I'm putting together some old Bionicles (lego sets) to put on eBay. I search the listings for the highest first. I can understand $175 for the original set NISB (http://cgi.ebay.com/Bionicle-Lego-8531-8532-8533-8534-8535-8536-Toa-NISB-/320548169882?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa228e89a), but when you have 80 manuals going for $130 (http://cgi.ebay.com/80-Lego-Bionicle-Instruction-Manuals-Bulk-Lot-/260619724861?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cae25683d) (note, there are NO legos or even containers in that auction), there's a problem.
Nerds/collecters/both will pay tons of good money for absolute poop these days. It's so hilarious, but it's also such a good source of profit for those auctioning them off.
People have bought jars of air, used disposable items of all kinds, and--literally--garbage. I don't see why they wouldn't buy these for so much.
But if you make a lot of money from it, why complain? I'd be thankful for it. Bionicle is awesome though, I still have just about all of my old ones. I even have the three movies. I just wish I still got the comics; they're awesome too.
wish i had my old bionicles. i had the whole original set but my little siblings intercourse ed around with them and their gone now.
Quote from: RX-78-2 on June 16, 2010, 08:25:26 PM
I just wish I still got the comics; they're awesome too.
I think I have some of the comics still. I wonder how much I could get for those?
Also, I found that all of the instructions are online for free in .pdf format
http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx (http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx)
..I bought a .Hack Shino outfit for 90 dollars once...it was a good deal I think..
I probably still have most of my bionicles, but I played with lego the right way and combined everything.
Quote from: Lotos on June 17, 2010, 07:37:04 PM
I think I have some of the comics still. I wonder how much I could get for those?
Also, I found that all of the instructions are online for free in .pdf format
http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx (http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingInstructions/default.aspx)
I think I remember hearing of the manuals being online. It's actually very handy.
The comics could really go for a lot though, especially if people are paying so much for the manuals. Think about it: even if you "only" get $20 for each comic, that's still almost ten times as much as its original worth.
I feel pretty lucky to still have the very first issue and the Toa of Light issue though. In fact, I think I have two copies of each.