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Greetings! I have saved most of the boxes from sets I have purchased new, but now I am running out of room. I'm not exactly sure why I saved them in the first place. I don't want to get rid of them if there is a logical reason to save them. What do (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Hoard them like gold!
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(...) Trust me on that, any used set you're trying to sell will see its value increased by a good 40% solely because of the box, even in bad shape. If you have the boxes of sets 6335, 1496 and 1497, I will buy them from you immediately! Boxes are (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Should I Save the Boxes?
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(...) Good evening Dan, At first I saved boxes. Then once my collection started to grow, in order to save room, I just saved the alternate models/ideas panel of the box (usually the back of the box.) Now after 300+ sets I don't even save the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Hoard them like gold!
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(...) I would tend to disagree. My perception from when I was heavily bidding on eBay was that a box has only a small effect on set value (discounting MISB sets here). The way I saw it, the primary reasons a box increased value was: 1. the set may (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Should I Save the Boxes?
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(...) Well from all the sets I got as a child, I don't have any boxes left. Right now I only save old boxes (pre-1995 for me) as well as boxes of specific themes I really collect. I am about Adventurers-complete, so I save all those boxes. Same for (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Why would anyone want to sell a used LEGO set? :) Seriously, to offer another point of view... I have many of the boxes and instructions from my childhood sets. Some of these are now more than 27 years old. However, many of those sets also (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Should I Save the Boxes?
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(...) I had non of my pre-dark ages boxes when I finnaly emerged from my slumber. When I started bying new sets I saved all the boxes on the attic. Later I realized they take a lot of room so I decided to cut them up and store them flat. All boxes (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Should I Save the Boxes?
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(...) I'm do the as you. I break down all the boxes that I can and store them flat. I really don't know why I keep them, as I never intend to sell my collection either. I think it's partly sentimentality and partly my just being a packrat, unwilling (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Bwah? I swear, I'm literate. "I do the same as you" is what I was trying to say. Adrian (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) And you are even a native speaker... /Tobbe (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.storage)
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