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Re: Why the Star Wars license isn't always good for builders
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Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:39:21 GMT
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Wow,
That’s quite a rant. As a MOC’er, and not a collector, I will say that I
agree with you that it is terribly frustrating to find that some pieces are so
incredibly expensive or rare, whether due to Star Wars associations or rarity of
piece. It really is pretty rediculous.
An example: When I was at Brickworld it seemed crazy to see dealers selling
minifigs from current edition sets. I stopped and did some quick figures and
found several examples of situations where you could buy the whole set a few
miles away at a LEGO store for what these dealers were charging for just the
figures from the set!
As for set collectors, maybe those who are “hoarding” sets will make a fortune,
maybe not. Obviously those who are selling relatively soon after the sets become
unavialable are making a profit, so there is some history to justify this kind
of investment.
Regardless, I think the answer to your dillema is to accept that the adult LEGO
hobby has become a fairly established, expensive mostly upper-income hobby, and
like nearly all such hobbies, it attracts more than it’s share of collectors and
dealers.
As an asside, I think Bricklink and Ebay have made acquiring most LEGO parts so
easy, that it’s easy to feel a sense of undeserved entitlement that makes folks
believe that they should have easy, relatively affordable access to all parts in
the LEGO catalog.
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