Oddest thing you found in a bin of Lego

[jivejong]

Hi, everyone. I'm new to this board, appreciate all the knowledge present here.

 

In addition to collecting sets, I used to buy bins of Lego from Craigslist until the wife had enough of that.

Anyway, one of the things my son and I like about the bins is treasure hunting and seeing what cool stuff we can find. But, sometimes we find some unusual things in the Lego bin. Here's some interesting things we've found

 

- Old Pok

[ISO8T0]

omg!

 

I think this thread can now be locked. Anyone here would be hard pressed to list more alarming items than baby teeth....

[jbacunn]

omg!

 

I think this thread can now be locked. Anyone here would be hard pressed to list more alarming items than baby teeth....

 

Adult teeth? 

[Frank Brickowski]

This is why I never buy anything used. No matter what it is. Never. There's just too many disgusting people out there imo to buy from. Sorry, just telling like it is.

Edited November 14, 2014 by rfish

[DaMano]

I have also bought some bins of used Lego in the past.

What I, unfortunately, found was:

- Mega Bloks 

- cat hairs

- Mini figs with the hands, arms and legs removed

- painted pieces of Lego

...

Putting them in the dishwasher (in a silk bag or similar) is usually a minimum before you can touch them 

[Guest TabbyBoy]

I can't understand why some people bother with disgusting, filthy, tooth-marked, used Lego .  You don't know who's orifices those pieces have been in or what diseases they had.  I'd rather buy a used toilet seat!  Even buying stuff on eBay with pet hairs (or pubes) under the clear packing tape is bad enough that I've seen sometimes.

 

Buying a job lot of Lego with a mint condition brick would be unexpected and...... odd.

[jivejong]

For the 'custom pieces', if they are colored with permanent marker, you can remove it by coloring over it with a dry erase marker and erasing it. Depending on the piece, you can make it look like it was never customized.

[ISO8T0]

My wife bought two 3 gallon ziplock bags full of random legos at a childrens consignment sale this year. My son and I went through the lot and found the most unusual pieces/colors etc then used Brickset to source the pieces and we found this in the bunch:

It was a fun build. That's whats fun about buying random used legos. Discovering what sets are hidden in the mix.

[jaisonline]

Anyone else find odd things when buying a bin of Lego?

 

Megabloks

[feed]

Nothing all that exciting

[Neosphinx]

I have also bought some bins of used Lego in the past.

What I, unfortunately, found was:

- Mega Bloks 

- cat hairs

- Mini figs with the hands, arms and legs removed

- painted pieces of Lego

...

Putting them in the dishwasher (in a silk bag or similar) is usually a minimum before you can touch them 

Sorry bout that, I really needed an opaque 1x6 brick and my cat used to think my collection of 1x1 studs was its litterbox.

[Migration]

I've found most of the above, just not the teeth. I've also found jars of loose change and, once processed, many thousands of $$$.

My favorite odd find was a pair of Benchmade knives, one I sold for more than I paid for the lot, the other I still use.