Looking for ideas on sets I can procure a decent amount and variety of tan and brown pieces from.. obviously if the sets are readily available, that would help.

Jabbas Palace is the only thing I can think of, but not sure those minifigs would recoup enough of the purchase to make it worthwhile.

Desert skiff has some good tan/brown pieces. Plus it can be had for ~$16 regularly.

Sydney Opera House, maybe. LOTS of brown.

Definately look towards the architecture line. A bunch of them are deeply discounted on Amazon currently, making the PPP very favorable.

5766-1 Log cabin for brown although I am not seeing it as often in stores now.  If you want more upward slopes and some plates in brown, go with 31004 fierce flyer.  79004 Barrel escape and 79010 Goblin King battle would be great too for brown and tan especially if you sell off the minifigures.  You might still be able to get the goblin king battle at target for $65 as opposed to the retail of $100. 

I think Jabba or Desert Skiff. Here is the breakdown:

 

Jabba - Minifigs can get you about 50 after fees so really not a terrible deal to get all the brown pieces. Can be readily had for $95ish, but if you roam Ebay I see them pop up for 85-90 quite often.

 

Desert Skiff - One downside is that these figures are all over Ebay. They may sit for a while. Not a lot of pieces either.

Tower bridge? Lots of tan bricks, granted a lot of them small, and good price per piece.

Maybe some cheap Prince of Persia stuff? Use that negative CAGR to your advantage! BTW...I think Fry's still has the Log Cabin.

Was thinking Log Cabin as well. Any type of pieces you are looking for?

 

Or go big, pick up a used Sandcrawler. :-) OK, maybe not the most efficient PPP.

 

I picked up a ton of brown in a lot I recently bought, trying to figure out what set it was from. I think it might have been the Star Wars MTT.

Sydney Opera House, maybe. LOTS of brown.

Thats what i was thinking!

Tower bridge? Lots of tan bricks, granted a lot of them small, and good price per piece.

 

This is pretty true although a lot of the pieces are very small and not a ton of variety. But if you don't need it, would be good deal.

5766-1 Log cabin for brown although I am not seeing it as often in stores now.  If you want more upward slopes and some plates in brown, go with 31004 fierce flyer.  79004 Barrel escape and 79010 Goblin King battle would be great too for brown and tan especially if you sell off the minifigures.  You might still be able to get the goblin king battle at target for $65 as opposed to the retail of $100. 

 

The price on Goblin King battle is good until 9/21 if they have them in stock.

Not looking for specific pieces so much as specific colors, so there are a few ideas in here that I hadn't thought of. Need to stockpile and then maybe I can actually make something out of my hundreds of lbs of loose LEGO.

 

PoP/Pharaoh's might be a good place to find some cheap unique pieces, but do people buy those minifigs? I feel like I'd get stuck with them.

Maybe some cheap Prince of Persia stuff? Use that negative CAGR to your advantage! BTW...I think Fry's still has the Log Cabin.

Same train of thought here! The cheap PoP sets are great for parting out, especially for the abundance of tan and brown pieces. Not sure what you will do with the other non-tan/brown pieces, but for your purposes, I think the theme is a great place to start.

 

 

 

PoP/Pharaoh's might be a good place to find some cheap unique pieces, but do people buy those minifigs? I feel like I'd get stuck with them.

Pharoah's Quest is another great option for your purposes. It depends on what the purpose of your parting out is. To resell, I'd say try to stick to more recent and popular themes, but if you are just looking for tan pieces for a MOC, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to keep the whole set. After all, you can't really sell a Sydney Opera House without the tan pieces! LOL

You can find things like desert skiff from sets which someone has already parted out at great prices. Saves you the hassle

I would personally say go for Silver Mine shootout from LR