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Re: Boxes, are they worth keeping?
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Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:30:07 GMT
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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
other stuff that the boxes just had to go - this doesn't make for a lot of room
either: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3057
ROSCO
In lugnet.loc.au, Adam Wood writes:
> 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.
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> "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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| Just to conclude this discussion, I have taken the first steps to Box Space Recovery. I have admitted I am a Box Hoarder, and have now thrown out all my Harry Potter boxes. Well, all the ones I found before the garbage truck came this morning; the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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