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Now that we are fully into 2022, I thought it would be fun to review all of the alternative Lego sets and minifigures I bought during 2021. In addition to the lists below, I also bought a lot of loose bricks and accessories to make my own custom modular buildings, but they are too many to list here.
I've broken down my buys into three major themes: Modular buildings, Sci-fi/Star Wars, and City themed sets and vehicles. I curtailed my spending of minifigures this year, but still bought some Star Wars Clone troopers and Mandalorian figures.
I also calculated how much I spent on alt Lego in 2021. On average it was about $150 CDN per month. How does that compare with what you spend on a monthly basis? Please feel free to let me know in the comments below!
Modular buildings I bought in 2021
Panda 10201 Bookshop
Happy Build YC20006 Photo Shop
Happy Build YC20008 Music Shop
Sembo 601143 Coffee Shop
Modular MOC C4903 Flower Shop
Modular MOC C4226 by Kristel
Juhang 86012 Garden Street
JieStar 89100 Jazz Cafe
Sci-fi themed sets I bought in 2021
MOC 20383 Blade Runner Spinner (x2)
MOC 56363 Rey's Speeder
MOC 53017 AAT
MOC C6937 Rebel Landspeeder
MOC C5518 Probe Droid
King 19046 Republic Gunship
Pantasy 81101 Spirit Cage Incarnation
MOC 35960 AT-RT
MOC 42421 Demolition Man car by RollingBricks
City sets I bought in 2021
Wange 3625 Fire Truck
Xingbao XB3027 Offroad Vehicle
Qunlong QL0319 Train (x2)
Gudi 9222 Fire Truck
Sembo 601095 Hong Kong Streets
Winner 5027 Truck
MOC C5333 Garbage Truck by Mochimaster
Qihui 5804 Technic Offroad truck
Happy Build YC-QC009 Food Trucks
Bela 10871 Camper
Bela 10992 Arctic Exploration Team
Bela 10997 Arctic Mobile base
Decool 22034 Mini Vehicles
Minifigure sets I bought in 2021
Bela/Leri 11389 People Playground
WM6095 Bad Batch minifigures
WM6092/WM6085 Mandalorian minifigures
KT1034/KT1035 minifigures
How much I spent in 2021
I spent a total of $1815 CDN this past year, up from $1265 CDN that I spent in 2020 which is about a 30% increase over the previous year. I have been tracking my yearly expenditures of alt Lego since 2013 and I spent the most ever in 2021.
Total spent: $1814.85 CDN averaging about $151.23 per month
Month with the least spending: Nov - $0.00
Month with most spending: Mar - $443.39
What's ahead for 2022?
During the month of January 2022, I will have only spent less than $5 on alt Lego. For the remainder of the year, I foresee that will be spending a lot less on alt Lego.
Firstly, there haven't been many new sets that have piqued my interest at a price point that I'm comfortable with. Since the pandemic and supply chain issues, there has been a dramatic price increase in alt Lego over the past few months. Before, I could find many modular buildings selling for under $100 CDN, but these days the average price seems to be around $140 to $150 each. I suppose that reflects the joint cooperation between the designers and alt Lego brands.
Another reason I'm cutting back is due to the fact I have run out of room. All of my modular buildings, spaceships and city vehicles take up a lot of space and I don't have any more room to grow. I will probably have to start deconstructing some of my existing sets.
I plan to focus more on building MOCs or enhancing sets I already own in the coming year. As a result I will probably be posting less about new sets on Its-Not-Lego.blogspot.com and posting more pictures of my MOC builds on BricksandFigs.blogspot.com. Please be sure to check it out if you get a chance!
How about you? Are you spending more on alt Lego these days or cutting back like me? I'm curious to know!
Anyways, bye for now!
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