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I've seen a few -- but very few -- LEGO builders offering their own original
creations on eBay and elsewhere, and I wonder whether there is a decent
market for such things? What do you think?
By decent market, I mean, the ability to actually make a profit based on the
price of acquiring the bricks (purchase/shipping) compared to the final
sales price of your creation. (I imagine it wouldn't be worth it without
marking it up 100% or more. If I did it, I would set a high reserve price.)
Probably the items that would sell the best would contain a modest amount of
pieces, a relatively low number of special (i.e., expensive) pieces and high
number of cheap pieces, and ones that use a lot of colors and are
well-photographed. Also ones that reflect the most popular themes (Town,
Vehicles, Robots, etc.).
(I did notice someone at the Brick Guild selling some very beautiful fire
trucks, but not at eBay. I really admired them -- they looked as good or
better than any set I've seen LEGO market.)
It occurs to me that there are also some potential challenges and issues to
be resolved, such as:
1. Would you ship them assembled or not? If not, would you supply
instructions? Or at least some high-quality photographs are various angles
and building stages?
2. Would you include a list of parts? (I imagine it might help you get
parts customers in the future.)
3. Would you disclose that your set was never issued by LEGO, and that it is
in fact your own creation? What would be the best way of doing that?
4. Would you ever include used pieces, or only new bricks? Might this pose
problems if you needed very unusual parts (how would you find them)? Would
you disclose to the customer whether the bricks were new or used, or just
not say anything? Perhaps one should disclose, "Set comprises 103 pieces,
not more than 5 of which are used -- all else are new."
DISCUSS.
Second question:
Would you find value in swapping stories about successful (or unsuccessful)
sales of MOCs? For instance, if someone built and sold a house over eBay,
might it not be valuable to everyone to see the final auction details, see
how the item was photographed and presented, and see the final price?
YOUR THOUGHTS.
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