Introduce Yourself & New Member FAQs

Hello all Thought I should make my first post after joining a couple of weeks ago and spending several hours/days reading through lots of very intresting and informative discussions. I had always enjoyed lego and now my son is old enough to build sets we usually buy one as a treat for him to build and add to his collection. I would regularly check for announcements of new sets and also kick myself that I had thought about buying a set that has since been retired so thought maybe it may be time to start investing! I've no idea how exactly I stumbled across this site in particular but I am glad I did. I was amazed at some of the stockroom pictures! I have …

Hello fellow bricksmen, I am a dutchman living in Germany. Came out of the dark age a couple of months ago and started collecting at first and now I am into investing as well. My bank account is bleeding and my wife complaining. Hopefully this will change once i start to get some profits from my lego investments. My question is: Can anyone give me a short but thorough explanation on how selling on ebay works? I know there are a lot of posts already on this forum but somehow I still do not get it. Or maybe it is just me. Also some pro's and con's for selling on ebay are welcome. I started to sell on regional websites but with little success. Thanks in advance.…

Hi Everyone, My name is Khairul and I'm from Malaysia, started collecting Lego sets few months back. I'm thinking to start selling Lego sets in my country. I've sold few sets recently, sets I bought from Amazon. The problem is the shipping cost to Malaysia is quite high and it's prevent me to make a decent profit (negative margin for the last two sets I sold). Any suggestions how I can bring in Lego sets to Malaysia, and save as much as I can on the shipping? Current practice is sets I bought from Amazon delivered to my U.S address, wait for few sets to arrive and consolidate everything and shipped to Malaysia. Apology if my english hard for you guys to unders…

Hi everyone! My name is Joe, and I am probably the noobs noob to lego investing/collecting. I recently got into this after introducing my 5 year old son to my love of Star Wars. I am 32, I am a Sailor in the US Navy (12 years now), a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, and originally from Orange, CA. I bought a set here and there and it brought back all the childhood memories of building and admiring as a kid. Plus my son loves to watch me put them together, which is a huge plus. As I said I am totally new to this world. Currently my paltry collection only includes the 2013 Millennium Falcon, a Tie fighter, the UCS R2D2, the whole microfighters series NIB, 3x fu…

I was browsing through the forum and read someone else's intro, and realized I should probably introduce myself too... I've loved Legos ever since I was a kid, but we didn't have a lot of money so I never got into collecting -- That is until the Holiday Season of 2012. My wife and I were shopping at Walmart, I saw the LOTR sets, and that did it for me! You know how as a kid we all want to be adults so we can get what we want when we want it? I mean that in a reasonable way, of course, like having dessert before (or dare I say it, instead of) dinner, or buying that awesome toy you've been eyeing without having to save your allowance for months and months. Well, I…

Hello everyone, I was 7 years old when I received my first Lego kit, which was a universal building kit and since there were no Star Wars sets back then, I had a few Space themed sets. Thankfully, I never got rid of my sets and still have them all to this day. I have a 7 years old son and a 4 year old daughter and they are now finally old enough to have all of my old sets built now. I

Thought I would say hello, and introduce ourselves!! lol Im Peter obviously and im a dad with a 12 year old son who loves sw lego more than anything, well maybe tied with 3 and 3/4 action figs. I like buying lego and keeping it sealed and minty and my son likes to rip it open and play with it. I make him use a knife to open and keep all the boxes mint. I love the brickfolio part of this site!! I would never have guessed we had that many sets and really had no organization to our collection. As the person in the house who spends all the money on lego its nice to know that its not money thrown out the window but an actual investment and that makes it all a little easier to…

Wanted to drop in any finally say hi. Joined a few months ago and still working on my profile. Its nice to be part of a community whi shares common interest in the world of legos. Been a lego builder since 8 years old and still building and collecting till today!

Hi all! Just wanted to ask a bit of advice. I started collecting a few lego sets last year after falling in love again (I never forgave my mum for giving away my lego as a child - ha!). I first bought a TB from the US as it was cheaper than the UK. After persuading the boyfriend to let me use his entire suitcase to transport, I was hooked. Since then, I've bought a few modulars and have now started to look at the super heroes sets. I just wondered whether you guys had any opinion on what to buy next (when I eventually get some more cash!) and whether the super heroes sets are a good investment or to go for more modulars. I'm looking at a little investm…

Been lurking around some time, so time for a "hello everone" post. I am an AFOL collector, not investor just yet, in my mid 40s, looking to leave a lego legacy (no pun) to my son. I have kept most of my classic space sets and entered the dark ages in 1985, yet recently I saw the light again! In my part of the world "low prices" and "lego" are in the vast majority of cases two mutually exclusive notions, so bricklink, amazon and ebay are my main sources of happiness, since lego shop doesn't even deliver here. This means no VIP points, no clearance, no garage sails etc and therefore the lowest price I can get plus postage, approaches market launch price. (Even so it'…

Hey there, I've want to collect lego, mostly because of nostalgia as they were my favorite toys since i was a kid but also as a part of an investment. Now before i decide wich line i'd like the most i think about buying first a couple of bulks, how much would I pay the maximum per kilogram? Is 10 euro per kilogram a reasonable price, or is that to much? With kind regards!

Hello Brickpickers! I just saw the Lego movie and it seems to have lit the long dormant Lego spark from my childhood. I found this site and you guys have a very interesting approach to Lego (investing) that I'd love to learn more about. I want to give it a try and I'm ever so slowly learning how to start. I'll take any advice you guys are willing to share and I'm looking forward to being part of this forum! -nigh

Hi everyone, found this website while looking up LEGO stuff and I decided to start inventorying my LEGO collection with the Brickfolio. Lots of good articles and reads as well. Grew up with LEGO and still collect some random sets/pieces today. Also love all the LEGO TT Video Games!

Hey, all! I recently got into the idea of Lego investing and have been doing extensive amounts of research. Essentially, I've sold my soul to the US Marine Corps, and after my contract is up I plan on taking a year or so to do some traveling. I already have started putting money aside and plan to continue to do so for the remainder of my five year contract, and though this may leave me with a healthy sum to fall back on, I recently stumbled upon the idea of LEGO investing and thought that some long term investments may give me a substantial boost to my travel funds. My plan is this: I'm currently employed at LEGO store, which offers me a small discount on lego sets. …

Hi all, Sorry for joining and asking for help straight away I have been a collector for years and recently i was given a set of Lego from one of my business clients I am looking for some guidance as it is way too big for me to keep at home It is a 16500 brick count bespoke design of a diorama of Yoda designed by Duncan Titchmarsh for a Star Wars event. I have the business card of the designer and all the build instructions It is 1m2 made up of 16 8x8 plates wide and 16 8x8 plates high with approx 15 different colour 1x1 singles making the diorama Makes a flat (1 single high) 128 pieces x 128 piece picture, approx 16500 pieces Can anyone give me any guidance…

Hi all, Another new member here, from The Netherlands, although I am British by birth Ive been building and buying Lego for the last 20 years, although perhaps rather stupidly not as investments until very recently. My childhood was spent building awesome Technic Models, but in the last 7 years I have expanded my horizons a little with some city and modular building sets. This looks like a great, active community and I am looking forward to getting stuck in. Here are my modular sets, just missing this years Parisian Cafe and the original 10190! I do kick myself slightly for all the great sets I have walked by in the stores over …

Hi, I am mike from Melbourne. So far I always buy lego for my kids, most of them are Starwars collection. Now I am likely turning this hobby into investment. This week's local store has 20% discount, so I snapped 5 Technic 42009 and put it the storage. That will be my first purchase towards investment. CHeers

This seemed like a good forum for my first post so here goes! Like many I'm sure, as a child I played with Legos, such as Aquazone, Wild West, some of the later "classic" space sets. I still had my Legos in high school, sitting in a big bin somewhere. Sadly, they were disposed of. Fast forward, about a year ago I purchased my first Lego set as an adult, the Sith Fury Class Interceptor (9500). I've always been into Star Wars and it just looked cool. I didn't think about collecting more of them or investing in Lego or anything of that nature. A few months later I stumbled onto some YouTube channels, this website and a few others, and started reading ab…

Hi all, Figured it was time to introduce myself. Been lurking and taking in the extreme amout of information on this site. Who knew it was like this? I certainly didn't but can't believe I missed out all these years!!! As most on here I played with Lego as a kid but very basic simple blocks and create your own creations type of building. Now my son was into Lego but in the last couple months since Dad is now getting into it more because of this site and add on the Lego Movie which we all loved (wife included) I feel we are about to get out of control. Wife already wants to collect all the Lego movie sets... I have started buying for investment (and …

Hello everyone, I`m 38 years old and out of my dark ages since 9 months (VW camper did the job ;-)). I`ve been following this site since. And I love it. The new app keeps me up to date but also strongly hooked to this site. I tried to make some investments into Lego and I must say it has been fun (although i did not sell a single set! I know !!!). I guess I`m a small investor. I mostly by two items and hope to fund my hobby, therefore probably asking to much for my sets. Next to that I have emotional problems selling some of these wonderful sets, especially when I have only one set. Sadly enough I `m collecting more than I`m building now at the moment. I fin…

Hello all, I postez yesterday but there seemed to have a bug, my message does not appear So I do it another time I read ( actively) and participate ( very little) to this forum for few months. Congrat to the creators ! I am french, live in France and my wife is japanese. She showed me a jap video about lego where one of you was interviewed, that was nice ! I invest in Lego actively for 1 year, I just started to sell a little bit. My problem is that lego sets are very expensive in Europe, so I can not compete with you americans to sell internationally I sell to France from AmazonMarket. Now, I mainly buy Hobbit and L…

Hey all! Less than 2 months ago ... for Christmas ... my girlfriend gave her 3 year old son a pretty cool set of Lego Duplo's. Not only did he love them ... but her 2 year old daughter loved them as well! Although I have never owned or played with Lego's previously ... even as a child ... I quickly realized how "genius" the Lego Duplo's were ... in that they would solve a lot of "issues" I was having with the 2 kiddies anytime they came over to my house (yes ... my home has never been "kid friendly" ... as I have previously never had any kids)! Instead of wreaking havoc with my DVD collection ... my piano ... all the books on the bookshelf ... they coul…

Hi guys, Just wanted to introduce myself. I've always sort of been a collector like a lot of you. Back in the day ('85) it was GI Joe, (which I still have all of in near mint condition ) and baseball cards, etc. My brother and I also had a huge Lego set growing up that we used to build stuff with all of the time. It was one of the funnest toys we ever had. So, I've re-discovered Lego recently and have started collecting LOTR/Hobbit sets and had almost forgotten how fun all of this was. Good to be here!

Hello Brickpicker community. A short introduction: I am 29 years old and live in Germany, of course i am (again!) a huge Lego fan. Recently i thought about how to make a little extra money on ebay, looked around my home and thought "What of this stuff might me of any worth at all..." and then - Lego! So i climed up the attic, and there it was...*drool* So now i am mostly cleaning, sorting, sorting some more, etc. During that process i also researched Lego on the net, and i am so amazed at how much there is to see and learn. Wikis, trading sites, collections, and various other ressources. This is really cool, and the reason i stumbled across this site …

After almost a year of reading and learning so much from everyone on this site: Hello from the GTA, Ontario, Canada! Thank you for generously sharing your knowledge of lego as a hobby and as an investment. When my kids graduated from Duplo Christmas 2013 I've been looking to Brickpicker for guidance on sets for them to build now as well as more advanced sets for them to enjoy when they're a little older. I decided to finally introduce myself today since actually have something useful to share. I'll post it in the Canadian Walmart Clearance thread. Have a great day everyone!