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em-beeyesterday at 8:47 PM3 repliesview on HN

putting aside that this deal went sour, which is very frustrating, i am curious how much they actually spent to buy all that lego, and how much they gained, if anything, over just directly saving the money.


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praseodymyesterday at 9:35 PM

The screenshot of the Facebook post says they purchased the sets for approximately $20,000.

benayesterday at 9:09 PM

Cloud City 10123 is 698 pieces. That would've retailed for around $70-$90 new.

It is worth roughly $10,000 sealed in box.

I have some of the original Lego Star Wars sets. All opened and built and etc.

Including this one which I purchased for like $5 or $10

https://www.ebay.com/itm/198386156944

I also have the only Deadpool figure Lego ever put in a set that goes for $75 or $100 by itself. It was in a $20 set.

So the amount they spent could be somewhere in the thousands, but probably below $100,000.

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qingcharlestoday at 12:08 AM

Lego can be way better than stocks as an investment.

I remember buying one Millennium Falcon set for $250 on sale and then a couple of years later offloading it on eBay for $10K.

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