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Re: MISBI Lego Price Guide available NOW!
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:56:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brendan Coughlin writes:
> Hi Steve and all!
> I think that this is a WONDERFUL source for Lego collectors or for those who
> want to start collecting. I think the only thing that I would like to know
> is why it has to be just MISB or MIB sets? Why can't it be any set
> regardless if it's boxed or not? Yeah, it would take a lot of time to get
> going, but that would be just as, if not more, valuable. Anyone could go
> and look up the set and see how much it was worth with or without box. That
> way you could see the large price difference.
If we take December 2002 as an example, there were approx 34,000 listings in
the Lego category. Searching through the headings for keywords such as
"MISB", "MIB", "UNOPENED" etc is straightforward and produces reliable
results, whilst removing the need to examine the listing details to
ascertain the nature of the item. We can safely assume that sets described
in the manner above are of a consistent and measurable standard ie "new".
Of the 34,000 lots last month, 26,000 were not readily identifiable as "new"
so would therefore require the full description to be checked to find out if
pieces are damaged/missing, if instructions/box are included etc. Once this
has been done, you would have to "grade" the CONDITION to at least a few
levels such as good, fair & poor. Then element COMPLETENESS would have to
be graded to at least complete/incomplete. Then there's
box/instructions/stickers...you get the idea. There is no simple definition
of "used" and therefore no means to arrive at a worthwhile valuation. I
have seen suggested grading systems which would work, but only if all
sellers used the system in their listings - realistically, it's never going
to happen.
> And if there is no record of
> a set that should say something about the set as well. When I typed in some
> set numbers, nothing came up at all. There should be a page that says
> something like eBay has no record of that Lego and include a picture or
> something along those lines. I was just waiting for a few moments for
> something to show up until I noticed my wavy flag in the top right corner
> was not moving. :-)
Guilty as charged! You're quite right, it's not difficult to do, so I fixed
it immediately. Thanks for bringing it up.
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> Doesn't Bricklink have a feature where you can see what the highest, lowest,
> and average price is for past sets that were put up? Of course some have
> never been on Bricklink, but still. I have sets that I have never seen (or
> have seen no more than once) on eBay or Bricklink so I get the impression
> they're worth SOMETHING, right? :-)
I guess that you'll be checking the MISBI Monthly Report on a regular basis
then, 'cos everything's bound to end up in there eventually :)
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| (...) Well-- I don't think I'd expect an exact price-per-condition guide. IE if I have a complete 6980 with decent pieces and a ratty 6080 that's missing some stuff, I could still guestimate given ranges. So if I see that 30 Non-MISB 6980's have (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi Steve and all! (...) I think that this is a WONDERFUL source for Lego collectors or for those who want to start collecting. I think the only thing that I would like to know is why it has to be just MISB or MIB sets? Why can't it be any set (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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