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(...) trouble is I dont think people are thinking demand and supply. The reason people are willing to pay so much, is because they are not available. If they were freely available, then they would not be in so much demand. Evidence is that when they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I think the question is also "what is a set worth?". There are very few people on the planet who would pay even $100 for a used 4558. Just because AFOL's do, are they really worth that? Or is what they go for at local charity shops and garage sales (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) people on (...) are (...) garage (...) How about what you can get for them after the Y2K apocalypse occurs? = ) No, really -- I think the garage sale is the true guage of the price. If they are sold to the masses, then we should go by the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Garage sale prices should NEVER be assumed to have anything to do with the true "value". The value is always what people will pay for an item, given reasonably complete knowledge of the market. eBay prices are perhaps some of the closest to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Hmm. I agree that re-releasing old sets would make the bottom drop out of the reseller market, but I don't necessarily think that it would mean LEGO would suddenly sell gazillions of them. I mean, we all hunt dilligently for the sale, right? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) My mother is a antique/collectable dealer. Many porcelain manufactures occasionally re-release older models (from the original molds) and date them accordingly. These have the effect of actually increasing the price of the original, as Joe (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I would posit that 90% of the time, the people buying old Lego sets aren't "true collectors". Most AFOL's don't collect things to say they have them, they collect so that they can build more stuff. I'm sure there are people who do both, but I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) <snip> How do you REALLY know that you have an old brick versus a new brick. I think Lego is not quite the same thing as old vinyl -- whose disk and cover can be verified often by dates right on the labels and so forth. (...) My point exactly, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) know (...) or (...) Why doesn't TLG (LC?) release the Metroliner not as a set but as seperate sets! e.g 4xxx Front engine, 4xxx Passenger car, 4xxx baggage car, 4xxx Sleeping car, 4xxx Observation car, 4xxx double engine, 4xxx Train Link (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Honestly, I don't think LEGO will re-release old sets... Most people won't know that "set A" on the shelf is actually "4558 from 1991." Therefore, there's not much of a point for LEGO to do something like that. There may be others, but is 2150 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) know that if I ever bored with it, I can sell it on to some other fool for more or less the same price... I do not really think it is worth $190. (...) You are a fool to think that it has a value of $190. Really, it has a value of whatever (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) They already missed the golden opportunity to rerelease sets - they could have rereleased the best of the classic space sets as "20th anniversary sets." The parents who were 8 years old when they first played with those sets would want to buy (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) What a brilliant idea! Even better, why not just sell the parts you can't get from some sets? Example: Tudor Walls and corners in red and yellow, Guarded Inn signs, Old castle Babes, a 1x3 red arch, etc. You get the idea... We can fill in the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) That's a *great* idea! And make a set of the basic oval-track and transformer as well, so peole can buy that if they need it. (...) LOL! Steve (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) There were also the Celebration Truck and Legoland CA Truck sets. Same model, different colors (and stickers). True S@H exclusives -- I don't think Canada even got these. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) it (...) The Celebration truck (2148) first appeared in Europe, so it isn't truly a S@H exclusive, but AFAIK, it was pretty rare in Europe, only sold with the truck tour. The LLC truck (3442) is US S@H only, AFAIK (and it's a REALLY nice set (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) sets! (...) Well lets just hope with this new Lego Direct, the idea will become reality. (...) Don't they already have that? Erin -- In a recent poll 36% of minifigs said that a large BURP came out of a Coca Cola drink. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Canada S@H has both these trucks (2148 and 3442) so neither are US exclusive. Of course Canadian S@H is closing down Dec 17th. Kevin (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) What, shutting down? Is the Canadian S@H shutting down for good? Why??? I give them so much business! :) Bryan (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) It's being amalgamated with S@H US, and a whole bunch of other stuff and getting called LEGO Direct(1). The bottom line for us is that we now call the same number as US folks. James (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Just the oval and transformer (and wires and wall wart)? I don't think so... You can buy all the various pieces, but not as a single unit. Steve (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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