Today was Mother’s Day, but nonetheless we were off to a flea market again! This time, Mom-in-Law and Aunt-in-Law were coming as well, as we would visit Grandpa and Grandma afterwards.
It was a Scouting market, where they try to raise funds for the Scouting venue by selling old toys and goods.
I didn’t expect to find much, as it was a small market, but then again it pays off to be the first on-site as I made some very good deals today!

The Big Catch

First of all, ever since I went to the Collector’s Fair in Utrecht this year, the need to collect Transformers has been re-awakened! Now and then I tend to buy a nice set, like a G1 Soundwave Toys-R-US exclusive, or the Masterpiece Skywarp (which I got for real cheap too!) and try to make a good deal. Unfortunately those ‘deals’ are always in the 20+ euro category. When I visited the Collector’s Fair this year I noticed how expensive those old G1 Transformers and other gimmicks were going for! That kind of rekindled my enthusiasm for buying Transformers, and got me off to buying G1 or Masterpiece only. Today the catch was more than excellent!

 ”The Movie” Brawl.

As much as I can’t stand the ‘new’ Transformers movies by Michael Bay, I must say that the toyline associated with the movies is pretty neat. Today I stumbled upon a nice bunch of cluttered vehicle parts, tossed about on the table.

When I asked the seller for the price, he answered: 20 cents. When I dragged some more cluttered vehicle parts (possibly Transformers) towards the heap, the seller kept his price: “20 cents.” Then I found some small kibble-like vehicles and could identify the Autobot logo’s on them. Price was still 20 cents. Amazed by this deal, I opened up my backpack and stowed the toys away, trying to find some more among the discarded mini mart playsets and puzzles.

The verdict:

Back at home, I checked google to identify the big green glob of vehicle parts, and found out it was a Leader-Class Brawl from 2007! A quick search on eBay found me this:

Yeah, 20 cents is kinda a steal for a Movie Leader-class Brawl with only the gun-stacks missing and the claw. I mean, mine is in a better state than the 70 bucks one. I’ve read in several places the toy is rather rare, but geez… That’s a lot of money for a bunch of plastic (then again, the quality is on par with Masterpiece Skywarp, and Brawl even got sound and light effects in it).

The other culprit was a near-complete 2007 Dropkick Deluxe. I saw the spoiler-part but didn’t think it would belong with it so I left it at the market… Stupid me. Thankfully it doesn’t ruin the transformation at all.

So about 15 bucks were I to buy it from the ‘bay. Then there was this Robots in Disguise Obsidian without the rotors as a nice extra. The model made me think it was a Macross VTOL. Then again, ended up being a Transformer after all!

Now that’s a lot of Transformer for about the cheapest price ever! But there’s more!

Sir Playstation the Second!

Initially, I already located a box full of PS2 games, but didn’t really pay attention to them until I saw a certain title among them… Yakuza. As some of you might know, the Yakuza series is one of my favorite series for the Playstation systems, and I know how much that game can fetch on the market.
Since this box clearly hadn’t been pulled over by resellers, I decided to take an educated guess and do a bid on the entire box. 25 euro’s was the verdict. For 25 euro’s I could own a box full of about 25 games. I noticed the San Andreas, Onimusha and Canis Canem Edit, and found it to be a mix of fighting, wrestling and japanese-only games. Including Kengo, a Kendo simulator for the PS2. Here’s the rundown.

PS2 games (CIB)

Profit = 289 euro’s!

Also bought a vintage Sawyers ViewMaster with 2 3D reels of Austria for 50 cents, just for the kick of it. Might make 10 to 20 bucks out of it, reselling them, since the reels are in their original packaging.
And last but not least… The game I’ve always wanted to have in my home…

A mini air hockey table! (well one that looks like this one). This will one day complete my gameroom/mancave when we buy a new house (soon)!
So that’s it for today… Spent a good 30 bucks, but in the end made a big profit as well!

Till next time!