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Common pricing per weight?

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Hi,

I'm really new into Lego (after building some stuff out of the usual 2x4 etc. bricks as a child) and I got hooked with the wildbirds and the Exo suit set this weekend.

I'd like to get more "boring bricks", so I looked around the classifieds in my town.

There is someone offering 16 kilograms of unsorted Lego in a big box for 110 Euros.

Is that price okay, considering I don't know much more. It's possible he got "better bricks" out before or that there is a lot of hardly usable special pieces, and very small pieces.

So how would you price by weight, in order to have a mostly fair deal, no matter what's actually inside?

Posted Apr 19, 2015, 2:59 PM UTC

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Middle_Aged_Child•

If you really want just regular bricks, I would recommend the PAB wall at the local lego store or the Lego Classic theme. Random lots could be anything so it's not necessarily a good way to build the collection that you want. Back to your question though, in the northeast US, $8/lb is the going rate.

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InnerWrathChildStar Wars Fan•

American here, so take with a grain of salt as I don't know your market. Here prices will vary based on the pieces contained in the bulk lot. I have seen prices range from $5-20/lb.

Really depends on the pieces. Star wars? Rare sets? Exotic pieces? All Lego/no megabloks? Minifigs? Does it have that one piece/set/minifig you've been hunting for a year? All relative, my friend.

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ohwaitnvm•

That price sounds pretty good to me as long as there are still some minifigs and accessories and not more than 5% nonLego pieces by volume. You can ask to come see the box before purchasing and grab a few handfuls (from the bottom IMO because small pieces filter down and you're interested in what you can't see from the top) to make sure you're happy with the contents. Ask whether the seller has any instructions or boxes leftover to include with the lot because that can help inform you of potential sets you may be able to reassemble out of it. Oh! And post pics when you get it (and feel free to ask for sorting/cleaning advice, though searching through the subreddit history should give you enough example discussions on those)

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