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Re: Boxes, are they worth keeping?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:10:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> Since emerging from my Dark Ages, I have saved all of my Lego boxes,
> although the contents end up in my parts drawers.
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> However, I am now drowning in boxes, and clearly some/all must go. My
> questions are:
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> Do boxes really have a significant value, sufficient to justify their
> occupation of space in my house?
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> Do boxes significantly contribute to resale value of a set? If so, do they
> have a value on their own (without the set)?
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> If I was going to get rid of some boxes, which could go and which should be
> retained?
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> Obviously, Lego boxes range from the simple cardboard cubes with glued-down
> flaps to the deluxe boxes with display lids, internal structure etc. And my
> boxes vary in quality; some (especially the ones with glued-down flaps) have
> sustained damage during opening. Others are more pristine.
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> Also, it could be argued if I don't intend to sell the sets I buy (and I am
> not an active seller), the boxes have no value whatsoever. Nonetheless I am
> interested in what everyone else does with regard to boxes?
Hi Kerry,
I used to keep all my boxes. I recently realised they're just taking up
valuable brick-space, and did a major purge. I've kept the plastic insides from
my Silver Champ - it's useful when building new sets, you can open each bag &
empty each one into a different "bucket". And I've kept my really old boxes,
mostly for nostalgia, but also a couple of the old Technic accessory packs
actually had a photo of the set inventory on the outside.
I'm also not an active seller, though I'm just setting up a Brickbay shop, and
will be selling soon. If the boxes do have value, tough, I've decided it's not
worth the space.
YMMV
ROSCO
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| Yeah, I gotta go with Rosco on this one. I generally keep only boxes that have importance to me for some reason. Even then, I break them down flat. I don't keep more than two copies of any literature (although I keep extras on hand to wrap cash in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Since emerging from my Dark Ages, I have saved all of my Lego boxes, although the contents end up in my parts drawers. However, I am now drowning in boxes, and clearly some/all must go. My questions are: Do boxes really have a significant value, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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