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Wow, that's really disappointing. I shouldn't have hesitated when it first came out. I just assumed it would be available at The Lego Store in the mall as I can still by a BTTF set or the Minecraft set today. When I realized it would be online only I was waiting for it to come back in stock to order it. Now it seems I missed it completely.

Chrome Stormtrooper is my favorite.

Great ideas. It's that kind of thinking that gets me buying more Lego than I normally would have.

I was at a Legoland Discovery Center in Atlanta, GA this weeekend and notice a couple of larger zip-lock bags. At first I thought it was a new larger grab bag, but it wasn't taped closed or anything. I suppose it would have been good to ask about it, but I was in a rush. I was thinking that it was a different way to get PAB pieces. I wonder if they charge by weight?

Recently I wanted to go see a comedy and I regret choosing The Watch over Ted. The Watch was just OK, but I'd recommend anyone to simply rent it later on. I see that Ted has been getting much better reviews.

In stores like Walmart you can select to decline to bag your item. This is for larger bulky items that don't fit in standard grocery bags. It essentially overrides the weight sensors. Of course if you do it too many times during a single checkout you need a store clerk to override it for you.

I agree, since he paid so little for it selling it at any kind of price most would consider a fair to good deal should net him some extra money.

He's retro with a late 80's/early 90's cell phone.

I clicked around and saw that the Shell Hong Kong & Macau official webpage has an official English version. It's nice to read the official translation as opposed to relying on the automatic translate function of my web browser. http://www.shell.com.hk/home/content/hkg-en/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/lego_ferrari_model_collection_tpkg/ Some interesting and fun links on that page. Here are the promo details for Hong Kong. I suppose there will be similar details when this goes global. http://www.shell.com.hk/home/content/hkg-en/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/lego_ferrari_model_collection_tpkg/ferrari_showroom/about/ Here's a quick little virtual building game. http://www.shell.com.hk/home/content/hkg-en/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/lego_ferrari_model_collection_tpkg/build_collection/ Here's the offical Shell TV ad.

I was able to click through and find the official English version of the Hong Kong Shell promo webpage. http://www.shell.com.hk/home/content/hkg-en/products_services/on_the_road/fuels/lego_ferrari_model_collection_tpkg/ if you click further in the "about the promotion" link you get this info.

Actually, it is very insightful to me. I can't really find much info about these sets and I am very interested in getting all of them. I didn't know about the minifigures or that the leaflet turns into a starting grid. I also wasn't aware that they had a pullback feature. If I'm not mistaken those look like new torso stickers for the Ferrari race crew. The torsos are typically stickers in the Ferrari sets. It would be cool if they were printed, but I can see that they are all stickers. So, I gather that if you collect all 6 cars you can take the empty packages(?)to a participating Shell station and get the set of minifigures? Do you also have to buy gas for the minifigures, or do you simply pay for them, or both? I look forward to seeing all the cars reviewed if you are able to do so. Since they are basically Disney Cars scaled I may look into getting 1 or 2 Cars sets that may serve as a backdrop to display these. Now that I think about it, I should have bought the 8486 Mack's Team Truck set when I saw it on clearance. It could easily be converted into a similar scaled Ferrari truck with some sticker applications.

Hopefully, someone can confirm this. I'd hate to think that they are only at Discovery Centers and not more widely available.

Most recently I picked up 9497 Republic Striker-class Starfighter. Gotta love no stickers.

I guess I'm the odd one of the bunch because I army built the heck out of the Classic Grey Alien.

I find it kind of amusing how they keep trying different techniques for Boba Fett's gun. None of them look right. They should just mold a special one and get it over with.

This is the 2nd MOC of a Batpod that clearly is much better than either of the ones in the current Lego Batman sets. Great work.

I had this happen to me when I bought an A-wing set. They listed it as complete and I found that there were a few parts missing. I made a list of the missing parts and looked up what they would cost via the Pick-a-Brick store online. I e-mailed the seller and gave them a choice of either sending me the missing parts or refunding me the cost of buying the parts and having them shipped to me. Needless to say they opted to send me the parts. It was really the principle of the matter as I probably had spare parts laying around that could be used, but they listed it as complete and I expected it to be complete. Had I known it wasn't complete I probably wouldn't even have bid on it.

How cool it would be if you could get all the parts in chrome.

This issue doesn't seem all that extreme or important.

As long as you don't go over the maximum allowed days that you are allowed to dispute the sale, then I would wait it out a bit further. If you have received nothing within a reasonable amount of time that it should have arrived, then file a claim. I'm confident you shouldn't have trouble getting your money back if the seller sent you nothing. As was mentioned, some sellers are just not good at communicating with their buyers, especially if they sell a lot of things on ebay.

That makes sense to me. I think it's a reason why I seem to enjoy these movies more than what would be considered a typical superhero movie. I was never much of a comic reader as the stories didn't seem all that compelling to me especially if they were too fantastic. Batman seemed to be a bit more grounded as far as he doesn't have actual superpowers like superman or maybe the X-men. Ditto for Iron Man. Even though they are science fiction the attempt to be somewhat grounded in reality makes the story more believable to me and therefore more interesting.

Perhaps someone who is a Lego Certified Professional would be able to do something like this. Not sure if there is some kind of list of people you could get from Lego.

I bought a Hogwarts Castle about 6 weeks ago from an ebay seller in California. They had it for $104 shipped. It didn't even occur to me at the time that it could be something they scammed from a store. I got the item and everything seemed fine. About 3 weeks later I noticed the completed listing was taken down and I got a message saying that the listig was taken down Then they gave me these options Never did really know what the issue was, but I wonder if this was someone doing something like price switching.

Wow, that's a tough one. IMO, Kingdoms Joust is more classic and perhaps you would enjoy that set many years into the future. To be honest I think the Joust set is more aesthetically pleasing, has more pieces, is a bit cheaper, and has 1 more minifigure compared to Helm's Deep. If you say that you already have some of the Kingdoms sets and none of the LOTR sets yet then I would say that it would be great to get the Kingdoms Joust to compliment your collection.

I really like the way Lego has been putting out, or planning in the future, some really decent polybags with regard to popular themes like Super Heroes, Lord of the Rings, and now Monster Fighters. Can't say I feel the same about the Star Wars polybags though. This Ghost polybag is just what the people want. A cheaper way to get a ghost minifigure without having to buy an expensive set.