Introduce Yourself & New Member FAQs

I am a newbie to this site, so please bear with me. We had our storage unit broken into, and the mixed pieces to all 37 Lego and Technic sets we had were stolen. They were not in their original boxes, unfortunately; all the pieces were in large plastic containers, although we have instructions to all the sets. I need an estimate of their worth for the insurance claim. Can you please tell me how to figure that out, or direct me to a place where I can?

I'm just wondering about some good deals on some Lego City sets. Does anyone know of some deals? Thanks!

Good Afternoon... well at least it is in Maryland... So I am new to the site and have poked around a little and I'm not sure if I posted this in the right spot. I would love to get into investing in Legos, but don't really know where to start or how to build a base to work from. My wife and I are teachers and are saving for a house, and were heading into summer, so our disposable income is low at the moment but is better when school is back in session. I collect, build, and have picked up a few for investment purposes, but I would like to expand to have more options. I loved Lego as a kid and picked it up recently when I purchased 21020 Trevi Fountain to teach about Roman…

Newbie here. Just wanted to say hello and thank everyone for posting so freely. This forum has been so helpful as I have just begun investing. I hope to return the favor!

Hi greetings all..

Greetings, I've been wandering around the site trying to get a clear explanation or definition of what CAGR is, and haven't found an official looking page defining it. I believe I understand it from context clues, but here is my question: Does the aggregated data used to create a set's CAGR from ebay include any and every sold listing that merely references the set's title or number? In other words, if an ebay lot auction of several sets that happens to include set 75035 sells for $100, does the CAGR for set 75035 get boosted by that $100 sale, even though the sale was not for that set specifically? I guess I should also ask if there's a page that fully define…

Hi everyone! I'm a casual Lego collector (mostly Star Wars) who wishes he could collect more. Unfortunately my wife and I live in a one bedroom apartment and there's only so much space for Lego sets in here! Maybe one day we'll move to a bigger place and my collection will be able to grow! I actually stumbled upon this site because I was looking to sell a few of my sets that I don't have room for anymore and I came across Brickpicker and Brick Classifieds. I can't believe it took me this long to find this place!

Hi there!! I'm new to the site but was so excited to find this awesome resource for LEGO collectors. Could not not wait to get my brick folio up and running. I am a collector of all things Star Wars Lego. Have quite a few sets but am always on the look out for the next set....I'm sure I'm not the only one there!! :-)

Hey everyone, Been on here reading for awhile and thought I would finally post and say hi. I just recently started building sets with my two boys, its nice to have a hobby they enjoy that isn't a video game. I came across this site while looking for a way to help sustain our growing addiction! I have bought a couple exclusives so far but didn't want to get carried away before I did some reading first. I just recently bought a box of simpsons series 1 minifigures for just under $200, I was wondering if that was a good deal and it would be worth buying another box? Thanks all!

some of my hobbies & interests include skratebords, cool cars, wine country, and dumpster seafood. Im also a big fan of Lego which was founded by Old Kirk Crungerson in 1682. Old Kurt discovered the tiny plastic blocks when digging inside of a mountain. No one knows what happened to him after that but at least we can all agree that he was insane. For your health!

Hello there, I am from Hong Kong and I am a big fan of Lego since I was small! I am now into the modular houses series, Simpsons series, minifigures series and some architecture series. Actually, I have joined this site for more than a year, but I have been too busy to introduce myself here, just want to say hi to everybody!

Hi Brickpicker Community. I'm from Jakarta and this is my first time joining into lego community. My first lego collection is starwars (Dec 2014) and i'm still collecting them. For the moment i've had almost 50 set of starwars (old & new sets), and also i bought some of the Architecture sets, princess set (almost full set), and technics. That's all about me and thank you for reading. Cheers:)

Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Passionné de Lego depuis ma plus tendre enfance, et jouant encore aujourd'hui avec mes propres enfants, j'ai réalisé depuis quelques mois, en essayant de revendre mes vieux sets, que la brique est également un moyen "ammusant" d'investir, de placer, et par conséquence, de gagner de l'argent. J'ai donc ouvert une boutique en ligne sur Ebay, et ma foi, les affaires vont plutot bien. Je vous ai rejoins depuis le mois d'avril, et commence à me pencher serieusement sur mes futurs investissements, en lisant quasi quotidiennement vos conseils avisés. Je ne suis pas bilingue donc j'ai parfois un peu du mal avec certains posts très techniques, mais dan…

Hey everyone! I've been on here for months reading, but not posting. I got my start investing in LEGO this feb. Since then I've bought some Monster Fighters set, some very old sets and the VW bus all to resell based on my gut and what I've read. Now i'm trying to resell them and try to make my first money! Great forum, great news and great people. Thanks to all!

Hello All! I am Lisa. I am a newbie. Just learned about investing on LEGO not awhile ago and it is veryyyy interesting. I started my collection with modular buildings and several days ago I got my first Star Wars, the TIE fighter. Hope to learn a lot from all of you. Cheers

Hello all, I've recently been reading the forums here and learning to decipher all the abbreviations in the posts so I thought I'd sign up and say hi. From what I can gather, you're all a friendly lot here, it's nice to see. I've always been a big fan of Lego and have recently taken the plunge into having a play with investing. I figure I've got the right attitude for it, as a kid I'd always stash my toys away to keep them pristine and help my bro destroy his instead. I'm looking forward to the speculating!

Hi, writing from San Francisco here, checking in as a new member. Just rediscovered Legos in my early 40's since stopping to play when I was 8 or 9 years old. It occurs to me that the set that I was given had a lift up flap and different parts segregated in their own molded styrofoam compartments - maybe in 1979 or something like that? Been playing Indiana Jones/Star Wars/LOTR/The Hobbit games on the PS3 and did not realize what a vibrant thriving Lego communities we have. Sydney

Hello from the uk! Been using this site as a resource for a few weeks now, thought I'd come out of the shadows and say hello.

HI, the name's Rick and I'm a newbie i the wonderful world of Lego. I've joined to hopefully trade ideas and maybe buy some stuff to add to my ever-growing collection. Rick.

I have made posts in the past during Educator Appreciation Week at Barnes and Nobles that educators receive 25% off their purchase. So I am teacher. If anyone lives in the Philadelphia, PA area listens to the morning show Preston and Steve (You can podcast it as well from anywhere in the country/world. They are funny.) you would know they do a contest this time of year called "Coolest Teacher." My school was chosen so I am putting it out there if anyone wants to help a fellow Lego Collector out and cast a vote for me. Just need to text Teacher Mr. Snyder to 39333. Votes need to be in by 6 am EST tomorrow (5/21). Am I cool? I collect and build LEGO, isn't that eno…

Hello all! It's good to finally be in a Lego community. I used to be a Lego collector, builder, and animator. Now, I just look at what people are capable of. Let's get along!

Introducing myself here. I grew up playing with them, and managed to hold onto pieces from my childhood until my girl child was old enough to play with them instead of just shoving them in her mouth. I then went on a buying kick for a few years, spending hours playing with them, with my daughter. Now that she's older, I'll probably sell my collection (sadly). I stumbled on brickpicker when I was trying to get an idea of the value of my collection and found the forum to be pretty helpful as well.

Hey, Is there a LEGO Database on this site and can you make your collection here? I can't find it here, but I might overlook something. If not... on which site is a collection manager? Thanks for help! Hanno

Hey everyone! I've been on here for a couple of months reading, but not posting. I got my start investing in LEGO when I managed to nab 10225 R2D2 this april for retail price and realized I'd rather make money off of it than build it. Since then I've bought some discounted LEGO Movie sets, Palace Cinema, and the VW bus all to resell based on my gut and what I've read. Anyway, on to my question: I've recently been sorting through my childhood LEGO bricks and piecing together my old sets. I'd like to sell these sets, but I don't think they're overly popular sets. For example I have pieced together the 8652 1:17 scale Enzo Ferrari, 8671 1:17 F430 Spider, 4507 Prehistoric Cre…

Hey, I am Hanno Houmes, just another LEGO collector. I especially like LEGO Castle (or Kingdoms). Nice to meet you here!