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 instructions surfaced on the net around 1996.
Well, it's certainly great to finally see photos of an actual box of this
set. This is first new info about old Space stuff that I've seen in about
a year or two.
This pretty much blows the theory out of the water that this was just a
supermodel (like 6861 & 6862) of two other sets -- although it's still
highly likely that it was originally derived from 6880 & 6929.
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
(URL) LEGO SPACESHIP #1593 MISB currently standing at $1000+ - wow! Is it really that rare? Perhaps it is MISB regards lawrence (25 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
