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Re: Boxes, are they worth keeping?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 7 Nov 2001 06:59:22 GMT
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Yeah, i keep 1 copy of each box, (Usually flattened)
the rest get thrown out...
They just take up to much space...And space is at a premium in the LEGO
room.
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Jason King
LugNet #665
Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3BE88213.64496D6C@mindspring.com...
> Kerry Raymond wrote:
> >
> > 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, sufficient to justify their
> > occupation of space in my house?
> >
> > Do boxes significantly contribute to resale value of a set? If so, do • they
> > have a value on their own (without the set)?
>
> They can contribute to the resale value of a set, however, almost every
> single set out there sells for more as parts. Of course many of the
> boxes can be sold by themselves.
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> > If I was going to get rid of some boxes, which could go and which should • be
> > retained?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
>
> I have been doing a box purge. I have finally settled on keeping one
> copy of each box, plus any boxes which have alternate models pictured
> (for which there are no instructions in the instruction book), I'm
> cutting out the alternate model pictures from a 2nd copy of the box. My
> older boxes I will be keeping for the near future, but in the end, I'll
> probably purge many of those.
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> When I first started the purge, I managed to sell a few boxes, but it
> didn't turn out to really be worth it. I needed to clear space quickly
> (that initial purge was to limit myself to four copies of each box).
>
> Frank
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| Geeesss... Don't I just love having a 3bdrm house (with lockup waterproof shed) to myself. Lego (and boxes) everywhere. :0P~~~ Mind I could do with a few more display shelves. "Jason King" <jklugnet665@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) They can contribute to the resale value of a set, however, almost every single set out there sells for more as parts. Of course many of the boxes can be sold by themselves. (...) I have been doing a box purge. I have finally settled on keeping (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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