Now that you have all your supplies, its time to start seeing what is valuable. I suggest starting your assessment with the assembled sets, because then you'll have a better idea of what you need to find going through the bulk pieces. If you are simply dealing with a massive bin of unbuilt pieces, skip this day and move onto the next post.
This step is based on intuition. The more you eyeball Lego sets, the better you will get at identifying them. If you have some experience with Lego, then you will be able to identity key themes like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Indiana Jones. Take each assembled set and take a guess at what theme it might be. To get an accurate set number, which will be necessary to sell the set and see if pieces are missing, go to the Bricklink catalog and try to match up your set with one in the theme you guessed. Once you have a set number, this will make it much easier figuring out what pieces you need to complete the set, and how much it will sell for down the road.
With a set identified, the next step is to figure out its worth and its completeness. If its a valuable set, it will be worth your time to hunt around for the extra pieces to complete it. Most of the value of a set also rests in the minifigs--although we will cover minifigs later, make a note of what minifigs the set has and set them aside. Keep a running tally of pieces and minifigs to look for, and this will make the next steps much easier.
This step is based on intuition. The more you eyeball Lego sets, the better you will get at identifying them. If you have some experience with Lego, then you will be able to identity key themes like Star Wars, Harry Potter and Indiana Jones. Take each assembled set and take a guess at what theme it might be. To get an accurate set number, which will be necessary to sell the set and see if pieces are missing, go to the Bricklink catalog and try to match up your set with one in the theme you guessed. Once you have a set number, this will make it much easier figuring out what pieces you need to complete the set, and how much it will sell for down the road.
With a set identified, the next step is to figure out its worth and its completeness. If its a valuable set, it will be worth your time to hunt around for the extra pieces to complete it. Most of the value of a set also rests in the minifigs--although we will cover minifigs later, make a note of what minifigs the set has and set them aside. Keep a running tally of pieces and minifigs to look for, and this will make the next steps much easier.
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