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Re: A Question
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:48:05 GMT
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Cliff,
John Neal wrote:
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> Cliff Olson wrote:
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> > As a professional observer, I have noticed something. There seems to be a
> > large segment of the LUG that collect MISB, un-opened sets, with the intention
> > of keeping them this way. I am not trying to ruffle any feathers, just
> > genuinely curious as to why?
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> > As someone who has always lived by the creedo that an "unplayed lego" is an
> > "unhappy lego", an MISB sets I have collected always get opened. Am I missing
> > out on some greater understanding about the world of legos?
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> Well, there will always be those who collect to collect. But beyond them,
> buying and selling MISB is a way of guaranteeing condition of product. And there
> are those who buy a lot of discounted sets and sell them MISB to fund their
> habit, or part them out to either get pieces they want or make money off of an
> auction to fund their habit. There are only a handful of people who try and make
> money off of it. And if I think about it, a job dealing with LEGO day in and out
> isn't all bad;-) Rest assured, the overwhelming majority of folk here collect
> LEGO for the purpose of play:-)
I only buy a few sets and leave them unopened so that I can sell them
later to pay for the other LEGO items I buy. When you have a MISB, the
buyer knows that it has never been opened, all the parts are there, and
you get everything in the set. Some people just buy them to collect, I
try to pay off my LEGO debt. :)
Scott S.
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