Brick-Loot @ Chicago Brickworld 2016 - Thumbs Down

[DrJB]

Yesterday I took the kids to this yearly event, and there, almost everyone was carrying these white and blue brickloot boxes. Apparently, if you had bought your tickets through groupon, you get one free box. Brick-Loot also had a display area where they were selling such blue boxes for $25, claiming a value of $40.00.

After getting home, we opened the box, and granted, there were 4 mini sets in there. One was made with genuine lego parts, all other 3 were cheap china-made replicas. Needless to say I was very disappointed, as the value to me was $5-10 at most. How can a company such as this be admitted in an 'official' Lego venue, and be allowed to make $$$ off 'unsuspecting' lego fans? This is simply unacceptable, and a shame to the organizers!

Edited June 19, 2016 by DrJB

[Mr Greeble]

Yeah, a lot of the stuff they put in those are things no AFOL really wants. Stickers, knockoff sets, bad posters, etc.

[Shawn]

Yeah, a lot of the stuff they put in those are things no AFOL really wants. Stickers, knockoff sets, bad posters, etc.

I think that the target audience is kids and they love getting a box of stuff in the mail every month. Definitely a different audience than AFOLs. I think it is non lego in some cases to keep the costs down.

Edited June 19, 2016 by Shawn