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  • #24151
    Greg Schubert
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    A family member gave me their unopened Taj Mahal to sell for them. It sold on feeBay in early September for $2800. Yesterday’s LEGO catalog says that they will be available on Black Friday weekend for $370. 🙂

    #24160
    Josh
    Keymaster

    so what is greg up to? Apparently gloating, with good reason too. how fortuitous.

    #24162
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Greg: You know I’m going to Monroeville Friday, right?
    Anne: Are you taking that tree?
    Greg: No, its not going to be finished by then.
    Anne: Do you have a plan to take it somewhere?
    Greg: Yes, the living room.
    Anne: In place of our regular tree?
    Greg: Possibly
    Anne: (silence)

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    #24164
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Anne ftw!

    #24174
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    >> Anne ftw!

    Yep, this made up for all the waiting I’ve had to do for tree updates.

    #24204
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    twenty five levels to go

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    #24211
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    I placed an order with ChromeBricks in Germany. I think the current weight is only about 100 grams but I can still add another 300 grams of weight without increasing the postage. Does anyone have anything small on their wish list to add?

    https://store.bricklink.com/ChromeBricks#/shop?o={“showHomeItems”:1}

    #24212
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    Re: Chrome Bricks, if nobody else wants the space, I’ll take as many 1×2 dark green plates as you can fit in 300 grams.

    #24217
    Josh
    Keymaster

    all the yellow 1×4 plates, please. 59 x.3 = ~$1.75

    #24218
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Where to begin? 104x huskies, Unitron torsos, bright light orange cheese…

    …probably best to just leave me out of this.

    #24224
    Tom Frost
    Participant

    if it’s not too late (or if this doesn’t add too much weight) 4x “Chrome Silver Wheel Cover 5 Spoke Thick – for Wheel 56145 (set 8169) Original LEGO(R) Part 85969, chromed by Chromebricks”

    #24230
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Chrome Silver Wheel Cover 5 Spoke Thick

    Dude, those wheel covers are totally rad! I think I can fit them in. What are you going to do with them, trick out your Lamborghini? Build a custom Batmobile? I can hardly wait to see!

    #24234
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    So the tree probably going to be about this tall when its done. The good news is that the top half is going to be mostly one continuous piece and portable. That means it could possible be used at the Bethel Park Library, designated one of our three big events this year. 🙂

    Can you imagine combining the tree with Tom’s black apparatus and some UV radiant decorations?!?

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    #24237
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Can you imagine combining the tree with Tom’s black apparatus and some UV radiant decorations?!?

    Yeah, but what I really want is to know more about Outdoor Challenge!

    #24267
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Someone wanted to buy a set in my bricklink store and they said that they kept getting an error message that the dimensions are not correct. What? I have never heard of this before. So I looked on the inventory page, and guess what, there is a place to add weight, and XYZ dimensions. Has anyone ever noticed this or entered anything into these boxes before? I presume that the “dimensions” are meant to help with shipping, but if its a known LEGO set, why aren’t the weight/volume already entered like they are for parts?

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    #24269
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    This is the error message that the potential buyer received:

    “Order summary
    Items do not fit in the package
    Max weight: 13 oz
    Length + Girth: 108 in
    Your items do not meet seller’s package dimension requirement. Please remove some items
    from your cart.
    OR
    If the seller has authorized you to bypass, enter bypass password
    Enter bypass password
    Proceed to Checkout”

    Which makes no sense to me, since I sold a seven pound set on Friday.

    #24270
    Josh
    Keymaster

    Greg, what the heck are you doing?

    This seems more like a bricklink forum question than a question we can resolve here.

    My guess is that your store shipping restrictions are in play. 13 oz is the max USPS will allow for first class mail.

    #24271
    Josh
    Keymaster

    I got the same thing. with a first pop up with “SHIPPING_METHOD_PACKAGE_RESTRICTION: You will be redirected to the cart page.” before I could check out.

    #24272
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    I did check the bricklink forum but learned nothing conclusive. I saw people complaining about bricklink launching changes before they had perfected them. It seems that there are settings for available shipping methods. It seems that my account came with two default shipping methods. One was for domestic first class and the other was for international and it just said (request invoice.) So I made a third shipping method called USPS Priority with no size restrictions. Hopefully that will work.

    #24334
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Now that I have hit this milestone of completing the tree to the top, much of the technical problem is over and the creative part can begin. I actively solicited advice from Mrs. Anne for the next stage and it appears that I need to add three more buildings near the top. I will probably adapt existing buildings from the former Alpine Village for this purpose.

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    #24345
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    It’s gonna have lights built in, right, Greg? 😀

    #24393
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    LEGO is an included exclusion.

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    #24420
    Greg Schubert
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    Meanwhile, back at the tree: I’ve decided to enter it into the LEGO Winter Wonderland contest. I am hoping it will be one of the eleven runner’s up.

    My creativity consultant, Mrs. Anne, suggested adding more buildings, so many hours were invested in that endeavor. Unlike the other buildings which rest in holes, these were built right into the mountain side.

    Also, I added a star and I came up with an idea to make a staircase that could also serve as a garland. Anne obliged adding this feature; I have provided evidence of this activity to persuade the doubtful. Imagine 3WS 94.5 playing Christmas music continually in the background.

    Finally I started adding small trees to Mt. Tannenbaum.

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    #24446
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    I decided that I am definitely going to enter this Rebrick contest to build a Winter Wonderland.

    https://www.lego.com/en-us/rebrick/contest-page/contests/winter-wonderland

    In light of that, getting the tree camera ready became a top priority the last few days.

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    #24449
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Greg, you’re my hero. Never forget that. (Anne is pretty cool, too! 3WS…not so much…)

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