Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Elkenwood  | | Posted: | Sep 23, 2023 19:45 | | Subject: | Looking For Clone Building Event Box | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| Looking for the 2002 Clone Building Event Box.
Don't need the figures or all of the figures, mainly just looking for a nice
condition box.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Jul 13, 2023 20:40 | | Subject: | Number of polybags in 7140 X-Wing? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| | Does anyone know the number of sealed polybags in set 7140 X Wing fighter? |
| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2023 02:34 | | Subject: | Shipping Options Out of Canada Overseas | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
| Any other Canadians unable to provide decent rates to overseas buyers?
If I want to sell something to the EU, my only two options through Canadapost
are surface which is around $100CAD for a mid-size box or xpresspost air which
is around $160CAD for that same box.
That seems insane. And it's the cheapest service I can find out of Canada.
Smaller boxes have more affordable rates, but include no tracking or insurance.
Surface options also take 4-12 weeks without update on tracking which will void
the purchase as lost by payment vendors. So I'm stuck with quoting a buyer
$160 to ship a box to Germany.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Mar 27, 2023 19:17 | | Subject: | Re: LEGO Shop at Home Strikes again | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, thecueshop writes:
| | IF LEGO had to ship to the standards that we do as sellers, they would be out
of business.
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I complained to customer service when my Castle in the Forest arrived in similar
shape and they sent me some VIP points. Lego used to use lots of bubble cushions
in boxes and for some reason switched to throwing in a single piece of brown
paper...
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2023 00:26 | | Subject: | Selling Unique Misprinted Baseplate | | Viewed: | 143 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| I have a really neat vintage part for sale.
Not only is it missing a part of it's print on the top, but it was wrongly
applied to the bottom of the piece!
Piece is in nice condition. Not yellowed or cracked as many of these vintage
raised baseplates often get. A really unique piece to add to a vintage collection.
Added it to my store.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2023 22:49 | | Subject: | Re: Was I sent fake Lego? | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, UTLF writes:
| | | | Is this a case of factory variation, brittle brown
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Unfortunately, yes - reddish brown heads are known to break around the neck area,
I've also seen this happen to heads in other colours
Highly doubt it, usually fakes target licensed stuff, there's not much money
to be made "faking" the generic smile heads 
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Something just feels very off about the pieces past the brittleness. Mold lines,
texture, color, print... all off. Left looks like every one I got, right is the
piece I already owned.
If it is Lego, I assume they're factory rejects or "decomposed" piece.
I also just assumed brittle brown was mostly an issue going into the late 2000s
to mid 2010s, didn't realize parts were having issues from 2006.
Just seems to be an odd combination of factors on this piece.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2023 22:19 | | Subject: | Was I sent fake Lego? | | Viewed: | 257 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| I recently ordered a couple brown classic smiley faces from a Bricklink seller
with around 10k feedback and a very good reputation. Out of the 8 heads sent,
3 arrived broken. I thought this was just a case of the parcel being squished
in transit, but on closer inspection, the heads don't look right. The texture
of the plastic feels off and the print looks thin. It almost looks like there
are little lines running through the heads.
First picture is the breaks in the 3 heads, second picture is a comparison between
the ones I ordered and one I had. The head on the body is official Lego since
I pulled it from a set. If I didn't have a direct comparison, I would have
probably overlooked the differences.
Is this a case of factory variation, brittle brown or just fake product?
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2023 23:11 | | Subject: | Re: Rare Mis Mould? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
| | Hey all just found this minifgure and bought it. Just wondering if the bent antenna
on his head is rare? I know it’s bent but there are no stress marks or anything
to suggest the bend is intentional.
It is hard plastic so not flexible or anything.
How much is this worth? Is it rare?
The Cute Giraffe
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Typically the manufacturing errors that are valuable are things you can't
recreate and that are without a benefit of a doubt, a factory error. Stuff like
short shots, doubled/misplaced prints and marbling.
This would be hard to prove as a legitimate error since injection molding cannot
cause something to be a different shape entirely. If that error did happen in
factory, it's possible that the piece was popped out of it's mold while
still warm and ended up like that. But then again, anyone could recreate that
error with heat on a regular piece.
It's not a particularly desirable figure either, so I reckon it's not
worth a whole lot. Still a cool novelty if you believe it's legitimate!
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2023 17:04 | | Subject: | Re: (RAREST SET) The Ultimate Battle for Chima | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
| In Price Guide, TheChimaChannel writes:
| | I own this set after a long time of searching for it.
what do you guys think its worth? how much would you buy it for?
post it in the description.
if you want to know how i got it just ask 
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Is this the lowest production run set ever?
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2023 03:19 | | Subject: | Re: Shipping to Canada - Why so steep? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
| In Shipping, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Shipping, legomalego writes:
| | The high shipping is only half the problem. Toss in the extremely low threshold
($20) for import value before taxes duties and service charges are added and
it's amazing any Canadian would purchase outside of our borders.
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Yup and then with tax if they do it all normally after fees in some provinces
for that $20
Order
You end up paying
$20 (product)
$15 (shipping)
$10 (service fee for them finding out how much tax you owe)
$3 (up to 15% tax depending on province)
So a $20 purchase ends up costing almost $50 which makes it not feasible
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In Shipping, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I have a buyer cancel a purchase because shipping is so expensive to Canada.
I'm fully with him, so much NAFTA. I used PirateShip and the cheapest was
still too high. ANyone knows of an alternative?
It looks like shipping rates are inflated to 'precisely' limit trade
... Conspiracy Theory ???
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The 75 cents on the dollar exchange rate and exchange rate fees don't help
too. Buying anything online has become death by a million cuts.
Shipping rates are atrocious though. Just spend $30CAD to ship a 5 inch x 7 inch
x 2 inch box to Texas via expedited. Feel bad charging buyers that amount and
try to eat as much of it as possible reusing boxes / materials, taking a few
dollars off, etc when possible.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Jan 8, 2023 19:22 | | Subject: | Re: Life on Mars? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Sales, popsicle writes:
| | After some reveals by rovers, the consensus seems to be that if not present today,
there once perhaps was. Besides being such a weighty question, it’s also a fantastic
LEGO theme
Curious how the LEGO marketers landed on the character name, Mizar? Arabic in
origin, meaning cloak or cover, also what the double star whose binary companion
is Alcor in the Ursa Major constellation, is dubbed?
https://store.bricklink.com/popsicle&itemID=329472600
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Why did Lego ever get rid of sand purple? One of the best colors ever.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2022 16:24 | | Subject: | Re: Boba Fett sw0107 Graded 93.3 Sealed Value? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, liger99 writes:
| | Hi All - I sent in one of my Boba Fetts for grading as a test case and just received
it back. The few that I have sold were always questioned if it was authentic,
so I decided to try grading. It graded at 90+ (93.3), which I'm happy with
as the helmet is a little off.
I'm unsure if I'm going to sell it, but I'm curious about the value
now. Any thoughts on the list price if I was to list it? I also have Cloud
City Lando (92.1) and Luke (93.8).
Thanks, Liger99
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I'm wondering if this will actually preserve the figure.
Generally it's better to store with hips off since side cracking usually
forms from pressure of the legs being pressed onto the torso.
Shouldn't be an issue, but abs plastic does off-gas as well, many years after
production. Though I've personally had no issue with parts sealed in air-tight
bags for decades.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Nov 26, 2022 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: OK to quit old job? | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Working in a retail location that sells Lego in
which you get an employee discount and are also the first to see deals is ideal.
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I'd check that you are allowed to sell any products bought using an employee
discount. Often you are not, because there is an incentive to tell customers
not to buy something in store but instead meet you in the carpark for a discount.
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Depends on the employee discount agreement. If you're parting out sets, you're
modifying them from their original form and offering a service. That said, it
can definitely be a grey area.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Nov 26, 2022 02:52 | | Subject: | Re: OK to quit old job? | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, legoranger00 writes:
| | I want to quit my old job so I can work on Bricklink full time. I opened my store
4 months ago. I’ve made 25 sales. I’ve sold 3073 items in 642 lots. I’ve made
$245.29. I’m sure it’s OK for me to quit now. I have a lot of motivation to be
a great seller on Bricklink. I want my family to support my decision on quitting
my old job.
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If you want to go full time, I'd suggest starting out by finding a job that'll
help support your ambitions. Working in a retail location that sells Lego in
which you get an employee discount and are also the first to see deals is ideal.
Working at the post office is also a good gig since shipping is a fortune now.
Very few people make a living selling used pieces. Generally the only way to
make it as a big time seller is buying multiple of a set with a good part out
value and having BL automatically part it out into your shop for you. The job
is just breaking down and storing bulk sets. Right now you're getting a lot
of low value orders which tends to happen to shops with small inventories and
a lack of bulk parts. Time, space and attracting high quantity orders is the
key. That's usually achieved through mass, automatic inventory uploads, i.e.
buying 10 AT-TE's on clearance and parting them all out at once.
Initial investment is high since you need a ton of storage drawers, a lot of
room, pre-purchased sets, etc. But the key is to have a lot of one thing.
Base cost of living in the US is around ~30k a year. So in BL sales alone, you'll
likely be having to sell around 60-70k a year in gross sales. Which means around
180k parts in a 4 month period, not 3k.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Nov 13, 2022 14:14 | | Subject: | Re: Boba Fett helmet x50px1 missprint? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In Suggestions, uwjedi writes:
| | Just wondering if anyone has seen this or something like this before? I do
not believe it is fake as it has the exact same details and number on the inside
as my others. The only difference is the dark brown printing missing on the
one side. I do not see any like this with a simple google search.
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Looks genuine. Lego used to do these helmets one side at a time, which is why
first renditions of clones, stormtroopers, etc are always a little misaligned
side by side and rarely perfect.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2022 22:58 | | Subject: | Re: What is your favorite Minifigure and why? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, LEGOfan1138 writes:
| | Just curious to see what your favorite Minifigure is and why. I’ll start: Cloud
City Boba Fett (because he was ahead of his time), original Jango Fett ( because
I just love that violet color and the OG Mandalorian helmet mold, and the OG
Greedo (as a kid this was my favorite figure). Very excited to hear everyone
else’s favorites! Say more than one if you do so desire!
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I'm not a huge CMF fan, but this one really knocked it out the park.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Nov 7, 2022 23:03 | | Subject: | Re: What is your most rare LEGO item? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, ImperialFleet writes:
| | Ik, its crazy. Thats really cool, is it sealed?
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Nope. Built once by original owner. Which is a good thing, since I do plan on
building and displaying it once I have a bigger space, and there's no hang
up on breaking the seal on it.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Nov 7, 2022 15:43 | | Subject: | Re: What is your most rare LEGO item? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, ImperialFleet writes:
| | I thought it would be cool to find out
Mine is a sealed 1095, which I cannot find sealed anywhere. And I mean rare,
not expensive, though it can be expensive!
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Not an official Lego item per-say, but I own the second Brickmania kit ever made.
10 were made, one was bought by a Lego exec that turned it into the first fan
designed set ever, the 3739 Blacksmith Shop.
Most of the other "rare" items I have are unopened vintage sets from roughly
the late 80s to early 2000s, of which I looked and there's at least 1
or 2 of them for sale somewhere on the internet. But geez, have prices ever skyrocketed
on stuff like that the last couple years. Sets that used to be around $300 just
a few years back are now pushing $1000.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2022 20:05 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
| In Taxes, Nubs_Select writes:
| | Cant blame you but as someone who has to remit taxes in chunks I cant
wait for bricklink to take over so I can stop it (on a side note has anyone heard
from brickowl about this since they are often good an saying when new updates
are made in regards to seller stuff)
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As someone who sells things not necessarily for profit, but just to cycle things
through their collection, I'm a bit peeved. Used items sold through two private
parties that aren't businesses shouldn't be taxed goods. The item had
it's taxes paid when it was sold via retail.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Sep 11, 2022 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Need advice on minifigure condition | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, TravelBound writes:
| | I am sorting through minifigures from the 1990's - early 2000's.
I am finding that there are a many of figures with lines on the sides between
under arm and bottom of torso or part way down. Are these technically cracks
or stress marks? Is there a side seem on torsos of this age?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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That can either be a crack or a mold line.
Torsos crack on the side partly because that's where the plastic meets itself
in the mold and binds together. Looking at the bottom of the torso should show
if it has cracked through the plastic, or is simply a manufacturing blemish.
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