Posted on 12/29/2021 5:47:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
If the pandemic’s been good for anything, it’s Legos. With people spending more time at home, the pandemic has led to a buying boom for the building bricks. David Hall, a Virginia-based collector, told The Post that, in May 2020, he sold a “Star Wars” Republic Dropship — which originally bought in 2010 for $250 — for $1,250.
“Hype and nostalgia play into how much you can get for reselling old sets,” Hall told The Post. “The biggest drive is when adult fans want to maybe get that expensive set they never got as a kid.”
In fact, discontinued Legos appreciate faster in value than gold, stocks or bonds, according to a recent study from Moscow’s Higher School of Economics. The researchers found that, between 1987 and 2015, the 2,322 Lego sets they tracked appreciated in value 11 percent annually — and proved resistant to drops in the stock market. They increased in value during the 2008 recession as well as the pandemic.
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Lego Claymores ?
And we drank from garden hoses!
followed closely by Barbie high heels etc
OMG !!! Getto Koolaid Yummy.
Oohho Kinky 👀
I gave Lego key chains...Star Wars and super heroes...range in age from 11 to 23.
They LOVED them.
The range is my family members...not the Star Wars/heroes.
For Christmas!
We rode our bikes behind the city/county mosquito fogging (DDT) machines and didn’t use seatbelts. Somehow we survived!
We did the same thing in Houston with the Skeeter Fogger.
In NJ we were waiting with Brooms, Shovels, Scrapers of any kind for the Cinder Truck to come down the street.
My street was the best for Sledding because it’s the steepest angle. The Parents disliked Us Sledding on that road since at the bottom of it was a busy 4 lane road. Something about not getting stopped in time but we were young and indestructible (at least in our minds)
We all “bounced better” when we were young; now, not so much.
ever stepped on one at 3am?
Man, You got that right !
Can’t say that I did and I’ll definitely try to avoid it.
That is foolish.
Leggo separates those who can think from those either not able or just lazy.
The full finished articles allow tearing down. Not much thought.
When dissembled, a thinking kid can make all kinds of orher stuff his mind can conceive. This conception process is important to intellectual growth.
Many, perhaps most lack the mental capacity
I thought Legos were born binary...?
How could you tell Trans-legos?
How would gay legos fit together?
Stupid, uncalled for reply that had nothing to do with my comment
Happy New Year anyway
In bare feet
Grrrrrr
100%
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