lejackal
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Awesome!
What is your best ever bargain??
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Wow that was a fantastic dealI once picked up an unpainted knee, unpainted dart PBP Boba Fett for about £4 in a second hand shop
One of my best bargain is one I wrote about on the forum in 2016. A friend of mine offered me to buy about 300 of his figures for about £400. I still think it was a fantastic deal.
Here is the link about the story, that I did in 2016 https://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/threads/big-thanks-to-my-friend-for-a-huge-lot.31298/
Here is the link about the story, that I did in 2016 https://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/threads/big-thanks-to-my-friend-for-a-huge-lot.31298/
Klaatu MOC
I was down in Edinburgh on a course and saw this advertised locally for £5. Nipped in on the way home, bloke had sold it on eBay but it had been returned as the buyer said it didn't have a waffle seal so must be fake.
I took the time to explain that it was actually a tri logo and they didn't have…….. did I hell, I stuffed a fiver in his hand and smiled all the way home
I should point out, bloke had a huge house and 2 cars. I definitely didn't cost him his next meal.
I was down in Edinburgh on a course and saw this advertised locally for £5. Nipped in on the way home, bloke had sold it on eBay but it had been returned as the buyer said it didn't have a waffle seal so must be fake.
I took the time to explain that it was actually a tri logo and they didn't have…….. did I hell, I stuffed a fiver in his hand and smiled all the way home
I should point out, bloke had a huge house and 2 cars. I definitely didn't cost him his next meal.
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For me probably Trilogo Yakface for 99p in 1986. Graded the figure in or around 2007 and it got AFA 85. Annoyingly I lost the card back, can't for the life of me think how I lost it, definitely had it in the early 90's and no way would I have thrown it out. I moved house in 1997 and I've never seen it since along with an Amanaman Trilogo card back. Still have the figure for that card back which also graded 85.
For me a bunch of figures in a local antiques centre where they had different stall holders
usual madine, ewoks, etc but a nice Vader with original saber all £8 each, noticed an r2 which I could see was a pop up but no saber, picked it up and at the back of it there was a saber, said to the guy, can you hold on to these whilst I go to a cash machine, turns out it was an original saber, got even cheekier and said if I take the 5 figures can you do £30 ? Yes was the answer …happy days
usual madine, ewoks, etc but a nice Vader with original saber all £8 each, noticed an r2 which I could see was a pop up but no saber, picked it up and at the back of it there was a saber, said to the guy, can you hold on to these whilst I go to a cash machine, turns out it was an original saber, got even cheekier and said if I take the 5 figures can you do £30 ? Yes was the answer …happy days
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Last year I bought a box of bricabrack at the car boot for 1 pound, when I emptied it out later right at the bottom there was a lando skiff & a Boussh, I was never expecting that.
You really got lucky there, Mike! They're usually poor condition and overpriced in places like that. Often repro weapons as well.
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Told the story before on here but managed to snag three unopened empire atst and one empire slave one unopened for £5 each(total£20) at the local market shop in about 1993, the same shop where i used to buy figs for for a £1 back in the early 80's, think they had cleared a cupboard out, they had loads of cheap ships and figs back in the 80's in rows of boxes on the floor crammed with carded mostly Jedi back then. I only had a £10 on me at the time so rushed home burning rubber in my vw beetle to get the other £10. Made it back the two other boxes were still there , i casually said to the girl at the counter , don't suppose you have any more of this type of stuff knocking about. She didn't know but never saw anymore in there after that but i always popped in for a quick look till they closed some years later. Arrr the good old days
Course i opened them as soon as i got home, but knew enough not to open the bags etc..... it was 1993
Course i opened them as soon as i got home, but knew enough not to open the bags etc..... it was 1993
Wow that was some great deals
Wow edd, that is a fantastic moc. Sorry to read you sold it again
Wow that was some great deals
Nice find
Absolute bargain!
I'm lucky to have been able to buy an MIB unused tri logo MTV-7 in a lot of 3 mini rigs for € 250. Managed to sell the 2 other mini rigs for € 130, so I got the MTV-7 for € 120 in the end.
Nice deal
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