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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Dan Jezek writes:
> On another note, I find it interesting and amusing that some people collect
> old sealed vintage sets and then never open them :-) I can't see any other
> reason in having a bunch of sealed sets sitting on a shelf other than with
> the intent of reselling them in the future when they go up in value. Could
> there be any other satisfaction in having sealed sets? Maybe the thought of
> one day opening them or just the idea that I can rattle the box and look at
> the old pieces still shiny and new after so many years in their original
> baggies through plastic molding?
I once opened a set that had been 25 years in the shrinkwrap. What a rush
that was. I currently have a number of older unopened sets and some of them
I will be letting my kids (or grandkids) open, once they are old enough to
appreciate why it was a rush to open a 25 year old set and handle the bricks
for the first time since it was packed...
So, no, don't keep *all* your sets unopened! But if everyone opened ALL
their sets right away there would be less OLD sets to open, if you see what
I mean.
I'd set FUT somewhere else but I'm not sure where...
++Lar
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| (...) It also cuts the other way... I recently opened a factory sealed 12 volt train motor (7865) which could be 20 years old, only to find that the rubber gaskets for the wheels had hardened so much that they crumbled in my hands. What a rush (of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) I know the feeling..... when I got those 35 London Bus sets back in the 1980's, I opened every single set! (Ouch!!!) I ripped off the shrink wrap of every single one of them, and sorted all the pieces (there were 840 classic windows!) In (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) That information is confidential and can only be disclosed by the shop owner if they choose to do so. It is good to check the feedback rating but then feedback can be posted for both selling and buying. On another note, I find it interesting (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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