Garage Sale Find and Some Questions

[Guardianmonkey]

This past weekend, I scored a big box of assorted Legos for $8. It's been ages since I've bought anything (other than Bionicle) and my parents were a bit too cheap/poor to opt for Legos anyway when I was a kid. There were a couple of booklets included (Dino Attack 7475, Boba Fet's ship 6209, Visorak Battle Ram 8757) as well as some obvious Megablocks.

As I started to sort through the box, I noticed there was an Aquazone set (Tiger Shark Attack 773) and have been busily pulling pieces out for that while sorting everything else by color. There doesn't seem to a complete set in this whole slew of bricks, just based on what I've seen while sorting. I've found what seems like most of a Spongebob set (Krusty Krab 3825-1) and a number of unidentifiable-by-me pieces.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to go about getting some broad part identification? Specifically there are printed bricks that are definitely from one theme/set or another but it's all Greek to me.

Thanks,

-j

[Milan]

Hi,

Go here: http://www.peeron.com/ and type in your set number. You will see all of the parts that set contains.

Go also to the http://www.brickset.com/ to see sets reviews made by varius users.

Hope it helped.

[Tom Bricks]

There are also numbers on some parts which you can put in peeron or bricklink to find the piece and what sets it came in.

[Peppermint_M]

Even the most unusual parts can be identified by using Bricklink. Like others said, find the brick and put the number in peeron or Bricklink. If you can't find a number then the Bricklink catalogue has lists of bricks by type and colour. You just have to figure out what the brick would be clasified as.

You can also post pictures of them here and I am sure someone would know what it was and where it came from (In fact I think there might be a "name that brick" thread...)

[Brickthing]

Considering that you got it for such a good deal, it's likely that your box only has parts from complete (or almost complete) sets, and not miscellaneous pieces that could've been bought individually (because the previous owner didn't know much about the second-hand LEGO market). So look for minifigs, large pieces and printed parts that look like they'd be distinctive to a set, and you should be able to find them on Peeron or Bricklink like Milan has linked to. Once you've identified the sets that the distinctive parts come from, you should find that the rest of the pieces will belong to those sets as well, and you'll have them sorted out in no time.

Any remaining pieces should be easier to match to a set, because the colour and kind of pieces should give you a rough idea for the type of set they come from.

[avoidz]

I don't like to be pedantic, but it's LEGO not "Legos". Sorry, I just can't stand "Legos".

All the same, good for finding that lot, even if I'd be more excited if it was Classic sets/bricks.

Edited October 21, 2009 by avoidz

[Raven Brickroft]

Quite a find there, buddy.

I've also recently come across a great deal. It was less than $40 (converted from local currency). It contained about 10-20 sets all from 80-90's.

These sets include:

http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6080-1 Mostly complete, except for the flags.

http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6371-1

http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6374-1

And that's just 3.

I also suggest looking at the minifigs. I've been able to identify these sets because I was aware of the minifig and minifig count of the sets.