Best Deal You Ever Found?

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by alltransformers, Mar 9, 2015.

  1. HairyDawg

    HairyDawg UGA - Go Dawgs!

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    MP Thundercracker - $25 new at TRU. Picked him up when YOTH Prime came out. He just showed up on the shelf out of nowhere. Either a return or he was hiding in back stock somewhere.
     
  2. GR1ML0CK

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  3. MetalStorm

    MetalStorm Click Click Boom!

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    got a MISB ROTF Leader OP and HFTD Leader Starscream, both for $45
     
  4. Beastwarsfan95

    Beastwarsfan95 Putting the ‘Bi’ in Bionicle.

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    I just found powerglide for only 10!

    Compared to the $16 he was going for at Walmart.
     
  5. worldsgreatest

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    Complete, mint G1 Shockwave for $2 @ a flea market in 1996.
     
  6. thunder117

    thunder117 Magna Defender

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  7. G1Prowl

    G1Prowl Prick, apparently

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    Does free count?

    If so, then a box of toys that a dude owned as a kid tops it. Chromedome minus guns, Metroplex with rubber wheels minus a couple accessories, Every member of Abominus with accessories minus Blot, complete Rodimus Prime, complete Sandstorm, Astrotrain which needed a pin replaced, some decoys, a few repair jobs I sent to a friend, and Slingshot, Barrage, and Shockwave repair jobs I'm either finished with or working on.

    If not, then it was Squeezeplay's Headmaster at an antique store for a buck.
     
  8. Zylly103

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    Best deal I found... Sixty dollars for a complete G1 Metroplex. As in, even had Scamper and Six-Gun's guns.
     
  9. heltskelt

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    I was mostly unemployed for 2 1/2 years, but i made it thanks to my savings, so I had it better than most in my position. I have a beautiful wife and daughter, and I'm finally working in my field.

    Your eloquence leaves me no choice but to confess!

    Sigh. I went toy local WM. Found 2 Silverbolts and 2 Motormasters. Chose the MM with the best paint job and went to pay. It rang up at $2, which I paid very quickly, before the old lady behind the register had a thought similar to yours. I was giddy all the way to my car. Left my purchase in the car, and returned to get the other MM (I already have SB). I scanned a SB and the MM at the price checker. SB showed $25, while MM showed "please speak with a costumer service rep" or something along those lines. That's when I noticed that someone had cut into MM's packaging and stolen the weapons. I decided to stop pressing my luck and call it a day.

    I posted a picture of the receipt and now you have my story. That's about all I can do to air the fish smell out. I can only guess that glitch is fixed by now.
     
  10. BigRC83

    BigRC83 I'm singing in the rain

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    G1 Mirage in excellent condition without weapons for about $15 @ Rose Bowl flea market in 2006.
     
  11. alltransformers

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    A complete Scattershot with all of his accessories and Computron's combiner parts for quite a deal. Thanks to a fellow board member! :thumb 
     
  12. LIPSS

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    Back like 10 years ago I got a lot on Ebay for $15 that had a bunch of miscellaneous G1 and G2 transformers. You know the lot... just filled with random stuff like an Ultra Magnus trailer, some G2 gets, a constructicon without a leg... that kinda thing. Most of it worthless and broken stuff. The kind of stuff nobody would want.

    And hiding in that pile was a mistransformed perfect condition Cerebros. I ended up building my entire G1 fortress maximus largely like this. $60 and $80 components hidden in $20 lots.

    Needless to say, it was one of the best deals I've ever gotten on anything from Ebay.
     
  15. HunGrrr

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    Well, way back in the late '80s I found G1 Galvatron on sale at a Venture store for $12.

    About 10 years ago I found G1 Full-tilt's gun for $10 to complete my Trypticon.

    Considering what he goes for now, getting my E-Hobby Astrotrain at BBTS for $50 when he first came out is a steal.

    The absolute best deal I ever got was not a TF deal, but a book deal. An autographed first edition, first printing of A Game of Thrones for $5.
     
  16. pegasusprime

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    new fire convoy for 49 and free shipping i know originally he waw 39.99 or something but for this time
     
  17. NemiMonkey

    NemiMonkey Whippin Dem Fungals

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    Thinking about it lately best deal I ever took advantage of was getting two Tokyo Toy Show United Darkside Optimus vs Megatron sets for the price of one. Normal retail was $110 or so, paid $55 for each set. Usually see one fig or the other go for that price.
     
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    Went to Walmart in the hopes of finding the new CW wave 2 figures. Lucked out on those, but I found the ROTF Human Alliance Bumblebee and Skids covered in dust and sitting on the shelf. Managed to get the pair for $10. Couldn't believe it.
     
  19. Toyzaremine

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    Bumblejumper MOSC $110
    Brawn car mode MOSC $60
     
  20. LIPSS

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    Minus only Icepick's gun. Everything else was there and no GPS!