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Re: TLG investigation
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Date: 
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 19:54:23 GMT
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:

> Mike Stanley wrote:
> 
> > Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca> wrote:
> > > > 4)  Re-releasing Old Sets.
> > > 
> > > This would be cool.  Although it might reduce the value of existing vintage sets.
> > > Rereleasing in different colors doesn't seem like a particularly attractive
> > > solution to me, personally, so I don't know how they'd be able to please both
> > > sides.
> > 
> > Sorry if this offends but I don't think that anyone who HAS vintage
> > sets and honestly plans to keep them would care less if that same set
> > were rereleased in the exact same colors.  People who have old sets
> > they are sitting on in hopes of selling them for a fortune are the
> > only people who should mind seeing those sets rereleased.
> > 
> > So if those are the two "sides" of the issue I'd say one of them
> > doesn't matter, and I think most people would agree which side that
> > is.
> > 
> > Bring back some of the old classics.  I'd LOVE to see some of my
> > classic Castle sets reduced in value if that means I too can purchase
> > them in large quantities.
> 
> Actually, it doesn't matter to me personally either.  I was merely attempting to be
> sensitive to the needs of people that I would imagine are actually out there. I would
> have guessed, however, contrarary to what you are saying, that many people with
> vintage sets value the sets *because* they cannot be obtained any more.  It's not
> about making a profit, it's just about having something that not everybody else can go
> out and get themselves.  I don't know any other AFOL personally, though, so I could be
> wrong.
> 
> > > Mark

Yes, owning something rare makes it special and highly prized.  But when I look at all my
old sets, I realize that if TLG does ever make new versions of any of these old sets, it
will only be a small fraction of them, and not all old sets.  So it really won't affect me
as much as one might think.  Ditto for other old set collectors.

I say "let the flood gates open"...

Gary Istok



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(...) Actually, it doesn't matter to me personally either. I was merely attempting to be sensitive to the needs of people that I would imagine are actually out there. I would have guessed, however, contrarary to what you are saying, that many people (...) (28 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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