Hello all! I am new to Brick Picker and am very glad I stumbled across the site! I am a 36 year old father from Virginia Beach, Virginia currently residing in Western North Carolina. I have always been interested in LEGO but they have always been a little to far out of reach price wise. I recently started investing in them and was currently wondering if I open them and put them together does that diminish the value? Even if the instructions and box are kept in pristine condition? Thanks for considering!

8 minutes ago, blooddogg757 said:

Hello all! I am new to Brick Picker and am very glad I stumbled across the site! I am a 36 year old father from Virginia Beach, Virginia currently residing in Western North Carolina. I have always been interested in LEGO but they have always been a little to far out of reach price wise. I recently started investing in them and was currently wondering if I open them and put them together does that diminish the value? Even if the instructions and box are kept in pristine condition? Thanks for considering!

Welcome to the site. yes the value will diminish .

Sealed pristine box >> Sealed damaged box>> open box with sealed bag >> used  

Hello!  Welcome to the site. 

New and sealed sets typically demand the highest prices across the board.  That said, if you do open them, saving the instructions will help preserve some value.  The box helps a little bit, too.

Good luck!

 

OK, thanks! I really, really want to put some of these sets together..., and some of them I have, like my Marvel BrickHeadz set. I did save all the boxes, instructions and even the plastic bags the bricks came in.

You will still recoup money . I say open it , build it and enjoy it 

Meow and welcome! Any decent set is often worth at least what you paid for it down the line if you keep it clean with all the bits and instructions.

Thanks for the advice! I picked up a bunch of Lego Chima minifigs and unicycle? today for a 20 dollar bill, pretty cool. No boxes, instructions and the minifigs didnt come,with the weapons (if they even came with any) but for 20 bucks I couldn't pass them up. (I tried to upload a couple photos but couldn't).

Welcome to the site!  You will learn a lot from the awesome members that are on here.  Good luck investing!