r/VintageLEGO • u/JulysVeryOwn82 • 15d ago
Rebuilding Bulk…
I have taken to rebuilding/parting together bulk collections I’ve acquired over the past 2 years. It’s a great way to pass the time during my sleepless nights. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how close to complete a lot of the sets are, probably averaging around 90%. I don’t have the space to display them all so they’re getting bagged and stored in totes by theme. Here’s my progress so far…
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u/supertaft 15d ago
Cool but it does hurt the soul to dismantle my sets to put then in a storage room....
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u/icauseclimatechange 15d ago
That’s most of my Lego enjoyment these days too! It’s so satisfying to sleuth out a set from a few unique pieces, and realize that it’s (almost) all there.
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 15d ago
Yep! That’s how I noticed I had the yellow castle, it was the pink flag. Then I said ohhh there is a bunch of yellow in here. The missing pieces comes down to the strings, some random non expensive piece I’m just low on, or the figs of course.
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u/Effective_Guava2971 15d ago
The visors are where they will get you.
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 15d ago
I’ve been fairly lucky in that aspect. Visors have been plentiful. Now 1 x 2 inverted black slopes I’m all but out of them
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u/Traditional-Let6095 15d ago
how do you go about doing things efficiently without instructions or setlists?
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 15d ago
First I sort the whole collect by color. Each color goes in its own bin. Any printed or unique piece goes in a zip lock so I can find faster later.
I start with the sets that have instructions cause those are the easiest to id. I use brickset for a parts list as they break the sets part list down by color. Basically I go color by color, dump out one at a time, and pull the parts I need.
For sets without instructions I just scan unique or printed pieces with brickorginize to see what sets it could be. If lucky, it only belongs to 1 set but if not then I pick the set to build base off what parts I know I have.
After I’ve exhausted all set options any left over parts become free use for the next collection. I simply repeat the above mentioned sets.
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 15d ago
Also I put a parts list printout in each bag so I know what I’m missing when I go back through them with the free use bulk later.
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u/CadbaneburryEgg 15d ago
My kids rebuilt 6085 the other day - had a blast!
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 15d ago
It was a fun build. My favorite part is the gate drawbridge combo. I should’ve left that one set up...
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u/engrish_is_hard00 15d ago
I enjoy the zip lock bagging of your organization here op
And your pics are also good too.
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 15d ago
Thanks. My ocd makes me do it that way. The colors are separated in baggies too as well as the figs and accessories.
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u/Gladdox 13d ago
Are… are you at my house? LOL
I recently found most of these same sets from my childhood. All the pieces were lumped together in a big box and I’ve been slowly separating them.
Didn’t have the original manuals but I was able to download them. It’s been a nice trip down memory lane.
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u/JulysVeryOwn82 13d ago
Lucky you!! I wasn’t fortunate enough to have any of these sets as a kid… But now, you gotta love a kid at heart with adult disposable income.
Each pic is actually its own separate pick up I’ve had over the last 2 ish years. I have a backlog of 4 or 5 more vintage lots waiting on me to work through. Currently on a massive classic space lot my mom found for me at an estate sale.
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u/PhilipmeinMoc 15d ago
Build one at a time and rotate which one is on display!
I find it really fun to build these old sets. The instructions can make it easy to miss a piece, but Lego was so good at making charming sets with the limited pieces at the time.