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Re: Boxes, are they worth keeping?
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Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:51:28 GMT
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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
news:GMF493.Jx3@lugnet.com...
> 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.
>
> --
> 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.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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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| I *do* have 3 b'rooms all to myself (though they're not huge). I manage to confine my Lego to 2 of them, plus the lounge, but they're so cluttered up with (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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