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Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:50:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Allan Bedford writes:
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> > This may sound a bit snotty, so I apologize in advance. But I honestly feel
> > this way:
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> I hope you don't take my response as snotty either. It's meant to illustrate
> a point...
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> > If you never open it, how can you have any fun with it?
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> It's way easy to have fun with a MISB set.
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> I have a MISB 4558. I have lots of other 4558s... so many that I can build
> whatever I might want to build, so I'm not missing the use of the pieces in
> that particular 4558. But that particular 4558 is the VERY FIRST LOT that
> Serious Collector (a great auction site run by a good friend and fan, no
> longer in operation, which I miss dearly (the site, not the friend)).
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> I have fun telling the story (at the many fests, club meetings, and just
> friendly get togethers that I participate in, and I participate in a LOT) of
> how I got it and of what it means to me, and I have fun looking at it
> without ever needing to open it up and play with it. I have fun knowing that
> it's a special set. Opening it would destroy that. If someday after my
> demise one of my great grandchildren decides to open it, great.
>
> I have an unopened Airport Shuttle with an interesting provenance as well,
> and I have an unopened Message Intercept Base with a *very* interesting
> provenance (it came to me from the South Pacific!!! of all the places!!! ).
> I'm probably never going to open them. Don't need to open them to get lots
> and lots of enjoyment out of having them.
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> > I personally can't imagine not opening any LEGO set I buy. I don't own any
> > unopened sets, that would feel too much like collecting. I guess I've
> > always seen LEGO as a participation hobby. :)
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> I think that's a fine viewpoint.
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> Just not the only viewpoint. I'm as participatory as the next guy but I
> still have MISB sets in my collection. And yes, I have a "collection"... of
> sets, of parts and of unsorted piles of things that need attention.
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> To each his own. I open MOST of my sets but not all. I'm not trying to be
> snotty, just to show that there are other reasons to do things. And maybe
> just maybe, even holding on to things as an investment can be seen as a
> hobby in its own right (not a very prudent one, mind you)...
>
> The point:
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> So don't take it as snotty but there's nothing wrong with collecting if
> that's what you enjoy doing. This hobby has lots of ways to enjoy, and we
> should cheer each other on, whatever the ways, even if we don't personally
> want to do them.
<snip>
> It's not for sure but it's sure the way I'd bet based on what I've heard and
> inferred. It shouldn't be TOO long anyway.
Well, I should have waited for you to post yours, because I just wrote the
same basic message. I agree completely with this sentiment, even though
I only have 2.5 4558's, and none of them are MISB, and a mostly "complete"
6399 Airport Shuttle....obviously not MISB. These are a ton of fun, and
I'd hate for someone to have just an MISB set just to collect it....
I especially enjoy monorail stuff. (I did have a MISB??? monorail expansion
set, 6349, with the cool monorail points, but opened it completely to
try out the points....) :)
I do have a handfull ??? of unopened sets, some of which I only have one of...
:( but I also can smile in that I have gotten that set, and in the case of
the Sante Fe (if I don't open it) can give it away later in life to a
possible family member who I know will appreciate it a lot more than any
seller or collector. I am really not in the business of selling lego.
Most of the stuff I sell (not get rid of) is largely excess. (Case in Point:
5 metroliner cabs, when I will use 2 on the train system....maybe 0 (who
knows), and a couple for some mocs......again I don't really know at this
point.
Besides, at the moment I am more into the traditional MOC building anyways.
I want to finish a downtown core setting in 4 years or less. And hopefully
by then, Shop @ Home will have upgraded its bulk selection.
sorry for the rant, and slightly boring personal anecdotes...
Benjamin Medinets
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| (...) I hope you don't take my response as snotty either. It's meant to illustrate a point... (...) It's way easy to have fun with a MISB set. I have a MISB 4558. I have lots of other 4558s... so many that I can build whatever I might want to build, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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