All Sorted Ep 18: LEGO Investing
|On an enriching episode of All Sorted, Jeff and James:
Find out why we should have been hoarding unopened boxes of LEGO in a sealed vault:
- On average Lego sets have increased in value 12 per cent each year since the turn of the Millennium. (via The London Telegraph)
Look at some amazing resale on some classic sets:
See if the LEGO market is a bubble that is about to burst:
- Collectible markets are volatile
- LEGO is producing a lot of sets for a lot of markets (over 5.2million bricks per hour = over 17,000 sets per hour (based on avg 300pc sets)
Finally, we wish everyone choosing to invest in LEGO the best of luck. At the very least, even if your investments don’t pan out, you’ll still be left with boxes of the best toy ever made, and that’s better than playing the market.
2 Comments
Hello. I came across your podcast about a week ago and have been binge listening episodes. I really liked this episode, being 41 y/o I also lived through the rise and fall of the baseball card market and remember getting burned on a lot of cards as a kid. That last five years I have been buying Lego from my local Walmarts once they start putting them on clearance. Then sell them for enough profit to cover a set for my son an I to keep and put together. I live in a very small town in Alabama and our Walmart will mark a bunch of sets 75% off and below, thats when I start to buy them. But I’m way to scared to buy full priced sets aimed towards AFOLS to invest, I just like flipping for a quick profit to feed the Lego habit.
Anyway, Love the show!!
Nice tip for any LEGO loving listeners in Alabama! Thanks for the kind words, we’ve enjoyed hearing how many people our age are in the exact same circumstances – kids have a great way of getting us back into the important hobbies!