K'NEX Big Ball Factory

Bought: $22.59 Sold: $169.82 Fees: $16.94 Profit: $130.29

I've been picking up K'NEX when I see it, and been selling it with mixed success. I have recently decided I'm going to stop picking it up, as it is more work than it is worth. When I have big box sets like this one, it takes hours to count all the 3,000+ pieces, and unless one of the rarer sets like this one, it may not even go for that much. Chris came over a few weekends ago and helped me count and list two of my K'NEX box sets, and I'm hoping to get more listed soon so I can get them out!

This set - the Big Ball Factory - is from 2000 and one of the earliest K'NEX sets. The name Big Ball Factory has been used for two different sets since, but this one is the original one. It is rare to find complete, and with the instructions, and that is why it fetches the price it does. I actually found this at  VV for $20. Normally I would be hesitant to buy anything for $20 at VV, but I quickly checked the box at the store and it had the rarer items (aka, it had all the pieces I couldn't replace from my surplus supply), and so I bought it. It is rather heavy, weighing in at just shy of 7 kilograms, and quite large. These things are a pain to list, and a pain to ship. While I enjoy this sale, and its late-month boost to my monthly sales, I think I am out of the K'NEX game.