After a much emotional debate with my brain and my wife I have decided to list
about 50 older BDP sets starting from the 2019 series BL19001 until mid 2023.
Me being me will likely remove these from sale in a weeks time for no other reason
than I kind like owning a couple of hundred Designer Sets. But I am also happy
to retain 3 of every set produce since 2019 which is exactly what Im doing.
All the sets have been store in boxes in a no pet, no smoking home.
Some of the sets will/should require insurance.
Since my wife does not read my Community Posts..........No one buy any of my
Designer sets, she is just trying to get a new kitchen.
I have a basic understanding of what new and sealed means.
I guess I will rephrase my question.
Do you ever open and build any of the Bricklink sets or do you simply enjoy staring
at the sealed boxes while they climb in value?
Just curious for a couple reasons.
In Sales, ScubaSteve writes:
In Sales, legomalego writes:
Have you built any of them?
In Sales, ScubaSteve writes:
After a much emotional debate with my brain and my wife I have decided to list
about 50 older BDP sets starting from the 2019 series BL19001 until mid 2023.
Me being me will likely remove these from sale in a weeks time for no other reason
than I kind like owning a couple of hundred Designer Sets. But I am also happy
to retain 3 of every set produce since 2019 which is exactly what Im doing.
All the sets have been store in boxes in a no pet, no smoking home.
Some of the sets will/should require insurance.
Since my wife does not read my Community Posts..........No one buy any of my
Designer sets, she is just trying to get a new kitchen.
NEW/SEALED means exactly that. NEVER been opened. Typically we don't even
have any opened sets as collectors and sellers. I think of the 2500ish sets we
have I "might" have 5 sets that are used. Attached is the photo of the
sets discussed and how they are store.
5. Just because BDP are sets which exponentially increase in value and are limited
editions does not mean I only collect those.
None of them have increased exponentially if you look at their price history.
The growth is very non-exponential. The early ones tended to jump in price on
selling out, then have slow increases in price, but not exponential growth.
Whereas the later series seem to be really stagnant. In the UK there are loads
of Mountain Fortress, for example, on ebay not selling at £350 with free postafe.
I've also seen quite a few on Facebook marketplace at £300-£330 that just
sit unsold.
I think the easy money on retirement/sold out for the BDP sets is over now production
numbers are much higher.
exponential? depends how you interpret the word.I interpret it as value, you
interpret the value to time.
But your are right when one considers your interpretation also
There are a number of sets you could called Exponential based on value.....but
not on time vs value such at Market Street.
Exponential growth means growing and growing at a faster rate, or alternatively
that the time taken to double (or any multiplier) in value is always constant.
The latter way of describing it would suggest that if BDP sets did increase in
value exponentially then it doesn't actually matter when you buy them. If
they double in price every year it costs you more to buy them late but you still
double your money after a one year period exactly the same rate of return as
if you buy earlier or later.
Many LEGO sets don't increase in value like that. Assuming there are no alternatives
released that affects the growth, they tend to increase on retirement and then
only slowly after that. This is not exponential growth and an investor would
be a fool to invest late.
I couldn't agree with you more, whoever the moron was that increased the
set production from 10k to 30k really needs to hide in shame for damaging a good
thing. I was happy the original 2500 limit went to 10,000. but after that......???????
LEGO chose to do this, and the decision was clearly not moronic. They make much
more money due to increasing the production numbers. The recent series show that
30k is probably about right. It is still limited to attract buyers that like
limited but not so limited in that nearly everyone that wants one in the buying
period can get one. It also means that they don't get complaints about selling
out within minutes and scalping.
The decision is only a bad one for resellers wanting to make quick profits. I
doubt LEGO cares too much about that. Increasing the production numbers means
they make the money, not resellers.
Since my wife does not read my Community Posts..........No one buy any of my
Designer sets, she is just trying to get a new kitchen.
Nice story Bro.
Yet i would reconsider.. If she´s that good on cooking, why not upgrade
necessary stuff in your kitchen? But only on the terms she´s using it (more).
Since my wife does not read my Community Posts..........No one buy any of my
Designer sets, she is just trying to get a new kitchen.
Nice story Bro.
Yet i would reconsider.. If she´s that good on cooking, why not upgrade
necessary stuff in your kitchen? But only on the terms she´s using it (more).
LMAO!
Because its a house that is less than 2 years old, meaning the kitchen is less
than 2 years old.
I do all the cooking because my wife is a paraplegic in a wheelchair after a
1993 car accident. So I have troubles with her request the kitchen in my eyes is perfect.
With a fairly new standard kitchen, in which you do “all the cooking” is it possible
the new kitchen she’s lobbying for, is wheelchair accessible modifications, so
she can help her man with some of the cooking
Either way, lower those countertops, my man
Now if it was a new pool table, a truck, more Lego, a boat, new jet skis etc
I would not hesitate.
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