FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
I was thinking about getting one myself...
I was thinking about getting one myself...
LEGO Star Wars
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Boba Ben
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
It's a pretty cool set. You should pick it up when it goes on sale. I'm sure it will again.
It's a pretty cool set. You should pick it up when it goes on sale. I'm sure it will again.
gibby
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
So what's the consensus...OT, PT or both?
Really leaning towards OT, but must admit that I like some of the mini-fig's from the PT (especially the clones).
So what's the consensus...OT, PT or both?
Really leaning towards OT, but must admit that I like some of the mini-fig's from the PT (especially the clones).
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
I'm all OT, but I'm that way with everything now...
I'm all OT, but I'm that way with everything now...
gibby
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Thanks for the feedback, flosi.
I'm getting that way as well for SW, but now I'm finding myself venturing into Marvel and DC (for both SSC and LEGO).
One more question...what do you guys do with the boxes?
For my first two small sets, I cut out the box face, and placed that with the manual in a zip lock baggy.
Something tells me, though, I may need to save the entire box for an X-Wing, Death Star or something larger.
Maybe flatten the box and put it in a zip lock bag?
Thanks for the feedback, flosi.
I'm getting that way as well for SW, but now I'm finding myself venturing into Marvel and DC (for both SSC and LEGO).
One more question...what do you guys do with the boxes?
For my first two small sets, I cut out the box face, and placed that with the manual in a zip lock baggy.
Something tells me, though, I may need to save the entire box for an X-Wing, Death Star or something larger.
Maybe flatten the box and put it in a zip lock bag?
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
I've been storing mine inside one another. So a small trooper box inside a slightly bigger set like a landspeeder and then put that inside a Slave 1 and put that inside a Falcon box, etc.
I've been storing mine inside one another. So a small trooper box inside a slightly bigger set like a landspeeder and then put that inside a Slave 1 and put that inside a Falcon box, etc.
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
It depends on what you expect to do with your Lego. If you think there is a possibility of you selling them, then you want to flatten the boxes for storage. Cutting them up would only be if you wanted to keep the artwork as cut up boxes have essentially no value for resell purposes. Also, the boxes for smaller sets are also not worth very much.
It depends on what you expect to do with your Lego. If you think there is a possibility of you selling them, then you want to flatten the boxes for storage. Cutting them up would only be if you wanted to keep the artwork as cut up boxes have essentially no value for resell purposes. Also, the boxes for smaller sets are also not worth very much.
UTtoyfan
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Kuzeh posted this in the Other Topics thread, but I thought you guys would be interested in reading about what this guy did with Star Wars Legos.
https://gma.yahoo.com/alleged-lego-...s-website-083530484--abc-news-topstories.html
Alleged Lego Scammer Sold 2,100 Boxes Through Website, Cops Say
The California software exec arrested for allegedly switching bar codes on high priced Lego sets resold them online through "TomsBrickyard," a site so popular with Lego buyers that they rated his service "excellent."
Thomas Langenbach, who was the vice president of SAP Labs Integration and Certification Center in Palo Alto, was arrested May 8 outside a Mountain View Target store.
In a plot more complex than a Lego Death Star set, police say Langenbach used a home computer and printer -- and lots of Legos – to amass a small fortune reselling the toys.
"Believe it or not this will be our first tech exec in a Lego case," Police Chief Scott Vermeer told ABC News.
Lagenbach, who lives in a gated multi-million dollar home in San Carlos, Calif., is free on $10,000 bail but has refused to comment.
Police said that Lagenbach, 47, was repeatedly captured on store surveillance video with expensive Lego sets in his cart at retail stores. Detectives said he did something called a "ticket switch," changing the price by allegedly putting his own barcode stickers on boxes so he could pay less. For example he would replace the barcode tag for a $249 Millennium Falcon Lego set with a tag for just $49, police said.
He then resold the sets through the TomsBrickyard web site, according to police. Prosecutors said he sold 2,100 Lego items for roughly $30,000 over the last year. Police are investigating to determine how many of those sets were obtained through fraudulent bar codes.
On the day of his arrest Langenbach had allegedly placed three phony bar codes on items, bought one of the boxes, and placed the other two back on the store's shelf. He had 32 fake bar codes in his car as well, according to Cindy Hendrickson, a supervising deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County.
Police photos from a search of his home show dozens of homemade barcodes neatly organized, plus stacks and stacks of brand new Lego sets.
"It certainly looks like an ongoing enterprise … to think we caught him the only five times he did this is very hard to believe," Hendrickson said.
Langenbach has so far refused to comment, now that he is free on $10,000 bail and has been is facing felony burglary charges -- not exactly child's play, despite a whole lot of Lego.
It's not the first time Legos have been targeted by scammers. In 2005, a Reno man was arrested for changing prices with phony barcodes for nearly $200,000 worth of Lego sets.
Kuzeh posted this in the Other Topics thread, but I thought you guys would be interested in reading about what this guy did with Star Wars Legos.
https://gma.yahoo.com/alleged-lego-...s-website-083530484--abc-news-topstories.html
Alleged Lego Scammer Sold 2,100 Boxes Through Website, Cops Say
The California software exec arrested for allegedly switching bar codes on high priced Lego sets resold them online through "TomsBrickyard," a site so popular with Lego buyers that they rated his service "excellent."
Thomas Langenbach, who was the vice president of SAP Labs Integration and Certification Center in Palo Alto, was arrested May 8 outside a Mountain View Target store.
In a plot more complex than a Lego Death Star set, police say Langenbach used a home computer and printer -- and lots of Legos – to amass a small fortune reselling the toys.
"Believe it or not this will be our first tech exec in a Lego case," Police Chief Scott Vermeer told ABC News.
Lagenbach, who lives in a gated multi-million dollar home in San Carlos, Calif., is free on $10,000 bail but has refused to comment.
Police said that Lagenbach, 47, was repeatedly captured on store surveillance video with expensive Lego sets in his cart at retail stores. Detectives said he did something called a "ticket switch," changing the price by allegedly putting his own barcode stickers on boxes so he could pay less. For example he would replace the barcode tag for a $249 Millennium Falcon Lego set with a tag for just $49, police said.
He then resold the sets through the TomsBrickyard web site, according to police. Prosecutors said he sold 2,100 Lego items for roughly $30,000 over the last year. Police are investigating to determine how many of those sets were obtained through fraudulent bar codes.
On the day of his arrest Langenbach had allegedly placed three phony bar codes on items, bought one of the boxes, and placed the other two back on the store's shelf. He had 32 fake bar codes in his car as well, according to Cindy Hendrickson, a supervising deputy district attorney in Santa Clara County.
Police photos from a search of his home show dozens of homemade barcodes neatly organized, plus stacks and stacks of brand new Lego sets.
"It certainly looks like an ongoing enterprise … to think we caught him the only five times he did this is very hard to believe," Hendrickson said.
Langenbach has so far refused to comment, now that he is free on $10,000 bail and has been is facing felony burglary charges -- not exactly child's play, despite a whole lot of Lego.
It's not the first time Legos have been targeted by scammers. In 2005, a Reno man was arrested for changing prices with phony barcodes for nearly $200,000 worth of Lego sets.
Darth Waller
Are you on the square?
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Langenbach the LEGO maniac.
Langenbach the LEGO maniac.
UTtoyfan
Super Freak
icruise
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
A millionaire LEGO thief, eh? Wait a minute... We should've seen the signs!
A millionaire LEGO thief, eh? Wait a minute... We should've seen the signs!
Niltusk
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Lol icruise, I thought of those pics when I read that article.
A millionaire LEGO thief, eh? Wait a minute... We should've seen the signs!
Lol icruise, I thought of those pics when I read that article.
gibby
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Just got my LEGO order from the online store.
Really disappointed I wasn't into LEGO during the May 4th sale, but had to pick up enough stuff to get that Hulk minifig....
Just got my LEGO order from the online store.
Really disappointed I wasn't into LEGO during the May 4th sale, but had to pick up enough stuff to get that Hulk minifig....
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Those are some fun little sets, Gibby. The pod and Landspeeder go well together as you end up with all three pauldron colors.
Those are some fun little sets, Gibby. The pod and Landspeeder go well together as you end up with all three pauldron colors.
Uncanny Web-Slinger
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Gonna be getting this when it goes up..
Gonna be getting this when it goes up..
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Yeah, the newer ones are awesome. They have leg detail and weathering. I think there's shodow on the armor too? Same with the Stormtrooper in the Endor set.
Yeah, the newer ones are awesome. They have leg detail and weathering. I think there's shodow on the armor too? Same with the Stormtrooper in the Endor set.
Uncanny Web-Slinger
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Darth Malgus minfigure
Darth Malgus minfigure
gibby
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Exactly my thoughts!
Now I just need a Dewie, though!!!
Yeah they do!
I can see myself troop building with these guys. I just need a sale now.
Nova - loving those sets.
Already have my eyes set on Jabba's palace, the Advent Calendar and the three planet sets.
Exactly my thoughts!
Now I just need a Dewie, though!!!
Yeah they do!
I can see myself troop building with these guys. I just need a sale now.
Nova - loving those sets.
Already have my eyes set on Jabba's palace, the Advent Calendar and the three planet sets.
VASith
Super Freak
Re: LEGO Star Wars - anyone?
Last years calander was too much fun...can't wait for this years. Going to set them both up at the same time. It was my little treat when I got home from work..
Exactly my thoughts!
Now I just need a Dewie, though!!!
Yeah they do!
I can see myself troop building with these guys. I just need a sale now.
Nova - loving those sets.
Already have my eyes set on Jabba's palace, the Advent Calendar and the three planet sets.
Last years calander was too much fun...can't wait for this years. Going to set them both up at the same time. It was my little treat when I got home from work..
