I have a sealed case of Series 3 CMFs I've been trying to sell with no luck. If I even do sell it, after fees and tracked, insured shipping (at least $40 from canada to the U.S), my profit is going to be less than I hoped for. Would I be better to crack it open and sell them individually or as sets of 16? How many sets of 16 could I expect to get out of a case? 2? 3? My buy-in price was about $200 CAD, including tax and shipping.

I have a sealed case of Series 3 CMFs I've been trying to sell with no luck. If I even do sell it, after fees and tracked, insured shipping (at least $40 from canada to the U.S), my profit is going to be less than I hoped for. Would I be better to crack it open and sell them individually or as sets of 16? How many sets of 16 could I expect to get out of a case? 2? 3? My buy-in price was about $200 CAD, including tax and shipping.

 

You should expect to get 3 sets of 16, but the box breakdown doesn't seem to be as googlable as newer boxes. I think Lego has been pretty consistent about it though... As for selling a box vs sets vs singles, I suggest you go to Bricklink and check out the average selling price of the minifigs..

 

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=M&catID=758

 

Also check eBay to see what sets of 16 sell for. I suspect if you make 3 complete sets, you'll probably realize more profit than if you try to sell the entire box. For the leftovers, sell them individually or try to get the ones you are missing for cheaper and sell more complete sets.

Thanks for the advice- it is what my instinct was telling me. Full sets of 16 seem to be going for close to $115 USD, and three full sets would indeed bring in more money than what I am asking for a full case. Shipping would also be a lot cheaper and easier, which would help me keep my profit margins higher.

It seemed like you could only get 2 full set per box in Series 3.  Here is the write up and breakdown. Good luck

 

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50063

Edited January 16, 201510 yr by Darth_Raichu

Wow - great info - thanks! I'll do a little more research on individual prices before I decide, I think.

It seemed like you could only get 2 full set per box in Series 3.  Here is the write up and breakdown. Good luck

 

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50063

 

Crazy that the fisherman seems to come two to a box... it's one of the cheaper ones from series 3?!

Hmmm..maybe I should just buy another fisherman to complete a third set.

Crazy that the fisherman seems to come two to a box... it's one of the cheaper ones from series 3?!

This was before my time. I heard in the beginning the distribution per case was not as defined as now and you might get slightly different distribution for each case.  Not sure if they fixed that in CMF3 or not

Crazy that the fisherman seems to come two to a box... it's one of the cheaper ones from series 3?!

The Fisherman may not have been all that desirable even now. He doesn't have much usage outside of a "World's Deadliest Catch" ship MOC.