Selling a stupid large amount of Lego - Suggestions?

[TechMinerUK]

Hi all,

Apologies if this is not allowed but does anyone have suggestions on clearing out a large volume of Lego whilst generating some cash?

I've tried MusicMagpie and the usual sites along with a listing on the 'bay but I don't seem to be having much luck, most buyers seem to be from further a field and to ship them it'd cost about £80 for a pallet and packaging (We are dealing with a 48l box, a 20l box and several 500ml boxes). It's a shame as although I can't guarantee it there is a high likelyhood their are complete sets in the boxes (Estimated 12 but definitely more)

Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might find the right audience for the Lego in question as overall I haven't had much luck so far

 

[TechMinerUK]

Bricklink.

Thank you for the suggestion, looks like they are looking for sets or part categories so I might have to do sifting to list on there

Not to sure really, local ads no good for you bud? If you wasn't up north I'd have these for my little boy he's lego mad

FB Market and Gumtree are active up here but after getting an offer for £40 I've been left a bit disheartened to be honest it sucks as everyone interested so far is ever further north or down south

 

[TechMinerUK]

EBay? Like houses you probably need to accept its not worth what you think it is....if it's rare and high value go for but it now.. If it's valuable but common auction it....

Currently got a listing up but I just don't seem to be getting the interest, you are definitely right about it not being worth what I think it is but I feel like it should be at least £100+ as there's over 48l of Lego

 

[TechMinerUK]

legos awesome, maybe try the members market of these forums? assuming your have access

I agree unfortunately there's not really an area where they fit in to sell

 

[TechMinerUK]

post in here https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...rket-question-answer-thread.18557359/page-254

ask if you can sell it in the "tech" section since lego is technically "tech"nology right

You're a genius, never even noticed that thread

I suppose they do make Tech-nics sets

 

[TechMinerUK]

ahh I see someone already asked the question a few years ago, but I guess rules can change and there's no harm in asking...
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...answer-thread.18557359/page-220#post-32267500

It's worth a shot, worst that can happen is I'm told no

 

[TechMinerUK]

Ability to sell depends on condition, which means you will need to sort them into their own original packaging and list individually to maximise resale.
My assumption is you do not have these, so your next best option is to sort them all into as many separate complete sets as you have, bag them in decent zip lock bags or something which looks OK, take pictures and throw them on ebay/gumtree including a screenshot of the actual item from the lego shop.
12 potentially complete sets at £10-15 a piece will get you closer to the values you're after, still... prepare for it to be a slow sales process.

For about 6 I do actually have the boxes and manuals so I could probably sort them given the time and patience. I just thought I might be able to get away with s straight sale

really you need them in sets to have a chance to make much cash. if you are sorting through that much though it will likely be more time than its worth really. I would probably give it as a job for your kid to do and give them a share of the profits (assuming you have one, and if not then you're a monster for not being more careful with your own lego)
filling up units of time for kids is a good thing currently now also

I'm a monster for not being careful

Unless it's got a factory seal on, or is stupidly rare, you won't get much for it second hand I'm afraid.
We had a giant box of lego worth over £50, brand new, but one of the bags had been opened. Never got much interest on ebay.

Damn that sucks, I always thought even mixed pieces held their value

You need to upload pics for us to see! You can’t talk about Lego without showing us you tease lol.

Here it goes
imgur.com/a/2leef

 

[TechMinerUK]

Waiting patiently for the threat to turn into “look what I built with all this Lego I can’t sell”
hurry up and get building things!!

I think this will be my quarantine project when I'm not working

Yeah you definitely need to seperate in to sets as others have said. There are sets I'd buy if I saw them come up online but I wouldn't be interested in buying random job lots with who knows what in. Sorry, sounds unhelpful but just think you'll struggle to sell as unsorted sets.

Not unhelpful at all, if anything it just highlights that I'll need to sort them out as others have said the same as you, I'm just a bit lazy

Conjures up great memories of rooting through boxes of lego as a kid

This has accumulated from since I was about 3

 

[TechMinerUK]

DO you have any technical lego ?

Loads, I know their are six sets in the big box and I have some broken up which I need to box up

 

[TechMinerUK]

@TechMinerUK soy you have many of the instructions? The boats especially hold the price well of they are complete might be worth making them up and selling them seperatly on some of the Lego pages on facebook.
If I had the cash and space to keep it all I would take it off your hands!!

I have instructions for around 6 of the models and that's the same predicament I'm in (Need the space for the new supercar they are bringing out in June)

Op: stick it in pillow cases and fling it through the wash to make it fresh'n'dandy, then split it in to the sets and sell like that.
Does anyone sell used boxes? Could be an option too. Proper Lego sets are worth a decent amount used.

I've started to split some into sets, luckily the rarer ones I have (Sopwipth Camel etc) are all seperated with boxes

If you know what sets you have could you not just download the instructions from Lego and reverse engineer them into complete sets?
Then flog each of them as complete kits?
Totally depends on their value of course but that's what I'd do.

Seems to be the main suggestion at the moment, it's a shame I can't outsource it to someone

I had a large amount of Lego from many kits from childhood.
I ended up looking at all the official instructions online and saved any of them that seemed to jog my memory.
Managed to build up a fair few of them and only had some odd missing pieces and not too much left over... and it was fun, much of it was a blast from the past!

For the ones where I have managed to seperate out most of the pieces I think I will have a crack at this

 

[TechMinerUK]

It won't garner you any cash, but why not just give the Lego to a local school?

I could do but I'm going to use some of the cash to get the new Lamborghini that's out next month

Recently went through this with all of my old Lego, it’s been a great source of entertainment for the kids albeit with a lot of input from me. You can get all set instructions online very easily, and use brick link to discover the set numbers by identifying certain key bespoke bricks with logos on them, etc.
Weve built around 50-60 sets so far covering around 20m^2 of floor space. Endless lockdown activity. Electric trains, loads of technic with working pneumatics and all sorts.
I won’t do this as it’s fun for them having such a massive amount of Lego around, but Once you have done this, you’d be surprised at how much the sets are worth if you wanted to then sell them.

I did end up doing this and luckily a chap up in Scotland has taken it off my hands providing ParcelForce get it to him in tact