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Regarding investing in the Imperial Ship and Death Star: Although the Imperial Ship is gorgeous and incredibly impressive, LEGO will always have some version of a larger, $100-range Pirate ship available for purchase. Whether it's called Brickbeard's Bounty (Pirates 6243) or Queen Anne's Revenge (PO...

On counterpoint to cbaker's "avoid sets under $50 unless in bulk" claim. For the most part, sets under $40 will (at best) double in price over a period of time. However, no need only look to Indiana Jones and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire sets to see how far $50 (even at retail) will...

I think you may have only implied very important point: space considerations. The bigger the set, the more space you'll need to store something. Most sets do not soar immediately after their discontinuation. Sometimes, you will have to wait months, years, or many years to see a reasonable rate of re...

Much like the MAC analogy, what you buy with LEGO is the brand experience. The article begins to enumerate the subtleties between buying LEGO and buying MEGA Block. There is a value that parents/buyers receive in knowing that buying a LEGO set for a child will last a very long time (as opposed to an...