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The ones that I got were the 760 (US version). Even though they were 1975-76
sets, I got them in 1985 at about 6 different toy clearance stores in the metro
Detroit area (about 5-7 per store). The reason that I scoured all their stores
in the Detroit area was because each set had 24 classic windows, not because I
anticipated their future value. I also picked up about 30 of the Lear Jets
(#455) at the same time.
I don't think #769 was a London Bus set. It sounds too close to #760 (a typo?).
Gary Istok
Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> Which London Bus set would you have got?
>
> I notice from a quick search on lugnet, that there are three with a picture,
> and one without. The one without a picture is 769, the rest are 313, 760,
> and 384 - I bet anyone finding sets that old would have a LOT of reasons to
> keep them MISB and auction them.
>
> Cheers ...
>
> Geoffrey Hyde
>
> Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
> news:39F7146B.26825B06@umich.edu...
> >
> >
> > 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. 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
> >
> > 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
> > retrospect I wish I hadn't, but it's too late now. Ditto for the Yellow • Castles
> > and Main Street sets.
> >
> > Gary Istok
> >
> >
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