How Do I Afford LEGO?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- LEGO is expensive! How do I afford to buy it all? Find out in this video!
In this video, I provide some insight on how I managed to buy all of my LEGO and some tips on how you could do the same. I share some tips on how to make it more affordable when purchasing, how to fund the hobby, and some tips on how a "side hustle" can make all the difference.
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Great story of hard work and pursuing your passion. Thanks for sharing!
LEGOS!
@@legodkings7742 That's not a word. The LEGO Group themselves said LEGO in plural is: LEGO.
How many Legos do you have behind you that’s so cool
@@frameoflight Trainscape isn’t a word either 👀
Hello!
I’m pleased that your hard work has been rewarded
Are you his girlfriend or are you just that driver in some lego buying vlogs?
@Het Tijgertje that’s not his gf. His wife is Jose or Josie (I forgot how she spells it)
@@brickpigeon66 Okay sorry!😂 Just a thought...🤐😄
I loved hearing more about the business side of things for you, especially in regards to rental properties and how you were able to put down a down payment
Interest rates are at an all time low. Leveraging $ is insanely cheap... 1.8% is unheard of. Not sure what it is like in AU.
We are in for some interesting times right now. Not much makes sense, stock market booming, etc. Young ppl like us better strap in and hedge. Governments "printing" $ out of thin air and dishing it out like crazy. Sorry to rant LOL.
@@Bricksie: Dude, according to your story, you made the most advancement when you had a side-hustle going on. Now that your doing "Bricksie" full time, perhaps your side-hustle could be another channel explaining business and entrepreneurial skills to fellow young ppl, (perhaps step-by-step, how-to-do what your doing, etc.) . . .
~ I would LOVE to see future generations doing-what-your-doing, namely turning idle-time in to profit-time, starting a business & incorporating. As you well know, working for ourselves is much more profitable (and enjoyable) than working for others . . . . . (if fact, you have inspired even me to start a side-hustle !) . . . . . God bless. ✌️😀👍
Jordan you should invest in Bitcoin as it is a store a value and appreciate 200% / year since its launch. Fix the money, fix the world.
@@Bricksie yeah interest rates are low but if you didn't move on a house when this video was released and are trying to now, good luck. Houses are way up. I live in Louisiana and a 1300 Sq ft house went from around 130k to 190k in just the last few months.
@@bryandedon7459 US house prices are high, lol! Canadian average house prices are something like $600,000 or maybe $800,000 now!
The dictionary definition of Bricksie:
A genuine nice Lego-loving guy who is real with his fans and talented at what he does
Chill dude. He is building bricks. A child can do this.
The same way anyone affords anything, through hard work and saving your money. I think it was JayZ that said "if you can't afford to buy it twice, then you can't afford it".
Man he got mony in 90 s only CA's it was poppuler in USA. More so..an Manny kids in oz. Spent lots on bying thier hip hop CD s ..but ozy hip hop..got less mony. In 90 s. An had stuff all jobs ..u can work hard on hobbie s but may get less mony. Than guy with full time job ..we all wish we had full time job but don't. an still gain .Lego .
Correct your a smart guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hard work dosent make your rich it makes your boss rich
Actually, if you can afford it once you can afford to purchase it. It's simple math.
So if you can’t buy your house twice you can’t afford your house?
Great breakdown. Appreciate you opening the veil to reveal the data behind the channel. And congrats on your hard work paying off. Everyone sees the LEGO you have now and think you're so lucky, but they have to know all the hard work which went into this.
Yes so. Each to thay own ways of gaining more ..I gess we all have owe story s of how we got lots of Lego..but may be less mony. Than next guy or girl but luv it just as much.
The best advice 14 year old bricksie could of gotten "don't buy lava lamps"
What’s up with the brick beside your name?
How do get that brick?
@@iPably_ he became a member of the channel
"could HAVE"
I felt that 😂
So to sum-up Bricksie is a genius.
He went from Boy Scouts to selling and trading Pokemon cards, all the way to a TH-cam channel with a massive Lego collection. What an inspiration
Not a genius, simply just choosing not to be lazy.
@@brandonjones5096 procrastination and depression are pretty big foes to overcome and do what you hope to do in life
@@mixednarwhal only for the weak
This is a topic I would not have thought about when I watch Bricksie, and it once again tells me how transparent, honest, and caring about his fans
I watched this with my 3-yr old kid, and he asked me how he can get a job. Thanks for being an inspiration!
Beauty. Get him stated with household chores and allocate a pay for each job and a frequently that they can be done. Then "tax" 25% and put that in a savings account for him. That's what I'm gonna do when I have kids LOL. Teach them work ethic, skills, jobs, labor, saving, and taxes early. Hahah
Just let him be a kid my gosh… it’s not all about hard work. It’s about living your best life.
@@lemkadem91 just to be clear, im not asking my kid to get a job lol. He's the one asking me these tough questions....
How to afford LEGO..
Step 1: Get a Job
That’s it
Are you still living with your parents ?
@@Adrian-Ionut no I have my own place
Finally, Truth!
having a job dont mean you can buy LEGO .
@@funtyes1970 video title: how do I afford LEGO well wouldn’t you need a job for that?
you're the most honest, true hearted lego lover, the realest out there.
you're my fav bricksie. keep on the good work
TLDW;
1. Passion
2. Hard Work
3. Entrepreneurial spirit
4. Tax Loopholes
5. HELOC on his house
Or, step one get a job
Don't think you can call it a loophole when it's actual written tax benefits exclusive to business owners.
@@brunomatassini9879 Writing off your private property as "business" property is absolutely a "loophole".
@@kumada84 Not really. It's written into the tax code to benefit business owners. If you keep all your tools and cars you use to get to work at your house, is that not basically an office? If you do all your planning and finances at your house, is that not the same as having a seperate building on a lease? Not a loophole, just a benefit that anyone can use.
Appreciate the very candid overview of your business entrepreneurship. I think it’s fair to say whilst you love what you do and most of the time we see you buying lots of great lego sets and building them, behind the scenes there is a lot of hard work to make it all happen.
Awesome to hear your story, your hard work and consistency shows through and through. Always enjoy the content, take care!
Very interesting to hear. I've only recently started Lego in the past year or so. Managed to get a nice collection going but it is very costly and hard to maintain with everything else. So from what you've said has inspired me to give TH-cam/Twitch a go and see if I can make something more out of it.
This is a question I ask myself all the time. The answer: I don’t
The absolute best wardrobe choice for a 'How do I afford LEGO video' - well played.
Yes you are right!!!!!
@@joeb5327 well said time to invest in some better clothes
Well done for building a career with something you love. Took vision, hard work at taking the risk. Thanks for sharing! Happy Christmas Jordan, from Ireland.
If ur under 18 like me, I found that the easiest way is to work a summer job, even if it’s a minimum wage job and you work part time hours, you can afford some very large sets after just a week of work. Thanks for sharing your tactics as an adult, I will definitely use these in the future.
Neat
72K subscribers WOW! Your very transparent explanation which is impressive. I subscribed because of your work effort a long time ago, keep going, your passion will guide you!
I work quite a lot and where I work gives me a 10% discount on LEGO and sometimes even go on sale so I save a lot of money 💰
Rad. .that's magic. 2nd hand shops an charity places get lots of free donated Lego..if u work their ..would help..if get to by any..of it. Befor other worker get it..lol.
@@countrabricksbuildcraze8916 thats how i got like 10+ old lego train sets lmao
@@anthonykonosus406 Anthony. Lucky you. I don't work at. The place. No more .to get Anny Lego I worked in the toy section that had big box full of Lego just sitting in the corner silly me I should of asked to buy it .oh well Shaw it gone now.
I love this. It’s really inspirational but we appreciate the honesty and also the amount of dedication and purpose and hard work it took for you to be here. Congratulations, Jordan!
This is the type of stuff target for AFOLs and I love it! Give a true real perspective on how others can achieve the same goals. I recently started a bricklink store and this type of stuff helps.
Rad nice one .so much to it. Thoe s saleing a million brick n part .great stuff what that doing ...but if can tourn it into a every day an nightly thing . .u just don't know how much $ u may make .good luck man...
Me a 14 year old
Lava laps👀
Bricksie “No”
Me ok
LEGO 👀🤑🤑🤑
Great story - it does really boil down to hard work, and a love of your craft but also some good education (formal and life experiences) as you used this knowledge to structure your company and manage your money. I am sure you could tell lots of stories but thanks for sharing this. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Nice of you to share your story, I’m sure it will inspire others and also show that hard work is key.
As an adult with a family, I love lego and business.. I think it’s awesome the way you have set up your business to maximize the profits and tax benefits and you have structured it in such a smart way.
Well done I love hearing about this 👍🏻
great video bricksie! you are an inspiration to all young lego youtubers! keep up the great work man!
Stumbled across this video and superb!! Well done. Good to see someone being honest about the work needed to get a dream job!
Amazing, I’m just starting my Lego collection and TH-cam journey and I take a lot of inspiration from this video. It’s an awesome achievement you have managed to accomplish and I wish you all the best for the future.
Love it when I open TH-cam and it says uploaded 30 seconds ago 😄
Jordan thanks for sharing, what an amazing story, jyst goes to show what a lot of hard work and some great advise from your parents and I'm sure maybe others has worked out for you at such an early age. You should write a book as I'm sure it would inspire others to save early and just be super smart with what you do. CONGRATS my dad used to say " if your job is doing something you love, it will never actually feel like it's a job" I hope someday soon that is how you feel about your channel. Im lucky to get to see it.
Joel" how did you afford this?"
Jordan " i sell hardcore Drugs"
I just woke up, it is 12:00PM CST and the first video i watch
is this, and wow that is some great advice! right when i am
14 i am going to get a Part time job at Target, and of
course with the money i will get, i can Buy Stuff for Family
or For me which i will buy LEGO and basically Buy it
with my Own money than My Dad's Money.
Thanks @Bricksie!
This just shows that hard work pays off!!
I get paid 5$ a hour
Wow man, you're just an awesome, down to earth human being, this is why you're hard work has helped you in shaping your life and becoming a successful TH-camr and lego builder. Hats off to you man.
All the best for the future &
Keep on bricking.
Found you on Tik Tok my 9yr old son is turning into a Mini Bricksie. He’s addicted to LEGO’s. Interesting to see the sets he loves and has built also in your collection. Thanks for sharing your passion.
Very clever and hardworking man,well done you and credit to your parents also,let's not forget the role they played in all your success
Wow that’s an amazing story it’s great that ur able to write all that stuff off
After hearing about all that hard work, you defiently deserve every single subscriber you have to this channel and every set you own (or brickise owns lol)
It has become a nightly routine to listen to people talking about Legos to fall asleep, I never thought that I’d love this story so much to be able to fall asleep knowing that this inspirational story exists.
You work hard and you are wicked smart!!! Congrats on your success! We are grateful for you!!
I sell the promo sets and I also only build things that I can only put in my city. I buy licensed sets and larger sets. I don’t buy tons of sets anymore because i focus on modulars and a set I can mod with son here and there.
Same I don't have tunn of set sitting on shelf collecting dust. Like avridge byer do.most my Lego for Lego city..only Yoda set an most the ninjago dragon on shelf..you need lots of $$$ to just have set sitting on shelf s. ..but but millions have the same set s. I all way add detail or switch up its look. To be more oridganel than thoe s with same sets as I got an it add s more fun in to it for me...
A lot of respect there Jordan, or is it Bricksie haha. Well done for having the courage to go for your dream and brains to do it. All the best for the future!
Great to see you are following your passion. And agree, you gotta work hard. Nothing in this life comes for free!
@Bricksie I am a boy scout as well, almost an Eagle Scout! I'm proud that you are a Boy Scout as well! Once a Boy Scout, Always a Boy Scout!
I just recently found your channel accidentally looking for something else Lego related. I was really drawn to the Bricksie basement Lego world you’ve created and was very impressed with the collection you’ve amassed in the last half decade! Now, after watching this video, I’m super excited to see what you have coming in the future and how things develop with your company. You’ve turned a hobby in to something incredible and amazing and now I’m subscribed! Good luck and thank you! I loved legos as a kid and now I watch your channel at work 🤣
Nice story mate and it’s great to hear all the hard work you put in to get where you’re at. My wife and I have just started to collect Lego. We both had tubs full from when we were kids, but recently I was able to convince her of the joy of building larger set. Luckily our Lego addiction started during Toy Sales here in Australia so we’ve been able to buy a lot of sets on special and just store them to build into the future. Love your positive attitude on life. Keep up the great work and I look forward to viewing more of your videos😀👍
Omg, respect to your honesty 👍 so many TH-camrs talks about this topic without talking about it. Happy for your achievements and hard work does pay off!
You're a absolute genius, seriously. And to do it at the age you did, got so many great years ahead. If Bricksie has any Jurassic World or Super Mario Lego it can or wouldn't mind donating, please let me know. Have the most all inclusive collection I've ever seen, and even more incredible that you started collecting less than a decade ago. I started a little over a year ago myself
So real. Love how you broke it down man. Really fascinating.
Got to hand it to you my friend, you are one smart cookie! Keep it up!
Loved hearing your story! Very inspiring! You took the leap and look at where you are now. Very cool. Keep up the great work! 🎉🤘🏽😎
I love this! Great advice for everyone. There’s no get rich quick schemes to get you everything you want. Hard work, smart work, and patience. Great video! Earned a new subscriber!
Thank you for being so transparent! Great to hear.
glad to see the hard work paying off. Only way is up from here, great work!!!
Thanks for sharing - great to know about the business side and of course hard work that went into it.
I respect the hustle, Jordan!
I’ve been able to start my LEGO hobby by obtaining credit card sign-up bonuses and finding ways to “manufacture spend” (buying gift cards to flip) and netting the cashback/points from credit cards. Made $9k last year from my side hustle all while working full time 40/hrs a week.
Your method is fantastic though, too! I’ll have to look into possible LEGO reselling as you mentioned. Happy 2021!
Awesome.....I collect Lego, too, brother, and I am usually pretty broke, so it's nice to hear someone plugging ways to fund a large Lego collection, which I also have. I will say.....my first X-Wing Fighter was THE first one......in 1999. So, yeah, I have had a long time to build my collection, but AWESOME!! Keep building, man!!
Didn't think I would hear business advice from a lego channel but I was suprised in a good way. Will come for your lego side and business side of your channel!
This was very interesting to listen to! It’s fun hearing about your experiences, and congratulations on being full time!
hey
I also am a lego collector for about 7 years thought i only have a channel for about 2 years . Watching bricksie's everyday videos have become a habbit i make sure i leave sometime before dinner to watch hiis videos whe is posted at 8:30 pm . Today i was expecting an update on the city or an lego shopping vlog or a update on the harbour oooor an start on the underwater area today was different but its okk .GO GOOOOOD BRICKSIE ...
Wow , thanks for the good tips , also the city is looking amazing
That was quite a story. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Obviously you’ve worked hard for what you have. Cheers!
I literally had no idea what you were talking about for alot of the video. I really wish they would teach more of this in highschool.
Thank you Bricksie. I needed this. God bless you.
You are one of the rare individuals that has successfully tapped into your gifts and calling.
thank you for the back story all your hard work has paid off and your getting to pursue your dreams!!!!!!!!!!
one of the best advice set /life lesson i ever heard .
thank you Bricksie (Jordan).you are a real hero and the best lego lover i ever seen.
and once again thank you for making a video like this..😃👍
I subscribed because I really appreciated the candid conversation on the business side of things.
Love this bricksie. Would be honored for you to do another video expanding on this. Great job look forward to more.
Wow! What a sincere story! Thank you for sharing this. It is quite inspirational.
I've been rebuilding most of my sets to finish my city, especially the park and beach parts.
Amazing story. Very encouraging to hear in detail how you did it. People should live and learn from your methods, smart and sensible. And hard work! My introduction to bricksie came because I can see Lego spending increasing and wondered how other people do it, so I was curious to his methods. Great content.
This was actually really interesting and awesome to learn about! I've always had a dream of starting my own business, and it's so cool to get a glimpse of what that is like.
This is really inspiring! Thank you Bricksie!! :)
The Lakes are a beautiful canon trip.
The stark tower looks so cool!
Nothing is ever achieved without hard work.
I used to sell cigarettes in the bathroom during middle school does that count as a young entrepreneur lol 100% ROI
clicked the video looking for tips for a quick buck, was not expecting a proper life lesson 😟😟😟 thanks dude
Tip for when your holding on to lego sets to sell them when they are worth more: keep up to date on how much they are worth and when the worth plateaus sell them rather than keeping them for too long
Jordan’s parents: Fund your own Boyscout trip
Jordan: I accept your challenge.
Haha I think they paid for some of it
Truly a success story about hard work and initiative pays off! Way to go you!
I too started working at 13, I'm 20 years old now and I own a small cafe and a small high-rise building which I rent out, Moved out and quit school at 16 and stopped working last year. No regrets.
Mad respect for the hustle! Thanks for sharing.
Please please PLEASE make a series about the business aspects.
Lots of us schmucks out here might be doing more if someone who wasn't a slick hair smooth talker would explain it!
Getting a like and a sub off the strength of this one alone, thanks for the content brother!
Hey I watched this a while back and I’m watching it again today. I just started a Bricklink store and I’m learning about investing and reselling. Buying up a bunch of retiring sets and starting a channel about it all. Keep up the good work! It’s inspiring!
This video was very informative. You are a very intelligent man and I was blown away with your story. Just shows what you can do with with hard work and knowledge. Take care. Merry Christmas
Personally I'd love videos regarding the business side of things. Learning of the different tax and legal implications of such an arrangement would be quite interesting.
Bricksie has showed us that he worked hard for his legos which is extremely respectable. I work hard to babysit and every now and then I get a LEGO set for my brother and I. So you can accomplish anything if you work hard for it 😋.
So interesting and I'm not even a Lego person. Love hearing about the creative things people can do with hard work!!
Thank you so much for making this video I've been wondering for so long
What? No free pass? You can’t mean the hard work part. No one believes in hard work in this entitlement age.
Congratulations. You are an inspiration!
Well we can only work hard if given a job an a good one at that an hope u keept on for year ..or more. Sume only get casual job less $$ ..u don't need a job to. Collect tunn s of Lego...sume have tunns of Lego from that kid day an keept it all..an so on.....we can all work on what we luv..even with out no job .
Working hard at a minimum wage job is arguably the hardest and most demanding and socially required ,work in the West, yet you can't save much when working such a job.
Great video! Brave to put yourself out there. I started making Lego videos a year ago. I've found that if you buy used locally and build, video and resell there is almost no cost. It's almost like a library check out system but you maintain your virtual TH-cam collection.
Thanks Bricksie, I really appreciate the explanation and the transparency you provided as a fan I'm really happy for you.
Thanks a lot for sharing! 🙏🏼 As a private person you basically outsmarted the system by taking the company lane. Well done!👍🏻💪🏻
The amount of lego Jordan has acquired in just 5 years is truly insane.
Yeah I’ve been collecting for 7 years and I only have 3 ground-to-floor shelves and 7 modulars
I've been collecting lego since 1999, took 4 year break. Been at it for 17 years and I don't even have half of what Jordan has gotten in 5 years. That's insane to me