Not so great flea market finds...
Hey a while ago I posted about all the good stuff I have been getting at the fleamarkets but after today I have realised something. For every deal I find im finding like... two to three times that amount in disapointment.
Went today, for example. On two diffrent tables I saw this.
One had a vintage AT-ST and an Imperial Shuttel model kit as well as a Charger car kit and a prowler kit. I opened up the cars first, prowler was in good condition everything sealed, so I bought it for 4$... the others though...
like most car kits the other had been started, painted and glued poorly, thrown in the box and was being resold...
The star wars kits were even worse, the AT-ST was half put together the other half missing, and the Shuttle had half of a B17 kit, literally half, just one half of the fuselage a few hunks of shuttle, and instructions...
On another table I thought I had found something good. Two WWII Us Halftrack kits and two car kits. I opened the car kit, same as before, poor construction job and tried to resell.
The halftracks... One was alright... was ALMOST there, just missing part of the body, was cut out of the sprue, probably lost, then stuck back into the box and tried to sell to trick someone I suppose...
The other was like the car and the box also contained a bunch of unrelated junk parts. All in the guise of a complete kit.
The last thing was a sealed ATM car kit, nothing fancy, something I wouldn't pay more then 5$ for at the flea market. I ask he says "20$ but it goes for 35$ when its new" I just had to stare at him for a few moments before walking away laughing.
I swear the fleamarkets, while great for cheap kits, is like... a mass grave for kits that didnt go to good owners...