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I don't think they just did local stores. From Phoenix, L.A. is about 8 hours away, San Diego, about the same. Vegas is six, and Albuquerque is eight. That is four major metro areas that you could hit and not raise a lot of suspicion.

18 Pallets of kits! http://www.azcentral...-abrk/14143047/

I like your Mark 1. considering it was cobbled together from other things in the first movie, it shouldn't look as streamlined as the others.

What was the price on this set? In the 2013 set list it show it at 139.00 Swiss Francs, but they gave a conversion to 115 Euros.

All I can say is WOW! You really got it right. That's funny that I just saw one of these (replica) last week.

Walmart here in the US has an ad that lists the price of 4204 The Mine, for $39.97! From what I hear, it might not be all regions, and I don't think it's online, so check your morning paper and RUN over there. I would guarantee they won't last!

Very nice "BUFF"! And huge!!!

That is beautiful! Very well done, and it really works well in that large (Giant!) size. I applaud you, Sir!

Very interesting article, thanks!

I just picked up the 9396 Helicopter at my local Lego Store. They had the tractor, but I don't remember seeing the crawler (I had tunnel vision for the helicopter!)

I just got back from my local Lego store, and they had just put it on the shelves.

Great review! I just love the picture with the two helicopters, it brings back memories. I had that kit all those years ago, but lost it in my dark ages.

It looks to me because of the location of the pyramid shaped locators on the top of the set, that the reason for the hinges on the back of the Jabba's Palace throne room are to allow the Rancor gate to be raised. (nevermind, upon further review, I noticed that you can't open it while sitting on the Rancor Pit. Doh!)

Rancor! www.flickr.com/photos/65553751@N03/7558151118/in/contacts/ Yes! Looks good to me! The Rancor is a little small, but I didn't really expect anything much bigger, and it's ok as long as you can get a Gammorean in it's mouth.

San Diego Comic Con starts Thursday with the preview night Wednesday.

That looks really good! nice mod.

I think you might be getting the wrong impression. I for one like the kit, it looks very well done, but the price is why I will not be getting one. With the amount of really cool kits that TLG is putting out this year I just can't fit that one into my Lego budget...Hey, a guy's gotta eat, and Lego bricks are a little too crunchy to me!

I like how the writer of that article said $200 is "cheap" and "Once they are out of production, these sets' price skyrocket to the thousands."

His beard is not nearly luxurious enough to have the name "Pirate Captain"!

I solved my elevator problem by replacing the technic 1x9 piece with a 1x11 and put the ball end in the 10th hole. It's a cheat, but I couldn't figure out how to get it done with the stock piece. Also, now the elevators move about an equal amount up and down.

Not sophisticated, so what! That expression works brilliantly!

I had two extra boat studs too, The inventory lists 6 in the kit and they are all on the underside of the top wing, so... bonus. I also had an extra 1x4, but found where it went. Check the underside of the top wing in the center. there should be one in the front and one in the back (step 11, book 2)

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one with this issue. With the elevators level, my control stick is up against the instrument panel. There must be something simple, but I haven't found it yet.

The elements are not glued. I picked up one of these earlier this week.

One of the cases is pre assembled in the package. The rest are in a bag in the box, with the clear elements in their own special bag.