Okay, so I said that I wouldn't be buying anymore bundles... buuut.
During, the week me, Aimee and Kaleb went to the next town over for a bit of a day trip, and we decided to look in a few charity shops while there.
The shops were fairly sparse as far as things go; we did see some things that were cool, but they were either overpriced, or we just weren't sure.
I had no intention of buying anything anyway, but I obviously wasn't opposed to an offer I couldn't refuse. Then, in the last shop, I saw a large box of what looked like Bionicle figures.
I spent today going through some of the sets, as it was the only chance in a week that I've had to do so.
The box was pretty much full, and I could tell that there were a ton of characters in there, whatever they were.
I was in two minds about picking it up, until I saw the sticker on the box... €10, I honestly couldn't refuse the deal, and picked it up.
All I had was a backpack, so I had to ask if they could put all of it into two plastic bags for me so it was easier to carry onto the bus.
Here's the figure I started building, Jawblade.
It's easy to find what sets these are, due to a handy app I got recently.
Google Lens. I've been able to take photos of each mask that the characters have, and with that, I'm able to get the name, set number, and with that, I can get the instructions and download the PDFs.
This one was a fairly handy one to go through and build.
The first thing I done last week was empty the carrier bags, one at a time, and organise the entire mixed lot into seperate sandwhich bags.
- Heads, and Masks.
- Armor Plates.
- Weapons, and Accessories.
- Connector Pieces.
- Hands and Feet.
- Small Fiddley Bits.
They're so easy to put together, but the hardest part was trawling through the pile for the correct pieces.
Each figure seems to only have a few pieces, but this line does have a few figures who are much larger, and have many more pieces than the average.
I still don't know what I have, but all together there are 23 figures.
I had it completed within a few minutes of compiling all of the pieces.
This Hero Factory line was a spiritual successor of Bionicle, and the line ran from 2010 - 2014, before it was discontinued.
A little more research has shown that these figures seem to sell fast on eBay, which is the main reason why I wanted to get these built, and listed as soon as I can.
It's a fairly cool model, and catches about €20 on the second hand market.
Each of the figures seem to range in value from €11 - €83, or at least, that's what I saw in the sold section.
I have no idea if I have any really sought after figures, or rare ones, but I can easily do a bit of under-cutting, in order to shift this lot asap.
I forgot to take pictures of this one, but it's a figure called Frost Beast.
He's missing his weapon, and a finger, but that might not be a big issue.
I'm not worried if any seem to be missing stuff, because in my haste to organise these into separate bags, things may have been mixed up.
Here's a large character I started building, and I've noticed that the bags seem to be shrinking a fair bit.
Cutting down on the initial pile is great when dealing with bundles of Lego, and it really helped me with the Halo stuff.
It took a while to find all the pieces I needed, but once I did, it was all good.
I got a bit confused with the instructions and couldn't find out how to attach the wings.
I'm going to look up a build on YouTube, and see if it makes it any clearer.
All the pieces are here, but, two of the flame pieces are broken. Rather than superglue them, I'm going to sell as is, and let the buyer sort it out.
I don't want to seem like I'm being dishonest to anyone, so I figure that it's the best way to go about it.
Here are 4 of the figures fully built.
Currently, 2 of them are missing a few pieces, one is missing 3 pieces, and the other is missing 1 piece, but the other two are complete, and have no problems, other than Dragon Bolt having two broken bits.
All in all, I think this will be a good earner. €10 is mad, and will be a huge ROI.