evanching Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Hi all, just wanted to drop a note and say hello to all my fellow LEGO investors out there! Love the site, but was wondering if there is anything in the works to price out individual minifigures from sets, not just the collectible ones. I see people selling Star Wars, Super Heroes, etc. all over and would like to get a more accurate gauge of worth for just the one minifig as opposed to the whole set. Is that something in the works for BP? Quote
Jeff Mack Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome to the site, unfortunately, its not really that easy to do. With the sets, there are set numbers that people list on ebay (for example LEGO 10212 Star Wars Shuttle MISB) or something like that. So I can locate the sets easily. No one ever really lists the minifigures accurately, so it would be very hard to do unless they really used the bricklink naming convention or really listed the set properly with the minifg. Maybe one day, but as of right now, its not something that we can jump into. Quote
Fcbarcelona101 Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 That would be a nice feature to have, but as Jeff said I don't see how it could be done efficiently every month. If only each minifig had some sort of ID number... Quote
TheOrcKing Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome to the site, evanching. What Jeff said is the truth of the matter. Different people use all kinds of names for the ones they list which makes it like trying to decipher the Da Vinci Code. For average of worth on different minifigures, your best bet and easiest way is to check out the price guide pages on Bricklink. Quote
dakotahorn Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome. I am a SW minifig collector, so I can tell you the easiest way to start understand minifig values is Bricklink. I would suggest you look up a set on brickset, then click minifig tab, chose the minifig you want to know price on, and the click the bricklink link. It will show you all the times that fig has sold in last 6 months, for what price, and show you current listings. Cheers! Quote
Blackjack Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 I would also love a feature like this, but am stuck scouring BL. Quote
JoshTX Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome! I spent many years living in CA after my family moved from FL. Wonderful place! Enjoy your stay here on BP! Quote
Darth Lego Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome to Brickpicker! Minifigure value is very hard to calculate without having ID #'s to identify each minifigure. Bricklink is your best bet. Hope you enjoy the site! Quote
Rich B Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Hi all, just wanted to drop a note and say hello to all my fellow LEGO investors out there! Love the site, but was wondering if there is anything in the works to price out individual minifigures from sets, not just the collectible ones. I see people selling Star Wars, Super Heroes, etc. all over and would like to get a more accurate gauge of worth for just the one minifig as opposed to the whole set. Is that something in the works for BP? Welcome to Brickpicker! Glad to have you here with us! Quote
comicblast Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome to BrickPicker, Evanching! That is definitely a cool idea you have there! Quote
dakotahorn Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Welcome to the site, unfortunately, its not really that easy to do. With the sets, there are set numbers that people list on ebay (for example LEGO 10212 Star Wars Shuttle MISB) or something like that. So I can locate the sets easily. No one ever really lists the minifigures accurately, so it would be very hard to do unless they really used the bricklink naming convention or really listed the set properly with the minifg. Maybe one day, but as of right now, its not something that we can jump into. Yeah that's so tough to get from eBay data.... you could duplicate BL sales... but I doubt they would let you and what's the point really. I don't even know how you would begin to sort eBay data like that..... Quote
evanching Posted April 22, 2013 Author Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I look forward to using this site to update my collection. Also would like to thank everyone for the feedback, I do have an account on BrickSet also, which I have been using to "price" out minifigures that are part of sets. Look forward to being a part of the happy LEGO collector's family! Quote
dimsumonly Posted April 22, 2013 Posted April 22, 2013 Hi all, just wanted to drop a note and say hello to all my fellow LEGO investors out there! Love the site, but was wondering if there is anything in the works to price out individual minifigures from sets, not just the collectible ones. I see people selling Star Wars, Super Heroes, etc. all over and would like to get a more accurate gauge of worth for just the one minifig as opposed to the whole set. Is that something in the works for BP? Hey guy, Same here I'm pretty new to this site and I'm also from Cali. Quote
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