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This is only the 2nd year the Brick Festival has been at the BIC. There are 2 planned for next year, one in March I think and one in early September again

@@iainsbricks thank you! I’m such a Lego nerd! I particularly specialise in collecting all the architecture sets!

Thanks Adam. Yes, it was very busy, and fairly tiring, but all definitely worth it

Thanks Caron. It was very busy all day.

Hi Lee. No problem about not saying goodbye. I understand the need for a quick getaway sometimes. There were a lot of traders there yesterday - I just wonder if they are struggling to get many moc displayers these days? I was luck to be at the end of the row so had a bit of extra space to go into. I'm not officially in for Southampton in December but I may get lucky again and be able to get a late ticket again.

@@iainsbricks You may have hit a note there, as there wasn’t as many displayers … that said there was some new displayers I hadn’t seen before and the younger lad with the LEGO drawings was amazing … had to buy two for myself!! 👍 I need to be able to communicate with you off of just CZcams and slightly annoyed with myself, as meant to give you my number. That way you can keep me posted on Southampton.

@@leeshurmer7063 Send me an email if you like and I can give you my number from there. Iainsbricks@yahoo.com

​@@iainsbricks I've seen several complaints about this organiser never getting back to people asking (and chasing) requests to display their builds at these shows 😬

Thanks Matt. Good to see you and the rest of the family again. Glad you had a good day. Sales went really well thanks. Bit knackered today, but it was all definitely worth it

Thanks Matt. Yes, there was a good mix of people visiting yesterday. Some of the mocs on display were fantastic

If you are in the UK then it's probably going to be OK in your attic as we tend not to get massive temperature swings or excessive humidity here which can damage boxes. The more protection you can give your sets the better, but definitely store in at least a cardboard box as a bare minimum to protect the Lego boxes.

@iainsbricks yes iam indeed from the uk haha so another idea I was thinking was getting those little moisture absorption packets and chucking them in the box aswell ?

@iainsbricks and yes I'm gonna store them in boxes bit gonna put the parts in zip locks aswell

Thanks Darren. Due to the size, I probably won't be able to take those stacking unuis to every festival, as they take up too much room in my car, but they are useful to have as and when I do have extra space.

Thanks Sarah. Yes, Duncan is a star - he offered to help which is really kind of him. The attention to detail in those MOCS is impressive

Hi Mick. Great to chat to you too. I'm feeling a bit knackered still today, but it was definitely all worth it.

@iainsbricks understandable. We were shattered when we got back. And we don't have to edit videos... oh well of to sort more lego for MK next weekend 🙈

@@mickrhodes6898 I was up till quite late last night editing the video, but at least its out there now. I need to do my stock check today.

@iainsbricks well it's very much appreciated. Your videos of the shows give us new traders a better understanding of how they work

Yes, unfortunately you have to be quick in responding to those emails. Good to hear you got into Coventry and MK though.

Thanks Peter. Yes, it was very busy

Thanks Marta

Thanks Trevor. I only just about managed to get shots of those mocs right at the end of the day as it had just been so busy, I'd not been able to leave my table. I'm always very impressed by the MOC builders by the time, effort and attention to detail spent on these models and displays.

Thanks. Yes, it was very good of him.

Because being run as a commercial event ! - Its not a Lego show which is more MOC heavy than seller's. These ones are definitely seller heavy

@@garethsmith2250I feel like the ticket price is expensive for the fact that there is more to buy than to look at. I am so undecided whether I will go to the Portsmouth one…. Just because there is never anything in Portsmouth and so I feel like I want to support it.

@@samgraves7330 agreed I did Southampton wasn't overly impressed will do Portsmouth for same reason as you and buy couple of the cheap PaB cup's they do to try and cover costs getting in.

@@samgraves7330 It is fairly expensive to get into some of there larger events, but I can imagine that hiring a big venue like the BIC for a day is very expensive. I was at an event in Porchester (Hampshire Brick Event) in March with was a much smaller venue but only £3 I think to get in, so there are other shows around.

It really is a bit of everything. I only really sell boxed sets that are either retired or hard to find. Some people go for the minifigures. Depends what people are after.

Thanks William.

Thanks Christopher. Yes, I was pretty busy all day.

Yes, everything went back in OK.

Thank you. I do try and keep prices competitive

Hi - glad you enjoyed show. Thanks for buying the wreath. I took 2 with me and sold them both!

@@iainsbricks Right! we got the one from behind your stall, there's a reason you sold so many sets going buy some of the prices I saw around the hall...I was after the Mario ? Block but no luck today

@@darrylrehn6181 Yrs, unfortunately some people have very high price mark ups on their sets, but I guess it's all a supply and demand.

@@iainsbricks Sure it's their Lego they can sell it for what they like, was just a bit miffed at some asking for over retail on still available sets

Thanks David. I always take a lot of pride in making my stall look neat , tidy and presentable. The Dimensions range of sets had a really good range of figures from some very popular themes, like Back to the future, Goonies, A-Team, ET etc.

@@iainsbricks if you didn’t sell the Back to the Future sets I would be interested. Not sure if you do mail order or not though.

@@daviddambrosio6850 Hi David. I don't do mail order and only sell Lego at these types of event's I'm afraid.

Of course. Been doing my annual tax returns for a couple of years now.

Hi Adam. Great to meet you today too. Hope you had a good day at the Brick Festival. I'm knackered, but it was definitely worth it.

Thank you. It's been a very busy and successful show

Thanks Charlotte. Did you buy any of the new sets?

@@iainsbricks no, working on retiring sets. Still have some left to buy.

Hi. I did sell the Lego House Architecture today I'm afraid.

Thanks for watching. I do have a few older sets still but most of the older sets I have I just take to Festivals altogether sell on.

It's quite tricky to get the prices right when selling at these festivals, however I do take time before show to check sold ebay prices beforehand to make sure I'm not too overpriced

Thanks Daniel

Thanks. I just use zip lock bags that I get from ebay.

Hi. Good to hear that you are able to make it. I'm afraid I no longer have any of the Scooby Doo sets left. They all sold at previous events

Thank you. Yes, please do try and say hello if you can

I've got Lego in pretty much every room of the house now. I need to clear out some empty boxes from the attic to make more space.

Thanks Jez. Shame you can't make it to the show. Hopefully I have enough different things to tempt people.

@@iainsbricks Brick Bargains is going, so I'm sure he'll catch up with you there. It looks SUCH a good selection and variety, I'm sure it'll be a good one for you. I look forward to seeing the after-show video! (my spaceman video is doing insanely well)

@@MinifigJez Yes, I'm keeping a set aside for Clayton. I did watch you spaceman vid. Good to hear it's doing so well.

Excellent. I'll see you there. What are you exhibiting?

It's a tricky one. It's a set that has increased in value a lot since I bought it 2 years ago. I know it will continue to increase as well, but I guess I have to sell it sometime.

Why so strange? It's because I'm so fabulous! 😁

Thanks Scott

Thanks Wayne.

Excellent. Hope to see you there

I think all the traders tickets made available last week sold out within a couple of hours.

Excellent. See you tomorrow

@@williamewen383 it is! If only I could still get paid without having to do the work! Lol

Lol! I know. I've slowly been selling them on over the past few shows.

Excellent stuff Matt. See you tomorrow

It's taken me ages to get everything sorted this time. I'm able to take more sets as well as a friend is bringing some extra sets for me in my car.

Thank you. Yes, the oxygen tanks weren't too expensive but I felt they were missing and should have been included in the original set.