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Re: Who had the 5571 Inventory?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:21:18 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.CHEM.stopspammersTULANE.EDU
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d'Oh!!!!!!
Simon Robinson wrote:
> Unless of course Lego rereleases it due to popular demand from lugnet ... :)
>
> You realise of course that your mentioning the set made me go and look it
> up on lugnet. Which made me think 'wow - that is a cool set - I want it'.
> Which will of course probably drive the price up even higher <grin>
>
> Simon
> http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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> > So, what you saying is that I will never be able to get my 7740 (pout)? I • better
> > start saving now.
> > Chris
> >
> > Todd Lehman wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.general, cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu (Christopher Masi) writes:
> > > > I'll go even further than saying the probelm is caused by the lack of bulk
> > > > bricks. The bottom would fall out of the market for Metroliner's, Club • Cars
> > > > (I have seen these go for >$300!!!!), and Airport Shuttles and the like if
> > > > LEGO would make good sets. It is really that simple; if there is good • stuff
> > > > to buy the demand for the old stuff will drop. [...]
> > >
> > > I dunno.
> > >
> > > Call me crazy, but I think the prices on things like the Metroliner would
> > > go ***UP*** (not down) if LEGO made more "good sets." The more "good
> > > sets" there are in a theme, the more people want to collect that theme.
> > > The more people want to collect a theme, the higher the prices go.
> > >
> > > It's the same thing with Forestmen versus Dark Forest... When Dark Forest
> > > came out, people were saying, "Ah, this'll be great for people who want to
> > > buy old Forestmen sets -- because many people will be happy with Dark
> > > Forest instead." But look what happened -- people saw how cool Dark
> > > Forest was, and then they saw that Forestmen was as good or better -- and
> > > prices on Forestmen sets didn't drop (maybe even went up, as might be
> > > expected). Once you're Dark Forest-complete, the next thing you want to
> > > be is Forestmen-complete.
> > >
> > > My $.02 :)
> > >
> > > --Todd
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| Was: RE: Who had the 5571 Inventory? I just got my 5571 last week and it was not only a very cool and detailed model, but a lot of fun to modify! I made it into a very cool RC Truck by adding a steering motor and a motor to the rear wheel carriage. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I'll go even further than saying the probelm is caused by the lack of bulk bricks. The bottom would fall out of the market for Metroliner's, Club Cars (I have seen these go for >$300!!!!), and Airport Shuttles and the like if LEGO would make (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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