Are Mixels a good investment?

[Deejay]

I have the feeling that the people in Europe don't like Mixels.. Too bad they are funny

[DenJ91]

I first heard of Mixels yesterday...as of today and 13 store visits later, i know have 2-4 sets of everything Series 2 and 3.  

 

Walgreens has probably 20 per store of series 3.  many of each although i found MESMO the hardest to find.  Oddly enough this figure just sold out on lego.com.  

 

Best score was at a Walmart where I found a series 1 Shuff (grey), 3 Lunks (blue), Jawg (brown) and a tentro (orange) along with the normal series 3. 

 

I gotta say I'm fascinated by these guys.  I'm a mixel nut!  They have great ROI's.   If you can get them for $4-5 and see them selling for over $10 already not to mention some going for over $20 like Flain (Red), I think it's an easy investment.   

 

I have around 50 Mixels now.  In a few months I figure to turn my $250 into $1,000 possibly.  Not out of the question.  

 

Aside from the investment factor, they are actually really cool.  The idea of building them per color sets and then turning 3 of them into a super mixel is just really cool.  

 

Lovin' me some Mixels. 

[donliu]

I got the mixels. Went to the lego store and picked up a couple of complete sets of series 2-- 8 to be exact. I know a toys r us that has a least another 4 sets. Should I get them all or stop hoarding :)

[DenJ91]

I got the mixels. Went to the lego store and picked up a couple of complete sets of series 2-- 8 to be exact. I know a toys r us that has a least another 4 sets. Should I get them all or stop hoarding

i'm surprised the lego store let you get 72 mixels.  do they look at you funny like "yep he's an investor"?   but you have a really solid investment there and yes keep hoarding them.  it's fair game.  these things are extremely popular. 

[redghostx]

i'm surprised the lego store let you get 72 mixels. do they look at you funny like "yep he's an investor"? but you have a really solid investment there and yes keep hoarding them. it's fair game. these things are extremely popular.

When I bought clearance mixels at the Lego store, I was told by a staff member to buy at least 3 sets of each to build more creations. So 72 is only 2.5 sets of 3, not that odd to me.

Ex Astris, Scientia.

[donliu]

i'm surprised the lego store let you get 72 mixels. do they look at you funny like "yep he's an investor"? but you have a really solid investment there and yes keep hoarding them. it's fair game. these things are extremely popular.

They allowed me to grabbed 4 complete sets a day. I Cleaned them out

[Alpinemaps]

I just contributed a blog entry to the site on Mixel investing, in case you haven't seen it yet.

 

LEGO Mixels

[Kenxxx]

I look forward to reading it, but - based on your new avatar - I think I have an idea of how it's going to read. 

[boliramirez]

I just contributed a blog entry to the site on Mixel investing, in case you haven't seen it yet.

LEGO Mixels

[Cross]

MIxels ARE a great investment... but may require you to time your sale of them.

 

Alpine is the King of Mixel investing... I would encourage anyone interested in learning about the Mixel Game to follow his posts very closely.

[speedsausage]

Series 2 looks to be pushing $80 as a complete set on the last few sold listings. Even saw a flurr on there sold for +$17.

[TheDarkness]

I didn't believe in mixels in the slightest. I can still get full sets of Season 1 and 2 easily. I have 17 S1 complete sets and will buy more soon. 

[Ciglione]

 

I didn't believe in mixels in the slightest. I can still get full sets of Season 1 and 2 easily. I have 17 S1 complete sets and will buy more soon. 

 

Me neither. And now I look for them everywhere. But haven't seen them anywhere! All disappeared.

[Alpinemaps]

I can't speak for non-US markets.  I have no idea how they're performing.  I do believe, though, that they are still readily available in southeast Asia and the Pacific (which makes sense for TheDarkness).

 

I mentioned this in a different thread late last night.

 

9 sets of Series 1 Mixels @ RRP cost $404.  1 SSD cost $399.95.  Both retired this past summer.

 

Selling on eBay right now, $120 for Mixels.  Sell all 9, get $1,080 for your $400 investment.  Your SSD is going to get you between $600 and $700.

[nolanfan34]

The SSD comparison assumes you sell all 9 sets. I've had series 1 posted for a while and it hasn't moved. So selling 9 might take some time. Otherwise agree with the potential!

[Brickbuilder.g]

hey mixels fans shipping out my first sold series 1 compelte set....it is weighing 1.04 pounds..was hoping it would be under a pound to save on shipping...bummer!

[PurpleSnurple]

hey mixels fans shipping out my first sold series 1 compelte set....it is weighing 1.04 pounds..was hoping it would be under a pound to save on shipping...bummer!

 

Just a tip for the future, when you're that close on shipping weight (assuming you're shipping in a box), you can trim the inside flaps of cardboard a bit to take the extra weight off. Works great for me when you're that close in ounces.

[Ciglione]

Anyone have any idea how these creatures are doing in Europe? 

 

I can see people earning good on them in the US. 

 

Europeans, please share your thoughts and/or experiences.

[speedsausage]

Anyone have any idea how these creatures are doing in Europe?

I can see people earning good on them in the US.

Europeans, please share your thoughts and/or experiences.

Be the the alpinemaps of Europe, pick up a set, post it and see what happens!

[newbie77]

Just a tip for the future, when you're that close on shipping weight (assuming you're shipping in a box), you can trim the inside flaps of cardboard a bit to take the extra weight off. Works great for me when you're that close in ounces.

what size box are you using?

[MagicShop]

Anyone have any idea how these creatures are doing in Europe? 

 

I can see people earning good on them in the US. 

 

Europeans, please share your thoughts and/or experiences.

I only sold sold 5 of 60 of the series 2 during the last month in a local page for double the price that i bought them... the price is good but i would hope to sell more

[Alpinemaps]

I only sold sold 5 of 60 of the series 2 during the last month in a local page for double the price that i bought them... the price is good but i would hope to sell more

That's about Series 1 was for me, when I started selling them. Then they took off.

[droolmonkey]

How are you all doing with the series 2, and are you stocking up on series 3? Ebay and Amazon both look promising from what I see.

[LegoDayd]

Has anyone ever bought Mixels from Japan sellers on Amazon. I need 2 more Velectro to fill out some sets. There are sellers at $16.88 there, wondering if they are US version and not counterfeit. I haven't heard anything about alternative versions of Mixel packaging so I might take a chance on 2 from there.

 

If anyone has any info on the subject, please let me know.

 

Thanks

[mscheaf]

How are you all doing with the series 2, and are you stocking up on series 3? Ebay and Amazon both look promising from what I see.

 

I have a series 2 set on ebay for $80 that is being ignored. I quit buying series 3 and am not buying any 4 until I start making money off these.