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| | | Hi everyone, It's been a while (about 8 months) since I've been on LUGNET -- I had to take a break from LEGO as real life took over. Now I'm easing back into it gently, trying not to spend every dime on new bricks. :) I'm sure this has been (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Pawel Nazarewicz
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| | | | | (...) Did you buy them to resell or to play with? If you bought them to resell, don't open them. If you bought them to play with, do it. It's all a matter of why you did it ... My $.02 -- Pawel (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Bianca Nebab
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| | | | | | That's good advice. I find I use eBay as a buyer to get sets I really want but can't get anywhere else or anywhere else cheaper. I use eBay as a seller to sell only sets I really don't want. If I really don't want a MISB set, it's never because I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | (...) If you bought them on eBay, it wasn't for resale. So RIP THE BOX OPEN! Now! Shred it except for the back panel with alternative models. Chew on the pieces a bit until you calm down. Now, build like crazy in a frenzied paroxysm of delight. You (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —John Carroll
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| | | | | (...) Open them, Open them. the minifigs inside are going to sofocate (spelling?) Let them out, they are lonely and want you to attach their legs so they can be complete minifigs. BTW are there any set that you wouldn't open (ie the guarded inn (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Dylan Reardon
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| | | | | Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message news:39D4F66B.D3BE01...orn.com... (...) Boy, do I know the feeling <g> I should start smoking, or something, to justify the amount of spending I do - spread the "wasting" of money (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Bradley Dale
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| | | | (...) LEGO doesn't really fade in the light, but it does yellow. I had a Pizza To Go that I left near a sunny window for a couple years- now I have tan bricks, almost indistinguisable from authentic tan bricks, with white pizzeria lettering! (The (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) Go (...) with (...) Blue bricks will also yellow. I have also seen very discolored red bricks. As far as opening sets up. I buy to play. I just opened a 1977 set the other day (664 TV crew, bought for the black cowboy hat, and other parts). (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Bradley Dale
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| | | | (...) What do they look like? More brown than normal blue? The discoloured red bricks I've read about have been described as maroon, but I have never experienced this, just discoloured white and pink so far. How bad can LEGO get? Like, if a white (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: To open, or not to open. That is the question. —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) The blue bricks really do have a yellow cast to them, not a brownish cast. Another interesting difference is that they go together a lot tighter. I'm not sure the limit of how bad white LEGO can discolor, but it definitely can get the color of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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