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| Cliff Olson wrote in message ... (...) a (...) not (...) Actually, it will be interesting to look at the market a year from now. Right now, there is (was) a wide variety of older MISB sets available for MSRP or less. Many of these are being put on (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) buying (...) I know that when i do buy complete sets (it does happen, honest) that I prefer to buy them MISB. They DO NOT stay that way though, as the whole purpose in having LEGO is to build something out of it! :) The reason that I prefer (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| My guess is that the vast majority of MISB Lego being bought these days is opened by the buy soon after they receive it. In many cases I believe it's a case of the collectors of yesterday cashing in big on the builders of today. :) "Troy Cefaratti" (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) From my limited experience buying / selling sets, most of the people who buy are LEGO enthusiasts (I prefer to call myself a LEGO extremist! :) ) I am sure that some people that do collect, but for the most part, when I buy / sell a MISB, I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Troy Cefaratti (<FoyFMu.E30@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:05:32 (...) Exactly. When I buy a new toy, I like it to be new. This is an expensive fetish, but the joy from opening those bags is very similar to new car smell. I have large (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have to agree with this. I can't imagine a used Lego set being as much fun as a MISB one. Not only is the joy of opening bags the same as new car smell, it's also all part of the fun. There's just something about opening up each bag, hearing (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Very astute obs... the Fitness Programme of TLG/C is providing us a once in a lifetime opportunity. I expect never again to see this many older sets surface in such a short span of time. I mean, 300 blue hoppers? Who'd have thought? (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <388FC884.D5160B49@v...er.net>... (...) And of course all of this combined with a maturity of the online community to be able to quickly distribute all these sets. Having only been part of the online LEGO community (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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