The Problem With LEGO Investing

Is LEGO really a better investment than gold? With a lot of people getting in on the LEGO investment game, will the pay off and growth rate be as good as it used to be...

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[BrickTsar]

I don’t like the reseller investment tips stuff. It’s like the people selling courses on how to make money. I only have one tip for people and it’s simple and free l: only but what you like. You never lose.

[MrEast]

Everyone misses the point in buying and selling Lego. The large set investors are purchasing 150 times as many sets and selling them after 6 to 12 months. When people buy 4 large sets and leave them sitting for two to five years in the hopes that the price will double, they are all casual buyers who have no concept what this market is all about. With lego investment, that's not how you generate real money.

[FernandoGastelo]

I once tried to do Lego investing. Bought two death stars and kept them for 5 years. Moved across country with them, then finally sold them and made $150 I think. A few extra hours of overtime would have net the same profit in less time.

[BrickTsar]

Whatnot is for people who have money to burn. It’s painful to wait for somebody to show something and it’s crazy what people pay.

[TastyJester]

I've been investing in toys for many years, and I do very well, but I don't make videos on it, because why would I want other people to buy the same things I'm buying and then have more competition making it harder to sell my items that would then be less rare and less valuable. That's what these guys who make LEGO investing videos don't seem to understand. The bigger their youtube channel grows, in theory, the more diluted the market becomes for making profit on the stuff they are talking about. They so badly wanna be wallstreetbets bros, whereas pumping a stock and getting more people to buy actually helps the stock go up. I get they want the community aspect of this, everyone wants to find others who share the same hobbies, but they are actually destroying their own profit by attempting to bring more people into investing in LEGO. I've watched some of these guys make videos pumping a LEGO set all year and then 2 years later complaining that it didn't do well. HAHA Also, a lot of these guys are just trying to be youtubers who talk about investing, because they never show all these sets they claim to be buying.

[Linus_B]

I buy Lego to build it and display it. If I tire of a set, it’s just nice to know that I might get most of my money back to buy something else.

[tinyworldofbricks]

I can see Lego investing as a way of funding the hobby, not a reliable income to depend your life on it.

[benmologousis]

100% too many sellers and a flooded market now for Lego investing

[Otterwriter]

I mean, to be honest, when I buy Lego, I'm not buying it so I can store it away in some closet without ever opening or building it. I buy sets so I can build and display them.

[bad-knight]

The production quality is great! Love it! Great topic too

[mathra]

It will be interesting to watch how this pans out. As an enthusiast I hope that oversupply will help keep prices down. Resellers can seem very profit hungry, though I admit they do provide a service. Great vid.

[therynothedyno]

Note that there is zero data presented in this video.

[maringarvanovic]

I have been dabbling with toys and collecting with investing on the side since 1984. The first rule you learn is something is only worth as much as someone else will pay for it. With more people hoarding sets and we all know they are really hitting Star Wars sets there will be more sellers so there will be a point where you are running out of buyers. I have seen this happen with loads of different toys and it will happen with Lego.
Pointing out the Disney Castle is a very good example. So who is going to buy a sealed older style castle for more than the new one?. The answer is no one.

[zenbricks]

Great video! Appreciate the production value and use of the green screen. Solid points on Lego investing - I'm just starting out with it right now (having just discovered a bunch of my childhood sets have shot up in value since I first built them) and definitely aware of the space buying new sets takes up (along with the all the old ones I have!). It does seem like Brickheadz are a good investment because they are so small and their value seems to skyrocket after they retire (in the case of the more popular figures)... but we shall see!

[DoktorSkipper]

lol is that thrift shopping in the background beat

[justinmcare]

Probably that everyone is told to invest in the same sets lol

[FarikoUnited]

I like the concept of investing in Lego overall but ultimately for me I have mostly decided its just not worth the time and efforts required.

From the storage space and money requirements to buy and to house the sets and all the research to figure out what is likely worth it and what is retiring and sales and all that sort of stuff to maximize gains.

Its a full time job pretty much to be very successful in it beyond just casual selling which takes time of its own with storefront and packaging and shipping and such and while I enjoy playing the markets in virtual worlds I definitely dont want to risk my real hard earned money in that way.

[wilsontheknight]

The thing about Lego investing especially with minifigures is that LEGO makes multiple of the set over time. A captain Rex for example was going for 80 dollars but when Lego announced the mini fighter with him as a mini figure. Well that price dropped real quickly. People who want to buy armies don’t care what era the minifigure was made. So long as its the character they want they dont pay to much mind.

[thestud]

Wait, so you’re telling me that using up all of my college and retirement savings to invest in Lego was a bad idea?

[hanselmansell]

Brilliant vid but still more fun than bitcoin. Shiny boxes with artwork and if you open them there'll be fun stuff inside... 👍