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In LEGO, calsbricks writes:

Effective 1 Jan 2022 large cup prices have increased from £11.24 each to £14.24
each (That is on using returned cups). 30% ish hike

Hmmmm

That could be good news for Bricklink stores other than those that source inventory
from PAB walls of course!

Robert

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 17, 2022 08:35

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New UK Prices on PAB cups

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Effective 1 Jan 2022 large cup prices have increased from £11.24 each to £14.24
each (That is on using returned cups). 30% ish hike

Hmmmm

Author:

Sadler_Bricks

Posted:

Jan 17, 2022 02:21

Subject:

Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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This is actually really nice and some nice visuals woyld be a shame to take a
part

Sadler_bricks

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jan 16, 2022 20:15

Subject:

Re: HaulingBricks Latest Trucks

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In My Own Creation, HaulingBricks writes:

Hello,

I'm still around making truck designs. I actually just finished a super
rad Concrete Mixer Truck design. Definitely worth checking out. I've shared
a link to my gallery if anyone is interested.

As always, post your own links to your trucks and I would love to see them and
give feedback!

Keep Hauling!

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/public_gallery.page?idUser=1907245

wow these are great. I'm a big fan of vehicles, sadly I'm not creative
enough to make my own

Thanks for sharing

Author:

Sadler_Bricks

Posted:

Jan 16, 2022 06:24

Subject:

Re: HaulingBricks Latest Trucks

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Always a pleasure to see some nice trucks

Sadler_bricks

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jan 15, 2022 17:07

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Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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In My Own Creation, pollie1213 writes:

Just finished and shared our latest scenery...and I must say, I really enjoyed
building this one the last 3 years. We had so much fun rebuilding our childhood
favorite sets. Combining them with Mocs and more contemporary sets was a so much
fun.

I shared the images on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/polliebricks/8H48M5

Hope you find some joy in watching them.

Next step, taking it all apart again and deciding what to build next

GORGEOUS.

Thank you for sharing!

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Jan 15, 2022 14:28

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Re: Clutch power on minifgures

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In LEGO, westacc6 writes:

Hello guys, I have a question.
Is it better to keep minifigures assembled or not(for long time storing) in
order to prevent losing clutch power of the hair pieces/helmets?
Thanks in advance.

It's a very good question.

Always keep parts, including minifig parts, unassembled for the short or longterm,
collection or resell. The only exception is the displaying of a collection.

Be aware of the several "minifigure" clutch design considerations for aging ABS:
the headgear to the head (precarious in design), the head opening to the torso
stem, the unique torso clutch design for the leg assembly, the unique clutch
design for the legs to the hips. To go on, the unique clutch design of the hands
and arms... you get the picture

-popsicle

Author:

westacc6

Posted:

Jan 15, 2022 14:00

Subject:

Clutch power on minifgures

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Hello guys, I have a question.
Is it better to keep minifigures assembled or not(for long time storing) in
order to prevent losing clutch power of the hair pieces/helmets?
Thanks in advance.

Author:

pitz8008

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 22:46

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Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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In My Own Creation, pollie1213 writes:

Pretty flipping spectacular. May I suggest a Castle masterpiece as well.

Author:

JRBricks

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 13:11

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Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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Where's the like button

Author:

infinibrix

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 13:03

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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One thing I've always found odd is that you can buy a plain pair of legs
on PAB for 36p but on BAP many of those same colours are around 58p so things
like that need leveling up for sure as it doesn't look good on Lego from
a customer perspective to be charged differently based on how they shop so they
are doing the right thing in that regards

In truth much of their pricing structure needs reviewing anyway as far as I can
see as some of it just doesn't make sense. I mean why are plain medium black
legs 3 times the price of standard black legs? (Similar design yet dont even
require as much plastic!)

I do accept that it makes sense that the pricing of a part should be influenced
by the number of sets the production run is catering for. A single part manufactured
for only one set is obviously not as efficient use of resources compared with
a production run of a part that is being used multiple times in lots of different
sets but those black medium legs are used a lot of times over now!

I would of thought pricing should be based on other factors too including cost
of molds, complexity of part, volume of materials/processes required to make
said part and potentially a difference in the cost of producing certain colours
though Lego have pretty much already said that they plan to make the price of
colours consistent?

Either way it sometimes feels like they just pull a price out of a hat as there
are certainly a lot of anomalies between the cost of similar parts where the
factors I've mentioned don't always seem to have any baring on pricing
structure at all

Author:

CLBoyce

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 12:57

Subject:

Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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That all looks awesome, thank you for sharing!

Author:

Brickwilbo

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 12:28

Subject:

Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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In My Own Creation, pollie1213 writes:

❤️👍

Author:

pollie1213

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 12:25

Subject:

Re: Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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In My Own Creation, pollie1213 writes:

Author:

pollie1213

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 12:19

Subject:

Pirates, Imperial Soldiers & Islanders large

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Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 09:13

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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In LEGO, bricksonmove writes:

In LEGO, yorbrick writes:

Overall, it will not be good for us.
With BL's data, it will be easier to adjust prices and quantities to the
market and, most importantly, they will be unbeatable for us in terms of shipping
costs.

Are you thinking that they will adjust their official prices based on the selling
prices here? I doubt that will happen, as they have said that they will have
consistent prices for the same part in different colours, whereas that doesn't
happen on BL.

Gave you an example of the above 1 x 2 plates most of them go for less that
lego atm... This will 1 they will target I am picking... A week or so will
tell after they do the change to USA and Canada to see what they do with pricing....

I don't think they will work like that, trying to undercut the secondary
market. Their primary goal is to sell sets, not parts. They tend to fix their
part prices on PAB/BandP and rarely change them, I cannot see them changing them
every week monitoring sales here. There are some parts in some colours that tend
to be very cheap here because they are not wanted but expensive there because
of the manufacturing price. They have also said they aim for price consistency
across the same part, so they cannot price match the price of all colours.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 09:04

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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Agreed to a certain extent but not in shipping times (Unless they alter that
as well)- If we have access to the items on PAB walls then they will also have
a hard time competing with BL Price. For example look at 2 x 4 bricks. You can
get 110 in a large cup. Over here that is 10p each roughly. Find a 2 x 4 on TLG
PAB or B&P at that price. So it may well just be swings and roundabouts but BL
delivery will always be better.

If you are buying for yourself and you stack them, you can get 165+ 2x4 bricks
in a large cup. But of course it is the online PAB price that matters - LEGO
charges 19p a brick and I doubt that will change, so substantially more than
at the PAB wall and here.

What might happen though is that parts that are common in one colour but rare
in another are affected. If they bring out, for example the masonry brick in
a new colour in just one set (like they did reddish brown in Home Alone) then
that will be priced consistently across colours at LEGO online (currently 13p)
and that will essentially set the maximum price of the 'rare' colour
here. Assuming, that is, that they stock the brick in that colour.

Author:

bricksonmove

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 08:20

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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In LEGO, yorbrick writes:

Overall, it will not be good for us.
With BL's data, it will be easier to adjust prices and quantities to the
market and, most importantly, they will be unbeatable for us in terms of shipping
costs.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 08:18

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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In LEGO, Dino1 writes:

In LEGO, calsbricks writes:

Could it possibly be a good thing for PAB & B&P merging? Currently the TLG Retail
store managers are restricted to an order form which only allows them to choose
a limited number of items from the 1600 that are available to PAB. With the addition
of the B&P elements might they have a wider choice to make available? Is that
good or not so good. Depends on how you want to look at ir really.

Overall, it will not be good for us.
With BL's data, it will be easier to adjust prices and quantities to the
market and, most importantly, they will be unbeatable for us in terms of shipping
costs.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 07:58

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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Overall, it will not be good for us.
With BL's data, it will be easier to adjust prices and quantities to the
market and, most importantly, they will be unbeatable for us in terms of shipping
costs.

Author:

Dino

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 07:55

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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In LEGO, calsbricks writes:

Overall, it will not be good for us.
With BL's data, it will be easier to adjust prices and quantities to the
market and, most importantly, they will be unbeatable for us in terms of shipping
costs.

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 07:55

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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Another issue concerns the current limitation to 200 of each part that you order
from B&P. That limit is not in PAB. So what will be the new limit?

No doubt they will say when the service goes live. And maybe they will fix the
workarounds that allow you to order more than whatever limits they set in a single
order.

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 07:46

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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In LEGO, manganschlamm writes:

In LEGO, calsbricks writes:

Another issue concerns the current limitation to 200 of each part that you order
from B&P. That limit is not in PAB. So what will be the new limit?

Obviously you mean online as there will not be a limit if bought through a Lego
retail store.

There are ways of going over the 200 limit on line. We have done that on a number
of occasions

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 06:50

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1322398

In LEGO, calsbricks writes:

Author:

manganschlamm

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 06:48

Subject:

Re: PAB & B&P Merging

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In LEGO, calsbricks writes:

Another issue concerns the current limitation to 200 of each part that you order
from B&P. That limit is not in PAB. So what will be the new limit?

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Jan 14, 2022 06:20

Subject:

PAB & B&P Merging

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Author:

Nannan

Posted:

Jan 13, 2022 12:57

Subject:

Most expensive nonproduction part?

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Hi all,
What has been the most expensive nonproduction part that you have seen sold?
5 years ago I sold a pair of red clone trooper helmets for $400 each. The same
buyer now wants to buy a dark gray snowtrooper helmet and a red rebel helmet.
They're the only copies I have and I got from a friend in Denmark many years
ago, so I don't know what they are worth. If there's any anecdotes on
these high-end nonproduction parts it may help me make a decision on whether
to sell or not.

-Nannan

Author:

Stuart9

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 18:26

Subject:

Re: HO scale

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Apparently the shorter version is 52mm in length ( base ), longer version is
56mm.

In LEGO, legoman1952 writes:

Can someone tell me what is the difference between short and long version of
VW 1:87 scale?

Author:

legoman1952

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 17:47

Subject:

HO scale

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Can someone tell me what is the difference between short and long version of
VW 1:87 scale?

Author:

KickBrick.

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 10:35

Subject:

Re: The Goats from 7189. Why so expensive??

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In LEGO, cycbuild writes:

In LEGO, KickBrick. writes:

The cheapest US sale on BrickLink is $88!

What are the reasons as to why a single goat piece is that expensive?

Lego is a confusioningly expensive product.

"The story behind the goat that fetches said $50 is that it only appeared in
one set and unlike the horse which comes in other sets just with different print,
the goat was a one and done release from that mold. The reason why it was never
released ever again is not because Lego didn't want to, which would not make
sense anyway from the cost of mold manufacture cost, but because the mold was
damaged." -Miro78

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1209441

Thanks for the info and link! That was a fun forum to read!

Author:

kamasz263

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 06:47

Subject:

Misprint of Max Villano's head (adv012)

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Hi, I noticed that my Max Villano figure has his head printed as a mirror image.
Has anyone experienced this situation before? I attach a photo.

Head 3626bpx93
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3626bpx93&in=M

Author:

ianmiller

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 06:11

Subject:

Re: The Goats from 7189. Why so expensive??

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In LEGO, KickBrick. writes:

The cheapest US sale on BrickLink is $88!

What are the reasons as to why a single goat piece is that expensive?

Lego is a confusioningly expensive product.

Reckon you could buy a real goat for $88.00

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 05:42

Subject:

Re: The Goats from 7189. Why so expensive??

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Lego is a confusioningly expensive product.

Only on high demand and low supply items.

There are 1000s of LEGO parts of similar size that can be had for under 10c.

Author:

cycbuild

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 00:18

Subject:

Re: The Goats from 7189. Why so expensive??

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In LEGO, KickBrick. writes:

The cheapest US sale on BrickLink is $88!

What are the reasons as to why a single goat piece is that expensive?

Lego is a confusioningly expensive product.

Author:

KickBrick.

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 00:09

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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What site did you buy the Lego Bulk?

Looking for a site to buy truly random mixture of bricks and figures. Instead
of pre sorted mixtures of just bricks.

Author:

KickBrick.

Posted:

Jan 8, 2022 00:04

Subject:

The Goats from 7189. Why so expensive??

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The cheapest US sale on BrickLink is $88!

What are the reasons as to why a single goat piece is that expensive?

Lego is a confusioningly expensive product.

Author:

Ziegelmeister

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 20:15

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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In LEGO, pcthurman writes:

In LEGO, Yellow.Brick writes:

In LEGO, pcthurman writes:

It is not often that I find sealed bags in a collection I have bought. Recently
I bought a 160 lb. collection that was advertised as mostly Star Wars and Super
Heroes. There were several zip bags that were unmarked and had pieces. 1 of those
had 100 or so pieces in it with 2 minifigures from 75827 Firehouse Headquarters.
The pieces in the bag all go to this set. Later in a second box from this collection
I found several sealed bags that I believe go to the Firehouse. Is there a site
that I can find out how many sealed bags and/or loose pieces came in the box
and what the numbers of the bags are?
.
As an aside, should all sealed bags in a Lego set have the same year printed
on them? IE: 2015 The Lego Group

Thanks in advance for any help!
Cass T

Looks like 14 bags.

https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6164663.pdf

The bags are numbered to 14 but there are actually 42 bags in total as some of
the numbers have multiple!
Sadly, there were only 14 total sealed bags in this collection.

Oh I see, I misunderstood your question.

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 19:51

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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In LEGO, Yellow.Brick writes:

In LEGO, pcthurman writes:

Looks like 14 bags.

https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6164663.pdf

The bags are numbered to 14 but there are actually 42 bags in total as some of
the numbers have multiple!
Sadly, there were only 14 total sealed bags in this collection.

Author:

BuildMoreLego

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 19:07

Subject:

Instructions for Invisible Lift

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Hi - I'm trying to build Berthil's version of Akiyuki's invisible
lift. Can any one point me to instructions for this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jycOS8zdQ

Thanks !!

Author:

Ziegelmeister

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 18:22

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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In LEGO, pcthurman writes:

Looks like 14 bags.

https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6164663.pdf

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 17:08

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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In LEGO, BrickBros20 writes:

https://youtu.be/dLqAVsoAkso

Thank you!

Author:

BrickBros20

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 16:58

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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https://youtu.be/dLqAVsoAkso

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 15:50

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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In LEGO, BrickBros20 writes:

In LEGO, pcthurman writes:

This video is helpful for checking the bag counts

~Brick Brothers

Can you post the video please?

Author:

BrickBros20

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 15:38

Subject:

Re: 75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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In LEGO, pcthurman writes:

This video is helpful for checking the bag counts

~Brick Brothers

Author:

pcthurman

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 15:28

Subject:

75827 Firehouse Headquarters

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Author:

brickearther

Posted:

Jan 7, 2022 07:08

Subject:

Re: Bricks and Pieces

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They need to have stronger limits per account for B&P, especially for new items.

In LEGO, Fragty writes:

I can't answer all your questions, but I believe they upload the set inventories
the moment they become available for purchase to the public.
It is so that customers who have broken/missing pieces in those sets can get
them through the customer service on the site.

When the parts will be in stock to order on B&P, I do not know. That could take
weeks, maybe even months.

And you are probably right about the bots, that makes most sense. Or else some
very dedicated fella did upload almost 1000 new parts to brickset today

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Jan 6, 2022 13:19

Subject:

Re: Minifig variations?

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In LEGO, tanaskoviak writes:

In LEGO, yorbrick writes:

In LEGO, tanaskoviak writes:

Hello All - I have a question about a particular minifig that is in the catalog.
It is pln056 from set 670-1. The catalog shows vest chevrons pointing up, a
red helmet, a blue torso and black legs.

I have a "version" with vest chevrons pointing up, a red helmet, a BLACK TORSO
and BLUE LEGS.

Is this a variation of pln056 or a different figure . . .

Thanks for any and all help!

Sounds like someone switched a red torso for a black one. The vest part can easily
be taken off and put on another torso.

Thanks, but that must have been done at the factory(?) because is from a kit
that I had as a kid in the late `70s . . .

Was it sealed until today? Or do you remember everything you did with it as a
kid 40+ years ago and know for sure nobody else could have done it when you weren't
looking?

Author:

tanaskoviak

Posted:

Jan 6, 2022 11:43

Subject:

Re: Minifig variations?

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