How to buy cheap retired LEGO sets LEGALLY!
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I show you how to buy discontinued LEGO sets at a fraction of the cost that you'll find it on eBay. And no... the answer is not to buy counterfeit Lepin sets.
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Just to let you know 100$ is still a lot of money
nate smith But hes gone from 300€ to 100€!
Lucky it's £100 then
lol not working it cost more money than buying from store XD
I’m having two problems buying on bricklink 1. The stores gave me max price for example if they want $20.00 and I have $15.00 in my cart they won’t let me checkout 2. I have to pay for shipping and it can range around $3.00 to $6.00 per store can you give me a solution for the stores to give me a bypass password and get free shipping
I regret not buying LEGO starwars sets when they weren’t retired
I regret not saving the ones that I bought when I was younger...smh
Same
felipe ortega same here 😔
Yes, Jabba's Palace and Rancor pit, Yoda vs Dooku set, 2013 Gunship, Betrayal on Cloud city, 2011 Green Anakin starfighter and SOOOO much more.
Triffs basically all LEGO Star Wars sets that have come out
“I’m not fussed about the mini figures.”
That’s the best part!
But it only comes with Artoo😂
Alexei *r2
Funky Kong both spellings are canon
@@funkykong8765 Well yes, but actually no
Yes!
“eBay is a good place to know how much the market values something”
Lego Kylo Ren’s shuttle Microfighter: costs 10-20$ in the market
eBay: *sells it for 100$*
Very sad
ebay be selling expensive sets at like 30 dollars and cheap sets at 100
facts
I swear whenever I search for a Star Wars set on eBay I’ll find that most of the listed items are up to 4x the original price!
GD EpicPickles it’s free to list so an investor just needs to post a high buy it now and wait
My takeaway from this is that there's an illegal way to get retired sets.
What do you mean?
@@b_p5558 if you wanna say yes but you wanna say no
@@b_p5558 ...... -_____- Oh shush; do come on now. What's the 1st rule of fight club?
Theirs a big flaw on this method look in the video 12 items he couldnt get. He only found 1542/1554 lego pieces. It means the last 12 were to rear or exclusive to that set so depending what they were he will not be able to build or can possibly have noticeable incomplete set. And dont get me started on shipping.
Pirate them
"311 pounds, very reasonable!"
20,536 pesos in my local currency.
Literally costs more than what people earn in a month on minimum.
Damn bro that’s crazy but I don’t remember asking
It was sarcasm dumbass
SARCASM DUH
Bruh where do you live, stuff must be cheap af
You should buy local lego and ship it to us my brother
Keep in mind you need to pay shipping on each order from each store, whichncan cost you up to $15-$25 per store if you're buying a fair amount of parts. So in reality its cheaper to pay for the whole set with $20 shipping from one seller.
"We don't need to buy the instructions"
Me: the sacred texts!
This man is a freaking genius!! This is perfect for my budget!! Now I can finally get all the Aqua Raiders sets that I was never able to get from my childhood!’
oh dont worry about stuff like aquaraiders, suprisingly bricklink prices for themes like
exo force
alpha team
aqua raiders
adventurers
are pretty reasonable
Well I tried out with some vintage pirate sets. It tripled their price. Not to mention the increased shipping costs.
0:01 General Kenobi!
a surprise to be sure but a welcome one
you *are* a bold one
Now this is pod racing.
I AM The Senate
I’ve been looking forward to this
It starts with hello there
It’s for sure a good video
General kenobi
You are a bold one
This’ll make a great addition for my collection
I have a bad feeling about this.
I have a high ground!
the reason the windscreen is so expensive is because it only ever came in that specific set
Thank you for introducing me to Lepin! I will check them out.
Another thing you could do is remove pieces you all ready have and use them instead of buying duplicates
A very good suggestion, thank you.
I didn't know Bricklink had that feature. Cool vid. Subscribed.
Good, isn't it!
Oh thx for subbing
When you use ebay to check prices its best to tick the "sold items" filter.
Thank you so much. I plan on building a custom trimaran pirate ship and doing extreme add-ons to my 9v metro train. This kind of searching will make my life so much easier. Thank you for showing this.
“These aren’t the Lepin sets you’re looking for!”
"You can go about your business. Move along. Move along."
Looking to ebay to see what the market values lego sets, you should really be setting the filter to sold/completed to see what people are actually paying.
Good point.
I always wonder how many people buy the sets at the stupid prices that hopeful greedy hoarders put them up at...
Ok
Mind blown. I had no idea. Thank you. Will have to delve deeper into this option!
Thank you so much! I just used this method to build a TIE Droid from the TIE Fighter collection. I always saw the set when I was a kid but never was interested in buying 4 TIE fighters. The TIE Droid was never released on its own so this was the perfect way to get one (for under $35 after shipping as well)!
Remove the most valuable parts 🤔 I don’t consider that a method
I think it depends on your budget and how desperate you are to build the set. In this video I only removed the stickers and the minifigure, and personally that would not bother me. But yes, to a die hard collector, this is probably sacrilegious.
BrickTsar don't worry, this set doesn't come with a valuable figure
Why remove it if it was not valuable then?
I'm just not fussed about the minifigures. The beauty of BrickLink is that you can choose exactly what you want
Dr Jake's Very British Reviews is still such a better solution than buying counterfeit stuff. My method requires a lot of work - well if you call it work looking through thousands of internet listings. Eventually you can find deals but of course looking for one specific thing can be harder
FINALLY NO CLICKBAIT! Thank you! ;-D
Zeker wel, Grote Clickbait!!! Alert, nee grapje 😂
Someone says Lepin:
*quiet wretching sounds in background*
Very nice, thank you for doing the legwork on this. My kids are always asking about the ridiculously expensive kits when we go to the store. This will save me lots of $$$ as we come up on the holiday season here soon.
Wow, this has got to be the best video to have ever graced my recommendations! You're straight to the point, which seems to be a rarity in CZcams tutorials these days.
I'm looking forward to trying this method out, I might even try it once the new Cloud City set at some point; I myself thought that the set looks like it could be built cheaply.
Thanks for the great tutorial! :)
the set itself yes, but if you want the minifigs too, they will be waay overpriced.
Jake, I support your battle against Lepin 100%, but buying parted out parts and removing the most valuable parts, no box or manual and even replacing colors is not equivalent to a brand new sealed set.
You also forgot to tell us about the shipping costs for these four Bricklink orders.
Liked the video though so keep up the good content!
Some of us don't have unlimited pocketbooks, is it nicer to open a brand new set? Yes. But if I'm building 5x Tie Fighters for my Diorama I gotta budget a little.
Anders J j
You may be right but I'm not displaying boxes or instructions
Brand new sealed sets are overrated. If you’re buying it to open and build you shouldn’t need it to be NIB.
Nah money is no problem here so I rather have the full experience.
By the way, you can if you choose to, contact LEGO with the set number, and the info from the back of the instruction manual, and get missing set pieces directly from them at no charge. You simply need the part number to provide. It can be done right on the LEGO site.
I’ve also spoken with them and they do support replacements for retired sets that are sold third party as well. I replaced a missing Luke Skywalker and Porkins from a retired 9493 X-Wing.
thats a bit illegal as the missing peices thing is not for if you intentionally bought the thing w/o those peices
Jack Whitechapel that’s literally taking advantage of the LEGO company’s policy.
I love your style. Subscribed.
cheers Dr J , I had given up collecting Lego because of the cost, especially when chasing retired sets. This has given me a fresh perspective, I always wanted to build ships and vehicles using the parts only but had found brick link far to complicated for a Luddite like me to use. I might have a crack at it again now, thank you
Once you wrap your head around how it works, it actually makes sense and it all falls into place. I've found a lot of spare parts to replace lost parts for my older 80's sets. The more you can buy in one go, the more you can save on postage (or even get it free).
A good excuse for a few more "how to " videos I think !
Wow so helpfull going to use this to get some train sets as I allready have track and just to get the trains I think by cutting out the track should be able to massively reduce the price. Thanks for sharing this information.
I've recently wanted to get back into lego train sets but most have been retired and the prices today are incredibly expensive. Thanks to this video I now know how I can save some extra cash just from your video.
Thank you so much!!
best bricklink-ad i've seen so far
1k views in 24 hours! That's good for me these days! Thanks everyone
Is that since the CZcams changes. What did it used to be?
I'd been lucky to get 250 views in 24 hours! I think it's a mixture of my stupid range of content and a change in CZcams's algorithms. They don't seem to like small channels anymore
I saw your green grocer wish list, did you have luck with that one?
I really liked this video, but I went to bricklink and tried to part out the Creator Town Hall and the prices it gave me were still in the 6-700's! Do you have any pointers? I have wanted this centerpiece forever
i would say only buy lepin if you want a cheap set, and don't care about if its a legit or not.
{if you like customizing your own things}
but if your're a collector lepin should not be mixed with lego.
if you want sets with powerfunctions for some great ball contraption lepin would be a good bargain
The video is certainly helpful in general. But keep in mind, that part outs are usually more expensive than the complete sets, even for the rare sets.
Just wanted to say how much this amazing video helped me!
This is so helpful thanks a million dude
As a collector and Bricklink seller, I think its great that you're showing the benefits of using Bricklink. However, its not really a fair comparison to compare the price you achieved with a complete or new set that was for sale, as your not comparing like for like when excluding figures and parts.
Great vid. I thought the 'part out' feature was only intended for sellers. Didn't know you could use it to make a wanted list. Nice. The only thing I would caution against would be selecting 'used' parts - since these can often be pretty badly scratched and with bite marks. Need to select new parts only if you want something that looks as good as a sealed box set.
Thanks to you I can now rebuild my favourite lego set from when I was a child! I have no instruction for it and could not remember what it was called but since you introduced me to bricklink i found both the name of the set and the instructions for it! Thank you so much!
Wow, I just finished watching two of your videos and man, I'm really grateful!
1st up it answered my question on how to identify genuine minifigs from fakes then now I just learned how to order from Bricklink. Thank you very much Dr Jake!
never heard of Lepin before you've mentioned it
always had to buy the highly priced lego
thanks for the info
@John Wright he involuntarily advertised it..I for one didn't know of lepin before
It is a great alternative, especially when compared to the often silly prices for retired lego sets.
It is a great method. I also like it how you suggest some parts can be replaced by others, colour-wise, to still get the set done for a good price. That, of course, will make uptight collectors frown; but those who want LEGO to play, not to collect (which is actually investing and reselling, quite often), will be very happy with Light Bluish Gray instead of Light Gray, for instance.
Shipping could add a lot to the cost, particularly from other continents (such as when shipping from Thailand there to UK), but you might still get a great deal.
To optimize prices, though (and this is a great tip which comes next), order some more parts from the same sellers, for other projects!
This is crazy helpful. Never would have thought of it. Thanks
Just discovered this in my recommended, great video! Love the Lego enthusiasm
Thank you for this tip. Even though this doesn't always work with all sets (Tantive IV for instance, in parts was $150 over the sealed version),
My BrickLink search should now still be MUCH faster!
It almost never beats the set price on bricklink if you do it in Germany :/
Echt nicht?😳
@@benlebeh och menno
The same in hungary. I tried out this method for about 5 sets and it tripled the price in average. This particular x-wing was better. In this case the price was dropped from 300 usd to 235 usd but from 7 different shops and 4 of them was international.
Great tips. Thanks!!
Omg thank you so much I missed out on ninjago as a kid and now I can get the sets thank you soooooo much ❤❤❤
But wouldn't you have to pay 4 times the shipping cost when ordering from 4 bricklink sellers?
4 lots of shipping, yes. But that's still a very small cost compared to the extortionate prices on eBay
I bought a BNIB Maersk train set from a Bricklink seller in South Korea - genuine product, not Lepin. With postage, I still saved over AUD$200 compared to buying it from someone within Australia on eBay, and shipping was fast too - got it in three days!
Yes, the seller still made a profit compared to when it was originally sold by TLG, but I'm only paying 1.6 times the price instead of more than 2 to 2.5 times the price!
Shop around. It pays off.
Don't forget any additonal charges, one of the stores you showed also charge for using Paypal, I had a recent order with them with £7 for shipping then £5 for paypal. I have no problem with that as their bricks are reasonable. You can soon add £5-£15 per store you buy from.
As for what makes a UCS Set special, it's usually any stickers & exclusive Minifigs they have included. You're not getting a UCS set without them, it's just a collection of bricks.
It will be interesting to see what you can get the current UCS Millennium Falcon for. There's a lot of unique parts for that set plus a high demand for them.
Incidently the Lepin version of the X-Wing is £75 including delivery.
that being said maybe your allowance wont be enough to get it all at once either... my guess is you can save part of the list and get it later too if your worried about having the "FULL" set.... this could include things like the instructions or stickers or mini-fig.... either way definitly still a cheaper option.. if all the parts are available...
@@SquirrelArmyStudios2015 NEWSFLASH, the Lepin set is 0% UCS as it's a knock off.
I mean seriously guys, nobody is going to have any respect for your cheap Chinese knock off set. No one is gonna be like "Damn...that's nice" everyone can spot the differences between the branding and the product quality in real life.
Buy small sets from 2002 or so used. Bids starting at 10 dollars.
Thank you so much for your information - I was looking for a second hand LEGO site - god bless you and stay safe :)
Thank you so much. I didn't know this was a thing. I'm going to search now for the sets I want 😁
Tried this with the Super Star Destroyer 10221. Parting it out ended up being more than a number of the sets available on the site, even after removing the stickers and a couple other unnecessary parts. Still about $100 less than Ebay prices
Thanks so much! This is a great method to get those old sentimental sets I had (or wanted) as a kid :)
Thank you so much for this video!
Thanks for this, I might buy the DeLorean Time Machine set with this method, found out that it works out at around £40 for the whole set minus the figures
That's brilliant
You can get the figures rather cheap if you buy the dimensions packs on sale due to it ending they may be cheaper.
I’m OCD about my boxes, and instructions, especially for my daughter’s Lego. If you have the box and instructions, in good shape, with all the pieces, you will always be able to sell the set for the same or more than you paid originally!
Sure there are some sets that I get to acquire certain unique pieces. But most I display for a while and then put away.
What an amazing feature of BrickLink! Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Woah. Mind. Blown. I don't even know how I found you, but I've watched two videos and both were highly informative. Thank you again!
Excellent video, very informative!
I realize you are looking for a discontinued set, but not only are you getting a 'better' deal that buying new, but (if i understand correctly) your buying used legos which is good for the environment.
That is a fantastic point. This has given me an idea for my next video!
Better for the environment how? Legos don't end up in a landfill.
@@solamarv Yeah, I'm with you on that. I'm not aware of many LEGO sets ending up in the trashcan,...... And since they have started introducing plant based plastics into their sets, they are becoming even more environmentally friendly.
They're not new in the sense Lego is making them. They're unopened.
I use bricklink to discontinued Lego sets. I've only have bought a couple of sets but I got them at very low and/or reasonable prices.
Very nice video and thanks a lot! You made me save a lot of money on my bionicle collection! 😁
This is very cool. I knew of bricklink, but didn't know about the part-out option.
I was curious about the Super Star Destroyer and order from inside the US. While the whole set is around a few hundred when you are OK that it comes without box etc, the parts ended out to be almost 1000. I guess it's a good tip but no guaranteed saving
Very true
How to get the lego set cheaper
Take out half the set 🤔
way crap
💩
I buy from BrickLink but was not aware we could do this...you are a genius..Thanks mate!!!
Any time!
Been using Bricklink for YEARS.. never tried any of those functions before! Very informative!!
Thanks for showing this feature, I never knew about it!
Neither did I until a few weeks ago!
I regret not getting the original Lego Ninjago Sets not the Legacy ones
Legacy kinda sucks. No match to original ones
Yesssss. Thats literally exactly why im here
Wonderful video! Cant wait to scout around with this feature. Brinklink regular and never realized this existed!
Dude! Thanks! That is sooooo helpful. I will definitely use this in the future!
This is how my wife gets my Christmas presents
this was awesome. i never heard of lepin. just order a bunch of sets for my kids thanks
Thanks for this video. Didn't know Bricklink had this functionality. Will definitely use this.
This works for my most wanted set! Thanks for the tutorial!
Another thing you can do is substitute the colors.
I built a version of the Classic Space 928 Galaxy Explorer in black and white instead of blue and grey. Looks sharp.
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The Lego Imperial Flagship 10210 ends up being $800+ with this method used... and its $400+ resale on ebay, or only $70 if you know a good asian company
Love it ❤️
His method involved to go have a look at EBay firstly. Therefore, you won’t have to pay the 800$ unless you’re braindead.
There is no such a thing as a good asian counterfeiting brick company. Only lazy as f*ck ones.
Sorry I don‘t speak broke
Thanks this is going to help with my MOC!
Thank very much for this tip on how to use brick link
Nope, can't think of a better way to get old Lego sets for cheap.
I can really see the intro becoming a meme...
That would be VERY cool!
didn’t expect it to actually be legal, very well done sir
This is so helpful, the website in general is also great! I'm already thinking of buying something!
Yeah but the lepin equivalent is less than half the price. You cant make a scientific comparison if you censor the prices just because "muh counterfeit."
Buying from lego because lego is the content creator is a valid argument. But thats not an excuse to conceal a counterfeit item's price in what is supposed to be an accurate comparison. Hiding the truth doesnt change it.
Lepin is amazing. Never came across fake Lepin in my life.
Thanks - I tried it out. Haven’t bought yet but based on your method I could get the UCS imperial shuttle for about half the cost of buying one off EBay - no box, no minifigs and no instructions but don’t need them. Genius!
Knew about BrickLink, but didn’t know about this! Thanks!
Wow, this guy really has somthing ageists Lepin... It seems personal
Brizzard Lego Films Lepin isn't compatible with Lego parts. Well most of them.
Just like all little ebay Gremlins he doesnt want his special retired sets to lose value when the clones come out hahaha
Captain Brown Beard All sets will lose out their value eventually. He is a collector so there is no reason why he would sell back at a higher price when someone could buy those sets cheaper. He won't make a profit. There is a huge difference in quality if you comparen lepin and lego.
All feuds are ultimately personal.
Counter fit thieves it what lepin does!
You cannot compare a sealed set, with new parts, minifigs, box and stickers with a 2kg bulk of ++USED++ parts. And I emphasize on "used", I mean "used", can mean dirty, decolored, broken, damaged etc ... Just imagine, you've received the sealed set, and actually, you realize you can't afford it, you'll sell it back roughly the same price. Even after several years, it will keep it's value and even if you open it, you won't loose much. 2kg of use parts, it's worth £20, maybe slightly more because you can build a X-wing, but it's not worth £120.
HUGE FLEX! Love the video, 🎉You are my hero! I can’t wait to try this out!
Thank you for this video! Made it easier for me to find cheaper LEGO sets
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Nope. I wish!
But Shipping is Killing The Money
All right, looks like this is what I’m doing from now on. Thanks for the tips.
Great video you’ve taught me most definitely something new. I saved half money on a set
i'll just buy lepin. my time is worth more than the "savings"
Time is money, but money cannot buy time.
Just another guardsman. Is that good or bad
One of my most wanted sets is the 10210 imperial flagship. From bricklink it costs about 700 usd. Buying it piece by piece would cost 1700 usd. While the very same lepin only costs 85 usd. I know it is fake and they stole the idea but in 2010 the original ship was 185 usd. For that price I would gladly buy the set now. But I will not support lego if I buy a used one for 3 times more money. I wish lego would re-release old sets.
Haha I like how he says "buy cheap lego" even though a single figure costs like $20
Amazing! I've used bricklink a few times but had no idea 💡 you could do this!
Thanks for the awesome post 👍
Nice advice!!