dr_spock Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 I think you're treating cost of LEGO like a car. At the rate my automobile is depreciating, it could be practically FREE to whoever buys it, the longer I hang on to it before selling it. If you want to recover the cost you originally spent on said LEGO, you'll have to sell it or rent it out. Quote
roppie11 Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 Well, maybe you should look at fun per piece. i have 42009 as well, and i have also built both models, but then when im "mocing" i use the same parts again and i could not complete a moc (not that i ever do) witout that one specific piece. Then the set is even more worth its price. Quote
splatman Posted July 6, 2016 Posted July 6, 2016 Good luck selling that to your wife or husband or friends or family! I couldn't even sell my idea. Andy D Good thing I buy LEGO entirely on my own terms. No one in my family so far knows about the splurges I reported here, nor about the set I bought today. I doubt they will see this site. They have their own interests. Quote
Andy D Posted July 6, 2016 Author Posted July 6, 2016 I think you're treating cost of LEGO like a car. At the rate my automobile is depreciating, it could be practically FREE to whoever buys it, the longer I hang on to it before selling it. If you want to recover the cost you originally spent on said LEGO, you'll have to sell it or rent it out. For most of us (me included) will never recover the monetary value of their LEGO. I think you have to (as roppie 11 said), it is all about fun per piece. I look at LEGO as fun per piece. With the number of pieces most of us have... Wow! We must be having "Tons of fun", I know I am! Andy D Quote
MAB Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Please put your coffee down, reading this post may cause spewing on your computer from laughter! Really, if you want free LEGO there is something you must do, that is to assemble each set multiple times, the more times you assemble, disassemble, assmble the lower the cost. If you buy a set and leave it in the box or assemble it one time... You pay full price. If you assemble then disassemble and reassemble 2 times, you pay half price. If you assemble, disassemble 4 times you are starting to get the price down real good. But, if you want free LEGO you must assemble and disassemble 8 times before putting the pieces into your MOC inventory. I know it is a lot of work, but free stuff requires a lot of work! I have very little free LEGO (none) in fact some still in the box for years, no time, to assemble the first time, I have lots of sets that were just bought for parts, maybe assembled once, then quickly disassembled and put into my inventory. So my much of my LEGO likely costs more than full price. Tongue back in cheek... Andy D Why do you need to break things down for this to work? That is necessary if you only value building with lego and nothing else. If someone builds a set then plays with it every day without breaking it down, then they are getting more value out of a set that is built, broken down, rebuilt then boxed away. Quote
roppie11 Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Why do you need to break things down for this to work? That is necessary if you only value building with lego and nothing else. If someone builds a set then plays with it every day without breaking it down, then they are getting more value out of a set that is built, broken down, rebuilt then boxed away. sooo, basically, it is about the fun! (per piece ) Quote
Andy D Posted July 9, 2016 Author Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) Why do you need to break things down for this to work? That is necessary if you only value building with lego and nothing else. If someone builds a set then plays with it every day without breaking it down, then they are getting more value out of a set that is built, broken down, rebuilt then boxed away. For me the fun of LEGO is building. I have quite a few sets, i have assembled quite a few sets, I display very little. My last project was an 8295 from pieces I have, I never bought the set, but I enjoyed building it. My next project will be a 42009 B in greys and blacks from pieces I have. If I left everything together I would not have pieces. Much cheaper (and more fun for me) to buy sets, rather than BL everything. For me it IS all about the pieces, all about the building. I look at Lego as the ultimat reuseable art supply. Just MHO, YMMV, Andy D Edited July 9, 2016 by Andy D Quote
MAB Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 For me the fun of LEGO is building. I have quite a few sets, i have assembled quite a few sets, I display very little. My last project was an 8295 from pieces I have, I never bought the set, but I enjoyed building it. My next project will be a 42009 B in greys and blacks from pieces I have. If I left everything together I would not have pieces. Much cheaper (and more fun for me) to buy sets, rather than BL everything. For me it IS all about the pieces, all about the building. I look at Lego as the ultimat reuseable art supply. Just MHO, YMMV, Andy D And that is why it is a poor measure, as it is highly subjective. Quote
Andy D Posted July 11, 2016 Author Posted July 11, 2016 And that is why it is a poor measure, as it is highly subjective. This whole thread was meant as a humerous attempt to explain the unexplainable (our attraction to LEGO). Sorry if some took it too seriously. There was nothing meant to be serious here. Andy D Quote
TheLegoDr Posted July 16, 2016 Posted July 16, 2016 I understand the humor you were going for. I think the title is misleading in that people might actually be curious on the real cost of LEGO and know where all of the money actually goes....which I don't think LEGO has ever officially released that information, although it would be interesting to know how much of the value is in the art vs brick vs marketing vs etc, etc. Quote
Andy D Posted July 17, 2016 Author Posted July 17, 2016 I understand the humor you were going for. I think the title is misleading in that people might actually be curious on the real cost of LEGO and know where all of the money actually goes....which I don't think LEGO has ever officially released that information, although it would be interesting to know how much of the value is in the art vs brick vs marketing vs etc, etc. I was hoping people would be intrigued by the thread title, then read the first post and get a chuckle. Some folks did and they played along with it, then some folks just read the title and not much else and thought it was ridiculous. I guess, I know that one persons dry humor is not funny to someone else. I am glad some folks got a chuckle out of it, I am sorry if I irritated others, I did not mean to upset anyone. Thanks for reading, Andy D Quote
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