OK Lego experts - what do I have?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 04/13/2020 at 18:49 • Filed to: None

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I just grab whatever LEGO bits I find when at the Goodwill Outlet, making sure not to get any of the pale imitations. Years ago a box of this stuff got me a nice MacBook with an SSD in trade; I don’t know why I keep buying it, but when buying by the pound it seems pretty affordable. Maybe I just need to sit down and play with this stuff and try to bring back memories of the’70s.

As I clean out the basement and consolidate I’ll probably have more; I think I’ve got more of the robotic bits and pieces somewhere, but I just haven’t stumbled upon them yet. So much fancy stuff by comparison - I would have killed for these parts 40+ years ago...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:08

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First photo is of a bunch of Mindstorms 2.0 sensors and a servo. I am not seeing the main Mindstorms brain unit. The remnants of the plane fuselage appears to be either the 7734 Cargo Plane set or the 60022 Terminal Set.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:13

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I don’t know, but that airliner looks cool.

smobgirl > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:17

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Looks like a month’s rent to me.

No idea how you got any of that at a Goodwill outlet. I’ve never even seen it at my normal stores - LEGO usually goes to their online auction and gets bid to the stratosphere.

someassemblyrequired > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:19

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That’s a bunch of stuff you should probably list on bricklink

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > smobgirl 04/13/2020 at 19:25

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Hmm, my landlord has a couple of kids and I’m a bit behind on the rent...

I don’t question how it ends up there - I just grab it. There was a time a few weeks ago that two of us had both grabbed for a minifigure; he got the body and I got the head. I usually wait for everyone to leave the bin for the next one and methodically grab and inspect each little piece. It takes quite some time, but I think the results have been worth it.

One piece I need to find, something that I tucked away for safe keeping, is a Darth Vader with light up lightsaber. That alone should be worth at least $25...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > someassemblyrequired 04/13/2020 at 19:27

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I’ll have to check that out. Do they do trades? I really want a spaceman minifigure like I had back in the ‘70s

Jim Spanfeller > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:28

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The airplane parts came from this set:

You can tell because that green tail section only came in this set.

If that Technic motorcycle set has all the pieces, you should totally build it. It’s a fun one.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jim Spanfeller 04/13/2020 at 19:35

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Yeah, I think I’m going to try that bike, you know, just to make sure it’s complete...

RPM esq. > smobgirl 04/13/2020 at 19:37

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Really? I have thousands upon thousands of them, from my own childhood and my kid’s.

smobgirl > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:51

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Daaaamn good find!

for Michigan > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/13/2020 at 19:54

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A friend of mine had one of those when we were kids. Still love it.

smobgirl > RPM esq. 04/13/2020 at 19:55

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It’s insane. There are whole websites where people sell sets or individual pieces. Complete  sets are worth a fortune but even boxes of random bricks can get pricey. 

fintail > RPM esq. 04/13/2020 at 22:12

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If you have complete sets with packaging and papers, you’re sitting on a little treasure.

Even loose bricks have solid value.  I’ve flipped lego sometimes with amazing results.