> Do the "Lego shelf" people ever disassemble the $500+ kits?

I've turned into a Lego Shelf person. I like to buy the architecture kits. I put them on the shelf in my office, but every so often when I get frustrated and no one is watching I will take one and smash it to bits on the floor like a child. It's great because it lets me vent, and it gives my future self the gift of building a Lego set. Really, it's an act of self-care.

If the 500+ price kit is a huge bucket of random pieces, then I guess the bucket people would. =)

I disassemble some of mine. I'm a Lego shelf person because I actually like the intricate designs and attention to detail of modern Lego sets AND because I don't have enough free time to be a bucket person in a way that would be satisfying to me as an adult. I think I'm pass making approximate version of my ideas and using them as toys.

I've never sold a kit and I don't intend to ever do it.

They'll be disassembled when they want to resell the kit.