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Re: Vintage LEGO sets being sold on eBay by LEGO
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Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:59:00 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Thomas Main wrote:
   In lugnet.market.auction, Allan Bedford wrote:
   I didn’t see any other postings about this, so hopefully this isn’t old news.

I got an email from Shop At Home today with a pretty wild link in it:

http://shop.lego.com/ebay/?domainredir=www.legoshop.com&CMP=EMC-XS7701559675&HQS=html_ebayvintage

The have “opened the LEGO vaults” and put some vintage 70s sets on eBay.

Pretty cool. :)

All the best, Allan B.

I love sets from this era -- pre-minifig, lots of pieces and/or functions in every set. Usually these go for less on eBay than minifig sets. Just last year I got a lot of three small and one large 1970s sets for $30 (a bargain!!!). But people are going nuts in this auction - 10X original retail price! I hope it doesn’t drive up the cost of these sets in general (though I suppose July is a better time to look for bargains on Lego than December). People will pay a lot for a sense of nostalgia, I suppose.

-- Thomas Main thomasmain@charter.net

Looking back, I got an incredible deal for around $30:


    425 Fork Lift
17 elements, 1 figure, 1976
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Vehicle

    430 Biplane
16 elements, 0 figures, 1975
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Vehicle

    490 Mobile Crane
38 elements, 0 figures, 1975
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Vehicle

    565 Moon Landing
346 elements, 0 figures, 1975
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Enviro-Model

    585 Police Headquarters
280 elements, 4 figures, 1976
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Enviro-Model

    660 Car with 'plane transporter
0 figures, 1975
LEGO > LEGOLAND > Vehicle

    710 Wrecker with Car
89 elements, 0 figures, 1974
LEGO > Universal > Model

And this was last December. I had a truly fun Christmas experience building these. It’s a great way to reminisce about holidays past to build sets from your childhood.

-- Thomas Main thomasmain@charter.net



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(...) I love sets from this era -- pre-minifig, lots of pieces and/or functions in every set. Usually these go for less on eBay than minifig sets. Just last year I got a lot of three small and one large 1970s sets for $30 (a bargain!!!). But people (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)

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