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Re: TLG investigation
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 17 Feb 1999 19:54:23 GMT
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> Mike Stanley wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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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 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.
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> > > 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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