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| | | Author: | Poncke  | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 04:04 | | Subject: | Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 130 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Hello good people of BL,
I have a question regarding selling used sets and the investment that comes with
it.
So I purchased my first used bulk of LEGO from a 14 yr old kid who had been collecting
sets for 10 years. I bought this bulk for 250 euro and managed to identify and
sort out 95 sets, mainly Star Wars, City, Mixels, Ninjago, Legends of Chima,
LEGO Movie, Marvel and a few sets like SpongeBob and Cars.
The total used value of the sets complete would be 1600 euro. I need to invest
150 euro to get all sets complete. There are no boxes and no instructions and
no books. I also need to complete a bunch of minifigures. Not all of them are
complete and some are missing. Which might add another 50 euro. So my total spend
would be 450 euro.
What would be the best approach? Complete the most valuable sets first and sell
those? Or get them all complete first? Or drop the small 5 euro sets and ignore
completing them? Sell them incomplete as is?
I would also have probably a few kilo of loose LEGO bricks left which I could
resell as bulk.
This is my first time doing this. Any advise is deeply appreciated.
Thanks,
Set # Name
3830 The Bikini Bottom Express
3831 Rocket Ride
3839 Race 3000
4201 Loader and Tipper
4432 Garbage Truck
4436 Patrol Car
4642 Fishing Boat
4956 House
6912 Super Soarer
6914 Prehistoric Hunters
7235 Police Motorcycle - Blue/White Sticker Version
7239 Fire Truck
7248 Digger
7287 Police Boat
7592 Construct-a-Buzz
7635 4WD with Horse Trailer
7636 Combine Harvester
7639 Camper
7686 Helicopter Transporter
7741 Police Helicopter
7743 Police Command Center
8088 ARC-170 Starfighter
8120 Rally Sprinter
8130 Terrain Crusher
8162 Race Rig
8163 Blue Sprinter
8200 Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen
8201 Radiator Springs Classic Mater
9478 Francesco Bernoulli
11904 Parts for Brickmaster Legends of Chima (included in Book 5002773)
21013 Big Ben
21019 The Eiffel Tower
21139 The Nether Fight
21156 BigFig Creeper and Ocelot (Creeper missing)
30015 Jet Ski polybag
30017 Police Boat polybag
30165 Hawkeye with Equipment polybag
30191 Scuderia Ferrari Truck polybag
30192 Ferrari F40 polybag
30210 Frodo with Cooking Corner polybag
30211 Uruk-hai with Ballista polybag
31003 Red Rotors
41500 Flain
41501 Vulk
41502 Zorch
41516 Tentro
41542 Spugg
41544 Tungster
41547 Wuzzo
41557 Camillot
41561 Tapsy
41562 Trumpsy
41569 Surgeo
42010 Off-Road Racer
42023 Construction Crew
60007 High Speed Chase
60035 Arctic Outpost
60042 High Speed Police Chase
60051 High-speed Passenger Train
60053 Race Car
60225 Rover Testing Drive
70001 Crawley's Claw Ripper
70109 Whirling Vines
70115 Ultimate Speedor Tournament
70220 Strainor's Saber Cycle
70330 Ultimate Clay
70335 Ultimate Lavaria
70500 Kai's Fire Mech
70600 Ninja Bike Chase
70602 Jay's Elemental Dragon
70702 Warp Stinger
70739 Airjitzu Kai Flyer
70754 ElectroMech
70801 Melting Room
70802 Bad Cop's Pursuit
70818 Double-Decker Couch
71013 Babysitter
71231 Fun Pack - The LEGO Movie (Unikitty and Cloud Cuckoo Car)
75000 Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas
75032 X-Wing Fighter
75036 Utapau Troopers
75037 Battle on Saleucami
75038 Jedi Interceptor
75132 First Order Battle Pack
75183 Darth Vader Transformation
75194 First Order TIE Fighter Microfighter
75206 Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack
75537 Darth Maul
76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle
76007 Iron Man: Malibu Mansion Attack
76008 Iron Man vs. The Mandarin: Ultimate Showdown
76141 Thanos Mech
79100 Kraang Lab Escape
850622 Golden Ninja Key Chain
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| | | | | Author: | Poncke | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 04:06 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Poncke writes:
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60051 High-speed Passenger Train
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That set is actually not there, just one carriage, so ignore that one.
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| | | | | Author: | LeeGo73 | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 04:39 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| I would;
- Complete the valuable (sought after) sets first. for example the 8088. If parts/minifigs
are needed, you need to decide if the extra investment is worth it to complete
the set. Complete sets with instructions sells quicker.
- Forget about the low value (unpopular) sets. Sell the parts separate.
In Selling, Poncke writes:
| | Hello good people of BL,
I have a question regarding selling used sets and the investment that comes with
it.
So I purchased my first used bulk of LEGO from a 14 yr old kid who had been collecting
sets for 10 years. I bought this bulk for 250 euro and managed to identify and
sort out 95 sets, mainly Star Wars, City, Mixels, Ninjago, Legends of Chima,
LEGO Movie, Marvel and a few sets like SpongeBob and Cars.
The total used value of the sets complete would be 1600 euro. I need to invest
150 euro to get all sets complete. There are no boxes and no instructions and
no books. I also need to complete a bunch of minifigures. Not all of them are
complete and some are missing. Which might add another 50 euro. So my total spend
would be 450 euro.
What would be the best approach? Complete the most valuable sets first and sell
those? Or get them all complete first? Or drop the small 5 euro sets and ignore
completing them? Sell them incomplete as is?
I would also have probably a few kilo of loose LEGO bricks left which I could
resell as bulk.
This is my first time doing this. Any advise is deeply appreciated.
Thanks,
Set # Name
3830 The Bikini Bottom Express
3831 Rocket Ride
3839 Race 3000
4201 Loader and Tipper
4432 Garbage Truck
4436 Patrol Car
4642 Fishing Boat
4956 House
6912 Super Soarer
6914 Prehistoric Hunters
7235 Police Motorcycle - Blue/White Sticker Version
7239 Fire Truck
7248 Digger
7287 Police Boat
7592 Construct-a-Buzz
7635 4WD with Horse Trailer
7636 Combine Harvester
7639 Camper
7686 Helicopter Transporter
7741 Police Helicopter
7743 Police Command Center
8088 ARC-170 Starfighter
8120 Rally Sprinter
8130 Terrain Crusher
8162 Race Rig
8163 Blue Sprinter
8200 Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen
8201 Radiator Springs Classic Mater
9478 Francesco Bernoulli
11904 Parts for Brickmaster Legends of Chima (included in Book 5002773)
21013 Big Ben
21019 The Eiffel Tower
21139 The Nether Fight
21156 BigFig Creeper and Ocelot (Creeper missing)
30015 Jet Ski polybag
30017 Police Boat polybag
30165 Hawkeye with Equipment polybag
30191 Scuderia Ferrari Truck polybag
30192 Ferrari F40 polybag
30210 Frodo with Cooking Corner polybag
30211 Uruk-hai with Ballista polybag
31003 Red Rotors
41500 Flain
41501 Vulk
41502 Zorch
41516 Tentro
41542 Spugg
41544 Tungster
41547 Wuzzo
41557 Camillot
41561 Tapsy
41562 Trumpsy
41569 Surgeo
42010 Off-Road Racer
42023 Construction Crew
60007 High Speed Chase
60035 Arctic Outpost
60042 High Speed Police Chase
60051 High-speed Passenger Train
60053 Race Car
60225 Rover Testing Drive
70001 Crawley's Claw Ripper
70109 Whirling Vines
70115 Ultimate Speedor Tournament
70220 Strainor's Saber Cycle
70330 Ultimate Clay
70335 Ultimate Lavaria
70500 Kai's Fire Mech
70600 Ninja Bike Chase
70602 Jay's Elemental Dragon
70702 Warp Stinger
70739 Airjitzu Kai Flyer
70754 ElectroMech
70801 Melting Room
70802 Bad Cop's Pursuit
70818 Double-Decker Couch
71013 Babysitter
71231 Fun Pack - The LEGO Movie (Unikitty and Cloud Cuckoo Car)
75000 Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas
75032 X-Wing Fighter
75036 Utapau Troopers
75037 Battle on Saleucami
75038 Jedi Interceptor
75132 First Order Battle Pack
75183 Darth Vader Transformation
75194 First Order TIE Fighter Microfighter
75206 Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack
75537 Darth Maul
76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle
76007 Iron Man: Malibu Mansion Attack
76008 Iron Man vs. The Mandarin: Ultimate Showdown
76141 Thanos Mech
79100 Kraang Lab Escape
850622 Golden Ninja Key Chain
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| | | | | | | Author: | Poncke | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 06:08 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, LeeGo73 writes:
| | I would;
- Complete the valuable (sought after) sets first. for example the 8088. If parts/minifigs
are needed, you need to decide if the extra investment is worth it to complete
the set. Complete sets with instructions sells quicker.
- Forget about the low value (unpopular) sets. Sell the parts separate.
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Thanks for this. Are instructions still that important considering they are readily
available on the internet and apps, etc.?
Yeah, maybe focus on the high value sets first, and see how that goes.
I don't want to go into selling loose bricks, I don't have the time and
space for that, I just want to sell sets or bulk.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | LeeGo73 | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Personally I like paper instructions over digital
In Selling, Poncke writes:
| | In Selling, LeeGo73 writes:
| | I would;
- Complete the valuable (sought after) sets first. for example the 8088. If parts/minifigs
are needed, you need to decide if the extra investment is worth it to complete
the set. Complete sets with instructions sells quicker.
- Forget about the low value (unpopular) sets. Sell the parts separate.
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Thanks for this. Are instructions still that important considering they are readily
available on the internet and apps, etc.?
Yeah, maybe focus on the high value sets first, and see how that goes.
I don't want to go into selling loose bricks, I don't have the time and
space for that, I just want to sell sets or bulk.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Yo_Yo_Flamingo | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2022 09:01 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Poncke writes:
| | In Selling, LeeGo73 writes:
| | I would;
- Complete the valuable (sought after) sets first. for example the 8088. If parts/minifigs
are needed, you need to decide if the extra investment is worth it to complete
the set. Complete sets with instructions sells quicker.
- Forget about the low value (unpopular) sets. Sell the parts separate.
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Thanks for this. Are instructions still that important considering they are readily
available on the internet and apps, etc.?
Yeah, maybe focus on the high value sets first, and see how that goes.
I don't want to go into selling loose bricks, I don't have the time and
space for that, I just want to sell sets or bulk.
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They certainly make some sets sell faster, but not necessarily more valuable.
So say you can buy one star destroyer for $110 with instructions, one for $100
without instructions. Some collectors will only want the set with instructions,
and will pick that one up first. Others won't care at all. If both are listed
at $100, the one with instructions will obviously sell first, because why not?
It's free instructions in that case.
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| | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Feb 11, 2022 13:57 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Hard to tell from what you wrote if you have actually already separated out all
the sets and confirmed the missing pieces and figs. If that's the case,
go ahead and list whatever is already complete. Instructions are not that important
generally for the sets you listed so don't worry about those.
The most important thing is to ensure that sets you're listing are accurately
described and only listed as "complete" if you have all figures and pieces.
I've found that sets don't sell well if even missing a few common pieces.
The exception is star wars sets will still sell without the figs as long as they
are priced accordingly.
As to the question of whether or not to complete sets, it all depends on cost
to complete vs value of the set vs the value of the parts that you do have vs
the time you think it will take to sell.
It seems a lot of the sets you list are not likely to be in much demand and you
would need to price them very cheaply to get them to sell as a smaller store.
Not sure where you got the 1600 euro calculation, but if you used 6 month average
sold, you're probably actually looking at more like 1200 since you'll
need bigger discounts than the larger stores if you want to sell them within
the next year.
If you were looking at 1600 as the average for sale price, you're probably
looking at more like 800 euro.
If you are wanting to try to sell all the sets individually on a local marketplace,
take an additional 50% off of your estimate.
If looking to sell the whole thing as a bulk sale on a local marketplace, my
guess is you could get about 400 potentially.
In Selling, Poncke writes:
| | Hello good people of BL,
I have a question regarding selling used sets and the investment that comes with
it.
So I purchased my first used bulk of LEGO from a 14 yr old kid who had been collecting
sets for 10 years. I bought this bulk for 250 euro and managed to identify and
sort out 95 sets, mainly Star Wars, City, Mixels, Ninjago, Legends of Chima,
LEGO Movie, Marvel and a few sets like SpongeBob and Cars.
The total used value of the sets complete would be 1600 euro. I need to invest
150 euro to get all sets complete. There are no boxes and no instructions and
no books. I also need to complete a bunch of minifigures. Not all of them are
complete and some are missing. Which might add another 50 euro. So my total spend
would be 450 euro.
What would be the best approach? Complete the most valuable sets first and sell
those? Or get them all complete first? Or drop the small 5 euro sets and ignore
completing them? Sell them incomplete as is?
I would also have probably a few kilo of loose LEGO bricks left which I could
resell as bulk.
This is my first time doing this. Any advise is deeply appreciated.
Thanks,
Set # Name
3830 The Bikini Bottom Express
3831 Rocket Ride
3839 Race 3000
4201 Loader and Tipper
4432 Garbage Truck
4436 Patrol Car
4642 Fishing Boat
4956 House
6912 Super Soarer
6914 Prehistoric Hunters
7235 Police Motorcycle - Blue/White Sticker Version
7239 Fire Truck
7248 Digger
7287 Police Boat
7592 Construct-a-Buzz
7635 4WD with Horse Trailer
7636 Combine Harvester
7639 Camper
7686 Helicopter Transporter
7741 Police Helicopter
7743 Police Command Center
8088 ARC-170 Starfighter
8120 Rally Sprinter
8130 Terrain Crusher
8162 Race Rig
8163 Blue Sprinter
8200 Radiator Springs Lightning McQueen
8201 Radiator Springs Classic Mater
9478 Francesco Bernoulli
11904 Parts for Brickmaster Legends of Chima (included in Book 5002773)
21013 Big Ben
21019 The Eiffel Tower
21139 The Nether Fight
21156 BigFig Creeper and Ocelot (Creeper missing)
30015 Jet Ski polybag
30017 Police Boat polybag
30165 Hawkeye with Equipment polybag
30191 Scuderia Ferrari Truck polybag
30192 Ferrari F40 polybag
30210 Frodo with Cooking Corner polybag
30211 Uruk-hai with Ballista polybag
31003 Red Rotors
41500 Flain
41501 Vulk
41502 Zorch
41516 Tentro
41542 Spugg
41544 Tungster
41547 Wuzzo
41557 Camillot
41561 Tapsy
41562 Trumpsy
41569 Surgeo
42010 Off-Road Racer
42023 Construction Crew
60007 High Speed Chase
60035 Arctic Outpost
60042 High Speed Police Chase
60051 High-speed Passenger Train
60053 Race Car
60225 Rover Testing Drive
70001 Crawley's Claw Ripper
70109 Whirling Vines
70115 Ultimate Speedor Tournament
70220 Strainor's Saber Cycle
70330 Ultimate Clay
70335 Ultimate Lavaria
70500 Kai's Fire Mech
70600 Ninja Bike Chase
70602 Jay's Elemental Dragon
70702 Warp Stinger
70739 Airjitzu Kai Flyer
70754 ElectroMech
70801 Melting Room
70802 Bad Cop's Pursuit
70818 Double-Decker Couch
71013 Babysitter
71231 Fun Pack - The LEGO Movie (Unikitty and Cloud Cuckoo Car)
75000 Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas
75032 X-Wing Fighter
75036 Utapau Troopers
75037 Battle on Saleucami
75038 Jedi Interceptor
75132 First Order Battle Pack
75183 Darth Vader Transformation
75194 First Order TIE Fighter Microfighter
75206 Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack
75537 Darth Maul
76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle
76007 Iron Man: Malibu Mansion Attack
76008 Iron Man vs. The Mandarin: Ultimate Showdown
76141 Thanos Mech
79100 Kraang Lab Escape
850622 Golden Ninja Key Chain
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| | | | | Author: | Play_It_Again | | Posted: | Feb 11, 2022 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Advise needed: selling used sets | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| Personally, I'd create several wantlists and classify each set by value and
importance. Pick from sellers that have the parts for the most valuable sets
wantlist. Then I'd look at those 2nd and 3rd tier wantlists and buy parts
that I can pick up cheap and save on shipping or get to store minimums, ect for
only a little more of an investment. You can click the check mark on/off for
each list to view those parts separately for each vendor.
Instructions typically add more value than they cost on desirable sets
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