PringleNation Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 So tonight I made the plunge and dived into an investment purchase. Most of the sets appear to be complete with mini figs. Last purchase I made from this seller has been 100% complete sets once I took them apart and pieced back together so I am hoping to have the same luck with this set. Tell me your opinions on if I jumped into this too quick... I have a lot disassembling and reassembling to confirm all pieces are here but I am up for the challenge. Stars Wars- 8095- General Grievas Starfighter 7929- Battle of Naboo 7957-Sith Nightspeeder 6957- Ewok Attack 8089- Hoth Wampa Cave 7959- Geonosian Fighter 8128- Cades Bane Speeder 7915- Imperial V Wing Fighter 7931- T6 Jedi Shuttle 8093- Plo Koons Jedi Fighter 7930- Bounty Hunter Assault 7961- Darth Maul Sith Infiltrator 8096-Emperor Palpatines Shuttle 10215- Obi Wan Jedi Fighter 8088- Arc-170 Star Fighter Trains 10219- Maersk 3677- Red Cargo Train City Sets 7937- Train Station 7208- Fire Station (2010 version) 7213- Offroad Fire and Truck 4440- Forest Police Station 4433- Dirt bike Transporter 3648- Police Chase 4430- Fire Transporter Pirates of the Caribbean 4183- The Mill 4184- The Black Pearl 4192- Fountain of Youth 4181- Isla de la Muerta 4195- Queen Anne's Revenge 4194- Whitecap Bay 4193- The London Escape There are some large technic sets mixed in as well as some other miscellaneous sets which I have to sort through still. I am in to this lot for $675 dollars. Think I will make my money back if all the sets are complete/ near complete? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furious_george Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Mate, I'd buy that lot. I'd be struggling to get the QAR and BP for that here. I know someone who will buy that QAR off ya. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrymc4677 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 If all sets are complete with figs then you should make some decent money on that lot. I'd sell the large sets separately and the smaller less desirable sets in lots to move through them faster. Have fun, and good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Looks like a home run to me. The pirate sets will get you back to even or close, the rest is gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, marcandre said: Looks like a home run to me. The pirate sets will get you back to even or close, the rest is gravy. Don't forget the Maersk train. That's good money right there ($200-$300 used on EBay w box and manuals). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Nice lot - I would start with the 2 POTC Ships, and the Train sets. So many ways to cash in on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John82 Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 I'll be on that like a tramp on chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoroakenfelder Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 10215 should sell in the $110 range on Ebay, so after the boats and trains, that would probably be the next to verify. I would guess you'll come out pretty far ahead, a lot of licensed sets as your gravy. The town stuff will sell, but maybe not as well or as fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PringleNation Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Thanks for all the positive replies, I thought I should do alright. This just gives me the motivation to actually do it The next step is explaining to the wife why I spent $675 on used Lego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 1 hour ago, PringleNation said: The next step is explaining to the wife why I spent $675 on used Lego. Even more motivation to get those easy $ sets verified/listed/sold - Then you could proudly explain that after selling just a handful of sets, you got your money back. Otherwise, she is bound to doubt that you are ever gonna turn your theory of profit into reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PringleNation Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 After spending some time going through this bulk, I have to admit it's a lot more work than I anticipated. . Anyone in Florida interested in taking this off my hand lol. Can provide pics of everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KShine Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, PringleNation said: After spending some time going through this bulk, I have to admit it's a lot more work than I anticipated. . Anyone in Florida interested in taking this off my hand lol. Can provide pics of everything. What is so overwhelming? Unless the pieces are all loose, and mixed together, it shouldn't be too hard to get your $ back, and then take profit on the rest as you have the time. If they are primarily built already - you could just sell them as possibly missing a few pieces (as shown), and still cash in without too much trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PringleNation Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 What is so overwhelming? Unless the pieces are all loose, and mixed together, it shouldn't be too hard to get your $ back, and then take profit on the rest as you have the time. If they are primarily built already - you could just sell them as possibly missing a few pieces (as shown), and still cash in without too much trouble. No they are not all loose by any means. The only thing completely loose now is QARs as I was disassembling to confirm all pieces were there. Most sets are probably 3/4s assembled with loose pieces separated by genre. Just a few photos of what I'm dealing with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoroakenfelder Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, PringleNation said: After spending some time going through this bulk, I have to admit it's a lot more work than I anticipated. . Anyone in Florida interested in taking this off my hand lol. Can provide pics of everything. You say bulk and I picture the mixed boxes that I tend to receive. I can understand the tedium, disappointment and work getting to you. However, it's all a process. Just as an exercise, I plugged all of those sets into the lot calculator and it says a bit more than $1700. $1000 profit would motivate me to double check the sets. Of course, I'm trying to finish putting together a bunch of sets from context clues scattered over multiple bulk loose LEGO lots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshot Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Just did a lot like this and I can tell you if it was me Id check each and every set. Sometimes people will swap out the wrong color or use a similar part. They'll customize it here and there. Usually I have the missing parts but if any of the blue is missing from the maersk train good luck having some laying around. Thats a BL buy to complete for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskers1236 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 That lot appears gift wrapped for you to make VERY easy money. If this lot seems daunting, this mode of making money at Lego is not for you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoroakenfelder Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Huskers1236 said: That lot appears gift wrapped for you to make VERY easy money. If this lot seems daunting, this mode of making money at Lego is not for you. I remember my first bulk lot was 50 lbs of mixed with all sorts of other stuff with only about 5 partial sets visible. I learned a hard lesson the day that arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerEyez Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I'm in Jacksonville. I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerEyez Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 2 hours ago, longshot said: Just did a lot like this and I can tell you if it was me Id check each and every set. Sometimes people will swap out the wrong color or use a similar part. They'll customize it here and there. Usually I have the missing parts but if any of the blue is missing from the maersk train good luck having some laying around. Thats a BL buy to complete for sure. +1 on this. I bought 12 pre-built Technic sets in October and immediately put them up on BL. They were all big sets like The F1, Crane Mark II, 24-hour car. They started selling so fast I didn't have (or more appropriately didn't take) the time to check every piece and I had to send replacement parts to three of my buyers. It was pretty embarrassing. They were all gone by Christmas though and I turned $700 into $1200 in less than 60 days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PringleNation Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 15 minutes ago, TigerEyez said: I'm in Jacksonville. I'll take it. If your serious I'm in Tampa Bay area. We can talk price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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