mostlytechnic

Updated with stuff that's sold and new Technic sets that I've gotten inventoried. Also left feedbacks for the trades I've done so far.

Have to say +1 to Masked Builder, typo, and Crazedwookie for some nice deals this week.

Fantastic - definitely putting one in my town!

My version, a bit larger: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=59178

Love it. Bookmarked cause my town needs one :)

I believe I did get 1x2x2 panels (not at home to check them right now). However, 1x2x3 DO exist: Bricklink listing in both Dino HQ and Portal of Atlantis.

You can't use PMs yet and have your email private - so if you're interested, please email me at tim (at) mostlytechnic dot com to discuss the trade. Oh, and please turn caps-lock off :)

Woolie didn't photoshop it, at least didn't say he did. In fact, he explains how he took his Maersk outside and used a flashlight to get the lighting for the shot. That looks legit to me.

The count from the final freebie holiday box the other day: 15 6x8 green plates 77 1x1x5 white bricks 33 trans-clear 2x3 panels 162 flower stems 4 bamboo leaves that were mixed into the flower stem bin IMAG0260 by mostlytechnic, on Flickr Then I also filled a large cup - no photos, but got about 40 1x16 white bricks, a bunch of red slope 45 2x4, a big bunch of white 1x2x1 panels, and some more flower stems to fill it up.

A quick googling finds an article in the journal "Health Physics" where they determined that "It is concluded that all surface-emitting LEDs and IREDs will be judged safe by applying the ICNIRP ELs for incoherent radiation as well as by the recommendations of CIE TC 6-38 (Lamp Safety) for realistic viewing conditions. This conclusion applies to any LED device which does not have optical gain. Only because of the extraordinary worst-case assumptions built into some current product safety standards could one reach the conclusion that an LED or IRED poses a retinal hazard." (http://www.icnirp.de/documents/Led.pdf) Basically, there ARE regulations in Europe that determine what warnings must be on lights. I have no doubt that Lego is in full compliance; therefore, the LEDs they use are not hazardous. They are using standard cheap LEDs, not some high-powered ones that need warnings.

Fill my last freebie holiday box last night. Got a bunch of 1x1x5 brick in white, 1x2x2 panel in clear, 6x8 plate in green, and flower stems in green. I had kiddos with me, so I couldn't be terribly picky in packing (and I didn't want to stack the 6x8 plates tightly anyway), so I could have squeezed more in, but it was definitely a solid box. Hopefully have time to count it out tonight...

At my local Lego store last night, the mini modulars are out on the shelf, just have a little sign that you have to be a VIP to buy (but of course you can sign up for VIP on the spot, so not exactly a limiting restriction)

Email sent. List updated

There's a special monorail motor that has a permanent gear attached to it. I don't know if any other gear will mesh with the track or not. On Bricklink - there's actually a couple versions with different couplings to the rest of the train.

PMs sent; want list updated. More haves coming...

New to buy/sell on here, but have a Bricklink store (ViroColor Productions) with over 200 feedback, as well as an ebay account with almost 1400 (eBay feedback) I'm adding prices as I go to some of these; others are for trade or negotiable. Feel free to make offers. I'm generally looking for roughly Bricklink value, but am open to deals/trades/discounts for large orders/etc. I'm located in Columbus, OH, USA, but will ship worldwide. I do it all the time in my Bricklink store. Shipping costs will be actual costs for whatever method you want. Here's what I have: (I have lots more in my BL store - lots of SW figs, HP figs, etc) Star Wars 2 Wolfpack Clone Troopers from 7964 Frigate (fig on left), but they have the helmets from Clone Commander Wolffe (fig on right, from the same set, but no rangefinder). Nearly identical helmet though. $14 each Shadow ARF trooper promo polybag, sealed. Have 4, $22 each Rebel commando from new 9489 set. Have many. $3.25 each. Rebel commando from new 9489 set. Have many. $3.25 each. Scout trooper from new 9489 set. Have many. $4 each. CMFs (series 2 are sealed original packets. Other series are opened and in baggies, no posters) traffic cop (series 2) $1.75 ringmaster (series 2) $1.75 weightlifter (series 2) $1.75 witch (series 2) $2.25 race car driver (series 3) $1.50 street skater (series 4) $2.00 ice skater (series 4) $2.50 Bandit (series 6) $2.25 Flamenco Dancer (series 6) $2.25 Mechanic (series 6) $2.75 City 4109 Curved Road Plates, brand new and sealed. Have 10 packs (2 plates in a pack), $35 each 4110 Straight Road Plates, brand new and sealed. Have 2 packs (2 plates in a pack), $50 each 4440 Forest Police Station. Have the helicopter, sealed bag with manual. $10 Train 3677 Red Cargo Train, have rock filling station, tipper car, flatbed wagon, and repair truck. All new and sealed bags. Super Heroes Batwing, Joker's Helicopter, Two-Face's Truck from the new superheroes line. Brand new - some sealed bags, some open. Technic 8462 Tow Truck. Complete with some extra tubing. No stickers. Manual is a color laser print on 11x17" paper, not original. $105 8294 Excavator. Like new, complete except no extra parts. Sticker sheet is unused. The one light bluegrey 1x13 liftarm is replaced with a dark bluegrey one. $80 8457 Power Puller - Was a display model, so there is some dust and the flex cable has a permanent curve to it, but everything works perfectly. Stickers have been applied and are in good condition, but one is peeling some. No video, manual has holes. $210 8275 Bulldozer - Works perfectly - $250 (all the ones cheaper on BL are from Europe; this one's already here in the US so you'll get it faster and save money overall with shipping!) 8421 Mobile Crane - Great shape, works perfectly. (have 2 - one's ready, one not) - $250 (all the ones cheaper on BL are from Europe; this one's already here in the US so you'll get it faster and save money overall with shipping!) 8265 Front Loader - Complete with unused sticker sheet and manuals. Parts are complete according to BL inventory except the 8 light grey 3x3 T liftarms (in extra parts) are not included as they're not used anywhere in either model. - $130 Un-ready Technic This section is Technic sets that I want to sell/trade, but aren't quite ready due to not being inventoried, missing parts, etc. But if you're interested, let me know and I can move that set to the front of the line. 8421 Mobile Crane - Great shape, works perfectly. (have 2 total) NXT - have the NXT Intelligent Brick w/ rechargeable battery pack, motors, sensors, cables, etc. Here's what I'm looking for: Prices next to it are what I'm valuing it at; it may or may not be BL pricing. Usually much more willing to give higher value in trade than cash. Collectible figs: Mad scientist Crash test dummy Lawn Gnome I'd also take (but lower priority) Gorilla Guy and Lizard Man Train 4513 Grand Central Station 7997 Train Station City 7990 Cement Mixer, $15 4936 Doc and Patient, $10 6380 Emergency Treatment Center, $60 1682 Space Shuttle, $60 7905 Tower Crane, $80 The new 2012 Hospital set Technic 8466 4x4 Off-Roader, $120 (low priority) 8094 Control Center, $150 8485 Control Center II, $150 7471 Mars Rover, $80 (low priority) 8880 Supercar, $115 8448 Super Street Sensation, $150 Parts Lots of big ugly rock pieces - making a cliff in our train layout Plant parts - leaves, bushes Larger panels/wall pieces Roof parts - slopes of various sizes/colors Train bases, especially split level ones The hedgehog from the Friends vet set Train buffer single baseplate 32x32 with island with center lagoon, $4 Duplo Semi Truck Chassis, $1.50 Duplo Semi Cab, any color $1.50

If you do, can you tell us their price? Interested in several myself...

I want all three of those!

My spending was around $10k, but I sell figs and parts on Bricklink, so I just about broke even for the year. Means I have a HUGE pile of parts that I kept though :)

Exactly. If you're building purely for fun and just want to get your money back by selling, well, you've still gotta account for fees, boxes, tape, etc in your selling price or you'll lose money. If you want to actually MAKE money doing it, yes, you have to factor a solid profit into your prices, which does indeed need to account for how much time it took you. If you sell a MOC for $100 shipped on ebay, you're looking at around $12.30 in ebay/paypal fees. Plus your cost of shipping ($10-15). Plus cost of parts (let's say $50 for argument's sake). Plus $2 for a box. So now you're at $35 "profit" - not bad, right? Well, if you spent a hour on ebay stuff (photographing, listing, dealing with questions, packing, shipping), 2 hours designing and building, you're only at around $10/hr pay. That's not that great. And those time estimates are low. I buy clearance toys and sell them online. My rule of thumb is I have to buy it for less than half of the current selling price or it's not worth it. And I've been doing it long enough and in enough volume to have automated stuff set up, deal with stuff in bulk, buy boxes in bulk so they're cheaper, etc.

I picked up several Space Police Undercover Cruiser sets on clearance. When I opened them, I found several of the stickersheets are misprinted. It's supposed to be this: but several of mine missed the green ink step, so there's nothing around the box and globe logo. I also have a tan barrel (http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30139) from Indiana Jones that is missing part of the top rim. Looks like not enough plastic got injected into the mold. It's kinda cool though, I'm debating blackening the edge to make it look burnt.

Well, what you need to say is: cost of shipping to you (to get pieces to make the MOC) +cost of pieces +cost of shipping to buyer (don't forget cost of boxes, packing materials, plastic baggies, tape, shipping labels, etc) +fees (ebay/paypal) That would be the price to break even. (and you've spent a lot of time listing things, photographing, packing, shipping, etc on top of the building time, and you haven't gotten a penny for any of that yet) Anything you charge over that is profit for you. Also, keep in mind that your time selling things will add up quickly - probably take MORE time than building if you're not careful about it. I say that as someone who runs an online store. Selling on ebay is a massive time suck. Oh, and don't forget that EVERYTHING about ebay and paypal favors the customer. Be ready to spend significant time dealing with idiot buyers, no matter how clear you are in your listings. If they whine to ebay, ebay WILL rule in their favor, no matter how stupid they are. You'll run into more problems selling small, cheaper items (since they'll be bought by non-AFOLs) and less problems selling massive MOCs (since the AFOLs interested in something like that understand Lego and MOCs much better) So, not trying to turn you off, just saying you really need to understand what you're getting into. You might make a few bucks selling some, but see it all wiped out when a customer claims they never got what you shipped them, even though you've got Fedex tracking showing it was delivered to their door, if there's no signature, ebay/paypal WILL give the customer their money back and you're out the model AND the money. I've had it happen.

Both welding rigs are fantastic tiny mocs. One glance and you know exactly what they are. Nice :)

Revised my method. If you pull out the wire clip (where the wire comes into the case, under the motor), you can then pull the wire that doesn't have the thermistor completely out of the clip, slide the thermistor wire over, and put the bare wire back thru the clip. Basically cross them right in the clip. Then just reattach them to the motor on the swapped sides. No lengthening or anything needed.

The rose is fantastic - I'd have known it wat the B&tB rose even w/o the title, thanks to the fallen petals. The base is, well, a base. Fine by me to have it simple and just there.