughts Previous version for reference. I know the differences are tiny but I'm pretty  about this stuff.
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Sep 29, 2017 04:40
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The new blue is cool & good. As are the extended wingtips.
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Sep 29, 2017 04:45
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Someone did a series of planes that looked kinda like Crimson Skies as an Ideas set and they looked super awesome and got no support, but we got a bloody Big Bang Theory diorama. Ideas is stupid.
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Sep 29, 2017 04:55
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I think it looks good, but the wings look a bit flimsy in comparison to the fuselage.
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Sep 29, 2017 04:59
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EvilJoven posted:Someone did a series of planes that looked kinda like Crimson Skies as an Ideas set and they looked super awesome and got no support, but we got a bloody Big Bang Theory diorama. Nah, there are more good sets than bad. Curiosity, Caterham, Apollo 9, Fishing Store are all great sets.
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Sep 29, 2017 11:17
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Are there sales figures on the brickheadz? The idea was somewhat interesting but none of those first runs appealed to me at all. Was hoping to see some new ones pop up but it's been a while. Assuming they tanked?
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Sep 29, 2017 16:43
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Well this was a hell of a thrift store find today
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Sep 29, 2017 18:07
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I keep meaning to make a habit of browsing resale shops and garage sales, but I got this weird thing about walking into a place, browsing, and leaving. Plus almost every store near me is a goodwill, and any time they get lego it's posted in their online store to be auctioned off because they know it's in high demand.
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Sep 29, 2017 18:13
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Lego scores are definitely few and far between. I think the last time I found a boxed Lego set was almost 2 years ago, and I try to go to thrift shops pretty often.
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Sep 29, 2017 18:20
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pzy posted:Well this was a hell of a thrift store find today So are you going to keep it because if your looking at reselling it..... Awesome find though, old school Lego ships are so my thing. Rythe fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Sep 29, 2017 |
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Sep 29, 2017 19:27
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Rythe posted:So are you going to keep it because of your looking at reselling it..... I am about to sell a few: Black Seas Barracuda Skulls Eye Schooner Renegade Runner Cross Bone Clipper (no instructions on this one) pzy posted:Well this was a hell of a thrift store find today How much was it? Is it 100%?
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