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Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:09:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bryan Beckwith writes:
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> LEGO as a whole is a collectable toy. A better phrase would be "collector's
> item." A toy is only a collector's item if you make it so. If you just
> want to be able to play with it, it is no longer a collector's item (at
> least not to you and by playing with it you probably removes the appeal it
> would have had to collectors). As for discarding the set a few days later,
> I admit this may happen but I like to think a quality set will introduce the
> kid into a lifetime of fascination with LEGO.
I look at it like this: there's enthusiasts, and there's collectors.
And of course there're overlaps. I consider myself an enthusiast.
My fave them being Classic Space I buy lots of it. I have this nasty
tendency of being completist with regards to these themes I'm
enthused about. But I want the sets to build, and not to sit in
a sealed box or something, which is where I differ from the extremist
collector. Unfortunately since I'd like sets in the best piece
condition I can find, I end up pitted up against the collectors in
bids for sealed sets. And it goes without saying that I get creamed.
The only place I score are sets I see for sale that are un-used, but
the boxes are totally trashed. That scares off the collectors, so
as a enthusiast I get a set with essentially mint pieces, and at a far
lower price than a MISB, for example.
So yeah, a long-winded way of saying I agree with you 100%..., it's
only a collector's item in the eyes of a collector. The original
Guarded Inn will always be highly sought by hard-core collectors,
regardless of how many knock-offs LEGO re-issues. The re-issues
are the ones the enthusiasts want to get their hands on, because
the originals cost to bleedin' much (a MISB one just closed on
eBay for about US$150). Some day down the road, collectors will
want the re-issues as well...
Jumping waaay back to the original post, I too hate it when I see
people snap up limited-availability items in large numbers from S@H
and the like, only to turn around and stick them up on eBay for
jacked-up prices. To me it's identical to scalping tickets. I've
got no problem with making profit---I've certainly made some
re-selling sets. But I make it on sets I find on sale in stores
that aren't available anymore. So I make them available to a
wider market so that people who wouldn't otherwise have access
can get at them. And I make a profit in the process. I just
don't believe in cleaning out S@H purely for the intention of
re-selling them at inflated prices.
Of course I've no specific way to prove anyone has actually
done that intentionally... ;]
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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| (...) Hate is such a strong word. I'll just get ready to Ritvik you or something. :-) (...) Galaxy What? ;-) Shame on you! Part of playing well is playing fair and when someone else has first dibs, kid or adult, they have first dibs. Shame on you (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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