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Deadmaker wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.appraisal, Eric Joslin writes:
> > In lugnet.market.appraisal, Jennifer L. Boger writes:
> > > Some people don't collect sets for the pieces :) Like some very tiny
> > > space sets that we've seen go for over $100, because someone needed it
> > > to be complete... I'm not suggesting that's what going on here... but
> > > some people have to have 1 of every set... (like me)
> >
> > Yeah, I realise that, but in most cases when I see a set go for that much over
> > it's initial MSRP it's because there are appeals for more than one segment of
> > collectors in it: IE, there are the people who collect sets just to collect
> > them, there are people who don't care about sets and just want pieces... ah, I
> > guess that's about all you can boil it down to in the end. :D
> >
> > Anyway, I don't see any bits in this set that would appeal to part collectors.
> > Of course, I didn't go over to Brickshelf and pour over the instructions,
> > either... and there does seem to be some funny construction on the right side
> > of the building (is it just me, or are the doors on the right side at a 45
> > degree angle to the front of the building?)...
>
>
> Actually, I don't think there is anything special about that, it can be done
> with doors of that type. The stickers and the bank minifig are the rarest
> things in this set. (that is I think they are).
> -dead
Yea, when I built up the copy of the set that I have, I was impressed by
the cleverness of those doors. Definitely one of the tricks to bookmark
(hmm... has anyone thought about collecting LEGO construction tricks and
making either a book or a webpage?).
But if this set can draw that much money, I'd be real tempted to sell
mine.
FUT: lugnet.build (please change the newsgroup if you want to continue
discussing the set's value)
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