Any tips on winning these Lego Ideas contests?

Help identifying this trooper

Can’t for the life of me figure out which set this guy is from. Bought him with a v-wing

Help finding a similar piece

Does anyone by any chance know where i can find similar hair & beard in order to make this character?

Impromptu stop paid off!

Saw these were apparently a pain to find for a lot of people, so I stopped by the local Walmart after getting my car’s oil done (I rarely ever shop at Walmart, usually Target). Dug around the huge piles of Ninjago, Dreamz, and Disney poly bags and found the ONLY Bats 😁 Was going to just buy one for $12 on eBay, but $5 is much sweeter. Any chance this goes the Darth Revan route one day, or should I just rip this guy open?

What I came back home to 🙁

Brick Veteran B-2

Finally finished my Brick Veteran B-2! Great design by Cody Osell! 100% Lego elements.

Haven’t bought a lego set for myself in 20 years. Started buying friends sets for my daughter. Couldn’t stop admiring the other sets i was seeing though. Bought one, then a couple days later two, then a third a day after that. Maybe need just one more lol

Speed Champions Display

Was running out of space, so tried one of the Wicked Brick displays for my 6-wide collection. Extremely nice, ironically had no instructions.

Scummy people getting caught stealing at my local Walmart. I walked by as security asked him what's in his bag.

Thank you Walmart

Super excited to find these in time for Halloween

I’d never seen these variants of the storage bins before. Anyone else decorate with them?