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you guys noticed this auction? - Wow! —Lawrence Wilkes

(URL) LEGO SPACESHIP #1593 MISB currently standing at $1000+ - wow! Is it really that rare? Perhaps it is MISB regards lawrence (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)

Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow! —Richard Marchetti

(...) Ridiculous. --Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)

Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow! —Mark Morgan

(...) I can build it for cheaper!!! Isn't it the one that was only thought to exist as plans that you build from other sets? It doesn't even have a name. I saw it at $350 and thought of posting here then! I think it's the last box Dave (JotandJab) (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow! —Dave Lovelace

(...) Yep... (...) Last year when I was complete, I still needed a few boxes....6806, 6807, and a few little non-US sets like 1694 and 1954. Then I sold a bunch of stuff to patch up some financial ruin, but now I'm back on track and trying to get (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow! —Alan Demlow

This is a fine week for auctions of extreme rarities; there's also a MISB 7750 up over on ebay.de: (URL) at DM1657 (~$800) but certain to go (ridiculously) higher by the time it ends. Sit back and watch the fun! Alan (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Todd Lehman

(...) It's that rare, ya! I could see it going to $2000 or more if someone had pockets that deep. Just the instructions alone are incredibly rare, and the box is...well, we've never even seen a box before. Scans and color photocopies of the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

1593 building challenge (was: Re: 1593 box photos!) —Todd Lehman

(...) Hmm, hmmmm, hmmmmmmm... This actually shouldn't be too hard to verify. Has anyone ever done this before?-- Using instructions from 6880 and 6929, collect together a pile of pieces that are used to build each of those sets. Then, using that (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Peter White

(...) As a model, it doesn't look that attractive, but then I like some Classic Space and dislike some Classic Space (a blasphemous opinion, I know). The box certainly looks immaculate. (...) What is the story of these supermodel instructions. Were (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Jason J. Railton

(...) I remember a Classic Space set that you could only get by saving tokens from packs of washing powder in the UK (not my mum's regular brand unfortunately). It certainly wasn't shown in the catalogue at the time - this 1593 may well have been (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Ben Le Foe

(...) I do indeed remember the special offer sets (I think that there were two space sets), as it was my mum's washing powder - Persil to be exact. However, this set doesn't ring a bell. I have often meant to look out for somewhere on the web which (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Steve Burge

And while we're on the subject - what's the story with the (URL) ? I've never seen it in a UK catalog (Not sure if I've seen it in a US catalog either...) Steve (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Jason J. Railton

(...) If you look down the list of Classic Space sets on Lugnet, you'll find several that never made it to the UK. The bubble packs of two space minifigs are another example. Hopefully TLC have put regionalisation like this behind them for good (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Steve Burge

(...) trains (...) Cool - thanks for that. I managed to get the box for the set in a trade, so I'm trying to recreate the set. Managed everything apart from the 5 Grey space stands and the Trans. Green bricks / canopy slope - although IMHO it looks (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Jason J. Railton

(...) Were they smaller sets? I'm pretty sure that the offer I saw was just the one fairly large set, and you had to collect several tokens and then pay a large proportion of what you'd expect to pay in a shop for a set of this size. The spaceship (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Jon D. Hayward

(...) #1592 Castle Town Square. Hmmm... Set number pattern forming here??? Just Jono .oo (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Todd Lehman

(...) Oooh -- interesting! (URL) me wonder if there was a 1594 and 1595. --Todd (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Dave Lovelace

(...) I was going to make a 1594 Space Station using the parts from 6930 and 6890, and post "scans" for April Fools. So much for that joke. Besides, the hate that I would have received would be...staggering? --Dave (jot and jab) xxx...xxx (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Maybe re: this set, we can goad John (who posts on LUGnet regularly) to tell us something about it once he has it in hand? That's an amazing set, one I'd surely never seen before. best LFB (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Dave Lovelace

(...) John's the king...he got the sealed 6806 and 6807, too, I believe. He would have been able to get it for $1200 or so (about five bucks over my max) were it not for some no-namer who dropped a $2222 bid at the last minute. John's original bid (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —John York

First I have to apologize to Dave for outbidding him. I hated doing that, but with the rest of my collection nearly complete, I had to get this set. As most of us know how rare this set is, I doubt that we'll ever see another one...with that said I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Todd Lehman

(...) Dang, wow. Did he say when (what year) he bought it? --Todd (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —John York

I believe he just bought it a couple weeks ago!!! (...) was (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Todd Lehman

(...) Egad -- he may get stuck with short-term capital gains taxes. :) Not a bad problem to have with that kind of a gain, though. :) --Todd (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Jason J. Railton

Great news for collectors of Classic Space, and indeed any other themes: (URL) J Railton (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Maggie Cambron

(...) (URL) to the bottom of the page.) Maggie C. (trying to decide whether to 'fess up about my harrowing caffeine addiction) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Mark Morgan

(...) Isn't this article about 10 days early? Mark (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Hey, every monthly magazine on the market is a whole month and a half early, why can't the Onion be ten days ahead? ;) best LFB (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Scott Edward Sanburn

To All, (...) Well, both Black & Veatch and Cleanweb filtered out this site. What is the summary of this? Secondly, what is on there that would make this site filterable (Keep in mind LUGNET's usage policy, of course!) Scott S. -- Personal Page: (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Clark Stephens

Scott, The story is a parody making fun of the collectible market. It states that everything currently manufactured is instantly collectible & gives values for some things, including the lint in your pocket. It also parodies the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —George Haberberger

(...) Scott, Theonion is filtered at my workplace, though I don't know what web filter is being used. I imagine it's for the humor, which can be raunchy at times. Somewhat akin to National Lampoon, when it was funny. George (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Scott Sanburn

George & All, (...) Ah, I see. Hmm.. It is just like Cleanweb, they filtered official gun makers websites as well. Lovely service. Anyway, thanks for the info! Scott S. -- (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) You can always go check the site of Senator Dick Armey, who is one of the staunchest proponents of censorware...oh, wait. His site is blocked out by all known filter programs. ;) There's a site devoted to censorware foibles, including a high (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Scott Sanburn

Lindsey, (...) Tit for tat. B&V does not block his site. I am sure I can get on it with cleanweb as well. Anyway, I know a few liberals that love censorship as well, like Libermann (SP?), for instance, where I disagree with some of the conservative (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Lieberman is a conservative. Why he is in the Democratic party is beyond me. Bruce (23 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Interesting response. I wasn't trying to be political (thus why I didn't identify Armey by party or state). But I went to Armey because, at one time, he was having problems with censorware blindly blocking him. (Apparently it's been fixed, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

(...) This censorship topic reminds me of something that my mom told me about a couple of weeks ago; it seems that she was listening to AM talk radio at some unusual hour, and found a program devoted to cigar enthusiasts - as its often fun to listen (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Censoring Unpopular Speech? (Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!)) —James Simpson

In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Simpson writes: Forgive my bad etiquette in replying to my own post, but I neglected to set FUT to debate. james (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Censoring Unpopular Speech? (Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!)) —Dave Schuler

(...) Out of curiosity, were the warnings broadcast by government decree or by voluntary (perhaps preemptive) participation of the station? (...) Maybe it should have played continuously on a looping subliminal track! 8^) Seriously, I would think (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Censoring Unpopular Speech? (Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!)) —James Simpson

(...) Whether the warning was mandatory or voluntary, I do not know; assuming it was voluntary, it was a) because of government strong-arming, or b) because of private-interest strong-arming. (...) Point well-taken. People who engage in dangerous (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Bob Parker

(...) That's an interesting method of bidding - picking the maximum bid amount to be the same as the set number. Thank goodness this set wasn't numbered in the 6000's! - Bob (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Ben Le Foe

(...) 1592... Yup, that's the one! :) Ben (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: 1593 box photos! (was: Re: you guys noticed this auction? - Wow!) —Will Vale

Hi all, Sorry - this ought to be a proper de-lurk, but I'm in the thick of work at the moment. However, I couldn't resist confirming your suspicions... I'm certain that I got this set from a Persil offer (must be Persil since that was my family's (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Jason J. Railton

(...) You couldn't put it together and bring it down to Gosport on the 28th April could you? Can anyone else do one of these? Mark - what about you? I'm going to try and rebuild my Space Transporter (v2) and Mercury Crawler this weekend, then see if (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Chris Dee

(...) I have managed to construct a copy of the main 1593 spaceship from spares and the brickshelf intructions (except I've had to substitute the grey webbed dish with a white one). I'll bring it to Gosport - if anyone has a spare grey webbed dish (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Mark Morgan

(...) One recent lot of second hand Lego I bought had two large inverse trans blue slopes, two white one trans yellow and one grey. It was advertised as space lego, but when I got there I realised he was selling loads of lots separately (train, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Jason J. Railton

(...) Any luck yet? I can lend you a spare web dish and probably do another land vehicle, apart from a few grey arm segments and the wrist/scoop bucket attachment on one side. Anyone else got a spare? And can you do the antenna box too? I had to get (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Chris Dee

(...) dish (...) webbed (...) I have a webbed dish now, thanks, and have done the land vehicle, but with some black arm segments instead of grey. I'll try to complete the antenna box this weekend. Chris (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Scott Arthur

(...) While you are grubbing about in your spare parts tubs, I just thought I'd mention that I bought one of these sets just last week - MISB(!). The chap I bought it from had four - they are all sold now. I can't say what I paid for it as there is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Chris Dee

(...) and (...) some (...) No luck with the antenna box, I'm afraid - I dont have any spare white tails fins. Chris (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

Re: Space Models for South Coast Lego Fest (was Re: 1593 box photos!) —Will Vale

"Jason J. Railton" <j.j.railton@cwcom.net> wrote in message news:GAAFnM.11z@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) I'm afraid it's pretty unlikely. I daren't commit to anything in April for fear that our project is going to overrun somewhat while the last bugs (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Wow! - even more Wow! —Lawrence Wilkes

"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G9z3CK.H60@lugnet.com... (...) I see it closed at $2,247 Guess someone in Rochdale is very happy this morning regards loz (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)