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  WHAT THE F@#$%??!?!?!
 
What's up with this set!?!?!??!??! HOW IS IT WORTH THAT MUCH!!!...!!! (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)  
 
  Re: WHAT THE...
 
I've seen it go for about $100 before... seems that it's not auctioned that frequently either... maybe that's why? (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
 
  Re: WHAT THE...
 
(...) No, I still don't get it. I can't see an pieces in it that aren't available elsewhere.... eric (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
 
  Re: WHAT THE F@#$%??!?!?!
 
(...) not worth that much to me as much as I would like to add it to my collection. But I can think of a few reasons why someone would be willing to pay such a high amount for such a simple but somewhat rare set (in the US). 1. Some people just have (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
 
  Re: WHAT THE...
 
Some people don't collect sets for the pieces :) Like some very tiny space sets that we've seen go for over $100, because someone needed it to be complete... I'm not suggesting that's what going on here... but some people have to have 1 of every (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
 
  Re: WHAT THE...
 
(...) Yeah, I realise that, but in most cases when I see a set go for that much over it's initial MSRP it's because there are appeals for more than one segment of collectors in it: IE, there are the people who collect sets just to collect them, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
 
  Re: WHAT THE...
 
(...) Actually, I don't think there is anything special about that, it can be done with doors of that type. The stickers and the bank minifig are the rarest things in this set. (that is I think they are). -dead (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
 
  Building Tips (was Re: WHAT THE...)
 
(...) Yea, when I built up the copy of the set that I have, I was impressed by the cleverness of those doors. Definitely one of the tricks to bookmark (hmm... has anyone thought about collecting LEGO construction tricks and making either a book or a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build)

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