Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | rbritton31  | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2021 09:21 | | Subject: | Is it possible | | Viewed: | 173 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
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| Is it possible to part out sets to your stockroom and when you take the parts
out of stockroom have them combine to parts you already have listed without making
2 listings for parts you already have. I want to do the computer work first before
I do the physical work but not if is going to give me for example listings for
2 sets of black technic pins, blue technic axle pins, etc.
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| Author: | Ninepartsred | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2021 07:57 | | Subject: | Re: 30kg Bulk buy of 90's Lego - what to do | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, Bromwich writes:
| | Hi everyone,
This is my first post on here, so apologies if I get the format wrong.
I recently won a large lot of loose Lego at auction, (for too much money), and
have been working my way sorting through it all.
What hooked me was that it came with 30+ instruction sheets, all from the late
80's and early 90's, plus the box for 6542 Launch and Load and 6286 Pirate
Schooner.
Having now spent a couple of surprisingly enjoyable weeks cleaning and picking
out bits, I have 21 near complete sets (minus any Minifigures), but also normally
missing a couple of special pieces.
My question is - What should I do with it now?!
should I (A) looking to buy all of the missing parts (currently 215, inc. minifigs
across 21 sets) to complete the set and sell as 100% complete.
Overall it seems that I need to spend 25-35% of the set selling price to complete.
Or (B) part out and save myself the time of buying the parts to sell them on?
Part of me feels that it would be nice to complete them, but it will also take
a lot longer to get things up and running.
Note - given their age there are also a fair few discoloured parts which I would
want to de-yellow before selling.
All lot of the left over basic part will just join my son's collection.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
P.S. Not sure what happened to the photos flipping!
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I'm currently putting together some sets which need a few parts to complete.
Going by the instructions, you have a few nice ones.
You've obviously already checked the prices and weighed up your profit margin
but are those percentages of your intial cost or the selling price?
It's also worth checking how often the sets sell. In my case, that's
just in the UK for now.
Consider whether you want to sell them quickly or if you're happy to sit
on them for longer to get a better price. If you check your sets that other sellers
have in their stores, you can see when they listed them. Ebay, Gumtree, Facebook,
etc. is better for a quick sale but normally at a lower price.
I know some sellers use Ebay for complete sets and their BL store for parts.
I do when the selling fees are £1.
For example, one of my sets has only sold once on here in the UK in the last
6 months but I've seen it go several times on Ebay for what I consider good
prices.
I've freshened-up some yellowed parts, but as many people will tell you,
they discolour again and sometimes quickly, so I won't sell them. Also, even
though older sets/parts would be expected to show signs of wear, everyone has
a different idea of what's acceptable.
That's just my way of thinking but I hope it's of some help.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2021 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: 30kg Bulk buy of 90's Lego - what to do | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, Bromwich writes:
| | Hi everyone,
This is my first post on here, so apologies if I get the format wrong.
I recently won a large lot of loose Lego at auction, (for too much money), and
have been working my way sorting through it all.
What hooked me was that it came with 30+ instruction sheets, all from the late
80's and early 90's, plus the box for 6542 Launch and Load and 6286 Pirate
Schooner.
Having now spent a couple of surprisingly enjoyable weeks cleaning and picking
out bits, I have 21 near complete sets (minus any Minifigures), but also normally
missing a couple of special pieces.
My question is - What should I do with it now?!
should I (A) looking to buy all of the missing parts (currently 215, inc. minifigs
across 21 sets) to complete the set and sell as 100% complete.
Overall it seems that I need to spend 25-35% of the set selling price to complete.
Or (B) part out and save myself the time of buying the parts to sell them on?
Part of me feels that it would be nice to complete them, but it will also take
a lot longer to get things up and running.
Note - given their age there are also a fair few discoloured parts which I would
want to de-yellow before selling.
All lot of the left over basic part will just join my son's collection.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
P.S. Not sure what happened to the photos flipping!
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25-35% seems a bit high to me. I don't have a good rule of thumb because
I hardly sell any sets, but it just seems high. Are there any sets where the
cost needed to complete is a bit lower than that? Maybe focus on completing those
together with the sets for which you have boxes.
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| Author: | Bromwich | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2021 07:01 | | Subject: | 30kg Bulk buy of 90's Lego - what to do | | Viewed: | 150 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hi everyone,
This is my first post on here, so apologies if I get the format wrong.
I recently won a large lot of loose Lego at auction, (for too much money), and
have been working my way sorting through it all.
What hooked me was that it came with 30+ instruction sheets, all from the late
80's and early 90's, plus the box for 6542 Launch and Load and 6286 Pirate
Schooner.
Having now spent a couple of surprisingly enjoyable weeks cleaning and picking
out bits, I have 21 near complete sets (minus any Minifigures), but also normally
missing a couple of special pieces.
My question is - What should I do with it now?!
should I (A) looking to buy all of the missing parts (currently 215, inc. minifigs
across 21 sets) to complete the set and sell as 100% complete.
Overall it seems that I need to spend 25-35% of the set selling price to complete.
Or (B) part out and save myself the time of buying the parts to sell them on?
Part of me feels that it would be nice to complete them, but it will also take
a lot longer to get things up and running.
Note - given their age there are also a fair few discoloured parts which I would
want to de-yellow before selling.
All lot of the left over basic part will just join my son's collection.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
P.S. Not sure what happened to the photos flipping!
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2021 19:37 | | Subject: | Re: Mixture of old and new dark (bluish) grey | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, popsicle writes:
| | I'll add: assuming the logic holds true for both dark and light grays. Which
it should.
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Hmmmm, not necessarily -- light grey and light bluish grey are considerably
more difficult to tell apart than dark grey and dark bluish grey
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| Author: | Chee_ching | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2021 17:24 | | Subject: | 51515 ready for approval | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
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| Dear Team,
I have completed the inventory compilation for set 51515. Please review and provide
approval.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2021 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Mixture of old and new dark (bluish) grey | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, popsicle writes:
| | In Inventories, iprice writes:
| | I've just pulled apart a set (#4495 - Star Wars AT-TE Mini) that I purchased
my self, many years ago, which has been in sealed storage in my loft pretty much
since I first assembled it.
I noticed that several parts were old dark grey while the majority were dark
bluish grey.
I checked the inventory and found that all parts should have been dark bluish
grey. There was no mention of old dark grey parts.
These parts (2* 1x4 plate and 6* Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On Top)
are definitely old dark grey. They are not sun damaged or faded; they are full
and evenly coloured top, bottom and sides. Also no other colour parts are affected.
So
1) Is this unusual?
2) Can the Inventory reflect that this set may have old dark grey alternative
parts.
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There were a few sets from those crossover years that were reported to contain
a mixture of both grays. Most notably for me, is the beautiful
I don't know about the inventory, but certainly the listing notes can and
in fact, do reflect such info
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I'll add: assuming the logic holds true for both dark and light grays. Which
it should.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2021 16:56 | | Subject: | Re: Mixture of old and new dark (bluish) grey | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, iprice writes:
| | I've just pulled apart a set (#4495 - Star Wars AT-TE Mini) that I purchased
my self, many years ago, which has been in sealed storage in my loft pretty much
since I first assembled it.
I noticed that several parts were old dark grey while the majority were dark
bluish grey.
I checked the inventory and found that all parts should have been dark bluish
grey. There was no mention of old dark grey parts.
These parts (2* 1x4 plate and 6* Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On Top)
are definitely old dark grey. They are not sun damaged or faded; they are full
and evenly coloured top, bottom and sides. Also no other colour parts are affected.
So
1) Is this unusual?
2) Can the Inventory reflect that this set may have old dark grey alternative
parts.
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There were a few sets from those crossover years that were reported to contain
a mixture of both grays. Most notably for me, is the beautiful
I don't know about the inventory, but certainly the listing notes can and
in fact, do reflect such info
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| Author: | GreatBuy | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2021 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: Mixture of old and new dark (bluish) grey | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, iprice writes:
| | I've just pulled apart a set (#4495 - Star Wars AT-TE Mini) that I purchased
my self, many years ago, which has been in sealed storage in my loft pretty much
since I first assembled it.
I noticed that several parts were old dark grey while the majority were dark
bluish grey.
I checked the inventory and found that all parts should have been dark bluish
grey. There was no mention of old dark grey parts.
These parts (2* 1x4 plate and 6* Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On Top)
are definitely old dark grey. They are not sun damaged or faded; they are full
and evenly coloured top, bottom and sides. Also no other colour parts are affected.
So
1) Is this unusual?
2) Can the Inventory reflect that this set may have old dark grey alternative
parts.
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This set was produced after LEGO had adjusted their color palette, it is not
exactly uncommon for a mixture of new and old greys to be found in the same set
in this era. LEGO never threw anything away, so they used their remaining inventory.
The inventory will probably need to be adjusted, or at the very least a footnote.
There are other sets from the same time that are missing the same clarification.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 13, 2021 12:02 | | Subject: | Re: Mixture of old and new dark (bluish) grey | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, iprice writes:
| | I've just pulled apart a set (#4495 - Star Wars AT-TE Mini) that I purchased
my self, many years ago, which has been in sealed storage in my loft pretty much
since I first assembled it.
I noticed that several parts were old dark grey while the majority were dark
bluish grey.
I checked the inventory and found that all parts should have been dark bluish
grey. There was no mention of old dark grey parts.
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It’s not “should have been DBG,” it’s “were not reported as having been found
in DG.”
| | These parts (2* 1x4 plate and 6* Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On Top)
are definitely old dark grey. They are not sun damaged or faded; they are full
and evenly coloured top, bottom and sides. Also no other colour parts are affected.
So
1) Is this unusual?
2) Can the Inventory reflect that this set may have old dark grey alternative
parts.
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It could now that you found an example.
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