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Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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Tue, 22 Feb 2000 02:42:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Kevin Loch wrote:
> > Isn't it rare for an old set to have exactly the pieces that came in
> > the original box?
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> Right, unless it's shrinkwrapped. But the question is, should it have
> pieces that are from the same era? That is, pieces that COULD have been,
> but for the luck of the draw, in the box originally?
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> The most purist among us will admit it's impossible to verify that a
> used set has exactly the pieces it left Billund with, but Gary Istok,
> for example, could spot anachronistic pieces with not too much trouble.
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> And I would argue that the most purist among us would in fact want the
> set to be reconstructed from correct era pieces. Not me, I don't care, I
> just want all the pieces to be there.
Well put. I agree that you would expect (but not necesseraly require)
parts from the same era. This brings up an interesting question.
I got an 8860 real cheap from ebay, with many common parts missing.
I rebuilt it with the parts provided plus brand new parts from my collection.
Most of the parts provided were in poor shape. Would it be better
to build the 8860 from all new parts except for the rare ones? It would
certainly run and display better. Has anyone done this? Do you feel guilty?
KL
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| You are hurting my brain. (...) It depends. Better in what sense? I would use new parts if it was for me so I could play with it. I would use correct era parts, even dinged up ones, if it was for sale and I wanted to be as authentic as possible. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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| (...) There haven't been many changes in common pieces, but they are there. Recently sold some of my "old" legos. 1x? pieces had no posts inside. Just because they are recognizably old, I'm not sure that that would increase their value. (...) Only (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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