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Where is the data coming from for those $13-$17 per minifigure prices? Is that for all sets across every theme so the licensed sets (generally much poorer PPP) are pushing the average (forgive me if I missed that explanation)? Also surprising to see a comparison between Duplo and System but it makes sense that Duplo is more expensive. As an MOCer though I am always looking at the PPP of everything, standing in store aisles calculating to see if whatever current sale is worth it, so this was an interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

Yes this. This is the correct choice. Then once they're built take them all apart and MOC. Just because they're listed above retail price doesn't mean they're actually selling. Open them and build, that's what Lego is for.

Oh yes that would be a crucial detail! Thank you. And LOL @Classic_Spaceman

Yeah the ISS looks fantastic, but is it swooshable? Gotta go add the Orbital Maneuvering System detail to the Women of Nasa shuttle now.

This is awesome, really great work on all of them creating unique figures. My favorites are the divine beauties but excellent work and photography on all of them. Edit: also what is "figbarf", I posed this question in the EB Glossary thread as well after reading this, we need definition!

What is: "figbarf"? Might be useful to add. Photos with multiple minifigures? Quick searching has a variety of definitions ranging from a photo with at least two minifigures to a photo with no less than five. But mostly sounds like this

Before crocodileization. Just doing hawk things.

Well it is the year of the rat so that might improve their chances. The desultory 1%er truck from the martian tunnel obsessed capricious and fragile megalomaniac who peddles glorified roofing torches just might get approved. Oh no its feelings are hurt and its going to lash out on twitter now. I am artificial intelligence and this action was performed automatically.

Vern Unsworth > anything muskrat.

Awesome list @Exetrius! I'm sure there's many here that appriciate the work you did for that including Megbricks who just ordered more than DHL's entire fleet of Boeing 757-200SFs can carry.

As an update I haven't hit a login request in the past several uses. If they've changed this then I love them because Brickset has always been my favorite parts and set lookup resource.

That stinks but it sounds like it was still a crappy order.

That catalog looks so different from the ones here. The ones that are sent in the mail here have prices and piece counts for every set, and also somewhat silly each set lists "measures over X inches tall and includes x minifigures!". I find it totally odd they wouldn't have that set in Hungary, why?

I don't think so? I'm sure there are regional differences to the catalogs but that set is in the latest catalog over here and I got the set from the Lego shop site.

Yes I know that. They're on the shelves, I wasn't the one who said there was only one book. I was addressing the one printed book.

98,674,251 Edit: someone just stepped on a 2x2 corner brick so the revised number is now: 98,674,250

Andrea's car is already an awesome set but its also got good modification potential.. into a 6-cylinder mid-engine beast!

They should bring back the floor jack piece. And dual mold it; red or blue and one of the metallic colors. And mold the hand tools in metallic colors as well, only impact sockets are black.

I'm solidly for the posting examples of 'wishlist' items that have been done before; its cool to see the history of sets and how far Lego has come.

I wouldn't take showing that something has been done before personally. It is discontinued but its also pointing out that one can get almost exactly what was asked for only $4 more than the original retail price on Bricklink, plus shipping and handling. Not bad for a set that hasn't been on shelves for almost 5 years. A half-decade-since-discontinued modular building would be like $486 used and covered in mucous and hair. It also illustrates how thorough Lego has been in making so much of what fans want and is also inspiration to either find the parts in one's collection, download the instructions for free and build it from parts on hand or MOC one's own.

Well to be fair it is a really good book. Spoiler alert! Its a story of insanity and revenge centering around a builder named Platehab who's totally obsessed with bricks; particularly with one brick coined 'Moby Brick' whom he stepped on one time and it really messed up his foot and or leg so now he has a prosthetic foot and or leg made out of other bricks of course. Anyway Platehab sends his fellow builders into harms way all to get back at that one brick he stepped on and Brickshmael is like "yo, you going fanatical over this brick, Platehab! Just let it go we've all stepped on bricks!" and Platehab responds in agony saying "arrrrgh the brick got me again!" and Platehab succumbs to his brick-induced foot wounds. That's basically the gist of it. The end. I give it 5 stars.

Do not upset The Mouse! Just keep The Mouse happy and maybe he won't purchase the entire world thus destroying it with his unmitigated acquisition power. Idea approved.

Regarding the color, I think orange is the best as its easy to spot. I do appriciate the other colors but to me they're more of a collector item as I won't use them as a tool because they're rarer and will just get worn down. Here's a another discussion: "A new style of brick separator was introduced by LEGO in late 2011. To the satisfaction of many AFOL's, the new style comes in orange. (Many AFOL's had wished for brick separators to be made in orange for years, so that they could be spotted easily when needed.)" https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/7850/why-was-the-original-brick-separator-changed

The thin tile end wears down pretty quickly and the plate end holes elongate after enough uses, that's why you want more. If you only build Technic this might not be an issue for you but it is for others. As a kid I used my teeth and the old pieces show it. Good guess that was at least one of the motivating factors for its introduction in 1988. Apparently not the only one: TIL about the brick separator, where was this when I was a kid? They include them in sets where it would be useful if a plate or tile is placed in the wrong spot. TLG does the right thing by not assuming that everyone already has them. Again, what's the argument against them? How does it being included negatively impact you the way it being excluded could certainly impact someone attempting to remove two stuck plates or a tile on a baseplate? Using the "back in my day" 'we separated two stuck pieces uphill in the snow both ways' isn't really an argument for not including them today.

Disagree. The brick separator is one of the most important things for builders. If you only assemble what is pictured on the front of the box and then put that on a shelf forever then sure you probably don't need them very much (and plastic scale models glued together would yield both more realistic and probably less expensive results), and at that point the Lego might as well be Kragle'd. If however you build your own things and thus take things apart then the brick separators are invaluable, and they also wear down over time with use so more are always needed. Taking apart a build that has a lot of plates and or tiles without a brick separator ranges from mildly annoying to almost impossible. That's why they're included with sets like that because if one places a 1x1 tile in the middle of a baseplate incorrectly for example then most would have a difficult time removing it without the separator. Its Lego doing builders a service by including them and the arguments for their removal to reduce prices or that the plastic in the separator could be better utilized as more pieces instead just don't make sense. If you have an unused pile of brick separators then just donate them to an automotive garage, they work as plastic interior trim tools as well.