Desert Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Hello, I'm new here and I need to find a thread that evaluates legos? Somewhere where I can say what I got and then get a value of the lego, is there a thread like that or do people make their own threads like that? I got some really really old legos maybe even 30 years old, so I would like a evaluation on those
roamingstop Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Hello, I'm new here and I need to find a thread that evaluates legos? Somewhere where I can say what I got and then get a value of the lego, is there a thread like that or do people make their own threads like that? I got some really really old legos maybe even 30 years old, so I would like a evaluation on those Do you want reviews? Do you want to know prices? What other resources did you look at? For reviews - check Brickset.com (one of many). For possible prices check either completed auctions on ebay, or bricklink.com.
fred67 Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 He seems to want to say "here's what I have, what's it worth?" As roamingstudio said, Bricklink is a good place to look... you can look up in the catalog sets or individual pieces and see their selling statistics.
davee123 Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 Hello, I'm new here and I need to find a thread that evaluates legos? [...] I got some really really old legos maybe even 30 years old, so I would like a evaluation on those What it's worth probably depends on what you want to know :) - Curiosity: how much is my LEGO worth? Am I sitting on a gold mine? - How much money can I get for my LEGO when I sell it? - How much should I insure my collection for? Pretty different answers to those. The easiest way to figure out a value is to look at BrickLink prices for sets that you have, and go from there. On BrickLink, look at the last-6-month average price for "used" versions of the sets you have, and that'll be a pretty good idea. DON'T look at the "currently available" prices or the "new" prices, or you'll think you're a lot richer than you are! Sets are difficult to sell-- You have to be incredibly meticulous. A set that's 95% complete may SOUND impressive, but in hobbyist terms, that's ludicrously terrible. 99% complete is probably ... acceptable ... maybe. It's still a far cry from 100%. So you have to be sure (when selling) that you absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it, have ALL the pieces. Also, be sure to report exactly what's missing, or what condition it's in. And doubtlessly, people will ask for pictures and more information, so you'll have to spend lots of time answering questions and sending images. In theory, you can also sell on a per-piece basis, but this is very misleading. A 1x4 blue brick may have an average price of $0.05 per piece, but good luck selling it! It's got "value", but there's no market. So even though you may have 100 of them that are "worth" $5.00, you won't actually GET $5.00 for them. You'll just be able to sell the really sought-after elements that everyone wants, like old gray elements, minifigs, special printed parts, etc. So you may have a "value" of $5,000, but only $500 of it might be actually sell-able. There are some automated utilities that work with BrickLink to pull those prices for you, but I'm blanking on the names at the moment. I haven't really used them, so I'm not quite sure. But there ARE some programs available for download that can probably help you to get a figure. DaveE
Desert Posted April 20, 2011 Author Posted April 20, 2011 What it's worth probably depends on what you want to know :) - Curiosity: how much is my LEGO worth? Am I sitting on a gold mine? - How much money can I get for my LEGO when I sell it? - How much should I insure my collection for? Pretty different answers to those. The easiest way to figure out a value is to look at BrickLink prices for sets that you have, and go from there. On BrickLink, look at the last-6-month average price for "used" versions of the sets you have, and that'll be a pretty good idea. DON'T look at the "currently available" prices or the "new" prices, or you'll think you're a lot richer than you are! Sets are difficult to sell-- You have to be incredibly meticulous. A set that's 95% complete may SOUND impressive, but in hobbyist terms, that's ludicrously terrible. 99% complete is probably ... acceptable ... maybe. It's still a far cry from 100%. So you have to be sure (when selling) that you absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it, have ALL the pieces. Also, be sure to report exactly what's missing, or what condition it's in. And doubtlessly, people will ask for pictures and more information, so you'll have to spend lots of time answering questions and sending images. In theory, you can also sell on a per-piece basis, but this is very misleading. A 1x4 blue brick may have an average price of $0.05 per piece, but good luck selling it! It's got "value", but there's no market. So even though you may have 100 of them that are "worth" $5.00, you won't actually GET $5.00 for them. You'll just be able to sell the really sought-after elements that everyone wants, like old gray elements, minifigs, special printed parts, etc. So you may have a "value" of $5,000, but only $500 of it might be actually sell-able. There are some automated utilities that work with BrickLink to pull those prices for you, but I'm blanking on the names at the moment. I haven't really used them, so I'm not quite sure. But there ARE some programs available for download that can probably help you to get a figure. DaveE Yup this was all I needed to know, that you a lot. I found a Croatian lego forum and the price guide from BL really helped me out a lot. Thanks for the replays guys...
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