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In General, WildBricks writes:

https://youtu.be/8Jgsi0rAnqQ?si=dZ_HfFEY_3W3mULb

The reporter let me know that the video was released on Friday, but I forgot
to post it until one of my buyers messaged me that he had seen it.

Wow another interview!
Have you experienced a rise in sales lately?

I guess that FT finally figured out that LEGO is more than just bits of plastic

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Saitobricks.ca

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Mar 26, 2024 11:47

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Re: Another Question About Unreleased Items

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In General, Tracyd writes:

In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:

In General, SylvainLS writes:

In General, randyf writes:

[…]
How can an unreleased set from 2021 be "legendary"?

2 to 5 years: legendary.
More than 5 years: mythical.

Ah, to be young again….

But really as a city collector I would love to have that set.

Now this is confusing, as a City Collector you would love to own this set, but
you say you have one in hand and want to sell it?

Did I say I own it?
I said I don’t own it and that I just had a set that I would like to add to the
list.

Author:

yorbrick

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Mar 26, 2024 11:12

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Re: Financial Times of London LEGO Vid

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In General, WildBricks writes:

https://youtu.be/8Jgsi0rAnqQ?si=dZ_HfFEY_3W3mULb

The reporter let me know that the video was released on Friday, but I forgot
to post it until one of my buyers messaged me that he had seen it.

I've only skim watched it so far but will watch it properly later. It looks
professionally done.

Author:

Tracyd

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Mar 26, 2024 10:11

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Re: Another Question About Unreleased Items

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In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:

In General, SylvainLS writes:

In General, randyf writes:

[…]
How can an unreleased set from 2021 be "legendary"?

2 to 5 years: legendary.
More than 5 years: mythical.

Ah, to be young again….

But really as a city collector I would love to have that set.

Now this is confusing, as a City Collector you would love to own this set, but
you say you have one in hand and want to sell it?

Author:

WildBricks

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Mar 26, 2024 09:26

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Financial Times of London LEGO Vid

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https://youtu.be/8Jgsi0rAnqQ?si=dZ_HfFEY_3W3mULb

The reporter let me know that the video was released on Friday, but I forgot
to post it until one of my buyers messaged me that he had seen it.

Author:

The_Panther_X

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Mar 25, 2024 20:09

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Re: Another Question About Unreleased Items

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In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:

Was thinking more about the doomed sets in the unreleased catagory, and went
for a second look.

I clicked on a item and noticed that the banner on the top said, "This Item
was Likely Not Released".

Key word for me "LIKELY".
How are we supposed to know for sure if a item was not released if no one can
put one up for sale?!?

So my request is that you allow sellers to sell the item, but only in the conditions
of sealed or new.

Some of these were released or more likely leaked. In fact I think MOST of
the sets in this category saw some level of distribution official or otherwise.
For example I have MSIB the Christmas set with Santa and Mrs. Clause that was
supposed to be a free give away a few years back. It as far as I know has no
official listing here or on lego.com. I brought this up in a forum post some
years ago and people got quite angry that I acquired an "illegal" set
and was told then that they would never allow a listing on BL since it was leaked
not released. Over the years I have found 3 such items that are in my collection:

1526 Space set in box opened
3872 Exo-Force in polybag MSIB
40489 Christmas Set MSIB (2X)

I also have set 6500 but it has no box...so I don't include it. The instructions
appear official but as of now I cannot confirm the authenticity entirely.

Additionally, many users have mentioned in the past seeing the unreleased cage
match for the original spider-man (1375) run as part of a TRU display back in
the day...although nobody I know has ever confirmed the set itself. The display
itself has come up for auction from time to time.

Lego and by extension BL seem to not want them listed in my experience. Probably
due to the ethical implications of them being leaked, smuggled or flat out stolen
from sources if a release was never made officially. Which I can understand.

Author:

randyf

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Mar 25, 2024 20:02

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Re: Another Question About Unreleased Items

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In General, 1001bricks writes:

In General, randyf writes:

In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:

For all I care, if it says LEGO on it let it in.

Well, that goes for many of us here, but we don't own the site or make the
rules.

My question is, why is TLG so picky?

Because they have a brand image to uphold. If you owned a large, international,
billion-dollar company, you might understand.

Hummm
* large, ermm no
* international, YES
* company, YES
I'm so close!!!

Methinks you forgot the billion-dollar part.

Author:

abriggs

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Mar 25, 2024 19:44

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Re: Bricklink vs. Brickset

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In General, SDF_Bricks writes:

I recently sold a set, and the buyer came back saying there are SEVERAL missing
pieces. Those are all LARGE pieces (not real cheap). He also said he checked
inventory against BrickSet (Not BrickLink). I'd like to give the buyer the
benefit of the doubt, but when there are 20 large missing parts (Including a
linear actuator), I'm rather not sure.

If it's going to keep you up at night, tell the buyer you want the set back
for a full refund. Send him a shipping label, tell him to pack it back into
the box he got it in, and drop it off at a post office. I think it'll be
cheaper to do that then buy all the parts on bricklink and send them onto to
him.

Author:

SylvainLS

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Mar 25, 2024 18:05

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Re: Another Question About Unreleased Items

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