The problem with bricklink in my opinion is that usually sellers only have a couple of each piece, they're cheap but if you want to bulk buy them quickly you'd have to buy from multiple stores
Yeah Bricklink is wonderful but it's best if you're looking for a few specific things. You can make a wishlist of parts you want and Bricklink will find the least expensive, smallest number of sellers for you to buy from to get everything on your list, or if you have one thing in mind you can just find a seller who has it and then see what else they have in their store that you'd like.
With auctions you always want to decide on the maximum price you'd be willing to go to for the items, then place the bid or wait till the end and place it. Never get into bidding wars and don't excede what your original target was.
7:17 Ayy, nice to hear my country (Malaysia) being mentioned. I didn't know of any of these independent physical Lego stores that sell Bionicle stuff, but I'm gonna have a look now. Thanks for this very useful video, Cossy!
Yeah, barter and haggle, I found this 2kg of HF pieces (mainly 1.0 to 3.0 (with 2010 Takanuva)) a while ago, was for 100 Euros, then got lowered to 90, and then a while later I still didn't buy it and it was for 69 Euros! That is an absolute steal, and so, told my dad about it, asked him to order it for me (I don't have a credit card) and get this, he actually tried to get it for basically half price, I think it was 35 (he told me afterwards), so of course, didn't happen, the guy lowered it to 60, and holy cow my dad does NOT understand the values of these things (like, 70 is already amazing, even IF you basically can't complete any of the included sets, and you don't get masks of certain characters whose pieces are clearly there (and the main ones that sting are Preston Stormer (1.0), Nex 3.0, Fire Lord and Drilldozer (I love both of these last two, Stormer too, and Nex is the only hero I don't have (there was also his Breakout torso there (but no mask), sooo)) but it was ABSOLUTLELY worth it, I mainly had sets from 3.0 (only two) and up, so it's all new, all very cool, big fan of the 2.0 heroes' heads, got Corroders' and Xplodes', Waspixs' masks, a TON of weapons and things, an extra spring loaded cannon, with FOUR projectiles (only ever had one and lost it a long time ago), a BUNCH of pieces in colours I never had, like red, orange and yellow feet, gun metal armour, and I could go on and on, it's great (and for 60! Hot. DANG!)
As an Aussie who lives in the land of costly shipping, (like most Aussies,) when I buy internationally what I normally do is buy in bulk or in lots. for example on my latest bricklink order i was looking at this reasonably priced Galidor figure, but the seller was from the Netherlands, which meant meant shipping was going to be anywhere from 20-45 AUD at least, so I bought multiple Items from the seller ranging from galidor, bioincle and Chima, and combined the shipping into one package because when you're already paying 220 for a lot 40 bucks shipping doesn't seem like much. Don't try this on ebay, ebay doesn't combine shipping half the time.
I've been on a serious nostalgia trip thanks in no small part to your videos, so this is a real wealth of knowledge I appreciate you offering. A few of the places in Florida seem to be a bit farther out for me, and I think I just miss the luxury of going to the official lego store they had in Disney world to pick out new Bionicle sets, but I'm definitely gonna keep my eyes on some of these places!
I've spent entire days researching this subject in the past and come up empty. Mainly due to budget constraints. So thank you so so much for this video. It's exactly what I and possibly many others have been looking for!
I started remembering all of these and I think I had a master? It was either green or white. I loved those so much😭 I think I even had a bad guy or something
i once picked up a bag of old toys from a yard sale and found a white bionical enemy (it was one of the round ones that rolled) and it is the oldest bionical i own and i got it for 5$
An Orlando Brick Co you say? It's in hecking Longwood?! False advertising mate... Actually that's not too bad, it's about the same distance as the theme parks, just in the opposite direction, but when am I ever going that way? Also best way I've acquired pieces is just being known as the LEGO guy. People have just flat out given me their collections, not even asking for money. I've gotten a few pretty neat finds that way.
Bricks and Minifigs is a great store to visit, but they certainly do their research when it comes to pricing. Still there are deals to be found. The one time I went there, I got the LEGO Ideas Caterham 7 set for $40, half its original price, which was great because I always wanted one of the large scale car sets but they were too expensive. Bricklink is also something I have to limit my time on because there's always some weird obscure set or pieces I want to buy lol.
My mom knows how much I love bionicle (and hero factory) so every year on my birthday and on Christmas, she'll buy me a couple of bionicle and hero factory sets, but she won't tell me how she gets them.🤔
there is some on Amazon one is pretty decent and the other is by lego so💀and face book market place where I live has some good deals I bought it for $40 use and every thing came to 325.00 use (it was 2.5 lbs)
I just found on lego pick a brick , technic pin axle (without friction) in gunmetal gray, it would be wery usefull in swoping blue ones on meny bionicle sets like titan takanuva, but no one is talking about this. Mayby tou guys know something about this
The problem with bricklink in my opinion is that usually sellers only have a couple of each piece, they're cheap but if you want to bulk buy them quickly you'd have to buy from multiple stores
Yeah Bricklink is wonderful but it's best if you're looking for a few specific things. You can make a wishlist of parts you want and Bricklink will find the least expensive, smallest number of sellers for you to buy from to get everything on your list, or if you have one thing in mind you can just find a seller who has it and then see what else they have in their store that you'd like.
And minimum buys. I just had to bulk buy almost every modernized technic socket to push my order up to a $15 one
Hey here is a nice store that has a lot of bionicle/hero factory and system it’s called DD Bricks
Problem with eBay, is that 90% of the time, Lego HeroFactory/Bionicle sells by auction, so there is never a definite price.
And there is always some lunatic that pushes the price way too high.
@@Mate397 That's pretty much with any auction, I don't even bother with them.
@@Mate397Yeah. Morons who think their shit is worth a fortune, but in reality, $40 at most
With auctions you always want to decide on the maximum price you'd be willing to go to for the items, then place the bid or wait till the end and place it. Never get into bidding wars and don't excede what your original target was.
Somewhere in New York there a place called empire bricks that sell the sets brand new for great prices.
Damn I just leave New York a few hours ago ;(
7:17 Ayy, nice to hear my country (Malaysia) being mentioned. I didn't know of any of these independent physical Lego stores that sell Bionicle stuff, but I'm gonna have a look now. Thanks for this very useful video, Cossy!
Dude, same, just got into the hobby and I depend so much on shopee and carousell
Yeah, barter and haggle, I found this 2kg of HF pieces (mainly 1.0 to 3.0 (with 2010 Takanuva)) a while ago, was for 100 Euros, then got lowered to 90, and then a while later I still didn't buy it and it was for 69 Euros! That is an absolute steal, and so, told my dad about it, asked him to order it for me (I don't have a credit card) and get this, he actually tried to get it for basically half price, I think it was 35 (he told me afterwards), so of course, didn't happen, the guy lowered it to 60, and holy cow my dad does NOT understand the values of these things (like, 70 is already amazing, even IF you basically can't complete any of the included sets, and you don't get masks of certain characters whose pieces are clearly there (and the main ones that sting are Preston Stormer (1.0), Nex 3.0, Fire Lord and Drilldozer (I love both of these last two, Stormer too, and Nex is the only hero I don't have (there was also his Breakout torso there (but no mask), sooo))
but it was ABSOLUTLELY worth it, I mainly had sets from 3.0 (only two) and up, so it's all new, all very cool, big fan of the 2.0 heroes' heads, got Corroders' and Xplodes', Waspixs' masks, a TON of weapons and things, an extra spring loaded cannon, with FOUR projectiles (only ever had one and lost it a long time ago), a BUNCH of pieces in colours I never had, like red, orange and yellow feet, gun metal armour, and I could go on and on, it's great (and for 60! Hot. DANG!)
I live in Luxembourg and every time I go to yards/garage sales in Germany I find people selling bionicles.
Germany/Denmark and most of Europe seem to always have good LEGO deals and items on sale, it's just a great place for it
As an Aussie who lives in the land of costly shipping, (like most Aussies,) when I buy internationally what I normally do is buy in bulk or in lots. for example on my latest bricklink order i was looking at this reasonably priced Galidor figure, but the seller was from the Netherlands, which meant meant shipping was going to be anywhere from 20-45 AUD at least, so I bought multiple Items from the seller ranging from galidor, bioincle and Chima, and combined the shipping into one package because when you're already paying 220 for a lot 40 bucks shipping doesn't seem like much.
Don't try this on ebay, ebay doesn't combine shipping half the time.
Yeah fair, I've done similar stuff too
i was thinking about how i can buy a bionicle yesterday and then you upload this today this is so unreal
I'd also reccomend searching for hero factory at the same time as many bundles or lots contain both franchises + some people get them mixed up
Finally a video i really need, also living in Oceania, the struggle is REAL
I've been on a serious nostalgia trip thanks in no small part to your videos, so this is a real wealth of knowledge I appreciate you offering. A few of the places in Florida seem to be a bit farther out for me, and I think I just miss the luxury of going to the official lego store they had in Disney world to pick out new Bionicle sets, but I'm definitely gonna keep my eyes on some of these places!
Just went to a neighborhood yard sale, used to be they would have Bionicle on the regular, now it's very rare.
So... in one of the pictures was toa mata nui with his mask for only 125..
Yeah, one of the best deals I've ever seen for that set, I talk about where that was a bit in this video: ua-cam.com/video/f5dn-7cvuhM/v-deo.html&t
Me and my friends are actually going to Orlando brick co next month lol I’m going for the bionicle obviously
I bought a hero factory drop ship recently for a really good price! I am loving it!
dont forget vinted, thats my go to
orlando brick co is a tad expensive right now but i hope it gets better
The best deal I ever made on Bionicle was this big bag containing 12kg of Bionicle for 50 euro
Heck yeah!
really useful video!
yooooooooo thanks bro you made the vid i recommended thank you so much
I've spent entire days researching this subject in the past and come up empty. Mainly due to budget constraints. So thank you so so much for this video. It's exactly what I and possibly many others have been looking for!
I started remembering all of these and I think I had a master? It was either green or white. I loved those so much😭 I think I even had a bad guy or something
I have found some Lego Hero Factory figures at some of my local Toy Shows, I buy Lego Bioncles figures and parts from people that have them already
I came across a nice matoran for like 2 bucks at a gypsy flee market in Eastern Europe had all the pieces too, was so happy that day 😁
i once picked up a bag of old toys from a yard sale and found a white bionical enemy (it was one of the round ones that rolled) and it is the oldest bionical i own and i got it for 5$
An Orlando Brick Co you say? It's in hecking Longwood?! False advertising mate... Actually that's not too bad, it's about the same distance as the theme parks, just in the opposite direction, but when am I ever going that way?
Also best way I've acquired pieces is just being known as the LEGO guy. People have just flat out given me their collections, not even asking for money. I've gotten a few pretty neat finds that way.
7:10 and in Brazil ? 😢 More especifically, in Belém do Pará ? 😢😢😢
really helpfull
Bricks and Minifigs is a great store to visit, but they certainly do their research when it comes to pricing. Still there are deals to be found. The one time I went there, I got the LEGO Ideas Caterham 7 set for $40, half its original price, which was great because I always wanted one of the large scale car sets but they were too expensive. Bricklink is also something I have to limit my time on because there's always some weird obscure set or pieces I want to buy lol.
I live in a small town in indiana so i do not see much.
My mom knows how much I love bionicle (and hero factory) so every year on my birthday and on Christmas, she'll buy me a couple of bionicle and hero factory sets, but she won't tell me how she gets them.🤔
there is some on Amazon one is pretty decent and the other is by lego so💀and face book market place where I live has some good deals I bought it for $40 use and every thing came to 325.00 use (it was 2.5 lbs)
I got a ton of bionicle from a charity shop for £25 was what got me into the hobby again
I just found on lego pick a brick , technic pin axle (without friction) in gunmetal gray, it would be wery usefull in swoping blue ones on meny bionicle sets like titan takanuva, but no one is talking about this. Mayby tou guys know something about this
Mine has a bucket of bonkles, and also a fan moc display case!
I ordered a bulk lot off amazon but it hasn’t shown up yet
There on amazon now.
I have a reselling Lego store I get all my parts from
I built my Axonn figure from multiple bricklink orders
The axes alone were 5$ each
I buy from eBay usually
03:56 04:43 i myself several years ago have found and bought Bionicle and even Hero Factory At Goodwill and a Antique store too #ThriftStores
Can we get Bricks and Minifigs in South Africa? Please...😫
I got the witch doctor set for £7 at a charity shop
They arent broken? Their plastic was maden so long ago?
Bionicle is surprisingly robust for what it is, 2008 and later joints have some issues but I've had early break too.
My wallet does not like this video, lol
Nah Amazon is crazy selling set of bionic Les and hero factory for 100 to almost 250 dollars
#Bionicle #LEGO
Me:crying in Greece
All this information was obvious.
Bro who putting custom masks on a mousepad like that 😭🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️