| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | mjsheller  | | Posted: | Jun 27, 2023 18:33 | | Subject: | Re: What do you do with legos in poor condition? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, LetMeSort writes:
| | We are selling used Lego and I make a strong effort to keep worn and severely
beat up pieces out of inventory. Some of the moderate play wear I’ve included
in our inventory but with descriptions. But there is some Lego I have that must
have gone to a prison or were driven over by big wheels in a driveway, they are
straight up abused! But I don’t have the heart to throw them out.
Has anyone known people that buy really beat up Lego? If there was a rare part
that was beat up, do people still buy them?
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Lego will send you a shipping label and cover the cost for you to return them.
I collect mine thru the year and annually return them to Lego
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| Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2022 19:59 | | Subject: | Re: Sorting advice.... feeling overwhelmed :( | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Rambothecat writes:
| | New here so hope this is the right place to post.
I recently received about 5 very large tubs (couple hundred pounds probably)from
a friend and am trying to sort them but feel overwhelmed. It seems like I could
continue to sort forever and I am always having to move a type of piece around
as I find that I get too many for the original place I expected to put it.
There seems to be too much of each item (even if I break it down to color) to
have them fit into the small trays that come in most hardware bins. So I am using
a larger drawer items like the ones that are typically 10 drawers high but it
is taking so much room and I am not breaking it down enough to easily find pieces
I need.
One area I need to break down more and am looking for advice is Curves/slopes.
There are so many different varieties it seems hard to categorize them, how
do you guys do this??
I don't really plan on setting this up for selling, but want to be able to
find pieces I need for builds easier. Help!!
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It is normal to get overwhelmed I think.
This is how I handled the last several hundred pounds I sorted. I had some medium
and large flat rate boxes I assembled. I emptied the contents of one bin on
a sheet on the dining room table and walked around collecting large plates anything
4x4 or greater and dumped them in a large box. I kept doing this until the box
was full or I just got sick of grabbing only large plates. I repeated the process
for all 2 by plates (2x2; 2x3; 2x4 up to 2x16). Grabbed another empty box 1x2,3,4,6,8,10
plates. I put the 1x1 plates into a clear 2 liter soda bottle (label removed)
with the neck cut off. Same process for bricks. Then modified plates. Another
2 liter bottle for mini-figures, helmets, caps, hats, body armor hands, arms
etc. I kept doing this for each bin until they were empty. Usually the empty
bins then ended up holding one of the major categories (large plates, 2 by plates,
bricks as I keep emptying full boxes into the empty bins. I never spent any
money on storage except for gallon food storage bags.
Then I sort each group again by size, all 1x2 plates go into an appropriate sized
plastic bag (sandwich, quart, gallon whatever) and back it to the clear bin or
medium flat rate box. If you wish to sort again by color that is up to you.
The cardboard boxes stack up high and flat no shelving was needed and each box
can easily be labeled in any fashion.
Relax, have fun and like it was said before me your system will evolve and change
thru the years of building.
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| Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2021 17:29 | | Subject: | What is your favorite part of selling Lego? | | Viewed: | 236 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I am interested in hearing from Sellers, what is your favorite part of being
in the Lego business? Is it finding a great bulk buy? Sorting? Cataloging, pulling
orders or shipping the goods out the door?
My favorite part of owning a store is dumping onto the table the latest bucket
of bulk Lego and sorting through and gathering similar items. I would happily
just do that and someone else could inventory it and sell it. Sorting is definitely
my favorite and I am just happy as can be when I come across a part I have never
seen before and look on BL what it is and how it is used.
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| Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2021 20:06 | | Subject: | Re: I need your help identifying this head please | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, mjsheller writes:
Thanks both of you for your input!
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| Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2021 12:49 | | Subject: | I need your help identifying this head please | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | May 26, 2021 19:39 | | Subject: | Re: Tire Sorting Guide | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, jennnifer writes:
| | Hello all,
I have updated my Common Tire Sorting Guide:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mfflmbrgrwq660d/LEGO%20Common%20Tire%20Sorting%20Guide%202021.pdf?dl=0
It's meant to help you sort out all those pesky tires quickly and accurately.
Remember to be sure that you print it out actual size if you want to be able
to just line your parts up with the images on the page.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements or notice any
errors that need fixing! If the dropbox download isn't working for you, just
send me a message to get a direct copy.
Take care,
Jen
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Jen,
This is so very generous and kind of you to share this helpful tool.
When I am sorting a new haul of LEGO, tires are always the last thing I work
on I dislike doing them so much they are such a chore for me to complete. But
not anymore thanks to you gifting me this cheat sheet!
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| Author: | mjsheller | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2019 14:57 | | Subject: | adding something to the catalog | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Set 8769 Visorak's Gate
I have piece 6082 and 6083 both with stickers applied. However to list them
in my store there is no number assigned to these pieces with stickers.
How do I go about asking for these two items to be added to your catalog?
Regards,
Josie
Carefree Building Blocks
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