Thursday is one day here on Hive that I have absolutely no regular themes. Every now and again I like to share one of my hobbies which is finding old LEGOs in second hand stores and flipping them on eBay. There are some people that manage to make a full time living out of this, but I will never count myself among them. It would just be too hard to find enough old LEGO sets or mini-figures to make it worth my while.
About a week ago I picked up some LEGOs at Goodwill. It tends to really be a hit or miss source though. I usually first look around for any silver items that weren't properly labeled by their employees. Having no luck there I went over to the toys and they had a couple bins full of old LEGO parts and sets partially assembled still. There were some mini-figures and instructions in there too so I picked them both up for $80. Whenever you spend that much it's a serious gamble, but I usually make a decent return. And I saw Star Wars characters in there so it was worth it! It's usually hard to lose with Star Wars unless it's from the last movies, nobody seems to want those.
First thing I always look at are the mini-figures because some can be very valuable. Here are some of the ones I fished out in the last couple of days. The To my surprise it was mostly Star Wars sets along with some Ninjago. I don't know nearly as much about these sets or characters, but I already have made a few nice finds!
This one isn't in the lineup above, I found it near the top of one bin. It's a Ninjago villain called Samukai and is rather uncommon. It sold it about a day for $40. Not too bad! Apparently they are hard to come by!
This is a Hun Warrior, a special edition from series 12 characters. I can probably get at least $12 for him.
Some Star Wars characters now. This is a Genosian Warrior that came out of a set, apparently he was the pilot. It's in great shape, almost like new. It should go for more than $10.
This Luke Skywalker is kind of an odd duck. The yellow skin used to be universal for LEGO figures but for many franchise films like Star Wars they went to flesh tones. This wasn't the really old variety unfortunately. It's was a special edition but not too old. As with many Jedi figures it has an arm crack, I think those may have been from dueling with light sabers. Little boys can be rough one toys!
The cracked arm means I can probably get $6 if I'm lucky.
A Rebel Scout Trooper here, it looks like I can ask around $10 for this one.
This one is an Imperial Navy Trooper with the wrong helmet and very dusty. Hopefully I have a the right helmet somewhere or I may have to buy one which is never fun....
This one is an Imperial Officer from the Empire Strikes Back, but only worth a few dollars... Better than worthless.
And what Star Wars collection is complete without at least one Storm Trooper! This Hoth Variety should bring in more than $8.
And now a couple more Ninjago figures, first a Stone Warrior and below the gold and red ninja. I don't know much about them yet, more research is needed to price them correctly.
So those are a few of the latest ones I've pulled out. It looks like I'm going to do well with the bunch I bought. I already made half back on the one I sold. And I have yet to even take a look at the sets so I'm optimistic. I usually leave the sets for last because they are the most work of figuring out if they are complete, and if not is it worth buying the missing pieces. Most of the time it is, unless it's LEGO City then it's usually not. The real problem isn't the price of the parts, it's the shipping. A $0.15 part often costs five dollars in shipping. Things to keep in mind!
So that is some of the latest haul I'm working on. One interesting thing I ran across when researching a part was a gift the LEGO corporation gave to their employees in Korea in 2021. At first I thought they were real gold and silver, but being a keychain I highly doubt it. I couldn't find much information about them, but they are kind of cool!
Maybe not as cool as these gifts that were 14 Karat gold given to 20 year employees back in the late seventies and early eighties! They treated their employees well back then!
That will wrap up my post for the day. I hope you enjoyed it! LEGO's can be very profitable, so next time you're in the thrift store don't forget to look at what toys might waiting for you. I want to say thank you to everyone for all of their support, it is greatly appreciated. You all make Hive a great place to share! If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. Thanks again!
Disclaimer:
I am not a financial planner and this isn't financial advice. Please always do your own research before investing your money. You worked hard enough to earn it!
All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.
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