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| | | Author: | rainbowmist  | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 14:18 | | Subject: | What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 190 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 14:22 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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I’ll say it since most don’t agree but if it’s a low value part (excluding minifigure
parts and some accessories) I put them in the trash can and throw them out. I’ve
done this for probably close to 50-100 pounds of LEGO and knockoff LEGO in the
past year or so
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| excluding standard plates and standard bricks which I list for sale and .01 or
.02ish (CAD) as filler***
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| | | | | | | Author: | Carissamiss | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 21:03 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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I’ll say it since most don’t agree but if it’s a low value part (excluding minifigure
parts and some accessories) I put them in the trash can and throw them out. I’ve
done this for probably close to 50-100 pounds of LEGO and knockoff LEGO in the
past year or so
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As a seller this is what I do as well; as a buyer I appreciate that your junk
parts aren’t going back out to be sold. It makes me feel so sad when I think
I have new treasures - from the thrift shop, Kijiji, wherever - and when I get
home it’s bitten or damaged. I expect other people feel like that too, so
excited to enjoy the LEGO and then disappointed. I don’t want to build with parts
that someone/thing tried to eat.
I tried to give my junk parts away once - clearly labelled as such, thinking
someone could use them for an art project maybe - and the person who took them
for free promptly listed them on the same site for purchase as good condition
parts.
My not-the-best minifigure parts, low value decorated parts with crooked stickers,
not ideal windshields etc. I send to LEGO Replay, hoping kids can make use of
them. I don’t send any broken or bitten pieces.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 21:23 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Carissamiss writes:
| | In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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I’ll say it since most don’t agree but if it’s a low value part (excluding minifigure
parts and some accessories) I put them in the trash can and throw them out. I’ve
done this for probably close to 50-100 pounds of LEGO and knockoff LEGO in the
past year or so
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As a seller this is what I do as well; as a buyer I appreciate that your junk
parts aren’t going back out to be sold. It makes me feel so sad when I think
I have new treasures - from the thrift shop, Kijiji, wherever - and when I get
home it’s bitten or damaged. I expect other people feel like that too, so
excited to enjoy the LEGO and then disappointed.
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Agreed I've made some purchases and received lots of damaged parts and have
been very disappointed
| | I don’t want to build with parts that someone/thing tried to eat.
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I tried to give my junk parts away once - clearly labelled as such, thinking
someone could use them for an art project maybe - and the person who took them
for free promptly listed them on the same site for purchase as good condition
parts.
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Yikes, that's very unfortunate. Ive offered it to extended family in the
past but after once or twice I decided its best to just remove it from circulation
permanently
| | My not-the-best minifigure parts, low value decorated parts with crooked stickers,
not ideal windshields etc. I send to LEGO Replay, hoping kids can make use of
them. I don’t send any broken or bitten pieces.
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Im sure they will be appreciative!
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| | | | | Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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I gave all of mine to someone creating a huge LOTR moc and they were going to
use what they could as filler for the mountain / castle.
Lately though, anything that hasn't been a figure part or valuable part (including
good lego, rough lego, and offbrands) just gets re-bulked and sold locally as
figureless bulk.
"Jeff" pays $5/lbs for pure near mint lego without figs.
"Susan" pays $5/lbs for bulk everything without figs.
I started selling to the "Susans" and take the time trade off from not sorting
and listing everything and put that to acquiring and listing more figs / fig
parts.
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 14:35 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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I sell the bricks and tiles and minifigs in bulk lots. I pull out anything else
broken or cracked. The rest get clearly marked "Play-worn LEGO and knock-offs"
and donated to a local thrift shop.
Jen
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| | | | | Author: | Bricklord | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 14:39 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Generic brick and plate can usually work as filler and internal structure. Damaged
and broken parts I get are kept used when I set up the brick scrapyard in a layout.
"Where bricks go to die".
In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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| | | | | Author: | CLBoyce | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:04 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I don't sell Lego, but I do collect a lot for building my Lego City and to
just collect... When I come across really yellowed or discolored bricks I put
them in a separate bin (not garbage bin) to be used for the internals of MILS
plates or in mountains or hills, same with parts that are dinged or chewed on
if they still attach to other pieces. If they are cracked or broken I just toss
them into the actual garbage bin, I used to put them in a zip-loc baggie hoping
I'd do something with them someday but they just collected dust so I toss
them now. When I get a gallon size zip-loc full of off brand (not Mega, I keep
that) I give it away to a thrift store.
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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Those can be found "New, Mint" on eBay.
I swear: I bought years ago Technic Bricks New Mint, some were just chewed by
a huge dog. Or a dino - but nothing else could have made those damages.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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Those can be found "New, Mint" on eBay.
I swear: I bought years ago Technic Bricks New Mint, some were just chewed by
a huge dog. Or a dino - but nothing else could have made those damages.
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Some time ago my mother dropped off some Lego that had belonged to my late brother,
some of it was in very good condition but the rest looked like it had been thrown
out of a 3rd-story window (while still built) or run over by a car.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 19:31 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Thats sounds PAINFULLY specific. How do you even do that?? If it was assembled
then....... hurts just thinking about it.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 17:49 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | General | |
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Ha! Yes, a large dino for sure.
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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Send them to the junk yard.
John P
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| | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, legoman77 writes:
| | In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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Send them to the junk yard.
John P
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You could have been a shaolin monk, dear John.
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| | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 15:29 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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If they are 2x4 bricks, I collect them 
I still have a lot of gaps to fill in my attempts to collect every 2x4 brick
ever made... failing that, I'll settle for bricks made in as many molds as
possible.
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| | | | | Author: | rainbowmist | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 16:02 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Thank you for all your advice. Very good ideas |
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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It depends how junk they are. I find there are still things you can do with basic
bricks even if they are not good enough for a build.
Broken plates and bricks are useful if you paint LEGO pieces. I have a stand
made from two layers of old 2xX plates with 1x1 round bricks on. It is ideal
for putting heads or helmets in a row when airbrushing them.
I've also got some plant pots made out of junk 2xX bricks glued together.
If really junk, build a tower and put it in 1cm of acetone and watch it slowly
die.
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| | | | | | | Author: | rainbowmist | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 20:31 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | Neat ideas. I like the plant pots. |
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2022 16:48 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
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That's none of your business…
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| | | | | Author: | LordSkylark | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2022 03:27 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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If they are a more expensive or higher demand part, I list them on bricklink
for 50% the average price. This is usually minifigure parts or bricks, as lots
of people use damaged bricks for fillers.
The rest, I usually sell extremely cheap, or give away, to familes/children.
Andrew
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| | | | | Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2022 11:10 | | Subject: | Re: What does everyone do with junk parts?? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, rainbowmist writes:
| | Hello. I have about 6 pounds of "junk" Lego parts with chew marks, stains, and
broken areas from over the years. I have tried selling them in my store and eBay.
What does everyone do with their "junk" parts?
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I will never sell those parts in my shop. That said they may come at hand when
using as filler bricks as others have mentioned.
However, then I expect those parts are in the range of 1 to 5 cents at most.
For my own mocs I regularly buy used parts but none that fit with the description
chewed, stained or broken.
I would feel myself dirty using these types of parts. Call me OCD, no problem
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