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when is @litt going to auction his sweed jersey
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You know that's never going to happen.
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have you looked into selling them now? one of my friends does this for extra money and he's probably sold more LEGO since March than in the 5 years combined. he sold so much that he was able to get completely out of debt.I have a big box of now discontinued, unopened LEGO sets - mostly Star Wars, the Back to the Future DeLorean, and few others. I’m going to wait a few more years and double or triple my money on them. Unopened Star Wars sets get ridiculous prices.
I really wanted to buy more of them, but the family CFO told me to GTFO
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I have, but I'm going to wait a little longer. May even add a few more into the warehouse.
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He's holding out for winter and the second wave.
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LEGO folks are crazy. my buddy's house is like walking into a LEGO/Star Wars store. for awhile he had a part-time job (full-time gig is a poly sci professor) at the local LEGO store putting displays together, pretty much just for the employee discount.
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They are really going for the nostalgia and older crowd these days. The new Mos Eisley Cantina set is $350; there is a Harry Potter Diagon Alley set in that price range as well. 10 year olds aren't asking for that stuff, it's their Gen X and older millennial parents gobbling those sets up.
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Which is weird, because 'back in my day' legos meant buying a big bucket of them and making your own creations. Now they're just low resolution model kits.
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Right. And it annoys the hell out of me.Which is weird, because 'back in my day' legos meant buying a big bucket of them and making your own creations. Now they're just low resolution model kits.
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Tell me about it. I went back and searched an instructions database for a few of the sets I had growing up. I loved the classic space line, and some of the largest sets back then had 200-300 pieces. The entry level sets have more than that now, and the ones I listed above have 3000+ pieces. They aren't for kids. At all.
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I believe you guys are looking for Mega Bloks.
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Yup. My little cousins have boxes and boxes with step by step Ikea-like instructions...it is very direct. Like, I tried to play along and spruce up some of the things they were making and they were like, "no, that piece doesn't go there." hahahaWhich is weird, because 'back in my day' legos meant buying a big bucket of them and making your own creations. Now they're just low resolution model kits.
What I used to do when I was a kid (because I had the big rubbermaid container full of legos...) I also had these, I don't know how to describe it, like plastic or even rubbery kind of "track" pieces, with roadways, and curves, and intersections, overpasses...and you'd connect them with these plastic tongues underneath each road that slid into these little thin slots...man, tough to describe, we just kept them in a spare box because it was all mix n' match...
Anyway, I'd build out all the roads...then I'd get the legos and build some buildings...and then I got the rubbermaid full of matchbox cars (which I never raced or did anything of the sort with) and sat them in traffic in the city centers and then more spaced out along most highways haha
Different setup each and every time...no rules...no instructions...I was a king...
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That's awesome.
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My 6 year old is totally into all the legos and wants the biggest sets. $700 for the millennium falcon is ludicrous. Get a new hobby, kid
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700 clams...?!?!? How many pieces? Not that it matters...
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I love legos, too, but these sets are getting out of control. I keep thinking about building model cars and jets again like I did as a kid, because that was a hell of a lot of fun. I can still smell the Testors glue.
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I, too, had the bins of random Lego pieces, and would just build whatever. I think the only themed set I had was a castle.
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money talks bullshit walks. name your price, it can be yourswhen is @litt going to auction his sweed jersey
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It's not so much how many pieces, it's the $tar War$ name that is attached to it. The Millennium Falcon is one of the most sought after sets, which drives up the price.700 clams...?!?!? How many pieces? Not that it matters...
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I've bought a few different Lego sets or had them gifted to me, but I wasn't a Lego kid growing up and I tend to lose interest fairly quickly when it comes to building. I have the Ecto-1 and the BTTF DeLorean. When quarantine started I told myself that I was finally going to assemble them but, like I said, I just lose interest. These are both opened but basically new in box (parts are still sealed). Are we saying these are worth selling?
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Yes. Wait a few years to maximize profits.
There is a whole side industry of LEGO designers who design custom sets and use software to generate instructions and parts lists to sell.
The end user gets the instructions and a parts file that uploads to Bricklink.com (like ebay for LEGO) and finds all of the pieces needed to build the model (even matching color).
I built a custom Groot a few years ago for about $35 in pieces. I want to pull the trigger on a Tachi/Rocinante model from The Expanse next: https://www.brickvault.toys/collections ... icro-scale
There is a whole side industry of LEGO designers who design custom sets and use software to generate instructions and parts lists to sell.
The end user gets the instructions and a parts file that uploads to Bricklink.com (like ebay for LEGO) and finds all of the pieces needed to build the model (even matching color).
I built a custom Groot a few years ago for about $35 in pieces. I want to pull the trigger on a Tachi/Rocinante model from The Expanse next: https://www.brickvault.toys/collections ... icro-scale
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Oh ****, I had never heard of that site before. You are going to cost me money...Yes. Wait a few years to maximize profits.
There is a whole side industry of LEGO designers who design custom sets and use software to generate instructions and parts lists to sell.
The end user gets the instructions and a parts file that uploads to Bricklink.com (like ebay for LEGO) and finds all of the pieces needed to build the model (even matching color).
I built a custom Groot a few years ago for about $35 in pieces. I want to pull the trigger on a Tachi/Rocinante model from The Expanse next: https://www.brickvault.toys/collections ... icro-scale
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Oh yeah.
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Space Wars?
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mrs litt has been dropping hints on wanting a cricut for quite a while. saw a bundle on sale for 15% off which is the best deal i have seen on of these devices so i pulled the trigger. pretty nifty little device.
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