Cause most sellers are lazy. Whenever I sell a used set I generally ensure they are 100% complete. Never had a buyer inquiring about a missing item. The good thing is if you buy a used set advertised as complete, it's not complete, and the seller is not helping, you can force a refund.
If I decide to sell a set, I take it apart, clean it, and re-inventory it. If anything is missing I try to locate it. If I cannot, I buy it or sell it as incomplete with a list of exactly what is missing. I hate the 99% as well.
Yeah I could just sell something and it was someone complete or technically give it away because it was a free set and I didn't care enough to ask anything for those pieces and yes it was the passion for books that I gave
I usually want to change some things about any given set I build... that never ends well for the inventory. Whenever buying any set just focus on the (few) expensive parts like special doors/panels and minifigs - all other stuff can be sourced without too much hassle. Yesterday I put in eight bricklink orders to complete 40 sets and make 5 MOCs :)
I suspect the problems are (1) different builders including children and (2) leaving the sets built for a long time to be played with. I have thousands of sets hundreds of which have been built, taken apart a few weeks later and rebuilt years later-and all of them have been complete.
@@BrickTsar it could also be a spacing issue. If your built sets are crammed in a small area like a plastic tub or in a disorganized pile, pieces (especially loose pieces) can go missing. And if a set has multiple separate assemblies, you might unknowlingly separate them. Also, it sounds like you sometimes remove minifigures from the built sets like you did with Apocolypseburg. That is a very easy way to end up losing minifigures, and you should only do that if it's in an easy place to find in case you forgot where you put it or you document where you put it. I don't have nearly as many sets as you (~250 sets ~130k pieces), but with my process I do not have any missing pieces. Some sets come with pieces for an alt model, I just put them in a bag and label it with the set number. I also have an excel file that documents every set I own. This is mainly to keep track of the sets with peeled stickers and bite marks I need to get around and replace. And all built sets fit neatly without spacing issues. If spacing did become an issue, I'd definetly append the file with info on its physical location, and probably try to individually bag each built set (in case parts fall off they would still be in the bag). Either way, you definetly have the capabilities to keep used sets complete.
I think the number one reason is children playing with the sets. Lego is meant to be played with so if you do, the set will most likely be missing pieces. The number two reason is you need to pay attention to detail when handling the sets. If you can't do that, you're done. The criticism below of your Lego room being messy and disorganized is a valid one.
It is sometimes cathartic to take sets apart. But I am more so, looking to complete sets. I am parting them together rather than sets I have bought myself. I also have a slew of bricklink wanted lists that are at 99% or close to it. Buying used sets, like I do, they are almost always incomplete.
First, label now what you know is incomplete! With post its or something. The real danger is when in a few months from now you don’t know which sets were complete or not. Then, maybe, when you’re going to do your Legoland completion challenge this year, for each set of legoland, take one set out and make that complete again as well. For it is already quite something you have now, but knowing many sets are incomplete…. And you don’t know which are..That must be heartbreaking at the least Or challenge yourself to complete 1 set again for every new box you buy. That would at least save you some money 😊
I buy used puzzles from thrift store for $1 (sturdy boxes not flimsy ones) and recycles the puzzle pieces and keep the box for lego sets. Used sets get inventoried from bulk lots with orders to supplement of BrickLink. Granny can always buy more puzzles 😂😂
Hay Jaabo! Well Done... You've Done A Good Job! Keep Sorting & Putting Sets Away?... Your Starting The Year Off Great! Keep Going.... Buggleskelly37 xxx
Mine are not complete now that I think about it. I am not looking to sell anything that I have built. My backlog is another story. They’ll keep me building for a few years.
The years before I started watching TH-cam were very strange, I had so much disrespect for many of the sets I now wish I had purchased. I still miss the blue & black Star Wars TIE FIGHTER era because it was a much more innocent time for LEGO, before the hoarding times, before the resellers scalpers took over. 😂😂 I need to be more disciplined and put any LEGO sets I build into baggies with the instructions.
If nothing else, a set bought used will almost never be complete because the only pieces you'll get are the ones used in the instructions; the 'extra' parts are almost never included.
Extra Pieces are not a requirement to call a used set 100% complete. It is extremely rare to have a seller go out of their way to find and include them when selling a set.
It's very possible that somebody could be missing extra pieces in a new set hence the reason for them being called extra pieces. They are included typically because of the weight being so little that they can be missed at the factory.
Cause most sellers are lazy. Whenever I sell a used set I generally ensure they are 100% complete. Never had a buyer inquiring about a missing item. The good thing is if you buy a used set advertised as complete, it's not complete, and the seller is not helping, you can force a refund.
It's all about the angles, and this was a good angle.
Not to be confused with a cute angle in heaven.
If I decide to sell a set, I take it apart, clean it, and re-inventory it. If anything is missing I try to locate it. If I cannot, I buy it or sell it as incomplete with a list of exactly what is missing. I hate the 99% as well.
It was so much easier when sets were smaller. But that’s the way to do it
Yeah I could just sell something and it was someone complete or technically give it away because it was a free set and I didn't care enough to ask anything for those pieces and yes it was the passion for books that I gave
The only step you're missing here is to bag the parts according to the instructions. (Obviously this is not always applicable for older sets.)
@@TheDailyCompulsion I do that sometimes, but after cleaning they are all jumbled, so I do not always do that.
White house red roof...good times. I loved those house sets, so full of great parts for building your own. That tan family home was almost perfection.
Somewhere out there is the Island of Lost Lego Pieces. 😂
Love the Yodas, Yoders, Yodi...? #BAT WHAT'S MORE THAN 1 YODA CALLED? LOL😅
Why am I not surprised the sets are not complete? The basement is quite messy and disorganized. There's stuff everywhere 😄
Don’t throw rocks in glass houses
I love finding random bricks on the floor underneath my display shelf….
I usually want to change some things about any given set I build... that never ends well for the inventory.
Whenever buying any set just focus on the (few) expensive parts like special doors/panels and minifigs - all other stuff can be sourced without too much hassle. Yesterday I put in eight bricklink orders to complete 40 sets and make 5 MOCs :)
I suspect the problems are (1) different builders including children and (2) leaving the sets built for a long time to be played with. I have thousands of sets hundreds of which have been built, taken apart a few weeks later and rebuilt years later-and all of them have been complete.
I bet there are pieces missing. Except maybe the ones that have never been built. Even those there is no guarantee
@@BrickTsar it could also be a spacing issue. If your built sets are crammed in a small area like a plastic tub or in a disorganized pile, pieces (especially loose pieces) can go missing. And if a set has multiple separate assemblies, you might unknowlingly separate them. Also, it sounds like you sometimes remove minifigures from the built sets like you did with Apocolypseburg. That is a very easy way to end up losing minifigures, and you should only do that if it's in an easy place to find in case you forgot where you put it or you document where you put it.
I don't have nearly as many sets as you (~250 sets ~130k pieces), but with my process I do not have any missing pieces. Some sets come with pieces for an alt model, I just put them in a bag and label it with the set number. I also have an excel file that documents every set I own. This is mainly to keep track of the sets with peeled stickers and bite marks I need to get around and replace. And all built sets fit neatly without spacing issues. If spacing did become an issue, I'd definetly append the file with info on its physical location, and probably try to individually bag each built set (in case parts fall off they would still be in the bag). Either way, you definetly have the capabilities to keep used sets complete.
I wonder what it would look like if every lost lego part got beamed star trek style to a single grass field at once
ohh! 6365 in the background, one of my childhood sets.
I disassemble step-by-step, confirm every piece, and re-bag by number (for modern sets). It's slower but I'm sure I have everything.
This is the way.
Patrick Jane is awesome
I think the number one reason is children playing with the sets. Lego is meant to be played with so if you do, the set will most likely be missing pieces. The number two reason is you need to pay attention to detail when handling the sets. If you can't do that, you're done. The criticism below of your Lego room being messy and disorganized is a valid one.
It’s like those cleaners that say “will kill 99% of bacteria!” They can’t say 100%, but it’s what they mean.
2025 could be the year of LEGOLAND Marklin towns and covering sets you haven’t filmed about for brickset like jang and klok
It is sometimes cathartic to take sets apart. But I am more so, looking to complete sets. I am parting them together rather than sets I have bought myself. I also have a slew of bricklink wanted lists that are at 99% or close to it. Buying used sets, like I do, they are almost always incomplete.
Kids will do their best to hide pieces. My only hope is to eventually find them if and when we move.
I add missing parts to bricklink wanted list and hopefully eventually get them but have sets sitting around waiting for parts is a headache
Long time watcher, first time listener lol, why is everything going back in the box?
To save space. There's no way he can continue to build sets with all the sets he already has built, ontop of the boxes
one thing I used to do keep Lego boxes I don't keep boxes anymore it takes up way too much room if I keep a box, it be usc box
First, label now what you know is incomplete! With post its or something. The real danger is when in a few months from now you don’t know which sets were complete or not.
Then, maybe, when you’re going to do your Legoland completion challenge this year, for each set of legoland, take one set out and make that complete again as well. For it is already quite something you have now, but knowing many sets are incomplete…. And you don’t know which are..That must be heartbreaking at the least
Or challenge yourself to complete 1 set again for every new box you buy. That would at least save you some money 😊
Thanks
I buy used puzzles from thrift store for $1 (sturdy boxes not flimsy ones) and recycles the puzzle pieces and keep the box for lego sets.
Used sets get inventoried from bulk lots with orders to supplement of BrickLink.
Granny can always buy more puzzles 😂😂
I don't need to watch an 11 minute video to know people buy a set for the minifigs and then resell it without the minifigs.
I dont buy sets incomplete. what is point buying it especially if mini figs are missing
Could be a good deal if you don’t care so much about the figs.
Hay Jaabo! Well Done... You've Done A Good Job! Keep Sorting & Putting Sets Away?... Your Starting The Year Off Great! Keep Going.... Buggleskelly37 xxx
Mine are not complete now that I think about it. I am not looking to sell anything that I have built. My backlog is another story. They’ll keep me building for a few years.
Missing pieces, aint that a podcast from a certain lego dude
seem like if you take apart a set and one day you rebuild the set, and it is missing parts it like Lego pieces have legs and walk away. lol
The years before I started watching TH-cam were very strange, I had so much disrespect for many of the sets I now wish I had purchased. I still miss the blue & black Star Wars TIE FIGHTER era because it was a much more innocent time for LEGO, before the hoarding times, before the resellers scalpers took over. 😂😂 I need to be more disciplined and put any LEGO sets I build into baggies with the instructions.
Blame the cat for missing parts because my cat does it also. I woke up one morning and had a mini fig on my pillow.
At least is wasn't a horse piece.
@@MartenFerret😄
my dog straight up ate an entire bush piece once, she survived but it was nuts
I bet I can guess why even before watching the video, lol.
If nothing else, a set bought used will almost never be complete because the only pieces you'll get are the ones used in the instructions; the 'extra' parts are almost never included.
Extra Pieces are not a requirement to call a used set 100% complete. It is extremely rare to have a seller go out of their way to find and include them when selling a set.
It's very possible that somebody could be missing extra pieces in a new set hence the reason for them being called extra pieces. They are included typically because of the weight being so little that they can be missed at the factory.
Not all sets are guaranteed to have the same extra pieces.
How about a new niche Lego channel - "unbuilding" videos!
Unbuild and back into numbered bags and analyze building techniques.
That’s a few mins I’m not getting back
you don’t get back any minutes for any purpose