Before jumping in the LEGOs, I saw these charts and just had to share!
Will today be the day that BTC finally pierces the $100,000 limit? The charts look exciting, but no push through quite yet. Hive is also seeing a nice push up as well to over $0.32, so not a bad day for either one. Exciting times in crypto, I feel a new rally coming on and hopefully some big moves in the alt coins!
From Coin Gecko
Back to my original planned post of the day. Today I decided to do another LEGO post because they're a lot of fun and I have some more Items I've been getting ready to throw up on eBay. As always I like to feature some of the rarest LEGO mini-figures ever made and just how much they will set back your wallet if you can manage to find one these rarities! Today's feature is a sterling silver LEGO Star Wars Boba Fett mini-figure. Only two were ever made, both in 2010 as part of a giveaway.
Because only two were made getting a decent picture of one of these is a little difficult. I'm going with the best ones available online. This solid silver mini-figure weighs forty-two grams and is estimated to be worth around $8,000. I wasn't one of the lucky winners unfortunately, probably because I didn't enter...
minifigpriceguide.com
Original pack with all three of the rare mini-figures given out in 2010
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A close up from the above picture, fuzzy but you can still see just how shiny he is!
And for those unfamiliar with the character Boba Fett, he is a bounty hunter that appears in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" Star Wars films. He never had any lines but became and important and popular villain. Disney Plus made a series about him about one or two years ago as well. Wasn't a great series, but Disney isn't good at making much of anything very good anymore... Here's Boba Fett from "Return of the Jedi":
Moving onto my LEGOs now. Most of the ones I have currently were purchased at thrift stores and the occasional yard sale as well. I currently have several bins full of builds, pieces, and some mini-figures that I'm slowly working my way through to sell them on eBay. All of my recent buys have already more than paid for themselves in sales, so everything else is pure profit. LEGOs really are plastic gold with a huge collectors market out there.
If you want to try your luck with LEGOs I'll give you some upfront tips. Try to find items that have been built already and are relatively intact, and if they come with instructions it makes them more valuable. If you get the original box too that's another huge premium. I usually stick to sets or parts from big franchises, Star Wars being my favorite. I have done well on most franchise related builds, except Harry Potter. They tend to be slower sellers in my experience. Boxes full of just random bricks are worth almost nothing, unless they have set instructions avoid them like the plague.
This first set is one that took me awhile to get around to looking at it because it wasn't movie related. It's called "Raptor Chase" which was LEGO's version on "Jurassic Park" I guess. Fortunately, it had instructions and almost all of the pieces. I had to replace a couple of them but they only cost me less than a dollar. This set has already sold on eBay in this past week, and netted me $25. Not too bad since most of it was already put together, and it was all profit!
You can see it came with the hunter and his driver pursuing the raptor in the top photo. The little secondary build didn't really make much sense, but oh well. But it was a fun one to get sorted out and sold! Normally I like to use LEGO plates as background but this one was just too tall to fit. So I just made use of a box on top of my computer desk. Overall a pretty cool build!
Next up I have a small Star Wars build of a walker vehicle with a machine gun type weapon that fires those tiny blue studs when you rotate a piece on the back on the vehicle. It came with four troopers originally, but I could only find the one. I expect this one will go for around $30 if I'm lucky! It's an awesome small build though!
This next one is a Harry Potter build which aren't my favorites as I mentioned before. This one is the scene that Harry slips a sock into a book that is given to Dobby freeing him. Lucius Malfoy was missing from the set, but it came with instructions so I can't complain. I'll get it listed up for sale here soon once I get better pictures. Not sure what this will go for yet, there are several for sale at all sorts of different prices, and I'm missing one mini-figure.
Next up is a very small Star Wars build missing all of the mini-figures, but all of the parts were there and the instructions. I may get around $10 for it, not too bad.
Another Star Wars build missing it's mini-figures, but had instructions which was nice. It's a small build and might bring in $8.
And I started to dig into some more Ninjago figures which I have been putting off because I know very little about them. I have a couple blue ninjas and one of the bad guys below. I'm not sure the name of the red serpent guy yet, but I'll figure it out. It's got to be worth a few dollars at least and the ninjas about $6 each.
Last but not least a couple of the bins I'm nearly through sorting out. When you buy bins like this you often find other toys strewn in there as well as seen in the first one. There is a Harry Potter train set in there that has some issues, I'll be sharing that probably in my next LEGO post.
This next bin has had some real valuable items come out so far, but most of what's left isn't all that valuable. But there are some more sets to work with in there still, and I've already separated out the instructions and mini-figures. This thing came full of partially built sets and it has been a gold mine, one of the better ones I've ever found an only paid $40 for the whole thing!
That will wrap up this LEGO edition for the day. I try to work a few hours a week on the LEGO bins I have around to get sets put together and ready to sell. I haven't bought any more LEGOs recently, mainly because I have so much to get through still. Plus, when I've gone through the thrift stores as of late there hasn't been anything worth buying. I try to check occasionally, sometimes you can get really lucky! I hope you enjoyed seeing some more of my LEGOs from my little side hustle. It really is fun to tinker with toys and make money in the process!
Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below. Thank you for all of your support everyone, it really is greatly appreciated. Have a great day everyone!
Disclaimer:
I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial advice. Please do your own research before investing your hard earned money in any project or commodity.
References:
https://brickfact.com/blog/lists/the-top-10-most-expensive-lego-minifigures-ever
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