Today I decided to check out a local flea market that was open today with my parents. While browsing I noticed two vendors selling LEGO minifigures. One was exclusively selling a variety of different minifigures while the other vendor was selling only a handful of minifigures alone but around 7-9 horses with nearly all of them complete with a rider and accessories. The first vendor was selling their minifigures at $3 for unlicensed and $5 for licensed (Mostly old and new Star Wars figures). The $3 figures were quite diverse from pirates to western to some modern ones too. A lot of mish mashed ones here and there. The second vendor was selling their horses at $10 a horse complete with accessories and minifigure. The only problem with them was that a lot of them were mixed. Like you'd have the shield of one castle on a rider of a different castle riding a horse with the armor of another castle. Luckily that vendor allowed me to mix the right color and castle combination to my liking (Because if he didn't let me do so, I wouldn't buy a horse at all.)

All in all I spend about $25 flat on my whole purchase. $15 for the minifigures and $10 for the horse + rider + accessories. I'd just like to know how I did on my first time out.

(All the images lead to a much higher resolution picture)

Here's the new family all gathered together. Two islanders, three pirates, and one knight. All together they totalled $25 out of my pocket.

My first two Island minifigures in my entire collection. Luckily it's a male/female pair, so neither of them will feel too alone here.

Here's the backsides to the two of them. The female Islander's back is a little rough all around.

A much clearer shot of her back. You can see all the marks and dirt back there. Other than that and a few other minor dings, she's in pretty good condition.

Three more pirates to add to my collection of scurvy sea dogs. As of now, I have a total of 7 pirate minifigures. 4 are from the more modern-ish pirate sets and 3 are from the older sets.

They were in pretty good condition themselves. I could notice not a lot of scratches or marks on any. The only one with a problem. was the pirate holding the bucket. His arm had a crack in it which let his hand pop off easily. I quickly replaced that with a spare blue arm I had lying about. I suppose I am now a doctor of minifigures if I was able to mend his broken arm.

My first older castle minifigure and overall my second castle minifigure. I don't have a lot of castle in my inventory...

Overall the horse and figure are in good condition. There's some dirt on the horse but it's hidden under its armor.

Archer...dismount!

Like I said prior the horse is in good condition except for some dirt on his behind which is hidden by his horse armor.

My first horse armor. It's in good condition and I didn't notice any fading, chipping of the paint, or what not. I always knew that horse armor looked very pretty from many pictures I've seen, but holding one for the first time let me examine its great detail very closely.

I'm not experienced at this at all. I am very much used to buying figures straight from LEGO stores and I quite honestly don't have much in my collection aside from modern figures. How good was my find, and would you say the prices were fair? If they are, I am certainly going to be going back to snatch up what I can before they're taken up. Plus, in my opinion at least, being on my display table in my room is a better fate than being stuck in a locked plexiglass case stranded out in the sun or stuck on top of a Megabloks baseplate, right?

I am not quite experienced with flea markets and second hand Lego, but I'd say you paid a nice price for them. 25 dollars for 6 figs and a horse is not too much. A little over 3 dollars each. And the figs are in a good condition. The horse is amazing, really with the armor.

Since the barding is in good condition, I'd say you probably spent about average. From what I've seen, that particular barding goes for $7-10+ on its own. You can find them cheaper, but usually the clips are broken or has some fading.

As for the figures, probably pretty average. I don't know how much the Islanders go for these days. Generic pirates are usually pretty cheap. These pirates aren't of the unique variety.

So if you approximate $3 per figure, then about $7 for the barding, it is about average.

Good find though.

It's probably about average if you had to go through bricklink and pay for shipping, but for a flea market I'd say you overpaid a little. Always try to negotiate at a flea market, especially when you're buying more than one thing at a booth. Most flea market vendors expect people to negotiate and build in a markup to account for that.

Besides, at a flea market I won't pay "retail price" (AKA ebay/bricklink prices).

I went back to one of the vendors at the flea market to get some more LEGO. When I went this time, his LEGO stock was much smaller, so I know he may be running out soon. I need to go back next week before his entire stock is gone! Anyways, this is my haul and I got it all for $25. Compared to the last flea market buy I did, I got an extra horse and minifigure out of it so I'm happy. 6 minifigures cost me $15 and two horses cost me $10. Once again, pictures link to higher quality ones.

My new additions to the family. Two Woodsmen, one Wolfpack, one Crusader, one unknown faction, and an Adventurer-esque guy.

Got my first two Forestmen minifigures. Once again they are in great condition and I couldn't find anything wrong with them. Well, the only complaint I could have is that one of the Woodsmen doesn't have the feather in his hat. I don't mind since I can get a replacement off of Bricklink for cheap.

My first Wolfpack minifigure. He's in good condition as well. His face decal has worn down around the edges of his hat, but his hat hides that from view.

I was quite surprised with this. Last time when I bought the horse and figure with armor, just one entire figure cost me $10, and that was at the other vendor. The vendor I went to for these minifigures I found out also sold animals and what not in the back. He said a horse on its own is $3, a saddle is $4, and a barding set with horse helmet is $6. So for two horses I paid $10!

Two knights to add to my collection which now totals to...three. They are in good condition, but the one on the left had a cracked arm behind the shield so the hand pops out easily. The one to the left I know for sure is a Crusader, but I got no idea who the one on the right is. The one on the right rides a horse bearing symbols that tell he's a Crusader, but the figure's color scheme itself doesn't match. A crusader is red and blue with a grey helmet, but this guy is red and black with a black helmet. Any help on which faction he belongs to? Or is he just a mix of different minifig parts and is a wholly different faction on his own?

This horse in total cost $4. Also came with a hammer attached to the clip so that was a nice little prize. Horse is in good condition, as well as the saddle because they were stored in back.

Seriously, I really don't know what faction he is in. Lego CASTLE factions are not my expertise since I never owned any of the original factions up until now. Anyways, horse is in good condition. Helmet as well. Bunting is also in really good condition. All around a good deal for $6 compared to the last horse.

I also got an Adventurer's-esque minifigure. I know it's strange. In a haul that is mostly Castle-centric I got this Adventurers type of guy. But the vendor was willing to throw him into the mix and lower the prices, so instead of paying $18 for 6 minifigures, I paid $15 for 6. I got 6 for the price of 5! How could I resist? Besides, Adventurers is one of my alltime favorite theme out of all the LEGO themes, so getting another minifigure to add to my expedition is always a nice treat. Came with a clip in the back, carrying a repeating rifle and a flintlock.

So for the same price that I paid last time ($25) I managed to get one extra minifigure and one extra horse. I feel like I did better than last time.

Edited July 13, 201410 yr by Brickstarrunner

I got last year 120+ Minifigs for 80€ on a flea market.

Oh and it came 20 Horses and about 18kg of bricks with the purchase.

So prize-wise you did not that well.

But you found a nice selection there.