How would you spend $40?

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How would you spend $40?

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Should I buy:

8 "old" gray parts packs - About 490 pieces.
1 Black Falcon Fortress - 435 pieces, but an inherently cool model. Heck, also Old Gray!
1 + 1 Harry Potter 4729 and 4730. Not as satisfying as the BFF, but just north of 1000 pieces (20 day option on this as the KB closes for good April 10th). Technically $42, not $40.

All are "You snooze, you lose!" buys, 'cause they won't be there in a short time, but are all available to me for the moment.
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Post by SavaTheAggie »

If you wanted all old Grey, go on Bricklink and buy bulk bricks.

At $0.05 a brick (which there are things that do go lower, like 2x2s), a collection of old light greys will get you 800 bricks.

Plus, a lot of bricks will run you below $0.8 a brick, which is equal to the price per piece in the old grey bulk bricks assortment.

And there wouldn't be any Castle Wall Pieces from the BFF (unless you're looking to get those).

Heck, other colors will run you even less than $0.05 a brick.

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Post by Athos »

Black Falcon is sold out, as I recall. That should narrow it down some.

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Athos wrote:Black Falcon is sold out, as I recall. That should narrow it down some.

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The choice is not narrowed down, at least on that front, still.
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BFF, you get 6 awesome figs, 2 horses, a tudor wall piece, black slopes, an awesome flag, weapons, shields, light grey swords, corner wall pieces, 1x3 arches and other arches, all for a great deal! But...

If you don't like the Black Falcons, go with bricklink.
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Post by Aidan »

I've got to go with Anthony on this. I have bought almost exclusively from Bricklink recently. I just hate paying for pieces I don't want. The prices for light gray and dark gray are up quite a bit but you can still beat the part packs hands down. :D
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