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What to do with Lego now the DC no longer play with it?

7 replies

FoxandDuck · 28/06/2026 16:32

The Lego has been sat forlornly in the playroom for the past few years now and it’s time to get rid of it —weeps quietly at all of the memories—. But how?? We were always a family who played with it rather than built a model and admired it. Even on the rare occasions when we did have a model which was left as it was (Hogwarts for example) it has had various knocks & bumps and so pieces were knocked off. This means that I have two Trofast shelves which are about 4ft high full of Lego separated by colour and then various models in various states of intactness
My plan had been to sort some of the bricks out in certain sets and keep those and a general mix of bricks. So I started earlier to find the pieces for the dinosaur 3 in 1 set as I thought that that would have good play value. In my head, this was going to be a simple case of going to the green drawer, finding the pieces, going to the brown drawer etc. I have been doing it for an hour and have 80% of the green, dark green, white and beige pieces but I definitely don’t have all of them. The set only costs about £18. I’m beginning to wonder if this is a pointless exercise. I was only going to put it in the loft for occasional visits (as in once or twice a year tops) from distant relatives so I am spending all of this time for no real gain.
In which case, what do I do with it all? Do I just donate it to local primary schools and the local LEGO club for children with SEN? Would even they want it as mixed up as this?
Help!

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shellyleppard · 28/06/2026 16:35

Do you still have the instructions? I'm sure the local Lego club would love it. Its the best toy ever 😍 (I'm 57) lol

Luckypoppy · 28/06/2026 16:36

I work at a SEN school and any school would love it.

or you can advertise it for sale on Facebook.

VIII · 28/06/2026 16:36

If you don't want to sort you can sell it as a bundle by the kilo (just list it on FB market and someone will happily collect) or if you're not interested in selling them the SEN Lego club and or primary school would happily bite your hands off for it I'm sure. If you have enough maybe tip half of each colour into a large bag and split it.

TadpolesInPool · 28/06/2026 16:42

My DM and MIL kept it all for the grandkids....who don't like lego.

It was a popular present at parties so we ended up with tonnes of the stuff.

I built sets and sold them for loads of money. However

  1. it took me HOURS
  2. the best selling sets were the ones from the 80s
  3. it was soul destroying but I'm very bloody minded

Once all the sets I could make were sold, I sold the rest off by the kg. You make a lot less money but it's quicker.

Here's a tip: don't sort by colour but by type of brick. Much easier to find a red 2x4 in a box full of 2x4 of all colours than in a box full of red bricks.

2nd tip when selling in bulk: spread the lego out to take decent photos. I'm sure some of my loads went quickly cos a collector spotted a rare or useful brick whereas other people selling by kg weren't selling them

JMSA · 28/06/2026 16:44

Donate it to a local school.

Needmorelego · 28/06/2026 17:01

Donate to a local school/youth group
or
Sell as mixed bulk.
Either option will be successful.

TeddyBeans · 28/06/2026 17:06

We sold all the kids Duplo recently to the we buy bricks website but they only buy sets so you would have to build the sets up to check you have all the pieces before you send them off. There are other websites that buy by kg but I haven't used any of them

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