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The minifig customisation workshop section often has that sort of stuff.

There is a much better metric. Do I think the set is worth it. If I do, I will buy it. If I don't, I won't. To me a set is more than just the price divided by the number of parts. Of course different people might score a set in a different way to me and not rate a set I do. But I really don't care what someone else buys. I prefer to pay over 10c a part and enjoy the set than spend under 10c a part and not enjoy it. There are many personal factors that build into the one important one, do I think it is worth it. It is similar when buying sets for parts, it depends if the parts fit my building style. Brightly coloured parts are almost worthless to me, since I rarely use them and have enough already. Whereas basic parts in natural colours are more valuable. There is no "we, the consumer". There are so many different consumers looking for such different things, and so many different types of sets, that a single metric cannot work for everyone.

I have no doubt that they are genuine, I've bought from that seller 9 times over the past 10 years. They have huge stocks of old parts, from the warehouse outlet. Their prices are sometimes low as they sell in bulk often to resellers (who need to make a profit) and because they don't frequently change prices. That part has been in their store for five years. They might refresh quantities when they get low, and maybe check prices once per year or whenever the lot sells out.

Really? From what i have seen there is quite a bit of positivity here and elsewhere about the sets.

Indoor play centres aimed at 3-10 year olds.

And now they are putting out some of their best ever sets and have the highest profits ever, when they are not using classic smileys.

Yes, it is in reverse colours. It highlights it above other things that aren't in reverse.

They were doing lots of other things wrong at the time. To link the low period to not using smileys is very bizarre. But if you think there is a correlation between going away from smileys and producing the worst product, then the time when LEGO has been most popular is post TLM to now, when there are hardly any classic smileys so there is a correlation between expressive faces and the most popular product. Of course in reality there are other things going on now that have a larger influence, just like there were when sales were bad.

Many other factors were involved too, not least the increase in incomes in the 80s. Many toys became more popular because many more families had money to spend. And personally, I don't think LEGO would be where it is today if minifigures all had yellow classic smiley faces.

Kids also played with lego for years without any minifigs at all.

I once sold three of these for a little more than I paid for about 95% of a Black Seas Barracuda and some castle parts. The boat parts, the rigging, the sails, the figures, all the unique parts from that set are worth a decent amount although they look like they are valuable. The shutters from the windows and the little wheels from the cannons also sold at about £1 each and appear in large numbers in the set, very surprising given the price of modern equivalents. Even better, in the same lot there were some forestmen with the small black feathers. Just the feathers went for £25 each. New white ones are I think 6p on PAB.

They are not really my thing, but they look great. The idea of the little bases is nice too as it gives them a setting, they look almost like pieces from a role playing game, or a giant chess set, or miniature display statuettes rather than just a load of minifigures without any context. It is not immediately obvious what is special about the lead knight, maybe they need something to highlight them, such as a bigger weapon than the others, different armour, an armoured helmet or similar for their pegasus, etc.

For popular sets, the MSRP / RRP means nothing as soon as retirement hits!

They aren't on a tablet screen. Sure, you can look for directions on the directions page, just like you can look at the tickets page for information on tickets and prices - and see the restriction about no unaccompanied adults there. Websites that include all the information on a single page are harder to use, it is much better to section it via easy to access menus. Is it really that odd that if someone is going to go to an attraction, then the attraction would expect them to go to the tickets page to find out about prices and any restrictions on them, instead of jumping in a car and driving there without finding out that information first. Just like they might want to find out about what is there online before travelling and finding out that most of the attraction is set up for 3-10 year olds and not really for them (except for the adult only sessions when they have slightly more adult oriented events).

There is also not a single remark about the exact location or the opening hours. I think most people realise that websites have multiple pages and not everything is on the front page of a website.

If there are no minifigs, then there is also an argument that there is no need for interiors or any interactive features inside the Modulars, a bit like the original CC. I also doubt removing the somewhat generic figures would take $50 off the price. They know minifigs are not the reason people buy Modulars. It is the same with printed torsos and specific headgear and any printed part that identify a building. Following your argument, having plain torsos would allow more freedom since no figure would be identified with a specific role so a kid can choose what the character is. The other side of the argument is that giving a clue as to what the figure is doing or feeling actually adds to creativity as the user can build a story around that prompt. Having a variety of heads also allows figures to have different feelings, and shows kids that not everyone has to be happy all the time. A classic smiley doesn't really work for a role where the kid is acting out someone feeling sad. Ask a kid to tell you a story, and ask them to tell you a story about a knight or a doctor or a footballer and see what they find easier. Usually giving a prompt will help.

I've done it on the vintage fruit trees with a hair drier on hot and it just about worked. Don't use a DIY heat gun, even on cool, or at least test it on broken trees first. You also have to be careful not to hit the base too much, as you can lose clutch if the base spreads even a tiny bit.

I went to https://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/philadelphia/ The first thing I noticed was a black banner with "Hi Builders! Buy tickets online now to lock-in your price and guarantee your admission entry time. " and if you click on it you see the statement about no unaccompanied adults. The first menu item at the top is about ... tickets, and again clicking it shows the statement. If you click the big red button with "book now" again you see the statement. If you are at the bottom of the page, and click "ways to visit" again you are shown the statement. Do people really travel reasonable distances to such attractions without looking at online information about ticket availability, pricing, and so on.

Presumably because they lose business as families with kids are then excluded on weekend evenings. I expect Friday afternoons are reasonably empty compared to weekends and so not much turn around time is needed between closing it to families and getting ready for AFOLs. Plus you shouldn't really be annoyed at LEGO as the LDC is nothing to do with them. It is run by Merlin, which is part owned by the investment company set up by the family that own LEGO, but the LEGO company do not control the LDCs.

It is not a rule as such, but a rule of thumb I usually use when buying most types of sets. If it is a small set, I'd go slightly lower. If it is a set frequently discounted I'd go with 65% of the usual selling price and not RRP. I also find it works when selling. I'd usually go in at 75% but things typically sell when a bit lower than that. Although I rarely sell used sets when they are still current. I usually only sell once retired, but even then they typically go for about 60-80% of the current new price so long as the sets are not vintage wherethere is a huge premium for new and sealed.

As a general rule, roughly 65% of new price. So long as excellent condition and complete.

Sure they can make one new single or low use part and it won't dent their profits. But they can't make 100s of parts like that. That has caused issues in the past and I doubt they'd make the same mistake again even though their profits are larger now. Then the issue is whether a new goat beats a new (insert other part here).

Prices seem to be up again. For UK, new torsos are 98p and in many cases just over £1. Existing ones still at 83p. So about 25% increase on new torsos. Hobbit hair varying between 44p and 71p (so much for same parts costing the same amount).

Maybe you look at different sections of their website. If I was planning a visit, I'd look at "plan your visit" then "during your day" to see what is available and whether there are time restrictions to events or activities and so on. I'd also look at the FAQ before making a trip. I might also look at the tickets section. They'd all show the warning. If I saw the information that the centre is for 3-10 year olds I'd check in a bit more detail what activities were available and again that is likely to throw up the no unaccompanied adults warning.

Palace Cinema.