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Re: Supply and demand
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:03:25 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > True collectors will always want the original thing.
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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 think that Lego tends to appeal more to "users" than
> "collectors"
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> > 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.
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> Well, I would imagine that if LEGO rereleased 4558, the only thing that might
> still command a good price would be MISB sets.
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> Hey LEGO - Rerelease 4558 Metroliner so that we can test our theory. ;)
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 station..
That way the sets would be cheaper thus more people would buy them!
Mother: hmmmn Pat really wants a lego train...I could get him/er this Engine
and passenger car for $40.00 and maybe a bit of track...
Why buy individual sets that can cost over $100.00 and only get what TLG (LC?)
wants you to get?.......
Why not release Large sets as seperate sets?
Erin
--
in a recent poll 79% of minifigs said that the HOG tracked the mud.
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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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)
| | | Re: Supply and demand
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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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| (...) 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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