mumboking Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I've been in Skegness for a week. I bought these in a charity shop on the last day there for £7.99. There's quite a lot of pieces missing, but the Star Wars set is most complete. No manuals are in there, but there is some paperwork. There's also some parts not from either of these sets in there. What the pictures don't show, is just how badly the boxes are warped. I wanted to save the boxes from some kid wrecking them further. emily, Rock Monster, Quisoves Potoo and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I used to see those pod racers sets and always wanted one, never got one though. I ended up making a model of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobExplorien Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I do notice that boxed sets are much sought after by retro collectors (from any kind), I myself actually only like to buy the retro sets boxed now. As a kid I guess my parents where (mostly) the ones that just threw the boxes away, unknowing of the damage that was dealt as I was adding my verbal car sound effects to my Xalax racers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobaFett2 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I do notice that boxed sets are much sought after by retro collectors (from any kind), I myself actually only like to buy the retro sets boxed now. As a kid I guess my parents where (mostly) the ones that just threw the boxes away, unknowing of the damage that was dealt as I was adding my verbal car sound effects to my Xalax racers. I think empty boxes aren't worth much. Unboxing old sets is fun, but it costs money. Speaking o fwhich, I still have a boxed Slave I from 2006 lying around. I should probably open it. STUDZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthuriel Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Congratulations for finding so many sets for such a low price. Did you have time to identify to which themes the offtopic-parts belong to (or are they just generic parts)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumboking Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Congratulations for finding so many sets for such a low price.It's actually only 2 sets, the second pic was the inside of the top box on the left pic.The sets were: http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/6765 and http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/7171 In a way it is like 4 sets though... Did you have time to identify to which themes the offtopic-parts belong to (or are they just generic parts)?Well, one plainly obvious part was a yellow boat. I don't have it near me atm, but I think it was this: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/30086There was a clear light blue visor as well. EDIT: Oh yeah, another obvious part that didn't belong was a blue 2x4 Mega Blok. It was attached to a LEGO piece. D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aokpisz Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I do notice that boxed sets are much sought after by retro collectors (from any kind), I myself actually only like to buy the retro sets boxed now. As a kid I guess my parents where (mostly) the ones that just threw the boxes away, unknowing of the damage that was dealt as I was adding my verbal car sound effects to my Xalax racers. My dad always insisted on keeping the box (he was a LEGO maniac before I was ) and thus we have several hundred sets, most of them from before I was born, all in the original boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowblaze Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 we have several hundred sets Oooh. I've got about 7 huge boxes of bricks, but I don't know how many sets there are. I think 100 or so, probably more. Most of my sets are new, I have got a very small amount of System sets due to the fact that I am quite some years younger than RRU's average, I haven't got even a Xalax racer, dang, I would love to get Pulse or Spiky. Wirza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Good find! Wow, they are some great sets. The old Western theme was so good. Have you managed to assemble them now? Bricklink can help if you're missing parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumboking Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Good find! Wow, they are some great sets. The old Western theme was so good. Have you managed to assemble them now? Bricklink can help if you're missing parts. I should really get round to building them... Maybe some day...The Western set has most parts missing (~25% complete I'm guessing...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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