General Collecting and Investing Forum

A craigslist lego hobbyist wanna sell electric train (#7938), the tram from #60097, bonus including lots of tracks (raised support), and train stations/platforms as well. All for $125. Is this a good deal? I'm new to train collection and trying to start collecting as a hobbit. They doesn't look very playable compared to cargo ones.

I am curious how many people display boxes and fully boxed sets. I displayed my box behind my Delorean because it looks really good. I would think the crawler would be a good one to display as well. What does everyone else do?

Hello, right now I have a reputation of ~52. I'll probably start to sell set seriously in 1 year. Until then, should I try to sell on ebay to raise my reputation as a seller? With all the ebay scam, I think reputation start to be really important.

For space savings sake, I fit as many lego sets into cardboard boxes and write the inventory on the outside, then shelve them. I guess my question is before I box them, is there something I can seal them in to protect them further? Any comments or links to storage articles would be most helpful. Thanks!

How the Lego Color Palette Has Changed Over the Last 40 Years Just some fun graphs on how the palette has changed/increased through the years.

These are just my opinions but these are some rules I try to stick to when purchasing a set for investment. 1. Get the best deal and buy on sale. I think too many people (including myself when I first started) jump on sets at retail just because they think they will be more valuable later. Now there are some instances which this will work but in most cases you are cutting in to your potential profits. Why? Almost every set goes on sale at some point. If you think you have another year before EOL then you have another year to keep waiting and watching for the price to drop or the item to go on sale. Target, TRU and others will have a BOGO 50% off at some point. You will…

I came across 2 good articles today for both buying and selling items, like Lego. http://lifehacker.com/sometimes-its-better-to-ignore-auctions-when-selling-1136561610 http://lifehacker.com/learn-the-secret-price-codes-for-staples-to-grab-the-bi-1124057490 The first one has some interesting aspects of the 'buy now' option and how it can both hurt and help your sales. The second article has a chart of the markdown and clearance codes for Target and some other larger chains. They just took the chart off, and they replaced it with a neater list of codes. Here is the chart, if you want to see it: http://lifehacker.com/know-the-secret-pri…

Hi guys, I was just curious to hear what some different strategies are for selling / investing with Legos. For example, if I'm able to buy a 10217 off Amazon for $148, but I see the same sets selling for $160-$210 on Ebay, how is this possible? Why aren't people just buying it themselves from Amazon like I did? In the above example, is it better to hang on to my 10217 until it retires, or try to sell it right away for a 40% profit? I'm sure everyone has a different strategy depending on their situation, but I'm curious to hear how some of you handle your buying and selling trends. Thanks!

Here is about half my haul from lego.com and kmart clearance sales! Post all your hauls .. I love seeing moutains of legos beautiful site!

I am just curious to look through these, so I am hoping somebody has a nice convenient list handy. :)

These are pics from 2 electronics stores here in Romania.

I have this 5489 Ultimate LEGO Vehicle Building Set, NISB, it not for sale anywhere in Europe as far as I can see. No one on BL has a new one, only 5 used. It is not for sale on BO. I cannot find it on internet as new. Ebay only has used sets. So it seems I have this very rare NISB set, but cannot find the current market value for it. I guess it is what someone wants to pay for it. But how do I price this thing? Also, even if I have the only NISB in Europe, if there is no demand its worth zero. LOL. Thoughts?

Hi new to this and couldn't really find a definitive answer for this but whats the best way to store your lego boxes while holding them for a couple of years? Laying down or upright? In plastic or bubble wrap or not?

Just curious... How does everyone store their LEGO sets for investment purposes? At the moment, mine are just kind of stacked neatly in a corner of the closet but I didn't know if anyone had some really creative ways of storing them for the many years before resell? I'm interested in hearing.

Does anyone know the weight of the Death Star sets 75159 & 10188? I want to make sure the ones I’m picking up are legit. Never mind I found it!

What if The Monster Fighters theme is only a Halloween theme and if is nowhere to be found on retail shelves after October? Has TLG said anything about this (doubtful) or has anyone heard of any rumored 2013 MF sets? I just can see the theme doing well all year around. Then again kids are always into monsters and stuff like that. Who knows.......I sure dont!! I picked up a haunted house at retail price, just didnt feel like waiting around for a sale. Most of the sales are online anyway and I am done for a while dealing with damaged boxes and broken hearts. My amatuer advice is pick up at least one now just in case, then when and if they are still around and go on sale sco…

My wife yelled at me today because three big boxes came from Amazon filled with LEGO sets from the recent big sales. She asked me how much did I spend? I said that's not important...the important question and the one she should be asking is how much I saved! That didn't fly to say the least...LOL

This morning, I watched the first episode of a new show on the SyFy channel called Collection Intervention. You can view it for free on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/collection-intervention-season/id548764448) There are a few good reasons to watch this show since you are interested in collecting LEGO. 1. Obviously you will see the extreme side of collecting. It's always interesting to see how far people go. 2. You will see two sides of collections that are worth a lot and not as much as one though there collection would be. This is one good reason for BrickPicker.com. At least you can learn more about your LEGO collection and find the value of i…

So i went into Wal-Mart the other day and was picking over what stock they actually had on their shelves, and i ended up leaving with two 8092 (Luke's Landspeeder) sets. Anyways, i look over the boxes quickly to make sure nothing was wrong with them i check out and get home. I put them down and don't look at them until yesterday night. Anyways, i look at the one i am going to open up and then i notice that the factory tape had been opened and then resealed with scotch tape. I figured this can't be good so i open it up and of course the inside doesn't match what's on the outside, and i find instructions for a DC Superheroes set and three random bags of unrelated sets. Need…

Sorry if this not a new topic...did a search and didn't find one. Just curious what some of your memorable 'mistake returns' were? Meaning whether you are a rookie investor or veteran was there a set(s) you returned because you had various second thoughts but later regretted because it became hard to find or no longer at price you purchased? I regretted returning some Palpatine's Arrests and Fun House's at good prices because as a novice I thought 2-4 sets would be enough inventory but ending up flipping them all quickly and demand was still there to make good profit with no inventory. Unfortunately I haven't seen sale prices like that again (yet). I shoul…

Hi all...thought I posted this the other day but may not have fully posted... Does someone have a spreadsheet that they would be able share that tracks lego purchases, sales, avg purchase price etc etc. ? A template of sorts if you will...I'm sure this would be of great help to many here or might not otherwise be excel inclined

Anybody have a decent plan they can share for importing lego sets not available in US? My son has been begging me for the skinet (skunk) chima speedorz set. We went to lego, and they said not until August. It is on Amazon super cheap in the UK--but when I went to check out--said they couldn't send it to my address in US. I found some ebay sellers with it--but they wanted silly money to ship--the ones that post to US. Came out to almost $40! that way. If anybody in the UK has the opposite issue---let me know-and I'll buy what you need and send it for whatever UPS charges, if I can send you a speedorz set from AMZN, and you can send it to me.

Just like the title says, I messed up and have two orders that I would like a trusted member to dropship on my behalf . Thanks

Well, not too big. I live rural (in Idaho) and have limited choices of retail stores for shopping/clearance lego. I am heading on a business trip next week out of Boise, and wondered the best way to plan for finding clearance stuff? I'm looking at 4-5 walmarts, 3-4 targets, and 2-3 TRU for example. Just hit them all and grab heavily discounted stuff? I haven't quite figured out the Walmart app for checking stock

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