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Re: FOTY - Xmas in July
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:43:28 GMT
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[this should be FUT'ed to somewhere else, but I'm just briefly jumping in,
someone else can take the ng-management lead]
In lugnet.trains, richard marchetti wrote:
> You can't date bricks, you can't match up the bricks from a particular set --
Good point. There was a very nice discussion about 'what is the soul of a
set?' some time ago.
> ultimately, they are not very good as a collectable because anyone with the
> few specialized pieces can put together a Guarded Inn with other bricks added
> in and PRETEND that it should command a fortune for its rarity (FS: Guarded
> Inn without box or instructions $250). Pfah! What nonsense!
Guarded Inn is possibly a bad example (I won't/can't say definitely, I
don't have the set). It includes a number of pieces which are not only
*unusual* or *rare*, but very unique. The only way to build up a Guarded
Inn is to get all the unique pieces, and add the more-common element. The
most likely way to get the rare/unique pieces is to take them out of an
existing Guarded Inn. And that defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
> Enjoy it, build with it, take pictures of it, tell stories with it -- but in
> the end remember: It's just plastic bits, folks!
double-plus agree.
Steve
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 | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July
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| (...) Well, you can date bricks to some degree. I have some bricks that I know are from the 60s because they're CA. (...) The uniqueness factor certainly is a good point. I just hope the owners of the parts for three incomplete Guarded Inns (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July
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| Richard: (...) This turns out to be mostly not true. You can indeed date bricks, not precisely to the day they were molded but the more common elements have went through many variations. Ask Gary Istok, one of the experts in this area, or root (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July
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| (...) Nope, sorry. I'm gonna keep it right here. (...) For the fun of it? To irritate you? But no, actually I don't believe in collecting -- only in building. Collecting is only for those without imagination. I recently asked someone else what the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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