Ed Mack Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Great idea. Mind numbing work. I guess it could work if you hired enough low cost help. Quote
b-ran Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 I wouldn't use this service. I would rather sort my bricks by myself to see what hidden treasures I have. This is one of the best parts of sorting a Lego lot in my mind. I love looking for interesting pieces that I haven't seen, researching them, or even just getting rare pieces. I probably waste time with this, but it is what keeps me enjoying the sorting process. The discovery phase is so much fun! Quote
fuzzy_bricks Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 If this service was also for tear down of a completed Lego set, that would be more compelling, especially Technic sets. I hate taking some of those apart. Quote
MartinP Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 This is one of the best parts of sorting a Lego lot in my mind. I love looking for interesting pieces that I haven't seen, researching them, or even just getting rare pieces. I probably waste time with this, but it is what keeps me enjoying the sorting process. The discovery phase is so much fun! That is what I like doing. I always like researching interesting pieces and trying to figure out which sets they go to. Always fun. I have found a lot of obscure pieces by sorting by myself. Quote
isocleas Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 It seems like there's a trust element that needs to be accounted for. Maybe add cameras to the robot and include video with each sort? Quote
justafrog Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Great idea. Mind numbing work. I guess it could work if you hired enough low cost help. In today's news, authorities discovered another LEGO parting sweat shop in West Covina. 200 undocumented workers, most of them crying and clutching orange human tools in their twisted hands, were taken to local hospitals... 3 Quote
TheOrcKing Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 Great idea. Mind numbing work. I guess it could work if you hired enough low cost help.Isn't that what kids are for? "How would you like to earn a dollar, Billy?" "My name isn't Billy, Grandpa." "Damnit Billy! You want to earn a dollar or what?!" 1 Quote
Guest eightbrick Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 I understand that people would want this kind of service, I mean sorting is pretty tedious and we are FOLs, not FOS' (Fans Of Sorting ). The problems I see with it: -Losing pieces during the process (they don't seem that confident with this in their FAQ, advising customers to not send rare pieces "in case"... what compensation if any do people get? Could the business get scammed this way?) -Time and inconvenience of shipping out to California or wherever it is -Their sorting options are pretty limited, probably enough so that some hardcore fans (who could be the biggest market for this company) might shy away from it since they would have to rearrange it afterwards to match their collection needs -How many people do they employ/how are they sorting? If this turns out to be a success they could be inundated with orders and it might take awhile to get your bricks back. IMO, this service would work better if it was localized. More convenient, faster, and it would justify higher prices if they catered to larger collectors creating personalized sorting solutions. Not to mention it would be a much safer test sample before going nationwide US. We Lego fans are notorious control freaks so let us work with you on the process, and people will pay the higher price for that. Cool idea though. Quote
cloud_weaver Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 My kids use a service like this! It's called Mom. Lol! I spent 3 hours the other day splitting up their sets and putting them back where they go. 1 Quote
gorbasho Posted April 10, 2014 Posted April 10, 2014 The pricing seems to be based on weight ranges, although not very evenly it seems. 5lb is $35, while 10lb is $80. If they would sort into sets I can see this being more useful. I picked up a massive craigslist lot and the easy (though tedious) part was sorting into color, the hard part is picking out the parts for each set. Quote
b-ran Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 Jangbricks just did a review of this brick sorting service. You can catch his video at: Some may be interested in it. Doesn't go into a whole lot of detail. Quote
Artem Posted November 10, 2016 Posted November 10, 2016 (edited) Hi all. Does any body heard why Brick sorting service closed ? Their page removed. http://brick-sort.com/ Frankly speaking, I have an idea to run similar service at my home in Poland. Would be interesting to know, why they disappeared. Edited November 10, 2016 by Artem Quote
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