thewatchman Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 hey guys iv only recently got on board and am loving the modular range. unfortunatly however iv come to the party just a little late. Im wondering if you guys and inform me of the best places to find a cafe corner, green grocer and market street for less than a grand- australian. I dont mind second hand etc i just want em. -thewatchman-
Brickdoctor Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Bricklink has just about everything you'll ever need...
LEGO Guy Bri Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) O man, this is going to be a doozie I was in your shoes last August. I used eBay and a hell of a lucky deal. You can also try another site similar to eBay, or Craigslist. Not really sure how to use C list but, a fellow EBer said he purchased a monorail set for less than eBay. Best of luck in getting these sets. Edited February 14, 2011 by Leg Godt Gud
thewatchman Posted February 14, 2011 Author Posted February 14, 2011 Hey thanks guys, i would use bricklink but i cant be bothered sourcing over 9000 bricks, was hoping for a nice ebay deal, or hopefully some nice person around here might not have enough room for theres anymore... and want it to go to a good home
escortmad79 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Hey thanks guys, i would use bricklink but i cant be bothered sourcing over 9000 bricks, was hoping for a nice ebay deal, or hopefully some nice person around here might not have enough room for theres anymore... and want it to go to a good home They sell complete sets too
fred67 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 They sell complete sets too New AND used, usually, although that might be difficult for the modular buildings. There's no way around it... these sets are going to be expensive. I'm only missing Market Street (got in on modular one building too late), and will likely NEVER get it at the prices they are asking (new and used)... much more worth it to buy two or three new modular buildings for the prices they want.
medib Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 I feel your pain. I was unable to buy both the market street and the green grocer. I managed to snag a Cafe Corner before it got discontinued. Good luck with your search. I have been watching both the Green grocers and Market Streets on Ebay, and I've seen auctions for Market Streets max out at around $260 US and Green Grocer at about $300 US. I took a glance at Cafe Corner at the moment, and looks like most people are asking around $400. You could get lucky and hope that Lego will do runs of these, like they did with the Winter Toyshop... but I think these are gone for good. (Speaking of the Winter Toyshop), On a side note and a slight tangent... I remember in mid January last year the Toyshop was sold out and the price skyrocketed on Ebay and Bricklink. The price stayed high until the end of October/Mid-November when Lego did another run of them and the price plummeted. So we can only hope that Lego could do the same with the modular buildings...
Syn Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 New AND used, usually, although that might be difficult for the modular buildings. There's no way around it... these sets are going to be expensive. I'm only missing Market Street (got in on modular one building too late), and will likely NEVER get it at the prices they are asking (new and used)... much more worth it to buy two or three new modular buildings for the prices they want. or getting the books off of Brickfactory.com when they release last years, or a buddy with a scanner, and get the part list and order the parts you need then build it. I know that wont cost 300+US dollars, even if you go through pick a brick. I know because I was pricing the Grand Emporium through pick a brick and ordering what was in it 3 times and came out to around the same cost as what they are wanting for the retired Modular Buildings.
ACCURATEin Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 The least expensive way to do this is to piece them together by finding the elements from different sources. If you choose to buy one as an entire unit... good luck. hahaha.
L@go Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 or getting the books off of Brickfactory.com when they release last years, or a buddy with a scanner, and get the part list and order the parts you need then build it. No need to wait for Brickfactory to release the instructions. All set instructions dating back to 2002 (before any of the modular buildings were released) are available for download on Lego's own website, here. The instructions are released pretty much at the same time as the sets get available in the shops.
Eurobricks Emperor Bonaparte Posted February 14, 2011 Eurobricks Emperor Posted February 14, 2011 Moved to Buy, Sell, Trade and Finds. @thewatchman: Please use proper punctuation and capitalization when posting. Thanks!
adello25 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 I came back into Lego and missed the first 2 modular buildings and could not afford them off EBay or BrickLink so I decided to get all the pieces together individually. It wasn't really that bad. I mean it got kind of annoying to buy pieces from 10 different sellers on BrickLink but in the end, Market Street cost me about $120 and I am working on Cafe Corner right now and have about 90% of the pieces and its cost me about $175. So all in all, if you make the time to look through what you have and what is on BrickLink, it is definitely cheaper!
RejectedShrimp Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 another alternative is use instructions from online and order all the parts from the official LEGO shop
Brickdoctor Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 another alternative is use instructions from online and order all the parts from the official LEGO shop But they probably won't have all the pieces and/or higher prices. Although it is true, you shouldn't rule out PaB. Sometimes you can get a better price there than on BL, and if you have a discount code it does apply to PaB purchases. I haven't tried it yet, but according to this post you should get $5 off purchases of $20+ if you use discount code B905. Actually, theoretically, couldn't you use the LEGO Parts Replacement Service, bring up the set, and tell the system you're missing all the pieces and order them?
Barberini Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 I also got in on the modular fun alittle bit too late, though I'm only missing Market Street- but the asking price on net is way to high. My plan is get an instruction manual, and collect the induvidual bricks needed for the build. I just want it as a part of my city scape. I dont know if any one else have any experiense with this?
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