Looking to sell old Bionicles on ebay, found some ridiculous auctions

Lotos · June 16, 2010, 06:40:59 PM

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, but when you have 80 manuals going for $130 (note, there are NO legos or even containers in that auction), there's a problem.

NiMa74 · June 16, 2010, 08:16:55 PM

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.

RX-78-2 · June 16, 2010, 08:25:26 PM

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.

tibar21 · June 17, 2010, 07:32:17 PM

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.

Lotos · June 17, 2010, 07:37:04 PM

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

Chrona · June 18, 2010, 05:27:05 PM

..I bought a .Hack Shino outfit for 90 dollars once...it was a good deal I think..

So_So_Man · June 18, 2010, 07:56:43 PM

I probably still have most of my bionicles, but I played with lego the right way and combined everything.

RX-78-2 · June 21, 2010, 10:54:29 PM

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

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.