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Something that I came up with during the pandemic was to buy, build, and then resell full kits in basically new condition on a site called Bricklink. It’s like eBay for LEGO only, with an insane number of filtering options and seller base (FFS I found kits for sale I played with as a kid lol).

Doesn’t quite work out to “free” and it’s a bit of a hassle, but it solves that problem for me of wanting to enjoy a big involved build, but being a (boringly) sane adult who can’t justify spending hundreds of dollars on tiny plastic (magnificently designed, engineered, and mfg’ed) bricks.

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Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That is pretty fucking sick

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EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
There are also few sites that let you rent the different sets. My brother’s used NetBricks and it sounded like it could be another option if the buying/selling thing makes it too much.

From what he told me is you pick a set/s online, the kit comes in the mail, build and enjoy it for a bit, then you would tear it down completely when you are bored of it, stuff all of it in a special zip lock bag and send it back for your next set. He told me they go over all the returned pieces to look for damaged/missing parts, “sanitize” (probably just wash them) them, and repackage them for the next renter.

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- Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Oh hell yeah! I had a feeling something like this might exist. I’ll have to give it a try, thanks!
  
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grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This is awesome! Thanks for the link!

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wizzim@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
When you resell, do you generally do a profit on it ?

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- Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Well, no, there’s a ton of sellers. If you want it to actually sell, you take a bit of a loss. Think of it like an annoyingly involved rental program.
  
  I think some kits can get more expensive than retail due to rarity or something, but I wasn’t looking at any of that, just wanted an affordable way to build some cool kits.
  
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  - wizzim@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Understood. But it’s a cool idea, I’ve always preferred building the model than play with it 🙂
    
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