Reminder, the Haunted House has a STEM angle as well. The ride feature uses a Fly Wheel in the back.

@studebricker2845

11 ай бұрын

Reminder, so do lots of other Lego sets LOL

@jwillsher80

11 ай бұрын

@@studebricker2845 Yes many LEGO sets have…wheels. Don’t equate the Saturn V or the Lunar Lander with actual implementation of engineering. The only reason I bring up the STEM angle is that I think the marketing around this set has not been great.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

I do always forget that! Thanks Jwill

@studebricker2845

11 ай бұрын

@@jwillsher80 Perhaps you just started collecting, but Lego has made sets with advanced features like flywheels for decades.

@jwillsher80

11 ай бұрын

@@studebricker2845 Yes, this is not the only set to ever include mechanical features. That said, I understand it is not a huge plus in regards to resale value. However, at the same time, most consumers don’t really know about the mechanical functions; initial impressions of it are that this is a just an expensive LEGO building with a Halloween theme.

There is a sitcom tower modular MOC out there that combines the Friends Apartment and Central Perk.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

I did see this! It’s an incredible MOC

Soooo looong no content from you. Great to have you back 😃

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

I’m back!!!! 💪💪

The botanical sets make fantastic presents! More versatile than any other line I’ve experienced AND the best introduction to Lego for older family members/friends. Bought the succulents for my grandma and we built them together! She had always bought her grandkids sets but never built one herself! They make S tier date activities in general. Buy her(or him) a botanical set, then grab a blanket, some snacks, and a solid tray to build on and take them outside on the grass when it’s nice and sunny to build together. Cant recommend these sets enough

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

I love this so much!

Jake, I agree with many if not all of your assessments here, and it really seems like investors should be passing on 90%+ of what is retiring this year, which is mind boggling. Reading between the lines, it seems like a lot of knowledgeable and serious investors are taking a noticeable pause right now. I am worried that there are so many casual investors that have rushed into the space during the Covid era and a lot of the demand for these sets is being driven by investors rather than end-user folks that sincerely want to have, open and/or build these sets. If demand suddenly diminishes or dries up there will be a glut of unwanted retired sets on the market that no one wants anymore. So everyone should be careful and do your homework. Don't buy at MSRP!

@dblyle

10 ай бұрын

Agree completely with this. Lego was such a huge beneficiary of COVID cash plus stay at home dynamics, and the Lego Group has been absolutely pumping out the sets to take advantage of this. They have been making hay, but the sun is starting to shine much less brightly. There is SO much Lego out there now. Pretty high conviction that this will turn out to be the worst time to buy sets for resale in the past 10 years.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

I 100% agree! LEGO investing is certainly not as easy as it was 5 years ago but I think their is still money to be made. Many will try and many will fail. Excited to go for the ride!

I picked up a Ford Mustang for $40 and sold it for $120 the next day. One of my fastest flips ever!

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Booooom 💪💪

Always a good day when Jake drops a video!

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Well that’s high praise thanks TFF!!

The Golden Lloyd figure from the Ultra Dragon at 22:42 is indeed exclusive and one of the most unique Lloyd figures ever made. I expect the Ninjago set overall to do will for investing but that Lloyd minifig specially will do PHENOMENALLY as I highly doubt Lego will ever make a Lloyd fig like that again and it's only available in such in an expensive set.

@Jorit19

11 ай бұрын

in what set is that golden loyd figure?? have a good one and thanks

@kronosis2767

11 ай бұрын

@@Jorit19the golden dragon in this video

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Thx Obi for that! I appreciate the insight

Love your channel. My favorite in this genre/subject. Your background and lighting are perfect and I tend to agree with almost everything you say so how can I not give you a like and comment!

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Well shoot! Thanks Smash! Seriously appreciate the feedback

The new gunship is actually 140 bucks and is s coruscant version.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Ya that was an egregious error on my part for some reason I had the price of ambush in ferrix in my head

Great video! We need more JakesBricks content!

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Ha I definitely need to post more! Appreciate the support

Channel is growing tremendously!! Keep up the great content brother!!👍💯✌️

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Thx BBL!!!

Glad I found your video, it's unfortunate that the Lego site in the US only showcases a third of what's actually retiring. And I have looked at the site a ton and hadn't seen grave digger! That was a fave growing up 😊

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Ya the UK and Germany sites have more sets listed. Not sure why US list is so limited.

Great video & analysis. Medieval Blacksmith & Winnie The Pooh sets are retiring end of 2023 and are great sets for investing and collecting,

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Yes I missed both those! Both sets are great!

Dagobah is so overhorded in Europe that its rather long term investment 2-4 years. Its like central perk 😂 I think other markets are similar. Thanks for your tips. I'm curious how this "last chance to buy" affect Lego investment markets. It's the first time ever Lego made such a huge confirmation about retirement sets. Looking forward for other news... 👍

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Agreed! This is our larger list ever which shows me that stuff isn’t selling well. We will see what happens

Welcome back my friend love your content

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Tony!!

Thanks Jake. Very interesting. Jake any thoughts on the Batman Batwing 1989 76161? Recently offered a good deal on this 3 year old set.

@JakesBricks

6 ай бұрын

Batwing is not doing as well as I hoped... But might have to be patient

Bought 3 sets of central perk for about 50% and sold about msrp, maybe nothing big, but still fine payday for me who invests about 1k bucks a year in lego sets, to budget the hobby.

@JakesBricks

6 ай бұрын

LOVE IT!

I do think the Republic Gunship will go up in value. Sometimes you just get a feel for a good investment and this one seems right to me.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

We will see!!!

Question: can someone explain the overall resell market “requirements”. Like where do you sell/buy stuff, do you need to resell sets unopened sealed in the box new or does it matter if you built it, what should you know to determine the investment ability on a set, etc.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Start with my LEGO investing for beginners series that might help 💪

Great video! Totally agree with your T-Rex Breakout assessment.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Thx Juan Pablo!

Did lego medival castle 31120 retire, if it is why is the lrice still at msrp? And is it good investment?

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Medieval castle I believe is hanging on another year

@stefan7848

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks ok cuz, i dont see him in stores in my country, only second market

The only stadium I would ever get would be Stamford Bridge. And based on the other stadiums, probably would wait until discounts

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Ya I’m curious if they will make more

Assembly square MSRP is 300, not 380

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Of yes you are right thx for the correction

Awesome video as always Jake. Keep it up dude.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Marco!!

Jake, if you’d seen the recent videos showing how men think about the Roman Empire daily or at least weekly, you might change your take on the investment potential of the Colosseum: 😜😜

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

I think about the Roman empire daily 😜😜

16:15 - "I'm going to be a little hush hush about it" - Proceeds to tell over 5k people in under 24 hours. Nice one Einstein.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Ya whooooops 🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for your great job..for me the choosen one if condirmed on retirement is Battle of Endor..good price for pieces..5 figures and short life...Second one could be Tallneck..amazing to look and build..I very picked up 10 for 33%off..I hope I wasn't wrong:)

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Both should be great pick ups

How can you say central perk isn't doing well? It was very plentiful at $40 last year and is an easy sell in the $60-$70 range right now.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

I guess when you look at it that way… but I always use the MSRP as a baseline (which isn’t always fair) but if you do that it has been a poor performer

im surprised there was no mention of the blacksmith shop, isnt that retiring soon?

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

It is! Didn’t mean to leave it out. Should be a winner

great video! many of the great (at first, second and third glance sets...) will be overhoarded, but still profits to be made. I have trust in the Gravedigger, bought some at 12 I think this one will go up to 40 or higher within a year. Two brickheadz stars wars and potters sets you are talink about should normally at least double in price within 12/18 months. all the mincraft and other themed brickheadz should normally double or tripple at least... Asoka most overhoarded and loved, who know what tha set is going to do... The gamble is on! Have a great one!

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Great great thoughts! This is always the risk/gamble! We will see what happens

Jake: do not invest in football stadiums Also Jake: has at least 2 Santiago Bernabeus on his left :)

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Definitely don’t invest in them at MSRP! I got mine at 50% off 💪

@Luuka988

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks well, we shouldn't get anything for investing at MSRP anyways :) 50% off seems OK :)

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

@@Luuka988 true true! I wouldn’t even pick these up at 25% off

Love your videos! How do you get info on what sets are retiring?

@studebricker2845

11 ай бұрын

Rumors and innuendo LOL

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Hahaha innuendo. There are several reputable sites but this info comes from LEGO.com itself

@studebricker2845

11 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks Somebody has to bust your chops every now and then....

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

@@studebricker2845 10000% 😉

Any reason you omitted the Donald Duck Brickheadz series?

@thepepe

11 ай бұрын

Also Zombie from Minecraft and Chip & Dale

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

I probably should have had them on… Donald has been on the market for a while so I think there is more inventory out there. For some reason I am not as excited about the Minecraft brickheadz but I could be wrong. Chip and dale should do well

13:28 You best opportunity to obtain a discount was when there was 20% cash back for LEGO S@H. You can stack discounts with one other retailer with a membership, but community guidelines will not let me say more.

@jwillsher80

11 ай бұрын

Additionally, I think the only retailers currently with stock are Amazon, LEGO S@H, and Best Buy. Everyone else is currently out of stock. The stock of the Police Station has been coming in and out of stock the past couple of months.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have a secret you should hold close to the chest 😏😏

I got the ferrari 488 just for its parts to expand on the 8653 ferrari enzo

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Woah I would love to see this!

A lego collection without Severus Snape is nonsense

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Ngl there are three sets I want. D11 The icons truck The icons Ford Thats my want to buy before retiring list.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Boom!

Just a random question, BD1 fore 75 euros is that a good deal, investment ?

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

I believe it is retiring so that’s a decent pick up but I’m not super high on it for investing

@jasperverbrugghe3933

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks the tallneck frome horizon zero dawn is a better investment you think?

Interesting insights, as always. Cheers.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

💪💪

37:55 Birds of Paradise includes pieces in colors only available in that set.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

This is true!

missed a couple big time sets that are shown to be retiring on EU lego sites such as medieval blacksmith etc, I assume thats a winner for investing as well

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Yes I did miss a few! Medieval blacksmith should be a winner

Will these be around during Black Friday/cyber Monday or will they retire before then? I’ve spent a lot in Lego this year. I’m trying to hold out on spending high money till around Black Friday so I can get more sets for less money

@dfuller81

11 ай бұрын

Last year a few sets, like Sesame Street, sold out in October. Seems like there were better deals on Lego’s site in October than November.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Dfuller made a great point. Some sets don’t make it to BF. So there is some risk with holding off. That’s part of the gamble of LEGO investing

@patriotssbchamps6385

11 ай бұрын

Okay, thank you guys for the insight! I’ll keep an eye out for those Lego deals in OCT… Is it usually just the Lego site, or can you see those deals from other sellers as well? Such as Walmart, Amazon, etc.

Great video Harry Potter brickheads 4pk are an exclusive so maybe be good investment

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Could be! We will see

Do you upload once a month ?

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Not often enough that’s for sure ha!

@PermaVexed

11 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricksI agree! Not enough! Love your content.

What if you could buy the black panther for avg $72.77 a pop

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

I’d buy 100 ha!

Great video, I think all Marvel sets are on hold for now for investments... I'm worried as Disney is on free fall with their marvel shows and movies. Wanted to ask your opinion, is Lego mad about Castle sets?? Pushing out stuntz and other random under performing themes instead push out something for castle themed or fantasy themed sets is a bit mad

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

I don’t know… I think castle stuff would be huge winners. They have released a few here and there over the last couple years but I would love for them to re open the castle line!

@patrik32

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks honestly sometimes I think they lost their connection to reality and knowledge of what would sell... I got it that all the branded set needs to come out but city and Ninjago lines are the only originals left

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

@@patrik32 ‘friends’ as well but yes agreed!!

@patrik32

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks yes you are right, it's just something I haven't buy for myself ( have fun buildings)

I love the "im gonna be hush hush about this". On a video that has 30k views 😂

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Whoooops 🤣🤣🤣

what do you think about TITANIC?

@JakesBricks

6 ай бұрын

not sure about it yet... hoping we see it on discount first

Dude the msrp on the assembly square is 299 at lego

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Shoot what did I say 😬😬

I think you put the wrong picture for the new guardians ship at set #17

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

I mis spoke! I put up the right picture I should’ve just said the guardians ship! Thx for the correction

@Luuka988

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks i think the orange one could do really good, it's one of the best looking Marvel sets ever, awesome minifigs, fantastic for display with the included stand. Not at MSRP of course, but it was on discounts in the past. The new guardians ship is terrible though, only good thing is Adam Warlock figure :)

Blacksmith??

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention on this list! Should be a winner

So cody isn't retiring yet ? good

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

The helmet... Nope not yet

Nobody seems super high on the Birds of Paradise. Guess I should buy some xD

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Might have too 😜

@kronosis2767

11 ай бұрын

It’s probably because it doesn’t really grab your attention. The leaf to flower ratio is underwhelming. I’ll definitely pick it up for my personal collection because I’ve bought all other botanical sets for myself or others

is the bugle retiring SOMEBODY ANSWER

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Nope

So none of these sets will do well?

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Ha I’m not high on too many of them. But if you find discounts then there is certainly money to be made

Nahhh dawg.....thee new gunship is not 70/80 its 140 for 1000 pieces and 5 minifigs

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Ya that was a mistake 🤦‍♂️ I was thinking of the ambush in ferrix

Do think the bonsai tree will be retiring this year?

@wzsakul

11 ай бұрын

Bonsai is not retiring this year.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

What @wzsakul said

9 min in. Are you open to giving a commentary on my personal investment spreadsheet? It's not crazy I think I have maybe 60-80 sets.

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Hey Tom! Feel free to shoot me an email and we can discuss more jake@jakesbricks.com

Real Madrid is not worth inverting in!!! Has 2 on his shelf! Mmm…

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Not at MSRP! I got mine for 50% off 💪

The football stadions are probably doing much better in Europe since those are the top teams and they have fans all over Europe. Not only in the country where the team is from. Yes ... i said football 😎

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

This makes a ton of sense

Controversial on some of those choices, the set im looking at is the jake sully brickheadz under the radar or bag of shi*e?

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Tbh I could see it going both ways…

I’m really mad at Lego for putting Omega unchanged in the advent calendar. They could have given her some kind of xmas decoration so she would still be exclusive for the Justifier

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

Classic LEGO… 🤦‍♂️

@AFT3RDAY5

10 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks yeah, sometimes I really ask myself wether they do it on purpose or just because they are oblivious to the community

why are you Simpsons colored?

@JakesBricks

11 ай бұрын

Hmmm I don’t see that on my end? Are you watching on mobile, tablet or computer ?

GO CHIEFS

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

💪💪💪