Something else I appreciate about jangbricks is that he doesn’t play into FOMO. He doesn’t try to be first to review. Regardless of if he is im still watching his review before I buy a set.
He still buys a ton of sets that dont really mean much to him at the end of the day, contributing to overconsumption culture, and his review style is the most basic clinically boring you will see on the platform. The review site with white void background levels of boring. In fact, he is among the veteran Lego review channels, so he definitely inspired other "here is the product" review channels as a result.
@@Bionickpunk is basic really a bad thing though? I mean I see what you mean but he's thorough and at the end of the day I think that's what the most important part of a review is
The recent bricklink designer programme, I think is the most egregious use of FOMO used by Lego. Hearing that a set was sold out forever in just 3 hours is nuts. I do wonder how many people, after buying the set. Truly regret their purchase?
I bought one set, the mushroom house, and it was absolutely worth it. Wish they had been more widely available, everyone should get a chance to build it :(
I cannot express the amount of disdain and disgust I have towards anyone whose RUclips career has just been “buying $5k of Lego on launch day”. All it does is promote overconsumption and fomo for kids
Most Lego RUclips review channels are like that, its honestly sad. You have the occasional Slugger and Cheese Studios that have genuine passion for the building toy, but the rest are just "here is the product, let me tell you about product, get excited (or not) for next product".
I click the "Don't recommend channel" option for any and all videos I see that are "hauls" of anything. Those things play into everyone's worst instincts just so the RUclipsr can make a quick buck in return.
Sometimes I decide to wait for an item, then I forget about it; and BAM by the time I remember about it the item is retire, out of stock and the scalpers are waiting for me.
So many people already missed out. I spent my college loan money on Lego in 1986. Best choice I made then. I grew up in an era where if you missed it - it was virtually impossible to find it again (no internet). And yet there was never the fomo that people have today. I get tickled seeing people talk about this or rare sets as I remember most of them sitting in clearance shelves - like the original castle theme - which I found sets from 1984 still on clearance into the 90s. Most people missed those days. Good times. I rarely paid full price for a Lego set until I started RUclips. You are not wrong about your observations
Woah crazy to see you here, collecting Lego has definitely become more of a new problem now a days compared to the time period you grew up in. The mere thought of a set sitting in clearance for a decade in todays world is a fever dream at best
The finality of LEGO sets retiring before the internet age makes me think of the drowning rat experiment. The internet gives people just enough hope that they’ll obtain a LEGO set they’ve always wanted that they will never stop looking for it. If there was never that sort of hope, people would just move on with their lives, not tortured by what could be.
So um timeline of events for why the video took a while to release - Script written, thrown out and re written like twice - Final Segment alone was re written like 6 times - video was originally just 10 min until I couldn’t stop talking - literally lost the first edit of the video - silent hill 2 releasing
As a 25-year-old single man with a new, six-figure job, the desire to drop thousands of dollars on classic late 90s and early 2000s LEGO sets to evoke nostalgia is unreal
it's so hard to not to do this esp since my childhood self has been waiting for this moment haha, I just know I'm not gonna enjoy it or use it like I did before unfortunately. Maybe just get the big UCS sets where I enjoy building and looking at them in a display, but no more collecting every single fig in starwars existence
I turned 29 this year. I've been collecting LEGO and action figures for 10 years now, ever since I got a job and could afford them for myself outside of gifts from family and friends. I've spent thousands of dollars building my collection and have now come to the realization that I'm done. While pricing and space are issues, I've kind of just come to terms that I get the set/figure and either keep in in the box until I have the time or space to open it which can take months to years. If that's what I'm doing with my collection, do I even care anymore? What's the difference if I have a set collecting dust in my closet versus just never getting it to begin with? The difference being that I can use that unspent money on venturing out for new experiences. I've had my fun with collecting but now I'm done and want to spend that money on new experiences. FOMO isn't hitting me anymore because I just stopped caring. If I really want something, I know I'll be able to get it in the future, even if it's at an inflated price. But also, I can be content with never owning it. I definitely think shopping addictions aren't really taken seriously when they should be. Spending money for the sake of spending money is not a healthy mindset to have. It's something that I'm working on and so I hope if anyone else out there may be feeling the same, you can overcome it as well.
Yeah, I'll admit I'm in a similar boat with a large backlog of unopened sets and I currently don't have the space to build *all* of them. I don't think I can give up collecting Lego altogether though. It's been one of my staple hobbies (along with video game collecting) for over 20 years now. But there are still some things I can do to mitigate FOMO, such as narrowing the number of sets I'm interested in to the ones I *genuinely* want in my collection in their entirety. And for sets I don't want but have minifigures that I do want, just Bricklink the figures separately. I also am okay with paying a mark up for some sets/figures if they're not *too* overly priced. And chances are it'll receive a remake eventually and if not, there's Rebrickable for MOC models I can make instead There's also the custom market available for certain minifigures since I'm not a total 100% Lego purist, so somethinh like a custom Cloud City Boba Fett I don't mind getting because the thousands of dollars a real one costs is not worth it at all to me. I'm also slowly rotating out some of my decade+ old collection to make room for my newer sets to build and display.
Best video on Lego FOMO I’ve seen, and first time I’ve heard that phrase “fear of a better option” which I totally have felt just never considered naming the feeling, it’s a super common feeling so I’m glad you gave me a name for it!
I'm proud to say I'm one of those five people you mentioned who remember Dino Attack. I had one set from the line, the Iron Predator, but that one vehicle gave me so much joy and happiness as a kid that I decided, now that I'm 20 and have my own money, to collect all the Dino Attack sets. I never got to experience the rest of the line because of how short-lived it was, but getting them as an adult, I've gotten almost as much fun out of them as I did when I was a kid, and that's what collecting boils down to. Not hoarding a hundred unopened 501st battle packs because some whiny manchild on RUclips told me it was a good investment, but collecting things that mean a lot to you and have sentimental value. That's what collecting means to me.
14:00 okay, Price per Piece is often used incorrectly. It is a solid metric to use, but just like when you're trying to figure out how much water you need to fill your pool, you need more than just the width of it. You may want to look at PPP combined with how substantial the build is, how substantial it feels, how fun it is to build and to play with, as well as how good it looks and how many minifigs are included. You may also look at prints/stickers if included, as well as rare, interesting or useful pieces IF all previous metrics aren't giving you clear outcome. But it is not a metric you want to use alone. And I see so many people either use it as end all be all, or dismiss whatsoever.
For me FOMO is something that hits but more just encourages me to find the best deal on online shopping (like with finding a model kit I’ve been hunting for a while and only to see it for 30 bucks after 2 years it came out)
42:00 to be fair their marketing was shit and most fans had no idea about the 2015 sets. Double for the 2016 sets. Also to be fair they were pretty much just big Hero Factory sets. People didn't just hate Hero Factory, they hated the new building system that came with it. Funnily enough CCBS finally had some fun builds like... the year they discontinued it. The CCBS Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker sets are really good builds.
Lego got to overpriced for its britches and with the growing fomo + scalpers it just got to exhausting for me. Now I mostly only buy prequel sets every once and a while
I live in a major city in the USA and yet somehow the distribution is so bad near me that sets don't show up in stores until weeks or even months after the official release date. This is especially bad for cmfs that only have a release of a couple months instead of years. The D&D cmf that came out on September 1 wasn't on Target shelves until literally *today* (Oct 15). Obviously I can't buy them online since there's a major risk of duplicates without the option of scanning, but I was seriously considering just buying the complete set from Bricklink at a markup since it was starting to feel like they'd never actually show up.
I always did like the dino sets I'm an old head who remembers Lego releasing a lot fewer sets and buying what I wanted wasn't that difficult. Now it's impossible with the flood of $150+ sets and there's a ticking clock as I try to decide what I can buy in the 1-2 year window most sets have. It's like slow-ticking fomo.
Man just like you, I wanted to sell my soul just to get the whole Jurassic World Lego Line when it came out. I I actually saw my local toysrus stock them once and thought it would be there when I come back with money. Never ended up getting any of them. It was painful but eventually I got over it when more Jurassic movies were coming and I decided that the next movie, I would get them all. I only managed to collect the entirety of the 3Oth anniversary line after saving money since 2018. Here I thought my goal was complete, get one full line and be satisfied. Until I realised I missed out on sets that had species that never got made again or are brand new lego the chaos theory set with the stegosaurus and an old fallen kingdom set with the galliminus. Man I hope the next Jurassic movie sets have new dinos or at least the galli. I need it so bad!
I understand retiring a set. But I still think some stuff needs to be available or made so again. Like redesigning it. As long as it isn’t dumb redesign that takes away functionality or appeal. Like I understand they can’t always have a lego X Wing 24/7 but I swear the new X Wings don’t look as good as the old.
Honestly, trying to reverse engineer something from a limited number of pictures is way better for your creativity and development of your own MOCing style than just reading the instructions.
I traded a ton of old lego for a sealed in bag Darth Revan mini figure. I have no remorse over that. Yet I also easily pawned off my phase 1 captain rex and some other figures for the sake of affording Rivendell. No regrets, but it's just interesting. When I got Rivendell I thought it would be silly to ever spend tons of money on a single figure. A few months later, I found myself collecting Revan. It's a funny thing. I don't have remorse over it, but value is just that... a funny thing.
7:36 yeah I had never waited for clearance that long for the 2019 falcon, and now there’s two falcons on the shelves at the same time, it’s like blasphemy
The terminally online section is a must if you want to get already retired sets sadly. I just want to get old sets I wasn't able to get cause I wasn't born or because I was too broke at the time to get it 😔
I get stock varies by region, but as an action figure collector in addition to Lego, I think Lego is probably the easiest collectible to obtain. Most action figures have a shelf life of only a few months, compared to 1.5-2 years for Lego. There’s often only one chance to preorder and if you miss that preorder it’s gone forever. High demand figures, store exclusives, and chases that aren’t preorderable often never even make it onto shelves because scalpers get them from the back of the store. With the exception of the Bricklink Designer Program, GWPs, and the occasional VIP point exclusive, Lego sets are almost never out of stock for more than a month before becoming readily available again before they retire. Obviously it sucks if you decide you want a set after it retires and have to pay aftermarket prices, but compared to other collectibles where there’s often no clear release day, preorder window, availability online or in store, Lego is easy to get.
This was a very interesting video, and I enjoyed it very much! :D In my experience I definitely have Fomo but not to a specific set, but a specific build. (for example) if three different aftermarket creators sell the same tank I keep an eye on all three so I have a higher chance of purchasing the model I want. They may have different proportions but at the end of the day it's the same model for me. :)
I'm an avid collector, and I too have suffered from FOMO. I've made some "in the moment" purchases that I regret. This one lego seinfeld set I have is currently rotting away as it lays abandoned in a storage box. My most recent and shameful act was buying ALL of the DnD cmfs. I sat there in silence and shame thinking to myself "Why the fuck did i get these things I only wanted the dragon". This was a learning opportunity that made me rethink what I was doing. I now focus on buying sets I *Know* will provide value to me personally like Transformers and Batman. I'm not getting them for the sake of having them, I want to get them because I *know* that I want it and *know* will look cool displayed on my shelf. I'm sure I'm probably preaching to the choir with this take.
If nothing else, Lego shopping is a good prod for introspection. I've seen so many comments over time on Lego channels about regretting this, feeling bad about that, being depressed, angry, etc. If any hobby is making someone feel those things, they need to reevaluate their habits fast.
here's a tip, if you're looking for a set that just retired, check your local Barnes and Noble, they have sets and not a lot of people buy Legos there, found some sets that had retired 6 months prior at mine, pretty sure they still have the Seinfeld set lol
22:40 Okay, regarding minifigs... I absolutely love minifigs. Always have. Whenever I have something built, i need to have that thing populated. Ever since I was a kid, having a castle or house or spaceship not populated to the brim by minifigs made me feel weird. I just aesthetically prefer to have my Star Wars diorama filled with clones and droids in every small space you can see, my castle needs to have at least two someones in each room and tower. I want people to look into the window and see minifig face staring at them. But I don't particularly care about named minifigs in sets. Yes, i will get them if they're affordable, and if minifig is cool, I'll try to get it. But I'm not particularly obsessed with getting every single one. I want the cool ones, i want the useful ones. I don't want to sit on pile of minifigs I can't use, i want them appreciated. Because I love this hobby. I want people to look at whatever i have on display and appreciate both build and whole scene. What i wanted to say is that different people have different tastes and likings. I can understand if someone just wants to get minifigs now just in case because they're collecting. But not everyone who wants minifigs and looks at them as big part of set is a collector or skalpel. Some of us simply want to have something to populate our builds. Because what's the point of having empty castle on shelf?
Thank you for calling out the failed bionicle relaunch. I’m so tired of seeing people talk about how much better bionicle was and how it needs to come back. And they gloss over the fact it did come back. And no one bought it
Love the video, love the content and your voice. After long day at work this is what i needed - a hot tea, blanket and new Cosmo video with useful and interesting info for me as Lego fan.
I feel like the hard push for FOMO comes from how much Lego is aimed at adult collectors nowadays. I personally dislike that shift as an adult. I can save up for the big fancy d2c sets, but literally don‘t have any space for them. Id rather they do small sets but with more detail than usual again, like they did with LOTR/Hobbit playsets.
I think with LEGO collecting you've got to be satisfied with what you have and make realistic goals to what you'd like to get, and try avoid chasing trends. It also helps if you sell unwanted stuff or sets you've invested in to help fund the hobby!
My bionicle 'tism activated and I have to correct you on some details. Bionicle was cancelled near the end of 2009 with it only getting one final sendoff wave in 2010 due to people on the inside protesting against lego execs. We never got an exact reason as to why it was axed, but it was most likely a mix between crappy quality control of pieces after 2006, lego wanting to explore new ideas for action figure sets and also a general decline in sales. That being said you're 100% correct about the depressing demise of g2 bionicle. G2 was such a different interpretation of the classic bionicle that there was no shot of the hardcore g1 fans ever fully being into it. And since the ip itself is kind of based on early 2000s nostalgia, most young kids didn't really find it interesting. (Also it was imo just less interesing and expermental than g1 lol)
G2 had other issues too. Like, many, and I mean many people who grew up with Bionicle and went into their Lego Dark Age after the cancellation, learnt about Bionicle G2 only at around it's third wave. There was no marketing for it, and you wouldn't find out about it if you weren't already in Lego community or browsing Toy alley, neither of which you do in your Dark Age. And since there was barely any marketing for it, kids also wouldn't get into the theme, especially when Star Wars figures were right there. G2 was both mismanaged, AS WELL as it had its demand overestimated. There were multiple reasons as to why it failed, not just that fans didn't liked it. Some didn't, some didn't knew about it, and some were still too young to purchase significant amount of sets, still only entering into adulthood
Although I still buy some Lego stuff, “some” being too much. The FOMO has basically disappeared because of the prices. I thought you did a good job on your video, and at the end of the day what people need to realize is it’s just a piece of plastic.
30:50 - another contributing factor to Hidden Side's demise is that unfortunate tendency towards the old "Toys-to-Life" trend. Lots of amazing designs, all never made into figures because _they were just app-only entities._ The only time app-based play features really worked for a long time for LEGO was with Mario, and that's because he was engineered based on preexisting gaming play patterns. LEGO, if you're reading this, I want you to know that kids and adults don't go into LEGO for app integration - they go there for the building. Please, never lose sight of that.
Thanks for another solid video, and for making me know about fobo, as someone who certainly experienced it frequently to some degree also as second hand Lego buyer
I've actually been looking up Instructions for Lego Sets online since at least 1998-2001 (one picture set is marked modified 1998, and some others are 2001. So the instructions were available if you cared to look for them. Also I still have most of my catalogs from the late 80s and 90s (can't remember when they stopped including catalogs with sets), so I was able to lookup instructions for sets I never got ahold of, but still wanted to build.
Hell yeah. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the sets actually based on the movies/cartoons themselves too, but Lego's original interpretations on Batman/DC have been my favorite whether it's the wacky Lego Batman Movie version or the slightly more traditional version from 2006-08 and from the 2012 relaunch. But that 2006-2008 era especially is really special to me because of the video game and the few handful of sets I did get that are all gone now except for some minifigures. I plan to do what Cosmonaut did with the Dino Attack set and get the original 2006 Batcave. The current Shadowbox set looks cool, but I got more fond memories of that original Batcave from the video game and watching ForrestFire101's Lego Batman stop motions as a kid.
@@mattboy5296 Bro. Idk how old you are but if you're free of bills, do it! I still live with my parents and I was in a situation where I had the opportunity to get the 2006 Batcave and just did it. It was like a $600-$700 Dutch import but it was so worth it. My favorite set of all time. And it's only going to go up in value.
I am an experienced collector of a LOT and very different things like: taxidermy, insects, scientific books, Hot Toys and Sideshow 1/6 Star Wars, Minecraft figures, Dinosaur figures, animal figures of specific brands, trains, stones, lots of fossils, clothes, figures from movies and series, plane models, ship models, submarine models, airship models, VHS, DVDs, Games, board games, toys, etc. etc. I am experienced with the prices. I sold and bought. I hunt some of the stuff by my own, like the fossils. As a kid in the 2000s and early 2010s I also collected Lego and Lego SW. I collect for joy(!), I collect because of passion. Pure passion. I am genuinely interested in certain subjects that the stuff I collect fits into. It started with the interest in the subject! Not with the objects. And not with the prices. I don‘t see „Lego collecters“ as real collecters. It’s because they forgot the charm of Lego and what it should mean. If you are obsessed with detailed printings, why not getting Hot Toys instead of Lego. If it‘s that detailed, it‘s Lego no more. Some buy only for investment (it‘s actually a bad investment). They do not value the Lego and what it represents, they only value the price tags of the figures! They contribute to the problem that Lego should be for kids and that companies‘s products are still bought although having unjustifiable price tags from the beginning on. It‘s like collecting Nike shoes that are way overpriced and overshadowed by every proper leather well welted men‘s dress shoe. Or being obsessed with designer fragrances. Or just consuming without thinking and without passion for the subject itself. It‘s only about the objects and especially price tags! Collecting should not be something purely materialistic. Every real collector knows that.
I am only talking about a certain type of collector of Lego btw. These types exist almost everywhere else too. For example in the collecting of coins, of autographs, etc.
Thank you for saying this - it annoys me that people like MandR complain about the clone accuracy when they are Lego, they are not meant for accuracy just look at their proportions, buy black series or something if you like accuracy so much.
This comment is incredible! It gave me some insight into collecting I never considered before. The part about it not being solely about material is fascinating.
This doesn't stop FOMO... If any1 wants to have the joy of creating a MOCs with parts in a set, they still want that set. The joy of having ALL the SpaceMans is definately an issue. It falls InTo both an ownership issue, and less so a utility thing for people wanting to design MOCs with certain colors.
LEGO knows how to take advantage of FOMO, not only for the "need to have the set". There's a DarkRed BoatHull, and lime HoodPiece I want, not just for the reason if saying I have it. I want thise stupidly rare parts to create my iwn things with.
As a fan but also collector of Lego I totally agree with the what you said in your video. My first introduction to lego when I was grouping up was lego Agents. Honestly, I buy lego for the playability and fun that it provides and not solely for the minfigures or the specific theme.
This video sort of came at a perfect time. Both the Shadowbox and UCS Tumblr are rumored to retire in 2 months and FOMO was the only thing really pushing me to try and get either. I came to the conclusion that the Tumblr (while gorgeous) is way too out of scale for its minifigs that it breaks any immersion and I'm not really a fan of Keaton Batman for the Shadowbox. I've never seen his films. Instead I opted into scouting a few retired The Batman and Dark Knight sets. They were of course marked up but still cheaper than my previous prospects. I feel more satisfied with my choices, and just pray for a Dark Knight Trilogy shadowbox-like set. That! Would be a must buy for me!
The Lego world needs JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out. Just let it go, man, and don't stress over toys. There will always be shiny new sets (though they just get more expensive year after year).
I've been cleaning a couple sets I've wanted for ages while watching this. The original vulture droid and naboo fighter sets from 1999. I've wanted both for well over a decade, and wasn't even alive when they were released. Now that I finally have the ability to get older sets I've wanted for ages, I've started to get some I either missed out on, or outright wouldn't have been around to get. I've also bought like $300 in new sets recently, building a small clone army since I wasn't able to do that back in the golden days of battle packs. 😅😂
It’s sad that you mentioned Bakugan without at least mentioning that Bakugan has an identity crisis on what should it be, maybe do a video on that issue apart from the obvious
This video was honestly a really nice reality check, especially with the recent leaks, and I'm thankful for that. Fomo, and as you already pointed, is CRAZY in the customs side of the Lego community and is hella exploited. That really made me reflect upon my investment in that community and my overall investment in Lego
Where I live there are no dedicated Lego stores. The idea if pick a part sounds really foreign to me, but something I'd love to see. Sure I can krder them online... But well... Shipping costs, also how am I supposed to know what I want? I'd love to test out parts, but of course there is Lego Studio but I have tried it before, but without the tactile element and the rather inconvenient and sluggish way of munipulating objects it's just a pain in tbe ass which stifles my creativity. It wouldn't be as bad if Lego didn't just stop making specific parts, sure there is bricklinks, you theoretically can obtain the set you want from eons ago but the prices are greatly knflated over their original cost simply because bricklinks or ESPECIALLY the online pick a part. I had a thought today... Lego would be so much better if we had replicators from Star Trek. We would never have or experiance FOMO ever again, and pur creativity could truely be unlimited! Sad we don't live in... Star Trek. Also why no Star Trek theme? It's rather odd when you think about all of the other things which have lego themes.
I started out with lego one day. But I never got back into it. I keep delving deep into different interests and spending all my money on it. My current thing is genuine ww2 militaria and I will not stop anytime soon. All this stuff is 80 years old, and super one of a kind. The greatest feeling of fomo I have ever felt
I’ve gotten really into Gunpla over the past few years and I really like that they re-release old model kits all the time. FOMO is definitely still there, especially around limited release p-bandai items, but at least for mainstream releases I know there’s a good chance I’ll be able to get something I want if I wait a while.
FOMO is definitely still there with gunpla even with restocks, cause who knows when that particular kit will get its restock, and the restocks are usually soled in advanced so you better pre-order right when the news hits.
I feel the part about buying a set for just one part as an adult. I bought the red tornado sonic set to go with my gaming display and didn't even care about the lab part of it, just the badnik and the plane, as a kid I would have bought it for the play features, but now it's just the figures and one aspect of the buildable part
I did that too, where I would buy a whole set for just one/ few parts I wanted. I used to be a bit reluctant to use Bricklink because I wasn’t sure if I could trust it and/or if I could understand how to use it properly to buy what I wanted. It was a mental hangup but I finally took the plunge when I decided to build my first custom MOC I saw on Rebrickable and some parts I was not able to get from Lego's Pick a Brick catalog. I'm comfortable using Bricklink now, and it feels so much better to get the individual parts I want without spending on the whole set if I don't want it. That's how I plan to get the 25th Anniversary young Princess Leia minifig since I don't care about the rest of set she comes in.
I rarely never give in into FOMO cuz I'm usually content with LEGO puts out. I buy the sets that I really want(three of the same set if it's really good), usually for MOC purposes (I'm a Creator and Classic type guy).
The only Lego stuff I tend to grab nowadays is parts for mini builds (akin to those Star Wars polybag vehicles) cause I'm a huge fan of miniature scale stuff. Those tend to be a great deal for me cause I can get a good amount of ships worth of parts for a great price, compared to the larger sets. The only big set I plan on getting is that X-Wing VS TIE Fighter dual set, where the ships can be interchanged by the fuselages and wings. After that, nothing else really catches my eye, save for the MIDI ship builds, but even those are a bit much.
LOL getting to the end of the video w/ the dino riders bit I realize I also just sold my Dino Attack firehammer! I was born in '93 so just a bit older. My last set as a kid was maybe the ARC170, but recently grabbed Obi Wan's hut just to experience the blocks again
Me personally I’m fine with having a few star wars sets and figs I like. I usually just buy loose figs. Cause sometimes I want the figs ,and don’t want the set. Doing that has helped me save money. Now I’m happy with the small collection I have. I really don’t plan on buying more Lego sets. If they do a cool clone wars or episode 3 diroahma that I really like then maybe. The last couple waves I haven’t had any interests in. The last Lego Star Wars wave I cared about was the clone wars season 7 wave. I haven’t bought a set till recently, this year the Batman animated series Batmobile. I’ve always loved the animated series, I also am doubtful with Lego dc that they’ll do more of those sets. So that’s why I got that one. Plus when Sith figs and stormtroopers are getting downgrades, and the holes in the clone helmets. Those things make it easier to not buy the current product. When I think the previous versions of those figs were better.
Something I'd love to hear more on is your take on Lego's GWP's. I had planned on buying Barad Dur, but because of the GWP I stayed up till midnight to ensure I got the Fell Beast. Looking back, it's not as great of a GWP. I still would have gotten Barad Dur, so it's nice to have the GWP too, but still. It's a funny thing...
I've tried getting back into Lego two or so years ago and yeah the experience was extremely bad. Most of the cool stuff I couldn't afford and what I could afford was quite disappointing. I don't have a lot of money and I generally despise these "once it sold out it will never come back, but you only have 2 weeks to do so" (you know who you are). Thankfully I found some others and they send me down the rabbithole of the Lego competitors. Now I have several large display cases filled with large detailed models and a couple kilos of bricks for my own creations for the price of like 2 of Jabbas sailbarges at most. So yeah thanks to Cobi and BlueBrixx I got to enjoy building again, I just wish Lego would get the message.
33:29 Nice Bionical book ^^ I have not collected LEGO Star Wars in the last 15 years. But what I have colected last years are official and fanfiction books about mlp fim. So your joke worked for me quite well. Also some stuff you talked about also applies to my more unusual collecting. :D
I let FOMO get met me into Modular buildings. I didn't want to miss out on experiencing these sets. Well, the ones that were still available. I certainly missed out on a few. But these days, after finding a cheap collectable alternative in Gundam, and having quite a few sealed sets waiting, I'm not buying anything new until I see what's coming next. I'm not buying the Museum modular until I see what's the next modular. That way I can plan out the budget, maybe change my mind about wanting one or both of these sets. Ninjago is coming out with new stuff all the time, but a lot of it is very similar to what I already have, so I want at least new 2 waves on the shelfs before I decide what I want. And of course, I never buy anything if a GWP is not available. But let me emphasize the importance of the alternative. Now that I can spend less than 40$ on a Gundam set and absolutely love it, suddanly LEGO prices feel absurd and certain sets are no longer even a consideration. Now I'm very happy to miss out on a LEGO set that is made 50-60$ worth of bricks bigger than it needed to be.
Wasn’t going to watch this video, but I didn’t want to miss out
well said
Something else I appreciate about jangbricks is that he doesn’t play into FOMO. He doesn’t try to be first to review. Regardless of if he is im still watching his review before I buy a set.
Him swearing off the X-Jet based on just it's price is (no pun intended) incredibly based.
@@loran3860Same with the UCS Sail Barge, that one especially so since he saw ROTJ in theaters as a kid.
He still buys a ton of sets that dont really mean much to him at the end of the day, contributing to overconsumption culture, and his review style is the most basic clinically boring you will see on the platform. The review site with white void background levels of boring. In fact, he is among the veteran Lego review channels, so he definitely inspired other "here is the product" review channels as a result.
Every hero factory set i planed buying i saw his videos before. He is just really honest
@@Bionickpunk is basic really a bad thing though? I mean I see what you mean but he's thorough and at the end of the day I think that's what the most important part of a review is
The recent bricklink designer programme, I think is the most egregious use of FOMO used by Lego. Hearing that a set was sold out forever in just 3 hours is nuts. I do wonder how many people, after buying the set. Truly regret their purchase?
Usually those sets resell for more. So probably none
The only one i wanted this wave already was sold out the second i was gonna buy it.
Camping Adventures or what it was called.
The designer program order formula also usually crashes the moment its open
I bought one set, the mushroom house, and it was absolutely worth it. Wish they had been more widely available, everyone should get a chance to build it :(
I cannot express the amount of disdain and disgust I have towards anyone whose RUclips career has just been “buying $5k of Lego on launch day”.
All it does is promote overconsumption and fomo for kids
Most Lego RUclips review channels are like that, its honestly sad. You have the occasional Slugger and Cheese Studios that have genuine passion for the building toy, but the rest are just "here is the product, let me tell you about product, get excited (or not) for next product".
Why, it’s people’s money who cares what they spend it on
I click the "Don't recommend channel" option for any and all videos I see that are "hauls" of anything. Those things play into everyone's worst instincts just so the RUclipsr can make a quick buck in return.
FINALLY. I HAVE WAITED YEARS FOR A NEW LEGO VIDEO
Me too dawg, me too.
@@dr.roboto3355 sad when it is the one of those one video for years again 😢😢😢😢
@@oscarvargas1491why is this making me laugh
Sometimes I decide to wait for an item, then I forget about it; and BAM by the time I remember about it the item is retire, out of stock and the scalpers are waiting for me.
Oh no they turned him into a marketable plushie
So many people already missed out. I spent my college loan money on Lego in 1986. Best choice I made then. I grew up in an era where if you missed it - it was virtually impossible to find it again (no internet). And yet there was never the fomo that people have today. I get tickled seeing people talk about this or rare sets as I remember most of them sitting in clearance shelves - like the original castle theme - which I found sets from 1984 still on clearance into the 90s. Most people missed those days. Good times. I rarely paid full price for a Lego set until I started RUclips. You are not wrong about your observations
"Spent my college loan money on lego" That's the most based course of action i've ever heard.
Woah crazy to see you here, collecting Lego has definitely become more of a new problem now a days compared to the time period you grew up in. The mere thought of a set sitting in clearance for a decade in todays world is a fever dream at best
The finality of LEGO sets retiring before the internet age makes me think of the drowning rat experiment. The internet gives people just enough hope that they’ll obtain a LEGO set they’ve always wanted that they will never stop looking for it. If there was never that sort of hope, people would just move on with their lives, not tortured by what could be.
"imagine having FOMO. i just MO " european Gundam fan looking at P-Bandai
I’m 28 and still collecting legos. It brings me a sense of nostalgia. Man I miss my childhood.
So um timeline of events for why the video took a while to release
- Script written, thrown out and re written like twice
- Final Segment alone was re written like 6 times
- video was originally just 10 min until I couldn’t stop talking
- literally lost the first edit of the video
- silent hill 2 releasing
that thumbnail is crisp, downright pristine
As a 25-year-old single man with a new, six-figure job, the desire to drop thousands of dollars on classic late 90s and early 2000s LEGO sets to evoke nostalgia is unreal
it's so hard to not to do this esp since my childhood self has been waiting for this moment haha, I just know I'm not gonna enjoy it or use it like I did before unfortunately. Maybe just get the big UCS sets where I enjoy building and looking at them in a display, but no more collecting every single fig in starwars existence
And now imagine being 45….there are even more sets 😂😂😂
Nobody cares, get laid
I turned 29 this year. I've been collecting LEGO and action figures for 10 years now, ever since I got a job and could afford them for myself outside of gifts from family and friends. I've spent thousands of dollars building my collection and have now come to the realization that I'm done. While pricing and space are issues, I've kind of just come to terms that I get the set/figure and either keep in in the box until I have the time or space to open it which can take months to years. If that's what I'm doing with my collection, do I even care anymore? What's the difference if I have a set collecting dust in my closet versus just never getting it to begin with? The difference being that I can use that unspent money on venturing out for new experiences. I've had my fun with collecting but now I'm done and want to spend that money on new experiences. FOMO isn't hitting me anymore because I just stopped caring. If I really want something, I know I'll be able to get it in the future, even if it's at an inflated price. But also, I can be content with never owning it. I definitely think shopping addictions aren't really taken seriously when they should be. Spending money for the sake of spending money is not a healthy mindset to have. It's something that I'm working on and so I hope if anyone else out there may be feeling the same, you can overcome it as well.
Yeah, I'll admit I'm in a similar boat with a large backlog of unopened sets and I currently don't have the space to build *all* of them. I don't think I can give up collecting Lego altogether though. It's been one of my staple hobbies (along with video game collecting) for over 20 years now.
But there are still some things I can do to mitigate FOMO, such as narrowing the number of sets I'm interested in to the ones I *genuinely* want in my collection in their entirety. And for sets I don't want but have minifigures that I do want, just Bricklink the figures separately. I also am okay with paying a mark up for some sets/figures if they're not *too* overly priced. And chances are it'll receive a remake eventually and if not, there's Rebrickable for MOC models I can make instead
There's also the custom market available for certain minifigures since I'm not a total 100% Lego purist, so somethinh like a custom Cloud City Boba Fett I don't mind getting because the thousands of dollars a real one costs is not worth it at all to me.
I'm also slowly rotating out some of my decade+ old collection to make room for my newer sets to build and display.
31:00 objection!
May i say the main reason why hidden side failed, was the confusing box art
Best video on Lego FOMO I’ve seen, and first time I’ve heard that phrase “fear of a better option” which I totally have felt just never considered naming the feeling, it’s a super common feeling so I’m glad you gave me a name for it!
I'm proud to say I'm one of those five people you mentioned who remember Dino Attack. I had one set from the line, the Iron Predator, but that one vehicle gave me so much joy and happiness as a kid that I decided, now that I'm 20 and have my own money, to collect all the Dino Attack sets. I never got to experience the rest of the line because of how short-lived it was, but getting them as an adult, I've gotten almost as much fun out of them as I did when I was a kid, and that's what collecting boils down to. Not hoarding a hundred unopened 501st battle packs because some whiny manchild on RUclips told me it was a good investment, but collecting things that mean a lot to you and have sentimental value. That's what collecting means to me.
You know, I liked this video. Sadly, I've also never bought a single LEGO set in my life so I don't know how I got here.
How the hell did you get here
@@thecosmonaut4221 It just showed up in my recommended videos and was like. "Sure why not?"
I was born in 1998 and this is hella true. Till this day I have this consumerist brain and will probably die like this.
Battlefield/Lego fans is such a specific niche that I am glad to be a part of
14:00 okay, Price per Piece is often used incorrectly. It is a solid metric to use, but just like when you're trying to figure out how much water you need to fill your pool, you need more than just the width of it.
You may want to look at PPP combined with how substantial the build is, how substantial it feels, how fun it is to build and to play with, as well as how good it looks and how many minifigs are included. You may also look at prints/stickers if included, as well as rare, interesting or useful pieces IF all previous metrics aren't giving you clear outcome.
But it is not a metric you want to use alone. And I see so many people either use it as end all be all, or dismiss whatsoever.
For me FOMO is something that hits but more just encourages me to find the best deal on online shopping (like with finding a model kit I’ve been hunting for a while and only to see it for 30 bucks after 2 years it came out)
I really liked this video, the chill non-rant style and the funny editing, with the subtle nods and hints thrown inbetween sentences.
42:00 to be fair their marketing was shit and most fans had no idea about the 2015 sets. Double for the 2016 sets.
Also to be fair they were pretty much just big Hero Factory sets. People didn't just hate Hero Factory, they hated the new building system that came with it.
Funnily enough CCBS finally had some fun builds like... the year they discontinued it. The CCBS Darth Vader & Luke Skywalker sets are really good builds.
Lego got to overpriced for its britches and with the growing fomo + scalpers it just got to exhausting for me. Now I mostly only buy prequel sets every once and a while
I miss Gogo's crazy bones... not because of my friends, but because I just liked the way the looked and felt
I live in a major city in the USA and yet somehow the distribution is so bad near me that sets don't show up in stores until weeks or even months after the official release date. This is especially bad for cmfs that only have a release of a couple months instead of years. The D&D cmf that came out on September 1 wasn't on Target shelves until literally *today* (Oct 15). Obviously I can't buy them online since there's a major risk of duplicates without the option of scanning, but I was seriously considering just buying the complete set from Bricklink at a markup since it was starting to feel like they'd never actually show up.
I always did like the dino sets
I'm an old head who remembers Lego releasing a lot fewer sets and buying what I wanted wasn't that difficult. Now it's impossible with the flood of $150+ sets and there's a ticking clock as I try to decide what I can buy in the 1-2 year window most sets have. It's like slow-ticking fomo.
Your avatar convinced me to read Girl’s Last Tour last month so thank you for that
The brainwashing is working
Man just like you, I wanted to sell my soul just to get the whole Jurassic World Lego Line when it came out. I I actually saw my local toysrus stock them once and thought it would be there when I come back with money. Never ended up getting any of them. It was painful but eventually I got over it when more Jurassic movies were coming and I decided that the next movie, I would get them all. I only managed to collect the entirety of the 3Oth anniversary line after saving money since 2018. Here I thought my goal was complete, get one full line and be satisfied.
Until I realised I missed out on sets that had species that never got made again or are brand new lego the chaos theory set with the stegosaurus and an old fallen kingdom set with the galliminus. Man I hope the next Jurassic movie sets have new dinos or at least the galli. I need it so bad!
I understand retiring a set. But I still think some stuff needs to be available or made so again. Like redesigning it. As long as it isn’t dumb redesign that takes away functionality or appeal. Like I understand they can’t always have a lego X Wing 24/7 but I swear the new X Wings don’t look as good as the old.
Definitely, the old 2012 X-Wing (9493) is a damn beauty. My personal favorite.
@@admiralstone2456 I’m more of a fan on the 2004-2009 sets. I just like how I could have R2 oriented like he was in the movie
Honestly, trying to reverse engineer something from a limited number of pictures is way better for your creativity and development of your own MOCing style than just reading the instructions.
I traded a ton of old lego for a sealed in bag Darth Revan mini figure. I have no remorse over that. Yet I also easily pawned off my phase 1 captain rex and some other figures for the sake of affording Rivendell. No regrets, but it's just interesting.
When I got Rivendell I thought it would be silly to ever spend tons of money on a single figure.
A few months later, I found myself collecting Revan. It's a funny thing. I don't have remorse over it, but value is just that... a funny thing.
7:36 yeah I had never waited for clearance that long for the 2019 falcon, and now there’s two falcons on the shelves at the same time, it’s like blasphemy
The terminally online section is a must if you want to get already retired sets sadly. I just want to get old sets I wasn't able to get cause I wasn't born or because I was too broke at the time to get it 😔
I get stock varies by region, but as an action figure collector in addition to Lego, I think Lego is probably the easiest collectible to obtain. Most action figures have a shelf life of only a few months, compared to 1.5-2 years for Lego. There’s often only one chance to preorder and if you miss that preorder it’s gone forever. High demand figures, store exclusives, and chases that aren’t preorderable often never even make it onto shelves because scalpers get them from the back of the store. With the exception of the Bricklink Designer Program, GWPs, and the occasional VIP point exclusive, Lego sets are almost never out of stock for more than a month before becoming readily available again before they retire. Obviously it sucks if you decide you want a set after it retires and have to pay aftermarket prices, but compared to other collectibles where there’s often no clear release day, preorder window, availability online or in store, Lego is easy to get.
This was a very interesting video, and I enjoyed it very much! :D
In my experience I definitely have Fomo but not to a specific set, but a specific build.
(for example) if three different aftermarket creators sell the same tank I keep an eye on all three so I have a higher chance of purchasing the model I want.
They may have different proportions but at the end of the day it's the same model for me. :)
Thank you RUclips for recommending me a neat 40-minute Lego video that happens to contain plentiful amounts of Chito and Yuuri.
Season 2 when.
Never
That destiny snippet hits hard for me. I grinded for that gun so i could craft it and i don't even use it much lmao.
I'm an avid collector, and I too have suffered from FOMO. I've made some "in the moment" purchases that I regret. This one lego seinfeld set I have is currently rotting away as it lays abandoned in a storage box. My most recent and shameful act was buying ALL of the DnD cmfs. I sat there in silence and shame thinking to myself "Why the fuck did i get these things I only wanted the dragon". This was a learning opportunity that made me rethink what I was doing. I now focus on buying sets I *Know* will provide value to me personally like Transformers and Batman. I'm not getting them for the sake of having them, I want to get them because I *know* that I want it and *know* will look cool displayed on my shelf. I'm sure I'm probably preaching to the choir with this take.
If nothing else, Lego shopping is a good prod for introspection. I've seen so many comments over time on Lego channels about regretting this, feeling bad about that, being depressed, angry, etc. If any hobby is making someone feel those things, they need to reevaluate their habits fast.
The best part of the Aftermarket is that all the sets I want are all super-low demand
here's a tip, if you're looking for a set that just retired, check your local Barnes and Noble, they have sets and not a lot of people buy Legos there, found some sets that had retired 6 months prior at mine, pretty sure they still have the Seinfeld set lol
22:40 Okay, regarding minifigs...
I absolutely love minifigs. Always have. Whenever I have something built, i need to have that thing populated. Ever since I was a kid, having a castle or house or spaceship not populated to the brim by minifigs made me feel weird.
I just aesthetically prefer to have my Star Wars diorama filled with clones and droids in every small space you can see, my castle needs to have at least two someones in each room and tower. I want people to look into the window and see minifig face staring at them.
But I don't particularly care about named minifigs in sets. Yes, i will get them if they're affordable, and if minifig is cool, I'll try to get it. But I'm not particularly obsessed with getting every single one.
I want the cool ones, i want the useful ones. I don't want to sit on pile of minifigs I can't use, i want them appreciated.
Because I love this hobby. I want people to look at whatever i have on display and appreciate both build and whole scene.
What i wanted to say is that different people have different tastes and likings. I can understand if someone just wants to get minifigs now just in case because they're collecting. But not everyone who wants minifigs and looks at them as big part of set is a collector or skalpel.
Some of us simply want to have something to populate our builds. Because what's the point of having empty castle on shelf?
Thank you for calling out the failed bionicle relaunch. I’m so tired of seeing people talk about how much better bionicle was and how it needs to come back. And they gloss over the fact it did come back. And no one bought it
Love the video, love the content and your voice. After long day at work this is what i needed - a hot tea, blanket and new Cosmo video with useful and interesting info for me as Lego fan.
I cannot wait for a Lego set because I’m horribly impatient
Also on slightly related note, here in Germany most Lego sets already are discounted below RRP once they hit third party stores
Cosmonaut is definitely Librarian in disguise. True cinema friend
Wha
I feel like the hard push for FOMO comes from how much Lego is aimed at adult collectors nowadays.
I personally dislike that shift as an adult. I can save up for the big fancy d2c sets, but literally don‘t have any space for them. Id rather they do small sets but with more detail than usual again, like they did with LOTR/Hobbit playsets.
I think with LEGO collecting you've got to be satisfied with what you have and make realistic goals to what you'd like to get, and try avoid chasing trends.
It also helps if you sell unwanted stuff or sets you've invested in to help fund the hobby!
My bionicle 'tism activated and I have to correct you on some details. Bionicle was cancelled near the end of 2009 with it only getting one final sendoff wave in 2010 due to people on the inside protesting against lego execs. We never got an exact reason as to why it was axed, but it was most likely a mix between crappy quality control of pieces after 2006, lego wanting to explore new ideas for action figure sets and also a general decline in sales.
That being said you're 100% correct about the depressing demise of g2 bionicle. G2 was such a different interpretation of the classic bionicle that there was no shot of the hardcore g1 fans ever fully being into it. And since the ip itself is kind of based on early 2000s nostalgia, most young kids didn't really find it interesting. (Also it was imo just less interesing and expermental than g1 lol)
G2 had other issues too. Like, many, and I mean many people who grew up with Bionicle and went into their Lego Dark Age after the cancellation, learnt about Bionicle G2 only at around it's third wave. There was no marketing for it, and you wouldn't find out about it if you weren't already in Lego community or browsing Toy alley, neither of which you do in your Dark Age.
And since there was barely any marketing for it, kids also wouldn't get into the theme, especially when Star Wars figures were right there.
G2 was both mismanaged, AS WELL as it had its demand overestimated. There were multiple reasons as to why it failed, not just that fans didn't liked it.
Some didn't, some didn't knew about it, and some were still too young to purchase significant amount of sets, still only entering into adulthood
Although I still buy some Lego stuff, “some” being too much. The FOMO has basically disappeared because of the prices. I thought you did a good job on your video, and at the end of the day what people need to realize is it’s just a piece of plastic.
So happy I stumbled on your account.
30:50 - another contributing factor to Hidden Side's demise is that unfortunate tendency towards the old "Toys-to-Life" trend.
Lots of amazing designs, all never made into figures because _they were just app-only entities._
The only time app-based play features really worked for a long time for LEGO was with Mario, and that's because he was engineered based on preexisting gaming play patterns.
LEGO, if you're reading this, I want you to know that kids and adults don't go into LEGO for app integration - they go there for the building.
Please, never lose sight of that.
Thanks for another solid video, and for making me know about fobo, as someone who certainly experienced it frequently to some degree also as second hand Lego buyer
Love the video, I don't like mandrproductions either. Too much of a smug brat for me.
Dude you should do a collection video or a video on what themes/sets you grew up with as a kid
I've actually been looking up Instructions for Lego Sets online since at least 1998-2001 (one picture set is marked modified 1998, and some others are 2001. So the instructions were available if you cared to look for them. Also I still have most of my catalogs from the late 80s and 90s (can't remember when they stopped including catalogs with sets), so I was able to lookup instructions for sets I never got ahold of, but still wanted to build.
Babe wake up. Cosmonaut uploaded video about Lego once again. Also babe I can’t wait when he will upload Christmas edition.
Christmas edition? Oh you mean the backgrounds lol
GURA SANG AT A BASEBALL GAME!? bro that's wild. Proof we live in the a good timeline
But we lost Ame so what’s even the point
Dude made a lego video before the long awaited lego video
See, I'm a Batman 2006 fan and I miss the days when those kinds of licensed themes were still LEGO-fied.
Hell yeah. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the sets actually based on the movies/cartoons themselves too, but Lego's original interpretations on Batman/DC have been my favorite whether it's the wacky Lego Batman Movie version or the slightly more traditional version from 2006-08 and from the 2012 relaunch. But that 2006-2008 era especially is really special to me because of the video game and the few handful of sets I did get that are all gone now except for some minifigures.
I plan to do what Cosmonaut did with the Dino Attack set and get the original 2006 Batcave. The current Shadowbox set looks cool, but I got more fond memories of that original Batcave from the video game and watching ForrestFire101's Lego Batman stop motions as a kid.
@@mattboy5296 Bro. Idk how old you are but if you're free of bills, do it! I still live with my parents and I was in a situation where I had the opportunity to get the 2006 Batcave and just did it. It was like a $600-$700 Dutch import but it was so worth it. My favorite set of all time. And it's only going to go up in value.
I am an experienced collector of a LOT and very different things like: taxidermy, insects, scientific books, Hot Toys and Sideshow 1/6 Star Wars, Minecraft figures, Dinosaur figures, animal figures of specific brands, trains, stones, lots of fossils, clothes, figures from movies and series, plane models, ship models, submarine models, airship models, VHS, DVDs, Games, board games, toys, etc. etc.
I am experienced with the prices. I sold and bought. I hunt some of the stuff by my own, like the fossils. As a kid in the 2000s and early 2010s I also collected Lego and Lego SW.
I collect for joy(!), I collect because of passion. Pure passion. I am genuinely interested in certain subjects that the stuff I collect fits into. It started with the interest in the subject! Not with the objects. And not with the prices.
I don‘t see „Lego collecters“ as real collecters. It’s because they forgot the charm of Lego and what it should mean. If you are obsessed with detailed printings, why not getting Hot Toys instead of Lego. If it‘s that detailed, it‘s Lego no more. Some buy only for investment (it‘s actually a bad investment). They do not value the Lego and what it represents, they only value the price tags of the figures! They contribute to the problem that Lego should be for kids and that companies‘s products are still bought although having unjustifiable price tags from the beginning on. It‘s like collecting Nike shoes that are way overpriced and overshadowed by every proper leather well welted men‘s dress shoe. Or being obsessed with designer fragrances. Or just consuming without thinking and without passion for the subject itself. It‘s only about the objects and especially price tags! Collecting should not be something purely materialistic. Every real collector knows that.
I am only talking about a certain type of collector of Lego btw. These types exist almost everywhere else too. For example in the collecting of coins, of autographs, etc.
Thank you for saying this - it annoys me that people like MandR complain about the clone accuracy when they are Lego, they are not meant for accuracy just look at their proportions, buy black series or something if you like accuracy so much.
This comment is incredible! It gave me some insight into collecting I never considered before. The part about it not being solely about material is fascinating.
This doesn't stop FOMO... If any1 wants to have the joy of creating a MOCs with parts in a set, they still want that set. The joy of having ALL the SpaceMans is definately an issue. It falls InTo both an ownership issue, and less so a utility thing for people wanting to design MOCs with certain colors.
LEGO knows how to take advantage of FOMO, not only for the "need to have the set". There's a DarkRed BoatHull, and lime HoodPiece I want, not just for the reason if saying I have it. I want thise stupidly rare parts to create my iwn things with.
Lovin these Lego videos mang
As a fan but also collector of Lego I totally agree with the what you said in your video. My first introduction to lego when I was grouping up was lego Agents. Honestly, I buy lego for the playability and fun that it provides and not solely for the minfigures or the specific theme.
I remember roboraptor. I had one, and wished I had a second one, and when I woke the next day their was another one under my pillow
This video sort of came at a perfect time. Both the Shadowbox and UCS Tumblr are rumored to retire in 2 months and FOMO was the only thing really pushing me to try and get either. I came to the conclusion that the Tumblr (while gorgeous) is way too out of scale for its minifigs that it breaks any immersion and I'm not really a fan of Keaton Batman for the Shadowbox. I've never seen his films. Instead I opted into scouting a few retired The Batman and Dark Knight sets. They were of course marked up but still cheaper than my previous prospects. I feel more satisfied with my choices, and just pray for a Dark Knight Trilogy shadowbox-like set. That! Would be a must buy for me!
The Lego world needs JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out. Just let it go, man, and don't stress over toys. There will always be shiny new sets (though they just get more expensive year after year).
I've been cleaning a couple sets I've wanted for ages while watching this. The original vulture droid and naboo fighter sets from 1999. I've wanted both for well over a decade, and wasn't even alive when they were released.
Now that I finally have the ability to get older sets I've wanted for ages, I've started to get some I either missed out on, or outright wouldn't have been around to get.
I've also bought like $300 in new sets recently, building a small clone army since I wasn't able to do that back in the golden days of battle packs. 😅😂
1.2k in the red is wild
It’s sad that you mentioned Bakugan without at least mentioning that Bakugan has an identity crisis on what should it be, maybe do a video on that issue apart from the obvious
rejoice, for the gods ahve given us a cosmonaut star wars video
24:55 THE FWOOSH CAMEO!!!!!!
id love to see a video with your thoughts on the black series tbh
That intro of u not getting the turbo tank was so sad. I feel bad for u
This video was honestly a really nice reality check, especially with the recent leaks, and I'm thankful for that. Fomo, and as you already pointed, is CRAZY in the customs side of the Lego community and is hella exploited. That really made me reflect upon my investment in that community and my overall investment in Lego
Where I live there are no dedicated Lego stores. The idea if pick a part sounds really foreign to me, but something I'd love to see. Sure I can krder them online... But well... Shipping costs, also how am I supposed to know what I want? I'd love to test out parts, but of course there is Lego Studio but I have tried it before, but without the tactile element and the rather inconvenient and sluggish way of munipulating objects it's just a pain in tbe ass which stifles my creativity. It wouldn't be as bad if Lego didn't just stop making specific parts, sure there is bricklinks, you theoretically can obtain the set you want from eons ago but the prices are greatly knflated over their original cost simply because bricklinks or ESPECIALLY the online pick a part.
I had a thought today... Lego would be so much better if we had replicators from Star Trek. We would never have or experiance FOMO ever again, and pur creativity could truely be unlimited!
Sad we don't live in... Star Trek. Also why no Star Trek theme? It's rather odd when you think about all of the other things which have lego themes.
I started out with lego one day. But I never got back into it. I keep delving deep into different interests and spending all my money on it. My current thing is genuine ww2 militaria and I will not stop anytime soon. All this stuff is 80 years old, and super one of a kind. The greatest feeling of fomo I have ever felt
Dude this is an awesome video. Fomo is exhausting and conscienscious spending is important
MAN do I got FOBO when shopping for guitars
I’ve gotten really into Gunpla over the past few years and I really like that they re-release old model kits all the time. FOMO is definitely still there, especially around limited release p-bandai items, but at least for mainstream releases I know there’s a good chance I’ll be able to get something I want if I wait a while.
FOMO is definitely still there with gunpla even with restocks, cause who knows when that particular kit will get its restock, and the restocks are usually soled in advanced so you better pre-order right when the news hits.
9:32 you cant just show this in your goffy lil lego yt video 😭
People don’t know lmao
There's a South Park episode that mocks the trends going and changing for kid's toys, lol
Heck, there's an Arthur episode about it
Hmm 'the cosmonaut' or 'Vsauce' , lego or why we wear clothes. I see a clear winner.
I feel the part about buying a set for just one part as an adult. I bought the red tornado sonic set to go with my gaming display and didn't even care about the lab part of it, just the badnik and the plane, as a kid I would have bought it for the play features, but now it's just the figures and one aspect of the buildable part
I did that too, where I would buy a whole set for just one/ few parts I wanted. I used to be a bit reluctant to use Bricklink because I wasn’t sure if I could trust it and/or if I could understand how to use it properly to buy what I wanted. It was a mental hangup but I finally took the plunge when I decided to build my first custom MOC I saw on Rebrickable and some parts I was not able to get from Lego's Pick a Brick catalog.
I'm comfortable using Bricklink now, and it feels so much better to get the individual parts I want without spending on the whole set if I don't want it. That's how I plan to get the 25th Anniversary young Princess Leia minifig since I don't care about the rest of set she comes in.
I rarely never give in into FOMO cuz I'm usually content with LEGO puts out. I buy the sets that I really want(three of the same set if it's really good), usually for MOC purposes (I'm a Creator and Classic type guy).
The only Lego stuff I tend to grab nowadays is parts for mini builds (akin to those Star Wars polybag vehicles) cause I'm a huge fan of miniature scale stuff. Those tend to be a great deal for me cause I can get a good amount of ships worth of parts for a great price, compared to the larger sets. The only big set I plan on getting is that X-Wing VS TIE Fighter dual set, where the ships can be interchanged by the fuselages and wings. After that, nothing else really catches my eye, save for the MIDI ship builds, but even those are a bit much.
0:58 these are some bad ass clone wars kids helmets bro Dame🤯
LOL getting to the end of the video w/ the dino riders bit I realize I also just sold my Dino Attack firehammer! I was born in '93 so just a bit older. My last set as a kid was maybe the ARC170, but recently grabbed Obi Wan's hut just to experience the blocks again
used to get FOMO for Fortnite cosmetics only to then realize how much I was spending on it…
Me personally I’m fine with having a few star wars sets and figs I like. I usually just buy loose figs. Cause sometimes I want the figs ,and don’t want the set. Doing that has helped me save money. Now I’m happy with the small collection I have. I really don’t plan on buying more Lego sets. If they do a cool clone wars or episode 3 diroahma that I really like then maybe. The last couple waves I haven’t had any interests in. The last Lego Star Wars wave I cared about was the clone wars season 7 wave. I haven’t bought a set till recently, this year the Batman animated series Batmobile. I’ve always loved the animated series, I also am doubtful with Lego dc that they’ll do more of those sets. So that’s why I got that one. Plus when Sith figs and stormtroopers are getting downgrades, and the holes in the clone helmets. Those things make it easier to not buy the current product. When I think the previous versions of those figs were better.
Something I'd love to hear more on is your take on Lego's GWP's. I had planned on buying Barad Dur, but because of the GWP I stayed up till midnight to ensure I got the Fell Beast. Looking back, it's not as great of a GWP. I still would have gotten Barad Dur, so it's nice to have the GWP too, but still. It's a funny thing...
Omg hidden side was really underrated.
I've tried getting back into Lego two or so years ago and yeah the experience was extremely bad. Most of the cool stuff I couldn't afford and what I could afford was quite disappointing. I don't have a lot of money and I generally despise these "once it sold out it will never come back, but you only have 2 weeks to do so" (you know who you are). Thankfully I found some others and they send me down the rabbithole of the Lego competitors. Now I have several large display cases filled with large detailed models and a couple kilos of bricks for my own creations for the price of like 2 of Jabbas sailbarges at most.
So yeah thanks to Cobi and BlueBrixx I got to enjoy building again, I just wish Lego would get the message.
This video was great, but when is the next battlefield video coming out?
When it’s written
33:29 Nice Bionical book ^^
I have not collected LEGO Star Wars in the last 15 years.
But what I have colected last years are official and fanfiction books about mlp fim. So your joke worked for me quite well. Also some stuff you talked about also applies to my more unusual collecting. :D
I have a fear of paying too much and usually wait for sets to go on sale, sometimes buying on secondary market below MSRP.
I love you’re videos man keep it up
I let FOMO get met me into Modular buildings. I didn't want to miss out on experiencing these sets. Well, the ones that were still available. I certainly missed out on a few. But these days, after finding a cheap collectable alternative in Gundam, and having quite a few sealed sets waiting, I'm not buying anything new until I see what's coming next. I'm not buying the Museum modular until I see what's the next modular. That way I can plan out the budget, maybe change my mind about wanting one or both of these sets. Ninjago is coming out with new stuff all the time, but a lot of it is very similar to what I already have, so I want at least new 2 waves on the shelfs before I decide what I want. And of course, I never buy anything if a GWP is not available.
But let me emphasize the importance of the alternative. Now that I can spend less than 40$ on a Gundam set and absolutely love it, suddanly LEGO prices feel absurd and certain sets are no longer even a consideration. Now I'm very happy to miss out on a LEGO set that is made 50-60$ worth of bricks bigger than it needed to be.
Are you kidding me you traded the clone turbo tank for some bakugan!?! I like bakugan but come on. It's a clone turbo tank.
Don’t remind me I was like 8 or something