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In Off Topic, 1974 writes:

In Off Topic, rikitikitaviguy writes:

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Unbelievable...I wonder if there will be a bid retraction. Can't stand those
people. Otherwise, this is the most I've seen for this set. Crazy!

LM

For that price I'm expecting this ..

Or for a few extra $$, maybe this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II1KNS6wR4k

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 28, 2023 08:17

Subject:

Re: Any Value to 252 glued Blacktron 1 sp001

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In Help, MikeysMom2 writes:

In Help, BrickBuy writes:

In Help, MikeysMom2 writes:

I now have a bag of 252 Blacktron sp001 minifigs which do not have their tanks
but do have the helmet, visor, correct head, torso, hands and legs. Unfortunately,
their heads and hips have been glued so that I can't take the head off nor
turn the head. I also cannot take the leg/hips off.
Tried just simple warm water soaking but that did not work.
I do not know what kind of glue. I am guessing super-glue.
I did break one while trying really hard to get the hip/legs off. So I can see
where it was glued and that the body has the right torso.

Any brilliant thoughts on what to do with them or how to tackle the mysterious
glue?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

You may have a production version of these (see picture). I have a bag of these
(~30 or so). I was told there were attached to clothing, for a promo event, somewhere
in Europe (UK I think). These are fully glued, and have a clip on the back which
they used for attachment (so no air tanks). Maybe you have a bunch without the
white clip, or with clip removed.

Paul

YES - out of that entire bag, I do have one that has that same clip (as your
photo) on the back. The other 250 don't. Maybe someone took the time to
take off the clips on the others? No visible marks however. What are you going
to do with yours?

They most likely will just stay in a bag in one of the "don't know what
to do with this" drawer. This drawer is full of interesting stuff, misprints,
short-shots, sew-on patches, items still on sprues, test bricks, even have a
red and a black ghost in there somewhere.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 27, 2023 12:16

Subject:

Re: Any Value to 252 glued Blacktron 1 sp001

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In Help, MikeysMom2 writes:

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 25, 2023 15:21

Subject:

Re: Inside Tour sets

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In Price Guide, jagoop writes:

I am about to list a few LEGO Inside Tour sets.

My challenge is that these are so rare that no useful price guides are available.
Even other channels for sale are so limited as to offer no real guidelines.

What would you do?
How would you price 4000001-1?

(yes, they are genuine, misb, real sets)

I have great memories from this tour, I went on the it a long time ago, forgot
if it was 2005 or 2006.
I got the red racecar, I still have it somewhere, I never opened it.
Sets like these are hard to price, as others said, start high, and come down
on price if it does not sell, but be patient if you can afford it.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 24, 2023 18:58

Subject:

Re: Order to visit ratio

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Selling

In Selling, GillsBricks writes:

Just curious what your stores order to visit ratios are? I have one order for
about every 60 visits which is great for my smaller store

! What are your numbers?

1 in 26, over ~20 years on Bricklink. Likely 1 in 15-20 earlier on, now closer
to 1 in 35 or so.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 21, 2023 16:58

Subject:

Re: Writing system pen, ID?

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In Catalog Identification, ryanaitch writes:

In Catalog Identification, BrickBuy writes:

In Catalog Identification, ryanaitch writes:

In Catalog Identification, BrickBuy writes:

I have many copies (a few cases) of a writing system pen I am not able to find
in the catalog.
The case is the pencase01, listed as form the year 2000. Form pen to pen, the
beads are the same for each pen, but not all applied in the same order.
Any info would be appreciated.

Paul

I haven't seen it before, but with that helicopter I'd assume it's
from LegoLand California or LegoLand Billund. Hopefully someone can find the
set number so you can add it to the catalog

Thanks!! I checked ~10 more of these, and it turns out not all have the same
beads. Although there are a large number of beads that are the same for each
pen, some are different; Each pen seems to have 1 of the square bead with the
helicopter (and on other sides the Legoland logo, and other pictures). I bought
these in ~2002 from a wholesale website, I may have 3-4 cases, each with ~60
pens or so. I'll probably will have to start giving them away soon, pens
in general do not sell well. Maybe I'll have a birthday sale/promo soon....

I would love more photos of the other variants — and maybe there's a label
on the cases that could give info?

I've checked ~20 of them just now, seems like all have the bead with the
Legoland logo and helicopter. Also all have the oval football player bead in
red. Pretty much all are single-colored beads, oval, square, and technic gear
type, in a wide variety of colors.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 21, 2023 14:01

Subject:

Re: Writing system pen, ID?

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In Catalog Identification, ryanaitch writes:

In Catalog Identification, BrickBuy writes:

I haven't seen it before, but with that helicopter I'd assume it's
from LegoLand California or LegoLand Billund. Hopefully someone can find the
set number so you can add it to the catalog

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 21, 2023 12:53

Subject:

Writing system pen, ID?

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Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 9, 2023 18:19

Subject:

Re: Does anyone read their messages

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General

In General, BrickBuy writes:

In General, jaybinx73 writes:

I've sent questions to 3 different sellers and none have answered me ?
its about a minifigure that has a "crack". I'm requesting an image
from them. since they don't reply, I'm guessing they're hiding something
? guarantees I'm not buying from them. How hard is it to simply reply,
damn. end rant

Note, some stores state in their policies that they do not provide pictures of
times in their store. Decades of selling has learned (at least me but others
seem to have similar experiences), that photographs provided still only rarely
provide a sale. It takes time and effort to provide photos, and it the item is
already discounted, or cheap, replying to 10's of photo request before resulting
in a sale is poor time management for a store owner.
For instance, I have in my terms I do not provide pictures, and state I will
simply not reply to such requests (although I mostly still do reply and alert
them to me policies). Did you read the policies of the store you requested photo's
from?

Oops, posted too quick, forgot to spell-check for typos.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 9, 2023 18:15

Subject:

Re: Does anyone read their messages

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General

In General, jaybinx73 writes:

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Dec 21, 2022 13:43

Subject:

Re: Marked as shipped

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Shipping

In Shipping, ihave36paws writes:

I try not to complain about things but I was wondering if it bothers anyone else
when Sellers send you a message with your tracking number and say that your order
has shipped, only to find our that it has not shipped but they have only printed
the shipping label.

You might have to go back several times to find out if it really shipped.

Just asking.

Doesn't bother me, as I do this myself too.
Note however, that many post offices simply accept the package, do not scan it,
throw it in a bin, and it will not get scanned until the end of the day, or until
it reaches a sorting center. So, even though they may have not yet been scanned,
they have certainly been shipped.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 6, 2022 12:00

Subject:

Re: Collectible Minifigures 20% off, incl. boxes.

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In Sales, BrickBuy writes:

All collectible mini figures are 20% off. This includes the individual bags as
sets, as well as the individual figures without accessories.

Also included are full sealed boxes, including the hard to find series 1, series
2, and many others.

Sale will end at end of weekend.

Paul

Sale will end at end today. Still full boxes of Series 1 and 2 left (and many
others).

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 4, 2022 07:50

Subject:

Collectible Minifigures 20% off, incl. boxes.

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Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Aug 22, 2022 17:59

Subject:

Re: Let's give away $100 to a fellow BL member!

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Contests

In Contests, popsicle writes:

Guess the number of

553px1a Brick, Round 2 x 2 Dome Top with Silver and Red Pattern (R5-D4) - 6 Arcs on Top
Parts: Brick, Round, Decorated

contained within the vase pictured below.

Contest rules are few:

~ The first to enter the exact amount, wins
~ One guess per member per 24 hour period
~ Identical entries are adjudicated by timestamp
~ All members worldwide are welcome to participate

The winner will receive a $100 store coupon, or $50 cash. Your choice.

-Christman Family

273

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jul 18, 2022 11:35

Subject:

Re: I'm Going to Attempt a 375 (6075) Replica

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LEGO products

In LEGO, miskox writes:

In LEGO, SomeRandomUser writes:

Such an iconic set that I had my eyes on for a while. I'm not willing to
buy an original copy because the bricks might be stiff even in the best condition
and that's likely to cost me an arm and a leg. I figure modern counterparts
wherever possible would be ideal so I'll likely replace the heads with hollow
stud varieties.

My only concern are the stickers... How would I go about getting a decent reproduction
set, if sharing that sort of information is allowed on these forums?

You can try building this: https://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/04/07/scaled-up-3756075-yellow-castle-by-duncan-titmarsh/

Saso

Or go even one step further...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II1KNS6wR4k

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jun 27, 2022 17:18

Subject:

Re: CMF: No more bags to feel for characters...

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LEGO products

In LEGO, milwaukee writes:

The poll seems to be having only negative effects.
I will buy more now as I buy mostly online and hate getting crumbled up baggies
with less desirable figs.

Same here. The poll is very much biased. I will be buying many more. In the past,
I've bought some (actually very many...), only to fend bend items, like spears,
swords, most likely damaged not in production buy by "feelers". Knowing that
the quality of parts is now more guaranteed, and the good ones are not all gone,
I'll buy more in stores.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jun 23, 2022 14:10

Subject:

Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a

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In Help, skwalk1 writes:

Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!

I have 3 of these. One of them is still sealed in it's original bag, and
I got two from very reputable sellers many years ago, with documentation and
history. All three I have are like the other posters described, letters are a
bit thinner than yours, and the heart is a bit more pointed. In my opinion, the
one you have is likely fake.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jun 14, 2022 11:52

Subject:

Re: Yertle the turtle store display

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In Price Guide, Fingolfin0000 writes:

I found this at a flea market and I can't find a lot about it. I found out
thst it was a store display and found out that it came from France. I'm trying
to find out what it is worth. Any help would be appreciated.

Having bought and sold many items similar to this, in the past 2-3 decades, I'd
say you could well get $200-$300, but unlikely a lot more.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jun 13, 2022 15:02

Subject:

Re: Happy Father's Day!

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Announce

I wouldn't mind an extra present! Yes, I am a dad (2 boys. 2 girls).

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

May 20, 2022 17:05

Subject:

Re: Brickfest 2004 Capitol Building

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In Sales, CanadaFirst writes:

We're glad to announce that we are putting on sale a rare 2004 brickfest
fifth anniversay set. It's brand new and still in the original sealed box,
never opened.

https://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=CanadaFirst&itemID=297383615

Gone...

I fondly remember attending in 2004, this little set is a nice memory to display
together with the MOC's I build for BF2004.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Apr 25, 2022 12:53

Subject:

Re: What is that brick?

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In Catalog Identification, Bricksgram writes:

If someone can identify this brick?

Look like it is part 800 plus part 873

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Apr 8, 2022 11:42

Subject:

Re: This is why we take time selling decorated

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LEGO products

Wow, that is interesting. I have a bunch of these posters, I think I have 4 different
ones (got them at an auction that had items provided by TLG, likely in 2003 or
2004 or so), they are hanging in my basement. I may actually have a second set
of these somewhere too, better not throw them away.....

In LEGO, zorbanj writes:

Paper too (instructions, posters, inserts, catalogs, etc). I was going through
an old pile and found these still in the poster tube:

https://www.bippitybricks.com/refugee-poster-project

Listed them on fleabay and got a very good price. You never know what you might
have.

In LEGO, firestar246 writes:

Going through a bunch of used decorated panels. Stickers incorrectly applied,
pieces that are more expensive without the stickers, decorated items that are
hard to find; most of you know that pain. Makes us wonder sometimes if it's
worth the work.

Then we find something like this and our eyes pop out of our heads.

4215apb07 Panel 1 x 4 x 3 - Solid Studs with UNICEF Logo Pattern
Parts: Panel, Decorated {Blue}

No idea why it's so expensive, but man, was it a nice find.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Mar 24, 2022 14:52

Subject:

Re: Rare Star Wars Minifigs

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In Buying, BrickBuy writes:

In Buying, 1001bricks writes:

In Buying, LEGOfan1138 writes:

I’m trying to get every Star Wars minifig. Which should I get before they go
up? I know original cloud city figs and the original Watto and Jango are expensive,
and Inquisitors are going up like crazy as well because of the Kenobi Trailer.

Download BrickStore, make you a complete list, get the avg prices, see what it
makes, take decisions on what you want, what is available.

No one can help you really if you don't help yourself

I tried the brickstore method to get this info, but it really does not work well
for the very hard-to-find ones. Some are so hard to find that maybe only a very
few, or even none, sold in the last year or two. I did a very recent manual analysis,
looking on BL and other sites, and found the hardest ones to get are the two
I love NY Yoda figs. For a genuine ones, prepare to pay $3000 to even well more
than that. Also hard to find and expensive are the Chrome Gold C-3PO (~$2000),
and some of the first cloud city ones (Boba, ~2000$, Luke, ~$800). Finch Dallow
(~$700) is also hard to find.
If you want the AT-AT driver with complete triangle helmet, these are super hard
to find, probably also a few $1000, if not way, way more).
By my analysis, if you were to get all figures (~1250) even in used condition,
it will cost well over $30000, plus shipping, to get them all. Tip, for some
of the figures, the prices for new are cheaper than used, so in those case I
used the cheaper price to calculate totals.

On a cheaper note, for a ~$110 plus shipping you should be able to get the cheapest
50 SW figs (but they'll be almost exclusively droids....), so you can at
least get the quantity of figures up relatively fast.
"Fun" fact: The most expensive 30 figures together will cost as much as the remaining
1220 figures...

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Mar 24, 2022 14:22

Subject:

Re: Rare Star Wars Minifigs

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In Buying, 1001bricks writes:

In Buying, LEGOfan1138 writes:

Download BrickStore, make you a complete list, get the avg prices, see what it
makes, take decisions on what you want, what is available.

No one can help you really if you don't help yourself

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Mar 19, 2022 07:43

Subject:

Re: Not receiving e-mail for order placed

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In Help, tpr writes:

Hi

Since Thursday, i am not receiving an e-mail for orders placed.

Is there a problem?

Thanks

tpr

Same here, did not receive email for the last ~5 orders (yesterday and today).

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Mar 11, 2022 16:48

Subject:

Re: Guinness World Record Minifigure Collection

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Off Topic

In Off Topic, Beebs writes:

I was just looking at which high value SW minifigs I'm missing and accidentally
stumbled across this. I've logged about 2500 unique minifigs since I've
started collecting figs around 18 months ago. How many people on BL do you think
have this exceeded?

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/431349-largest-collection-of%C2%A0lego%C2%AE%C2%A0minifigures#:~:text=The%20largest%20collection%20of%20LEGO,verified%20on%2013%20March%202021.

I've got 1 of each SW, castle, and collectible figure, so that is 2385. Then
in my store I have at least 300 listed under other categories, and then a few
100 of different sets that have figures too (both in muy collection and in my
store, I'm guessing I have about unique 4000 figures? I know a few other
BL members personally that have a similar amount of figures (or more).

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Feb 11, 2022 10:28

Subject:

Re: Who should leave feedback first?

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Feedback

As a seller, I leave feedback when I ship the order.
As a buyer, I leave feedback as soon as the order is completed, regardless whether
the seller has left feedback yet.

my feedback percentage is just over 79% (out of approaching 50000 orders)

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Feb 7, 2022 17:48

Subject:

Re: Show me yours and I'll show you mine...

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Selling

In Selling, popsicle writes:

In processing an order, the Number of orders in this store (60)
caught my attention. It got me thinking, what are some of our repeat buyer stats?
Not given it much thought before, nor do I know what to make them now I’m thinking
about it

What do yours look like, or have you even given thought to the subject?

Highest repeat buyer is 168 (but has not been active for last 4 years, next is
144, with an order as recent as last week, 4 have ordered 100+ times, 19 have
ordered 50+ times in my store.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 23, 2021 08:36

Subject:

Re: Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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If you use Brickstore, I can email you all SW figures. I sent Kevin one a while
back when there were 1210 of them. I can also help you with all collectible minifigs,
all castle figures. Maybe sets, but I got 256 with Castle as Category.

Correct, there are more castle sets listed on BL than I have collected. I do
not collect all those maxifigures, so the 211 number reflects the "classic" sets,
and accessory packs.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 22, 2021 16:01

Subject:

Re: Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

I'm trying to calculate the approximate value of a specific (sub-)collection.
Other than looking up every single item and looking for price, is there another
method (or if anyone has calculated any of the below, I'll happily take that
info, may even send you something for the effort). Specifically interested to
know the approximate value of any of the following (in excellent but used condition):

1) all collectible minifigs (so series 1-21 as well as all others (Marvel, Simpsons,
Team BG, etc, collection is 1 copy of each unique figure).

2) all castle figures (1 copy of each castle figure, ~515 minifigs)

3) all SW figures (1 copy of each SW figure, ~1230 minifigs)

4) all train sets, including accessories and track, ~260 sets

5) all castle sets, ~211 sets

I'm not a database wizard, but some of you may know or have done such a calculation.

Is that the SW collection Kevin had at one time?

If so, it's no doubt a fine collection. I've never actually seen it,
but know of Kevin's pedantic approach to assembling it.

No, this is my own collection, collected in the past ~4 years. all in near-mint
condition, but they are assembled and displayed, hence used.

Sounds nice, Paul. You looking to sell or just after an appraisal?

Appraisal, mainly for insurance purposes. I'll look into brickstore, looks
like that would be much faster/easier than the BL price guide.

Sounds like the more expedient way to go about it. If you don't mind, would
you let me know what evaluation you come up with?

Via pm if you'd like.

Sure, once I have some time to look into this further, I'll let you know.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 22, 2021 15:39

Subject:

Re: Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

Is that the SW collection Kevin had at one time?

If so, it's no doubt a fine collection. I've never actually seen it,
but know of Kevin's pedantic approach to assembling it.

No, this is my own collection, collected in the past ~4 years. all in near-mint
condition, but they are assembled and displayed, hence used.

Sounds nice, Paul. You looking to sell or just after an appraisal?

Appraisal, mainly for insurance purposes. I'll look into brickstore, looks
like that would be much faster/easier than the BL price guide.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 22, 2021 15:06

Subject:

Re: Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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In Price Guide, cosmicray writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

Part of the answer lies in knowing to what use the valuation will be used ...
insuring your collection or something else ?

Nita Rae

Yes, mainly for insurance, they want to know what the replacement cost would
be. Also, just curious to know.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 22, 2021 15:06

Subject:

Re: Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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In Price Guide, par016 writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

Best way is probably to download Brickstore, add all the items in there (much
easier than adding them to a list on BrickLink) and then updating the file's
prices to the average 6 month list.

I have one done for all the SW minifigures for my collection, though mine are
a mix of used and new minifigures and the value is very dependant on that. I
am happy to send you the SW file and you can update the conditions to whatever
yours are and re-run the 6 month value.

-Pete

Thanks, I'll look into Brickstore, I think I used it a few years back, but
have never really used it. All my collections are used, but many are in min condition
(i.e. build only once, by adult (me), and carefully stored/displayed).

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 22, 2021 14:55

Subject:

Re: Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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In Price Guide, popsicle writes:

In Price Guide, BrickBuy writes:

Is that the SW collection Kevin had at one time?

If so, it's no doubt a fine collection. I've never actually seen it,
but know of Kevin's pedantic approach to assembling it.

No, this is my own collection, collected in the past ~4 years. all in near-mint
condition, but they are assembled and displayed, hence used.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 22, 2021 14:34

Subject:

Easy way to calculate value of a collection?

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Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 11, 2021 15:25

Subject:

Re: Your next contest!

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Topic:

Contests

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 3, 2021 11:33

Subject:

Re: Trade Lego for Dutch Postage Stamps

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Topic:

Trades

Thanks for the link, I'll have a look!

In Trades, ZwarteMagica writes:

I do not collect stamps, but you probably know Eric who does.
If not this might help you.

Eric has a lego store and a stamp store.
https://store.bricklink.com/Erikmax?p=Erikmax#/shop
http://www.filatelieloket.nl/

In Trades, BrickBuy writes:

Other than a LEGO collector, I also collect Dutch postage stamps. Since I now
live in the US (I was born in the Netherlands), trading Dutch stamps is not easy
over here. I would be willing to trade LEGO for stamps, or vice versa. So, I'd
take payment in stamps I'm interested in for LEGO orders in my store, or
I'd buy LEGO in your store, and pay with stamps. Any of the Dutch members
(or non Dutch members the collect Dutch stamps) interested? I'm 99.99% sure
I have some stamps that you're looking for...

Paul

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Nov 3, 2021 10:56

Subject:

Trade Lego for Dutch Postage Stamps

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Trades

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Sep 21, 2021 16:24

Subject:

Re: Expensive shops

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In Price Guide, firestar246 writes:

In Price Guide, runner.caller writes:

Uh no.. this is a free market. If they want to charge $2,000 for a stud, there
shouldn't be any restrictions against that. Instead, what many other users
has requested, is an average that eliminates the ridiculously high and low.

Agree, an option for a PG summary that eliminates the outliers would be fantastic.

But, like yorbrick said, look at the sold prices. Personally, I never look at
the for sale prices as that doesn't really give a good indication of what
items are worth, but rather what people are hoping they're worth.

Disagree, especially for rare figures as the "sold" includes damaged figures.
So for

Minifig No: sw0450 Name: Clone Trooper Captain Rex, 501st Legion (Phase 2) - Blue Cloth Pauldron, Black Cloth Kama, Large Eyes

sw0450 (Inv) Clone Trooper Captain Rex, 501st Legion (Phase 2) - Blue Cloth Pauldron, Black Cloth Kama, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars

as an extreme example.

PG summary indicates $96, but if you filter it to US only, the cheapest USED
one is $129.99 and the fact that it has sold 44 times while there is 8 avail
indicates that demand is stronger than supply so I'd probably price it at
mid-low $140s.

This figure is nuts, just a year ago, the 6mo was in the $60s-$70s, but the principle
applies across other less expensive pieces too.

You do make good points there.

But wow! Yeah, that fig is nuts. I sold a used one a few years ago. I can't
remember the exact price, but I'm pretty sure it was between $20-$40.

I've not paid attention to SW fig prices for a while, but the hard to find
ones surely are getting expensive (glad I got my collection started early). I'm
wondering what would a sw0102 with full triangle helmet go for now?

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jul 19, 2021 07:29

Subject:

Re: Are Buyers allowed to use Drop-Shipping ?

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In Buying, zorbanj writes:

How'd you figure this out? Did he buy from you under both the old and new
profile?

Yes, identical verbatim messages, request to omit packing slip, and PayPal payments.
100% same buyer. I guess Admin allows duplicate accounts now ? This buyer made
the second account the same day his first account got blocked.

In Buying, BrickBuy writes:

User has a second profile since the day this profile got blocked by BL from buying.:

https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=opera101

was reported as duplicate profile, but no action taken for over 2 weeks by BL.
Exact verbatim messages and drop shipping. Name A N then changed to B M in second
profile.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jul 18, 2021 13:34

Subject:

Re: Are Buyers allowed to use Drop-Shipping ?

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In Buying, Shiny_Stuff writes:

Are Buyers allowed to use Drop-Shipping to receive purchases?

I could not find any mention of drop-shipping for buyers in either the Help files
or the Terms of Service. In the event that buyers are [no longer] allowed to
use drop-shipping, perhaps the Terms of Service should be written to expressly
prohibit this.

Reference: https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=bricks4life

This particular buyer account has recently had their buying privileges revoked
and I am unsure why.

This particular buyer account has purchased from me multiple times and always
with a different name and address to send the order. The user of the account
has communicated with me directly (and was very nice). In the case of this user,
each address was a valid Paypal address, so I had no issues nor did I give up
my Paypal seller protection.

I have no problem with (overseas) buyers using drop-shipping or various addresses,
especially when the address is a valid Paypal address. When I prepare outgoing
orders, I only pay attention to the Paypal address -- the BL address is irrelevant
to me.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jun 17, 2021 09:35

Subject:

Re: How did you come up with your BL persona...

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Off Topic

My Username (as I've written in the past): Before Bricklink was Bricklink,
it was called "BrickBay". Dan (the founder and owner) got a cease letter from
eBay, they argued that the ***Bay infringed on their name. Dan, myself, and a
few others snapped us a few website names to use. Among the ones I bought was
Brickbuy. After deliberation, Dan decided on Bricklink, so I simply kept Brickbuy.
My original user name was "Owings" named after the town I used to live in. Since
I just moved, I dropped my username, and took Brickbuy as my username. I maintained
Brickbuy.com, just as a link to bricklink for about a decade or so, a few years
ago I sold the domain to a European real estate company (probably my best "sale"
related to bricklink...), but kept my username.

My Store name: In ~2000, I was trying to complete some sets from my childhood
collection and always just seem to mss a brick. Hence, "missing brick" refers
to the need to complete a set. When I needed to choose a store name, I went with
that. I am a builder, seller, and collector of LEGO. I have pretty much a complete
collection of all castle sets, all train sets, all collectible minifigs, and
all SW and castle figs. I also collect postage stamps (since I was young), mainly
from my native Netherlands. If anyone need stamps from the Netherlands, I'm
pretty sure I have what you are looking for....

ID card: pretty much stems from my main interest initially for all LEGO trains,
so the first LEGO train figure seemed like a good choice.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jun 9, 2021 10:59

Subject:

4 x middle car of Metroliner 4558 set

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Since BL deleted my incomplete set (I listed it as incomplete, but still got
deleted...), here a sales post, as custom items are hard to locate.

For sale, middle car only of the classic metroliner 4558. All original bricks,
100% complete with interior, all original bricks.
I have a total of 4 cars for sale (look under "custom items" in my store, or
search in my store for 4558 or metroliner. Great to expand on an existing set.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

May 10, 2021 14:42

Subject:

Re: Can't sell Lego on Bricklink anymore

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Topic:

Selling

In Selling, macebobo writes:

I just had an item removed from my listings.

"Reason: Intellectual property (IP) infringement

Lot Number: xxxxxxxxxx
Description: 4555 Cargo Station"

WTF Bricklink? I'm getting more and more motivated to start selling on the
owl.

Did you try to sell it with a copy of the instructions (rather than the original
instructions)?

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Sep 24, 2020 16:01

Subject:

Allow only complete animal listings

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Topic:

Catalog

Status:

Open

Similar to the "minifigs must be complete in order to list under minifig listing",
this should be extended to animals as well.

An elephant without ears should be listed as a custom item or broken down.
Likewise, a basilisk without teeth is not a basilisk, but a custom assembly of
part.

(discuss?)

Paul

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Sep 22, 2020 14:57

Subject:

Re: Remember the old chat rooms?

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

This was a post from a former admin, and I have since learned that the claim
that it was removed because it was a security problem is not true. I just want
to say this in case there are some folks out there who think that reinstating
chat would somehow make the site unsafe. Chat had/has nothing to do with the
security of the site.

The chat definitely was a security risk. If you had some coding experience you
could post under someone else's name during live chat. I've seen it
done, and I've had it explained to me, and saw it first hand a few times
(all in good faith just for fun, just showing off). But stating it was not a
security risk is not true, if someone can post / pose as another member that
is certainly a risk.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Oct 4, 2018 17:48

Subject:

Re: New Unknown color!!

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Topic:

Colors

In Colors, brickconnector writes:

In Colors, BrickBuy writes:

In Colors, sowhat writes:

I was sorting some of my legos into colors and found a few pieces in a color
I’ve never seen before. It’s like a dark blueish green/ dark teal. I checked
the colors on Bricklink, and couldn’t find it listed. These are Lego brand.
I’ll include pics. Does anyone have this same color?

These are regular blue. Some blue bricks when they age turn this color.

Yes, you are right, I now see what parts it is and this is probably a lot of
discoloration due to the sunlight.

This discoloration is not due to sunlight, just the age of the bricks. They uniformly
turn this color, exposed to light or not. Just something in the dye that is causing
this. It mainly impacts a specific set of parts, over a specific set of years
that this was used.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Oct 4, 2018 17:42

Subject:

Re: New Unknown color!!

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Topic:

Colors

In Colors, sowhat writes:

These are regular blue. Some blue bricks when they age turn this color.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Aug 30, 2018 10:03

Subject:

Re: New parameter for lots: max per buyer

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I would like this! I would love to offer some of the items I have in my store
for a low price. For instance, I have lots of poly bags of the same type that
I would love for customers to be able to get for just $1 or $2 (or even for free).
However, if I'd list them for $1 or $2, someone would buy them all. Listing
them with "you may only buy one" does not work, someone will just buy them all
anyway, and I'll have to re-upload them. A big Yes from me.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 23, 2017 07:32

Subject:

Re: Auto-ban Users That Request Custom Form Fraud

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In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:

Just state that you're unwilling
to falsify documents. when i'm asked to do it i state that i won't do
it and that if the buyer is unwilling to accept responsibility for customs laws
then they are welcome to cancel the order. 9/10 times they accept responsibility
and buy anyway- never had an issue and i do a lot of overseas business.

I would suggest that if they ask for falsification of customs AFTER they place
an order, you should NOT let them cancel but file NPB. This way, the buyer will
learn and either ask before placing an order, or better yet, accept that it is
not OK to ask sellers to lie on official custom forms.
In my experience, after filing NPB, more than half pay for the order, while the
other ones get a strike, and will have to be more careful going forward. If you
merely cancel the order the buyer will keep doing this behavior. If you are a
good seller and value the community, you file NPB, not cancel the order.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Jan 7, 2015 21:48

Subject:

Re: Andrew! Punctuation please!

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In Suggestions, pikachu3 writes:

In Suggestions, Kenopolis writes:

This is the new problems page?

http://www.bricklink.com/retract.asp

Okay, I can deal with it, but some punctuation would be nice. Bolder categories
too.

"removeal"

"your"

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Apr 10, 2014 10:56

Subject:

Re: Remove MSRP Price

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Topic:

YES

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Dec 17, 2012 17:18

Subject:

Re: Hidden fees

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I would be very happy to see BrickLink move to a very simple invoice involving
the below.

1. Cost for items purchased
2. Shipping
3. Handling (material costs for packaging)

That's it; nothing else. Any fees or other costs should all be worked into the
pricing in a sellers items. Ideally all of this should be seen on the final
checkout page prior to submitting your order.

That is quite shortsided. It is simply not possible to work everything into the
cost of the item. Picking and packing a 1x1 plate with a value of $0.01 will
take at least a few seconds, of not many 10's of seconds. Even at minimum wage,
that is a cost that is many times more the price of the item. Per this reasoning,
all pieces would have to cost a minimum of about $0.20 or so, if not even more.
That would defeat the whole purpose of getting simple parts cheap. The potential
low item cost of a lot makes the bricklink business unlike every other model.
You can't buy 2 peas at the supermarket, and 2 slices of bread, and half-a-cup
of milk. Many stores that change lot fees have always advocated that they'd want
this to be incorporated into bricklink, so each store could upfront be very clear
and open about fees per lot if they do not meet certain requirements. These fees
are perfectly fine, and perfectly understandable, but it is also clear that they
must be very clearly written into the terms. Complaining after the fact is moot.
Either accept the terms as is, or shop elsewhere, but it is not feasible to force
sellers to work for less than minimum wage by forcing a non-economically-sensible
restriction onto their terms.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Dec 21, 2010 11:29

Subject:

Re: Committee for Listing Violations

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In Suggestions, mnementh writes:

In Suggestions, TorontoLego writes:

The responses to this got me thinking:
http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=498526

Would committees be a good thing for BL?

In my experience, a committee is almost never a good thing, for anything.

Troy

You are wrong here Troy. At work, any time people want something from me, I gather
a few of these people that always have slightly different opinions and ideas,
and tell them to form a committee, and report their findings to me. That is usually
the end of it. So, they are a good thing if used "properly"

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Dec 15, 2010 14:10

Subject:

Re: Incomplete Minifigs

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I'm all for option B) only complete figs.

This is VERY easy to understand, there is NO confusion possible.

I also am still strongly against the implementation of listing incomplete new
sets, I can understand that older sets' parts may be hard to find, but taking
specific pieces out of a new set and still listing it under the same breath/listing
as a complete set is, plain and simple, ridiculous. I'd love to see new sets
and ALL figs (new and used) only be listed when complete, anything else is just
a bunch of parts, and should be listed under custom lot.

Paul

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Oct 20, 2010 10:33

Subject:

Re: Automated Immediate Invoicing on Check-Out

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I would certainly support this. For those that do not know, for a 5 year period
I had free shipping, so it would be easier for newbies to buy while knowing how
much their total would be. I had to do away with it, because in order to offer
free shipping, I had to raise prices above stores that do not offer free shipping.
In many instances, with free shipping I was significantly cheaper than others,
but because my store was much lower in the rankings, I in the end decided to
lower prices, and made buyers pay for shipping.

I would love the following system, as an OPTION:

Upon checkout, offer the buyer to pay either my "standard shipping fee", or else
elect to wait for an invoice to be send within 3 days that will reflect actual
postage.
If they select "standard shipping fee", I would charge them something like $2
plus 10% of order domestic and $4 per oder plus 20% for international.

This way, buyers can know upfront what the charges are and pay instantly, which
would be great for newbies.

Moreover, option 1 could be executed without signing up for a BL account, whereas
option 2 (invoiced) would only be for registered members.

Paul

ps. this is a coarse idea, and can use fine-tuning.

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Sep 29, 2010 09:39

Subject:

Re: Block FB while NSS or NPB are pending

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In Suggestions, fosterbengoshi writes:

There have been several occasions over the years when I was able to avoid being
victimized by a scam seller or buyer because feedback was promptly left warning
me about the scam. For example, I have on more than one occasion NOT placed a
contemplated order with newish seller after reading one or more feedbacks from
reputable members I trust essentially saying "NSS filed", where that seller later
went on to be banned for pulling multiple scams. If this feature existed back
then, I would probably have placed my order and joined a long list of victims.
Just think how many MORE scams these sellers could pull if they have an additional
two more weeks to do so without getting any feedback warning others about them.

Furthermore, as a seller, I decline to accept orders from any buyers with a feedback
rating of less than zero. This has certainly prevented some problem buyers from
placing orders with me. But again, if this feature existed back then, some of
those problem buyers would have been able to place orders with me - orders which
would have resulted in further NPBs, wasted time or worse.

I still think this suggestion is throwing the baby out with the bath water. Not
all feedback left while an NSS/NPB problem is pending is bad or retaliatory.
And, as noted above, some of that feedback can serve a very useful public purpose
and prevent others from being scammed.

The forum has only limited usefulness in warning others about possible scams.
Mainly because the forum is read by only a very tiny percentage of the BrickLink
membership.

Foster

We could use my suggestion combined with a previously suggested one, in the FB
profile, show how many NPB's or NSS's are currently pending. If does not affect
the "in your face" FB of the buyer or seller, but it can be seen by all.

Paul

Author:

BrickBuy

Posted:

Sep 29, 2010 08:53

Subject:

Block FB while NSS or NPB are pending

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Status:

Discarded