I hit a 40+ mile "Yard Crawl" this weekend. Don't think I even made it through half... By noon I was just too tired to keep going and I still had a long drive home. Found some good stuff though:

G1 Grimlock, complete
Kickback & Bombshell, complete
Laserbeak, Ravage, Frenzy & Rumble, complete
Gnaw, stripped
G2 Beachcomber
2 Gobots
Storm Surge, no key
Breakdown, no key
Leader Bulkhead, stripped
Ani Blackarachnia
Robot Hero Hound
TF Vader/Death Star
TF Anikin Jedi Fighter
Slugslinger, no missile
Handful of Minicons/Spychangers & Junkers

Large pile of GIJoe weapons/accys
Blue Plastic Voltron lion
Judge Dredd figure, MOC
15 Vintage MOTU figures, all complete
Most of Micronauts Bioman & Baron Karza
3 obscure Atari 2600 cartriges
Bag o' Legos
Mighty Mugs Fett
Knight Rider technical specs (looks like promotional material for the show)
2 Large Lots of Bakugan stuff (my son has become a Bakugan freak lately)

Total Cost about $66 ($16 of it for the Bakugan lots)



Anyone else have any luck?

 

the only "luck" i've had was a incomplete gi joe terror dome for $6 at a thrift store lol *it actually is MOSTLY complete tough*   just none of the canons or towers lol

but transformers wise, i go to thrift stores and garage sales all the time, the best i've found was a legends leo prime, rotf jolt, and mcd's toys.

when ever i DO find transformers, they are normally, HALF of a transformer. aka missing the heads, arms, legs, torso, or something.

but i have had great luck finding other things, like gi joe, he-man, power rangers, *found 3/5's of the original megazord.  * a sealed, and signed by the creator, mega bloks.

so i have luck with other things, just NOT transformers  

 

This weekend was a bust in terms of TFs, but I got some other stuff (which will be posted in the "Highs and Lows" thread in a little bit.

However, the only TF related stuff I found (I got to my usual outdoor flea market too late, so I went to a new indoor one instead) was a seller that obviously knew what they had, which I hate. Now my hate isn't 100% logical, but I'm not going to go to a flea market to pay $130 for a Devastator (The most I've ever brought to a flea market was $20  ).

 

I've never really had any luck at rummage sales for Transformers.I've done pretty good with Star Wars stuff,but it's fun when you walk up wondering if this could be the one where you hit the motherload.

 

Man, I've been to about 1000 garage sales and flea markets this summer and haven't found anything, let along a complete Grimlock. Congrats man, I must just be in a bad part of the country for this stuff.

 

Nice man! Those MotU figures are a great find.

 

Thanks. Those were kind of bonus as they were in the box with the Transformers and Baron Karza. Only after getting home did I have time to really look at them and notice that they are all in really nice shape with all of their parts.

 

not too long ago I bought an entire computer box filled with G1 stuff. It had soundwave, starscream, soundwaves minions, all in good condition. It also had a complete G1 devastator, with the only thing missing was one of the little covers on one of the legs.

 

I'm always jealous of Rework's luck. I've long ago given up on finding anything worthwhile in my neck of the woods, at either garage sales or thrift stores  

 

Interesting... I was just thinking about how the Beast Wars market has seemed to dry up around here....

 

Found a Classics Bumblebee (minus jet ski & trailer) for $2. Figure is in great shape.

One thing I always find in garage sales is the missing limbs thing on many figures (BW on). Ball joints are great for articulation but this causes parts to be lost far more easily then figures without them.

 

i swear everytime rework trumps my hauls, and they are quite epic indeed, one day i'm gonna beat rework haha

 

2 weeks ago I found
~ shit ton star wars playsets/vehicles mostly droids and rotj
ewok village complete
imperial shuttle complete
AT AT almost complete
jabba the Hutt complete
Imperial battle station not complete
Hutts torture chamber complete
cloud city ship complete
AMANAMAN figure missing staff

and a BUNCH of other stuff that I can't remember right now (at work)

also got a bunch of micromachines and a g1 seaspray minty mint
a broken shackwave
total cost of star wars stuff = 20.00 the guy wanted 25. but my friend negotiated a more "reasonable" price
seaspray shack and micormachines = 3.00

 

I've been to tons of yard and garage sales and the only toys I ever see are kiddy toys, like for preschoolers. Oh well.

 

Best thing i ever found was a G2 BB which then the leg broke off 10 minutes later. (T_T)



I'm not that lucky.

 

this past weekend i got a

machine wars optimus prime cab for $1

and a
sealed msib GI Joe cobra detonator (with nitro viper) **that im selling-trading** that i traded 2 mangoes for