In my quest to find Legos, I’ve come across a number of sites and eBay that have Lego sets. Some sets/pieces are available on Lego’s website and people selling the ones that are available are pricing them at more than the price Lego has them. However, the market for used and new older Lego sets seems quite large. I wish I had gotten interested in Legos 10 years ago as I would have been able to get sets at list price and would have had a large selection. Over the last few years (at least from what I can tell), the emphasis in Legos has been licensed sets such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, Batman, Spiderman, etc. as well as Bionicles. I’m not interested in any of them, so the selection is quite limited for me and I’m afraid that Lego won’t be producing much variety in the town/city and train lines.
Speaking of trains, just as I start getting interested in trains, Lego is moving away from the 9V trains where the tracks are powered to plastic tracks where the engine is powered and has a remote control. The 9V trains interest me more as they are more like model trains and less toy like. In order to cater to the Lego target audience (young kids), Lego decided that the remote controlled trains are better. I can understand this, but it’s too bad for folks like me. I can still buy some parts from Lego, but soon the price will go up and the secondary markets selling Legos will make everything much more expensive.
BTW, if anyone wants to sell me Legos, let me know. I’m looking for town/city related sets, train cars (9V), as well as bulk lots of random bricks to build stuff.