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In lugnet.general, Benjamin Ellermann wrote:
> this question - Do sellers ever stockpile a part and just sit on it - knowing
> that it could be very valuable in the future?
I'm not a seller, but I would guess no. It seems like an easy way to get
shafted. For instance, the Stormtrooper minifig was only in one set, and ran
for higher prices, then it came out in a storyteller for less, and a few months
later you could even get those at clearance prices, so the cost on the
second-hand market dropped. If you had hoarded Stormtrooper figs on the hopes
of making a killing later, you would have lost out. Same with the first
Princess Leia fig. I've seen her listed for insane prices (I don't know if she
actually sells at those, though), because she was only in one expensive set, the
Millenium Falcon. Let's say you hoard ten of them in hopes of future profits,
and next year TLG comes out with a couple of ten dollar Death Star
storytellers--you've lost out big time.
While hoarding pieces doesn't seem to be worthwhile, hoarding unopened sets
could lead to huge profits. I'd expect that, if anything, this is where
second-hand sellers would store away some key sets for later sales.
Bruce
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