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The practice of exchanging goods for money or for trade.

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Trading and Lego VIP

The go-to sites regarding LEGO brick trading are bricklink.com and brickowl.com. They operate as marketplaces where people can buy and sell sets, parts and minifigs alike. There is one site I've found …
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Which websites can be used to trade minifigures?

There is a site for explicitly this purpose, called aptly swapfig.com. It works by connecting other users either via a wanted or an offered ad, and if the other party accepts the trade you have to exc …
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Simplest/cheapest way to build a tensegrity model?

Lack of chains should not be a showstopper for such a project, as any flexible, non-expandable material can work instead. You may use LEGO strings, like those included with Spiderman sets with the tub …
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Most cost efficient length for pneumatic hoses?

Here are all the 4 mm diameter pneumatic tube parts Bricklink knows about. For each of these (filtered by color if necessary) we can take the part (for example Hose, Pneumatic 4mm D. 40L / 32.0cm), ch …
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Selling sets on eBay - should I buy missing bricks and figures to complete a set?

Is it worth it to buy the missing figures - will we make back the money we spend or would it be more cost effective to sell it with the two figures missing ? This boils down to the following: SALE P …
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How to sell built Lego sets?

If the sets are indeed complete with all parts, minifigs, instructions and even boxes then I'd recommend Bricklink, as the collector community there would be more appreciative of these features. Where …
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Where can I find the misspelled Luke Skywlaker pen?

The closest I could find is a forum thread where a member called "slow 2.0" writes that (s)he has two of these and might be willing to sell one of them. The catch is the thread is from 2010 and the us …
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Are miniature blocks (like Wise Hawk or lno) legal to buy online in Europe (Hungary)?

AFAIK you did not commit any crimes, as buying conterfeit products is not considered a crime - even if your wares were counterfeit, but they are probably not, since the basic brick design is not paten …
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How to describe a building set which is like LEGO without using the "LEGO" word?

The usual phrases I've seen include some mixture of the following: Universal interlocking bricks Modular building system Plastic construction toy blocks and so on... But don't forget adding "Comp …
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My 8880 Super Car: Quality criteria for potential buyers?

First of all, let me congratulate you, that was indeed an amazing deal you made back then. This 8880 seems to be near mint condition, and should fetch you a nice return should you choose to sell it. …
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How can I tell if minifigures are custom-made or LEGO Originals?

If you can't hold them in your hand and inspect them closely for the usual LEGO production marks, as it would be the case with buying from Amazon, your best bet would be asking the seller and checking …
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