Best way to sell collectible minifigures?

Graham

I used to concentrate on selling CMF's and have a load of boxes of them left to sell. Other than series 1&2 they take a good deal of time to identify each figure

To anyone who sells a lot of these, my question is, without wishing to spend that time, is it best to sell as:-

1.) sealed random figure
2.) open to ID them
3.) remove and separate figure from accessories and sell that way

By "best" I mean sales price, and how quickly they move

Thanks

Area 51 Bricks

I'd say ether sell them as the set (identified) or as the individual minifigs. Someone could just go to the store if they wanted them random...

Graham

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Area 51 Bricks

Oh, in that case I would sell the minifigs and pieces separately.

Calibrick

I always open blind bags to ID them, so I can sell them under the appropriate listing - I just note in comment the item is opened (and for newer CMFs, I even preassemble them and prebag them, noting the same). I keep them all together. If you price competively or your CMG plus shipping is competitive, you will turn them around - though there is a smaller market for the more costly Series 1 and 2, I'm still sitting on a couple of those, FYI.

Pikka

It may look weird, but collectible figures without baseplates and accessories sometimes have prices similar to the complete/sealed sets they come from. For instance, compare the prices of the sealed Superman set from DC Super Heroes series (71026) and the minifig alone:

https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-superman-rebirth-minifigure
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-superman-set-71026-7

The current price is higher for the minifig alone, and the six month averages are similar – heck, the newspaper tile alone is more than a dollar worth. Why would anyone pay more for less is beyond me. So, if the time is not an issue, I always part-out blind bags and sell minifigs and accessories separately.

Graham

Thanks folks!
That helps a lot, I used to spend time identifying in sealed bags just don't have the time now.

unbrickable

i wouild indentify which minifigs are benicifical to take apart and which not. Futhermore look at how much of the current inventory is sold in the past 6 month.

it takes time to look into it, if you dont want to invest that time i would go for option 1.