About a week ago, I won an Ebay auction for all 6 Hordika for only $35. After that, I got a little addicted, and ended up buying a couple cheap lots, and a 2015 Pohatu for $10. The trick is to look for auctions ending soon that don't have any bids. You can find some incredibly worthwhile deals this way.
Just to update this information a bit, the pick a brick wall in legostores currently have square boxes (or rectangle to be precise), this makes it far easier to stack your container to the brim with stuff, even stacked plates or lots of bricks. As long as you treat it like a puzzle to fit every piece you want, it is actually a good price per part option and I also think it is fun. The Legostore itself is usually a fun place to be, the staff is superfriendly and there are other people that are stacking their boxes so you can learn some tricks, most people don't mind at all to help you out if you go for the first time and don't know how to do it. You can even ask the staff for a tip on how to best stack, they don't mind helping either. Overall, I think this is a very rewarding way to build your parts inventory, if you check the store once every 2 weeks, there are always new pieces in the wall and you can slowly build up your collection by 2 or 3 full boxes a month. The hardest part to figure out for this, is which pieces you need many of and which ones you don't, that will take a little experience, but once you starting building with the stuff you have, you will quickly figure that out.
in May of this year I went to Colorado and brought back over 75 lbs of lego for less than $100 from thrift stores such as ARC, Goodwill and The Salvation Army, lots of minifigures included, I now have 5 stack tubs and three giant plastic bags full of lego with one tub being almost exclusively Minifigs
This really helps, the price of Lego sets in my country is almost 2x more expensive than the usual, especially on Lego stores. I don't even know where to find cheap stores here so, imma go international shops.
Yeah I feel you,"Lego" stores in my country sell sets for not so reasonable prices. Tbh in my country there is a bigger market for off-brand Lego than official Lego.At a certain point I just gave up because even on Amazon if the price don't get you the shipping will
I’ve transitioned over to using almost entirely CCBS and bionicle/technic parts, so I may consider selling off most of my system parts. I’ll probably keep a few though, I find a lot of the 1xwhatevers to be useful for things like shaping and creation cool effects like a gunshot.
I see ToaChirox98 has extended family. That's good to know. Also, man, in my experience, I've just had to be nice to people, they learn I like LEGO, and they have just given me collections. When I was 8 or 9, one of my dad's students babysat me for just one day, saw I liked LEGO, and his family that had three of these boys were graduating high school or were already in college gave me three big bins and two paper grocery bags full of old Space (sadly not Classic Space), Pirates, Aquazone, Castle, and Star Wars, it was awesome. A friend of mine, her brother that was only a few years younger than me when I was 14 didn't want his stuff, so he gave it to me in a kitchen trash bag. My pastor's son, who was like 30 and whom I've never met, gave me all his old LEGO, too, which meant I got a few duplicates of classic Star Wars stuff and some stuff I had never gotten, Model Team sets, classic Technic. It's been a pretty good deal. I'm never comfortable asking people for LEGO collections though, I don't want to impose. I just need to find more people that are no longer interested in keeping their stuff. Although I am -running out of- completely out of space. I wish my grandparents hadn't given the LEGO that was at their place to my step uncle and his family who never touched the stuff when I was at their place across the country back in 2007, I could have gotten another big bin full of free LEGO. Shoot, the last time I had a birthday party was at their place and it was LEGO themed, they knew! (Although I don't know how you get so much LEGO from Oregon to Florida on the cheap.) I'm so stingy.
My brother had like 2000 dollars of lego over his lifetime. Like from 5-18 he bough legos and got them for holidays and birthdays. I’ll ask him. It been a long time since I have. Maybe he’s changed his mind. Thanks for reminding me my brother was a lego finnatic a couple years ago😂
In Germany the easiest way to get cheap lego is bricklink and some bigger flea markets (in my opinion). It's just to bad, that there are only a few flea markets in northern Germany. I believe that some German lego fans could say other examples.
Thank u so much brick link isn't really my style it's complicated and I have to order specific stuff I usually prefer having everything in front of me then get to planning
Almost all the winners of a lot of online building competitions made a DIGITAL lego build, how do you do that and what do they use? I was hoping most of them would be real and not digital tho...
I live in The Netherlands and I just get my Lego from the toy shop becaus in my state there is no lego shop or something like that but thanks for the tips i really needed new lego
There are currently 3 (or 4) official LEGO stores in the Netherlands, quite a few unofficial ones and a few really cool Bricklink stores that actually have a physical store where you can buy lego by the gram from huge unsorted crates. This is not the cheapest option for sure and some of the pieces are not in the best shape, but it is a fun way to spend your time and still build up an inventory. At least you don't pay anything for shipping and you can buy only the pieces you specifically want and find yourself.
I get some parts for a m.o.c. I did from bricks and figs plus I try to dig thru the clearance as well but I spring for a ploy bag or two and even a set under 20 ish $ U.S.D for my parts I need
what I dont like about bricklink is how expensive parts are. I parted out helms deep without figs and it so pricy for the parts. made no sense cause I didnt even include the stickers
I try to download the link page but it was not there at all had a error message saying that this pg is not available 😕 😐 😑 Why is that??? P.s lo❤the 📹 🎥 accept for that problem otherwise I enjoyed it 👍.
Hello i'm from new caledonia (a french island in the pacific ocean, next to australia), basicli lego set are too expensive hir, i was looking to get ninjago city set, but they are like 1000$ to get one, it's way too expensive. I was lucky (befor covid) because i could go back to france and buy a bunch of lego, but since 2years i can't...
You don't have to be 18 to shop on bricklink you just have to be able to pay for it. If your parents have paypal they can pay for it, and you can have the account.
About a week ago, I won an Ebay auction for all 6 Hordika for only $35. After that, I got a little addicted, and ended up buying a couple cheap lots, and a 2015 Pohatu for $10.
The trick is to look for auctions ending soon that don't have any bids. You can find some incredibly worthwhile deals this way.
finally, a fellow Aussie that makes mocs!!!
G-day from NSW
Hey mate from QLD
Just to update this information a bit, the pick a brick wall in legostores currently have square boxes (or rectangle to be precise), this makes it far easier to stack your container to the brim with stuff, even stacked plates or lots of bricks. As long as you treat it like a puzzle to fit every piece you want, it is actually a good price per part option and I also think it is fun.
The Legostore itself is usually a fun place to be, the staff is superfriendly and there are other people that are stacking their boxes so you can learn some tricks, most people don't mind at all to help you out if you go for the first time and don't know how to do it. You can even ask the staff for a tip on how to best stack, they don't mind helping either.
Overall, I think this is a very rewarding way to build your parts inventory, if you check the store once every 2 weeks, there are always new pieces in the wall and you can slowly build up your collection by 2 or 3 full boxes a month. The hardest part to figure out for this, is which pieces you need many of and which ones you don't, that will take a little experience, but once you starting building with the stuff you have, you will quickly figure that out.
in May of this year I went to Colorado and brought back over 75 lbs of lego for less than $100 from thrift stores such as ARC, Goodwill and The Salvation Army, lots of minifigures included, I now have 5 stack tubs and three giant plastic bags full of lego with one tub being almost exclusively Minifigs
Haha whenever i get asked this question this is the video i'll point them to :D
No reply?
Dude i was going to ask you since im your fan lol
Dam I’m here because I’m trying to make builds like yours
This really helps, the price of Lego sets in my country is almost 2x more expensive than the usual, especially on Lego stores. I don't even know where to find cheap stores here so, imma go international shops.
Yeah I feel you,"Lego" stores in my country sell sets for not so reasonable prices. Tbh in my country there is a bigger market for off-brand Lego than official Lego.At a certain point I just gave up because even on Amazon if the price don't get you the shipping will
@@samuelfrederick1782 Man i just need lego parts for a decent ww2 set im gonna make
This guy's videos are amazing and very informative!
I’ve transitioned over to using almost entirely CCBS and bionicle/technic parts, so I may consider selling off most of my system parts. I’ll probably keep a few though, I find a lot of the 1xwhatevers to be useful for things like shaping and creation cool effects like a gunshot.
I see ToaChirox98 has extended family. That's good to know.
Also, man, in my experience, I've just had to be nice to people, they learn I like LEGO, and they have just given me collections.
When I was 8 or 9, one of my dad's students babysat me for just one day, saw I liked LEGO, and his family that had three of these boys were graduating high school or were already in college gave me three big bins and two paper grocery bags full of old Space (sadly not Classic Space), Pirates, Aquazone, Castle, and Star Wars, it was awesome.
A friend of mine, her brother that was only a few years younger than me when I was 14 didn't want his stuff, so he gave it to me in a kitchen trash bag.
My pastor's son, who was like 30 and whom I've never met, gave me all his old LEGO, too, which meant I got a few duplicates of classic Star Wars stuff and some stuff I had never gotten, Model Team sets, classic Technic.
It's been a pretty good deal. I'm never comfortable asking people for LEGO collections though, I don't want to impose. I just need to find more people that are no longer interested in keeping their stuff. Although I am -running out of- completely out of space.
I wish my grandparents hadn't given the LEGO that was at their place to my step uncle and his family who never touched the stuff when I was at their place across the country back in 2007, I could have gotten another big bin full of free LEGO. Shoot, the last time I had a birthday party was at their place and it was LEGO themed, they knew! (Although I don't know how you get so much LEGO from Oregon to Florida on the cheap.)
I'm so stingy.
I have a local comic book store that sells 1 pound bags of random LEGO pieces for around 12 dollars. Maybe try checking out places like that.
Those voices at the beginning, LMAO
My brother had like 2000 dollars of lego over his lifetime. Like from 5-18 he bough legos and got them for holidays and birthdays. I’ll ask him. It been a long time since I have. Maybe he’s changed his mind. Thanks for reminding me my brother was a lego finnatic a couple years ago😂
In Germany the easiest way to get cheap lego is bricklink and some bigger flea markets (in my opinion).
It's just to bad, that there are only a few flea markets in northern Germany.
I believe that some German lego fans could say other examples.
Can you do a tutorial on how to order from bricklink because for yrs. I've had No clue how to I need help!!!! Love the video by the way.
Instructions not clear, accidentally purchased Mega Bloks
Help, accidentally purchased Tyco bricks
@@shmittywerbermenjenson4019what are tyco bricks
LoL, actual name here is “Bill”, was a great laugh, thanks!
Thank u so much brick link isn't really my style it's complicated and I have to order specific stuff I usually prefer having everything in front of me then get to planning
The start was so goofy:)
Almost all the winners of a lot of online building competitions made a DIGITAL lego build, how do you do that and what do they use? I was hoping most of them would be real and not digital tho...
Im panicking at this realization
Thank you I got a huge lego from my dad that got it from a sketchy website so we are missing tons of pieces
I live in The Netherlands and I just get my Lego from the toy shop becaus in my state there is no lego shop or something like that but thanks for the tips i really needed new lego
There are currently 3 (or 4) official LEGO stores in the Netherlands, quite a few unofficial ones and a few really cool Bricklink stores that actually have a physical store where you can buy lego by the gram from huge unsorted crates. This is not the cheapest option for sure and some of the pieces are not in the best shape, but it is a fun way to spend your time and still build up an inventory. At least you don't pay anything for shipping and you can buy only the pieces you specifically want and find yourself.
I get some parts for a m.o.c. I did from bricks and figs plus I try to dig thru the clearance as well but I spring for a ploy bag or two and even a set under 20 ish $ U.S.D for my parts I need
Oke I got my new legon pices, but what is the best way to store them?
So what I gathered from this video is to always talk to strangers and go to their house if they say they have free legos.
Nice!
5 pounds of bionicle parts off eBay allowed me to build my own version of Cossy, shadow, and callan. As if it was the good ole days
I’m always dubious of those because a lot of the more reasonably priced ones use stock photos, so I can’t actually see what they’re selling
what I dont like about bricklink is how expensive parts are. I parted out helms deep without figs and it so pricy for the parts. made no sense cause I didnt even include the stickers
7:00 did u just encourage us to talk to strangers?
Im trying to build a moc and i cant find ball joins
There are some lego sets that are just parts alone of some colors
I did a trade up challange and started with a phite 1x1 plate en ended up a a factory sealed destiny's wings set. HOW!?!?
6:58 Just go ask strangers for Lego kids. Im sure nothing bad will happen
4:28
Where's the link? It's not in the description.
Oops! All fixed and added ;)
@@BenCossyOfficial
Thank you
Oh yeah
how do i find lego conventions near me?
i can never find anything online
i also cant find a lug near me either
I try to download the link page but it was not there at all had a error message saying that this pg is not available 😕 😐 😑 Why is that??? P.s lo❤the 📹 🎥 accept for that problem otherwise I enjoyed it 👍.
The intro is hillarious
are threes lego pieces official lego?
How about bionicle? I was originally asking about those
Everything I've mentioned in the video applies to both Bionicle and System ;)
Oh ok sorry I’m a derp
Antique stores… I’ve been getting 3lb bags for $10 of misc legos…
Hello i'm from new caledonia (a french island in the pacific ocean, next to australia), basicli lego set are too expensive hir, i was looking to get ninjago city set, but they are like 1000$ to get one, it's way too expensive. I was lucky (befor covid) because i could go back to france and buy a bunch of lego, but since 2years i can't...
is brick owl ok? i am trying to use it to build my robot
I've not used it much, but I've heard plenty of good things about it!
does this include bionicle pieces and sets and the comics?
Of course! It applies to all kinds of LEGO
the thumbnail colours and placement are the as my country lithunia
I'm not 18. So I can't shop at Bricklink. Any better alternatives?
Bricks and pieces could work. That or anything else I covered in the video. But you probably can still use Bricklink with your parents permission
You don't have to be 18 to shop on bricklink you just have to be able to pay for it. If your parents have paypal they can pay for it, and you can have the account.
TheDinosaurPlanet there’s always the alternative option of lying about your age on the internet.
I got all the infinity war sets for £25 at a charity shop
well my country hardy sells real lego and even if they they do they are 7 time more expensive than fake
Bosnia has the same problem of overpriced lego
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