Anyone use bricklink much?

[Trent]

I've ordered from them before, without too many issues. I've had pieces sent to me from all over Europe, it's just like eBay - make sure you check feedback and stuff before you jump.

Worth keeping in mind when you come to your Falcon - most Lego sets come with a rare piece or 2, which means the price on Bricklink can be quite high. I built an entire discontinued modular City set using Bricklink, and one of the pieces was about $30 each (and the set required 2 of them). I changed the colour of the piece slightly (without it standing out at all) and kept the cost right down.

Another thing that I found useful was downloading xml file (I think that's what they're called, I'm not a computer guy) of all the pieces a set needed and plugging it straight into Bricklink, which made searching for retailers who were selling the pieces I needed easier.

The Falcon has quite a few rare pieces in it. I've already downloaded the LDD file for it and have had a look. The grey mast rigging used on the engines is worth a small fortune as it was only made in that colour for the set. Same thing with several pieces. I am hoping to do some substitution and keep the cost down as cheap as possible. The only expensive things I'm going to definitley get are the mini figures.

But there are quite a few rumours around the internet about a Force Awakens version in the pipeline. But there is apparently 3 UCS sets already slated for 2016 so we'll see...

[Dkaris]

Use cracklink for a lot of my custom minifigs. I got tons of parts for my destiny ones and even some parts for a 300 style spartan . Ive never used it to build a whole set, though.

[daehenoc]

I've used it on and off, never had a bad sale, found Oz sellers responsible and good with communications. Some stores only ship once or twice a week (e.g. hobby for a person, they can only get to the post office occasionally), so check their terms.