In lugnet.castle, James Howse writes: [Snipped a lot!] (...) I was following this "essay" pretty well up until this close. I don't catch your point. You seem to be saying that LEGO has re-released a particular set because of eBay prices to make tons (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
(...) If a set sells on Ebay, LEGO(company) isn't making money from it. But if it's being sold as a set, LEGO(company) can (and has) rerelease exactly the same set for a lower price and hence get a slice of the market real cheap. So suddenly all the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
(...) I don't think you will find many collectors/completists diving to go after this set. They want the original because age still matters. The people spending the most on this set are the ones who want the pieces to build with---they're the ones (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
