Topic: LEGO Sets Are Better Investments than Stocks, Bonds or Even Gold - page 2. (Read 333 times)

Some doesnt really bother on making it as an investment but rather they are just following on whats their interest in.It did just turn out that these LEGO's did really make out some significant popularity

which turns out to be beneficial to those who are dealing with it and make out some sort of masterpiece or extraordinary works from those lego sets or pieces.

Value? It does depend on the demand but recognition of LEGOs would surely remain forever even some people do say it is just a toy.

I never understood these lego or beeny baby or whatever those things are called stuff. I mean don't get me wrong, I do not want to sound like old timers who say "whAt Is NfT??" and never get the idea, I understand why something would be precious to some people but it is something that can be built, that's the weird part.

Like lego company could see each goes for over a thousand each, and produce enough that it would be 100 bucks each for thousands of products and make a killing, what stops them from doing it? I am not saying that they will, but I would be very anxious to invest into something that someone can drop the value so quickly.

I understand in which direction the article is aimed, but the market for Lego is certainly not nearly as big as the market for gold, silver, or stocks - that is, people who are interested in such things do not make up a large percentage of the world’s population. In addition, in the event of world war, natural disasters, or hyperinflation, gold and silver will always be a universal means of payment, and I would like to see how much the 1970 Lego set will be worth in that case.

Should we now consider that Lego is even better than Bitcoin?

Totally agree on this, I could store gold or silver in my pocket worth 500 dollars than a set of LEGO, which needs extra care and wait for how many years to attain what your expectation of price is. Gold and Silver has been there for us thousands of years ago, it's just hard to replace it by anything especially LEGOs.

This is a subjective matter. This won't apply to everyone because we have different tolerance to risks and we have different appetites as well. What seems good to you might not be good to others, and vice-versa. Stocks, bonds, golds, crypto, real estate, lego, and other valuable objects can be a good investment. It just depends on someone what among those will he pick and how he would hold it to preserve its value or even go beyond its value during selling time.

We are all different and we want different things too. We prioritize to buy mostly what we want right after what we need. Hence, investing in lego could be a good idea because for others because for them it holds a great price and it could be suitable for all ages, may you be a child, teenager, or adult. Another reason is that they could really be fond of seeing, playing, and collecting it too. Although to some it might appear to be useless or worthless because they don't like it and they don't see the need for it will arise in the future given the production and manufacture. So basically, it just depends on how you will choose to view and appreciate it.

Really interesting article.
I remember having LEGO as a kid,but I don't remember where did I put those LEGO toys.They are probably thrown away in the garbage.This is like throwing a laptop with your Bitcoin wallet on the hard drive.
I'm pretty sure that the company,which produced LEGO toys will find an alternative to plastics.
I'm hearing lots of news about companies producing new kinds of materials,which are more environmentally friendly and easy to recycle.Sooner or later,plastics will be replaced by a another material.


If the apocalypse happens,people won't bother exchanging anything,because they will be dead.

Could be.
With the collectible market up rising since ages one can think of LEGO as futuristic investment. However there are many cons in this investment considering the “availability” of the product on the market. It’s nothing like LEGO can not be manufactured by others or there is any sort of monopoly or patent in doing so. There is high chance of forgery since it’s widely available and can be mixed up with adulterated material easily. How would you verify a box of Lego that is opened up by kid and has missing parts too. The devaluation is at its peak.

But surely it’s something out of box. 

Pretty sure this is overexaggerating? I mean I don't deny that LEGO sets do indeed have value since some people like collecting a bunch of them, but it only has value for well, that small group type. There's only a minuscule amount of people who would be willing to spend a huge amount of money on LEGO collectibles. Plus it's kinda, well, dumb? To compare collectibles to what, stocks and bonds? Like for real? People would've bought out every LEGO set out there if it was actually true.

They're a collectible and they do not generate daily or even annual income so I don't think that LEGO are a better investment than stocks or bonds not to mention that it's difficult to find a discontinued LEGO because they don't discontinue their sets easily and at the same time, no one knows which one's going to get discontinued.

I don’t think that legos are better investments than gold or stocks. I think the author was just over exaggerating. You need to understand you have no idea which Lego set will be big in 20 years. So what are you going to do? Buy every single set that they release. They release maybe 100 new sets a year and some of these sets are expensive and extremely Large.

Where will you store these Lego boxes? Need to store it in some heated room so it doesn’t get water or moisture damage. Seems that holding gold would be much easier.

This is like one of those lucky investments where only 1 in 100 sets becomes so rare that it’s value appreciates. Either way great read.

I'm having a hard time trying to take the article seriously lmao.

Like, sure, as could any other illiquid and speculative asset such as basketball/baseball/Pokemon/MagicTheGathering cards, or rare vinyls, or limited-edition sneakers, or Kobe Bryant memorabilia, or a Rolex/Patek Philippe watch, etc etc. But it doesn't automatically mean that these are better "investments" in a risk-adjusted basis.

Which i cant really blame off with those kind of mindsets or impressions about on being a better investment because we know on how huge the influence these Lego or simply a toy over generations then we could really

say that it does really have that kind of popularity and recognition which cant really be simply be vanished out but in general sense then its incomparable for it by means of investment specially with Gold.

I wont really be crossing out gold on the best option in terms of store of value but why would need to choose if you could deal with both?

Lego is a speculative investment, while stocks and bonds can be to a high extent analyzed to predict how they will perform. Dogecoin has also outperformed stocks like Facebook or Apple, but it doesn't make it a good investment. Though I wouldn't say that Lego is a bad investment, it has huge cultural value and should be viewed as a collectible, but you can't just jump into this market without knowing anything about it, that's a sure way to lose money by making bad deals or even getting scammed.

You certainly bring up an interesting idea - that there is money to be made in Lego. However the title is misleading as it implies that every Lego set is destined to go up in value when it is not. You could easily lose money buying into lego and it comes with all sorts of costs associated with reselling such as packaging, postage and fraud that get conveniently overlooked. It could become a lucrative business for anyone who has the time and patience to hunt down bargains, but like anything it'll probably take years to make a profitable business out of this so beware before jumping in blindly. After just a little research it's clear that some sets lose substantial value over time.

It is an interesting take, however Lego sets have not passed the test of time, I understand that people can make money with collectibles and memorabilia but those markets are highly unstable and cannot be considered to be a store of value, the reason gold and silver are considered to be a store of value is because they have proven this through thousands of years, and while bitcoin is even newer than Lego bitcoin is scarce so we know it can perform the same function, while a Lego set can always be remade causing the price of that set to go down.

Seeing how many great things one can do with lego sets, I do agree that their value will have a significant increase in the future. While they may remain as kids toys on most parts of the world, their cultural influence on all ages is undeniably huge, which may even be the reason as to why there is a growing market for lego enthusiasts. They even have master builders on some areas for each stores, which goes to show how they value legos as a whole.

Oh this is actually an interesting fact! I think I watched a video on YouTube before regarding the top 10 most expensive LEGO sets and many have commented that owning legos have been an investment on their part. I think it is also due on the demand/supply on how LEGO manufactures their toys. While most people see it primarily as a toy, others see it as an investment.

Interesting, however, that the demand/supply of LEGO has been consistently been sought after by collectors. By releasing limited-edition sets and seasonal designs, its price definitely skyrocketed the market that ultimately resulted to it being regarded as an investment.

All those lost Legos that my brother tried to eat or stuff in his nose would be crying right now. I was checking the price of Legos for Christmas, the titanic one, apparently it's 500$, which made me extremely anxious regarding how fast the prices are rising and would we be able to keep up with the inflation?? This time of Legos!? It was supposed to be a present for someone and at the end I just got them a vintage camera Instead. My mum also decided to gift many if my Lego sets to other kids as well, I should be telling her regarding this now. But at the end of the day there are many cheaper alternatives available in the market as well, Legos are definitely the priciest ones but people are generally choosing the other companies as well. I do think that people who have collectibles of anything! Would make tons of profits for sure.

Plastics are polymerized organic compounds, but for the life of me I can't remember if they're still making plastic from any of the hydrocarbons found in oil.  You'd think scientists would have figured out a cheaper way to synthesize the various forms of plastic without the use of crude oil byproducts.

I don't think a Lego vs. oil price chart would tell you much, because while oil has fluctuated wildly for many years, Legos that you could buy on the shelf of your local department store probably just rose with whatever the inflation rate was at the time.  The article is talking about Legos as a collector's item, and that has nothing whatsoever to do with the price of oil.  I'm not surprised that there's a market for them among collectors, but I don't know how long that's been a thing.

No, that's what I was pointing out in my post above.  It's possible that if the plastic Legos are made of is indeed made out of oil that their price might go up a little if oil were to skyrocket, but I don't think there would be much correlation between the two things if you were to compare prices over at least a few decades.  And as jackg is also pointing out, the high price of Legos only goes for genuine Legos, because for whatever reason people want them, and they want the real thing and not some Chinese counterfeit or knockoff.

If you have a dupe and a real one you can normally tell the difference too - the real stuff sticks a lot better but the counterfeit side has a lot more variety on what they make - potentially due to the lack of testing/quality controls...


Yeah counterfeiters will do a lot to drop the prices of goods too, this'll become more common now as well.


The product will still be "authentic" but full plastic sets would become more valuable if they did replace the plastic material with something else.
Both would still be quite printable/mass producible too.