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Re: Give me strength...
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:22:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Brok writes:
<snip: Re 6990 Airport shuttle>
> A couple of weeks ago I was in search of a few white cooks hats, to outfit
> some Napoleontic cavalery. To my surprise I found only one or two in my
> collection. So I actually opened up the $200+ monorail set to get one tiny
> cooks hat out, thereby waiving the perspective of selling it as unopened
> box - and probably selling it at all...
I don't think you'd have any trouble selling it even with missing cook's
hats :)
(About 5571 MT Black Cat/Giant Truck)
> BTW, I wouldn't recommend anyone selling their only Black Cat. It's a gem
> and a milestone. The 1999 MT Truck is less.
True - though on the other hand when I checked on ebay, it typically sold for
between $130 and $150, which is only about the same as it's retail price in the
UK - which kinda suggests to me that it's not generally prized as much as you
might have expected. I'm currently thinking of breaking it up, following a
suggestion
from John Neal. Then I can keep the few bricks from it I want.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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| 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)
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| | Re: Give me strength...
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| 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)
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