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by cainxinth 1834 days ago
This is my problem. I very badly want to build some of these (particularly the Saturn V and some of those huge Technic supercar models), but I really don't need another tchotchke collecting dust on a shelf.
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In Germany we have two companies that will send you a set (or 3, depending on plan) every month. It's like the old Netflix DVD model. Each sets gets washed, they added extra pieces and there's insurance for loosing pieces. (https://www.bauduu.de/)
That’s a brilliant idea! Is there something like this in the US? How has your experience been using it?
LEGO is vastly more popular in Europe than in the US.
I believe there was a US based company doing it at one point but they went out of business.
I believe those are all "recurring purchases", so your collection accumulates, where the European one upthread is "loaned and then returned", so you get the joy of building without the storage problems.
Have children. Then you get to buy as many Lego sets as you want, but they're really for them... honest.

The Saturn V set is excellent, BTW.

I has nice building techniques, but unfortunately, it's all hidden behind a rather sparse exterior and doesn't look very exciting at first glance.

The playing features are cool (several stages that can be separated and put back together), but way too fragile to actually have children play with it.

It's a very fine display model, though. I've put it on a bureau right when you enter my apartment.

The ISS is superb, too (and rather cheap), but the new Space Shuttle was where I eventually drew the line. My pocketbook is very thankful for that.

I just ordered the Space Shuttle (with model Hubble telescope). It's totally for my kid... really.
My oldest, 3.5ish, is just starting to get into the little LEGO sets. To say I’m not beyond excited to uh… buy more kits for “him” would be a huge lie.
Any kid I'm sure will gladly accept a pre-built Lego set once you're tired of looking at it. Many adults would too.
Buy - build - sell.

Used in box sells quite well - especially if you sell after they’ve gone from store shelves. eBay or BrickLink.

What do people usually do, just break it down and put all the bricks in one bag? I feel like it'd take even longer to do that than put it together...and then to put it back together when you have to sort through thousands of pieces?
Usually, yes. Most people just dump all the pieces out anyway when building.

It’s actually not as bad as it seems especially if you have space to spread out and roughly sort while working (special memory works well).