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Re: Supply and demand
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:47:31 GMT
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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?
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 Bloggs can buy the re-pro cheap... but then finds out all he has
is a re-pro... he then wants the original!
Does the fact that Sgt Pepper can be had on CD, influence the fact the the
original LP version is much sought? Does the fact that I can buy oliver twist at
my local book shop for UKP1 (~$1.65) mean I can get a first edition for that
price?
True collectors will always want the original thing.
I bought a 4558 for $190 last week. The only reason I paid that is that I 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.
Scott A
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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)
| | | Re: Supply and demand
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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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| (...) 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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