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It does look beautiful! Did you use official string from LEGO or buy some from elsewhere? I recently acquired one in a lot but I don't have any string for the rigging.

I saw a box of them at Barnes & Noble, sitting next to a box of series 27. The F1 box hadn't been touched yet.

In all fairness, we go crazy over all factions that are brought back.

While I would prefer to have a more classic castle, I'm starving for smaller sets and would take a fantasy theme that could use yellow heads.

Thanks for sending this! I've always jumped straight to Pick a Brick.

Where is this icon?

It’s a boat mast. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=4844#T=C and I just realized that you replied to a post from 2 years ago.

You must have bought them all. It's out of stock again.

Where I live, CMFs are available at Best Buy, Kohl's, Barnes and Noble, Target, Meijer, and Walmart.

BrickScan can help identify where some of those parts came from, It's made identifying parts so much easier for me. I'm having a hard time tracking down which Castle set came with the large orange wheels. But like the others have said, that's an awesome find and overall more excited for you than jealous of you. The double dragon wall and arch are either from Fire Breathing Fortress or Majisto's Tower.

You have some fun Fabuland doors and windows. Yellow wall with blue window https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x636c01#T=C&C=3 Red wall with white window https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x637c03#T=C&C=5 White door with red cross https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x610c02px1#T=C&C=1 Blue door with police sticker https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x610c04px1#T=C&C=7

Maybe somewhere in the middle? I've bought bulk lots that had semi-built stuff and I was able to piece it together using the instructions. Sometimes it requires removing some of the elements to get back to a place where you can match it up with the instructions. I guess it also depends on the size of the set. If you're talking about a Star Destroyer it might be easier to start from scratch. If you're talking about a smaller ~$35 set than you can probably figure it out from the instructions.

A couple of years ago I was really proud of myself for finding someone selling the Black Falcon's Fortress for $35. They didn't know that's what they had, I just saw a few of the minifigures and the wall panels. Then about 18 months ago someone posted their child's collection (~2010) online for $100. I filled my car with the sets and containers. The entire trunk was full of bagged sets that I had dumped from her totes and laundry hampers. The backseat of my car had other containers full of sorted pieces. I still haven't gone through all of it. More than a dozen Star Wars sets; Turbo Tank, Z-95 Headhunter, Republic Attack Shuttle, Anakin's Jedi Star fighter, and loads of Clone, Droid, and Mandalorian battle packs. The entire 2013 Castle line, most of the Sponge Bob series, some Indiana Jones, City, Pirates, Marvel, DC, and Lone Ranger sets. My wife was confused and concerned when I brought the 3rd trip up and went back down for more. The downside of this is that it kind of ruins your (and especially supportive but not into it spouse's) expectations for what your going to get for ~$100.

I've seen it at a couple of local stores for 20 - 30 percent off, but they sold out pretty quickly. I would guess that if LEGO does discount the set it will be out of stock online and only available at a few of their brick and mortar stores, until they sell out.