Subject:
|
Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
|
Date:
|
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:38:15 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1412 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote:
> K, how many people right here in our very group can build this set with the
> pieces they have in their collection?
I never had that gate. I REALLY wanted that gate as a kid. Oh wait...I do...I
have a Metroliner. I think it's in white.
> If you want someone to pay 400 bucks for what could be amassed on Bricklink
> (sans box) for a fraction of that price--well, then you're a person that is just
> a money grubbing fiend.
Well, some people want collectable stuff. It's a complete set. There's something to be said for a set of, a collection (key word) of, intact, all same vintage, objects. Even if you put it out of spare parts, it's not the same.
Now, it's a strange sentiment that's foreign to me. I don't get collectors, and
I find scalping distasteful.
But it's like saying I want a real Gucci bag or a real Rolex watch: A fake
one's probably 95% just as good, operationally. All the parts are there. It
tells time. But it's not "real" and it's not "true". So people pay for the
real thing. And there will always be people who will take advantage of that. I
suppose that's par for the course.
> I would love to see a day when TLC would just drop a few 'old' sets on the
> market just to screw with these people.
Ah! But that's not what these people are collecting: They want the original
real thing. That itself is not duplicatable.
Calum
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
Message is in Reply To:
33 Messages in This Thread:
   
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
