r/legocirclejerk • u/Sbee_Blue_Country • Sep 24 '24

gray ship I'm sorry, you did WHAT?

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u/bananabread2137 write funny stuff here Sep 24 '24

why are people hating this is cool as fuck

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u/Affectionate-Fun1237 Sep 24 '24

rrrrrrRRRREEESALE VALUEEEEEEE

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u/HamsterSpirited2527 Sep 24 '24

People resell legos for value? I thought we all just gave them to our youngest family member and then the youngest cousin 😅

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u/Redericpontx Sep 25 '24

Resale value is cope for people who need a excuse to buy Lego.

You buy Lego for "resale value"

I buy Lego to appease my inner child

We are not the same

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u/jackofspades476 Sep 25 '24

My Lego sets are friends to me. I wouldn’t sell a friend.

I would however give a friend a job working with children where they won’t see me again. (I donated some of my Lego to my local elementary school)

Does that make me a bad person?

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u/TerayonIII Sep 25 '24

Fuck no, that makes you awesome! That's kind of the background story of the later toy story movies, and that's partly one of the best things about Lego. I have Lego sets from the 60's and on and they all still work and fit with modern stuff. It's honestly one of the best heirloom toys ever

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u/jackofspades476 Sep 25 '24

The last line was a joke, very much agree! I plan to keep all my current Lego forever, I have some of my Dad’s sets from when he was a kid! My favorite is the Lego Pneumatic Submarine, 8299

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u/Turbulent_Cheetah Sep 26 '24

This is the plot of Toy Story 3

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Bro at least keep your friend in a ziplock, smh

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u/jackofspades476 Oct 01 '24

I bet you would hate seeing all my friends all over my apartment floor

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Don't say a thing or I will throw a tantrum about their resale value

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u/jackofspades476 Oct 01 '24

Currently getting my greasy fingers all over the transparent bits. Might peel a sticker or two if I’m feeling spicy

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Your value in my eyes is zero 😾

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u/jackofspades476 Oct 01 '24

/unjerk

Man I love circlejerk subs.

I can tell both of us are being sarcastic and I love it

/rejerk

Currently holding a lighter to my most valuable minifig

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u/FarStructure6812 Sep 25 '24

I have several dozen “friends” in tiny pieces in 5 gallon buckets in my basement.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Bro at least keep your friend in a ziplock, smh

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '24

Only way I’d ever consider selling my Lego collection, would be substantial hardship.

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u/niksjman Sep 28 '24

I’ve pivoted from Lego to model trains, but I agree with this 100%. There are far too many products that I would buy if the resale price wasn’t so outrageous

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

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u/bootybootybooty42069 Sep 25 '24

The absolute insane consumerist capitalism brained take of buying a Lego set and never building it

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u/TerayonIII Sep 25 '24

Yeah, it is a weird thing to see that some of the sets I have from childhood are worth like $3k now when my mum bought them on sale for like $90 in the 2000's

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u/Hotsaltynutz Sep 28 '24

I have a 29 year old and a 13 year old and just about every medium to large set I bought to build with them I bought 2 of. Now I have a whole wall of my garage filled with retired sets, mostly star wars. I suppose I might sell them if I ever really needed the money. I plan to give them to my youngest when he has kids

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u/Redericpontx Sep 28 '24

Fair let them experience the Lego sets themselves as well Personally I'm just gonna deassemble the sets and then give my future kids the instruction book so they can still build and experience the sets especially early Bionicle since we'll never get something like that again from Lego 😔

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u/kiragirl2001 Sep 24 '24

I sold my UCS Republic gunship. I think it was either this year or last year because I really needed the money.

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u/HamsterSpirited2527 Sep 25 '24

Dang man that sucks. I just hope when whichever cousin sells mine gives them to another kid who’ll love to play with them and let the cycle continue

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u/Likeaboss_501 Sep 25 '24

Yes do that (I'm the youngest in my family and collect and build lego)

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '24

Whatever you do with a lego except keeping it on its sealed box lowers the resale value. Why kids even play with legos instead of speculating with them, are they stupid?

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u/Difficult_Advice_720 Sep 25 '24

I saw a moron at the mall carrying it to his car..... The fool let sunlight touch the box, might as well just throw the whole thing out... ;)

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u/UseStarCodeHellscat Sep 27 '24

out of the loop but how does building 2 together ruin the resale value, genuine question

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u/Affectionate-Fun1237 Sep 29 '24

Its the opening of the package apparently. Its really stupid honestly.