Legoland

When most people here the term Legoland, they think of the amusement parks in Florida and California.  I believe the term, however, refers to the Heinisch basement.  For the past 20+ years our basement has been the home to a multitude of Lego sets.  Some gained a beloved spot on a display shelf.  Others were played with daily until the pieces fell apart easily or became intertwined with others.  A few sets were even dismantled to build a castle for a school project or two.  No matter how they were used, since we moved in here almost twenty-four years ago, the basement has always been filled with legos.

As I've started the downsizing process with the hopes of being done in May of 2023, I have had a nagging thought in the back of my mind, "What are we going to do with all of those Legos?"  We organized them all into tubs years ago, but even then we wouldn't have room for seven tubs of Lego sets and ten tubs of Lego pieces when we move to a smaller home.  We'd talked about the possibility of getting a storage unit when we moved to a new house for some of our items, but Legos weren't on that list.  Thus, I didn't really know what to do with the Legos as none of the Heinisch children had room for them either.

Last week I approached Doug with an idea.  Instead of working on puzzles at night when we watched television this winter, what if we worked on organizing and possibly rebuilding some of the Lego sets.  I had noticed as had Grandma Jane that old Lego sets were selling very well on Ebay.  We could try to sell the ones that none of us wanted and give the Heinisch children some spending money as well.  Doug thought it was a great idea and we started pulling out the tubs this past weekend.  

At first it was a little overwhelming, but once Doug, Brett and Cameron got involved it became a little easier to organize.  Doug was able to verify several sets that had all or almost all of the pieces. Brett and Cameron did want to keep a few of their sets including the Millennium Falcon and the Batcave, but overall most sets were getting prepared to be sold.  The hardest part was finding all of the mini-figures and their accessories. By Sunday night we had the first one on Ebay and already had an offer on it.  We decided to decline as it had just been listed and today were thankful that we did.  At the end of the day, Brett's General Grievous Lego set had 8 bids and was well above the listing price of $19.99 at $38.  It will be interesting to see what sells and what doesn't, but overall I am just thrilled that we finally came up with a plan of action for the Heinisch family Legoland.