Darth_Ewok Posted June 9, 2005 Posted June 9, 2005 Has anyone ever tried to buy the instructions for a set, then buy all the peices individually from bricklink? it would take awhile to get it together, but you just might save some money. whaddaya think?
eDeevo Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 I have tried this with a few sets, and it seems that the only way you can really save money by doing it that way is if you already have a majority of the parts & you are just trying to get a few that are either rare, or ones you just need to complete it... I am also currently doing it this way for a few PIrate sets, so I will let you know if I succeed ;) Life is Good.
Darth_Ewok Posted June 10, 2005 Author Posted June 10, 2005 I have the instructions for the At-Te and some of the pieces, i'm going to see if I can get the rest on bricklink
CopMike Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 I recently picked up 3 sets of 7126 Battle Droid Carrier, http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7126-1, by buying the pieces. Without the droids though it came to $13 ;)
Governor Mister Phes Posted June 10, 2005 Governor Posted June 10, 2005 Has anyone ever tried to buy the instructions for a set, then buy all the peices individually from bricklink?it would take awhile to get it together, but you just might save some money. whaddaya think? My LEGO dealer does that with Pirate sets. He buys in bulk from eBay and BrickLink then replicates sets to auction on eBay.
eDeevo Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 I recently picked up 3 sets of 7126 Battle Droid Carrier, http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7126-1, by buying the pieces. Without the droids though it came to $13 ;) I'll bet the tan radar dishes & the front (printed) piece cost you the most ;) Life is Good.
snefroe Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 it seems a guy from australia buys his parts and instructions for the old sets at bricklink. many of the old sets were never released there, so it seems... that was the only way to complete his collection... still, must be expensive... especially the rare parts...
chewie Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 i have done this too i did not actually do it for a lego set but i found instructions to make a ww2 german panther tank made by Daniel Siskind so i had to then find all the blocks off of bricklink
Orlego Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 Has anyone ever tried to buy the instructions for a set, then buy all the peices individually from bricklink?it would take awhile to get it together, but you just might save some money. whaddaya think? I have done this before, however, most sets have a few parts that are expensive and you end up spending more. I also have found that the cheapest Bricklink shops have higher minimum order. This is ok if you want to build several sets, but if I need only $10 worth of parts and the minimum is $30, I'm forced to buy more. I could go to a more expensive shop where there is no min. order but then I would probably spend $2-$5 more for the same $10 bag of parts I could have received from the cheap shop. Now I would be just wasting my money and driving myself crazy over it. I will then go back to the cheap shop and order the $10 worth I need and spend $20 more on parts that I think I will need in the future (and I'm usually wrong).
Governor Mister Phes Posted June 12, 2005 Governor Posted June 12, 2005 it seems a guy from australia buys his parts and instructions for the old sets at bricklink. many of the old sets were never released there, so it seems... that was the only way to complete his collection...still, must be expensive... especially the rare parts... Yeah, that's my LEGO dealer. Conveniently he lives near me and he lets me come and pick the sets up so I save heaps on postage! Check out some of his current auctions LEGO Pirate 6281 Pirates Perilous Pitfall LEGO Pirate 6250 Crossbone Clipper LEGO Pirate island 6279 Skull Island LEGO Pirate ship 6268 Renegade Runner I got all those sans Renegade Runner from him... You should his place dudes... LEGO all over EVERYTHING!
Norro Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 it seems a guy from australia buys his parts and instructions for the old sets at bricklink. many of the old sets were never released there, so it seems... that was the only way to complete his collection...still, must be expensive... especially the rare parts... Yeah, that's my LEGO dealer. Conveniently he lives near me and he lets me come and pick the sets up so I save heaps on postage! Check out some of his current auctions LEGO Pirate 6281 Pirates Perilous Pitfall LEGO Pirate 6250 Crossbone Clipper LEGO Pirate island 6279 Skull Island LEGO Pirate ship 6268 Renegade Runner I got all those sans Renegade Runner from him... You should his place dudes... LEGO all over EVERYTHING! I suppose you wouldn't mind 'picking up' any fellow eurobricks member's order either? ;) ;) ;) God Bless, Nathan
Governor Mister Phes Posted June 12, 2005 Governor Posted June 12, 2005 Picking up is no problem whatsoever. However, the same problem of having them transported to you would still exist I'm affraid. Unless of course you don't mind me holding onto them until further notice!
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