Only bought stuff at two yard sales today but what I did find was completely unexpected. In a random box of toy cars, I spotted a Barnyard Commandos vehicle, then a Ghostbusters vehicle, followed by a box of random figures and parts, and then another one. I combined them and bought the whole lot for $5.
I had the Barnyard Commandos Pork-a-Pult until recently selling it along with the few figures from the line I had as a kid, and since regretted it. I was never a huge fan of the line and only had a few pieces but looking back, it was kind of awesome. The catapult isn't complete but it's in good condition, pretty much just missing the bathtub launcher.
I also had the Ghostbusters helicopter and sold it, along with the rest of my Ghostbusters, quite a few years ago when I needed money. It's one of the few lines I don't regret getting rid of, I know you'll want to kick my ass for saying it, but I was into Filmation's Ghostbusters much more, the one with the ape and Prime Evil. Unfortunately, I sold those as well and really regret it. The helicopter isn't complete and I'll probably sell it off with some other random parts and figures I still have from the line.
In the boxes were a bunch of random things, including some vintage Ninja Turtles. I got a naked Splinter, missing a hand, a headless Foot Soldier, as well as Casey Jones's leg. Aside from the obvious, they're actually in good condition, never should have gotten rid of my TMNT collection.
Almost busted a nut when I found an Action Masters Transformer in there, his leg was detached but I was able to easily pop it back on. Again, you'll probably want to kick my ass for it, but that's my favorite Transformers line. The figure turned out to be Autobot Rad, one I did not have as a kid.
There were a few CORPS figures and pieces along with one GI Joe upper half, one of the twins, not sure if it's Tamox or Xamot. I had them both as a kid and even kept their broken bodies for years when their rubber bands broke, before I knew I could fix them. I sold them during my poor years after college in a lot of broken Joes and regretted it like crazy as soon as I found out how easy it is to fix them. So many good figures, gone.
Possibly the best and rarest find of the box came in a figure from a 1982 series I'd never heard of,
Dragon Riders Of The
Styx. The Demon Flyer is missing half of one of his legs, from the knee down, if he had that part he'd be worth about $40. I'll have to research the line a little because he looks awesome and I just might keep him. I love the bad guys and I'd say he looks like the leader of the bad guys.
Tons of other random pieces in there, some 90s X-Men parts, a New Kids On The Block marble, some vintage cars from the 70s including a Johnny Lightning, some Pez dispensers, a GUTS figure, which I had a couple of as a kid and knew right away he was part of that series, a WWE Wrestlemania 2000 folding chair, some early 90s Power Rangers role play pieces, WWE ring skirt, all sorts of cool things, mostly from the early 90s.
At another yard sale, I picked up a couple Ninja Turtles from the 2002 line, Mike and Raph. I already have them, after finding all four Turtles complete a little while back at Salvation Army for $1 a piece. I paid $4 for these two, who do have their weapons. I'll keep one set and sell the others, this was a really cool line that I missed at the time as I was graduating high school and just getting back into collecting toys. Damn that Masters Of The Universe 200x line, they were so cool I just had to get back into toys and haven't looked back since.
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