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Squashy Nipples posted:Next we have these things: The Technic face visor, blue wing, white police windshield piece, and lion face brick are all Lego pieces. As for the accessories I'm pretty sure the feathers, cups, and dynamite are also Lego pieces.
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Squashy Nipples posted:
I think the red curly feather is from a knights helmet, probably from whatever set included the black dragon. The yellow goblet is likely from the same set, and the red cup next to the feather looks like Lego too.
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Jun 10, 2013 01:03
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Squashy Nipples posted:I finally sorted all of that Lego I bought at the yard sale... A surprising amount of Tyco crap to weed out. Since the giant baseplate is in excellent condition, I was all excited to rebuild the temple in it's original form, but sadly, it would seem many of the pieces are missing. These were well loved, but not well cared for Lego. That ax is definitely not Lego, neither is that orange traffic cone or those huge black knife things. There's what looks like a red helmet next to the goblet that isn't Lego, likewise the dynamite next to the helmet isn't lego either. I dont know what that brown thing is but I don't think it's Lego, nor is the little silver hammer (?) underneath it.
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Jun 10, 2013 01:10
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I think that none of the silver or black bits are lego. The white blocks are too washed out to really identify, and the wing is from the Insectoids theme, which I had totally forgotten about up until this point. The big brown thing looks like a toy missile.Squashy Nipples posted:I finally sorted all of that Lego I bought at the yard sale... A surprising amount of Tyco crap to weed out. Since the giant baseplate is in excellent condition, I was all excited to rebuild the temple in it's original form, but sadly, it would seem many of the pieces are missing. These were well loved, but not well cared for Lego. I love that I can identify nearly every single one of these guys, even though they're all mixed up. I even recognize that dumb Hydronaut suction gun.
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Jun 10, 2013 01:23
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Squashy Nipples posted:Next we have these things: The white brackets along the top left are Construx pieces. The white lion-faced thing in the top-right is a Brick, Modified 2 x 3 x 3 with Cutout and Lion Head. The yellow cup in the bottom-center is a LEGO accessory. Not sure about anything else.
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Jun 10, 2013 02:00
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Squashy Nipples posted:
The yellow piece at the top center of the picture should be Lego. It's a chest cover piece for minifigs. I've got a couple of them in yellow and grey.
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Jun 10, 2013 03:42
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Squashy Nipples posted:
The lower-right white piece with the police symbol is definitely lego. It looks like one of those cockpit glass pieces that are normally translucent, but that one isn't for whatever reason.
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Jun 10, 2013 03:51
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Segmentation Fault posted:The lower-right white piece with the police symbol is definitely lego. It looks like one of those cockpit glass pieces that are normally translucent, but that one isn't for whatever reason. Bit of research on BrickLink reveals it is probably from this set.
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Jun 10, 2013 05:28
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The blue wing definitely is, as are the golden goblet, red feather above it (from a knight's helmet, for example), red cup, blue indian feathers, police thing and the lion piece. Some of the others I'm not sure about.
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Jun 10, 2013 14:03
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Here's a quick way to sort Lego from Non-Lego: Is the plastic poo poo? If yes, it's not Lego. Using this as a litmus test, we can successfully eliminate a good portion of the non-Lego pieces.  There's still a few leftover, but it is a good starting point. You can probably eliminate a few more yourself since you can feel the texture and the quality of the pieces yourself.
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Jun 10, 2013 14:09
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Oddly enough I can tell you that the big knife and scissors-thing are from a bigass Wolverine action figure that had tons of slots on the arms and legs for them.
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Thanks for all the help, folks!!!Well Manicured Man posted:The Technic face visor, blue wing, white police windshield piece, and lion face brick are all Lego pieces. As for the accessories I'm pretty sure the feathers, cups, and dynamite are also Lego pieces. First response, best response; right on everything but the dynamite. Scale is wrong, and plastic density is light. SlothfulCobra posted:I love that I can identify nearly every single one of these guys, even though they're all mixed up. I even recognize that dumb Hydronaut suction gun. Can you name the series and/or sets for me? Please? anthraciteDragon posted:The white brackets along the top left are Construx pieces. Nice! I had no idea what those things were. anthraciteDragon posted:Bit of research on BrickLink reveals it is probably from this set. Good find! I was quite certain that this wasn't Lego, no markings, and the screen printing seems cheap. Network42 posted:Oddly enough I can tell you that the big knife and scissors-thing are from a bigass Wolverine action figure that had tons of slots on the arms and legs for them. I knew the scale was wrong on those things for mini-figs, but I know very little about the Bioncle and Galaga lines, so I thought they might be.
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Jun 10, 2013 15:56
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Squashy Nipples posted:
The suction gun is from Stingrays  e: specifically the aquabase dudes. Stingrays just grabbed crystals with their claws like loving savages. Aquabase put them in nice boxes and picked them up with suction cups. Sockser fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Jun 10, 2013 |
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Jun 10, 2013 16:08
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Sockser posted:The suction gun is from Stingrays Holy poo poo! I've never seen those before! That stingray looks fantastic!
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Jun 10, 2013 16:10
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The_Doctor posted:Holy poo poo! I've never seen those before! That stingray looks fantastic! Yep, went to Brickset and added them all to my Want list. Maybe I'll remember them, even if I never see them in the wild. I don't think I've ever seen the other Aquazone sets from dealers and stuff. Again, eBay is probably a better place to look anyway.
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Jun 10, 2013 16:30
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The_Doctor posted:Holy poo poo! I've never seen those before! That stingray looks fantastic! I had a few of them and I'll just go out and say that the stingray sets kinda suck and are put together really weird. It's all about the Aquaraiders (not Aqua Raiders) and Hydronauts, man   e: or Insectoids, while we're at it:  Motherfuckin' magnetic stickers
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Jun 10, 2013 16:36
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Sockser posted:The suction gun is from Stingrays I think I had the Stingray Crab. I want Augh, now I want all the Hydronauts, Aquanauts, Aquasharks, and Stingray sets. I didn't have enough of them as a child. I think I had the smaller Aquasharks shark submarine, but not the bigger one.
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Jun 10, 2013 16:43
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Sockser posted:The suction gun is from Stingrays Like I said, the Hydronauts. They were the Stingrays' rivals.
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Jun 10, 2013 16:47
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Looks like I've got the Stingray Lobster (or most of it, anyway). Thanks again.
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Jun 10, 2013 17:39
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Hydronauts and Stingrays were a pale imitation of the Aquanauts and Aquasharks.
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Jun 10, 2013 18:20
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The_Doctor posted:Holy poo poo! I've never seen those before! That stingray looks fantastic! I picked one up on ebay a while ago for like $30 shipped (not in box obviously).
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Jun 10, 2013 19:09
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I think I'm in love. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerac/8985367460/
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Jun 10, 2013 19:28
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Holy crap that's just about the cleanest lego spaceship I've ever seen. Really admire how they avoided cramming detail everywhere.
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So this just popped up on my local Craigslist. http://albany.craigslist.org/tag/3856016697.html I'm kinda interested but I have a feeling it's waaaayy out of my price range. I don't even know what a reasonable offer would be for this.
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Jun 10, 2013 20:10
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DrChud posted:So this just popped up on my local Craigslist. I think that monorail set alone could be $500, so... I would imagine a reasonable offer would be around $1,000 for all of it, though I'm sure there are many that would be willing to pay more.
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DrChud posted:So this just popped up on my local Craigslist. I learned while trying to buy lego off kijiji(canada craigslist) that if they didn't put up a price it will be fairly high and after a few months I stopped bothering with unlisted prices/best offer. quote:Great way to make some serious money breaking down these sets & pieces Just fire off a email ask them what they would consider a non insulting/reasonable offer. It will probably be fairly high as the listing suggests they know its worth a fair bit but just don't want to go to the effort themselves.
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Jun 10, 2013 20:19
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I think he's overstating how far back the collection goes as well. I'm not seeing vast tubs of blue or grey that would indicate a bunch of the 80's space or castle sets.. though the minifig tub clearly has some entrants from those eras. I'd certainly want to visit the collection in person before offering money.. but maybe I'm just weird as I don't appreciate the stuff made since 1995 nearly as much.
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It looks to me like he was a reseller that realized the LEGO pot o' gold may not be as deep as he was hoping. That's a seriously large number of boxed chase sets. Or at least, seems like it to me.
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Squashy Nipples posted:
The dynamite is Playmobil, as are possibly a few other of the random elements.
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rickiep00h posted:It looks to me like he was a reseller that realized the LEGO pot o' gold may not be as deep as he was hoping. That's a seriously large number of boxed chase sets. Or at least, seems like it to me. My guess is that it's a collector who died suddenly and his family doesn't know what to do with it all. They know it's worth money, but no idea exactly how much. They probably think it's worth more than it is, because whoever died probably talked it up a lot -- "I've got $10,000 in LEGO right here and it's still appreciating!" It just seems odd for someone to get out so quickly after obviously being seriously involved in MOC's. The pictures are kind of odd too, and not exactly the ones a LEGO collector would want to see or post -- but exactly the kind that someone who inherited it would.
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Jun 10, 2013 23:27
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Sorting out the 3152 bricks in 10221-1: Super Star Destroyer 
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Jun 10, 2013 23:40
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Can anyone tell me where these dudes and this weird ball socket come from?
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Jun 11, 2013 03:10
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Sloppy posted:Can anyone tell me where these dudes and this weird ball socket come from? The dudes are from one of these Bionicle sets. The ball and socket in that combination of colors are probably from this set.
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Jun 11, 2013 03:16
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I have the ball and socket from 7051 Tripod Invader http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7051-1
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Jun 11, 2013 03:20
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These female minifigure sets got 10k votes on Couscous in only a couple months Looks pretty good, and I like it as an alternative to Friends. Should have a decent chance since it's not one of those wild concepts that ignores that Lego isn't likely to make new parts just for a crowdsourced set.
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anthraciteDragon posted:The dudes are from one of these Bionicle sets. Sweet, thanks! I definitely remember seeing a bunch of other parts from that Star Wars set. Holy crap, it's valuable  . I'd guess most of it is here, but I never have the right pieces to fix up missing parts from Star Wars sets, too many weird colors. Here's hoping. On the other hand this lot had the most chewed Lego block I've ever seen in my life, the poor brick was wadded up like a piece of gum.
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Jun 11, 2013 03:31
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I think the Alien Conquest tripod has one too. Not a common piece.
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Saint Sputnik posted:Looks pretty good, and I like it as an alternative to Friends. Should have a decent chance since it's not one of those wild concepts that ignores that Lego isn't likely to make new parts just for a crowdsourced set. Those look amazing, I'd love to have the palentologist/astronomer/robotics engineer, the zookeeper's tiger is pretty sweet as well.
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Saint Sputnik posted:These female minifigure sets got 10k votes on Couscous in only a couple months This is pretty awesome, would buy.
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InfinEight posted:I think that monorail set alone could be $500, so... I would imagine a reasonable offer would be around $1,000 for all of it, though I'm sure there are many that would be willing to pay more. A thousand bucks for 400lbs of Lego, including boxed old sets? That's the very definition of lowball. If it was 400lbs of straight mixed 100% Lego, going rate could easily vary between $2000-4000, depending on how desperate the seller is and how revealing the pictures are. Only a completely ignorant seller would put that much Lego up and not have an inkling of its value, and would have listed some ridiculously low price and it would've been snapped up within an hour. I'd imagine that seller would only consider offers over $3000, and has probably rejected plenty of resellers lowballing them already.
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