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 Author: Cardboard_King View Messages Posted By Cardboard_King
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 08:47
 Subject: New or Used?
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Cardboard_King (1) 

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Howdy all,

Question as a brand new seller. If I am listing parts/figs that are originating
from a new set(s) that I am opening and parting out are these parts considered
new or used?
 Author: bogistucco View Messages Posted By bogistucco
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 08:53
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Hello,

These would be considered New, unless you play with them
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 08:58
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In Selling, bogistucco writes:
  Hello,

These would be considered New, unless you play with them

Official stance: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102
 Author: Cardboard_King View Messages Posted By Cardboard_King
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 10:15
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In Selling, SylvainLS writes:
  In Selling, bogistucco writes:
  Hello,

These would be considered New, unless you play with them

Official stance: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=102

Thank you for this. I will try to look around more and read up before asking
questions that are answered already.

Thanks again
 Author: jennnifer View Messages Posted By jennnifer
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 12:05
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In Selling, Cardboard_King writes:
  Howdy all,

Question as a brand new seller. If I am listing parts/figs that are originating
from a new set(s) that I am opening and parting out are these parts considered
new or used?

Just resist the urge to stack or build them. The rules don't prohibit that
with the minifigs but most buyers prefer them not to be built.

~Jen
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 12:10
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In Selling, jennnifer writes:
  In Selling, Cardboard_King writes:
  Howdy all,

Question as a brand new seller. If I am listing parts/figs that are originating
from a new set(s) that I am opening and parting out are these parts considered
new or used?

Just resist the urge to stack or build them. The rules don't prohibit that
with the minifigs but most buyers prefer them not to be built.

~Jen

Indeed.  Don’t play with my toys before I buy them!
 Author: Cardboard_King View Messages Posted By Cardboard_King
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 14:13
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In Selling, jennnifer writes:
  In Selling, Cardboard_King writes:
  Howdy all,

Question as a brand new seller. If I am listing parts/figs that are originating
from a new set(s) that I am opening and parting out are these parts considered
new or used?

Just resist the urge to stack or build them. The rules don't prohibit that
with the minifigs but most buyers prefer them not to be built.

~Jen

Are you saying keep the minifigs unbuilt even though they would be sold as a
complete minifig?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jan 19, 2026 15:42
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In Selling, Cardboard_King writes:
  In Selling, jennnifer writes:
  In Selling, Cardboard_King writes:
  Howdy all,

Question as a brand new seller. If I am listing parts/figs that are originating
from a new set(s) that I am opening and parting out are these parts considered
new or used?

Just resist the urge to stack or build them. The rules don't prohibit that
with the minifigs but most buyers prefer them not to be built.

~Jen

Are you saying keep the minifigs unbuilt even though they would be sold as a
complete minifig?

Yes.

There’s a provision in BL’s rules that allows for built minifigures to be sold
as New.  It’s because, sometimes, minifigures come all built or partially built
in New sets (books for instance, but also older sets had the head already attached
to the torsos).
But it allows _any_ minifigure to be built from New parts, once, and still be
New, so some sellers are building their minifigures… but most buyers don’t like
it.

If you are afraid of losing or mixing the parts, put them in a bag, one bag for
each not-built-yet minifigure.