About 2 years ago, I took up LEGO as a hobby. Since buying individual pieces from Bricklink or LEGO seemed too expensive, I chose to buy some bulk LEGO on eBay. I went overboard! I ended up buying about 150kg. of LEGO and still having finished sorting them all.
After the initial purchases, I spent months sorting everything into main categories (bricks, plates, wedges, tires etc.).
Tub of bulk LEGO
It was a very exhausting few months, and I think I was burnt out in the end. I put everything in boxes and didn’t make further progress in 2021.
Recently I decided to finish sorting everything. This time I’m not just sorting but counting all parts by colour and entering them in BrickStore so that by the end of the process, I will have a full inventory.
Bulk LEGO
If you are planning to buy bulk LEGO, you have to be prepared to pull out all sorts of non-LEGO items. Also, be prepared to handle thousands of different small parts. If I knew it would take so long and it would be so tedious, I would have thought twice or at least bought a lot less.
Lots of semi-sorted LEGO
Here are some images for the current state of my bulk LEGO:
Bionicle parts
Random parts in labelled boxes
Bagged large plates
Drawers waiting to be filled
Small items are divided into compartments
A large tub of slopes in bags
Some drawers are already getting filled
Also recorded a shot VLOG and published on Hobby Journal YouTube channel:
Conclusion
Hopefully, I will go into more detail in a later post about my thoughts and experiences with bulk LEGO. Right now, everything is a mess, and I need to spend quite a lot more time getting everything done properly. Let’s see how it goes.