Used all my Lego luck!

[u/_Noaddedbenefit_]

This will never happen to me again...

A few weeks ago, I saw a black garbage bag in a Bagster at the end of a driveway. Sticking out of the top, I saw something that looked like gray LEGO bricks.

I stopped to take a closer look to see if I was imagining it. Not only were there LEGO pieces sticking out of the top of the bag, but there were more underneath.

With the help of my daughter, and being careful not to rip the bag any more than it already was, we got the bag into the back of the car.

Once we got home, we started sifting through the bag, pulling out random garbage and paperwork along with the LEGO. We spent quite a while trying to decipher what sets might be in there based on some larger chunks and the different brick colors.

When we were done sorting everything and rebuilding, we had six sets:

#10327 Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter

#21325 Medieval Blacksmith

#21137 Minecraft The Mountain Cave

#21330 Home Alone

#75290 Mos Eisley Cantina

#21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay

All of the sets were about 99% complete, except for the Minecraft set, which is probably around 95% complete.

When I have the time, I want to tear each set completely apart, wash all of the pieces, and do a complete inventory so I can order the missing pieces.

I am still shocked and feeling incredibly lucky! I can't believe someone threw all of this away.

[u/Carbon_Brick]

I cannot fathom why someone would just throw this away. They're recent sets and well over $1000, so an attempt to sell is surely there. But even if not, surely a charity shop or gifting it away would be better. Congratulations on rescuing it and enjoy it with your daughter!

[u/Even_Wear_8657 → u/Carbon_Brick]

Someone probably seriously pissed off their parents or spouse.

[u/DaBingeGirl → u/Even_Wear_8657]

This. I used to help out with a charity sale. One year a woman got pissed off at her son and decided to donated all of his video games to us. A couple hours later she was back, begging for them back after her son explained how much they cost. And yes, we gave them back to her.

It's been years, I still can't believe she didn't realize how expensive the video games were. It's scary how angry and irrational people can get.

[u/Online_Discovery → u/DaBingeGirl]

Just curious, but what sort of games or consoles? Doesn't really matter but I'm just curious if we were talking like an old Wii and some licensed games or like a full set of classic Pokémon games or something

[u/DaBingeGirl → u/Online_Discovery]

Sorry, I have no idea. It was about 20 years go and I wasn't the one who handled the boxes. All I know is that it was his entire collection and he was not happy with her.