85 lb Kijiji Find - $550

tezakhiago · 2016-08-29T16:01:12.000Z

Yesterday I purchased a Kijiji lot that weighs about 85 lbs, for $550 CAD. This is only the 2nd bulk lego purchase I've made, the first being 14 lbs for $160 (included 2 minifigs that had a value of about $50 and a 95% complete Black Pearl). The lot contains roughly 2 lbs of minifigures, maybe 300+ minifigs when fully assembled, the bulk of which are from Star Wars, Kingdoms, at least 2 Soccer sets worth, and a smattering of Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, City, and much older Space, Pirates, and Castle minifigs. I was able to fill a snack size ziploc with loose heads alone. There were several partially completed sets on top, including 6208, 7130, 6205, 7660, 4488, and 7661. The sails and a chunk of the outer wall for 6210 is there. There were also instructions for about 30 more sets (mostly small stuff). IF (and it's a big IF) all the sets I've identified so far are complete, they have an average used sale price of $1350, and I think I've just scratched the surface, because that number includes almost no Kingdoms sets, but I have at least 40 kingdoms minifigs. That being said, I KNOW I'm missing a lot of the more valuable minifigs and some sets are not complete for sure. There's no Jabba, Lando, or Boba Fett for the sail barge, no Ten Numb for 6208, no pilot for the V-wing. I seem to have two soccer sets worth of minifigs but I have 8 of the 8 x 8 field sections (the most any set has is 4) and only 4 of the 8 x 16 sections (all sets have at least 8 ). I have the big piece of cloth from 6091 but no baseplate for it (I have no baseplates at all in this lot actually). So I guess I'm at a crossroads. I don't want to pour a huge chunk of time and money into this for no return, and I don't think I'm ready to move into the individual brick reseller game. I don't have the storage bins for this volume of lego on a more permanent basis (I was going to sort this all into ziplocs while I put the sets back together then find a more permanent solution down the road). I think I'm looking at two options: 1. Pull out the sets I can find easily, try to complete them as best I can, and pull out a bunch of the more valuable minifigs. The rest of the lego I can sell off in smaller batches, say 5-10 lbs per batch and throw in a few minifigs. Someone in my area has consistently been getting $10/lb this way and I've seen them sell multiple batches. 2. Go all out. Sort, clean and then try to piece the sets back together. I can either bricklink enough pieces to just get the sets together and sell minifigs seperately, or spend several hundred dollars more and get all the minifigs as well. I'd probably be left with a big chunk of sorted, cleaned Lego which I can sell in bulk (after I pick out what I want to keep). Are resellers willing to pay a premium for sorted and cleaned bulk Lego? Anyway that's my story, I can post a few pics if people are interested but I'm curious to see what the best value for my time here is. The quick flip or the long haul?