Author: The Plastic Detective
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Speculation, scalping, and what “collecting” even means now
The resale market didn’t ruin the hobby. It just held up a mirror, and a lot of us didn’t like what we saw.
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Ghostbusters ECTO-1, third time around: nostalgia with a price problem
A gorgeous model wrapped around a value question nobody at head office wants to answer out loud.
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LEGO quietly retires the Pick-a-Brick wall we actually liked
The wall is going. The replacement is cups of pre-sorted parts, and the maths is not in your favour.
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We tried every AI “build me a MOC” tool so you don’t have to
Some were genuinely useful. Some produced things no physical brick could ever hold together.
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Why one particular purple brick costs more than a used car
A prototype colour, a factory mistake, and a collector economy that lost its mind.
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How to store your sets without turning your spare room into a warehouse
Display, box, or somewhere in between. A sane storage plan for collections that keep growing.