I have a small question: where do the bricks sold in shops in huge quantities
come from? (New bricks of course) Because if you buy from Lego.com, the price
is very expensive, and if you separate it from the sets, it's not feasible...!
You answered the question yourself - they are mostly parted out from new sets.
Mauro
In General, Hm79 writes:
Hello seniors,
I have a small question: where do the bricks sold in shops in huge quantities
come from? (New bricks of course) Because if you buy from Lego.com, the price
is very expensive, and if you separate it from the sets, it's not feasible...!
I have a small question: where do the bricks sold in shops in huge quantities
come from? (New bricks of course) Because if you buy from Lego.com, the price
is very expensive, and if you separate it from the sets, it's not feasible...!
Thank you and have a nice weekend!
Hm79
Why is it not feasible???
I have been doing that for 20+ years; am I doing something wrong?
I have a small question: where do the bricks sold in shops in huge quantities
come from? (New bricks of course) Because if you buy from Lego.com, the price
is very expensive, and if you separate it from the sets, it's not feasible...!
Thank you and have a nice weekend!
Hm79
Why is it not feasible???
I have been doing that for 20+ years; am I doing something wrong?
Buying bricks directly from lego.com is quite expensive, the price of the sets
is not cheap at all, so it is not feasible to separate them... 😜hmmmm
In General, 1977_mauro writes:
It depends how you did that....
In General, helge writes:
In General, Hm79 writes:
Hello seniors,
I have a small question: where do the bricks sold in shops in huge quantities
come from? (New bricks of course) Because if you buy from Lego.com, the price
is very expensive, and if you separate it from the sets, it's not feasible...!
Thank you and have a nice weekend!
Hm79
Why is it not feasible???
I have been doing that for 20+ years; am I doing something wrong?
Buying bricks directly from lego.com is quite expensive, the price of the sets
is not cheap at all, so it is not feasible to separate them... 😜hmmmm
Instead of just stating that something is impossible; do the math.
And: those who part out sets at a sizable scale does not buy from lego.com...
+1 if worded another way:
"those who part out sets at a sizable scale do not [need to] buy
from lego.com..." to acquire inventory at the price-points needed to
compete comfortably within the LEGO secondary marketplace.
The percentages become even more favorable with scale. If you (Hm79) simply do
as suggested and "do the math"
Stated from personal experience, not conjecture(which I think might be
Helge's point here)
Buying bricks directly from lego.com is quite expensive, the price of the sets
is not cheap at all, so it is not feasible to separate them... 😜hmmmm
Instead of just stating that something is impossible; do the math.
And: those who part out sets at a sizable scale does not buy from lego.com...
If you do the math based on some stores then you can easily determine that their
are some stores that are not getting the bulk of their bricks from sets. As an
example, there is a store that has over 38,000 1x2 black bricks, 38,000 1x2 trans
clear bricks, 20,000 2x2 black bricks, 18,000 2x4 red bricks, 15,000 2x4 black
bricks and their store only has a total of 308 lots of different parts. Their
are many stores that have way to may bricks to be getting them from sets. Heck,
there is a store that has 317,863 2x2 black bricks.
Some of these stores with really high brick counts have to be getting their bricks
from someplace else then just breaking down sets, especially when you look at
the rest of their inventories and see that they do not have large qty's of
all the other parts that they should have by breaking down such large number
of sets.
Buying bricks directly from lego.com is quite expensive, the price of the sets
is not cheap at all, so it is not feasible to separate them... 😜hmmmm
Instead of just stating that something is impossible; do the math.
And: those who part out sets at a sizable scale does not buy from lego.com...
If you do the math based on some stores then you can easily determine that their
are some stores that are not getting the bulk of their bricks from sets. As an
example, there is a store that has over 38,000 1x2 black bricks, 38,000 1x2 trans
clear bricks, 20,000 2x2 black bricks, 18,000 2x4 red bricks, 15,000 2x4 black
bricks and their store only has a total of 308 lots of different parts. Their
are many stores that have way to may bricks to be getting them from sets. Heck,
there is a store that has 317,863 2x2 black bricks.
Some of these stores with really high brick counts have to be getting their bricks
from someplace else then just breaking down sets, especially when you look at
the rest of their inventories and see that they do not have large qty's of
all the other parts that they should have by breaking down such large number
of sets.
Jim
Off course; but that does not mean that is not feasible to part out sets.
If you do the math based on some stores then you can easily determine that their
are some stores that are not getting the bulk of their bricks from sets. As an
example, there is a store that has over 38,000 1x2 black bricks, 38,000 1x2 trans
clear bricks, 20,000 2x2 black bricks, 18,000 2x4 red bricks, 15,000 2x4 black
bricks and their store only has a total of 308 lots of different parts. Their
are many stores that have way to may bricks to be getting them from sets. Heck,
there is a store that has 317,863 2x2 black bricks.
Some of these stores with really high brick counts have to be getting their bricks
from someplace else then just breaking down sets, especially when you look at
the rest of their inventories and see that they do not have large qty's of
all the other parts that they should have by breaking down such large number
of sets.
Jim
That's just what they have for sale, not necessarily their entire inventory.
If you do the math based on some stores then you can easily determine that their
are some stores that are not getting the bulk of their bricks from sets. As an
example, there is a store that has over 38,000 1x2 black bricks, 38,000 1x2 trans
clear bricks, 20,000 2x2 black bricks, 18,000 2x4 red bricks, 15,000 2x4 black
bricks and their store only has a total of 308 lots of different parts. Their
are many stores that have way to may bricks to be getting them from sets. Heck,
there is a store that has 317,863 2x2 black bricks.
Some of these stores with really high brick counts have to be getting their bricks
from someplace else then just breaking down sets, especially when you look at
the rest of their inventories and see that they do not have large qty's of
all the other parts that they should have by breaking down such large number
of sets.
Jim
That's just what they have for sale, not necessarily their entire inventory.
And I would LOVE to be the owner of one of the examples you linked to!! I would
Never have to hunt for another Lego set on clearance again (even though I do
love a good Lego clearance hunt).
And I would LOVE to be the owner of one of the examples you linked to!! I would
Never have to hunt for another Lego set on clearance again (even though I do
love a good Lego clearance hunt).
You would still have to hunt for Lego sets, but you would be hunting in your
own warehouse instead of in someone else's.
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