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    If its under 13 oz (or 16, they keep changing it) it will be shipped first class and that usually takes a week or less. I've have 16 BL orders now fwiw, only one was slow, and it was very slow, but it did show up.
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    I'm going to guess its the kid thing. People who react that way to me also seem to react strongly to my choice not to have children. ::shrug:: . Being a woman also seems to add a layer of "weirdo" to it for some people. So I present to people as the "childless woman who plays with toy spaceships" I guess. I'm just glad I'm born in this century and not a previous one. I'm talking about strangers or acquaintances anyway. Anyone who actually knows me thinks its pretty cool! :)
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    Epic! I don't have the space for something like this, so I will live vicariously through you if you don't mind :)
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    ha! you had a bit of every theme I see! Its good to see them all put back together. I'm guessing we're about the same age as I had alot of those myself as a kiddo. I'll admit when I saw that first post I didn't know how well that cleanup would go, I've reassembled whole dusty collections like that before, and its a TON of work... they seem to have cleaned up pretty well and seem mostly complete. Congrats
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    That's quite a collection! I like the remake of the monorail train.
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    I have a very large lot on its way (someones childhood collection) that includes the Jango Fett Slave 1 #7153 I also got a mixed lot for $30 that had several complete sets, but also included about 70% of the #7665 republic Cruiser in it. I think I can bricklink or sub the rest for cheap considering I think it sells for about $200ish . It was a weird lot that one was. The rest of it was friends stuff.
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    Hahah, I love it! Unfortunately for me, I don't have kids to "blame" my lego on :) :)
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    If people give me grief for "playing with toys" I simply say that I'm just building "models" and its no different than having a hobby building model cars or ships. For some reason that explanation makes sense to regular people. I think they imagine adults running around with airplanes in their hands making noises otherwise.
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    I think the Cinema and Tower Bridge are due for retirement. Also freshly retired sets sell on the secondary market for pretty close to retail for a little while (not as a rule, but usually). So theres not a massive hurry unless you plan to drag this list out over several years. I'm not an expert though, I buy most of my stuff used these days.
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    Yeah, there is a time frame in which you must do their steps. Its similar on ebay, you have to flag that the sale never actually went through, otherwise they don't know whats going on (and they don't care tbh). In this case i'd just call it "tuition". I made mistakes that cost me $ when I started selling items, and I just viewed it as a cost of learning on my own. In a year or two your mistakes will be minimal and you'll be thankful for the experiences. Best of luck to you. :)
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    I have pretty mild anxiety, but heavy with OCD traits. My mind races constantly as I tend to obsess about things. While many people have ADD and can't finish things, I hyper focus instead, and wont stop in the middle of a project generally. I find building lego actually clears my head and gives me a task to focus on. Its one of my joys in life that I look forward to. :) Its a healthy outlet for obsession, and fortunately I have several healthy outlets. What little I know about depression, sometimes a change of scenery (going out) or people (again, going out) can help.
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    Gorgeous, I like the orange roof!
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    One of the first real mocs I saw as a kid was a cathedral like this one, I've always wanted to attempt one, but I do not have the skill you do. Bravo! How fragile is it? I'm also presuming its quite heavy!
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    I particularly like how you did the back door. I'm stealing that gem for my own builds!
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    Awesome! Very clean/modern/professional looking layout with those nice cabinets and shelves. I see you have the Cargo boat (one of my favs btw). Do you plan on including a water/marina area or did you decide there just isn't space for it?
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    Good to know, I'm only familiar with older vbulletin type forums and additionally that was ages ago :)
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    I really the color scheme, and to further your point, LEGO has been using "flashy colors" on their space themes for a long, long time now. I've never seen such hostility towards orange before! I personally like space and castle the best. If I look at NEXO through the lens of "these are castle" sets, they do nothing for me, and are hideous even, as a gut reaction, BUT if I ignore the minifigures for a minute and view them as "space" sets, suddenly I get all excited and they look interesting. This I think shows that expectations and biases are at the root of a lot of the hostility towards these sets. I am not immune to my biases either, but due to my unique likes I find them both ugly and awesome at once. This tells me the designers where indeed onto something. I would have loved these as a kid and I'm pretty girly. So I could def see how little boys would like this too. Additionally, whenever new stuff disapoints, I just buy old stuff and make MOCs or just add to the collection. It seems that a lot of people forget you are allowed to do that.
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    There are also bots from search engines that crawl the site, I know they can show up depending on the forum software. I lurked for years before making an account, I'm sure others did or do the same. :)
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    Stunning, I particularly like the staircase and the colors used on the moc. :)
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    Thanks for the laugh, this is an awesome moc
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    Hi all! I'm sure this has been covered, I did a few searches and didn't find much, sorry if this is redundant or in the wrong subforum. I haven't been in a place where I can set anything large up for many, MANY years. I am now in the process of purchasing a home, but the home is going to be in the 800 sqft range. About the same as my apartment, just permanent. I have a large collection (think 500lbs or so) and I'm searching for ideas. Shelves mounted to the wall are obvious for me. I have most of the collection sorted into sterilte at the moment, and the unsorted in totes. I like the way I've seen a certain youtuber did it where he basically has a table low to the ground under the main table. Basically doubling the surface area. Otherwise I'm at a loss. I've waited many many many years for this and I really want to make a "lego room" happen. Another option I think is setting up only one theme and photographing it then tearing it down every 6 months or so. I'd also love to see pics of how you've set things up if its something besides just a giant table. Additionally, has anyone used a tuffshed or other outdoor structure for their layouts? I'd be interested in hearing the pros and cons of that as well because that is also an option. Thanks for reading :)
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    Hi all! Welcome to my page :)

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    Very very clever!
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    I really like the large trees you've built, good luck with the rest of the build :)
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    simple but very effective touches. I like this!
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