Yard sales and thrift stores can be very hit-and-miss. When you find them you can get great bargains, but most of the time it’s not fruitful unless you have other reasons to shop there. When I built my Pokemon sculptures, I was able to do that using a bulk brick tub that lego was selling at the time (set #3033). I bought about 20 of those at $20 each and still ran out of certain parts – that’s why Squirtle’s tail was so small. Sadly, that tub was discontinued a few years ago and the bulk tubs that are available more recently haven’t had nearly as good of an assortment or as good of a price per brick. Probably the easiest way to get cheap parts is to shop on BrickLink. It’s an online shopping mall just for LEGO. Sellers buy sets in bulk (generally when they have clearance sales at retail stores) and sort the parts, putting the individual pieces on their stores. Then you can go in and order any part in quantity. It’s an awkward site to use, but I think the best way is to start at the Catalog tab, find the part you want in the color you want, and then find a store that has them in sufficient quantity.
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As in new sets? The "bulk" part is the problem.There are a bunch of sellers that do this, and none of them are very forthcoming with their solutions. However, an alarmingly high number of them also get caught for stealing LEGO. As far as I'm aware, the LEGO community of hobbyists at large isn't aware of a way to do this legally.There probably isn't a way to do this legally and turn a huge profit in bulk. One reason for that is that LEGO probably won't sell sets to you in bulk. LEGO sells sets to the major retailers in bulk, like Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, etc. And you're not one of them.They also sell in limited amounts to smaller retailers, like mom-and-pop toy stores. But that's very difficult. You get a good price, but if memory serves, you're generally not allowed to sell stuff online, because that competes with online retailers like Amazon. You also (generally speaking) need an established retail storefront. You can't just be running the show out of your basement.
Further (not sure how much this still holds), small retailers used to be required to buy a certain amount of the full product line-- you couldn't just pick and choose what you wanted. If your customers don't like Bionicle, well, too bad, you had to stock some anyway. Not sure if that's still true (that was true in 2007 at least), but quite possible.So buying from the company probably won't work for what you've got in mind. This makes "bulk" difficult, because you're going to have to buy through another retailer or distributor, who's already got a contract with LEGO, or buy stuff secondhand.The best deals that I'm aware of are when Target and Walmart discount older stock. They supposedly do this on a regular basis, on predictable days of the month, when you can show up and see what's on sale that's been on the shelves for a while. These often result in prices between 25% and 75% off, because retailers desperately want to reclaim the shelf space. But they try to make that happen as little as possible, so it's hard to predict.
Plus, there are a lot of other snipers that you'll have to compete with. Sales in general are this way-- sporadic and unpredictable, but occasionally very good deals.The good news is that LEGO in the US is cheap, and LEGO abroad is expensive-- and sometimes not even available. I recall selling some large LEGO items to someone in South Africa (for instance) for whom the US retail cost plus shipping was still cheaper than buying locally (especially if he could get things in a single shipment).But you'll also have to compete against a lot of other people doing the same thing. LEGO is pretty popular, and a lot of people have the same idea. And many of them (as above) are willing to break the law in order to make a profit, so they can offer a much better deal than you can (until they're caught).Well if you’re interested in random Lego bricks in bulk this is an option…Bargain Bricks sells high quality, used Legos at a fraction of the price. They are well known for their positive sales record and guarantee a happy buying experience.