Has Lego reselling taken the fun out of being an AFOL?

jaisonline · 2017-02-24T13:58:20.000Z

I chatted with mods privately and think it's suitable to be discussed publicly since some of you might being thinking the same. This is thread is NOT specifically about reselling bubbles, the current resale landscape, BS buyer claims, etc... Sure, the latter might influence the answer. My background is simple. I jumped into this resale aspect in late 2012 after getting out of the dark ages about a year before that with sets for my then infant son (i built a Vader Tie and the 3 Indiana Jones planes to hang from his ceiling). I also displayed my 3 childhood 1980s Lego castle sets on a shelf. I spent 2013 to early 2015, pretty much buying all popular sets at nice discounts. I would also buy sets to sell off to supplement my AFOL building (how I acquired by 10179 and 10196). Then one day I realized, I either "need a bigger boat" or start selling more frequently. Especially the need to get rid of useless (from an investment perceptive) Super Hero, Exclusive, LOTR, Star Wars, Hobbit, etc... sets that didn't appreciated enough to 1) offset their footprint , 2) justify 'conversations' w/ the wife and 3) give me peace of mind. I consider myself a sell to medium fish in the world of Lego reselling. I've sold 267 sets from Jan 1, 2016 with 25% of that number coming from this year alone. Yeah, the profit has been nice (even in this current resale market) but there's an opportunity cost. It seems that so much of my time has been spent selling that now AFOL building is a luxury hard to come by after kids, wife, work, etc... time. The questions i often think about most are "has frequent reselling taken the fun out of being an AFOL?" and "if i could remove the frequent selling aspect from my life, would I be happier?" For me, the answer is "yes" to both questions.