I've been doing the same thing for some time now - if Lego still stocks / makes the part, I buy from there. I use Bricklink for discontinued parts or ones that Lego doesn't have. The only downside to Lego is that it takes FOREVER to get the bricks, which is pretty annoying. The bricks are always new though, which is great.
@JJG well it all depends where you're from.. the bricks and pieces warehouse is in Denmark and the PAB warehouse is in Poland and if you're in the states it has to sit/pass customs
My collection and focus is pretty much exclusively Bionicle G1, so resellers like Bricklink and such are the only places I can find replacement or MOC parts.
I really struggle with trying to find a deal on Bricklink, because most of the sellers that have the items I want are located in America or Europe. This makes postage a stupid amount. Just trying to find a good Australian seller.,
Thanks for stating the obvious CatProductions95, however Australia as a country is made up of 6 states and 2 territories, hence my question, which state. If Darth Jar Jar can find a seller in their own state then it can save on postage. I know multiple good sellers around Australia so was going to help suggest some depending on their state.
AN AMAZING_brick_BAZAAR! has great range but tends to bundle pieces so if you just want 3 of a certain part you may have to buy 10, which will jack up the total price, Aussie Brickster is good, I've made several purchases from them, Aussie_Brickmart as well.There is also a great seller in SA, Brick-ology, and Maxspace in NSW.I would recommend just having a look through the list of stores in Vic and seeing their piece count and ratings to give you a feel for who to shop with.www.bricklink.com/browseStores.asp?countryID=AU&groupState=YNote I am not a seller so I have not recommended my store, just some advice on my experience.Let me know how you go or if you need any other help.
Bricks & Pieces may make sense if you live in the US, but in Australia for example shipping for it is $15, which for small orders means its never gonna work out cheaper
i find that this sometimes works well but for me it is mostly about plant pieces that are common that are better from lego, but the feature of buying the parts not of pick a brick is really cool
Thanks! You saved me at lease $10 today. I was looking for missing pieces for 2 modular buildings. I found them easily on the lego site and did not have to meet minimums with brinklink sellers. I still need a sticker sheet and will get that through bricklink. I appreciate it!
I ordered the Ashoka head from Rebels for $5, since I want to make an Ashoka figure that matches the Clone Wars Anakin figure that came out recently, and I feel like the Lego Clone Wars figures with the big eyes don’t mix well with the normal minifigure heads. I’m waiting for the head to be delivered now, hopefully it’s in good condition.
LOL No it isn't, lego charges shipping for orders under $35 plus Lego doesn't have as many part variety as some bigger brick link sellers. but good tips if you just want a single item in super high qty and Lego has it.
In my country, we don't really have an official Lego store, only 3rd party stores exclusively for Lego. Because of that, we cannot buy through Lego themselves and have to rely on bricklink sellers. If the native sellers don't have the pieces you need, well, you're out of luck because then you need to pay a lot more for shipping from abroad
Some say it’s a tragedy that LEGO bought BrickLink. But remember the Dan Siskind was treated well by LEGO and look where He is now. Mabel LEGO could help with the shortages of bricks that are important for mocs
Thank you for the tips. Does pick a brick have a shipping charge? Because you didn't factor that into the price for small quantities like you did for bricklink.
I find Bricklink is cheaper for the vast majority of parts, but not all. Also, make sure to make use of Want Lists in Bricklink, then you can search for sellers that are selling most or all of your want list to save shipping. I just use an Excel sheet compare all pricing options to find the best deal. For me it's usually Bricklink by far (actually Lego Store pick-a-brick is the best deal but that's another story).
I just recently started looking at YT content about Legos and you gave me the Very Best tip in this video. For example I've been thinking about building a swamp design but I don't have enough plant or animal pieces to fill in the terrain. I looked on bricklink for the pieces I wanted, went to pickabrick in the Lego store under the replacement link and was able to find quite a few that weren't located under the regular pickabrick links. This tip has let me order enough foliage and animals to make this build possible, thank you very much.
bruh your a life saver I saved 115 on one of my orders already!
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I guess I’m lucky.I live in North London and have 4 LEGO stores within an hours travel.Every couple of weeks I hit the trail to see what’s in the PaB Walls.Have tubs,will travel!
As an Australian BL is always more expensive. The postage is the cost is insane, we lose out on the $ conversion and the lack of tracking by default is utter garbage. There are basically 0 local sellers on BL so it's always coming from US or EU. Just in general it sucks as a market place. Getting bricks off eBay or Pick a Brick or Brics & Peaces is typically a better idea because you don't have worry about the seller possibly screwing you or the package gets lost in the post. Lego's only downside is that thye use 2 postage numbers when sending to Australia so tracking never works until it transfers to Australia Post.
Lego charges shipping too (plus tax) so really the only way you save is if you can get a lot of a certain piece or a variety so you don't have to order from multiple bricklink stores.
Wow.. I didn't know that! When i was looking at the amount of bricks i need - i wanted to buy a lot of 3 type of bricks - i found out there is no shop in my country that will allow me to buy this amount of bricks in 1 or even 2 shops. It would cost me a looot of money. But! Quick search found that there is a shop but in the other country. The price on lego site for 600 bricks was a little higher than bricklink... BUT shipping added 20% OF the whole value.. So it was 20% difference!!!! I thought that bricklink will always be the cheaper way but it is not. Also - Lego provides new bricks... so there is NO EXCUSE!
I just learned to use the rebrickable.com search store engine. Much better then the bricklink search engine. I use many wanted lists and i want many many different parts. I almost never chose a store for one specific part. 1/create wanted list on BL 2/create custom part list on rebrickable 3/export list from bl, import parts list to your custom list. 4/ go to 'buy parts' 5/ compare best prices, quantity %, cheapest stores from bricklink and brickowl.
Can you buy from LEGO "Pick a Brick" & LEGO "Replacement bricks" in the one session? Or are they 2 seperate systems with 2 separate orders and 2 separate envelopes and consequently 2 postage charges?
That is what I was wondering too, and how much does shipping cost if I want to buy from those? I have never bought bricks alone, and don't know shipping costs
Great video! But missing the fact that BrickLink sellers in your state will charge sale taxes in addition. It doesn't look like there is one best place to buy, it's all about comparing every time. I bought lots of 100x 2x2 tiles or the small chain links on amazon with prime, often without sales tax, so the unit price was good.
Crazy I had no idea you could order replacement parts the same way the pick a brick wall is, any quantity...? That just seems like a sneaky secret they have there, how many more elements are they hiding that way...?
_Anti_Communist _ no, shipping is usually based on overall weight and size of the package. So the more pieces you buy, the less shipping “per piece” will be :)
I do the same thing with Discontinued such as the Simpson sets which I want so I use brick link and if need a piece that is not discontinued I use LEGO. But for pieces that are discontinued
Some parts aren't always cheaper I needed 164 1x2 with the + in the middle and it was $47 on Lego, bricklink was 35 plus 150 more other bricks including shipping (used)
Hey, I am about to order a huge list on Bricklink, but I am pretty sure no vendor is going to have ALL the pieces I need. Does Bricklink has some sort of consolidation service or I have to buy parts from several vendors and pay several different couriers?
Ok ok ok so what i got out of this is BrickLink you pay shipping and Lego you do not pay shipping that is what you sad. know where in this video did you talk about shipping from Lego and how long Lego takes to get it to you and i this point ( LEGO is BrickLink and BrickLink is LEGO )
So I’ve been wanting to buy this MOC on BrickLink (Melbourne Skyline) - www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=115004, but when I use easy buy, it totals out to $700! Help! There’s not even 700 pieces in the set! Is there any way I could bring that price down? Thanks!
I need Torsos and legs, Completely blank, And I cant find any on bricklink, I can find some on ebay, but they are Expensive, So, I kinda don't know what to do..
Yeah... I came to the same conclusion myself. I asked about it on the Bricklink forums... why they were in many cases more expansive than Lego itself. I got banned immediately... no lie...
Wow I thought I had it bad driving 4 hours to my closest lego store, that's rough. So how do you get lego, do third party retailer's still sell it there, or is it more like an eBay/amazon thing, do you have amazon in russia..?
@@PhiTonics There are lego stores, not many though. And some of them even have pick a brick I mean I cant buy separate parts from lego directly I choose Russiaon their page and the button is gone Only bricklink for parts Amazon in Russia is pain, shipment cost is not goid at all
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I've been doing the same thing for some time now - if Lego still stocks / makes the part, I buy from there. I use Bricklink for discontinued parts or ones that Lego doesn't have. The only downside to Lego is that it takes FOREVER to get the bricks, which is pretty annoying. The bricks are always new though, which is great.
Yup I don't know why it takes Lego forever to ship lol. There have been orders I forgot I placed.
@JJG well it all depends where you're from.. the bricks and pieces warehouse is in Denmark and the PAB warehouse is in Poland and if you're in the states it has to sit/pass customs
How does this change now Lego own bricklink?
@@andycooper6085 It dos'nt
My collection and focus is pretty much exclusively Bionicle G1, so resellers like Bricklink and such are the only places I can find replacement or MOC parts.
Thanks, this helps a lot. After I move I'll be getting LEGO building so it helpful to know where to look exactly.
I really struggle with trying to find a deal on Bricklink, because most of the sellers that have the items I want are located in America or Europe. This makes postage a stupid amount. Just trying to find a good Australian seller.,
I have heaps of good sellers in Australia, which state are you in?
Thanks for stating the obvious CatProductions95, however Australia as a country is made up of 6 states and 2 territories, hence my question, which state. If Darth Jar Jar can find a seller in their own state then it can save on postage. I know multiple good sellers around Australia so was going to help suggest some depending on their state.
@@scottdd2 What's your recommendation for Victorian sellers?
AN AMAZING_brick_BAZAAR! has great range but tends to bundle pieces so if you just want 3 of a certain part you may have to buy 10, which will jack up the total price, Aussie Brickster is good, I've made several purchases from them, Aussie_Brickmart as well.There is also a great seller in SA, Brick-ology, and Maxspace in NSW.I would recommend just having a look through the list of stores in Vic and seeing their piece count and ratings to give you a feel for who to shop with.www.bricklink.com/browseStores.asp?countryID=AU&groupState=YNote I am not a seller so I have not recommended my store, just some advice on my experience.Let me know how you go or if you need any other help.
scottdd2 I buy from these stores all the time lol.
Bricks & Pieces may make sense if you live in the US, but in Australia for example shipping for it is $15, which for small orders means its never gonna work out cheaper
i find that this sometimes works well but for me it is mostly about plant pieces that are common that are better from lego, but the feature of buying the parts not of pick a brick is really cool
Thanks! You saved me at lease $10 today. I was looking for missing pieces for 2 modular buildings. I found them easily on the lego site and did not have to meet minimums with brinklink sellers. I still need a sticker sheet and will get that through bricklink. I appreciate it!
Glad I can help.
Lego shipping in Australia is $12 much cheaper shipping rates on brick link.
I just tried to part out the Imperial Flagship and it was parted out at over $1,800 USD!
"getyourbricksyall"
I ordered the Ashoka head from Rebels for $5, since I want to make an Ashoka figure that matches the Clone Wars Anakin figure that came out recently, and I feel like the Lego Clone Wars figures with the big eyes don’t mix well with the normal minifigure heads. I’m waiting for the head to be delivered now, hopefully it’s in good condition.
LOL No it isn't, lego charges shipping for orders under $35 plus Lego doesn't have as many part variety as some bigger brick link sellers. but good tips if you just want a single item in super high qty and Lego has it.
In my country, we don't really have an official Lego store, only 3rd party stores exclusively for Lego. Because of that, we cannot buy through Lego themselves and have to rely on bricklink sellers. If the native sellers don't have the pieces you need, well, you're out of luck because then you need to pay a lot more for shipping from abroad
Well, we have pick a brick, but if you try buying bricks through "replacement bricks", it's not going to work
Some say it’s a tragedy that LEGO bought BrickLink. But remember the Dan Siskind was treated well by LEGO and look where He is now. Mabel LEGO could help with the shortages of bricks that are important for mocs
Thank you for the tips. Does pick a brick have a shipping charge? Because you didn't factor that into the price for small quantities like you did for bricklink.
Free shipping over $35 dollars. So you are right on smaller orders there is shipping as well. Oversight on my part.
Too bad Lego doesn't sell the Bionicle, throwbots or other obscure technic parts I need
in canada, the lego website is crap and bricklink puts ridiculous amount of shipping. I basically have 0 options to buy lego parts.
I feel your pain :(
@@cactusbricks2618 but the lego website went back to business and I got my pieces !
I find Bricklink is cheaper for the vast majority of parts, but not all.
Also, make sure to make use of Want Lists in Bricklink, then you can search for sellers that are selling most or all of your want list to save shipping. I just use an Excel sheet compare all pricing options to find the best deal. For me it's usually Bricklink by far (actually Lego Store pick-a-brick is the best deal but that's another story).
Thank you, shopping around and knowing where and how does help with one owns Lego budget.
Thanks for this information. It is truly helpful I have not purchased from Bricklink yet.
I just recently started looking at YT content about Legos and you gave me the Very Best tip in this video. For example I've been thinking about building a swamp design but I don't have enough plant or animal pieces to fill in the terrain. I looked on bricklink for the pieces I wanted, went to pickabrick in the Lego store under the replacement link and was able to find quite a few that weren't located under the regular pickabrick links. This tip has let me order enough foliage and animals to make this build possible, thank you very much.
Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for the tips! I just went on amazon and some of the used legos and recent lego sets are pricey
bruh your a life saver I saved 115 on one of my orders already!
I guess I’m lucky.I live in North London and have 4 LEGO stores within an hours travel.Every couple of weeks I hit the trail to see what’s in the PaB Walls.Have tubs,will travel!
As an Australian BL is always more expensive. The postage is the cost is insane, we lose out on the $ conversion and the lack of tracking by default is utter garbage. There are basically 0 local sellers on BL so it's always coming from US or EU. Just in general it sucks as a market place. Getting bricks off eBay or Pick a Brick or Brics & Peaces is typically a better idea because you don't have worry about the seller possibly screwing you or the package gets lost in the post. Lego's only downside is that thye use 2 postage numbers when sending to Australia so tracking never works until it transfers to Australia Post.
Thanks for the tips.
How come you don't leave feedback to others? 0:18
Lego charges shipping too (plus tax) so really the only way you save is if you can get a lot of a certain piece or a variety so you don't have to order from multiple bricklink stores.
I have an addiction to BrickLink
Wow.. I didn't know that! When i was looking at the amount of bricks i need - i wanted to buy a lot of 3 type of bricks - i found out there is no shop in my country that will allow me to buy this amount of bricks in 1 or even 2 shops. It would cost me a looot of money. But! Quick search found that there is a shop but in the other country. The price on lego site for 600 bricks was a little higher than bricklink... BUT shipping added 20% OF the whole value.. So it was 20% difference!!!! I thought that bricklink will always be the cheaper way but it is not. Also - Lego provides new bricks... so there is NO EXCUSE!
You make awesome videos man keep up the good work man
Thanks! Appreciate it.
I just learned to use the rebrickable.com search store engine.
Much better then the bricklink search engine.
I use many wanted lists and i want many many different parts. I almost never chose a store for one specific part.
1/create wanted list on BL
2/create custom part list on rebrickable
3/export list from bl, import parts list to your custom list.
4/ go to 'buy parts'
5/ compare best prices, quantity %, cheapest stores from bricklink and brickowl.
Doesn't Lego charge shipping too?
Thanks. Didn't know about Pick A Brick
Your welcone!
It’d be nice if you could put links to those websites.
Why does LEGO sell the same brick for twi different prices?
Can you buy from LEGO "Pick a Brick" & LEGO "Replacement bricks" in the one session? Or are they 2 seperate systems with 2 separate orders and 2 separate envelopes and consequently 2 postage charges?
That is what I was wondering too, and how much does shipping cost if I want to buy from those? I have never bought bricks alone, and don't know shipping costs
i unfortunately dont have the option to get pieces from the pick a brick wall as i dont have a lego store near me
My condolences
Great video! But missing the fact that BrickLink sellers in your state will charge sale taxes in addition. It doesn't look like there is one best place to buy, it's all about comparing every time. I bought lots of 100x 2x2 tiles or the small chain links on amazon with prime, often without sales tax, so the unit price was good.
Good information to have !
i just made an order, super exited!
Did it go well?
Hey man, thanks alot for this video. It really helps for future, I wish I knew this earlier...
Regards!
You don't post feedback to other BrickLink members? 0:33
I did eventually
I'm so glad I watched this. It's easier for. Me to do Lego than. Bricklink
Crazy I had no idea you could order replacement parts the same way the pick a brick wall is, any quantity...? That just seems like a sneaky secret they have there, how many more elements are they hiding that way...?
Replacement bricks is only available in the USA and Germany
Just wondering, if you buy pieces from bricklink and u buy them from the same shop ,does the shipping cost apply to each brick?
_Anti_Communist _ no, shipping is usually based on overall weight and size of the package. So the more pieces you buy, the less shipping “per piece” will be :)
@@semisshwan6867 Thanks
Im going to use brick link a lot
@@semisshwan6867 Thanks a lot
_Anti_Communist _ very welcome chaps 🙏🏽 enjoy!
"Replacement brick" category does not exist anymore
Thanks for the tip will 100 use it
Thx 4 da tips
i love your channel
I do the same thing with Discontinued such as the Simpson sets which I want so I use brick link and if need a piece that is not discontinued I use LEGO. But for pieces that are discontinued
doesn't lego have a service fee that increases as you buy more bricks?
Some parts aren't always cheaper I needed 164 1x2 with the + in the middle and it was $47 on Lego, bricklink was 35 plus 150 more other bricks including shipping (used)
Brick Link: Now owned by Lego
Would be nice if they migrated Bricks and Pieces into a bricklink store. And nothing else
thanks man!
Hey, I am about to order a huge list on Bricklink, but I am pretty sure no vendor is going to have ALL the pieces I need. Does Bricklink has some sort of consolidation service or I have to buy parts from several vendors and pay several different couriers?
What about shipping from Lego store in USA? Is it free? Or some number?
Hey i want to by some minifigs and I cant get how taht works if you can i need help
If I buy a minifigure off of one seller then bought another off of a different buyer does that mean they will arrive on different days?
I tend to find myself only using bricks and pieces to buy my parts
hii i have a question
is there a lego store in india
please answer me
from india
when i bye lego pieces i will bye from lego but when lego dont have the part i want i go to bricklink. so i agrea whit you on this vid
Can you buy printed pieces from LEGO
Imformative video
Everytime I’m interested I view it and decide ye or ney
i liked
I saw 2500 for 10 cents new
And lots of other good offers from bL
I thought 47c for a 2x2 gray tile was cheap
i love legos
lego has 5 pound shipping
Ok ok ok so what i got out of this is BrickLink you pay shipping and Lego you do not pay shipping that is what you sad. know where in this video did you talk about shipping from Lego and how long Lego takes to get it to you and i this point ( LEGO is BrickLink and BrickLink is LEGO )
Does Lego charge shipping for pick a brick?
Yes for under 35 dollars
So I’ve been wanting to buy this MOC on BrickLink (Melbourne Skyline) - www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=115004, but when I use easy buy, it totals out to $700! Help! There’s not even 700 pieces in the set! Is there any way I could bring that price down? Thanks!
I don’t think you realize that you can filter quantity
There is not such a thing called bick-a-brick in Dutch version of the LEGO website. Sadly the only way I can buy it is BrickLink.
how about really old pieces?
I payed some guy with paypal, did i get scammed
:(
No lol
Bricklink is convenient not cheap.
16x16
I need Torsos and legs, Completely blank, And I cant find any on bricklink, I can find some on ebay, but they are Expensive, So, I kinda don't know what to do..
You can erase the torso with some chemicals like Brasso
You sound just like Christopher Walkin, lol! Very helpful thank you!!
Buy it at AliExpress MUCH cheaper. Mold King has better quality already then Lego. And yes, Lego also produces in China.
buy original, be original
Yeah... I came to the same conclusion myself. I asked about it on the Bricklink forums... why they were in many cases more expansive than Lego itself. I got banned immediately... no lie...
Lol
LOL i found Jar jar 1999 release for 1.20$
i found darth vader 2015 for 4.20
ranboo??
t hanks!!!!!!!
Well, I live in Russia, so I can't buy directly from Lego, they don't ship parts there :(
Wow I thought I had it bad driving 4 hours to my closest lego store, that's rough.
So how do you get lego, do third party retailer's still sell it there, or is it more like an eBay/amazon thing, do you have amazon in russia..?
@@PhiTonics There are lego stores, not many though. And some of them even have pick a brick
I mean I cant buy separate parts from lego directly
I choose Russiaon their page and the button is gone
Only bricklink for parts
Amazon in Russia is pain, shipment cost is not goid at all
@@Khramtsovnt 😢
Lego doesn't ship to my country...
What is your country
@@theturquoiseball1255 any country except USA, Canada and some of Europe.
Shhh..... Find a set with a piece(s) you need. Pretend you were missing a piece. It takes forever, like other people say, but its FREE.
Бебеббе
Rather use BrickOwl. Bricklink has been crap for years.