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    Give me strength... —Simon Robinson
   This is stupid. Why do I find it so hard to sell sets? I'm sitting on a 5571 Black Cat. I bought it specifically because it was reduced to clear and I thought I could probably make a few dollars by auctioning it off. It's not even my kind of Lego. I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Give me strength... —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) You think you just found it hard? I just put up 3 sets on SC and it took all evening agonizing about it... 3 lousy sets that I bought to resell, out of a thousand or more... yeesh. (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Phil Watt
      That reminds me of the bag full of Kabaya sets I brought home from Japan. I had two of each, and it took weeks before I could let the extra sets go. Every time I open a new lego box, it makes me think of the chocolate bars in the book "Charley and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Simon Denscombe
      (...) What? You nibble a small corner off a brick? :-) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Scott Edward Sanburn
      I have two sets which I could probably make money on, but they are just too cool. It's the Launch Command Plane with the shuttle on it. The number...Oh, I don't know! Oh wait, I remember now! :) (URL) to have cool sets like this again! Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) Yes, 6544 rocks. Some fairly unique pieces in it too. I had 8 at one point, sold off 2 of 3, that's about it... (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Simon Robinson
      (...) I remember getting mine in my early coming-out-of-the-dark ages days. It was August 1997 and I was delighted to pick it up from the Entertainer store, reduced to about US$25 to clear. I also recall being a bit disappointed when it actually got (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Scott Edward Sanburn
       (...) that place, and just have it controlled in my main control center in my military base. It kind of urked me as well, and I have no problem changing some obvious non-real situations the sets come with sometimes! I also hated the SAHS catalog (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Tamyra Teed
      Ok.. with all the talk of shuttles... I've got one question I haven't been able to figure out.. my friends son got a set possibly 89.. early 90's... it had a shuttle just like the one in 6339 though this shuttle sat on a large flat bed truck.. can (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Mark de Kock
      (...) Well, that's gotta be the 6346, Shuttle Launching Crew. (URL) am still looking for that one... Mark "Woosh..." de Kock (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —John DiRienzo
      Markassius wrote in message ... (...) You got the number right, Mark. That is a cool set - I got it in a large lot (of which I said I would sell the non-Castle sets) and still haven't been able to let it go. -- Have fun! John AUCTION Page (More (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Tamyra Teed
      Thanks Mark, that was the set, To bad he doesn't have the parts for it anymore :( I just needed to be sure I wasn't losing my mind and thinking of a set that wasn't real! Thanks again! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Lego addicts (was Re: Give me strength...) —Jesse Long
      Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:37B6D93D.12481D...ger.net... (...) Sounds like we have yet another lego addict. I have nearly two decades of stuff that I will never get out of the boxes again because I move every three years (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Eric Brok
     Temptations. Last year I bought a FOTY Town Airport Monorail in unopened box, with the intention to sell it someday. I already had a lot of space monorail and didn't particularly want this one too, especially given the high price. But it's hard to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —John Neal
      Uh, Eric- You could have simply bought a town figure set; a cook with a hat AND a pizza come in it... -John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Simon Robinson
      In lugnet.general, Eric Brok writes: <snip: Re 6990 Airport shuttle> (...) I don't think you'd have any trouble selling it even with missing cook's hats :) (About 5571 MT Black Cat/Giant Truck) (...) True - though on the other hand when I checked on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —John Neal
      Simon- That's not to say that *some* day those sets won't be valuable-- they will be. I just think that at this particular time everyone who has one is trying to sell it-- that supply and demand thing;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Christian Holtje
     (...) You know, you're right. I'll tell you what, I'll take it off your hands for $20...ah heck, I'm a nice guy, $30. *grin* Ciao! (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Simon Robinson
     If that offer isn't quite what you wanted, I have five rare white 2x4 basic Lego bricks that I'd be willing to swap for your used monorail set. :) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Tamyra Teed
     I've got 8 of those rare white bricks :) and I can toss in 4 other rare black ones too ;) though you'd have to put that chef hat back in to get the black! hehehe (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Adam Howard
      Oh Yeah... Well I've got 1 rare yellow 1x2 plate. And I'll even excuse the chef hat. Adam 8o) Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37B8ECE1.E53A3E...att.net... (...) outfit (...) my (...) tiny (...) unopened (...) hands (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Scott Edward Sanburn
       I have about 8 chef's hats. You can have them all :) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Tamyra Teed
      well, not to be outdone here... I've got 2 rare 1x1 black plates, 2 rare 1x1 yellow plates, 3 of those yellow 1x2 plates. and I would even excuse the chef hat :) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Scott Edward Sanburn
      OK, top this, all 20 of my Jar-Jar Bonks Minifigs! HA! (If you act now, receive a special collectors set - #0000 - 2 minifig's of Timmy) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Martin Legault
      try to match this I have a bucket full of the extremly rare 2x2 brick in red, so I could exchange a few dozen. Martin (...) receive (...) yellow (...) :) (...) monorail (...) in (...) one (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Greg Majewski
      (...) exchange (...) You CAN'T beat this: I have 1 EXTREMELY RARE minifig hand.. in YELLOW!! Greg "It has been confirmed: BURPMan gave Timmy rabies." Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) up to .off-topic.fun] (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Jeff Stembel
       (...) Try this: I have an *authentic* Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn Lego Figure! He even has his cape and lightsabre! This is a collector's item, one-of-a-kind! This figure is so rare, you'll never find him at a collector's show!!! Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Martin Legault
       I do have to admint that you barely beat me by a hand (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
     
          Re: Give me strength... —Eric Brok
       Greg Majewski wrote in message ... (...) Hmmm... is it a right one or a left one (rare) ? Eric (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: Give me strength... —Simon Robinson
     Blimey! How did you build up a collection like that???? You must have spent a fortune on it. *envy* The only reason I got 5 bricks was because I had a lucky break back in the 18th century. An old friend of mine was in danger of getting caught with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Give me strength... —John VanZwieten
    Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in message news:016501bee6d0$b1...9@simon... (...) I definitely have the same problem. Once Lego is in my hand, it's _so_ hard to let go. I found a 6285 Black Seas Barracuda (@ 85% complete) at a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Give me strength... —Mike Walsh
      John VanZwieten wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ...] (...) hard to (...) shop, (...) Keep in (...) in (...) and (...) it (...) This is exactly how I ended up with my Airport Shuttle (6399). I bought with the intention of selling or trading it (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Give me strength... —Steve Bliss
     (...) It's funny; Pirates did the same thing to me. I was totally uninterested, then I got a Red Beard's Runner cheap. I finally ended up with nearly all the current Pirate sets. They are one of the rare examples of themes were we've packed away all (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Give me strength... —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) ^^^^ What an awesome puntypo! (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
 

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