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Dump her. Dump her right now. She's obviously not in touch with her inner child. My wife was the one who had the idea to start collecting toys and she even has her own LEGO collection.

There's someone trying to sell a Finn Stormtrooper figure still in the bag for $30 on eBay.

@lego the hutt: Ah, you're right. I was thinking $30 off when I typed that. It's 20% off, I should never try to do percentages in my head. Always use a calculator lol.

If anyone in the US is still looking to get the 75105 Millenium Falcon, it's 30% off at Walmart and on their website. That's $120 instead of $150.

Brick Owl is a good option to purchase pieces you need to do MOD's. It seems a little more simplified than Bricklink. I only spent about $7 to get the pieces I needed to MOD 75149. $3 of that was shipping cost.

@Juke: I used around 45 pieces to MOD the 75149 X-Wing. I can give you a list of what I used and where I put them if you want. The 75102 required much more, because I replaced most of the random gray and dark gray pieces on the body with black or orange pieces to get a cleaner look.

@Juke: Put that 1 x 2 sand blue tile right behind the cockpit hinge. That's what I did. I made a post about how I modded mine. @Juke: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=134335 Extra pieces in a small snack size ziplock bag with the set info labeled, each figure in a 2 inch by 3 inch ziplock bag with the set number labeled, the figures go into a sandwich size or bigger ziplock bag with the set name labeled. I'm super organized.

@tuggernuts: Haven't built it yet, I like to savor the sight of an unopened LEGO set waiting for me.

Got the A-Wing vs. TIE Advanced 75150.

Maybe the child Anakin face from 75092 or 75096? I think it has a distressed look face on one side.

You know you're a serious AFOL if... Your wife spends $400 on a new iPad Air 2 for you for Father's Day and you're thinking to yourself, I would've been fine with just a $90 LEGO set. Or $400 in LEGO sets.

What a monster!

Found a Kashyyyk Troopers Battle Pack at a Books-A-Million. They had 2, but I only got 1. I love the figures in that set.

I ordered 4 of the dimpled curved slopes, they are labeled as used but in good condition. They only cost 5 cents each, so I will be adding those to 75149 in place of the ones that came with the set that I had to raise to fit with my modifications.

I understand what you're saying and I agree. But when you miss stuff due to your dark ages, you have no choice but to buy from re-sellers and third parties. My son wanted a Rancor pit set, I found one at a LEGO fair, I paid $95 for it. It was retired, but it was still sealed in the box. My son wanted some Indiana Jones figures. They're retired, I paid $6 for each of them. Not too bad since they aren't made anymore. Now, if I want a figure that is readily available in a currently produced set, I'll buy the set. I wanted 3 more BARC trooper figures last month, I ordered 3 from a third party since the Saleucami set is retired. He ended up only having 2 and refunded me the cost of 1. Then the other day, I was at the Walmart near my work and lo and behold, there was a Saleucami set sitting on the shelf with all the new stuff. I bought it and got my 4th BARC trooper and my second Saleucami set. Trust me, I know if you look hard enough and in plenty of places, you may get lucky and find something that is retired still sitting on the shelf at a store. But I know re-sellers and third parties are a necessary evil if you want something unavailable. If I could find series 1 Simpsons figures at a store, I certainly wouldn't have paid $5 each for the ones I bought the other day from a re-seller. I do respect your opinion though, you make a vaild point. Especially in regards to figures you can get easily in available sets. I will be getting one of the Frigates because I love Star Wars Rebels and because Ahsoka is one of my favorite characters. My only gripe is that they should have included another Zeb figure and maybe a Seventh Sister. Perhaps a Seventh Sister polybag in the near future?

The CTT has less pieces than the Frigate and a bunch of battle droids.

Depends on what you don't have that you want. Seems like everything, especially on Amazon, besides the current summer wave is on sale.

I like both. I like the colors of both and the minifgures of both.

I'd say try to center the outside black ring. Mine was somewhat off center too. I wish I could get an extra one, it works well as squadron X-Wing as well as Poe's first X-Wing. Here's a MOD I did of both 75102 and 75149 if you're looking for ideas.... http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=134335

You know what's worse than putting together Mega Bloks? Putting together Playmobil sets.

Got Captain Rex's AT-TE with the 20% off TRU coupon. @tuggernuts: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=134335 @Bantha Fodder: That's the way I feel about it.

@jdm44: TWSS... But seriously, yeah I have the old one. Someone gave it to me for free, only missing parts for the white spider droid thing. I like it even though it's not as detailed. It wasn't put together, so I got to do it. Stickers were even untouched. But I would like the new one.

I have actually done that! It does work really well. Thanks for reminding me!

Here's my MOD for the Resistance X-Wing 75149 that replicates my previous MOD of Poe's X-Wing 75102... http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=117243 Looks like Snap and (Insert Name Here) are are arguing about who's X-wing it is. Poe be like, "that's my X-Wing, y'all." Here's a side by side comparison. Closer shot of 75149. Closer look at the wing cannons. I was excited to find sand blue cheese wedges for sale online, so I got 8. 1 for each wing and 4 for up by where the wings are mounted. I also took the silver cylinder pieces that I didn't use on the front of each cannon and put them in place of the gray cylinder pieces that are supposed to go on the back of the cannons. Closer look at the wing mounts. The build requires 8 1 x 2 sand blue tiles. Luckily, there is an extra 1 x 2 sand blue tile that comes with the set, so I used it and put it behind the canopy hinge. I would have used either a blue or gray 1 x 2 tile here if there hadn't been an extra sand blue one. Side view of the wing tips, sorry for the blurriness. Some minor changes to the rear. Added printed tiles in the cockpit. Instead of the good old lever piece used in 75102, 75149 uses a black skeleton leg as a flight control stick. The only disappointing part of this set to me is these textured curved slopes. The 75102 comes with the dimpled curved slopes and they fit snugly when you add the smooth slopes. I had to raise these up due to the lip that protrudes out at the bottom. I used two 2 x 2 gray plates on the bottom wings. On the top wings, I used 2 1 x 2 blue plates and the 2 silver grille pieces that would have been placed two studs forward in the standard build. A look at the bottom. Close up of one of the bottom engines. There's a blue 1 x 1 tile by that bushing on each side. On the top, I put a 1 x 1 gray tile in the same spots. There's the plate under the textured slope. 4 blue 1 x 1 bricks were used to move the sand blue wedge plate and 2 dark gray 1 x 1 plates combo forward 1 stud on each wing. Covered the studs on the black headlight pieces with extra silver round 1 x 1 plates and black 1 x 1 tiles. Here's a comparison with 75102, the biggest difference in my opinion with 75149 is these dimpled curved slopes. You can see they fit without being raised by a plate thickness like on 75149. I will be on the lookout for gray versions of these pieces so that I can add those to 75149 in place of the pieces that come with it. Side by side wing tips. You can see another difference here, 3 blue pieces used on the bottom wings on 75149 as opposed to 2 orange pieces used on 75102. Side by side comparison. 75149 has a lot of the sand blue pieces. I wish there was more. My favorite color is blue and all shades of it. So I enjoyed getting and making this set and hope to see more sand blue in the future.

Better cobble together $300 then.