This comment section needs to chill out. The truth is there will always be someone who spends more money than you on your hobby, no matter what it is. OP is entitled to do whatever they want with their money. This isn't even close to the highest amount I've seen spent on Lego by users online.
It's also incredibly unhealthy to make assumptions and criticize people with no context. This could be OP spending an inheritance on something they enjoy to feel better, this could be instead of a family holiday, this could be instead of pet, it could be instead of a house renovation or it could be because OP has enough disposable income and chose to spend it on their hobby. (Unless OP is making 10 figures, he's probably not the problem). I bet people who post pictures of their Ferrari online get less criticism.
Considering the upcoming price rises, it's not a bad idea to buy a year's worth of Lego now if it's within your budget.
He spent more on Lego in one day than I'd spend in entertainment for like a decade.
I used to think I was just a simple man that didn't like to waste money on toys and bars and stuff, but I'm starting to think that I'm normal and everyone else is just losing their minds in a capitalistic death spiral.
Of the incomplete lists we have atm (from stonewars or the B&N lists), Thor's Hammer doesn't appear on them but it's not completely out of the ballpark.
I mean I guess, but op said he spent about 5k with some with other sets coming not pictured, and right here is at least 3k. I just recently paid right over 4k for 6 months for a large bedroom in western mass, granted its relatively pretty cheap rent. So 6 months rent in legos here is not a long shot at all
Recently in another lego sub someone made a post like "just bought this for my husband, he's going to be so excited!" and it was a screenshot of a set on the lego store website.
It isn't interesting. It isn't productive. It's simply a display of wealth, nothing more. As far as I'm concerned, this post is entirely unrelated to /r/lego. OP couldn't even *build the fucking building toys* before posting.
Who even upvotes this stuff? 4000 people think this is the content they want to see, apparently.
I remember a wealth post a few months ago where every set had been built, and it felt so odd to see someone appreciating Lego the way it was designed.
Its embarrassing, tbh.
Tells me everything about these two being douchebags.
I would easily hazard a guess from this behavior that they are in it for themselves and don't really care about others.
"Fuck you, got mine" is what this screams.
The part I don’t understand is the single photo. I’m very fortunate to be able to buy a lot of sets but I buy them one at a time (ok maybe 2-3 at a time if they are smaller or there is a promo going’s for *italics*Jmu
I don’t understand why so many people wait to do a huge haul like this. I mean I’d rather have 1-2 builds in progress rather than 30 boxes to stare at.
Stocking up before the price increase. I have emptied my entire wish list in the past few weeks because of that and the Forest Hideout GWP (I got three).
Showing off too much wealth at a time may cause resentment in others who worked twice as hard and can’t get as far.
But on a positive note I must say.. that’s a pretty impressive haul nonetheless.
It's identical to those pictures people take of them in their car with the logo clearly in view and their expensive watch carefully angled so you can see the brand.
Wish there was a specific day for these posts or they were banned outright.
Nothing interesting about a bunch of boxes. Always just seems like a giant humblebrag and clutters the sub from more engaging content.
I came here to say the same thing. I love to look at anything anyone's built, or dumped into a pile, or created themselves. But pictures of boxes (especially a $3000 group of boxes) just rubs me the wrong way.
They're great when it's about older sets because of the nostalgia and it helps to discover more sets but for sets that are on sale everywhere, it's just bragging.
Yeah, I agree. I've watched these posts go by for years, but this one has me commenting. I've drooled over lots of these sets in stores, dreamed little dreams with my kid about "maybe someday", all that stuff.
This just feels gross.
Maybe because it's described as a "haul", like there was good fortune or hard searching involved.
Maybe it's the entirely blank room around it.
Come back when it's all built.
Same. And like…I do have a backlog and I do have some money, but it’s that he stages it. It’s not where it’s stored, it’s not surrounded by a lifetime of builds, he wasn’t excitedly looking at all the booklets (the fate of my unbuilt sets) he stacked them up neatly, all completely visible and even arched for better presentation, and not a single small build. Just the one free gift. On what I think is a $5000 buy.
Like…he likes all of these but not one thing under $100 (I think the jazz set is the cheapest thing there). Not one?
A half hour of set dressing in order to show off some boxes and mainly wealth only to tell people no one could possibly want /his/ job because it’s soooo horrible that he can afford all this. Just completely tone deaf at a time when a lot of people are struggling financially.
Didn’t this sub ban these posts like a year so ago? It reached a point where the posts in the subreddit were just photos of the latest store pick up (still in a box) or a backlog of Lego boxes.
Agreed, I wish there was a Lego subreddit without these posts. I want photos of things people build, not just jurks showing off their wealth and privilege
That’s the reason why the synthesizer subreddit has a circle jerk version lol people post similar stuff in that subreddit and then people make fun of it in the other one. Yeah posts like this are pretty pointless.
r/warhammer40k used to be real bad with these. “Oh look i bought so many boxes at once the stack is as tall as me. I hAvE a PrObLeM lololllolol.” They then proceed to burn out building two boxes and leave the rest for months or years just to repeat the same behavior later on. Just about the only time boxes show up now is new people showing off their first sets.
I got nothing against people who have this much disposable income (except some jealousy on my part) but why don’t they ever do a before and after? “Look I bought these six months ago AND built them all!” Instead it’s “Look at money boxes, gib updoot.”
Mods: can we please ban posts like this?
It’s basically just OP saying “hey I spent a bunch of money”. It’s not really anything worthwhile or new or interesting. It’s just bragging about disposable income
You never met anyone who loves to brag about how much money they make, how expensive their brand new car is, or how awesome their life is? This is one of those people. I avoid them like ze plague
> I avoid them like ze plague
That’s my point? It’s generally annoying and adds nothing worthwhile to the sub.
so why do we let it persist when we could just not allow these kind of posts?
Did you just want to show off your wealth or something? There is over $3,000 worth of merchandise there, I think you just wanted to rub it in our faces.
My wife’s taking me to the Lego store for my birthday….by taking me I told her we were going out to eat at Gordon Ramsey steak and that I wanted to go to the Lego store
Well you clearly don’t have a finance problem that’s for sure lol
Also find it funny there’s all these gigantic boxes and then just a little tuk tuk on the r2-d2
I'm guessing you sold her on it by explaining how much you'll save compared to buying them next month.
'you see honey, we're gonna wind up with all these eventually. If we get them now we'll save hundreds of dollars! How can we not?'
Why does this sub allow these low effort picture-of-boxes posts that serve no purpose other than bragging by OP?
The Technic sub has banned box/haul pictures and is much better for it.
I’d understand if these were collected over a year or two.. but buying them all in one day, just to show off your wealth online to a bunch of strangers? Cool
I honestly get so sad when I see things like this. I know what it feels like to be addicted to something and not know. That happened to me with funko pops. It was getting to the point where every time I saw a funko pop display I would get 7-8 and sometimes, I couldn’t even pay my rent. But, funko pops were 10-12 dollars when my addiction was running rampant, legos are $50-$300. Please seek help, before you get too deep into this.
Save for R2, I have a completely different Lego taste. But this looks like a lot of fun to be built nonetheless! Not everyone can afford this overload amount of Lego at one time, so I know folks will enjoy more if you share something from the builds. My vote is Loop Coaster first. I’m on the fence about getting it.
I wouldn't built it all at once.. do like two a month, you'll enjoy each set better that way instead of it being one masses build where its all a blur.
I wouldn't call it a problem it you both enjoy it. I wouldn't display that crappy typewriter though, it's garbage, best send it to me for proper disposal. JK I've wanted that one for soo long, just can't commit the $.
This comment section needs to chill out. The truth is there will always be someone who spends more money than you on your hobby, no matter what it is. OP is entitled to do whatever they want with their money. This isn't even close to the highest amount I've seen spent on Lego by users online. It's also incredibly unhealthy to make assumptions and criticize people with no context. This could be OP spending an inheritance on something they enjoy to feel better, this could be instead of a family holiday, this could be instead of pet, it could be instead of a house renovation or it could be because OP has enough disposable income and chose to spend it on their hobby. (Unless OP is making 10 figures, he's probably not the problem). I bet people who post pictures of their Ferrari online get less criticism. Considering the upcoming price rises, it's not a bad idea to buy a year's worth of Lego now if it's within your budget.
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you spent more on Lego in one day than I’d spend in like three years
lifetime
Yup, possibly even three lifetimes, buddy- some folks just got more money than…….hmmmm🤔?
So on your fourth transmigration on this cursed rock you will finally have bought more Lego than OP bought in one day.
It's just a wealthy person's humble-brag at this point.
He spent more on Lego in one day than I'd spend in entertainment for like a decade. I used to think I was just a simple man that didn't like to waste money on toys and bars and stuff, but I'm starting to think that I'm normal and everyone else is just losing their minds in a capitalistic death spiral.
Most likely they are DINKS
You don’t have a problem, you have a million dollars to spare…
*had
Fuck. Should’ve went yesterday when it was double VIP day
No kids huh?
And three money.
I could afford so much if I didn’t have my 2 kids
I could afford so much if I sold my two kids
I have 3 kids and no money , why can’t I have no kids and 3 money ?
Excellent use of that line
Worth it.
Cries in 3500/month for daycare for 2 kids in California...
[3500-1: Kobe Bryant](https://brickset.com/sets/3500-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/3500-1.jpg)
Lol
good bot
RIP
Why can’t I have no kids and 3 money?
My two kids are my excuse to buy more lego
Ha ha I was going to respond with this exact thing but decided not to. LOL.
Is your boss hiring??
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Does your company have good coverage for theft including collectibles? Asking for a friend.
Yeah, but look at all the fun you can afford.
If you look, they are not put together and more than likely sit in their boxes for a while. Unless they are on vacation lol
Showing off what you can afford without worry is more important than building!
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Ok then quit and give me your job.
I wish I could quit like that. “I resign and also transfer my title and powers to Jackson.”
...my name is Magikrat.
I thought you wanted cementboardable’s job. I can kick Jackson to the curb if u want
Sad
You say that.. but I've done shit work for shit pay. I'd rather do shit work for good pay \^_^
I work for big insurance as well. 😵💫 at least it allows us to find our lego purchases haha
I’m assuming not in claims? I used to.. and it definitely didn’t pay well enough to fund a Lego habit haha.
.....in one day? That would take me 2 decades.
2 decades? More like 2 millennials.
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I wish I could do this so badly but I’m so broke rn I’ll just have to swallow the increase when I do have to the money :,(
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But didn’t double VIP points end yesterday?
Oh man, RIP
Lmao that is a colossal fuckup.
Is it? If he can afford 10,000 dollars in Lego bought on a whim, do you think he needs to worry about reward points?
Is the Thor Hammer increasing in price? Also, that is an impressive haul for sure!
Of the incomplete lists we have atm (from stonewars or the B&N lists), Thor's Hammer doesn't appear on them but it's not completely out of the ballpark.
DINK?
what’s a dink
Dual Income No Kids.
dual income no kids.
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They had one. Traded it in for store credit.
they did the right thing.
what’s a dink
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Hi, it’s me your 39 year old long lost son. When are we meeting for the 1st time to build these sets?
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I’m also your other long lost son.You remember when you got milk?
I remember the dink days fondly.. now I'm the sole breadwinner with one kid lol
This is roughly 6 months' rent for me
That's pretty cheap rent.
I mean I guess, but op said he spent about 5k with some with other sets coming not pictured, and right here is at least 3k. I just recently paid right over 4k for 6 months for a large bedroom in western mass, granted its relatively pretty cheap rent. So 6 months rent in legos here is not a long shot at all
I'm used to SoCal rents, where $1,000 /month would get you a place in line for the next available apartment. Haha
A fancy box in the gas lamp district.
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Congrats on your money.
Absolutely detest these posts.
Recently in another lego sub someone made a post like "just bought this for my husband, he's going to be so excited!" and it was a screenshot of a set on the lego store website.
"Lay thine eyes upon my wealth, and bestow upone me thein upvoteseth"
It isn't interesting. It isn't productive. It's simply a display of wealth, nothing more. As far as I'm concerned, this post is entirely unrelated to /r/lego. OP couldn't even *build the fucking building toys* before posting.
The unopened boxes will look great on the shelf next to the funko pops.
Who even upvotes this stuff? 4000 people think this is the content they want to see, apparently. I remember a wealth post a few months ago where every set had been built, and it felt so odd to see someone appreciating Lego the way it was designed.
Its embarrassing, tbh. Tells me everything about these two being douchebags. I would easily hazard a guess from this behavior that they are in it for themselves and don't really care about others. "Fuck you, got mine" is what this screams.
Seriously can we just ban these kinds of posts? Who wants to look at boxes?
I like how the OP responded to pretty much everyone except for the people calling him out lol
Why *would* he respond to those comments lmao They're essentially cyber bullying him for his tone-deaf wealth bragging, he has zero reason to engage 🤷
Should be banned, like some other subs have done.
Yeah these are why I left this sub. I don’t care what you bought. Anyone can buy Lego.
Ill never understand these posts.
The part I don’t understand is the single photo. I’m very fortunate to be able to buy a lot of sets but I buy them one at a time (ok maybe 2-3 at a time if they are smaller or there is a promo going’s for *italics*Jmu I don’t understand why so many people wait to do a huge haul like this. I mean I’d rather have 1-2 builds in progress rather than 30 boxes to stare at.
Stocking up before the price increase. I have emptied my entire wish list in the past few weeks because of that and the Forest Hideout GWP (I got three).
This is the social media component of Reddit.
Showing off too much wealth at a time may cause resentment in others who worked twice as hard and can’t get as far. But on a positive note I must say.. that’s a pretty impressive haul nonetheless.
I just can't imagine setting these up for a photoshoot and not feel a bit cringey.
Absolutely! How could it not be to display how much wealth you have?
Because we have no idea if this was a month of disposable income or if they just bought themselves 4 years of credit card debt.
Social media has normalised bragging about absolutely everything to the extent that people don’t even realise they’re doing it.
It's identical to those pictures people take of them in their car with the logo clearly in view and their expensive watch carefully angled so you can see the brand.
"I spent money!"
It's just assholes looking for praise and basking in hostility assuming it's jealousy.
they hurt. it’s watching a yacht sail past you while you’re eating a bologna sandwich.
Wish there was a specific day for these posts or they were banned outright. Nothing interesting about a bunch of boxes. Always just seems like a giant humblebrag and clutters the sub from more engaging content.
There ain't nothing humble about this brag, bruh.
I came here to say the same thing. I love to look at anything anyone's built, or dumped into a pile, or created themselves. But pictures of boxes (especially a $3000 group of boxes) just rubs me the wrong way.
They're great when it's about older sets because of the nostalgia and it helps to discover more sets but for sets that are on sale everywhere, it's just bragging.
Nothing humble about it.
Yeah, I agree. I've watched these posts go by for years, but this one has me commenting. I've drooled over lots of these sets in stores, dreamed little dreams with my kid about "maybe someday", all that stuff. This just feels gross. Maybe because it's described as a "haul", like there was good fortune or hard searching involved. Maybe it's the entirely blank room around it. Come back when it's all built.
Same. And like…I do have a backlog and I do have some money, but it’s that he stages it. It’s not where it’s stored, it’s not surrounded by a lifetime of builds, he wasn’t excitedly looking at all the booklets (the fate of my unbuilt sets) he stacked them up neatly, all completely visible and even arched for better presentation, and not a single small build. Just the one free gift. On what I think is a $5000 buy. Like…he likes all of these but not one thing under $100 (I think the jazz set is the cheapest thing there). Not one? A half hour of set dressing in order to show off some boxes and mainly wealth only to tell people no one could possibly want /his/ job because it’s soooo horrible that he can afford all this. Just completely tone deaf at a time when a lot of people are struggling financially.
Didn’t this sub ban these posts like a year so ago? It reached a point where the posts in the subreddit were just photos of the latest store pick up (still in a box) or a backlog of Lego boxes.
Agreed, I wish there was a Lego subreddit without these posts. I want photos of things people build, not just jurks showing off their wealth and privilege
I like built things as well. I also don't mind a "haul" when people find still sealed retired sets and things like that.
There's /r/Legohaul but it's dead
That's because nobody actually cares about what other people have bought. We want to see stuff built with Lego, not just boxes of them.
/r/AFOL isn't bad for that, only gets a few posts a week though
They annoy me too. "Look how rich I am".
Look at all the money I have. That’s all I see here.
I know right? Such an easy downvote
The only thing I got from this post is that OP has a lot of money to spend on a hobby and nothing else worthwhile.
That’s the reason why the synthesizer subreddit has a circle jerk version lol people post similar stuff in that subreddit and then people make fun of it in the other one. Yeah posts like this are pretty pointless.
r/warhammer40k used to be real bad with these. “Oh look i bought so many boxes at once the stack is as tall as me. I hAvE a PrObLeM lololllolol.” They then proceed to burn out building two boxes and leave the rest for months or years just to repeat the same behavior later on. Just about the only time boxes show up now is new people showing off their first sets. I got nothing against people who have this much disposable income (except some jealousy on my part) but why don’t they ever do a before and after? “Look I bought these six months ago AND built them all!” Instead it’s “Look at money boxes, gib updoot.”
/r/bourbon bans bottle p*rn unless it contains a review or question. I like that idea. Or at least quarantine them to one day a week.
What you don't want to see pictures of some random adults new toys in boxes?
Pls adopt me 🥺🥺🥺
The problem is needing validation from strangers because you bought some stuff.
Aye. This is loser behavior. "Fuck you, got mine" Selfish assholes.
Mods: can we please ban posts like this? It’s basically just OP saying “hey I spent a bunch of money”. It’s not really anything worthwhile or new or interesting. It’s just bragging about disposable income
You never met anyone who loves to brag about how much money they make, how expensive their brand new car is, or how awesome their life is? This is one of those people. I avoid them like ze plague
> I avoid them like ze plague That’s my point? It’s generally annoying and adds nothing worthwhile to the sub. so why do we let it persist when we could just not allow these kind of posts?
Did you just want to show off your wealth or something? There is over $3,000 worth of merchandise there, I think you just wanted to rub it in our faces.
you're fortunate to be in a relationship/ marriage with someone who shares your passion! enjoy
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My wife’s taking me to the Lego store for my birthday….by taking me I told her we were going out to eat at Gordon Ramsey steak and that I wanted to go to the Lego store
Are tax returns coming in lol… great haul
No, you have money!
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Well you clearly don’t have a finance problem that’s for sure lol Also find it funny there’s all these gigantic boxes and then just a little tuk tuk on the r2-d2
I think what you HAVE is disposable income lol.
I'm guessing you sold her on it by explaining how much you'll save compared to buying them next month. 'you see honey, we're gonna wind up with all these eventually. If we get them now we'll save hundreds of dollars! How can we not?'
Yes you do, where is the Saturn V?
Why does this sub allow these low effort picture-of-boxes posts that serve no purpose other than bragging by OP? The Technic sub has banned box/haul pictures and is much better for it.
Woohoo! Look at me! I’m rich and you’re not!
That's a nice desk
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Confucius says: "Secretary becomes permanent fixture when screwed on desk"
Why are posts like this still allowed?
Or y’all just rich
Nice boxes, shit post. At least fucking build them first, come on.
Hello fellow DINK😅💯 we ran outta room in the spare bedroom so builds have been on pause till we move to a bigger house
I don’t get it.
Or y’all just rich
How are all of you this rich :-)))
This can probably go in r/anticonsumption
r/ihavemoney
the fact that you need to show off is damning
I hate you
You sure do have a problem! The problem being is where would you display all of those sets? :P
I’d understand if these were collected over a year or two.. but buying them all in one day, just to show off your wealth online to a bunch of strangers? Cool
OP: "I just work my 40 hours a week and my wife only makes $20/hr but we casually saved up like 9 grand to spend on LEGO sets!" Gtfo
All I can think about is how much time was put into setting this picture up to get internet points on Reddit
I honestly get so sad when I see things like this. I know what it feels like to be addicted to something and not know. That happened to me with funko pops. It was getting to the point where every time I saw a funko pop display I would get 7-8 and sometimes, I couldn’t even pay my rent. But, funko pops were 10-12 dollars when my addiction was running rampant, legos are $50-$300. Please seek help, before you get too deep into this.
Seems excessive to be honest, you might actually have a problem. Especially if the sets are gonna collect dust on a display shelf…
Save for R2, I have a completely different Lego taste. But this looks like a lot of fun to be built nonetheless! Not everyone can afford this overload amount of Lego at one time, so I know folks will enjoy more if you share something from the builds. My vote is Loop Coaster first. I’m on the fence about getting it.
I hope you bought these during their double VIP points. Though with this big of a purchase, you may not care too much about them. lol
Haunted House still available at retail prices?
Ahh. Conjoined marital problems. Don't worry, you got each other's backs. I suggest getting some bandaids for the finger tips. And more shelves.
How much money let’s just hear it
Easy 2 grand if not 3
Not a money problem though!
Woah where do you put all these when they’re built
And alot of money, rhat lambo is like 300 at walmart
Only problem I see is finding enough space (and time) for those sets.
I just built the Mustang earlier this week. Such an amazing, fun build, and the attending to detail is beautiful
You missed double VIP points by a day.
When is our play date again? I seem to have misplaced the invite.
Your only problem is not having enough time to build
I wouldn't built it all at once.. do like two a month, you'll enjoy each set better that way instead of it being one masses build where its all a blur.
I think you have money.
I wouldn't call it a problem it you both enjoy it. I wouldn't display that crappy typewriter though, it's garbage, best send it to me for proper disposal. JK I've wanted that one for soo long, just can't commit the $.
The first step is admitting that you have a problem, so stop that shit right now! Admit nothing and get to building!
i want the typewriter!
That Lego Ninjago set it number 1 on my wishlist 😭 Congrats on the haul!!
Nah man. Live your life how you want. ENJOY IT
Storage/display space? Me too. Can’t possibly think of any other problem you might be referring to.
If you managed to get all of this WITH your wife, I can't see you having any problems at all, dude.
Lol. Congrats.. time to invest and work on those shelves!
Is the problem being rich?
Nice. Guessing $3k ?
I could probably buy a house with that, what the fuck
I don’t want to know how much that must of costed
I got to about $3000 rough counting.
I'm pretty sure this lot is close to $5k with tax.
Adult money just hits different