What are some other ways you can/have saved money while building your army? Sign up for Rakuten and get a $40 sign-up bonus*: www.rakuten.com/r/MANDRP15

Seriously, "just be rich" is the best advice! Not only for clone troopers, but for any Lego set.

I don't know why I'm so obsessed with making an army of plastic space soldiers

Thank you Ryan for making sure to talk about the downside of credit cards

The first thing you need to do is build a Lego Kamino. After that, in 10 years you'll have 200,000 units ready, with a million more well on the way.

Asking friends if they have minifigs they don't want anymore is really helping ! During the year, friends gave me the 2016 Quinlan Vos and Luminara Unduli, 2013 Count Dooku, Poggle the Lesser, a geonosian, Savage Opress, clone wars Yoda, 2013 501st troopers, a geonosis clone trooper, Jar Jar Binks and some other random minifigs and pieces, and I only had to pay a bit for Dooku ! So go make friends, it's very stonks.

The credit card tips specifically is one of the easiest to implement and the most worthwhile long-term in my opinion. I switched credit cards about two years ago now and I’ve been able to get almost $4000 CAD in cash back on purchases I would’ve made anyway.. I’m using my rewards to pay for my BrickWorld hotel haha

I actually managed to get the 2022 AT-TE on clearance, perfect box, last one on the shelf, 80 dollar price tag, 60 bucks off from the original price. Insanely lucky

I was too young to get the AT-OT and drop ship when it came out but I’ve always wanted one. Over the past two or so months, I’ve pieced one together and it was so worth it. It still costs a bit but 1/2-1/3 of the price for even a used set

How convenient I just finished building my 501st battle pack

First step: money Step 2-7: repeat first step

Thrift stores are great! I’ve come along bags of dozens of mini figs for like $5 each. Sure, they won’t all be clones or exactly what you want, but getting 3 or 4 in a bag with a bunch of other random figs for $5 is still a great deal

let’s get creative with our army building and start robbing lego stores at gun point for battlepacks, thanks for the advice mandr🤟

This was a really great video! And thanks for encouraging financial responsibility.

10:18 I was at my cusins house they have a lot of legos in there closet just sitting there. So I went in the open a box and saw a captain rex minifigure. So I asked can I keep this they said yes. Free Lego is the best

I always go through bricklink sellers in my region and then search clone, sometimes its cheaper to grab parts like torso's and bodies and such then buying the complete fig. Always taking some with my already existing orders. Also a fun way to make custom figures like jedi's or figures to fill up your star wars city or moc

Recently over the past year I’ve been getting into decaling and made around 100 clone troopers. If you can get good at decaling it can be a very cost efficient way to basically get any clone you want.

Don't have much interest in building an army, although I'd defo go for a Seperatist force if I did, since I got tonnes of droids from the MTT I was lucky enough to buy fairly cheap, some B2 battledroids from online sales, and Dooku, Grevious, Pong Krell, Nute Gunray and a custom Wat Tambor I put together all from sets I've bought over the years! If I ever get enough space, might try set it all out for a laugh actually!

Gotta say the setup looks great! Way better than before

Thank you for doing this video it's very helpful for my army

I heard that making friends with an employee at the Mexico factory is also a good way. 😂

I did the same thing with the 442nd clone with green markings, unfortunately the legs are glued, and you have to disclose that when selling, and on top of this the figures have magnets in the torso and they stick together, don’t get me wrong it’s great for showing off in an army and Mocs but not idea for reselling because the value just isn’t there with the flaws

When you just finish your AP Exam and get blessed with a video from mandy and see it 4 minutes after the end of the exam

Thanks this information is useful❤❤

That shelf set up has so many amazing lego star wars items

It is 11:21 pm on Saturday night 5-27-23 and Ryan I bet you are going nuts right now... I am also amazed and happy! looks like playing tip-21 as a wee little lad paid off BIG TIME for the Boston Celtics!

Parting out lego sets is something I’ve done before w the Christmas x wing and even getting incomplete sets and getting the rest of the parts saves a lot of money

Happy new year guys

Brickli will appreciate this to get his world record

thanks your awesome I love the outro music

I know I’ve been selling my extra stuff. Great tips Ryan. 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I purchased Jango's Slave One set, with Jango, for 45. I removed Jango for keeps & resold the set for 45 again. Nice 👌🏻

Thank you. I am definitely taking notes. 💰💳

Finally. I have waiting a long time for this

Awesome advice man! I will be sure to use rakuten on my purchase!

Thank you for the tips

one thing I would say for sure is for those 18 & below (maybe college students as well) set up trades or deals with classmates or other kids at school or where you live did that a lot for video games, Pokémon cards, & legos worked out pretty well (not during class ofc) either paying cash or trading items you do not want (just be sure you know the value of what you have & what they have so you are not scammed & if you are allowed to bring them to school be sure to keep an eye on them or hide them best you can inside your backpack (lost more than a few things to people stealing from backpacks)

Love ur videos dude

I bought a green 442nd magnet clone too! Love finding sneaky bricklink stuff that most people either don't know about or are too dense to put in the effort on bricklink lmao 😂

Good video! Something I've done is have family members who work at stores that sale legos use there employee discount to buy packs. Some family get discounts up to 40% on all items, so legos :)

Thanks for the tips

God I love mandr

You can also use the key chain figs and screw of the top.

Thank you

This is good advice!

the just be rich tip is so real! me in college: only like one set per wave, me out of college: HOLY SHIT LEGO TIME

Dope shirt Man!!

do the magnet green marking clones have swappable legs? or will they always have the magnet inside of them?

Hi MandR i think your really cool, i like your clones

also looking at different, smaller selling websites that less people know about there are usually some great deals if you look around enough

As a kid trying to build a huge clone army this vid helped.

thanks I have been working on my army it is lead by phase 2 rex and neyo

Great advice, thanks! 🫡

We all need a room tour video on mandrvlogs

Nice tips Ryan

I just started building a battlefield were it's stormtroopers vs battle droids but unfortunately I have no battle droids so I gotta wait to get some also I used some old lego I had laying around to build 3 turrets 1 catapult 2 barricades and 1 dropship it holds 4 stormtroopers also I have 19 stormtroopers on the battlefeild

This is a great video Ryan, would love another version of this maybe with Imperials or the separatists

mnr do you think you can take the legs off of the clone magnet and put reg legs on it?

Thank you! Very helpful! I used one of those tips and I got a phase 2 rex for 50 from a friend.

Love yournt-shirt, where did you get it?

I love the fact that I just got a job at a Lego store, and we do have clone troopers.

Thank you! I have been needing a video like this! Also what is the best way to msg you privately. I have tried a few different apps but you never saw them, thanks!

I only have 1 of each battle pack as well as a clone trooper from the 2023 advent calender so Unfortunatley my army is a bit small😊

I found my local walmart on the last month of the 501st battle packs being on the shelf for 14 bucks it was a steallll

Would this advice work for imperial stormtrooper army building?

Insane video

501st battle packs (new) are about $11usd here in Aus at target currently 👌🏽the entire countries targets are now sold out haha

U should make a video showcasing your clone wars collection In a Separtists Vs republic format maybe not with every Vehichle but every character including Jedi Sith Droids Bounty hunters And clones just to see The scale of your clone wars minifgure collection

I’m waiting for 41st battle pack so I can start an army. The addiction is real.

It's bizarre to me how often stuff goes on clearance and gets price drops in the US and other parts of the world. Here in New Zealand (at least where I live), it takes like 5-6 years for something to eventually go on clearance. Up until then, you're still expected to pay full price. That being said, the only store that holds things like LEGO or Transformers (my main hobby) that I've really seen do actual clearances, is Farmers (which is a department store). After like 5-6 years, those old items get shifted to a clearance section, and the price usually drops a fair amount. Meanwhile, our main store that is made just for toys (Toyworld), will literally hold onto an item for almost 10 years, and still expect you to pay full price. Again, this may just be around my area, but I bought Transformers figures that were like 8 years old at the time I bought them, and still paid full price for them. I've also witnessed The Warehouse (another department store), sneakily put old Transformers stock from 5 or more years prior that had been stored out the back due to not selling the first time around, put back on the shelves at full price. As a collector, I knew how old the items were, but the kids and parents wouldn't have, and would've unknowingly bought old stock for full price, which kinda feels a little scummy to me, but eh, I suppose the store is still making money off of the products, even if it is several years too late. Speaking of The Warehouse, they sometimes have a clearance section, but again, stuff has to be fairly old to eventually wind up in there, or just defective, which is more common (by "defective", I mean, some kid has torn into the packaging and pulled all of the items out, leaving the staff to throw some tape onto the packaging, with a 50/50 chance of everything still being included).

Where did you get that shirt from its awesome

Askmandr what editing software do you use?

What do I do if I live in Brasil we don´t have targets or promotions and the price of the lego is like 3x bigger (sorry for bad english)

Do a 2010 Lego Slave 1 review next!

Fun fact if you want a retired set go to an old toy store seriously there is a little toy shop in my area that stills sells Ashoka vs darth mail or the Mtt

I think you should have mentioned that the Rakuten member who gets you to sign up to Rakuten ALSO gets a bonus too. I presume MandRproductions gets that bonus if one uses the MandR link. Better for a person to find out if a friend has Rakuten. That way they are you can share in the ADDITIONAL sign-up bonus that goes to the link provider. Even if you don't have a friend who is already a member, having them sign up and then send you the link saves you more money than following the MandR link. Or is MandR going to share any kickback you get with the person following your link? Am I missing something?

Tip 5. I heard if you work for Lego and do any reselling and caught, you are fired. I heard this from a trusted employee and another time from a friend who wanted a job there but had a Bricklink store. They declined to hire him.

Can you maybe make a stormtroper army?

It is very worth asking! I bought 2 original 501st Battlepacks from my cousin for 20 bucks TOTAL. He said he bought them for 20 each but because they were opened he would give them to me for half price, absolute bafoon.

I bought some 501st legion sealed sets for $12 a few days ago

I just found the newer 501st battle pack on a crazy deal bc normally they would be £18 each but you could get 2 for £20

off 7 grams of shrooms binge watching mandr rn this shit fire

Nice shelves

Seen some crazy deals on mercari too its an app for second hand selling anything and everything

**sighs and looks at credit card** "I'm sorry little one."

What do you think about gcc?

It's funny you say wait for a sale because i havent seen lego on sale in store anywhere for years. I'm still waiting lol

you need acoustic panels in your video room, has that empty room echo :P

Something interesting is, in the Americus, Georgia Walmart, the 2020 501st battlepack was always $23.99, it went on sale once for like 19 dollars. I'm not sure why it was cheaper here, but it was. It never went over that price.

Lmao. First tip was the best. The first, first tip

I'm not really a fan of the prequel or sequel stormtroopers but I definitely want to build an army of the original trilogy stormtroopers. I love the basic white and black pilot stormtroopers. Thanks for the inspiration! 👍

you can get discounts with points from lego vip

Sharpies help a lot.

Waaaait. You get 50 percent off LEGO sets when you're an employee? There's a store about 40 minutes drive from me, I might see if I can get a job there haha.

Dude… Rakuten just gave me $30 back when I bought 2x 501st specialist battle packs. This is fucking awesome! Now I can buy another 332nd battle pack and something else aswell!

ive bought the new 501st batlle pack for 13 bucks that was an insane deal so i thaught it was to good to be true and i bought 9 battle packs

Question: I thought the reason lego dosent sell lego star wars minifigure polybags was because hasbro has the rights to lego star wars action figures?

where did u get that shirt Ryan?

just got the new AT-TE for only €110 it was pretty worth it

Here’s a good tip, when you buy a couple or a lot of the new 501st battle pack, just sell the 501st officers.