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kev1974 said:
Lego properly played everyone with 41999. 20,000 sets were made, they bigged up that it was a "limited edition", instantly sending 19,000 of them to ebay. I reckon only about 272 of the sets have ever been actually constructed 
Actually, I think people thought they were playing Lego. A few people have made a quick buck, but Lego is for building...Podie said:
kev1974 said:
Lego properly played everyone with 41999. 20,000 sets were made, they bigged up that it was a "limited edition", instantly sending 19,000 of them to ebay. I reckon only about 272 of the sets have ever been actually constructed
Actually, I think people thought they were playing Lego. A few people have made a quick buck, but Lego is for building...
I agree,but i did buy two built one a kept the other unopened,but unfortunately not the best Technic model..! The crane is far superior IMO....!I've mentioned this before in the other Lego thread but I do have my doubts about Lego as an investment now that every man and his dog is at it. Sure, when Lego wasn't quite as popular amongst adults and the original Lego Star Wars stuff came out in limited numbers I can see them having value today but a lot of the more recent stuff I'm sceptical about. Take the Grand Emporium for example, it's been available for fours years at this point and if you look at the brickpicker forums you will see posters claiming to have hoarded 30, 40 or 50 each with the intention to flip them once it's been retired.
Oakey said:
I've mentioned this before in the other Lego thread but I do have my doubts about Lego as an investment now that every man and his dog is at it. Sure, when Lego wasn't quite as popular amongst adults and the original Lego Star Wars stuff came out in limited numbers I can see them having value today but a lot of the more recent stuff I'm sceptical about. Take the Grand Emporium for example, it's been available for fours years at this point and if you look at the brickpicker forums you will see posters claiming to have hoarded 30, 40 or 50 each with the intention to flip them once it's been retired.
Indeed. And I don't see anything that would stop Lego re-releasing Tah Mahal / Eiffel Tower / Market Street etc one day (sorry to mention non-technic sets!) should they need a quick buck. Bit different for 41999 Technic Crawler where they sold it as a limited edition but even if they did release some more, not a lot that anyone could do about it. It's not like limited edition art prints where the artist would be risking their further career by increasing an edition.Oakey said:
I've mentioned this before in the other Lego thread but I do have my doubts about Lego as an investment now that every man and his dog is at it. Sure, when Lego wasn't quite as popular amongst adults and the original Lego Star Wars stuff came out in limited numbers I can see them having value today but a lot of the more recent stuff I'm sceptical about. Take the Grand Emporium for example, it's been available for fours years at this point and if you look at the brickpicker forums you will see posters claiming to have hoarded 30, 40 or 50 each with the intention to flip them once it's been retired.
Agreed. In terms of Technic, its the older larger sets 9e.g. 8258) that people want now.
I'm having a clearout prior to moving house and have 2 rescue helicopters(9396) for sale, one built, one sealed in the box. Also a recovery truck, 8109 which has been built. Both the built ones were bought new by me and all the instructions/bags etc are there as well as the boxes. The built ones can be dismantled for postage or picked up from Edinburgh.
Welcome to offers from on here to avoid ebay fees...
Welcome to offers from on here to avoid ebay fees...
Edited by dome on Saturday 5th April 14:41
dome said:
I'm having a clearout prior to moving house and have 2 rescue helicopters(9396) for sale, one built, one sealed in the box. Also a recovery truck, 8109 which has been built. Both the built ones were bought new by me and all the instructions/bags etc are there as well as the boxes. The built ones can be dismantled for postage or picked up from Edinburgh.
Welcome to offers from on here to avoid ebay fees...
Hmm, laddie loved the fast jet I got him for Christmas, what sort of price would a sealed rescue chopper go for?Welcome to offers from on here to avoid ebay fees...
Edited by dome on Saturday 5th April 14:41
Just realised my FiL used to work at John Lewis, he gets 25% off some items and 10% off others, asked him what he gets off Lego - 25% RESULT!! you cant stock pile it or they get annoyed and cut the deal but I can buy one of everything - got the Cruiser today for £87 !!! I sense a spending spree coming on.
ThunderSpook said:
What would the going rate for an 8070 supercar be if I wanted to sell it?
It would appear there's one on the Bay with a bid of £50. No box, but with power functions (don't know if that's standard).Then there are two others on there with a few days to run that do have the box (all be it in bad nick) which are less than a £5 (£8'ish postage though).
The £50 one must have been the starting bid, which is why it's high, the current winner may now be kicking themselves looking at the prices of the other two.
Where are you (I'm in Hampshire too, near Pompey)? I may be interested in taking it off your hands, depending on what you're after.
AshVX220 said:
ThunderSpook said:
What would the going rate for an 8070 supercar be if I wanted to sell it?
It would appear there's one on the Bay with a bid of £50. No box, but with power functions (don't know if that's standard).Then there are two others on there with a few days to run that do have the box (all be it in bad nick) which are less than a £5 (£8'ish postage though).
The £50 one must have been the starting bid, which is why it's high, the current winner may now be kicking themselves looking at the prices of the other two.
Where are you (I'm in Hampshire too, near Pompey)? I may be interested in taking it off your hands, depending on what you're after.
never any point looking at ebay to determine lego prices from auctions that are still in progress, as they almost always always always see all their action in the last two minutes of the auction.
"Completed Items" search for "lego 8070" shows a whole range of prices with quite a few going for £53 plus £10-ish postage, a lot around £75, a few around £105. A lot unsold at more than that. I didn't look into what state these were in but generally with lego they mostly fall into "built once/twice, instructions but no box", "built once/twice, box and instructions included", "brand new sealed box" and most likely the three price points I saw in the Completed Items list will correspond to these three conditions.
brickpicker.com does quite a good job of showing what a particular set cost in each territory when it was in store and what it is fetching now. Although they don't differentiate "used" into "with box / without box".
"Completed Items" search for "lego 8070" shows a whole range of prices with quite a few going for £53 plus £10-ish postage, a lot around £75, a few around £105. A lot unsold at more than that. I didn't look into what state these were in but generally with lego they mostly fall into "built once/twice, instructions but no box", "built once/twice, box and instructions included", "brand new sealed box" and most likely the three price points I saw in the Completed Items list will correspond to these three conditions.
brickpicker.com does quite a good job of showing what a particular set cost in each territory when it was in store and what it is fetching now. Although they don't differentiate "used" into "with box / without box".
Edited by kev1974 on Friday 11th April 10:54
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