If you’d told me last week I’d be making two trips to Enniscorthy in two days, I’d have laughed and said, “Unlikely… unless it’s worth it.” The first trip? A gentle jaunt, the kind where you bring Nana along to show her how we bond on the road. Easygoing, understated, and more about the company than the bricks.
But the second? Oh, this was no casual stroll. This was the mother of all LEGO hauls.
The listing promised a “very large collection”, over 100 sets, 3 LEGO board games, and a ton of mini-figures. And boy, did it deliver. The sheer scale of it was almost intimidating. We’re talking six huge IKEA packing boxes, five more clear plastic storage bins of LEGO, and one pink LEGO storage box that instantly caught Rose’s eye. Within seconds of spotting it, she asked with a hopeful grin, “Can I have that when we get home?” Spoiler: she’s already claimed it.
Luke was in awe. At one point, I found him standing in the hall clutching an entire crate of LEGO like a treasure chest, waiting for me to finish verifying everything with the seller. His expression said it all, pure disbelief mixed with giddy anticipation.
And this wasn’t just bricks. Oh no. We negotiated hard but fair and ended up adding to the deal: a complete set of Harry Potter books (yes, including The Cursed Child) and a stack of board games and puzzles. Originally listed at €1,260, we settled on €1,000, a fair price considering what was hiding in those bins.
The McDonald’s Gorey Detours
Of course, no family LEGO expedition is complete without a pit stop or two. On the way down, we swung into McDonald’s in Gorey for a Happy Meal each for Luke and Rose. Fuel for the road, plus an unmissable half-hour in their playzone for the kids to burn some energy before the LEGO madness began.
On the way back, we found ourselves back in Gorey’s golden arches. This time Luke claimed a spot on the in-store tablet, deep in a game, while Rose worked her way through the arcade-style machines, winning herself a bouncy ball before diving back into the playzone. I took the chance to settle in with another large tea (4th of the trip), unpack my thoughts, and start writing this very blog post, with the sound of kids laughing in the background, the car outside groaning under the weight of the day’s haul.
The Sorting Challenge
Here’s the catch: the majority of this haul is sorted by colour, not by set. That means days, possibly weeks, of cataloguing, verifying, and rebuilding. The mini-figures have been separated into plastic bags (which helps), but matching hundreds of bricks to dozens of instruction booklets is going to be an exercise in patience and detective work.
Why the excitement? Well, if the condition matches what I’ve seen so far, the 35 or so Star Wars sets buried in here alone would be worth what I just paid. And that’s before we even count the other 65-ish sets likely in the mix. There’s potential here for a truly remarkable rebuild project, a big expansion to Rose’s LEGO Friends exhibit in our city, the kind that might keep us busy all through autumn.
It’s the kind of haul that will make a dozen future blog posts:
- The Star Wars set-by-set rebuild journey.
- The joy of discovering “lost” sets inside mixed-colour bins.
- A deep dive into the minifigure treasure trove.
- And maybe even a post dedicated solely to Rose’s pink LEGO box and what goes into it.
For now, the boxes are stacked high in the car en-route to Redmond’s Forge in Arklow, waiting to be opened like giant Christmas presents. If the first Enniscorthy trip was about family and fun, this one was about scale, strategy, and a little bit of luck.
Here’s the full master list combining every batch we’ve worked through — all values based on loose complete sets with instructions in pristine condition (no boxes) using estimated market prices.
Master Star Wars LEGO Set Valuation
| Set # | Name | Estimated Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 9491 | Geonosian Cannon | $50 |
| 7913 | Clone Trooper Battle Pack | $35 |
| 7778 | Midi-scale Millennium Falcon | $25 |
| 8099 | Midi-scale Star Destroyer | $30 |
| 8089 | Hoth Wampa Cave | $40 |
| 75017 | Duel on Geonosis | $48 |
| 75049 | Snowspeeder | $36 |
| 8083 | Rebel Trooper Battle Pack | $42 |
| 8092 | Luke’s Landspeeder | $30 |
| 75012 | BARC Speeder with Sidecar | $36 |
| 7868 | Mace Windu’s Jedi Starfighter | $42 |
| 7915 | Imperial V-wing Starfighter | $30 |
| 8014 | Clone Walker Battle Pack | $36 |
| 75000 | Clone Troopers vs. Droidekas | $24 |
| 9494 | Anakin’s Jedi Interceptor | $54 |
| 9496 | Desert Skiff | $48 |
| 9490 | Droid Escape | $42 |
| 7929 | Battle of Naboo | $36 |
| 7956 | Ewok Attack | $30 |
| 7957 | Sith Nightspeeder | $36 |
| 75141 | Kanan’s Speeder Bike | $30 |
| 9674 | Naboo Starfighter & Planet Naboo | $21 |
| 7914 | Mandalorian Battle Pack | $30 |
| 9488 | Elite Clone Trooper & Commando Droid Battle Pack | $30 |
| 75295 | Millennium Falcon Microfighter | $13 |
| 75298 | AT-AT vs. Tauntaun Microfighters | $15 |
| 30054 | AT-ST (Polybag) | $13 |
| 8028 | TIE Fighter (Polybag) | $8 |
Totals
- Number of sets: 29 where the set number was visible
- Grand Total (USD): $919
- Grand Total (EUR) (approx. at 1 USD = 0.91 EUR): €836
- Average Value per Set: $31.69 USD (~€28.80 EUR)
Sometimes lightning does strike twice, and when it does, you better have enough IKEA boxes in the car to catch it all.
