I don’t agree with your generalisation of “small profit” from investing in Lego. No one would be in the business of scalping/investing if the returns were only a few dollars at a time. Let’s be real, you only do this for large returns. Reselling a set for double the price is not “small profit” at all. You may not be selling sets with a high markup now but if you’re waiting 10+ years before you make your move then you’re definitely jacking up the price. I also don’t believe in this practice as a legitimate way of passing on sets to later generations of collectors. Scalping/investing is a form of gatekeeping this hobby from others that can’t afford it. It also inflates a sense of scarcity in the market and puts even more pressure on casual collectors to buy immediately if they really want something. You can call this practice whatever you like, it is still a form of gambling at the end of the day.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I think I agree with most of your perspective… it is certainly a form of prospective gambling to a degree! And yes my hope is for maximum return barring any space restrictions. Do you not agree that investors offer larger supply to collectors who get into the hobby later down the road which I would say in turn allows them to get it a cheaper although still inflated price. All and in all I deeply appreciate your perspective! Thx for the comment

Scalping is what people did when the new consoles came out. They bought out all the stock to profit off so no one had a chance of getting one. These sets are available to everyone. We’re just taking the opportunity to get them before they’re gone forever. Great video and thanks for not encouraging people to scalp, it’s the worst lol!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Ky you are right the Xbox and ps5 scalping last year was crazy. I combination of demand and limited supply do due the microchip issue caused a perfect storm for scalpers. It does happen in LEGO but usually not do they degree

@MarineMike

Ай бұрын

Available to everyone until you buy everything on the shelf! Then Lego sees their expensive set just sold out on the shelves so they raise the prices for the next sets, y’all really have no clue about supply and demand or you’re just playing dumb to seem less scummy of a scalper.

Great video, I’ve done all 3 and I get the biggest thrill from the hunt of hard to find sets.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Love the thrill!!! Thx for the comment

Exactly. People do the same thing With video games and consoles. I think the best way to see return is to buy people collections. I just bought a whole Star Wars sealed Lego collection for 5700 and the value is over 11,000.

@JakesBricks

6 ай бұрын

Well done!!!!

Look, I really don't care what anyone does. I don't need to do any of this to fund my LEGO hobby, so I don't partake. The one thing I hate is scalping. This is more of an issue because LEGO underestimates interest in particular sets so they don't produce enough, then certain people take advantage of that. The Star Wars Republic Fighter Tank and Clone Command Station are prime examples. My only thing here is not really even the scalping itself but when people cannot even get the set, if they want it during the production run, for RRP. Maybe they need to save money and then by the time they do it is about to retire and scalpers have cleaned out the inventory. I just hate people taking advantage of others, that's all. It ruins the fun of what LEGO is supposed to be about. The sets are already way overpriced at RRP and then scalpers just make it worse.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Matt these are all great thoughts... It seems like the blame goes both ways. Scalpers taking advantage and the ultimately it is LEGO's fault for not producing enough?

@TM-ii2zu

Жыл бұрын

All the sets eventually come available so scalpers don't have too much of an impact (except the Clone Command set and the Disney Mini Castle - those are just gifts to scalpers).

@EchoBaseplates

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks Yes, it’s definitely a combination of both.

I wish I would have started investing 10 years ago there are some bangers especially in the Star Wars clone wars era the republic venator was 100 at retail it’s over 900 new in box and there are many like it

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Tony the FOMO for me is real!!!

@ExpressBrick

Жыл бұрын

You could start now.... I bought some I wanted to build and an extra one to keep for future use... Now I sold some of those and it paid for both sets.

Just wanna know your personal opinion... I am a young collector and have usually kept a few valuable things sealed to keep as future investments. I recently picked up the 2014 Lego movie benny's spaceship (set 70816) for only $80 in a pristine box. Since it sells for $275-315, depending on the platform. I was curious as to when the best time to sell is? I saw your other video where you talked about the best time to sell and how you said that saving sets for 10 years is crazy but i wanted to know if since i only recently acquired it...should i save it any longer? The good news is that unlike starwars, i dont think it will be remade. therefore, the value will not drop off soon, but that would just be my guess. If you took the time to read this i appreciate it.

So many Lego scalpers trying to tell themselves they’re just collectors/investors to cope. If you buy multiple sets in order to sell for more money, it’s scalping. Just because you waited some time before buying or selling doesn’t make you an investor/reseller, you are still scum clearing the shelves in bulk and leaving none for the kids. Every “investor” that makes a video like this says they have scalped while doing it, so there is very little difference. Stores just need to start making purchase limits like they did for the pokemon card scalpers.

@JakesBricks

5 күн бұрын

What if I told you I bought 90% of my sets online? So no shelf clearing is done. Am I still a scalper?

Nice video, thanks! We do some investing only to keep our Lego hobby affordable. We don't seek to make a lot of money on it for our self, we buy Lego with the profit. Our best haul was when a local store had up to 70% discount on several sets, mainly Friends sets. For example we bought a set for €30,00 witch had a retail value of €125,00. We sold it for €65,00 so everybody is a winner. We got a nice profit and the buyer still got it way cheaper then the retail price, i call that a win win situation :)

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

This is the ideal situation! Well done

The biggest Lego scalping incident is the Bespin Duel set that was supposed to be a Comic Con exclusive. Lego completely messed up that sets release. Scalpers got almost all of them. Should have been an in store giveaway with purchase.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I remember this! Was only able to get one... So it was limited but I also don't know many resellers that got a ton of them. It was a weird time for comic con sets during covid...

Robert here, from Holland. I keep it small. Usually I buy 2/3 sets, from the sets I like. Ideally sets, that also would do well after retirement. I build some sets, some perhaps later. The other 1,2 I have I, will sell after retirement. Basically I only financing my lego builds for now and later. I could invest far more and I love spending time on lego. But I just have the sense the secondary market is about to get overly hoarded by investors in the years to come, on other hand when I am at any toystore I see parents and kids dreaming in front of al the lego sets. Makes me realize, Lego remains populair. What is your expectation of the effect the fast amount of lego investors will have in the years to come? And do you experience the same, that indeed Lego will continue to get populair under the next generation as well. After a dip 10/15 years ago. Most of the collectors now, are the ones who actually enjoyed Lego as a kid. I wonder what the smartphone generation will do later… As we are slowly becoming dinosaurs.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Robert this is an excellent comment! I should probably make a video on it soon. My quick answer is yes LEGO investing may get over inflated but like any buy/sell process those interested will come and go. LEGO still continues to grow as a company year over year so I would imagine the demand will continue for years to come

It’s no different than buying gold or coins and hoping it appreciates in value so you can cash in later. LEGO 401k

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I like the perspective 💪

I agree with you on all points Jake. Those that complain about investors making a profit are missing one glaring fact, and that is that investors buying in addition to collectors encourages TLG to do more production runs before retirement thereby increasing total units in existence and thereby increasing liquidity and lowering prices for collectors after retirement. Without investors I could never afford sets that retired before my AFOL collecting began, or that I didn’t jump at when they were still in production. I’m happy to pay up for a retired set because it’s fair when all things are considered. Great video as always!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

This is an excellent analysis. Before the age of LEGO investing those sets from the early 2000s are worth crazy money because there is hardly any stock out there. Investors actually keep the market down post retirement to some degree!

Wish I had the funds to be a scalper, but in that case I would probably end up as collector

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Remy thats exactly what happened to me

Jeah Jake... you'ra pervert scalper with that Luk's lightsaber case 🤣🤣🤣 There are some people who don't want to pay 500 for at-at so there's great deal for them to buy for 150-200 only this set 👍

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Just trying to help them out 😉🤣

Even though I collect lego since I was a child, I really started investing in 2017, with the goal to fund the legosets I build with it. One of my most satisfying investments was Löwenstein Castle, one of the original Bricklink sets (BL19001-1). Only 2500 were made, and I got three of them for 200 euro's each, with shipping that was € 641.34 in total. I used two of those sets to build the castle (the sets actually only contained half the castle: the designer released a design for the other half, for which you needed a second set), and saved one to sell later. I sold the two empty boxes for € 50.- each, one of my two instructions for € 50.- (it's not online available!) and the closed set for € 800.- (shipping was for the buyer). So I managed to build and keep a rare and awesome set, and get even a profit by selling the third set, empty boxes and instructions.

@JakesBricks

10 ай бұрын

This is exactly why I started taking about LEGO Investing! To help other LEGO collectors fund their building hobby like I do! Love that you are doing the same

Thanks Jake, great video as usual.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

💪💪

Have you purchased with your resell permit in Walmart or Target? Just wondering how that would work with Lego investing.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I have not... They don't allow that on their .com websites

@ExpressBrick

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks I have never done it for a small business but the ones I have done; I've found that they are legally required to refund you... up to the past 4 years. Just letting you know.

Started out collecting in 2015 when i had disposable income. Most of those sets remain unopened and now i'm thinking of selling -invested on accident? lol but now i'll occasionally buy an extra set to sell later if i think it's a good choice.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

What an excellent way to get into LEGO investing 💪💪💪 what’s the most valuable set you have from 2015

@achroous2

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks 75060 UCS Slave I & then 76042 Shield Helicarrier, both still sealed. Occasionally i'll have a beer and be like "I should build these" lmao

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

@@achroous2 🤣🤣🤣 looks like your restraint loosens after a beer or two. Well done keeping them sealed those are definitely some gems

Excellent information!! Scalping is definitely a bad practice. At best you make a small profit and you might do a teeny bit of damage to your reputation among Lego buyers in your city. It's not too bad in either case - but it's just not worth while for the modest profits. Best flip has been a collection I bought with tons of grail tier sets - managed to 8x my initial purchase price and I'm only about 2/3s of the way through. I used the proceeds from the used sets to buy the BNIB versions of the sets that I just built. For investing I have overdone it on my purchases. I think I have finally figured out where I want to scale it down to and have figured out exactly what discounts to go for and what sets to buy. My biggest concern is one day I will sell all my good picks and will be left with a big inventory of "dogs". I'm trying to avoid this to some extent by burying one of each of my top tier sets behind the others so I can't see them to sell them until some time has past. Consistently great channel and absolutely excellent information - thank you!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Excellent strategy!!! Very similar to what I do as well! Thx for sharing

The last type in the sneaker world is flipping aka the "double up"... the extra pair can be a quick flip or investment. Botters are like scalpers... In it only for the money 💰

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if bots are as strong in the LEGO world. I don’t know if there is enough quick money to be made to make it worth it

apparently some stores had that santas visit on clearance for $30 crazy deal

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

😱😱😱

Great explanation. Definitely agree lego scalping is the most difficult. If your timing is off you will be stuck with sets that will sit on the shelf. I avoid it as well.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

💪💪💪

The best haul I have ever had was either the 4 x 1989 Batmobiles at 20% off, 1 x Haunted House preprice increase with $50 VIP, and other slightly damage sets at the LEGO store; OR it was the 5 x Corner Garages, 4 x T-Rex Rampages also at the LEGO store, and 1 x Roller Coaster, also at the LEGO store and 20% off.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Those Batmobiles are worth some serious cash right now!!!!! Well done

@jwillsher80

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks At the risk of sounding super corny, it was providence. I resell to offset my son’s ABA expenses.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

@@jwillsher80 Well I hope you continue to find amazing deals because I'm sure ABA is really expensive at times. Does your son like to build with you?

@jwillsher80

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks Yes, and no. He will happily build without me, but some of these sets he needs help with them. Regarding, ABA, the costs are both constant and consistent; but my wife and I have +10 Resilience.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

@@jwillsher80 💪💪 gotcha! Well keep up the LEGO investing and reselling

Another great honest assessment the only problem is you need to make more videos great job as always

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I gotta get to shooting more videos! Agreed

I had a few questions I was wanting to know if it’s possible to ask if that is something you did how to go about doing so thanks.

@JakesBricks

6 ай бұрын

Hey Andre feel free to shoot me an email Jake@jakesbricks.com

It's all the same. It's like any good collector, if you have an eye for the good stuff you pick up an extra because you know it will do good. WALL-E and Scooby Doo taught me that

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Scooby do and wall-e are gems! Do you still have them or have you sold them

@toddjohnson7277

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks 5x ROI. I took your advise on Optimus prime. A reseller, investor or scalper we're all just hustling. I don't understand the ones that do it to make $5 though.

Only started collecting for building and investing a month ago. I picked up a unopened pristine Delorean 21103 for £80/$96. People kept saying about first edition with a spelling mistake and a rerelease with a correction. I got the spelling mistake edition so won't be opening it. Will buy an used one for £50/$60 to build and display.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea!

Jake can you make a video how you deal with "ebay scammers" "mercari scammers" and the percentage it has happened over the years. Thank you, appreciate it!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Hey Chi! I will add this to my list. I have been lucky as I have only had a few issues over the years. But would love to help shed light on this topic

I'm more of a part time Lego investor, i buy multiple when i have the money or when they're discounted for the right price. I buy a maximum of 10 that i think will do well on the secondary market. I keep one and build one, then sell the remaining 8 a few years down the line after they have been retired on the Lego website and shops.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Love this Hugh! Happy building

I am a LEGO investor just getting started. I invest in the standard stock market, as well, and LEGO and my house are my only physical investments. You have the same risk in the standard stock market, where the participants manipulate the value of the stock and value isn't based on the true market. I don't "like" it, but I understand it is a risk in every market and any investment

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Hey brick blums! I totally agree thx for the comment! Good luck in your investing journey

It is up to Lego to set up limitations, and that's what they do, at least, in Europe. They just cancelled my 900 euros order because i ordered two santas slides and it turned out that i had previously ordered One other slide. After checking out in their system, they cancelled my 900 euro order because of a 35 euro set ! 😆 Obviously you could turn around those limitations by creating multiple accounts or tweaking Ip adress, but it is a lot of work. AT least, it's a better thing that not limitate buying at all.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

True LEGO.com, Walmart and target limits are strong here in the US which actually makes scalping harder which is nice. But I do find it crazy that LEGO will cancel a while order bc of set limits on one small set. They need to fix that system

Great Video. I've been A lego investor for a few years now. I believe as an investor when the chance of making a quick sale we all become scalpers from time to time. Just human nature.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

It’s true! Probably unavoidable at times

I don't love the idea of buying a new set like The Office, hoping it sells out and then flipping/scalping but I must admit I bought an extra Christmas Tree and Wreath sets this year with the hope of flipping/scalping. If it doesn't work out, I'll either have an office decoration or just hold it for after retirement. That being said, I think you're kind of kidding yourself if you think investing isn't at least a lighter form of "scalping." If you consistently check store stock for hard to get items such as the Stranger Things Brickheadz or Star Wars Blister packs and buy them in October/November, you are denying a Lego fan from being able to purchase them. You are possibly denying someone from finding a hard to find set they want to give as a Christmas present. Yes you plan to hold it for another year and then sell it, but I still think it's a lighter form of scalping. I would say if you've invested in a set that was readily available at all or most major retailers for 2 years, then at that point I probably would no longer consider it scalping. Just my 2 cents.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Great thoughts Jerardo! Appreciate the insight. So would you say that if I bought a set in June of this year not on discount and with limited demand (that would not be considered scalping)? Compared to buying a set I know to be retiring on Black Friday for a discount (that would be scalping)? Would love to hear your thoughts.

TALKING ABOUT LEGO SCALPING WHEN YOU HAVE THE WHOLE LEGO INVENTORY BEHIND YOU

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Am I scalping!?

@ashtonwashington4334

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks where do you usually find discounted sets

Thank you for the video, this is very important topic worth discussing. I made a rude comment on your "top ways to find deals on LEGO" video about me being a toy scalper. I hope that didn't make you feel bad, I was just trying to be funny. I've sold hundreds of LEGO sets after I built them and let them catch some shelf dust for a while but until today when I listed some new sets from the 2000s onto Ebay I've never sold unboxed LEGO. It did make me think about the morality and ethics of it. This video definitely helped me understand where you're coming from as a reseller/investor and how it's different than simply draining the inventory and selling it back for higher to those who couldn't get it because of scalping. It's actually really wonderful that LEGO fans can still buy unopened discontinued sets thanks to resellers and it makes the hobby really exciting trying to predict that hits. Thanks for the helpful channel!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Hey David! It didn’t make me feel bad I just hope that this video helps clear up some of the different perceptions around LEGO investing, and reselling. I try not to be a “toy scalper” but admittedly I have in the past. Sounds like you have sold some gems from the early 2000s! Keep it up

Show me dealer which one don't take, lego scalper is for people with big funds , and scalper can manage price up and down depends lego selling season. The biggest scalper is amazon !!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

Lego investing is cringe and is currently ruining the community for the intended audience (kids who deserve the get the sets first) and actual enjoyers of the hobby.

So much copium here lol if you buy in bulk in hopes of selling, you are a scalper no matter what you want to call yourself lol if “resellers” or “investors” keep buying all the sets on the shelf as soon as they restock, then how is there plenty of sets for everyone else to buy?

@JakesBricks

5 күн бұрын

Based on the video do you think there is a difference between the three LEGO resellers? LEGO investors? LEGO scalpers? Or are they all the same!?

I would like to talk about half empty shelves in my local Meijer in Manistee, mi. Not sure what to say. Started in early COVID but stock never really returned. I have a felling new cmf are being kept in back, it's just all sus.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Michigan for years and have found that Meijer always has struggled with Toy stock... They either have waaaaaaayyyyy too much or none at all. TBH I just don't think that have as robust of supply chain like Target or Walmart

Scalping is so annoying but I get it

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Ya… seems unavoidable but is a huge bummer for collectors sometimes

What do you call someone that can get 100 people to sign up for Raketen and make $3000?

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

You tell me 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

How in the world do you manage to get a lego set, build it, and still re-sell for profit? That’s like the ultimate dream haha

@RemyRijpkema

Жыл бұрын

Buy at discount before retirement, build, sell after retirement, profit!

@s-magee

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone is trying buy NIB. So there is always room to sell built sets

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

It happens all the time @Remy said it well.

I attempted at scalping last year. I felt terrible, which is weird, because when a set is on clearance I will buy many of them, but a person made me understand the silliness of my logic. I think there is a very clear motive when you try to scalp, or capitalize on limited stock of a set and make it hard for people to get a set. But in the supply chain, me buying 10 or 100 seta doesn’t affect anything. Now say 500 or 1000, then yes you will disrupt a little bit. I have found that used lego is much more enjoyable and fruitful than new. Being able to sort a lot, see what you have, pilfer for minifigures and the accessories, complete a set, its the best. People tend to see a lot as a significant time investment, between cleaning, sorting and organizing. I find that people let used lots go easier than say a sealed set where they can find a comparable price, and multiple platforms and sources to verify what they are asking. A random lot is a gambit, but when you know what to look for after a while, its easy money. Everybody talks about their greatest haul, just like poker players talk about their best pots, but Ive learned far more from my losses than I have from my wins. Most newbjes need to understand that it takes time to learn a craft. Jake, would you ever show a video where we get to see the vault that has all your sets? You have some serious variety when it comes to the sets that we can see. Thanks for the content, as always, and great insight!!

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Brian great comment! I think buying used sets is so fun and very profitable although I wish I had the time to do it! Because I love building it is often very enjoyable for me when I get that chance. 100% agree that the loses teach you way more I have had plenty of those! I will give an updated look at the vault soon!

41742 was hella scalped

@JakesBricks

5 ай бұрын

Really? Seems to be trending slightly above MSRP at this point

@ManAetherslime14

5 ай бұрын

@@JakesBricks Nah. $50-$60 sealed on eBay

Don’t feel bad at making money. Lego isn’t a charity. Why should we be?

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

No it’s not… but as a collector myself it is frustrating when I can get a set at retail. Just means I have to be patient

Jake, great video. Yeah we all hate scalpers and yet many of us would be willing to do it to make some money. Best haul, I bought a collection from a person who needed to make money in order to move, he was pretty desperate. He didn't have space for his collection. I bought 35 NIB sets for 30% MSRP.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

NOT BAD!!! Any big sets as part of that haul?

@bearfootbricks

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks No most were in the $40-80 range. Star Wars and City stuff, had a Boba Fett mask, a Batcow, a city Fire Station. Averaged out I paid $12 a set.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

@@bearfootbricks well done!

Great videos. Your hand gestures are distracting.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

I know 😩 I wish I could stop…

@jdudds907

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks Well now I feel like a jerk. sorry dude!

My mind is blown. Started off just the other week when I realized my sons fully intact Delorean #21103 (mini fig set) was up to $160. Quickly started piecing together all the sets, The crabby Patty, Lone Ranger stage coach, ghostbusters, etc. Now I'm making space for a 3 year rotating LEGO investment storage business plan 🤷‍♂️.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Lets go!!!

Awesome video! I don't loke Lego scalping and I think that's bad for Lego fans who want the sets. The most profitable sets for me are the first two lunner new year sets, which they were released only in Asia. I sold them online for 2x to 3x MOIC. IMO those Lego sets with region limit usually sell well, as long as you are able to get them at cost.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Itisjun yes limited availability almost always produces great returns! Great comment

I have not done any scalping myself, but on luxury goods such as Lego, I don't mind it. If you don't want to pay the inflated price, then just don't. And it's not like you're entitled to be able to purchase a luxury item at MSRP. If you're talking about e.g. food or housing or gas, then it is a different story.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

Tijn this is a good perspective. It certainly is not a necessity. On the pandemic when people were scalping toilet paper and baby formula… that was rough.

Scalping is traditionally used to make profits on things like concert or game tickets, where there is a relatively small number of "good" seats. That is totally different from buying Lego, where there are thousands upon thousands of copies of the exact same set, available at thousands of retail and/or online locations. So buying, as you say, 10, 20 or 30 copies of a set, will not make a dent in the total production volume of any particular set. Ergo, there is no "scalping" of Lego possible for the average Joe.

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

What if there was a set limited to 1000, for example the Technic Ferrari Daytona book. Would you say it is scalping to sell that one at an inflated price

@studebricker2845

Жыл бұрын

@@JakesBricks Is anyone able to buy more than a few of them? If not, your "scalping" isn't affecting the majority of the total supply.

@lenivalens7732

Жыл бұрын

Scalping only works if the set is very popular upon release. You can’t buy them out of stock yourself. You are relying on the popularity of the product to sell out the release. You also have to be fast and resourceful enough to snag the product before it goes out of stock. You also have to be savvy, or lucky enough to GUESS which product is going to rise to the popularity necessary to go out of stock. It only happens with SOME sets. DeLorean is a good example.

@EchoBaseplates

Жыл бұрын

It makes a huge dent when there are many people doing it though and that's the problem. There is the old adage, "power in numbers".

@studebricker2845

Жыл бұрын

@@EchoBaseplates But people don't know ahead of time what sets will sell out and/or be the most popular. So it's a gamble. And also not scalping.

Sell me a porche 911

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

That’s my personal set. Can’t let it go right now

Toys"R"Us fron 6 till 20 October 30% off on all StarWars sets

@mburgerhof

Жыл бұрын

Only in Spain

@JakesBricks

Жыл бұрын

It only we had this in the US. But Toys R Us has been gone for some time... But coming back at Macy's apprently

There is no such thing as "lego scalping." Scalping is selling a limited quantity of concert/event tickets at a markedly-inflated price, in a hurry, to last-minute buyers because said tickets will soon be worthless once the event is over. Not the case, at all, with toys. Reselling is reselling, whether one does it a day after purchase or a year.

@JakesBricks

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Noam! I think we agree… but would you say that if someone bought 200 of a set in an effort to get it to go out of stock is scalping or because LEGO will make more that it truly isn’t scalping?

The manufacture is responsible for scalping. If they made more, it wouldn’t be a problem. People also buy them for inflated prices. If they didn’t, it also wouldn’t be possible. Both are responsible. If I want it and can’t get it. I have to pay a higher price. The scalper shouldn’t buy out all the stock, but the people who want them should be there day 1 minute 1. We all have access to buy anywhere and wherever we are.

@worldsheaviestjamband93

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I partially agree but it’s not like all manufacturers can produce an infinite amount product instantly.

@JakesBricks

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Jack this is a great point! It is just basic supply and demand. The problem is as a LEGO fan myself I contribute to the demand and I am often not patient enough to wait for a set to comeback in stock… and I don’t want to pay an inflated price so I get mad. I guess it’s a me problem at the end the day! Thx for comment

Tomato, toematto. P.S. Tie Fighter Helmet is trending at $220 currently on Amazon. Possibly $250 when Rex n Cody helmets release. To the moon baby!

@JakesBricks

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To the mooooon!!!