Best place to buy vintage weapons from??

[Cocobean]

Going through my figures I've noticed I need around 50 weapons for various variants, prices on eBay are astronomical and of course lots of reproduction which I don't want. I'm no where near as flush as some people are on the forums ;-) so can't afford £30 per weapon in one go as I'm trying to complete vehicles and playsets at the moment. does anyone know a reputable place to purchase them from? I'm in no hurry, as I say there just variants, but would like to complete them at some point. Thank you

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

I've picked up a few here and I've picked up a few on FB. So far I've been very happy and paid, what I consider, reasonable prices for them. Some examples of prices are (including P&P) £9 for a pair of Imperial blasters, £7 for a pair of AT-AT Driver rifles, £5 for a Rebel blaster and £10 for a Palace blaster. No, not bargains but fair prices, I think. No one has such a huge stock of weapons that they need to, or can afford to, sell at bargain prices.

You can always go along to the next Farthest From, of course. And I did hear a trader at one of the Sandown Park toy fairs had a tub of weapons but no idea of prices, only that they were original. Other than that, I'm out of suggestions!

 

[Cocobean]

Thanks for that. those seem fair prices if I'm honest I'm not on FB anymore but I'm sure I can locate groups if I need to. I've actually never purchased anything from FB so never thought about that as an outlet.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

It's massively varied. Here you get fairly consistent prices. Fairly. FB you get idiots asking £5 for beater figures and other guys that will give away a handful for free. As always, best (cheapest) deals are in the US and shipping is a killer as for figures it seems to start at $18.

 

[lejackal]

I sometimes have success on ebay buying lower end figures with weapons as a job lot then selling the figs on again, you do take a risk and you do need to check them against TIG and advice on here.

 

[Cocobean]

I thought about doing that on eBay but knowing my luck I'll buy a figure which will be a variant I haven't got and need to keep him and still need the weapon ha I'm struggling to display what I have without risking more variants I mean how many lukes can I possibly display just because his eyebrows are different lol

 

[x-pack]

Not eBay. Farthest From would be the only place I would be completely happy buying weapons. Even if you aren't sure you can get a second, third or fourth opinion from the chaps there

Personally i have bought off FB but don't really trust people on there any more than i would do on eBay.

 

[jedisearcher]

Why not try putting up a WTB thread with those you need and see what responses you get? Quite often people have spares or doubles that they want to sell or swap and you'll only be contacted by members on here so removes the worry about repro crap.

Worth a try.

 

[ChallengerFox]

Has someone got a link to the Facebook page that sells vintage ? Preferably a UK one? Thanks

 

[Cocobean]

Yeah think perhaps putting a wanted on here is a good idea and will look into that farthest from I have quite a few spares but mainly all rebel blasters

 

[itfciain]

I have quite a few weapons available so if you put up a wanted list then I can send you the prices for the ones I have

 

[Robstyley]

I've accumalated quite a few spare weapons over the years, been meaning to go through them and sell some on. Will keep an eye out for your wtb thread

 

[Cocobean]

Thank you for thats I both of you "itfciain" and "robstyley" I'll go through them and post what I'm after really appreciate everyone's help