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Re: New Chrome Castle Sets
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 6 Sep 2000 04:56:38 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Walsh writes:
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> <Kabaya like set availability noted>
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> Noted. but doesn't dilute my argument which was general, not specific to
> Kabaya...
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> > I personally like having the selected availability in different parts of the
> > world. It brings out the bartering part of this hobby and I enjoy that
> > aspect quite a bit. If everything were available everywhere than it would
> > purely be a matter of money to get any set. With various promo or limited
> > release sets we have to be a little more creative to obtain some of the hard
> > to find sets.
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> Strangely enough, I don't like it.
I have to agree that I don't particularly like it. It is probably somewhat
good for those who regularly travel widely (especially internationally), but
what generally results is that if I am interested in some set or another, I
have to pay a significant premium for it (even if all that premium is is
shipping from Europe).
I wouldn't object as much if the sets were just re-packaging of otherwise
available sets, or were sets which weren't extra desireable because of certain
parts (either only available in those sets, or only available in large sets
for parts you want lots of).
I have done somewhat well on some limited availability sets because I was
willing to pay (I got 4 sets of the Shell promos [the Select Shop etc. series]
because I was willing to buy that many sets which made the shipping more
reasonable). I've also picked up many of the small sets which have shown up in
the US (for some reason Food Lion is a good source of these, they also had the
small Ninja set with the princess and the small Adventurers set with Gail
Storm, along with a few other sets) in hopes of trading for other sets, but
have only done one or two trades of these sets.
Frank
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Walsh writes: <Kabaya like set availability noted> Noted. but doesn't dilute my argument which was general, not specific to Kabaya... (...) Strangely enough, I don't like it. I take advantage of it when I can, but I'd (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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