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Gino A. Melone wrote:
> In article <39003220.5E4926CE@inwave.com>, icestorm@inwave.com wrote:
> > I can understand concerns about hoarders and gougers, but collectors'
> > interests should figure into the equation too. I'd love to be able to get
> > more Blacktron I minfigs, but I don't want them popping up reducing the
> > value of the originals. Maybe a >slightly< modified fig would be OK,
> > something to distinguish originals from re-issues, but I still see many in
> > the public being gouged on Ebay buy some sellers who would push the
> > re-issues as "old" and "rare".
> Personally, I'd like to see all of the rarest pieces duplicated
> perfectly in enormous mass. My NLS is into Barbie Dolls. The gouging and
> fabricated-"rare" stuff is all over the place. And Mattel does all sorts
> of things which make it easy to distinguish old from new. With Mattel it
> is more of not having a need for consistency. Subtle changes from one
> line to the next are made without a second thought. One of the great
> things about TLG is the incredible consistency over the years. Since they
> started using ABS, it is almost impossible to distinguish a black 2x4 made
> last week from one made decades ago. This is one of the reasons that LEGO
> collecting has remained so friendly. Even with the recent influx of AFOL
> because of Star Wars, LEGO collecting is still a pretty friendly place.
> Hang out on any doll-collecting group/board for a while and you'll see
> what an unpleasent market can look like.
>
> The only thing that makes a Guarded Inn unique is that one flag (I
> think). When you buy a used GI, you have no idea how old the rest of the
> bricks are. That is one of the best things about LEGO collecting. I have
> hundreds of sets. I don't have a single one of them intact. However, I
> could rip apart my walker for the beams and rebuild my SuperCar (the real
> one :-) any time I want. It would be virtually impossible for me to end
> up with exactly the same bricks going into it as came in the original
> packaging. I like it that way.
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> If TLG starts catering to maintaining the collector value of certain
> items, we might as well start giving our money to Mattel.
>
> Later,
> Gino A...
As someone who has a large collection of rare pieces, I am totally in agreement
with mass producing them. I won't be hurt, because buying more of them means
that I will now be able to build grander and more detailed buildings. Yeah I
have 42 steep slope corners in yellow, 140 regular slope (outside) corners in
blue, etc, but I am not selling any of these anyway. So if they are suddenly no
longer worth $10 each or more, then I won't be sad, because now I can buy
hundreds more.
The sellers are the ones who will not be helped by this. But I only buy, not
sell.
Gary Istok
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