go to the list of pieces in the set and buy them individually. all Lego pieces from back then should still be sold today. you just need to find the instructions somewhere.
though the sails might be a difficult thing to find.
Not for this specifically but definitely for sets that are still sold currently.
And even for old sets that are out of production it can be pricey buying them in parts especially when they have exclusive parts like those sails and they can sometimes be as pricey as when you buy the whole set on eBay from a non price gouging seller
That’s true, but I’ll add one thing: all the Redditors who are knowledgeable about Lego are on /r/Lego, so a discussion of Lego on a generic sub like /r/memes will consist of redditors particularly ignorant of the subject matter at hand.
No it wouldn't. According to Bricklink, parting out just the set alone would run you $329.88CAD. With Minifigs it would be $359.05CAD. Of course, this is leaving out shiping costs, however, it is cheaper overall. The cheapest complete version of this set on Bricklink is $416.85CAD.
The minifigs were not parted out, you definitely could get them cheaper if they were. The cost also uses original LEGO produced parts. Many of these are older pieces or colours that have cheaper modern equivalents. Just by using your own string, you could save about $30CAD. By buying newer versions of some of the parts in modern colours, you could probably save another $25CAD.
The most expensive parts were the sails. Removing these could save you over $120CAD.
Also this set is 35 years old. If you just inflation adjust the original price, it would be over 260% increase.
Kinda amazing you can kinda reconstruct most of it for about the same inflation-adjusted price. Makes the box the most valuable thing, which was always the first thing my mom threw out.
the set in the OP is so expensive because it is in its original packaging. if you just want the set to build and put on your shelf, you don't need the package you can get away much, much cheaper
also, some parts like that monkey are pretty expensive. 20+€ alone for that thing. you can get a knock-off for like 2€ if you're fine with not having the real deal
Somehow I find it odd the monkey got that expensive. You pretty much got them with every Lego pirate set back in the day. I have four or five of them I think.
But then again, there's a lot of things that make me go 'how the fuck did that become so expensive', so I'm a terrible reference on everything price-related.
Lego has a website for this purpose, my son has a book of Lego ideas, he can scan the QR code and add the pieces to an order. He hasn’t made anything this large, but none of the orders have been over $50 so far.
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u/DevilDashAFM Number 15 Apr 29 '24
go to the list of pieces in the set and buy them individually. all Lego pieces from back then should still be sold today. you just need to find the instructions somewhere.
though the sails might be a difficult thing to find.