What is your best ever bargain??

[lejackal]

Good question - I'd probably go for my Early Bird mailer I picked up around 2000 for around £200 (possibly less). When it arrived I found it had a DT Luke in there, which wasn't mentioned in the sale post. Since had it verified as genuine.

Awesome!

 

[Pomse2001]

I once picked up an unpainted knee, unpainted dart PBP Boba Fett for about £4 in a second hand shop

Wow that was a fantastic deal

 

[Pomse2001]

One of mine has to be a POTF Yak cardback in with a small bundle of paperwork for about £15

Nice deal, thanks for sharing it

 

[Pomse2001]

One of my best bargain is one I wrote about on the forum in 2016. A friend of mine offered me to buy about 300 of his figures for about £400. I still think it was a fantastic deal.

Here is the link about the story, that I did in 2016 https://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/threads/big-thanks-to-my-friend-for-a-huge-lot.31298/

 

[db94]

Klaatu MOC
I was down in Edinburgh on a course and saw this advertised locally for £5. Nipped in on the way home, bloke had sold it on eBay but it had been returned as the buyer said it didn't have a waffle seal so must be fake.
I took the time to explain that it was actually a tri logo and they didn't have…….. did I hell, I stuffed a fiver in his hand and smiled all the way home

I should point out, bloke had a huge house and 2 cars. I definitely didn't cost him his next meal.

 

[theforceuk]

For me probably Trilogo Yakface for 99p in 1986. Graded the figure in or around 2007 and it got AFA 85. Annoyingly I lost the card back, can't for the life of me think how I lost it, definitely had it in the early 90's and no way would I have thrown it out. I moved house in 1997 and I've never seen it since along with an Amanaman Trilogo card back. Still have the figure for that card back which also graded 85.

 

[Michael Sith]

For me a bunch of figures in a local antiques centre where they had different stall holders

usual madine, ewoks, etc but a nice Vader with original saber all £8 each, noticed an r2 which I could see was a pop up but no saber, picked it up and at the back of it there was a saber, said to the guy, can you hold on to these whilst I go to a cash machine, turns out it was an original saber, got even cheekier and said if I take the 5 figures can you do £30 ? Yes was the answer …happy days

 

[Frunkstar]

Last year I bought a box of bricabrack at the car boot for 1 pound, when I emptied it out later right at the bottom there was a lando skiff & a Boussh, I was never expecting that.

 

[Cazza]

For me a bunch of figures in a local antiques centre where they had different stall holders

usual madine, ewoks, etc but a nice Vader with original saber all £8 each, noticed an r2 which I could see was a pop up but no saber, picked it up and at the back of it there was a saber, said to the guy, can you hold on to these whilst I go to a cash machine, turns out it was an original saber, got even cheekier and said if I take the 5 figures can you do £30 ? Yes was the answer …happy days

You really got lucky there, Mike! They're usually poor condition and overpriced in places like that. Often repro weapons as well.

 

[bosk70]

Told the story before on here but managed to snag three unopened empire atst and one empire slave one unopened for £5 each(total£20) at the local market shop in about 1993, the same shop where i used to buy figs for for a £1 back in the early 80's, think they had cleared a cupboard out, they had loads of cheap ships and figs back in the 80's in rows of boxes on the floor crammed with carded mostly Jedi back then. I only had a £10 on me at the time so rushed home burning rubber in my vw beetle to get the other £10. Made it back the two other boxes were still there , i casually said to the girl at the counter , don't suppose you have any more of this type of stuff knocking about. She didn't know but never saw anymore in there after that but i always popped in for a quick look till they closed some years later. Arrr the good old days
Course i opened them as soon as i got home, but knew enough not to open the bags etc..... it was 1993

 

[Pomse2001]

Once picked up an unpainted knee, painted arrow BF, for £1 at a car boot sale, a painted helmet BF for £2 at a car boot. Got a PBP rebel commander for £4 at a Toy fair. A Wing Pilot for £2 at a car boot sale

Wow that was some great deals

 

[Pomse2001]

Plenty over the years, but one of the best was this Palitoy Han Bespin for £30 as a Buy It Now on eBay back in 2006. I sold it for £300 a few months later (fool!)

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Wow edd, that is a fantastic moc. Sorry to read you sold it again

 

[Pomse2001]

I got Yak, amanaman (no staff) and Luke stormtrooper (complete with helmet) for 50p each. But this was in my very early days of collecting in 92.

I the 2000's I got a 45a Greedo for £125 Bin. (If I remember correctly). Considering at the time - and possibly still - it was on the 2nd one ever found

Wow that was some great deals

 

[lejackal]

Not too bad for current levels of madness

 

[Pomse2001]

Not too bad for current levels of madness

Nice find

 

[Cazza]

Absolute bargain!

 

[Capetown]

I'm lucky to have been able to buy an MIB unused tri logo MTV-7 in a lot of 3 mini rigs for € 250. Managed to sell the 2 other mini rigs for € 130, so I got the MTV-7 for € 120 in the end.

 

[Pomse2001]

I'm lucky to have been able to buy an MIB unused tri logo MTV-7 in a lot of 3 mini rigs for € 250. Managed to sell the 2 other mini rigs for € 130, so I got the MTV-7 for € 120 in the end.

Nice deal

 

[Mini99]

I've never seen the words Bargain and Star Wars used in the same sentence before…

 

[_Lee_]

So many to mention.

2 mint trilogo Fetts in a lot of 4 figures £15 posted.

20 back Obi Wan £23

Anakin POTF cardback chucked in free when I bought some cards from an Australian person who was clearing out his loft.

Lastly, Yakface for £7