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| In lugnet.lego, Ronald Borchert wrote: [snip] (...) When I first read your comment, I was shocked. Then awed, then disgusted. Your reaction is exactly the kind that makes me sick. Buying up large quantities of a "rare" set just to make money on them (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego) !
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| (...) Hi, very poor try of irony, Larry, you normaly write better ones ;-) To make a serious theme out of this: It's for sure a good deal for TLC when Mearsk wanted them to re-release the ship. But that they now decided to make the same model again (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| <snip> (...) <more snippage> I agree somewhat, yes another run does "flood" the market more with sets, however, if you are truly diligent with your MISB sets, I'm sure in 25 to 30 years, a Maersk Sealand will reach a fine price in the after-market, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| OMG, just about everything off the first post in this thread is so lame. First, Jake, thank you for the update. I'd been kind of wondering actually. Also, thank you for telling us the story in detail. Where so many other official releases would just (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| (...) And it appears that many a Lego fan has requested the grays to remain the same. Of course there was no choice. Perhaps all those in favor of keeping the old grays have less pull than Maersk. Seems there's no problem producing Maersk blue again (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Um, because their big and important customer asked them to do so, and paid for the pellets specifically to produce this particular set, not so you, John Neal can have your fantasy GP38s in a color scheme never seen on a GP38 in the wild(and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Sorry for two replies here to the same post. (...) Maybe. Wouldn't bother me too much. (...) I have more sympathy for wanting multiple copies of the set for parts than I do for those that want to buy it up, not caring about it as a set, and resell (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Irrelevant. TLC made a promise. They are willfully breaking that promise. (...) Perhaps, but that still doesn't change the fact that TLC is purposefully breaking their word. And unnecessarily so. Why not use the extra Maersk blue pellets for a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) No. I've never said that. In fact I myself have sold sets above MSRP. Just not while they were still on sale from S@H, while hiding that fact from my ebay buyers, or while trying to corner the market, or while giving the false impression that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| (...) Larry I can recall only one...Precious Princess in particular, and having more than the limit of 5 is what I find disturbing about that. I think Johannes is right...many people probably WERE hooked by the prospect of getting a Rare and Limited (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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