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I was very peeved to find out that it's sold out so soon, but I remember that it also happened to Peril in Peru, and the set eventually returned to S@H. So I wouldn't be surprised that it will be restocked later.

I just stumbled onto a pic of the new fire station set 7208 on Brickshelf, and my first gut reaction was, "Juniorization"! When I took a closer look, the vehicles seemed pretty detailed; it's just that the building is all windows and transparent garage doors (a very easy build it seems). It also looks like the firemen were rescuing a kitty with a trampoline/safety net (possibly a new piece). The fireboat 7207 doesn't look too hot either. Since I have the 2007 version of both sets, I would consider buying them only if they're on sale.

Dacta 9353 and 9354 for US $101 altogether (including shipping and handling) from an ebay seller. I thought it was a very sweet deal.

Olympic game venues I think the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing is for track and field instead of soccer. Minor quibble aside, I'm still VERY impressed by the way they replicate the birds' nest design. Supposedly it took seven builders, a month's worth of spare time, and over 300,000 bricks to build the entire Olympic village MOC. Enjoy.

Maersk madness strikes again. US $3500? That's my entire year of LEGO budget (while I still have a job).

It will just make the passage of time and something else more enjoyable. >:-)

I think I'm gonna buy two copies: one for keeps and one for the bathroom...

Speaking of penguins, how about doing a moc for this? I don't know if Alfred will be able to handle them this time.

Even though I was dying to place an order for the Green Grocer at the LEGO store today, I saw the Vader's TIE advanced in a damaged box for 50% off. While I'm not a big SW fan and there's no minifig, the price-to-number-of-bricks ratio was way too sweet to ignore. Hope it was US$50 well spent. 10185 will have to wait a bit.

I'm surprised that the XXL Mobile Crane is brought back to life to the front page of US shop@home. Wasn't this sold out for quite a while?

I'm a sucker for sets with a high number of minifigs, and since I also wanted some platform pieces for my MOC train station, I bid (and won) this set on eBay. Knowing full well in advance that this is a <insert that tiresome argument> set from the late 90's, I was still disappointed by how uninspired the actual construction of the whole set felt. Usually a LEGO set always brings an element of surprise for me whenever I build it for the first time. I often coo to myself, "Oh, THIS is how it's done," or "Wow, I didn't realize how intricate the design elements are; I would've never guessed just by looking at the picture on the box." With this train station, I felt even I could've designed this set, considering how unimaginative and unskilled I am with building MOCs. The set itself doesn't have any outrageously <insert that tiresome argument>/specialized pieces, but the <insert that tiresome argument>, pedestrian desgin sucks a lot of the fun out of constructing it. As expected, all pieces will go to my generic pile.

Disposable income as an adult.

Got my NIB poolside paradise. I almost took out a home equity loan for it. It's mine now...precious...

This is not a crazy high-priced item usually featured in this thread, but I do think it qualifies as ebay madness. Not for the politically-correct minded; children under 18 should click on link with adult supervision. ;-)

For some reason, mentally I always add a "U" to AFOL so I tend to pronounce it "afoul".

Is it me, or is LEGO charging too much for this? LEGO Storage Tray Unit

I would love to have a flower shop/greenhouse/nursery with loads of flowers and different kinds of trees (spruce, pine, palm, etc). I also want the building to be constructed entirely of clear panels, clear domes, or roof windows like the Velux set.

Yes, the castle sets were put on the same table where sometimes they place the discounted sets with damaged boxes.

I'm an AFOL that has just restarted my love affair with LEGO this past December, and I have an unstoppable appetite for all things City/Town. As a result, this year has been quite a disaster on my bank account with all those pilgrimages to the LEGO store, TRU, lego online, ebay, and bricklink. While I concentrate my acquistion on the City/Train line, some other sets have captured my attention, namely the newest Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle set (for the cool parts and much needed female minifigs). It'd be nice to own it, but I'm not dying to get it right away. There are comments from lugnet and brickset regarding the old Hogwarts Castle sets in which the posters say that they were able to buy the sets at significantly discounted prices after the initial release. As I'm trying to control my LEGO spending and give my credit card a reprieve, I'm gambling on the chance that 5378 will go on sale later on, and I may be able to pick up the set at at least 30% off the original price. For the much more experienced LEGO fans out there, do you think my bet is correct? Also, do you have some kind of well-developed gut feeling that tells you a certain set will be discounted later on? Thanks!

I got both today: the castle directly from the local LEGO store and the Batman set online (my first foray into Castle and License themes, whoo-hoo!). I really need to make it a habit of checking the Sales and Deals page EVERY DAY. Last time I waited one day too long to order the LEGO Truck 10156, and they were all sold out by the second day of being on the sale list.