{"id":344,"date":"2009-05-10T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuildr.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/10\/lego-on-craigs-list\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T02:11:21","slug":"lego-on-craigs-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brickbuildr.com\/index.php\/2009\/05\/10\/lego-on-craigs-list\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO on Craig&#8217;s List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/3nb3k23m9ZZZZZZZZZ9569ddd49ee8edd19c7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.craigslist.org\/3nb3k23m9ZZZZZZZZZ9569ddd49ee8edd19c7.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret, I occasionally look for LEGO deals on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigslist.org\/\">Craig&#8217;s List<\/a>. Every once in awhile find a deal, either for myself or my LEGO club-mates, but lately I&#8217;ve been running into things like <a href=\"http:\/\/tampa.craigslist.org\/hil\/bab\/1157363330.html\">this<\/a> &#8212; Watto&#8217;s Junk Yard for $185. It&#8217;s used&#8230; the Aldar Beedo fig is crap&#8230; it&#8217;s not <b><i>that<\/i><\/b> great of a set for parts&#8230; and I find this quote &#8220;No lowballers Price is $185.00 CASH&#8221; just incredible. Obviously a LEGO Star Wars profiteer. I can buy one on Bricklink MISB for $145&#8230; the seller needs to get a clue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_OfUwGJqKi-8\/ShApwC2pq0I\/AAAAAAAAAV0\/AnxHaspFIZA\/3n93md3l2ZZZZZZZZZ9593d84057076a717d0.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_OfUwGJqKi-8\/ShApwC2pq0I\/AAAAAAAAAV0\/AnxHaspFIZA\/3n93md3l2ZZZZZZZZZ9593d84057076a717d0.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>And this <a href=\"http:\/\/tampa.craigslist.org\/pnl\/clt\/1162922314.html\">Yoda figure<\/a> is a great find for $50, part of a Target promotion from years ago. Looks like it&#8217;s in great shape; be nice to have, but I&#8217;m passing on it. If someone buys it because of my post, please let me know and send pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s one of the scariest <a href=\"http:\/\/tampa.craigslist.org\/hil\/bfs\/1157935116.html\">Craig&#8217;s List items<\/a>. They want you to get in on the ground floor of a franchise business called <a href=\"http:\/\/brickfun4kidz.com\/\">BRICKS 4 KIDZ<\/a>. Either running after school class, summer camps, or birthday parties. The up-front investment is $25-75K; they&#8217;re expecting your return to be up to $3M. It seems like a very shaky investment idea&#8230; especially considering the B4K web-site. Personally, I think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethweis.com\/\">Beth Weis<\/a> does a better job &#8212; her creations at Brickworld is just amazing.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=brickbuildr\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret, I occasionally look for LEGO deals on Craig&#8217;s List. 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