For several episodes now, I shared sets parted out from a massive bin of bricks. We looked at the bin in Episode 3. Subsequently, the bin yielded fun sets including the Imperial Flagship, Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb, and the Z-95 Headhunter. In Bargain Bricks: Episode 11, we stray from the bin. There might be a few sets left
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To celebrate May the Fourth 2022, we’ve been posting Star Wars content all week here at True North Bricks. Consequently, it is only fitting that Bargain Bricks: Episode 10 also delves into the theme once more. This week, we have a throwback all the way to 1999 and the original LEGO® Star Wars sets. We’re talking back when even Star
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Welcome back for Bargain Bricks: Episode 9. This week, I continue to part out sets from the 13.6 kg of bricks I shared in Episode 3. The bin included a number of Star Wars sets, including the topic of today’s video: Droid Escape (9490). This kit was on store shelves from 2012 through 2013. Interestingly, it contains two unique stormtroopers.
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When I was emerging from my dark ages, the City theme was taking one of its sojourns into space. I was on a tighter budget and was buying buildings to create a city at the time. Consequently, despite wanting space sets, I did not buy many. I managed to score the Spaceport on liquidation. However, I missed out on other
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I am back with Bargain Bricks: Episode 7! This week, I share the acquisition of Indiana Jones and the Lost Tomb (7621) from 2008. This set came hidden in the 30 lbs of bricks I mentioned in Episode 3. So far, the bin yielded the Sith Nightspeeder, Imperial Flagship, and Z-95 Headhunter. The giveaway for the Lost Tomb was the
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This week, we take a look at Bargain Bricks: Episode 6. I delve into my 30 pound bulk purchase from episode 3 again and part out the Z-95 Headhunter (75004). This is a Star Wars set from 2012 that includes some rare Minifigures. Two of the three characters only came in this set. As I parted out the set, I
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Welcome to Bargain Bricks: Episode 5! This week, we are continuing to search through the 30 pounds of bricks I shared in Episode 3. However, unlike last week’s sojourn into Star Wars with the Sith Nightspeeder, this week we return to Pirates (like episode one). Not only that, we are looking at the Imperial Flagship (6271), which was the whole
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In Bargain Bricks: Episode 4, we delve into the 30 lbs of LEGO® bricks from episode 3! The first set I parted out is the Sith Nightspeeder from 2011. While not really a set on my wish list, it came in the bulk lot. I have to admit, I am not a big fan of the build itself. However, the
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We have reached Bargain Bricks: Episode 3! This week, I am sharing a 30 pound bin of bricks that I bought on Facebook Marketplace for $280 CAD. I don’t normally buy bins like this because you never know what you are going to get. However, a tantalizing piece caught my eye. Among the pictures of parts advertised was one containing
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Bargain Bricks: Episode 2 is here and I am already breaking the mold a bit. When I started planning this series, the goal was to find retired sets I had missed out on from my childhood or dark ages. Last week, we looked at the Pirates Chess set, which I scored for $66 CAD. While I promise a return to
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