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Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:33:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Michael Huffman wrote:
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I, for one, would welcome Lego re-releasing the Yellow Castle... I’d like to
have a whole classic knight army, with flip-up visors. :) And I would also
welcome Lego to re-release classic sets in classic colors if possible... I’m
still not adjusting too well to blay..
But I honestly don’t see this happening... Eventhough Lego re-released the
Guarded Inn #6067, one in MISB is still bring very good money on BL... and the
re-release #10000 MISB is bringing prices 5x-6x what it originally sold for.
Same goes for the Black Falcon’s Fortress #6074/#10039. The sets deprciated
in the short run -- for a few years that the new sets where in production --
but after that they recovered it’s collector value. And we know that Lego
won’t keep a set in production for longer than a few years... lately, they
don’t seem to be able to keep them in stock longer than a few months...
And for as much as I hate the Star Wars re-release of the Snowspeeder
#7130/#4500, I think the original one will retain its value because of the
color change and the original one was better designed, IMO... I know this
isn’t the example you had in mind, but it serves a similar point...
I don’t know how much ‘insider trading’ knowledge actually gains you in the
long run. We suspect that 9V line will be no more after a few years, given
the current trends with the Lego company; even with that kind of knowledge it
would be hard to ‘corner the market’ so to speak...
--Mike
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Today an opened 6067 complete with box, insert, and instructions sold for $124
on eBay. Guarded Inn’s have not regained their previous value completely but
“collector quality” mib and misb versions are still worth a lot.
Many people may not be aware that Jan Beyer said no new Castle Legends sets were
being planned. Please check this post on Classic-Castle:
http://www.classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7341 Originally I was
skeptical of this information but I have not learned anything to the contrary.
I was disappointed and started a Legends poll on CC as well:
http://www.classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7342 The possibility of
Ambassadors abusing Legend knowledge is unlikely if classic sets will no longer
be re-released. Ambassadors are here to serve the needs of fans and LEGO
instead of our own pocketbooks.
Ben Ellermann
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| Hi Ben, I believe the original germ of the idea of ~abuse~ was just a HYPOTHETICAL example. NO ONE has claimed that abuse has happened. In lugnet.general, Benjamin Ellermann wrote: snip (...) :) <--- notice this (cough) (cough) Swamberg(1) (cough) (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I, for one, would welcome Lego re-releasing the Yellow Castle... I'd like to have a whole classic knight army, with flip-up visors. :) And I would also welcome Lego to re-release classic sets in classic colors if possible... I'm still not (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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