Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece

Brickpicker from an article standpoint is becoming a barking carny yelling "BUY BUY BUY".

This site is a GREAT information source and LEGO investment tool for all, that being said I need to see a more unbiased opinion when it comes to the articles. This would greatly benefit the reputation of the site as a trusted source to use. (Anyone that can potentially benefit from click-thru affiliate revenue from this site is not considered an unbiased contributor)

I understand that the investment losers might be harder to find in this market, so I can see the ease of saying BUY BUY BUY, but the losers are out there and need to be addressed more regularly if not as much as the investment winners.

Don't believe the BUY BUY BUY mentality exists? Lets take a look at the 3 articles currently posted on the homepage :

"From article one "Is LEGO Minecraft 21102 Becoming a Flop?"

"If you need to recoup your $35 investment right away and ensure a small profit, go ahead and sell. But the smart money says it is time to start treating this set like we would any other LEGO set; get it while you can, sell it for a lot once it's gone. It just means we need to adjust our thinking and accept the fact that Minecraft is not the dynamite short-term investment it once was."

From Article 2 "Do LEGO MONSTER FIGHTERS Sets Scare Away Profits?"

"BrickPicker Analysis: Very cool little set with the

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While I am also a believer of LEGO investing, there are some points raised by my wife and can be valid for us to think about: 1. Time: While LEGO investing can do well, how much money we really make from LEGO? How much money can we earn if we spend those time on something else instead. I am sure some of us have other skills of making money. Simply working at Walmart will let you earn, say $10 dollars a hour. 2. Other investment: We can't not put $10000 dollars to invest LEGO and just hope to earn money, it takes time to look for deals, sets and also take time to list your set and ship. If you invest $10000 dollars on Utility stock, you can just simply keep the stock and collect $40 dollars a month with little efforts / space required. (Well, I am investing in both stock and LEGO, no reason not to diversify) 3. Fee, and other cost: This is from my own experience. When I sell a $150 set on ebay which I buy for $100, often it cost me $12 to ship, $21 ebay fee and $3 paypal fee, so I end up only earn $64 instead of $100. I think most of us love LEGO ourselves, so it is fun and addictive to look at the deals and to collect some cool sets. But if it is purely for making money, this is definitely not a easy way. Think about your time, efforts and space!

I would like to ask for everyone else to please stop buying sets and saving them. My other request is that if you already have sets that you are saving for the future, please open them now and build them. All of them. That is all.

While I am also a believer of LEGO investing, there are some points raised by my wife and can be valid for us to think about:

1. Time: While LEGO investing can do well, how much money we really make from LEGO? How much money can we earn if we spend those time on something else instead. I am sure some of us have other skills of making money. Simply working at Walmart will let you earn, say $10 dollars a hour.

2. Other investment: We can't not put $10000 dollars to invest LEGO and just hope to earn money, it takes time to look for deals, sets and also take time to list your set and ship. If you invest $10000 dollars on Utility stock, you can just simply keep the stock and collect $40 dollars a month with little efforts / space required. (Well, I am investing in both stock and LEGO, no reason not to diversify)

3. Fee, and other cost: This is from my own experience. When I sell a $150 set on ebay which I buy for $100, often it cost me $12 to ship, $21 ebay fee and $3 paypal fee, so I end up only earn $64 instead of $100.

I think most of us love LEGO ourselves, so it is fun and addictive to look at the deals and to collect some cool sets. But if it is purely for making money, this is definitely not a easy way. Think about your time, efforts and space!

As I often write on these forums, LEGO investing is a grind. It takes effort, research, space, money and some luck. If it was easy, everyone would do it. But people do make money doing it and some people make quite a bit of money off of it. But to do that, you have to invest big money to get big dollar returns. Investing in LEGO bricks is like every other investment, risky. But at least it's fun and interesting.

But at least it

That is what it is all about......fun! There only a few people here that do this for a living.