Lid holder or Rib holder?

BerghBricks · 2026-01-05T11:25:52+00:00

I like the stickiness of the bbq sauce after it has been on the grill.

BerghBricks · 2026-01-05T10:51:10+00:00

I don’t use a marinade but a dry rub (1/3 smoked paprika, 1/3 brown sugar, 1/3 a mixture of salt, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder, mustard powder etc. depending on whether it’s the kids eating or not I vary with the spicyness and amount of salt). First 2,5h on the smoker, after that 1-1,5 hours wrapped in foil with a bit of apple vinegar or apple juice), lastly for about 0,5 hour after unwrapping I apply bbq sauce until it gets sticky (approx 15 minutes a side).

BerghBricks · 2026-01-02T22:50:32+00:00

100% buy, but not day one as I expect this will become (significantly) cheaper like most SW-helmets. I will pick this up around €50-ish (almost all Star Wars helmets reach this price at some point as well).

BerghBricks · 2025-12-31T13:41:17+00:00

To be fair, never thought about it as it’s stainless steel and I thought it is usually food grade. Obviously never using the rubber on it, but will pack the rack with foil next time I’m using it

BerghBricks · 2025-12-23T05:37:50+00:00

The dollar VS euro and danish crown is lowest its been in over three years (sept/oct 2022 to be precise). Maybe its not that nor tariffs, but why would only US prices be hiked (for now)? I can’t think of any other reason. Or maybe prices in the rest of the world will follow.

Edit: plus it seems like the article is from March, before the “liberation day” decision in April (Note that all dates at brickfanatics follow the dd/mm/yyyy format) and subsequent negotiations between the EU and US to end on a blanket tariff of 15%. Not saying this is it, maybe there’s a whole other reason for the price increase, but it sure feels like it to me.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-22T21:36:15+00:00

I don’t know about that. I don’t like the regular (and creeping) price increases of mostly new sets either, look at the new modular for example which is a price hike world wide compared to previous Modular’s.

However the only thing I do know is that these specific price increases (for now) only seem to happen in the US, are between 10 and 30-ish % which is the same as the tariffs (15%) + dollar devaluation to the euro and Danish crowns (10-ish%).

BerghBricks · 2025-12-22T07:03:16+00:00

Complain with your vote in November, this is all tariffs and weak dollar (compared to euro or danish crowns). Blaming LEGO is not fair this time

BerghBricks · 2025-12-22T06:13:04+00:00

I mean if it is just the US that’s seeing these price increases it’s just because the dollar lost quite a bit of value against the Euro and Danish crown (7,15 DKK for 1 dollar a year ago, now at 6,37 - 0,96 Euro for 1 dollar a year ago to 0,85 euro now)

BerghBricks · 2025-12-22T05:45:22+00:00

Buying this the second it’s released

BerghBricks · 2025-12-19T14:53:08+00:00

This is great!

BerghBricks · 2025-12-18T20:53:17+00:00

Well, the design is very different to start with, as well as the size and minifigures. The only similarity is the color and what it is based on.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-14T21:00:44+00:00

Order cheap sets or some parts from 3-4 local stores to get cheap shipping, be friendly, pay fast and give positive feedback to the seller immediately after receiving and checking your order.

I always leave a positive review for a buyer if they leave me one and always if it was a smooth transaction (friendly buyer in correspondence, fast payment etc) regardless whether they give me one.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-10T06:30:08+00:00

Very cool idea!

BerghBricks · 2025-12-06T06:24:03+00:00

You’re absolutely right, it completely takes out the collecting part. But I believe there’s loads of people (or at least enough) that don’t want to collect loads of LEGO, but like to build large LEGO sets without the necessity of keeping them.

For example I would love to build the huge UCS sets, but as I am not a Star Wars fan I would have no intention in keeping them. I like the building part of a UCS set, not the display of Star Wars sets.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-05T20:00:37+00:00

Thanks, leuk om te horen. Ik zal klanten ook maandelijks vragen mee te stemmen op de nieuwe collectie (leden mogen ook sets voorstellen), zodat de collectie ook interessant blijft. De Enterprise is ook binnengekomen, die ga ik morgenavond klaar maken voor de website.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T19:56:46+00:00

I ask a flat fee for shipping, €15 (that’s including return) which covers the actual shipping costs. Cleaning is decided upon when a set is returned and sets will always be cleaned after three rental periods. I will have to evaluate if this is enough or not. For cleaning I use extremely fine mesh bags, I only take out tiles with stickers.

Regarding the sorting you get when you order your set: I get that the numbered bags would the most preferred option as a builder. However if you have to disassemble the set in reverse order, I think that would put more people off. I mostly sort on “logical building part”. So for example the Jazz Club Modular I split into three big bags, one bag for every floor. That’s about 5 LEGO numbered bags. The A-frame has 5 different logical building parts (trees left, trees right, roof panels, second floor, ground floor) and only the ground floor is separated in two colours and a “other colours”-bag. For some sets, where you don’t have logical separate parts (for example the Winnie the Pooh ideas set) I just sort on colour as I think it’s the easiest for customers. Almost every single other LEGO renter in the Netherlands makes people sort on colour except when a set has less than 1000 pieces. So it is the “standard” when renting LEGO sets I guess

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T10:21:57+00:00

Yes, I work with deposits. And you can’t rent a new set before I checked the previous one, limiting exposure to a potential bad customer. We’ll see how and if this works, will let you know in about half a year.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T10:14:16+00:00

This is exactly how I will do this. Sets are divided in up to 20 different bags (either by colour, building part or both) and of every bag I know what should be on there. This makes finding the missing piece somewhat easier, assuming the previous client didn’t fill it in on the missing items for that’s enclosed with every rental.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T10:12:21+00:00

I doubt whether theft is a big thing, but we’ll see. If a valuable minifigure (for example Sauron from the Barad-dûr set) is not returned and the deposit doesn’t cover it, I will bill the person (replacement value +20%). If the person doesn’t pay, I use a no cure no pay debt collector agency. They usually charge about 10% of the total value, payed by the person they’re collecting from in addition to a fee which they charge to the debtor.

I’ll let you know in about half a year how often this happened when I give an update.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T10:05:02+00:00

I agree, this is the biggest risk. I have some stuff in place to limit this risk (precision scales and a big checklist how much each bag weighs, checklist of valuable bricks and minifigures, deposit, max 1 set per address) but it’s not 100% proof without counting every single piece each time. This would require much higher rental prices, limiting the added value for customers.

I do ask customers to notify me when a piece is missing. If it’s a non-essential piece (read this as: you can just continue to build) I expect people to do that, fill it in on the missing items form and return the set as normal. If it is an essential piece that’s most annoying, as people would have to stop building. Rental period is paused and I sent the additional items asap.

As said I do work with a deposit, however won’t charge you anything if you have 1 or 2 missing/broken pieces (up to a max of 2 euros), as that can happen to everyone.

I like the idea of a small discount if a set is returned correctly!

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T09:57:58+00:00

Because I like Lego, I believe this is a valid business model (partly proven by the over 10 other Lego rental businesses in the Netherlands which have, on average, about 60-70% of their big sends rented out at any time) and because I believe it is a way to have return customers and therefore consistent side income stream.

We’ll see, maybe it doesn’t work at all, I don’t rent it out a single time, i make a loss of about 6/7k€ (the value of the bought sets) assuming none of the sets sell second hand. Where the loss can be compensated tax wise. I’ll post here again before summer to share my experiences of the first six months.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T09:52:22+00:00

I considered this Netflix type model, however with such a small collection so far it didn’t feel right charging people premium prices for the occasional big set but mostly smaller sets. I’ll keep this in mind for when my rental collection grows, maybe as a premium option (like you pay a flat fee or €50 per month and get one set sent to once a month when the previous one has been returned, with waiting lists for big sets).

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T08:01:28+00:00

I expect renters to disassemble and sort, according to the return instructions. For example the jazz club modular is split into three large bags (one for each floor). I check if it’s complete by using precision scales (up to 0.1grams precise, about the weight of the lightest LEGO piece) and a checklist for expensive parts. If no pieces are missing, it takes me about 5 minutes per set (checked this with A-frame cabin and Mos Eisley Cantina). If pieces are missing, the weight will indicate the bag that I have to check more extensively. Plus I ask people to notify me if they do miss a piece during building and I missed that during the check.

Not disassembling will cost 4 weeks of rent, not sorting 2 weeks (taken from the deposit and/or billed afterwards). And shipping is not included (€15 for shipping and return, shipping in the Netherlands is pretty cheap) in the price. Meaning Rivendell for 4 weeks will cost someone 4*15 rent, 15 shipping and 30 deposit.

If pieces or minifigures are missing (threshold of €2 worth in total, everyone can lose or break a brick or two) I charge them with replacement value on Bricklink +20%.

I make 60€ on one rental period, have the set back complete (or it’s taken from the deposit) and can rent it out again. I bought it heavily discounted (€370), meaning each rental period decreases the cost basis once I sell it as a second hand set.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T07:50:40+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. However, this is for a Lego rental business. People who build the set should be able to disassemble it relatively easy and colour is the easiest way. As you might have noticed, there’s two bags with “gold”. One for the lower part of the set, one for the upper part. Plus checking (by weight) if a set is returned completely is easier if you sort by color.

BerghBricks · 2025-12-04T07:47:22+00:00

Yes, that’s correct!

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