by Duke of Luns » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:22 am
I love flea market/yard sales because there's the chance of finding something. And yes, a lot of times things are incomplete, so it depends on the item whether or not I pick it up. If it's missing a gun or some other easily replaceable part and it's G1 era I usually pick it up.
And sometimes things just work out awesomely. Couple years ago I found parts at a flea market, specifically G1 Jetfire's gun(I had a poor condition Jetfire already), Blaster's gun, and a couple guns for Powermaster Prime. Last year my buddy found me a decent condition gun less Blaster at a Flea Market(broken head antennae, but eh), and I bought a Powermaster Prime missing the guns I'd already found. Also last year found Cybertron Scourge's tail/axe, which prompted me to buy an incomplete Scourge off of e-bay(which seem to be kinda common). I've also had similar finds over the years.
So yes, sometimes the hunt is worth it, and the hunt itself is very fun. Of course a lot of it depends on luck. And when you think about it, it's no different from e-bay, just you're there to inspect the figure personally.
Couple other things: Energon Galvatron, excellent find!!! That's an expensive figure. I was lucky to find one a couple years ago myself at a price I dare not mention for jealousy(missing a sword I replaced with Energon Megatron's, same thing just a different color).
And then there's the other side to finding something incomplete. Armada Jetfire. I found one missing his landing gear/shield, not realizing at the time he had such a part. So I search e-bay...bupkiss, nothing on. Awhile later...nada. Yet more time passes, I find/buy a shield for $5 on e-bay, it never comes in(I can't remember if the money was ever refunded or not). Yet a while later I see another one on E-Bay and I finally get it. This was over the course of I'm going to say two years at least, or at least it felt like it. Extremely annoying, but very satisfying as well. At least the mini-con was easy to find on e-bay. Oh, and Armada Super-Prime and Overload? Lucked into them at a yard sale and flea market as well, missing only a missile(Prime), and a flip up shoulder cover and red missiles(Overload).
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