The deals I've stumbled upon

 Every afol knows that feeling when you see clearance lego.  You double check your eyes, you think how can I pay for this without debt.

As in the book "oh the places you'll go" by Dr. Suess...(my version)

"Congratulations, today is your day

Legos are on clearance today

you have boxes in your hands and walk quickly in your shoes

You can pick whichever self checkout you use" (and then argue with the cashier when it comes up regular Price

Reference pages 1-2 for "Oh the places you'll go" by Dr. Suess 

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In the case of used lego, you get so excited you forget 50% are tyco or mega blocks but you look past thinking well 50% lego is ok.  It's so bad, you justify buying even 5% lego.  Thrift stores sell ziploc bags that have about 20 lego pieces interspersed with weird plastic toy pieces or barbie accessories but you don't care how weird it looks because there is one of your favorite piece in there....

Well these are the sets that gave me a natural high when I saw it...

Initially I started collecting legos in 2000ish with a flea market find.  Then in 2003 I really got hooked again.  Here's some of my greatest deals:  pics below show multiple sets I bought in a single lot for $400

All of the above for $400!

TECHNICally i asked for a JOINT in 1984

 Ok, as a kid in the 70s and 80s, the technic lines symbolized being smart, being older and wiser and buying more expensive sets.  I've mentioned before how they were always at the back of the catalog and always out of reach except at Christmas maybe...

Yes I put a later chassis version in here

But when I put together my only technic set I built, I was fascinated by the rack and pinion steering made possible by the universal joints.  I think that part symbolized being so smart if you could figure out how to make a car with it...so I had built my only technic model

When I built that truck, I thought I was the smartest, so I thought I'd move on to the big stuff, the universal joint....and the only place I knew I could get that at an affordable price...the lego mail order service!!!

 

A little piece of lego history!

And then via the mail it came, my own real universal joint...the reality is I was never smart enough to hook it to some rods and move it around...I'll be smart enough some day...

Ironically 2 years ago someone made an artificial knee with universal joints as a main component...the person asked me if I knew what a universal joint was and I had to chuckle...yeah I know but could I make or use something with it...heck no!