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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:58:36 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Sean Harrington writes:
> As for being able to buy all of the necessary parts and instructions for
> hard-to-find kits, I'm both happy and sad. I'm happy in that great kits like
> the Airtech Claw Rig (8868) would be, in essence, available new again at a
> rate
> MUCH less than the currently going price of US$300 on eBay. I'm sad, however
> that this will hurt eBay Lego trading of older kits. Personally, I buy to
> build, not to collect or for an investment, so I would just as soon buy a
> custom kit from Lego S@H for an 8868 at around US$140 than I would buy it
> original for US$300 on eBay.
If you do buy sets purely to build with, why does the eBay market getting hurt
make you sad?
I buy sets only to build with, and hurting the eBay market makes me neither
happy nor sad. The only thing I see in it is that I can finally buy sets and
pieces that I want at a price that cuts out the middleman, and therefore is as
inexpensive as possible. Especially considering that I would theoretically be
able to design a "set" that had only the pieces in it that I wanted/needed,
elminating the need to buy a large set for a handful of pieces.
And I'll let you in on a secret: Collectors will always find something to
collect. Let's say I want a Metroliner and a Club car (which, at times, I
have- but not at current prices). In this Utopia we're all imagining is
coming, I can go online and "create" the Metroliner, and buy it from LEGO. But
I won't get the box, or the original instructions, or anything. And that is
what the collectors will go after, leaving people who just want the bricks for
building, like you and me, to just buy the bricks. It will create two totally
seperate markets, instead of one shared one.
eric
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 | | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| Just keep a good watch on ebay, especially ebay.de. I managed to pick up a Metroliner, Club Car, 4539, extra circle of track, 10 extra straight track sections, and 2 track switches. No boxes, but all instructions. Cost? $160 SHIPPED from Germany to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) I guess, because I attribute my newly re-acquired AFOL status to being able to get the sets I missed on eBay. Now that I can afford them, I'm glad that eBay exists, and that people still trade MISB kits. On the other hand, you're also right, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) If they would even issue PDFs of the stickers so that they were scaled properly, that would be awesome. I'd print them out myself on the color printer and use them. The custom generator for the Silver Champion stickers doesn't work at all: (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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