My Story: Getting Started Selling LEGO® Online

Building my business brick by brick

Joel Brown
6 min readAug 29, 2023
Various LEGO® bricks in a pile — Photo by Joel Brown (Author)

Over the past nine months, I have gone in an entirely different direction to any business I have done before.

In the past, my focus has been on businesses in technology and services. I had a business where I built and repaired computers and other technology. While I focused another business on developing and maintaining websites for businesses. My most recent attempt offering social media services to businesses.

These businesses end up the same way. With a lack of passion from myself, I just did not grow them at all. There is a big difference between knowing how to do something and having a drive and passion to make a successful business from it.

My Start With Lego

Through my childhood and even early adult years, Lego has been there. When I was a child, I remember several sets that I received as gifts. From the classic pirate theme and the Octan Service Station and Car Wash. There were also a lot of mixed parts to just build whatever I wanted.

As I grew older in my early twenties, I discovered the joy of some larger Technic sets. Including some impressive sets like the Williams F1 Team Racer (8461) and Ferrari F1 Racer 1:8 (8674). Along with a few other larger Technic…

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Joel Brown

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