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Re: Maiden's cart - Castle set 6023
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:44:06 GMT
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johnneal@*NoSpam*uswest.net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> 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.
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 disappointment) that was:-( <at least the motor worked>
-John
> 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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