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October 7, 2013 By Brian 11 Comments

Yard Sale Finds — Star Wars LEGO mega score!

My neighborhood held its Fall yard sale this past Saturday. The number of families putting out their junk seemed to have been smaller than usual, but the quality was not too shabby. Here’s what I found…

yard sale finds

All that for under 20 bucks. I love the old games — you see these fairly often in antique shops, but they’re usually beat up and the boxes have split corners, but the ones I got are in great shape and look awesome on the shelf.

Speaking of games, I really need to stop buying vintage video games. I always think they must be rare and valuable, but knowing NOTHING about them, I usually by them “just in case.” Well, those two Sega Genesis games aren’t worth the $4 I dropped on them.

You have to look in the happy meal boxes! I rescued four Lego pouches from 1989, and a handful of food transformers, LEGO Batmobiles, and a new Skylanders figure, for less than a quarter each.

The LEGO book set, and the brand new Gamma Strike Hulk figure were probably the best buys for a total of $3.00.

star wars angry birds collection

The more I think about it, the more I believe that these Angry Birds figures could very well become the Smurfs or California Raisins of this generation. If not, well then there’s always the Star Wars completists out there.

Of course, there was one more thing that I found…

yard sale star wars lego collection

The early bird gets the worm! I’ve been on a LEGO drought for a while, but I scored two large bins full of LEGO for $30. Heck, that’s less than most new sets which have only a small fraction of the number of pieces in these bins. Of course, everyone knows the real value is in the minifigs. Well, there were a few of those in the mix too…

lego star wars minifigs collection

It’s a Star Wars bonanza, along with a few Harry Potter and Indiana Jones figures. Jabba, Rotta, Leia, Boba…many of these figures typically sell for $5 or more each, so this was a pretty good find!

And those are just the figures I was able to piece back together. There were plenty of parts left over too…

lego minifigs collection

I spent a good portion of the weekend sorting through LEGO pieces — there are certainly worse ways to spend the day!

Anyone else have any luck this weekend?

Filed Under: Toys Tagged With: Angry Birds, LEGO, Star Wars, Yard Sale

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  1. Cody says

    October 7, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    Lucky, lucky!

    Reply
    • Brian says

      October 7, 2013 at 2:46 pm

      Yep. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Paxton Holley says

    October 7, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    Those skeletons would be perfect in a Lars Homestead diorama after it’s been destroyed by stormtroopers.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      October 7, 2013 at 5:39 pm

      I’ll get right on that. 😉

      Reply
  3. matt k (nerd cantina) says

    October 7, 2013 at 6:51 pm

    Fantastic Score! For me, half the fun is the sorting

    Reply
    • Brian says

      October 7, 2013 at 6:53 pm

      Absolutely — LEGO sorting is a great form of zen therapy.

      Reply
  4. LasVegasYankee says

    October 8, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Nice haul. If you ever decide to unload some of those SW minifigs, let me know.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      October 8, 2013 at 6:10 pm

      I’m probably going to unload all of them. Drop me an email with the ones you want.

      Reply
      • LasVegasYankee says

        October 21, 2013 at 3:03 pm

        “Inform Lord Brian that the reinforcements have arrived.”

        Thanks!

        Reply
        • Brian says

          October 21, 2013 at 3:06 pm

          Excellent. (And thanks!)

          Reply
  5. Dex says

    October 11, 2013 at 12:45 am

    Let me know if you might want to part with one or more of those keys 🙂

    Reply

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