Brick Loot Subscription Box Review – March 2015

Hi, just my two cents also…as a mom of 6 with 5 of them being major Lego junkies I agree with Heidi and Becki. The cost may not be worth what you receive because I don’t see the actual pieces being so unique even though they are exclusives to this box. I also agree with the per piece price being too high. My oldest son is 18 and we still have his HUGE Lego collection. They seem to be way more durable than the other branded building blocks that we have. Some of his Legos were purchased at yard sales, swap meets and thrift stores and they are over 20 years old. I know this may sound crazy to some too but a decent chunk of his collection is from my childhood collection and I’m 43 YEARS OLD!

I just signed up for this box yesterday! I’m excited. The nerdiness in my house is starting to overflow.

I’m a Lego nerd, and I would put the race car value at $5. Lego sets with this few pieces are priced at that, and I may not even value a knock off as high as that. Same goes for the plane. A $5 Lego set usually has 50+ pieces. Just my 2 cents. lol

I tried to subscribe to this box a few months ago and it wouldn’t accept my credit card number.

This looks awesome! My 9 year old is a Lego nut!

I subscribed to Pley a few months back, which is like Netflix for Legos, and I was so disappointed. Every set we ordered arrived with pieces missing. My son likes to put them together as directed, then he’ll take them apart and build different things, so he was super bummed when he couldn’t get past the 3rd or 4th page of the instructions. Their customer service wasn’t great, either. I let them know each time a set came in with missing pieces and their response was basically “sorry not sorry”. Such a bummer because it’s a fantastic idea.

Something like this box would make his day! Thanks for reviewing it!

Being a long-time Lego fan, I think you really, really over-inflated the value of the exclusive sports car kit (not including the lights). It doesn’t look like there are any exclusive Lego bricks included and I only count about 50 pieces from the instructions. With your value of $25.00 for the kit, that puts each non-exclusive brick at almost 42 cents apiece average, a price no one should ever pay for Lego bricks. Even in Lego’s higher end sets, the bricks don’t average that high of a cost. While this is an “exclusive” kit made for the box, it’s not an exclusive kit issued by Lego, which is where any increase in value would come from. A similar kit (car) currently issued by Lego with 67 pieces only costs $4.99, or a sportier model with 106 pieces is $9.99.

The nanoblock Hot Rod is selling for $19.99 on Amazon right now.

I also think you way overvalued the Brickloot 3-in-1 that only has 22 pieces. I can’t tell what building system it uses, but your value has each brick priced at about 54 cents.

I’ve been watching these subscription building boxes lately and don’t see any value compared to the cost.

In my experience the non-Lego brands have never held together as well and the kids end up disappointed. I’m not familiar with these brands, though. Did you feel they built sturdy toys? Was the quality comparable?

This looks AMAZING! What a great idea! I promised my husband I wouldn’t subscribe to any more boxes, so I’m actually considering dropping one in order to justify adding this. I have three kids (one 11 and two 8), and I can imagine them fighting to claim this).