Valuing My First Bulk Lego Purchase

skinsfan0521 · 2018-10-10T16:39:30.000Z

Hi, I've been buying and selling toys (including Lego) for several years, but always sealed sets. Well, I bought my first bulk lot from Craigslist this week and I'm not sure if I have something that I could make money on or something that was a waste of money. Hopefully you can help! I'll take pictures tonight, but wanted to get this post up now to see what the initial thoughts are. Total lot was about 40lbs and no minifigures. It was being sold by a mom who's kid(s) wanted to keep the minifigures. She included a bunch of the instruction booklets, but none are mint at all. Many have lots of missing pages, torn pages, etc. It was clearly a collection that kids played with and their mother is now getting rid of it. It's made up of I'd say 85% Star Wars sets, some Toy Story sets, some Ninjago sets, and some Minecraft sets. In very quickly sifting through the boxes, I did find maybe 1/2 dozen minifigs plus parts (legs, torso) of several others. Some sets are still partially put together, but mostly not. Also came with a handful of plates including a couple with streets. I obviously have no idea if all parts from the sets are there (I'm sure they're not!), but I'd bet that the vast majority are. So, my question is if there is any more value to this bulk lot coming with a lot of the instruction booklets and knowing that it's Star Wars, Minecraft, Ninjago, Toy Story, etc. since you know what's in them? Or, is it still just bulk pricing? From what I understand, if it's just bulk pricing, I'd be better off separating by color and selling that way? Thanks!