New Lego Colosseum Announced! 9,000+ pieces; $550!

[LeGOATski]

34 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

One of my favorite recent sets was the huge UCS Super Star Destroyer.  Over 4 feet long, 3,200 pieces, wonderful engineering particularly on the interior.  I bought it, enjoyed it, built, stared at it on the coffee table...then sold it for $830 on Ebay maybe 3 years later, having paid $400 for it new.

 

That money went into the next cool one, and so on.

That set is dope!

 

The recent Batman stuff will probably be a great value, too

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

Depending on what you have and how complete everything is, selling them on Ebay can be hugely profitable.  You can use the profits to pad your bank account, AND replace the Legos you sold with new sets.

 

I am selling a ton of sets right now for the Christmas season.  Lego is much better than stocks!

 

Good sets that will always have demand often double and more in price once the set goes EOL (end of line; discontinued).

 

One of my favorite recent sets was the huge UCS Super Star Destroyer.  Over 4 feet long, 3,200 pieces, wonderful engineering particularly on the interior.  I bought it, enjoyed it, built, stared at it on the coffee table...then sold it for $830 on Ebay maybe 3 years later, having paid $400 for it new.

 

That money went into the next cool one, and so on.

 

There are 2 awesome sets out there right now: the aforementioned UCS M.F., and the UCS Star Destroyer.  One is $800, one is $700.  Buy 2 of each and the spare set will pay for the both of them a few years down the road.

 

 

 

I have stuff from the '70s.  What's your favorite?

I have a complete "Yellow castle" in my mom's attic in Buffalo.  My nephew found it and built it a few years ago!  I won't sell that one...too much nostalgia.  That and the "Galaxy Explorer" were the jewels in my Lego crown as a kid in the '70s and early '80s.

 

 

Will always be my sentimental favorite: 1977

 

https://lego.brickinstructions.com/en/lego_instructions/set/404/Building_Set,_6+

 

Still have it!

 

The Space Series from the late 1970s into 80's:

 

 

Son has the Train collection from early 2000s...

 

Working sets too:

😆 

 

 

[LeGOATski]

The designs have really come a long way.

 

That spaceship is something a child would design themselves, lol.

[Nextmanup]

On 12/2/2020 at 2:41 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:

Will always be my sentimental favorite: 1977

 

https://lego.brickinstructions.com/en/lego_instructions/set/404/Building_Set,_6+

 

Still have it!

 

The Space Series from the late 1970s into 80's:

 

 

Son has the Train collection from early 2000s...

 

Working sets too:

😆

 

 

Those are all great sets, including my beloved Galaxy Explorer!  

 

That yellow "builder set" is quite cool.  That looks like the type of thing that was just before my time with Lego, by only a few years.

 

The trains are all fantastic, I really like those.  I have the relatively recent "Emerald Night" that I will never sell.  I honestly think it's one of the best, cleanest pieces of Lego design ever.  There is a cool new train set out now, the crocodile.

 

E.N.: 

 

 

Crocodile:

 

 

 

21 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

The designs have really come a long way.

 

That spaceship is something a child would design themselves, lol.

That spaceship was the biggest, coolest thing to have in the world of Lego the year it came out.  Or at least one of the best Lego sets.  Everyone wanted it and it was impossible to get a hold of, especially pre-internet or Lego.com.

 

I agree it is now horribly dated and it doesn't feature any particularly special build techniques!  

 

My 8 year old self (or however old I was) thought it was absolutely amazing.