Need expert lego appraisal

[Azrael]

Mammoth 8’2” Lego Cruise Ship for sale.

Hey all as previously mentioned I’ve been forced to reluctantly auction my Lego MOC

Ebay Link, to description and Pictures.

Please pass this link to whomever you can think of ideally I would like her to be bought by a Corporation, Theme Park or Museum, for all to enjoy. But at this point an individual who will cherish her would be welcome too

As LEGO pros and connoisseurs I would appreciate your appraisal of her as well.

What do you think she would be worth, She has in the neighborhood of 60,000 plus LEGOs She measures 8’2” Stem to stern, by 13” wide by 22” to the top of her stack.

100 Mini-figures Passengers, Cruise Staff and Officers are included.

Mostly made from re-enjoyed Lego, she’s made from thousands of new blocks and specialty pieces.

All painstakingly cleaned and sorted (And re-sorted) All 100% Lego blocks.

Designed and Built by an actual Cruise Ship Designer in Fort Lauderdale Florida from the Original Blue Prints.

$640.00 Custom Crate will be made for her, included in the sale price, From a firm in Fort Lauderdale that makes custom crates with experience shipping precious ship models even dinosaur bones.

If the auction does not go through I will be forced to consider donating her to a children’s charity and hopefully utilizing a decent write off.

So please help if you have any contacts in the Lego World that might be interested in her.

Ask any questions you wish.

Can’t thank you enough, unfortunately I'm heading for forclosure so if I'm living under a bridge I can only hope she finds a home *laugh*

~A

[VBBN]

60,000+ bricks and over 100 figures brings a heavy cost. The minifigures alone would be roughly $150, and all things considered, $200. Parts...well, if you had gone by Lego's price per part ration, $6,000.

Being the economy as it is, just putting it on ebay or something just doesn't do justice. You'll need to advertise the hell outta this thing. Not nessecarily google ads persay, but o other sites, or find local places such as the library and put ads there. I can run an ad on flickr to bring it some attention if you would like.

[DJ Force]

One of the most important things you need to do is:

Put up BIGGER pictures! The buyer needs to see her in all her glory and not on tiny thumbnailsized pics.

[Bricktrain]

I saw this mentioned on Bricklink forum a while ago, but I think the poster was more interested in the girl in the background in a bikini. Awsome looking model.

[Dr. Steve]

Amazing, I wonder if Lego would consider Buying it to display in one of their stores.

[chump]

I take it that you've approached Royal Caribbean International, who is the parent company of Celebrity Cruise which is the line the ship is modeled from? Although, they may not want to set a precedent of purchasing uncommissioned artwork. However, I agree, bigger pictures!

[Azrael]

60,000+ bricks and over 100 figures brings a heavy cost. The minifigures alone would be roughly $150, and all things considered, $200. Parts...well, if you had gone by Lego's price per part ration, $6,000.

Being the economy as it is, just putting it on ebay or something just doesn't do justice. You'll need to advertise the hell outta this thing. Not nessecarily google ads persay, but o other sites, or find local places such as the library and put ads there. I can run an ad on flickr to bring it some attention if you would like.

That’s a very good idea VBBN, What other sites do you recommend? This Forum seems to be the leader in LEGO information and fans on the web, I would love to hear of other sites.

Thanks!

~A

One of the most important things you need to do is:

Put up BIGGER pictures! The buyer needs to see her in all her glory and not on tiny thumbnailsized pics.

Good tip, I do have much larger pictures, I just shrunk them for fast loading, I'll look into a photo hosting site for all her pics.

Thanks!

~A

I saw this mentioned on Bricklink forum a while ago, but I think the poster was more interested in the girl in the background in a bikini. Awsome looking model.

Haha LOL yeah most everyone makes a comment about her ;-) She's my wife. And been Very tollerant of an 8'2" lego boat in the house she even helped build it. She rocks.

Thanks!

~A

Amazing, I wonder if Lego would consider Buying it to display in one of their stores.

I did send pictures to Lego, they loved her, but not enough to buy her… they just complimented her and mailed me the information to get Lego Certified to build more LOL I would LOVE to once we get all this nasty financial recession stuff sorted.

I think next I’ll Build a ten foot one that floats…

Ah to dream!

Thanks for the tip though!

~A

I take it that you've approached Royal Caribbean International, who is the parent company of Celebrity Cruise which is the line the ship is modeled from? Although, they may not want to set a precedent of purchasing uncommissioned artwork. However, I agree, bigger pictures!

I will put up bigger pictures, that is a good tip. I did email Celebrity I actually design their new-builds and Re-fits... I was hesitant, because All I need is a foreclosure and a law suit LOL incase they got all twitchy about copy writes and such. But so far no word from them either way. She would make a perfect center piece on any of their ships in a Children’s Play room or something, Cunard, NCL and Carnival all have a full sized lego ship on board already Celebrity should keep up with the joneses ;-)

Thanks for the note though! All the comments are appreciated.

~A

[Azrael]

We got a bidder! Don’t let it get away ;-) If you’ve ever wondered if your children “love” you or just “like” you , Buy them an 8’2” Lego Cruise Ship just to be sure ;-)

But seriously, if the bidder is any of you guys please drop me an ebay email with your EB Screen name and I'll even credit the winner back 10% for being an EB Member.

Ebay Link to Lego Ship

Thanks so much for spreading the word!

You guys have been truly awesome!

~A

[Azrael]

Ebay Didn’t pan out so I am giving craigslist a go please feel free to spread the link and or any constructive criticism you can give.

http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/tag/1529119476.html