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05-23-2007, 08:15 PM
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#1 | | Stuck inside of Mobile Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,410 Location: Brooklyn, NY Collection Count: Just my favs | Garage sale memories
Sort of inspired by the guy who found the FM for $8. Since I couldnt afford any TFs back when I was a kid (this was roughly a few years before G2) my brother and I would wake up early and hit up the Sunday swap meet at the local college. I once got a G1 Ironhide in near mint condition for a buck but didnt realize he had no head. I might have tossed him in a neighbor's yard and totally forgot about him.
I wonder if he's still there. 
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05-23-2007, 08:30 PM
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#2 | | Herald of Unicron Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,763 Collection Count: lots News Credits: 5 | last week i found a legless bw optimus prime sadly i had him  | |
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05-23-2007, 10:12 PM
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#3 | | Insecticon Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,349 Location: Davis - Sacramento's hippie-filled backyard Collection Count: A lot less than before... | Way back when TFs were cheap and plentiful at garage sales, I got a 90% complete Predaking for $8. Flash forward to now and he's still 90% incomplete 'cause I'm too cheap to complete 'im.  
Many thanks to kjeevahh for the sweet sig.!!
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05-23-2007, 11:04 PM
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#4 | | inveterate lurker Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 128 Location: Northern New York Collection Count: a heck of a lot! | I got a near-mint Bumblejumper at a garage sale once for a quarter. This was when it went for $30.
Usually all I ever see for toys at garage sales is broken junk. | |
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05-23-2007, 11:18 PM
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#5 | | Herald of Unicron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,049 Location: Halifax, New Scotland, Canada Collection Count: Never counted, like 50? | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Mumble-bee I got a near-mint Bumblejumper at a garage sale once for a quarter. This was when it went for $30.
Usually all I ever see for toys at garage sales is broken junk. | Garage sales and flea markets are a huge crap shoot. I got a MISB Optimal Optimus for ~2/3 retail at a flea market, that's $40 CAD. Imagine my surprise when I take him home open him up and discover his legs are fooked, one was longer than the other.   I also got a decent basic croc Megatron from another flea market. As a kid I got Deadend with no decals on him from a yard sale for a buck. Still have him too, one of only 2 legit Stunticons in my Menasor. | |
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05-23-2007, 11:28 PM
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#6 | | Omnibot Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 242 | when i was a kid, i picked up a G1 prime with trailer and roller, but no hands. i think it was 2 bucks | |
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05-23-2007, 11:34 PM
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#7 | | Insecticon Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 919 Location: NJ | My best find so far this summer was a complete Energon Omega Supreme (though I lost one of his missiles THAT SAME DAY). Guy sold me the Omega for $10, and threw in Alpha Q, a Prime figure, and a bunch of mini-cons for an additional $5. Other than that I've found a gobot and a beat-up Voltron lion so far this summer.
Now-a-days, most older stuff has already been sold off at garage sales, and newer stuff is hard to find cause kids don't really buy TFs all that much anymore. I think the movie/movie toys are gonna change that, though. Just watch, 5 years from now you'll be finding movie toys at garage sales like crazy. | |
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05-24-2007, 12:14 AM
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#8 | | Herald of Unicron Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,219 Location: Calgary, Alberta | My only garage sale memory is when I sold off all of my Transformers to the neighbour for her grandson. Ever wish you could go back in time and slap yourself up side the head?
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05-24-2007, 01:00 AM
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#9 | | Stuck inside of Mobile Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,410 Location: Brooklyn, NY Collection Count: Just my favs | [QUOTEj My only garage sale memory is when I sold off all of my Transformers to the neighbour for her grandson. [/quote] 
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05-24-2007, 01:32 AM
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#10 | | Dinobot Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 822 | I never had luck at garage sales, or flea markets. They both usually rip you off.
However, Value Village, if you look hard, has some good stuff. And I found a pretty mint G1 Prime trailer w/ G2 Prime truck, no fists, roller, in amazing condition for $30.00 at a video game store.
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