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Game Boy, let’s just say that if someone built this as their first Lego set every other Lego set would be a disappointment, it’s that good. Not comparing it to a huge display set like Rivendell but the build and parts usage are amazing.

BLDP Harbormaster's Office. Went together very smooth; better than most BLDP sets. Will be a nice companion to the Ideas Old Fishing Store.

The new layout blows. Where's my brick folio ???

Nordstrom has a few LEGO clearances going on. Mona Lisa is $67. Part out is $228 and it has a lot of pearl gold pieces. https://www.nordstrom.com/s/18-art-mona-lisa-31213/8502550

I guess I don't see what everyone else is seeing. My Netscape 2.0 must not load the ads.

With that statement, I'd probably just take any spare change and invest in dividend EFTs like VOO or QQQM and read a book or work on my physical fitness while my accounts grow bigger and bigger. If I was given the option to go back 15 years ago and practice that I would do it without hesitation. I enjoy selling LEGO but it is also a colossal time killer and money sponge.

Gazebo GWP drops tonight with $130 spend...plus Rakuten still doing 15%. Who knows, the Micro NINJAGO City Gardens GWP added today might stick around for a double-stack.

Unadvertised GWP at LEGO Shop at Home. Spend $25 and they add the Ninjago Micro City Gardens to your order. I don't know how long this will last.

Daily Bugle 30% off $244 https://a.co/d/bHSXitc

Holding out for the Peace Prize edition....

Never tell a buy to go to a specific site off Amazon , the bots might see that as a way to divert traffic off Amazon . you made your point . You can tell them to Kindly return the item if they are not satisfied

I'm coming up on 15 years. About once every 3-5 years I say that I am done and start coasting and selling down stock. I usually am over it in a few months. Second to the last time that I went dark, I missed the Cloud City set . Now, at 65 years old, I have to think about my adult daughter having to clean up my mess if I die so I really need to think seriously about my end game. But the game has been good to me.......

It just depends on the parts. I'll throw you a freebie that someone else passed to me (thanks @Pseudoty😞 Set #75685, Emerald City Wall Art. $160 at LEGO. Part out is $422, but that includes 51 items in 6 lots that they do not have price data for yet. Those usually sell way overpriced for a few months until more sellers get the parts and start a race-to-the-bottom. Also, minifigs are worth about $98-$105. The lion is another $17. These are the types of sets that I look for.

Hoping Ninjago got canceled

At LEGO LEGO Shop at Home, spend $150 and get the Micro Ninjago City set, a Maze gwp set and the Winter Gazebo. Rakuten still at 15%. Good luck finding something in stock that you want to buy. Ghost/ Phantom still in stock. I can't believe that we didn't see a sale on it.

I should have known better but a word of caution for those newer to LEGO buying and selling. This time of year when stock dwindles it gets very appealing to pickup scraps still on Barnes and Noble, but today another package arrived shipped from some random store, a $200+ set with a hole on it and taped back box from them having the contents pulled from it and put back in and they sell it as sealed. Fortunately this time they still had the set at my local Barnes, though damaged, was still sealed. Took some convincing but was able to replace, in the past not so fortunate and they re online fraud department always looks at you like you are trying to swindle them and make you take pictures and it’s a pain in the bottom. With Barnes added shipping fee for large lego sets I am giving my member ship a break from there for the time being.

Star Wars: 75440 AT-AT (via a Brick Tap submission) Star Wars: 75441 Venator-class Attack Cruiser (midi-scale) (via Brick Tap submission) Star Wars: Buildable BB-8 (Source: lego_minecraft_goat)

🎉 Happy New Year — BrickPicker v2.0 is officially underway (Coming soon 2026) Happy New Year, everyone! I wanted to kick off 2026 by sharing something I’ve been quietly working toward for a while: BrickPicker is coming back — bigger, better, and built around a new vision. The last few years have been busy with life, but that time also gave me room to step back and rethink what BrickPicker should be… and what would truly make it a no-brainer tool for LEGO resellers. 🚀 The new focus: reseller-first, analytics-firstBrickPicker v2.0 is being rebuilt with one clear goal: Help LEGO resellers make smarter buying and selling decisions.That means the site will be centered around: Deep analytics on current / active sets Tools that help resellers help other resellers A more “stock-style” experience (signals, trends, movers, volume, etc.) More than just a price guide — the kind of data that supports real decisions 📊 300+ data points per set (seriously)One of the biggest upgrades is the data model itself. BrickPicker v2.0 is being designed to provide 300+ data points per set — the kind of market intelligence that helps you answer questions like: Is this set actually moving, or just sitting? Is demand rising or fading over the last 30/90/180 days? Is this trending toward retirement risk? Is this a good buy right now at a certain price? What’s the real spread and profit potential after fees/shipping? This isn’t just “price history” — it’s decision-grade analytics. 🧱 Massive update: Brickfolio is getting a major upgradeA big part of BrickPicker v2.0 is a complete refresh of the Brickfolio experience — built for resellers who want to track inventory like a portfolio. The goal is for Brickfolio to feel more like a LEGO stock dashboard for your inventory: Track performance over time Understand wins/losses and trends at a glance Inventory insights that help you decide what to buy more of, what to stop buying, and what to move (Details coming soon — this is one of the areas I’m most excited about.) What to expect in this forumThis thread (and this forum section) will be the home for BrickPicker v2.0 updates. I’ll start posting: Feature previews Screenshots Data points and dashboards I’m building Beta plans + rollout notes Feedback threads (because I want this shaped by real resellers) Thanks for being part of BrickPicker — I’m excited to bring it back the right way. More updates soon. Jeff Mack

Arcade Machine, another great affordable set this one was only $34 after CB and came with the Ninjago City GWP. No brick separator and a damaged sticker sheet was not the best beginning but the build is great and lots of fun with some awesome prints as well. If it wasn’t for the Gameboy this would easily be the best set under $60. I hope they do a series of these and we get a Defender set next. Next up I was going to build the Enterprise but still have the D&D Castle set so will probably flip a coin tomorrow.

So, to update & expand upon this, Epic Games has started their daily holiday free game countdown something or other thingy. Today's free entry is Blood West, a stylish western first-person shooter worthy to try out for the soundtrack alone.

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The craziest LEGO pick up so far. It's like walking to LEGO wonderland

My favorite movie of the year.

Sams Clubs has several sets near or above 40% off retail....some sets I havent seen on sale anywhere

Giftcards.com has Lego cards for 10% off using code NGWLEGO. If you go through Paypal, you can add a 5% back offer for a 1 time use. Rakuten is also offering 2% back. All stack...

It is pretty abnormal for someone to message a seller like this. It shows they are trying to get something out of you. I would hit the no reply required message. Then i would hit button reporting the buyer as being intimidating and the other button to ask amazon to investigate this transaction and only respond to questions related to did the box go to this person's address and do they want to return it. This is not a social media. This is a store. You buy something. If you don't like it or the condition, you return it. you don't start up a convo about the provenance.

Just picked up four at Costco, also saw these.

The advice above about not opening a store is definitely sound, but I'll play a bit of the devil's advocate and just say that I think its a matter of what your goals are. I put most of my parts into storage for now because the time to pull orders was starting to cut into family time and causing stress. Maybe one day I'll bring them back out, but for now, its not worth it. That said, I still have a small inventory that I enjoy adding to and selling. I was booted from Amazon last fall during the "purge" and sold most of my sealed set inventory to some nice members on this forum, so I really enjoy having BL to still be a part of the LEGO market. Perhaps most importantly, the profit I made from my store this past year was enough to cover my personal LEGO purchases over the year, which was the goal from the beginning when I stumbled down this rabbit hole. I'd suggest that if you are really interested, you start small, part out a few sets sets, figure out what organization works for you, keep your prices low to make some sales and attract buyers, and see if you enjoy it or not. Of those two sets, I didn't look at the overall part out values, but the dinosaurs in 75940 aren't highly desirable but at least give you a floor for your value. 43181 has terrible mini figures so maybe not a great one to start with - like 10 sales total across both in the past 6 months. Short version: if you want to have a small hobby to enjoy, go for it. If you want to grow wealth, take @raindog's advice and just invest.

I think if you have to ask, parting-out is not for you. It's not a money making venture (because of time and space involved) and you will always be building "dead" inventory. Good advice proceeded this. It's for those who "really, really, really" enjoy it. Financially speaking, you will come out further ahead with a second job or just putting time into advancing your career. Unless Amazon continues to remove listings, you will never be stuck moving whole sets (although who knows what will happen next). Take any thoughts of making money out of the equation and ask yourself if you would rather play video games, play pickleball, play with your kids/friends, spend time with your wife/girlfriend, or ACTUALLY BUILD LEGO SETS!! If you would rather part out sets and organize then, well, go for it!

One thing I rarely see mentioned is accounting for dead inventory. There are simply parts where supply vastly exceeds demand. Need to keep that in mind when looking at PO value. It drives up your storage space requirements the longer you run a store. It is a notable factor in the gap between perceived value and actual value when you want to sell out the store inventory. Maybe this isn't as large of an effect when you hit that 80-100k size. I've mostly been around the 10-50k size and can definitely feel it.

Starting a BrickLink store is a ton of tedious work. But its work that I enjoy. If you have ever worked in a parts house, like a NAPA store, it's really no different. You won't see many customers at all until you hit at least 50,000 parts. At 75,000-80,000, things will probably pick up even more, depending on your store. There are three ways to go. If you have access to a parts distributor, you might specialize in having a ton of well-used parts, such as having at least a few hundred of most colors of 2x4 bricks or a heavy concentration of minifigs. The second way is to try to have the widest possible selection, even if that means having only one or two of each piece. Personally, I do the third thing which lies somewhere between the other two. There are many parts in which I have 100s of and I try to have a wide selection of parts but it is all give and take. There are a ton of other things to share but I will offer this: Find the space that you think that you will need. multiply that by 10x and you MIGHT have the space that you will eventually need. There are many YT videos to watch to get you started but, honestly, those are starting to look dated. You might try this one to get started:

Those Geoffrey Toybox claw machines have crushed many ewok forces and rebel scum so not a total loss. (In all serious, that's a bummer, sorry)

FYI, just checked, its now Micro NINJAGO City Markets...still a 3-for-1 GWP deal.

Good morning and thanks. You could get 4 X Arcade Machines but I went with Emerald City Wall Art, another set off my wishlist and look at the BL part out value.

Triple stack GWPs and 15% Rak right now

GWP

This was a very different year. Usually I can snag a few pallets between Sam's and Costco on 12/26, but it definitely looks like TLG took product back. One Sam's by me had me licking my chops for 2 weeks - They had the Medieval Horse Knight Castle and Hogwarts Main Tower for ~15% off for the past month and had 3 pallets on 12/23. Today they were all gone. Completely reset to lawn furniture and no toy section. Low low stock at Tar & WM. I literally came home with nothing. I checked 12/26 last year, and I spent $4700. Strange days.

FYI...Death Slice GWP back in stock. Surprised how much these have sold for on ebay.

Today's holiday freebie is Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. I am a bit late for this one with less than eight hours before the next becomes available. Apologies.

I just got 15% CB from Rak for the last round Outlaw Forest den which was a pleasant surprise

unusable. We're going lose the last 7 guys we have here unless theres a way to see only recent posts.

seriously, thimblepicker would never do this to us https://www.thimblecollectors.com/

Will give you $10 Macys Money for every $50 spent, up to a $40 Macy`s Money Reward Card in a single transaction. Earn: 12/12-12/17 & Redeem: 12/18-12/24 Also, in my wallet I have a $15 off $75 toys coupon code and it works on Lego.

Waited for this one to be free. Never watched F1 but lots of strategy. Will definitely be picking up the Lego set with the Minifigures. https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/f1-the-movie/umc.cmc.3t6dvnnr87zwd4wmvpdx5came

WOOT! LEGO Icons The Lord of The Rings: Rivendell Building Set $469.99 6% rakuten and 5% amazon

$100 for the shuttle is a good price imo considering the enterprise will likely go on sale for $300 in the next couple years.

Update: looks like the hand off to UPS occurred an hour or so ago, UPS finally shows in possession with a specific delivery date!

LEGO Icons PAC-Man Arcade Building Set $189.99 (30% off) at amazon and walmart Amazon.com: LEGO Icons PAC-Man Arcade Building Sets for Adults - Collectible Office, Book Shelf, or Bedroom Decor - Gifts for Christmas, Men & Women - W/Moving Handle to Recreate Game - 10323 : Toys & Games Lego Iconspac-Man Arcade – Limited Edition Collectible Deal - Walmart.com

Is that the lowest it's been? Another one. Limit 9. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JKVZVM8 $60. 40% off

Lego UK sale went live this hour, nothing to report. Just some polybag GWPs and 4x points on Willy Wanker.