The "brag" thread: Post your recent great finds!

KungFuKenny

560Heliport said:

I see parts for #6352 Pizza To Go, Aquazone, Ice Planet 2002, Pirates Islanders... So much good stuff! I'd consider driving to Colorado for all that, even though I have a lot of those sets.

Your profile pic changed again- you look like a ghost now!  Were you crushed under the weight of all those  vintage sets? Now you will haunt the Brickset Forum for eternity... :-)

560Heliport

A lot of the profile pics look like that today- yours included! Something weird is going on. But haunting the Brickset Forum for eternity sounds like paradise to me!

klinton

Nah, KFK still looks normal. It's just you, Ghosty-McGhost.

bricks_on_bricks

Snatched at $75!

BlockbustingBricks

6552 looks pretty sweet.  That looks like it came about 1 year after I stopped buying.  My kids now would love it.

gelkster

bricks_on_bricks said:

Snatched at $75!

Help a brother out- $75 seems steep 


never mind I looked it up 👍👍👍

mafon

I got everything from 31088, except for crab for $3 (it was labeled as missing pieces, but it was just broken down). I love dat shark.

Here's my soap broth.

panchox1

I just got #8182 and #70829 in a lot for $19.50. Both in the box with most bags sealed. Pretty fun!

FollowsClosely

I moved 8 years ago from a tighly packed planned community to acquire more acreage. My old neighbor and I have ket in touch over the years. He called me up last week and asked if I wanted some free lego. We met for lunch, I picked up the tab, and a tub of blocks.

Switchfoot55

^My daughter was looking over my shoulder when I opened this thread and saw your pictures. 

...we're both jealous!

Astrobricks

^^ At least you have a candy cane to suck on while you sort :)

Redbullgivesuwind

^Title of your sex tape

amok

Got these bits and pieces (mostly from 2010-2013) for 20 Euros :)

cozy

great find amok.just 1 goat is worth more then what you paid

Fizyx

cozy said:

great find amok.just 1 goat is worth more then what you paid

Just the two goats alone are valued around $70 together.  I'm super jealous!  Great selection and some really great pieces!

KungFuKenny

amok said:

Got these bits and pieces (mostly from 2010-2013) for 20 Euros :)

Now your challenge is to build an MOC using just those pieces... :-)

Switchfoot55

^I think he already did? 

Switchfoot55

Well, this is a bit of a pre-deal, but I got a line on #75277 Boba Fett Helmet and #75276 Stormtrooper Helmet for $80 total. I hadn't necessarily planned on getting these, but it was mainly due to the price. They seem like a hard deal to pass up for $40/each. 

Can anyone with these helmets give your opinion on whether you personally feel they are worth it? Good display pieces? A pass? I know so much of this is subjective, but I haven't ever seen them in person, so I really don't have a great idea. 

veyniac

Switchfoot55 said:

Well, this is a bit of a pre-deal, but I got a line on #75277 Boba Fett Helmet and #75276 Stormtrooper Helmet for $80 total. I hadn't necessarily planned on getting these, but it was mainly due to the price. They seem like a hard deal to pass up for $40/each. 

Can anyone with these helmets give your opinion on whether you personally feel they are worth it? Good display pieces? A pass? I know so much of this is subjective, but I haven't ever seen them in person, so I really don't have a great idea. 

Where on earth did you find those? I pulled the trigger on the stormtrooper on amazon (only $5 off, but a discount is a discount) and am waiting for it now. I am hoping it will be worth it as well. You definitely got a good bargain!

babieface75

Not what everyone would call a great find but it was to me,£79 deliverd,used but packed to my standerds and in mint condition.This isnt the way it was shipped/turned up,just the box i put it in untill build time...

pxchris

Switchfoot55 said:

Well, this is a bit of a pre-deal, but I got a line on #75277 Boba Fett Helmet and #75276 Stormtrooper Helmet for $80 total. I hadn't necessarily planned on getting these, but it was mainly due to the price. They seem like a hard deal to pass up for $40/each. 

Can anyone with these helmets give your opinion on whether you personally feel they are worth it? Good display pieces? A pass? I know so much of this is subjective, but I haven't ever seen them in person, so I really don't have a great idea. 

I have the Boba Fett helmet displayed next to my UCS Slave I (along with a smathering of other Boba Fett LEGO stuffs like the constraction fig and Brickheadz) and I have to say that I love how they look together. So, to me, yes, it was well worth it and a great display piece! 

Switchfoot55

I ended up picking them up last night. I figured for that price, it was at least easy money reselling them at retail. But, after getting even just the boxes in hand, I'm completely sold and will definitely be keeping them. The seller is going to message me once he finds a Tie Fighter Pilot as well. 

Not sure how I swung a 33% discount on a hard to find set, but I'll take it!

veyniac

I just got my Stormtrooper helmet. Sadly, the set's box was absolutely destroyed. Does anyone know if Amazon offers partial refunds if that happens? I don't want to return it, because 1) I don't have the patience to wait for a replacement, and 2) If I returned it, they would just ship it back out to some other poor soul. I am not a collector, so the box doesn't matter that much to me, but a further discount would be nice :)

On another note, I was surprised to see that the shipping box was an official Lego box (it had the "why are our boxes so plain" flap). Any ideas on how that could have happened?

dehnehsu

veyniac said:

I just got my Stormtrooper helmet. Sadly, the set's box was absolutely destroyed.

I got the Boba Fett Helmet at Walmart and the boxes are easily creased or messed up. I picked the best box I could find and didn't push in the perforated finger tabs. Instead I slipped a knife thru the ends at the bottom of the box trying to make the neatest cut and preserve the box. The way the box is heavily glued I ended up cutting the thru the end flaps. It looks fine but the inside of the box is mangled. 

amok

Huge LEGO lot for 60 Euros. Pieces mostly from 2008-2013. Washed them all, left for drying. Sorting will be a tedious task :)

pxchris

pxchris said:

Switchfoot55 said:

Well, this is a bit of a pre-deal, but I got a line on #75277 Boba Fett Helmet and #75276 Stormtrooper Helmet for $80 total. I hadn't necessarily planned on getting these, but it was mainly due to the price. They seem like a hard deal to pass up for $40/each. 

Can anyone with these helmets give your opinion on whether you personally feel they are worth it? Good display pieces? A pass? I know so much of this is subjective, but I haven't ever seen them in person, so I really don't have a great idea. 

I have the Boba Fett helmet displayed next to my UCS Slave I (along with a smathering of other Boba Fett LEGO stuffs like the constraction fig and Brickheadz) and I have to say that I love how they look together. So, to me, yes, it was well worth it and a great display piece! 

The lighting is positively terrible... But this is my Boba Fett display (among other miscellany). 

gelkster

@amok I see parts from Queen Anne's Revenge in there, already worth your money.

Switchfoot55

@pxchris, thanks for sharing the photo. I'm pretty thrilled with picking them up at this point. Now I just need to get the Tie Fighter Pilot to finish off the collection. I'm not much of a completionist. But, after seeing them in the flesh now, I can't help buy want the last one. 

I think they'll be a nice addition to my display next to my buildable figures (R2D2, BB8, D-0, Porg, Yoda, and soon The Child). Or, at least I hope they will be :)

SumoLego

pxchris said:

And now I have to make a Wizard of Oz display.  Damn you!  @pxchris ruins my day... again.  You're a fun-sucker!!

Blockwork_Orange

@pxchris I like the constraction Boba.  He looks very relaxed sitting there, almost like he's waiting for the next bus

gelkster

#8051 is the perfect size for a constraction Boba. 

pxchris

gelkster said:

#8051 is the perfect size for a constraction Boba. 

I don't have #8051 but I do have #42063, I should see how that looks!

bandit778

@pxchris
Haven't done it with the Fett man but the Biker scout looked pretty good.

bricknation

I'm working through a bricklink store inventory I bought few months and I keep finding stuff that wasn't listed in the inventory. The SDCC unikitty is the best find so far.

ScorpioJW

Got #70315 for €15, but was even happier when I got #70323 in near perfect condition for €50

Speedman29

pxchris said:

gelkster said:

#8051 is the perfect size for a constraction Boba. 

I don't have #8051 but I do have #42063, I should see how that looks!

I got a Jango Fett in a box of used sets on FB a while back, he looks great with his leg slung over the Technic BMW

Speedman29

Not sure if its a brag yet, but I won an opened but never built copy of the Lambo SC set on eBay for £25. The seller assures that its 100% complete, we shall see!

Switchfoot55

Well, I was able to check off the Tie Fighter Pilot quicker than I anticipated, and at $40 too! All three SW helmet's are now secured. All for buy 2 get 1 free essentially. I'm happy with that deal on a still new series of sets!

veyniac

Switchfoot55 said:

Well, I was able to check off the Tie Fighter Pilot quicker than I anticipated, and at $40 too! All three SW helmet's are now secured. All for buy 2 get 1 free essentially. I'm happy with that deal on a still new series of sets!

Care to tell us where this particular honey hole is? :)

Switchfoot55

It's a local seller I've used in the past.

(I've vetted him out as, at first, I thought things could be stolen. However, after forming a bit of a relationship over the last year or so, I can confidently say they are not stolen.)

veyniac

Switchfoot55 said:

It's a local seller I've used in the past.

(I've vetted him out as, at first, I thought things could be stolen. However, after forming a bit of a relationship over the last year or so, I can confidently say they are not stolen.)

I wonder where HIS honey hole is :)

Speedman29

Speedman29 said:

Not sure if its a brag yet, but I won an opened but never built copy of the Lambo SC set on eBay for £25. The seller assures that its 100% complete, we shall see!

Too good to be true! Arrived this morning, looks like the box was slashed open by the seller, all but bag 4 ripped open and then all taped back up again. The Hurracan is complete, half the Urus is still sealed, the rest may not be complete and the gantry and minifigures are missing. Disgruntled ebay message sent to the seller. 
TBH its not a disaster as it was only the Hurracan I really wanted, lets see where I get!

Astrobricks

^ Never brag before the bird is in the hand :-/

Speedman29

Well the seller came back pretty quick with a limp apology and would a refund of 25% be acceptable! Managed to find the minifigures and after a trawl through my parts bin, the remaining pieces for the gantry on Bricklink from one store for under a tenner, so I think I'm still ahead....just

Fabulandlover

Oh my, the people who find modulars for a great price. I wish I could find Green Grocer and Town Hall for a nice price......

browny333

rocao said:

This is akin to my previous "most triumphant purchase" thread. Feel free to post (brag) about some recent scores on Lego deals. I want to live vicariously through you! ;)

I haven't bought anything in a while

Bumblepants

You'll want to be sitting down for this one:

Two more in the back row as well!

pxchris

I can make my brag official as I now have it in hand... I managed to get an excellent condition copy of The Golden Medallion (set #6255) 1989 Pirates comic shipped for less than $5 total! 

For point of reference, there are no copies (in English) on Bricklink right now, and it's been selling for about $50+ on eBay when it does pop up. 

(I already had to two minifigures and accessories in my extras.) 

Astrobricks

Bumblepants said:

You'll want to be sitting down for this one:

Two more in the back row as well!

Sorry? I guess this one went over my head :-/

Bumblepants

Astrobricks said:

Bumblepants said:

You'll want to be sitting down for this one:

Two more in the back row as well!

Sorry? I guess this one went over my head :-/

It was sarcasm. Just having a laugh at finding 6 Jyn Erso Constaction sets for full price 5 years later.