Monday, February 21, 2022

A year in review, all the alt Lego I bought in 2021

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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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