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Re: FOTL (L:life)
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Fri, 7 Jul 2000 23:00:42 GMT
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"Selçuk Göre" <ssgore@superonline.com> wrote in message
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> I named this find like that, because this is the first and most probably
> the last find of me. It still makes me wondering, since there is no
> possibility at all for a set this old to be on the shelves of a Turkish
> toy store (especially the one with a quick inventory turnover)[1].
> The find is 8842 Backhoe Grader/JCB Excavator from 1989, in MISB
> condition for a price of 95 USD approx., in my favorite Lego Source
> which I check at least once a week. At first, I was not so happy with
> the price , but I checked and see that MISB copies went for 450 USD in
> the past..:-)
I am pretty sure you mean the 8862. The1st one of these I found (perfect
condition but no box or in instructions) cost me ~$15. I placed it in the
back of my mother's car - my sister sat on it. Sob.
A great find - it is in everyone's top 5 technic sets.
Scott A
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> It also a very great source for pneumatics with three pistons, three
> valves and a piston especially by thinking that pneumatic will be gone
> at a near future.
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> Building it was a great fun (oh..those old technic sets..), so it is not
> MISB now, as it was not for sale at any time..:-)
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> Selçuk
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> [1] Because of the high inflation rates (about 80-100 percent, till the
> last year, started to drop in last two years), if you are selling
> imported goods, the key is minimum stock. Our tax laws does not consider
> inflation as a reality so: Assume you are a seller and bought an
> imported thing at 100$ at the beginning of the year. Assume it is also
> 1000 TL at that time. At the end of the year, if you couldn't sell the
> thing, it is still in your stock and still worth 100$. But because of
> the inflation rate now it worth 2000 TL, and at the end of the year you
> have doubled your inventory in TL terms!.. Now pay for the tax for it..
> Stupid but true..:-)
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> Selçuk
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| (...) Yes, it is 8862, sorry for the mistake. It was really fun to build it and watching it functioning. Great model that incorporates both pure mechanical and pneumatics mechanisms for its functions. As you also said it is one of the sexiest sets (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I named this find like that, because this is the first and most probably the last find of me. It still makes me wondering, since there is no possibility at all for a set this old to be on the shelves of a Turkish toy store (especially the one with a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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