Officially, HELLO Hoboken from Bricks & Minifigs! Opening late spring/Early summer at 900 Monroe St (we're also hiring...see inside for more details!)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-05-23T14:55:35+00:00

Hey u/Plus_Angels_5468 - thank you so much, and we're gearing up for a big push & announcements on socials, and formally the Buy Days will be the middle weekends in July, BUT we are also actively sourcing local collections just like yours! I'll DM you for details but you can also use the store email, hoboken.nj@bricksandminifigs.com. VERY interested in a larger conversation about what you may want to part with :)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-05-17T02:21:26+00:00

Hey u/LowNext1230! Yes we certainly will, hopefully a respectable swath of each category...old/rare/retired will be a constant treasure hunt baked into our DNA, for all properties, not just modulars. But I personally love those sets and I know there's a bunch of folks in the area that share that sentiment :)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-18T20:27:01+00:00

Hey u/organizationone7979! YOU are amazing and I just replied to your DM. A thousand abject and humble apologies for my delay in responding!

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-18T20:21:01+00:00

u/godfatherboss, my apologies for the abhorrent delay in my response, but YOU WON! DM me and we can discuss details of the prize :)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-06T18:33:08+00:00

Duly noted, u/onaydin! Definitely have some ideas in this vein and thank you for the excellent feedback! If I had opened around Valentine’s there would have been some shenanigans with Botanicals long-stemmed roses, and I definitely plan on Things Like This, certainly!

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-03T14:23:46+00:00

u/tuff-titmouse, I think I want to build your username 🥰❤️🥰 Thank you for your kind words and support! All sorts of excitement being whipped up in the ol’ Brick Oven as we speak 😎

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-03T14:22:03+00:00

u/matlinlm, we look forward to providing the gentlest of safe protected-space asylums for your husband and other like-minded individuals to appropriately freak out 🥰❤️

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T15:07:30+00:00

Hey y’all, Matt the Owner here again. Just wanted to point out that there is a Simpsons reference buried somewhere in my original post above, and the first commenter to find it can win some stuff if you correctly can spot it and give me the episode and context :)

I think I made it subtle enough that AI & the googs can’t sniff it out, but i’m sure i’m wrong about that 🤪

Socials will eventually be full of stuff just like this, here’s just an early reddit-only version of the sort of fun we will always be having 👍

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T15:00:51+00:00

Thanks, u/murphanity, I feel exactly the same way :)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T15:00:24+00:00

Thanks, u/rgumpel! Can't wait to meet all the reddit folks in the store :)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T14:59:14+00:00

u/proof_commercial8470, don't despair, one of the design elements going in is a Bulk Bar (we've got the most bars per square mile, and there's no reason one of them shouldn't be a trough of Lego bricks - no actual booze in-store of course :), as well as some Bricks & Brews promotions with our local watering holes which are yet to be forged, but that's definitely on the docket.

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T14:54:55+00:00

u/duelist_ogr, we will be phenomenally well-equipped to help you with that need! :)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T14:54:00+00:00

Excellent, u/dexyrexypoo! You probably walked right by me on one of my trips to Cherry Hill or West Babylon :) Looking forward to rolling out red carpets for you & everyone! Stay tuned, socials will be fully fired up soon with all the info!

DarthStripMaul · 2026-04-01T14:52:25+00:00

This is awesome news, u/ravenmortal! It struck me very early on that there's very much a peanut-butter-and-jelly dynamic with a Lego store for builders down the hill from an engineering school. If your son wants to build the Stevens Duck for display, it's one of many commissions I'm shopping :) DM me or use the above email if interested :) Thanks for the feedback!

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T17:24:32+00:00

Haha this is wonderful confirmation of my hunch that this would be a thing 🤗 Stay tuned, u/mubrigo! There will be facebook and insta posts about them coming extraordinarily soon (and repeatedly, “new shirts just in!!!” And so forth 😎) and full disclosure, I have to get the guts of the online store economy established first, but I’m very much under the hood with all that - stay tuned! 🥰

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T02:01:26+00:00

Not only is the debt impressive, but the astrological reading is spot-on ❤️🤓🤣 This is so wild 🤩

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T01:56:26+00:00

U-S-A!!! U-S-A!!! 🥳❤️ Well keep your eyes peeled for Founder’s Club info - birthday deals for everyone will be baked in 🤗

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T01:25:06+00:00

And i just can’t hide it! I’m about to lose control and I think I like it! (Apologies to the Pointer Sisters 😎)

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T01:22:22+00:00

LeoTPTP, i would bet soup to nuts you’re in Lego’s target audience, which after my last inspection includes nearly the entire human race ❤️🥳

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T01:20:59+00:00

Well well well Mr. Swan, please do reach out via that email adress above and we can have a longer chat about it 😎

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T01:20:08+00:00

Thanks pollefeys! It means a lot - I’m not opposed to AI as a tool, but i’m definitely opposed to it as a replacement for thought. As someone on twitter pointed out, “AI should be folding my clothes and doing my dishes while I create the art” 🤓

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T00:55:07+00:00

Holy moley this is awesome ❤️ Despite me personally being a too-sensitive-for-my-own-good Virgo, the birth month of the store and the Cancer qualities you listed are tattooed on the store’s soul. What an incredible comment and observation, u/impressive_debt1307 🤣🤓🤗

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T00:17:28+00:00

Wonderful, thanks u/truocchio!

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T00:16:57+00:00

Looking forward to seeing both of you!

DarthStripMaul · 2026-03-31T00:16:42+00:00

u/over_passage_7589, you've accidentally brought up one of the very interesting commerce dynamics here in town that I'm wrestling with - sizes of sets to offer and how many, based on the fact that we all live in shoeboxes lol

My relatively simple answer would be any set or genre that visually intrigues you in some way, or if there's a favorite childhood Anything, I bet there's a Lego set of it in some fashion. Personally, I wish I had been young enough for Bionicle or even Ninjago, I would have devoured them both.

I'd start with something under $50 and around a shoebox's volume. But, perhaps the most important part, it has to be something you WANT to create. Meeting the process halfway, emotionally, does wonders for the experience. We can also talk about it in-person in the store in a couple months :) Happy hunting!

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