A little appraisal help?

Dec 09, 2004 1 Replies

Greetings!



I have a pile of Lego that I haven't used in a few years, and I'm not likely to use. I'm wondering what it's worth. I know I have some not-so-common sets. I also know that to maximize the price I could get for this stuff I'd either have to sort it by set (it's all mixed up) or sort by brick type/color/etc. I'd prefer to NOT sell by the pound.



Below is my list of sets that I have instructions for. Taken in the aggregate, I'm better than 99% complete, but I can't guarantee I haven't lost some of the extra parts or very small parts over the years. The brick is in excellent condition, from a non-smoking house. Quite a lot of this was bought as an adult, but the stuff I've had since I was a kid is in great shape too. I wasn't the kid that was hard on equipment growing up. He lived down the street and was the kid I gave all my original kenner star wars action figures and vehicles to. He broke them all within 9 months, and that stuff is extra hard to find now. You can't win them all.



Anyhoo, I'd be interested in what folks believe this would be worth as a take-it-all deal, and what it'd be worth by set. I have instructions, but no boxes.


-Dave



Ze List -



Technic


8458 silver champion Qty 3 8480 space shuttle
8455 backhoe/front end loader
8448 super car II
948 go cart
8040 pneumatic universal building set
8094 control center
8207 Dune Duster Qty 4 8250 Search Sub
8277 Giant Model Set
8408 Desert Ranger / V2 sport car Qty 3 8412 Nighthawk/Sky Wasp
8417 Mag Wheel Master
8422 Circuit Shock Racer/V-Twin Super Bike
8428/8432 Turbo Command
8440 Formula Flash / Formula Indy Racer
8444 Air Enforcer/Supercopter
8445 Indy Storm/ Formula 1 racer
8446 Crane Truck/Monster Crane Truck
8459 Pneumatic Front End Loader
8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck (from the old days)
8462 Tow Truck
8479 Barcode Multi Set (CodePilot)
8485 Control Center II
8832 Roadster
8845 Dune Buggy
8854 Power Crane
8855 Prop Plane
8857 Street Chopper/Trike
8865 Test Car
8868 Air Tech Claw Rig Qty 2 8880 Super Car Qty 3 9719 RIS v1.0 Dacta robolab software
8466 4x4 Off Roader
8233 MC v. Stinger (Cyberslam)

Model Team


5563 Racing Truck
5533 Red Fury
5561 Big Foot 4x4
5571 Giant Truck/Black Cat
5580 Highway Rig
5590 Whirl & Wheel Super Truck
5591 Mach II Red Bird Rig


Star wars



8001 ­ technic battle droid
7181 ­ ultimate tie interceptor
8002 ­ technic destroyer droid
7127 ­ AT-ST
7166 ­ Imperial Shuttle
7191 ­ ultimate x-wing

Also know I have, but cant find the books -


7110 landspeeder
7128 speeder bikes
7130 snowspeeder
7140 x-wing
7150 slave 17152 tie fighter & y-wing

Pretty sure I have:



7146 tie fighter

Classic Space:


6881 lunar rocket launcher
442 Space Shuttle
6805 astro dasher
6822 x 2 space shuttle
6823 surface transport
6801 x 2 rocket sled
6880 x 2 surface explorer
6842 shuttle craft
6811 pulsar charger
6882 walking astro grappler
6951 robot command center
6826 crater crawler
889 radar truck

Other old sets:


540 police units
268 family room
261 bathroom
709 police boat
5235 school room

I'd try searching e-bay and Bricklink to see what sets are going for. Some of what you've got is old, rare, and would likely fetch high prices if complete (especially considering you have instructions). For example:

All of these would fetch high prices. I'd guess the Super Car sets would each fetch close to $100 (if complete).

Model Team sets would likely fetch high prices as well. I fondly remember

5590 and 5591, but owned neither.

You can't go wrong with classic space. I'm guessing these would fetch high prices as well, especially 442 and 889 since they are a couple of the first Classic Space sets. I had 889, 928, and some others, but never 442. Any set with classic space minifigs in good shape will sell well.

I'm not sure what the other sets would fetch, but I'm sure they'd sell.

First thing to do is to build each and every set to make sure the pieces are there. The downside is that by the time you're done doing this, you may find that you still like to build with Lego. ;-)

Jeff

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