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Re: 10152 Update: What has TLC to do to bring YOU up against them?
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lugnet.lego
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Wed, 22 Dec 2004 03:43:49 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Ronald Borchert wrote:
> You (and not only you in person) seem to think that anybody who buys sets to
> store them MISB are people who just wait for the day the worth doubles or
> triples.
> Why do you all think so?
Because they are the only one that would be negatively affected by this so
called "collectibility" of this set, now that it is not so rare.
> So please think about this (maybe for you new) type of collector, who just
> collects things for collecting and not for making money.
I know tons of those, generally from the anime toy fandom. Some of them buy two
of each action figures - one for display and one for storage. I am very familiar
with those limited-on-purpose bull shit from those anime toy companies.
> But a Maerk-Set? With maerskblue bricks? Rare because limited? Only 10,000 on
> sale? Buy it immediately before they are gone. Or should I wait until I can buy
> it from one of the party you are fed up?
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> So please try to understand collectors who are very annoyed about this Maersk
> Theme. I think, I wouldn't have bought this set if I had known that it is normal
> blay set, ok some rare parts in it, which could be bought anytime later and is
> produced in the big ammounts like every other set.
Nope it is still limited. And even if it become generally available like other
sets, what do you loss? The bragging right of having a rare set? Did you max
out your credit card to buy the ships and still paying the interest?
> The best comparison is what Ben said about the limited Santa Fé:
> What would you have thought about Lego as a company when they had done another
> run of auctions with number 1-10?
It is not valid. Limited Santa Fe was limited on purpose, the ship was limited
by available material. There is no serial number or "limited" stickers on the
ships box. They were not lying when the ship had limited availibility because
of limited material. I guess when LEGO decide to make more of this set the
so-called "limited" status never registered into their mind.
I am just glad that LEGO is not really getting into this limited release scams
like other companies. The gambling toy (bionical masks) is bad enough already.
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