Some rare Lego sets are now selling for literally thousands of pounds online, as enthusiasts snap up the popular toys. But it's not just rare pieces that are selling well, with standard sets now frequently worth more than when they were new and even old bags of unsorted bricks in demand. “With the soar in popularity of Lego with both adults and children, the effect on the values of both rare, hard to find sets and new releases has been incredible," said Bev Channell, event director for Lego event BRICK 2015, running at Birmingham's NEC this week. “It’s well worth searching through your old sets to see what treasures are hiding there.” The bigger, rarer sets tend to be worth the most - but with Lego frequently refreshing its range that means any old set that's large enough could be worth upwards of £1,000. Currently, these are the most valuable sets: Sadly, to get the best prices for your Lego, it needs to be “mint in box” - which means not opened since it was bought and still factory sealed.
The good news for people who want to play with their toys is that you can still get good returns for assembled models – as long as there are no pieces missing. The easiest Lego sets to sell are Star Wars themed, with Millennium Falcons, Death Stars and X-Wings all selling well – and some prices in the thousands. But there's much more than just Star Wars selling. A look at the best-selling kits on BrickPicker shows trains, play houses, dinosaurs, Harry Potter sets, Back to the Future Deloreans and Pirate sets all featuring. Most of the sales take place on eBay, with BrickPicker providing lists of the top selling and biggest rising prices – as well as a tool letting you compare the price of sets. You can also search on eBay for sold prices of similar sets. If you've got a box of Lego, rather than a specific set, you can bulk-sell as well – although prices for these are a lot lower. That said, if you have the time and can split the box out by category (be it Star Wars, pirates, Medieval, Technic or whatever) these smaller – more specific - bundles will frequently sell for more than a job-lot of unsorted bricks.
To get the most value, you need to be selling pristine-condition Lego toys. “As with any sort of collectible, the safe storage of the collectible is very important,” Ed Mack explains in a piece on How to make money from Lego . “Although the actual Lego brick is pretty much indestructible under normal conditions, the Lego boxes and instructions need special care.” That means quite a lot of space to store them all if you're trying to make money from them, and possibly adding the cost to your insurance. Then there are the seller fees on eBay. And the shipping costs – remember, Lego is bulky and could cost quite a bit to ship. And if you're selling to a collector, they'll expect it to arrive in good condition, so packing costs go up again. Oh, and don't count your profits before you sell – the price of a set can drop fast if Lego re-introduces it while prices can rise as well as fall in line with demand too. Is Lego better than gold? 500+ VOTES SO FAR The market for old toys on eBay is much bigger than just Lego.
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People selling custom minifigures are engaging in illegal activities. Companies styling their toys and packaging to resemble Lego products are engaging in blatantly illegal activities. CCC said:^ While lego wouldn't care as much, Marvel might.All this talk of LEGO had me for getting that Marvel still own the characters (plus DC for other side heroes). andhe said: Seems an expensive way to go about it, unless international shipping really is that cheap from China. That seems to be the answer - there's lots of bits and pieces (mostly electronics related) that you can get shipped from Hong Kong/China for not a lot of money on ebay. CCC said:For a collector, maybe. For a parent, a $2 minifig is better value than a $4 one. There should be no reason for fake Simpsons CMFs. Official ones are cheap to buy on eBay if you don't want to buy blind packs. Yet truly awful quality quality fake CMFs sell for about £5-£10 for a set of six. But is that just people being screwed who don't know any better rather than intentional purchase of perceived to be much cheaper fakes?
Xefan said: CCC said:For a collector, maybe. Some are so obviously fake, the descriptions state that they are not Lego, but still people buy. Chrisbstm said:Imagine the fake figures possibly cheaper plastic leaking toxins? . I agree, god forbid that happens and my wee one turns in to the green goblin. When i see what you get for £30 compared to the original its no wonder why some parents choose the fake.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOT-OF-16x-SY-MARVEL-FIGURES-AVENGER-X-MEN-JOKER-ETC-1x-LEGO-HULK-KEYRING-/281510868610?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item418b5af682 Looks like the Chinese counterfeiters are expanding their range, which is hardly surprising.As someone that buys quite a bit of Lego from eBay, I am concerned by the recent increase in counterfeit Lego being offered on there, mainly as it's clogging up searches as it mentions Lego in the description.It looks like stormtroopers are next on the counterfeiters' lists.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-X-Star-Wars-Storm-troopers-Clone-Troopers-mini-figures-like-lego-DUE-IN-JAN-/291317759566?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item43d3e43e4e
CCC said:I think Lego have lost the battle ...Fake S1 Zombie anyone? Where's the pic from? Wondered what the currency was. That's crazy how many fakes/breaches of copyright can be contained within one picture...Fake Hulkbuster, Giant Green Goblins and Hulks to the left. Fake Star Wars behind... CCC said:How would that work? For ebay to protect itself, then they would need all items to be posted to them, unpacked, checked by an expert, repacked, and then posted on. So there would be double postage costs, probably 10 minutes time per item for unpacking, checking and repacking - that's probably another £5 for that service at least. As it currently stands, anyone buying counterfeit Lego can ask for a refund if the item is listed in the Lego category, so on that basis, eBay already guarantee buyers against buying counterfeit goods. If eBay were made legally responsible, they would be forced to take more action against sellers misusing trademarks and categories for search engine manipulation.
Part of the current problem is that sellers are allowed to twist words in their descriptions, which eBay should stamp out. The word Lego should not appear anywhere in a listing, so these listings do not appear in searches for the name. Also, where an item is clearly a licensed theme, sellers should be required to state that it's licensed product, so they will either sell a genuine product, or unequivocally be breaking the law. The way to stop counterfeit products is to hit the sellers in the pocket, so make it as hard as possible for them to pass off goods and easy for buyers to claim refunds for even the smallest infringement. andhe said: CCC said:I think Lego have lost the battle ... You missed the fake Frozen Lego just to the top left of the S1 stack. @Thanos75 was that for a copy of the Lego mould or her own custom made ones, because they are very expensive to cut. Sign In or Register to comment. It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!