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Ciao!, i'm new on this forum, it's very intresting! I start my collection with old pieces caisson (i'm try to rebuild a sets) and Unimog & Extreme cruiser. Un saluto da Roma Alessandro

Hi all, I'm Guohong, Lego collector from Singapore, mainly collecting modulars and city sets, and just about any set that catches my attention. First started collecting Lego as a 9 year old kid, went through the dark ages and returned to the hobby when Cafe Corner was released. Was discussing with a couple of friends how Lego makes very good investment returns, having seen the prices of Cafe Corner and Market Street skyrocket, and this website just confirmed my thinking! Kudos to Jeff and Ed for all the detailed articles and all the trends of the sets, marvellous job! Hope to be able to learn more about Lego trends and just enjoy the discussion among fellow Lego co…

Hi, my name is Kenneth, and I am from Taiwan. Had been playing with Lego since I was a little kid, but like many AFOL, went through a LONG period of Dark Age. My first adulthood encounter with Lego was about 10 years ago, when I was working in China. I saw the 7181 and 7191 sets in a Hong Kong Toys R Us store, and just had to get them simply because that was most awesome Lego I had seen.... ( and being a Star Wars fan also helped....) Not knowing the potential value I was getting, I tore up the boxes and threw them away right outside the store so I can travel easier.... Another 10 years passed by, various job changes, moved back to US, then back to Chin…

Hello all, I'm an all around lego newbie who got inspired from the architecture sets and I haven't been able to stop from there. I'm in the southern California area and think investing in lego's can be a great idea. Anywhere know where to get me started as my lego knowledge is extremely novice? I've been looking all around the site and have been educating myself slowly. Thanks! SFlego86

Hi, my name is David and I'm from Spain. I started to collect LEGO many years ago, I loved play with them as a kid and I kept interested in them when I grew up. Sadly, when I was a kid i wasn't aware of what I had in my hands and most of the boxes and manuals went to the trash, and I didn't keep the older sets mounted. However, I started to classify the pieces I had, separating by shape, size, type, etc. I never known anybody who likes LEGO like me, so I never share my collection and hobby with other people. Now, for space and economic causes, I'm planning to part with my collection. I think maybe this website and you could help me to value and know how to sell …

Hi everyone, I have been browsing this site for a few weeks already and I find it very useful and informative. I collect Lego sets for fun, investment and some MOC building. I own mostly Creator, Ninjago, Monster Fighters and Hero factory Sets. My favorite set is the Maersk Train (10219), I was lucky enough to get it for my 39th birthday!

Hello everyone, I'm Brian, in my 20's, and an avid LEGO collector from the great state of West Virginia. I have loved and collected LEGO for 17 years now and have an extensive collection. I received my first lego in '91, but really started collecting in '95. After a brief "Dark Age" in the early/mid 2000's, I returned. It seemed like TLG went through a "Dark Age"around the same time, as well. I have always collected City/Train sets, but do buy city like sets with vehicles or buildings that I can incorporate (i.e. Indy Jones, Adventurers, etc). I received my first lego in '91, but really started collecting in '95. I am a purist in the sense I do not break sets up for pa…

I am new here and at that bussiness, i found it fascinate for me and learn a lot those days. Please advise, if somebody knows, since there are huge difference on prices between bricklink set and parts compare to Ebay, why so many people still buy at Ebay and pay much higher prices ? How is it, that on all online stores for instance 6858 price is arround 12.99$ and the same and new on bricklink sell on 0.95$ ? Thanks a lot ! Yuval

Hi, my name Allen and I'm currently living in San Diego. I'm the admin for The Brick Fan and I'm glad to see a site like BrickPicker to see the value of my sets. I had a few LEGO sets when I was a kid but went through two decades of the Dark Ages but got back into LEGO late last year. Ever since I gotten back into LEGO, I've built up a collection of Star Wars and Super Heroes sets as well as some odds and ends. I'm looking forward to see what other features BrickPicker will have in the future. Thanks Jeff and Ed for your hard work!

Hello, I am Steve from Nebraska and have been re-introduced to Lego after being in dark ages since probably 13 years old( a long time ago:) ) My son was 4 when he got a Pro Koon Starfighter and I couldn't believe that Lego now made Star Wars sets, I had no idea who the heck Plo Koon even was. Now we are amassing quite the inventory and while I have done well flipping Lego on Ebay from lots, I have just started to get into collecting new, sealed sets for investing, or possibly opening one day if I am so tempted. I am very excited about this site as I have always tried to keep my own database, but it was WAY too time consuming, to thank you guys for creating this. …

Hey just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. 21 year old student, me and the rest of my family have been collecting and building lego for years. However going into my senior year of a double major I need to liquidate some of my collection. I posted onto reddit a couple hours ago and lots of people showed interest. I have nearly 100 sets. (More considering I probably have lost some of the instructions over the years, and some model numbers that aren't even available on this site!) Heres the link to the reddit post. http://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/yz6jk/organizing_and_selling_some_legos_to_help_pay_for/ Some pictures. http://imgur.com/a/HOSQj If yo…

Hello from Memphis! I have got to say that I love this site! I actually stumbled across it as I was trying categorize my LEGO sets manually with a spreadsheet. One of the pieces of information I wanted was the original price of each set to help determine the total value of my sets, not even thinking that I could find the current value of the set. When I came across this site it was like a dream come true. I could record everything and keep up with the changes in value. Thanks so much! I am actually on my fourth or fifth iteration of collecting/investing where I have bought and sold everything for one reason or another. The last time I sold everything was about a …

Hello folks in BrickPicker. I am new here and I am much older than seen on this photo. Actually it is not me, but my first son. Even he is older than on this picture now. But he is already infected by my addiction to Lego. In my Bio I have already described a little about my affinity to Lego and I think in future it will be even more. Yet I have to do a lot of study and my time for this is short. But not seeing me, not hearing me, not noticing me at all, doesn't mean I am not here. :-) Hav fun in building, best wishes:-)

hello every body this is legofan2001 i like lego and i wish i could have more tayo filipino

Well I have to say this is by far one of the coolest LEGO sites that I have come across and can't believe I don't see more of it on the other sites. Some really great information and much more interesting than some of the of the other sites out there. Basically I now visit this site, Brickset and Rebrickable. Anyhow, looking forward to spending time on the site, thanks to those that created it.

Hello Lego fans! ! My name is Victor, I'm 30 years old and I'm from Spain (sorry for my English ;-) I'm a collector of Star Wars sets because I consider myself a great SW fan and a LEGO lover... so when it came out in 1999, I started buying (although my first set was 16th-birthday gift, anakin's podracer 7131). Since then, I have been looking for new ones and buying them as I was be able (as I'm used to say, everyone has his own story). I don't have many, only 91 sets, because of three main reasons: - First at all, money, of course. I get my first paid job at 25 yo (I was studying...). Now I got a job, I'm a doctor, and I have some money but, - Second, let's call my "…

Hi, I played with Lego when I was a kid but gave it all away once I started middle school. I always loved Lego and occasionally would buy some for my nieces and nephew. With the recent release of the Super Hero Lego, I got back in. People at work think I

Hi, I loved lego as a kid and have got back into it recently pulling out all my old stuff to play with my 4 year old. I'm thinking of buying a new set, perhaps Tower Bridge. I intend to keep it in very good condition - boxes etc but also intend to build them. I'm further attracted by the investment potential - it's a way to convince the wife

Hi all, My name is Matt. I've been a toy collector since '97ish as an adult. I've gone through everything from Star Wars action figs, McFarlane football, Palisade's Muppets line, WWE Classic figures, to Pixar Cars diecasts. I've been enjoying collecting with my kids' for almost 10 years and they've always been LEGO fans. However, due to life changes, I'm eager to get back into collecting and using my "buy low sell high" skills to get some secondary income. My kids collected sets for years, but most of them have been reduced to being thrown in the "plastic bins of seclusion" as individual pieces. They continue to pull set build guides from time to time and recon…

Although I've been a member on Brickpicker for several months now, I haven't formally introduced myself yet. Originally my screen name was buckshot333, but I changed it recently to coincide with my Bricklink screen name. I have a Bricklink store called Brickly Perfection that I plan to sell my Lego investments out of. There's nothing for sale on there yet, but down the road I hope there will be a variety of sets for sale. I've just recently started acquiring Lego sets for investment. My favorite theme has always been the Castle themed sets. Over the last year I've acquired a number of the Kingdoms sets, and now I'm starting on LOTR! I'm excited to be a member on…

Well, I'm purpleparadox. Ya might know me from Eurobricks... Anyway, I'm from Canada and, like most of you, am a bit of a Lego addict. I'm a male who happens to like the colour purple. No, that's not crazy! I also love music (playing it, listening to it, composing it) and I'm into reading and writing as well. And I like movies and comics. I mostly collect Licensed themes. My favourites are Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Superheroes. When I do occasionally buy a non-licensed set, I convert the figs into fleshies. I apologize in advance for how many times I'll end up mentioning my love for fleshies. I tend to talk about that a lot. (Hmm... I don't see any e…

Just stumbled upon this site and have been pouring over it for the past hour... good stuff. Have been buying and selling Lego for a few years now...ebay...bricklink...markets...classifieds...friends... family = you name it I've had a try. I've been collecting since I was 7, which causes me the eternal dilema - to buy for me or to buy to sell to buy more for ME Recently started my own blog -Switch Bricks as a means to record my LEGO adventures and count down to my upcoming venture in January 2013... a "pop up play and display centre" for kids in my community based on you guessed it - LEGO Looking to expand my LEGO networks and am amazed at the talent of so many out the…

hi guys been visiting this site and i really learned alot every day. thanks a bunch just keep it posting^^

I'm Turaga Zoroaku. Been collecting Lego since I was 3. I really like BIONICLE and Star Wars. I'm also a Nintendo fan. I live in Australia.

Hi from UK