one small step for bAM, One Giant Leap for HoBRICKen

Hello everyone! Matt here from Bricks & Minifigs again! Previous post from some weeks ago Here. To sum up briefly for those unaware, we’re an aftermarket Lego store, selling any and all things Lego – rare, retired, custom sets, all minifigures, accessories, custom vendors…all manner of loose bulk bricks for original builds…generally anything you can’t find at official Lego stores or the Big Box stores.

After overcoming several behind-the-scenes challenges for the past several weeks, it is my pleasurable duty to now report that our Grand Opening is scheduled for Saturday, August 15th! There’s gonna be all sorts of awesomeness afoot that day, and we’ll have a more detailed subsequent post about it as we get closer.

Our Store Insta is Here, which is now updated and will be much more active with posts every few days. Please do check it out and do all the clicky things with it!

Store FB Here - the older, balder, fatter version of our Insta

Store Youtube and Tiktok channels Coming Soon!

Store Website Here – this link takes you directly to the Home Page, please do peruse at your leisure, and note the link in the upper-right for the Founders Club, which is an opportunity for those that want to help kickstart the store into existence and be part of a very special and very exclusive club. We have several different membership tiers available, all with nicely chunky lifetime deals, as well as a couple of different pathways to membership (one of which involves the heart + the mind + time, and notably NOT the wallet).

Also note that the Founders Club is hereby renamed the “Hobricken Builders Guild,” and we very much hope for the biggest and most awesome secret club ever! There’s even an exclusive t-shirt which ONLY club members receive

A brief list of some of the noteworthy awesomeness that is “in store” for all of us (pun very much intended):

• Lego Stop Action Film School
• Birthday Parties (stay tuned for unspeakable greatness here in terms of themed activities)
• Special Events – Family Build Nights, Bulk Smash Nights, Date Nights, Special Needs Build Club, LUG/AFOL Nights, Corporate Team Build Events, and any and everything that customer interest demands…if there are Bionicle people out there, I personally want to meet you and join YOUR club
• Merch Stand with Hoboken-specific swag available ONLY to in-store shoppers
• MOC Of The Month contests for prizes
• And much, much more as we all start to talk to each other

A brief personal note:

I got into this as a retirement career, and I signed on with BAM because, in my research on the company and how they do things, I found enormous common ground with the following qualities: Trust. Honor. Integrity. Fairness. Creativity. Inclusion. Joy. Community. FUN. That all remains true to this day, and these are precisely the things that our store will always stand proudly for. We pledge to always be transparent, professional, fair, balanced, and honorable in every one of our interactions. We operate on a Buy-Sell-Trade model, NO CONSIGNMENT, and all exchanges will always be conducted in a truthful and straightforward manner. As owner, I also pledge to be as accessible as possible and as timely as I can be in responding to direct queries, both on this thread and for the duration of the store’s existence.

Store email address: hoboken.nj@bricksandminifigs.com

This photo is also mere minutes old, featuring myself and our fearless, brilliant, and wonderful Mayor! (photo credit: Jin, owner of Black Rail Coffee, our new bestie next-door neighbor, and everyone should sample the delightful food & beverage there :)

Thank you to Mayor Jabbour, Sgt. Milnes & Lt Mecka from HPD, Chief Crimmins from HFD, Superintendent Christine Johnson, Realtor Of The Gods Tony Soares, Architects Of The Gods John Nastasi, Tim Germann & Andy Thompson, and the countless and growing number of others who are helping breathe this store into existence! Looking forward to trying to remember 60,000 of my neighbors' names! Hooray For Everything!