How I Got Out of the 'LEGO Investor' Mindset

I literally had a mech script and stopped looking at it.

I used to care a lot about my figures and their investments- but the more I begin to appreciate LEGO star wars, the less unhappy I am? It's hard to enjoy something that you're really financially invested in, and the market will only stress you out. It's in everyone's best interest for LEGO to make CHEAPER PREMIUM FIGS :)

I recently told someone how excited I was about the heir to the empire title, to which in return they responded, "no serious EU fan is watching it". Must be miserable living like that.

[AbsolutelyStudios]

Lego is normalizing arm printing and I'm all here for it.

Each day we inch closer and closer to Lego putting arm printing on Clones and Stormtroopers.

[HelloThereRex]

But but but, the YouTuber with the bricklink store told me it was worth it to spend a car payment on a single minifigure!

[mocsandcustoms]

Totally agree. I’ll never understand the group of people that treat Lego as an investment and are into it only for that reason. There are so many better things to invest in anyways.

[meepmeep]

Only complaint I have is to bring back cloth pieces but I'm sure I can get some for a reasonable price off bricklink so it's really just an inconvenience.

[neosiii]

To add on to this. I’ve heard people say that expensive UCS sets have to have exclusive minifigures to justify the cost of the set. Which completely ignores the whole fact of the matter that the set itself should be the driving force behind the set. If you end up buying the venator just because you want a Rex… well you’ve played yourself… Grown adults getting off on their ability to gate keep other fans of the hobby just because they have more money than them is just plain dumb.

[wadewilson]

I used to be really focused on the value of sets and figures in my collection like you, but when I started hesitating to open some sets fearing they will be worth a lot more in the future, I realized how dumb I was. The hobby became a lot more fun for me when I stopped caring about the financial value of the LEGO in it.

[jameshrooms]

Yeah sometimes tell people that I’m “investing” in Lego, but that’s total bull I just love the figs.

[izerz]

Even as a collector, who loves having high-value figures, I see cheap good-quality figures as a W for every true fan. I would much rather have all my rarest figures reduced to a couple bucks if it means awesome figures are more accessible to everyone including myself for cheap. I can't wait to have an arm-printed OT Boba in a set as cheap as these mechs. Absolutely awesome.

[CLONRAWSME]

Honestly you literally have made me regain my hope for this community im so happy to once again rehear the voice of someone who loves the hobby for the hobby I’ve always knew there’s gotta be more collectors for the hobby for actual sets for the figures for LEGO itself and not just as you’ve said perfectly investor mind set

Thank you so much MayDay Figs !!!!

[SW_Bricks]

I think you completely summed up my views and thought PERFECTLY in 3 minutes! Fantastic video as usual! Keep smashing it

[UrbanSpidey]

since i've come back to lego around 2019, i've noticed many people just talking about investing in sets and minifigs and it's just strange. i understand the mentality, but to cry about how the price plummeting on a minifigure that was due for an update anyways is just crazy. i know so many people that just think investing in lego minifigs is the end all be all of collecting lego, but from my perspective, there is no enjoyment to be had with collecting like that. it's a very greedy way of thinking, and while it's fine to want to make a little money on the side since it is getting harder and harder to afford the things we like, it's a whole other thing to only enjoy the money you can suck out of others by scalping a lego set that you've had in your basement for 10 years. it's just so ridiculous to look at lego in only a financial context, and not from how much enjoyment you get from it. i look at these mech sets as a win, because not only do they have really great looking minifigures, they also have some pretty great detail pieces. but the first thing i thought of when i saw the Boba Fett is "oh i can already hear the investors crying now."

[noahmolchain]

I am one of the people who said UCS boba is going down in value, now I do not own any bobas besides the bobf version and I can understand why it can be hard for people to see a figure they love so much be devalued but I agree with you that if you just by Lego for the worth or the collectible aspect you’ve got it wrong, I have been buying Lego since I was 3 and you’ve got to do it because you enjoy it

[justthink]

Great words my friend, i couldn't say it better.

[NIRDIAN]

"Investors" are honestly a bit of a plague on any hobby... I'm a life-long LEGO fan and was an MTG fan for a good while there (until WotC literally priced me out, lol) and just seeing people rabidly buy up TOYS so they can sit on it as "investments" breaks my heart.

Amazing LEGO themes have become incredibly hard to get hold of in recent years (Adventurers and Rock Raiders doubling or tripling in price in months), and honestly... If I can get a good "fake" Chief, I'll just be happy. Happy to be able to get something I missed out on as a kid, and that "investors" priced me out of as an adult...

And yeah, if there are any customs of fave SW characters that have become "investments", I'll be happy with those too! Also that Boba Fett is so rad, omg.

[EscrimaNight]

This! The investbros are ruining collecting in general. I have and had figures that I always wanted, but ever since 2020ish when the investbros got involved, all of these figures skyrocketed in value. Yes, I did buy a Rebels Ahsoka, but no because I saw it as an investement, but because I genuinly WANTED the figure for YEARS. The reveal of the mechs did sting a little because I did end up buying a UCS Boba torso to upgrade my exixting fig, but if I just waited a little longer I could have gotten one for a fraction of the price. Like I said, investbros are ruining it for the rest of us, but thankfully companies like GCC are here to save us with cheap, affordable alternatives!

[AKPstudios]

Just stumbled upon your Chanel. Your positivity is a breath of fresh air for this community that can be so toxic.

[zacharymessner]

Mostly agree there’s a line, I think $2, 000 for cloud city boba is insane but at the same time it’s nice to collect and have the feeling that what you possess is something of value, exclusives and variants add a lot of fun to the collecting hobby but once a single minifigure starts to pass the $200 range that’s just way too much

[niqsick]

Yup. This is why ur on top the game. I don’t understand how people genuinely only care about the monetary value of these figs and aren’t excited that a new updated boba is coming out just because it’s going to be in a cheap set. I didn’t hear any of this uproar when Rex was leaked and that’s only because it’s a $650 set.

[adolfogarzachaires]

i always buy a lego star wars set for two things
1- the build if it's good
2-the figure that i really desire to have
selling my lego sets it's the last thing i think when buying it, cus what's the point of buying lego if you're just gonna sell it and don't even open the set ? you're just not enjoying life

[-viscosity]

I wholeheartedly agree, it was so annoying seeing people complain when Rex was rumored to be in the swamp speeder just because "the 2013 one will lose value". However, I do think it's important to at least be aware of the value of certain items and how they will change. If you're able to notice when a figure's price is likely to rise, you can save a lot of money by buying it right away instead of waiting