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

Blockwork_Orange

I surprised the standy figure on top is still there and hasn't already "walked" off.

Marshallmario

   That was my first thought on seeing the photo! How is that guy still there? Things must be way different in Italian airports.

WesterBricks

I picked up #42138 locally for $12 this evening. The seller made it to step 12 and gave up. I gladly finished it. Not worth the $50 msrp in my opinion.

gelkster

WesterBricks said:

I picked up #42138 locally for $12 this evening. The seller made it to step 12 and gave up. I gladly finished it. Not worth the $50 msrp in my opinion.

Seller charged $1 per step 🤣

evancelt

Recently got some transparent 2x4 bricks from a German seller

Lo1sJess

@evancelt I haven’t seen 2x4 bricks in transparent in a really long time - good find.  The couple I have are really old and yellowed.

WesterBricks

I found a transparent 2x2 plate in a bulk lot once, it's now one of my prized possessions.

evancelt

Hoping to use them for some "thick" water builds

FollowsClosely

This is the opposite of a good find, but it completed four of my childhood sets.

Lo1sJess

@FollowsClosely completing the sets, especially childhood sets, qualifies as great!

gelkster

Finally settled up with my pusher on the nearly 2-month-long sort & build haul- for $150 I came away with: (all sets at least 85% complete)

#1580
#1793
#6246
#6259
#6266
#6345
#6553
#6615
#6860
#6863
#6883
#6898
#8810
#31126
#60025
#60055
#60058
#60083
#70422
#76120
#92177

gelkster

Whoops also got #6465 & a half-gallon of mixed Technic 

gelkster

No sooner do I give back the sorted haul to my dealer, then he throws another (smaller) one my way 😄😄😲

Preliminary surveillance indicates the following sets are present:

#31047 Propeller Plane
#42092 Rescue Helicopter (finally some Technic!)
#60110 Fire Station
#60130 Prison Island
#60144 Race Plane
#60164 Sea Rescue Plane
#60179 Ambulance Helicopter
#75099 Rey's Speeder

Lo1sJess

@gelkster where are you?  I think I just saw this bulk set on eBay being sold by the Salvation Army in northern Virginia.

gelkster

Lo1sJess said:

@gelkster where are you?  I think I just saw this bulk set on eBay being sold by the Salvation Army in northern Virginia.

St Paul MN SE suburb. Salvation Army is involved but my Lego guy picked it up there in person $20

Russell844

Found a few #76831 at Walmart last night for $21.

WesterBricks

Not a Lego brag, but I picked up a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4B starter kit for $25 through Facebook Marketplace, never used. Right now, new SBCs are backordered everywhere, and used Pis are absurdly expensive. I’m planning to install OctoPrint and use it with my 3D printer.

Powderfinger

got #79003 complete with box for $90  

WesterBricks

Found a “bulk lot” on eBay a few days ago for $30 that was actually a nearly complete #21017 Imperial Hotel. Six missing parts later, it’s done.

gelkster

So I'm keeping:

#42092 Rescue Helicopter
#60144 Race Plane
#60179 Ambulance Helicopter
#75099 Rey's Speeder
#60149 4x4 w/ Catamaran (Catamaran sail being delivered today)
#31070 Turbo Track Racer

& returning all other sets this weekend.  Fire Station wasn't in there, just its vehicles were. #75099 isnt complete but it's darn close.

Marshallmario

WesterBricks said:

Not a Lego brag, but I picked up a CanaKit Raspberry Pi 4B starter kit for $25 through Facebook Marketplace, never used. Right now, new SBCs are backordered everywhere, and used Pis are absurdly expensive. I’m planning to install OctoPrint and use it with my 3D printer.

Did not understand a single word! :)

andhe

Marshallmario said:

WesterBricks said:

...Raspberry Pi ... used Pis are absurdly expensive...

Did not understand a single word! :)

  And who would want a used pie?

FollowsClosely

Four more Falcons at $3 each.

Wal*Mart

Switchfoot55

Don't forget that King Size PayDay too!

gelkster

gelkster said:

So I'm keeping:

#42092 Rescue Helicopter
#60144 Race Plane
#60179 Ambulance Helicopter
#75099 Rey's Speeder
#60149 4x4 w/ Catamaran (Catamaran sail being delivered today)
#31070 Turbo Track Racer

Day of reckoning today...$100+ value but all sets were FREE!! 😃😃👍🏻

GentlyBenevolent

Little brag, I managed to get a little head from eBay, (🤨).
I have been looking for a queen Amidald head for over a year, rare & expensive as Sarlac teeth on Bricklink. This one popped up & I managed to win it for £17.25 including postage.
As you can see from the pictures she's much happier now. 🤣

Switchfoot55

I know I'm jinxing it just by typing this out, but I have a lead on a potential bulk lot. It has at least the Disney Castle, Disney Train Station, new UCS Style R2D2, Hogwarts Clock Tower, Jurassic Park T-Rex Rampage, and potentially some LOTR sets. All for a price that nearly has me in tears already if it falls through. 

*standby for moving this to the "One that got away" thread...*

Switchfoot55

WELL, this won't be one for either the Brag thread or the One that got away thread. The seller was very forthcoming with information (thankfully!) and let me know that almost all of the sets are Lepin or some other knockoff brand. Only the Harry Potter set was real. 

Beyond thankful for the honesty of this person as I was about to coordinate local pickup with a family member nearby the seller who would have had no idea what to look for. 

I knew it was too good to be true!  My white whale continues to be elusive. 

560Heliport

@Switchfoot55 YOU are the one that got away! :)

Switchfoot55

Indeed! 

Well, as if the LEGO luck decided I was due good news after the above bust, I just connected with someone locally on a bulk lot. We'll be meeting on Friday afternoon. $40 for a half full sterilite bin. I'm guessing maybe ~10-15lbs worth. So far I can identify #7263 TIE Fighter, #6206 TIE Interceptor, and #7252 Droid Tri-Fighter. 

There is at least one part from an older Harry Potter set and then several other bits I'll have to work to ID. According to the seller, they should all be complete with minifigs. I won't count it as a done deal until it's in my hands. But SUPER excited about this one!

FollowsClosely

I secured a decent tub for $50 a couple days back.

I contacted the seller to see if they want the Honda key.

We sorted out a decent amount of non-LEGO, bonus Chucky Cheese token!

Switchfoot55

Still don't have my hands on the bulk lot yet (Trying to coordinate sooner so it doesn't get sold elsewhere). However, I spent more time looking through the single picture and identified parts from #7261 Clone Turbo Tank and #4757 Hogwarts Castle (2nd Edition). 

I'm not sure if there is enough in the bin to complete all of these sets. I'm certainly hoping so. And, if I somehow end up with the figs from the Clone Turbo Tank, I'll be thrilled!

2.5 days to wait!

Pretty sure this is the definition of counting my chickens before they hatch. 

FollowsClosely

^ Let's see a picture so we can be as let down as you will be! 

Switchfoot55

Clearly some non-LEGO items in there (and potentially some non-LEGO bricks). I finally figured out what the technic bricks in the top center are for. #7260 Wookiee Catamaran. 

I think that represents all of the sets I can potentially identify as all the other bits I'm seeing are related to one of the other sets listed above. The only thing I can't tell is the instruction booklet in the bottom middle. Part of me think's it's a non-LEGO booklet, but not 100% sure on that. 

Also, the more I look at the picture, the less convinced I am that any of these sets will be complete...unless it's a super deep bin? They are also going to check for any minifigs as they think they're in there, but not sure. Honestly, even if there was a couple of figs from each of the identified sets, that would more than cover my costs. 

Still, the price is right for it if only for some more pieces into the collection. 

Switchfoot55

Has anyone spotted anything I've missed? It's been awhile since I've tried to ID sets from a bulk lot picture, so felt pretty good about the ones I figured out. 

Any chance that weird plane and "hoth-esque" DF.9 Laser Tower in the lower left are worth money? lol

PJ76uk

There looks to be part of #4842 in there? At least the rocket step 3x3x2 part in same green only comes in that set - I needed 3 of these some time back for a Boba Fett moc and ended up having to order from the US as at the time none were available new or used in UK on BL.

Switchfoot55

^I was thinking that was a 4x4x2 instead of the 3x3x2. That would make it the Hogwarts Castle (2nd Edition). As a few of the other parts I'm seeing match, that's what led me to think it was the larger Cone/rocket piece?

560Heliport

That's definitely a 4x4x2 cone.

PJ76uk

You might be right, I was looking at the grey tiles on the left side of that "build" and it looks like a 1x8 and 1x2 making up that side but now I look at the bottom I see there are 3 rows of studs between the sand green slope and the grey tile.

My bad! 

arathemis

Saw a bulk lot of minifigs randomly thrown together. Asking price 15 euro (equivalent). Bought the lot, today I received it. There are about 130 minifigs :o. Initially I thought there might be 50 tops
Sorting through, found a jango (version with a smile) with jetpack, but no helmet. That figure alone is about 25 euros. In total found about 30 sw figs (mostly OT in the sw400 range), a couple castle figs from the 2014 wave, the rest the usual robbers/city/firemen/ninjago. 
All in all a good haul. 

Switchfoot55

No pics, no proof. :)

arathemis

Oh, seeing the pic, I remembered that the seller was kind enough to put them all on a 48x48 baseplate. Forgot about that one, haha. This is me unpacking, not believing my eyes. 

Switchfoot55

That's an interesting packing methodology. I think I would have been shocked at just seeing the size of the box that arrived! 

Looks to have been a solid purchase!

Switchfoot55

Well, the purchase went through and I have the bin in hand! I've only done a quick cursory look due to work. A dozen figs or so as of now. Light up saber Vader and Mace Windu included! 

Think I've found about 200 green army guys that my kids will love. A bunch of early 2000's star wars action figures and toys too. If anyone is in the market....

I'll get some pictures posted soon. From digging around, the Turbo Tank is definitely not present except for some bits here and there. Hogwarts Castle, Tri-Fighter, Catamaran, and Interceptor look to be mostly/all complete. Not too many megablocks either, thankfully. 

Counting this one as a WIN!

Switchfoot55

Looks like I've lucked into #4766 Graveyard Duel as well with most of the figs!

FollowsClosely

The one that got away, then returned.
I will get a more detailed post after I have some time to go through all 19 bins. Bin #1 did not disappoint...

Lo1sJess

@FollowsClosely I think a couple of those goats want to graze over here in mount vernon…..just saying they heard we were building a barn😁

Keilup

^^ 4 goats!  You only showed 2 in the other thread.  I think I feel a tear in the corner of my eye and a sniffle.  Must be allergies...

FollowsClosely

A quick update on the one that got away, then returned.

I spent a couple hours with my latest lot today. I was surprised to find 6086 burried in a tub, and it was mostly assembled in a large bag. I started with that set. It was only missing five figs, so I had to start the search. I dug into 12 of the 19 bins and I ended up finding about 200 medieval figs before I found what I needed to finish up 6086.

oldtodd33

@FollowsClosely You got pretty lucky finding all of the white dragon plumes with the set. Mine is missing both miniplumes and I can't stomach paying the $25 to $30 EACH to replace them.