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Here's a question...
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Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:47:18 GMT
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(since things are plenty quiet around here :) )
So you're at a show or flea market or somewheres where there are those selling
their wares...
You happen to notice a bin/tote/garbage can/whathaveyou full of LEGO bricks.
Do you get immediately excited?--"Hey! A bin full of bricks that I have the
potential of buying!!"
Or do you sort thru said containers to see if there are any 'Wow! A piece I
haven't seen since 1972!! I just want this one piece and forget the rest!!"
Or do you say, "Ewww! used LEGO!!! Blech!!"
I'm so of the first type--I come across a bin o' LEGO at a show and it's like a
4 year old at the Christmas store--"I really really really want it!!!"
It's only lately that I start in with the 'poker face' and try to negotiate a
lower price--"I'll take that garbage can full of old brick off your hands for 60
bucks..."
I'm not that good at it yet, but I'm getting there.
On a related note, if you do get your hands of used LEGO form one of these
shows/auctions/flea markets, do you wash 'em immediately?
Think I've mentioned and/or read here before about a few pretty disgusting icky
things attached to used LEGO purchases.
Meh, goes with the territory or is that a factor in nuot purchasing used LEGO
for you?
I do find myself lately being more excited on purchasing a bin full of used LEGo
than I am at getting new sets. I love new sets, mind you--but I know what's in
the boxes. Getting a bin full of used bricks is like 'Indiana Jones' time--"Oh
look--waffle pieces!!!" (I love waffle pieces--takes me back to being a kid)
I also really love being at shows with other builders and buying a bin or two
(If I can find 'em) and having my LEGO buddies say whilst going thru 'em--"Wow!
I've never seen this piece before" and just give it to 'em.
Anyway, thoughts?
Dave K
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| (...) I would imagine that this trend will continue through the holiday season into early 2008 before you will see an increase in traffic of any significant size as people do their Christmas shopping (only 20 shopping days left till Xmas!! :^O) and (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) A Co-worker was moving, and invited me to come by and pick up some boxs of kids books. Her kids had all recently moved out. I spotted an un unopened Mindstorm 1.0 set in the piles of boxs in the garage that I was sorting thrue. The Glee factor (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) A friend of mine was shopping at a second-hand store, and told me there were some LEGO items there, including a Space Shuttle... (A Space Shutttle...hm, I don't have any of the older City-themed Shuttle sets, I thought...) I decided to check (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm definitely the #1 type. I get giddy like a school-girl (no offense to any school-girls here). I'm getting better at playing it cool and having a good poker face, but that's hard when it comes to Lego. I've bought a few collections at (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm somewhere between these two, I guess (not that this ever seems to happen to me). I look to see what's in there first before getting excited. Used lego from 2002 (say) doesn't really excite me that much. Considering that most people's (...) (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Snipped Daves buying frenzies... (...) I rarely buy used Lego anymore, mostly because I still have way too much that is unsorted currently in my collection. Most of the used pieces I did buy came from lots on ebay, some of them were worth way (...) (17 years ago, 7-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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