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 $6.00 per store can you give me a solution for the stores to give me a bypass password and get free shipping
“eBay is a good place to know how much the market values something” Lego Kylo Ren’s shuttle Microfighter: costs 10-20$ in the market eBay: *sells it for 100$*
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam 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! :)
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
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.
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 UA-cam's algorithms. They don't seem to like small channels anymore
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
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.
My biggest complaint about Lego is they retire their sets way too early. Some don't even last 2 years! What the F is that about? You have new people coming into Lego every year but you are hosed if you want to, say, collect all the modular buildings. They really should re-release those from time to time
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!
Lepin is still cheaper. For the casual kid playing with them it is an economical option. Let's not forget that Lego was also a company founded making counterfeit Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks. That said this seems like a great resource for the hard core Lego fan and enthusiast. Especially finding hard to locate replacement parts for obscure Lego sets.
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).
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.
Horrible method I tried this with a Star Wars 2013 AT-TE and at first it was 60 and I thought that was great but when I added it to cart which is something he didn’t show, the price doubled because of the shipping I’m paying more than retail price at this point and might as well buy it on eBay or somewhere else because this is not cheap but it became a waste of my time
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's not counterfite. Their copywrite expired about ten years ago. The time when lego went shit and pivoted to Harry Potter sets etc.. They had to do this as they knew their (legal) monopoly was ending, and compitition was coming. Ive never heard of the company you mention, but if its quantity is decent. Cheers for the tip.
Item The Lego Imperial Flagship 10210 ends up being $800+ with this method used... and its $400+ resale on ebay, or only $70 if you know a good asian company
His method involved to go have a look at EBay firstly. Therefore, you won’t have to pay the 800$ unless you’re braindead. There is no such a thing as a good asian counterfeiting brick company. Only lazy as f*ck ones.
Lepin got sued by LEGO just a few days ago so that great! I like looking at eBay and watching LEGO sell for either really cheap or extremely expensive. I love eBay and bricklink. Great video
I going back to lego after 20 years, and all the sets I realy wants aren't made anymore, or fucking expensive everywhere. But I could find them or rebuild them thanks to this incredible website. Thank you very much dear sir.
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!
This is a mixed bag kinda trick as you don’t know what you’ll get, but here in America there’s thrift stores and antique stores that occasionally have legos that come through there doors. Some of these stores don’t realize or care (more thrift stores) that if they did a little research they can make more money on a sealed LEGO set. Occasionally I’ve found brand new sealed LEGO sets for $10 or less that retailed for over $60 at thrift stores. Specifically one time I found a LEGO bionicle set sealed from 2006 I bought for $5 and turned around and sold on eBay for $85.
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
It seems like you're forgetting the shipping costs. Those are not included yet in the totals you mention. Those could easily be another 30 pounds for 4 international shops.
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.
Concerning sticker sheets: There are companies out there that'll print out copies of the stickers for cheaper than buying the original sheets and Lego also sometimes sells replacement sheets
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.
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.
There are 12 parts missing. Sometimes those can't be replaced at all. Also, shipping costs. It is sometimes even 10euro for 1 shipment abroad it is getting close to buying a used set that has ALL parts in correct colors.
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.
The one Lepin kit I purchased was the UCS Naboo Star-fighter for like $20 CAD. I’m assuming because of the large amount of rare chrome pieces it would cost A LOT more than $20 to be parted out on brick link
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
Not true. I got back into the hobby after many years with lepin cafe corner bcoz it was Super exp. but after w while I switch most of them out to LEgo. Lepin is good value for $ but LEgo bricks feel and finishing is much better. Some people says lepin is compatible with LEgo which is not true. There is small dimension differences which will add up significantly if you are building structures esp modular buildings that uses lotsa bricks
+Jordan Casillan I believe you are right. Lepin is the closest lego compatible bricks for now. I noticed the minor differences in thickness between the 2 when I was doing some MOCs and realize some lepin got mixed up into my build. Take for eg my lego cc moc and lepin cc has an obvious difference in height.
Or you simply could pay 40 dollars or however much it is on AliExpress for the same set if you just want the set that badly. Free shipping and no sacrifices made. At the end of the day who’s happier? The person who spent 300 dollars or the person who spent 40-50 and got basically the same thing? Remember that these things are toys not investments like stocks or gold. They can depreciate if no one buys them. At least save your money.
1541/1554 assigned. Those rare parts that you're missing will cost another $100 easily. In this case, it would be cheaper just to buy the complete set from 1 seller. If you have a large portion of the parts in hand then it makes sense to use this method.
honestly this doesn't even approach being a good argument against bootleg sets. first of all, you're buying used pieces and omitting pieces that are outright necessary to the character of the set (e.g. sticker packs) that a clone set would have definitely included. secondly, the shipping from the FOUR different countries you would have sourced those parts from would have surely increased the cost by a significant margin, and even if it didn't you can still get a highly-reviewed knockoff for 88 dollars shipped. and third, most confusingly of all, is that this doesn't support the Lego company in ANY way whatsoever. all of the money goes to opportunistic resellers. there's not even a real ethical argument for doing this besides "Lepin is illegal" which never stopped the prevalence of piracy or shoplifting or any other petty crime that has come as a result of people naming high prices on or limiting/ceasing the production of a product that people want to get their hands on. this ain't it, cheif.
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.
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)!
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.
Honestly, why don't Lego just remake some old sets occasionally? I have been looking for a Toa Vakama for ages at this point and buying individual parts are sometimes such a chore
Add shipping and handling for each of those stores and factor in if they have min. buy. It all adds up. Most of the time it’s cheaper to buy the set used in good condition.
I just bought a cheap lepin box. I threw the manual away and use the parts for my little robot project not hesitating to use a saw and glue where needed. For this purpose I think lepin is fine.
Hmmm, I definitely appreciate that you can absolutely save money with this method, but you haven't really told the whole story. You failed to mention that all of the stores you listed were foreign stores. Every order above £15 means you have to pay import duty. And on top of the import duty, is a minimum £8 fee for each. Then you have the postage too. Also, removing lots of the parts? Seriously? If it costs over £300 on eBay, then it's still a huge victory to get it for £150-200. I don't feel you needed to scrimp as much as you did by omitting parts. The Lepin version costs £55, so still half the price of even the method you used. That said, at least your official LEGO only appreciates in value. Lepin is worthless now and worthless in the future. But I do wonder if a set comprised of parts you bought this way, is worth the same as an actual set.
Hang on a sec... I don't have to pay import duty if the stores are in the EU. I only omitted the stickers and a minifigure, so I wouldn't say that's "lots" of parts. But I do agree that it may not retain its value in the same way as a full set.
Not exactly like for like comparison. You compared brand new sealed eBay prices to incomplete used bricklink prices. If you look on eBay for used sets of this you'll find you actually pay less than bricklink as that price list does not include shipping costs.
If you liked this, you may like this: ua-cam.com/video/pQHnMPA_D20/v-deo.html
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
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.
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
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.
"We don't need to buy the instructions"
Me: the sacred texts!
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
the reason the windscreen is so expensive is because it only ever came in that specific set
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.
When you use ebay to check prices its best to tick the "sold items" filter.
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
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.
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
Thank you for introducing me to Lepin! I will check them out.
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!
Didn't even know that Lepin exists before this video. Nice tip. Ordered the Lepin 20097 Porsche to my kid! Thanks! :)
I didn't know Bricklink had that feature. Cool vid. Subscribed.
Good, isn't it!
Oh thx for subbing
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.
“These aren’t the Lepin sets you’re looking for!”
"You can go about your business. Move along. Move along."
Someone says Lepin:
*quiet wretching sounds in background*
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.
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.
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.
Buy small sets from 2002 or so used. Bids starting at 10 dollars.
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 UA-cam 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.
Did Lepin kill your family? Lepin killed my family.
FINALLY NO CLICKBAIT! Thank you! ;-D
Zeker wel, Grote Clickbait!!! Alert, nee grapje 😂
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
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.
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.
1k views in 24 hours! That's good for me these days! Thanks everyone
Is that since the UA-cam 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 UA-cam'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
For anyone wondering, the LEPIN price for the Red 5 set is around $100
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.
My biggest complaint about Lego is they retire their sets way too early. Some don't even last 2 years! What the F is that about? You have new people coming into Lego every year but you are hosed if you want to, say, collect all the modular buildings. They really should re-release those from time to time
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!
Lepin is still cheaper. For the casual kid playing with them it is an economical option. Let's not forget that Lego was also a company founded making counterfeit Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Bricks.
That said this seems like a great resource for the hard core Lego fan and enthusiast. Especially finding hard to locate replacement parts for obscure Lego sets.
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 !
Get Lego for my kids, feed my kids ... get Lego for my kids, feed my kids ... tough choice that one.
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.
Horrible method I tried this with a Star Wars 2013 AT-TE and at first it was 60 and I thought that was great but when I added it to cart which is something he didn’t show, the price doubled because of the shipping I’m paying more than retail price at this point and might as well buy it on eBay or somewhere else because this is not cheap but it became a waste of my time
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!
Am I doing this wrong? The set I parted out came to over $1500 CAD... when a complete set is about $350 cad.
How to get the lego set cheaper
Take out half the set 🤔
way crap
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It's not counterfite. Their copywrite expired about ten years ago. The time when lego went shit and pivoted to Harry Potter sets etc.. They had to do this as they knew their (legal) monopoly was ending, and compitition was coming.
Ive never heard of the company you mention, but if its quantity is decent. Cheers for the tip.
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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
The cheapest is if you know somebody that doesn't want their LEGO anymore and wants to get rid of it. You can also get them cheap in garage sales.
Lepin got sued by LEGO just a few days ago so that great! I like looking at eBay and watching LEGO sell for either really cheap or extremely expensive. I love eBay and bricklink. Great video
Shill
I going back to lego after 20 years, and all the sets I realy wants aren't made anymore, or fucking expensive everywhere. But I could find them or rebuild them thanks to this incredible website.
Thank you very much dear sir.
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
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!
This Lepin sounds really good.
This is a mixed bag kinda trick as you don’t know what you’ll get, but here in America there’s thrift stores and antique stores that occasionally have legos that come through there doors. Some of these stores don’t realize or care (more thrift stores) that if they did a little research they can make more money on a sealed LEGO set. Occasionally I’ve found brand new sealed LEGO sets for $10 or less that retailed for over $60 at thrift stores. Specifically one time I found a LEGO bionicle set sealed from 2006 I bought for $5 and turned around and sold on eBay for $85.
This is how my wife gets my Christmas presents
we'd appreciate it if you added the total shipping costs from the 4 separate stores and compare them to the shipping cost you found at ebay
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
It seems like you're forgetting the shipping costs. Those are not included yet in the totals you mention. Those could easily be another 30 pounds for 4 international shops.
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.
Concerning sticker sheets: There are companies out there that'll print out copies of the stickers for cheaper than buying the original sheets and Lego also sometimes sells replacement sheets
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.
Anyone else getting the "Auto-Finder has encountered an error. Please retry the search." repeatedly and can't get any further?
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.
There are 12 parts missing. Sometimes those can't be replaced at all. Also, shipping costs. It is sometimes even 10euro for 1 shipment abroad it is getting close to buying a used set that has ALL parts in correct colors.
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.
The one Lepin kit I purchased was the UCS Naboo Star-fighter for like $20 CAD. I’m assuming because of the large amount of rare chrome pieces it would cost A LOT more than $20 to be parted out on brick link
Yeah just tried it, came out to $420 CAD
I buy from BrickLink but was not aware we could do this...you are a genius..Thanks mate!!!
Any time!
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.
1:20 That x wing was only 18 dollars. Idc if there was no minifigs (I converted the price)
It is probably on auction, most people star an auction at £1 because ebay charge you depending on how much you put it on for.
@@quintuslucundus4121 Good point
What if I buy a Lepin set which is not available from Lego. For example the UCS Venetor Class Star Destroyer
Then it's up to you whether you want to build it out of inferior Lepin bricks or good quality LEGO bricks!
Oh well, that's a point I did not think about... Thanks for the tip!
Not true. I got back into the hobby after many years with lepin cafe corner bcoz it was Super exp. but after w while I switch most of them out to LEgo. Lepin is good value for $ but LEgo bricks feel and finishing is much better. Some people says lepin is compatible with LEgo which is not true. There is small dimension differences which will add up significantly if you are building structures esp modular buildings that uses lotsa bricks
+Jordan Casillan I believe you are right. Lepin is the closest lego compatible bricks for now. I noticed the minor differences in thickness between the 2 when I was doing some MOCs and realize some lepin got mixed up into my build. Take for eg my lego cc moc and lepin cc has an obvious difference in height.
Its all up to you. Dont let the Brick Goblin tell you what to buy
It's called a microphone. you talk into it, not away from it
Or you simply could pay 40 dollars or however much it is on AliExpress for the same set if you just want the set that badly. Free shipping and no sacrifices made. At the end of the day who’s happier? The person who spent 300 dollars or the person who spent 40-50 and got basically the same thing? Remember that these things are toys not investments like stocks or gold. They can depreciate if no one buys them. At least save your money.
1541/1554 assigned. Those rare parts that you're missing will cost another $100 easily. In this case, it would be cheaper just to buy the complete set from 1 seller. If you have a large portion of the parts in hand then it makes sense to use this method.
honestly this doesn't even approach being a good argument against bootleg sets. first of all, you're buying used pieces and omitting pieces that are outright necessary to the character of the set (e.g. sticker packs) that a clone set would have definitely included. secondly, the shipping from the FOUR different countries you would have sourced those parts from would have surely increased the cost by a significant margin, and even if it didn't you can still get a highly-reviewed knockoff for 88 dollars shipped. and third, most confusingly of all, is that this doesn't support the Lego company in ANY way whatsoever. all of the money goes to opportunistic resellers. there's not even a real ethical argument for doing this besides "Lepin is illegal" which never stopped the prevalence of piracy or shoplifting or any other petty crime that has come as a result of people naming high prices on or limiting/ceasing the production of a product that people want to get their hands on. this ain't it, cheif.
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.
Nope, can't think of a better way to get old Lego sets for cheap.
this was awesome. i never heard of lepin. just order a bunch of sets for my kids thanks
I feel like this guys house is made by lepin but doesn’t want to expose himself
But Shipping is Killing The Money
Lepin is amazing. Never came across fake Lepin in my life.
Are the pieces new? That you buy on bricklink for 101 pounds?
Sponsored by bricklink
Nope. I wish!
I am more of a minifig collector so I wanna ask: is it worth it to buy minifigs part-by-part?
can we see some illegal ways now?
its LEGO. none of us care how we get them, JUST GET THEM!!
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)!
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.
I want by lipon but I will buy military sets from qwz because they have custom molded pieces that they use for their tanks and artillery sets
The thing is is that I’m looking for mostly LEGO minifigures
Figs are on brick link
Actually a smart idea - you can typically get most mini figures either separate or just in small boxes. Luke Skywalker isn't tought to get.
Why You sitting on the floor?
Bru i did this with many sets and it gets more expensive. I tried Ninjago City Docks and the set sealed costs €250. Parted out it costs €370..
I can really see the intro becoming a meme...
That would be VERY cool!
Honestly, why don't Lego just remake some old sets occasionally? I have been looking for a Toa Vakama for ages at this point and buying individual parts are sometimes such a chore
The only negitive is the shipping tho
Which is not too expensive anyway
Shipping is always a pain in the ass
Add shipping and handling for each of those stores and factor in if they have min. buy. It all adds up. Most of the time it’s cheaper to buy the set used in good condition.
Haha I like how he says "buy cheap lego" even though a single figure costs like $20
I just bought a cheap lepin box. I threw the manual away and use the parts for my little robot project not hesitating to use a saw and glue where needed. For this purpose I think lepin is fine.
Hmmm, I definitely appreciate that you can absolutely save money with this method, but you haven't really told the whole story. You failed to mention that all of the stores you listed were foreign stores. Every order above £15 means you have to pay import duty. And on top of the import duty, is a minimum £8 fee for each. Then you have the postage too. Also, removing lots of the parts? Seriously? If it costs over £300 on eBay, then it's still a huge victory to get it for £150-200. I don't feel you needed to scrimp as much as you did by omitting parts. The Lepin version costs £55, so still half the price of even the method you used. That said, at least your official LEGO only appreciates in value. Lepin is worthless now and worthless in the future. But I do wonder if a set comprised of parts you bought this way, is worth the same as an actual set.
Hang on a sec... I don't have to pay import duty if the stores are in the EU. I only omitted the stickers and a minifigure, so I wouldn't say that's "lots" of parts. But I do agree that it may not retain its value in the same way as a full set.
UK *is* no longer in EU, mind you
Technically, we're still in until March next year!
It all depends. If we're still in the single market by that time, then we're still in the EU.
@@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews And then your 'method' of having a hilariously incomplete set is toast anyway. You will never beat lepin. 55 quid
Not exactly like for like comparison. You compared brand new sealed eBay prices to incomplete used bricklink prices. If you look on eBay for used sets of this you'll find you actually pay less than bricklink as that price list does not include shipping costs.