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Lego is going to (or maybe already has) release a new UCS version of the X-Wing : http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240[^]. I am very tempted. I have been looking for years for an affordable 7191[^], but this is quite impossible (most of them for sale are in the US, and nobody in the US is willing to ship outside the US. Looks like your snail mail is either very expensive, or completely rubbish). The new one has still some problems (the first and most obvious being that it is mostly white instead of grey), but it is shiny. Very very shiny.
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$199.99 :wtf: This is just injection moulded plastic pretty much right?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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$199.99 :wtf: This is just injection moulded plastic pretty much right?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]This is nothing. The old models can go up to €3,000. I have a collection of about hundred _very_ old sets, in perfect state; each of it is between €50 and €300 worth. A small gold mine, if I ever find the time and willing to put them on auction.
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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$199.99 :wtf: This is just injection moulded plastic pretty much right?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]Keith Barrow wrote:
just injection moulded plastic
Yeah right, and StarWars is only a movie. Crawl back under stone where you came from! ;P :laugh:
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Ron White, Comedian
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This is nothing. The old models can go up to €3,000. I have a collection of about hundred _very_ old sets, in perfect state; each of it is between €50 and €300 worth. A small gold mine, if I ever find the time and willing to put them on auction.
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
The old sets I can understand being worth something, nothing better than a nostalge and they have rarity value. This set is new, and I'm prepared to guess the main cost involved in this must be the manufactoring of the mould-dies, which they've presumably already recouped during the original production run otherwise they're reproducing a model they've already lost money on.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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Keith Barrow wrote:
just injection moulded plastic
Yeah right, and StarWars is only a movie. Crawl back under stone where you came from! ;P :laugh:
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
Manfred R. Bihy wrote:
StarWars is only a movie.
How dare you suggest I'd suggest such a thing :) Episodes 1-3, they were just movies, and arguably 2 wasn't even that, just a series of pictures displayed rapidly to bore the viewer to tears.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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The old sets I can understand being worth something, nothing better than a nostalge and they have rarity value. This set is new, and I'm prepared to guess the main cost involved in this must be the manufactoring of the mould-dies, which they've presumably already recouped during the original production run otherwise they're reproducing a model they've already lost money on.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]These are limited sets. The design also has a cost, this is the result of hours spent on fine-tuning the model. And this is no toy, it is an art object. Your reasoning implies rationaltity, but there are indeed people who pay $10,000 for a bottle of champagne, even if it is only a lot of water with a bit of alcohol and fruit...
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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When I saw the 10179, I was very tempted but at £300 I thought it too much. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! [If you don'y know which kit that is then I don't care]
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
Seems like that would have been an excellent investment: LEGO STAR WARS #10179 UCS MILLENNIUM FALCON - 1st edition, factory sealed in box[^], and some are asking a lot more ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Seems like that would have been an excellent investment: LEGO STAR WARS #10179 UCS MILLENNIUM FALCON - 1st edition, factory sealed in box[^], and some are asking a lot more ...
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Blocked at work. Grrrrr-
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
$3,149.99
Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra
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Blocked at work. Grrrrr-
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Rage wrote:
Blocked at work.
Hahahahaha, priceless!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
$199.99 :wtf: This is just injection moulded plastic pretty much right?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]"The machines use very accurate molds -- their precision tolerance is as little as 0.002 millimeters." Just an injection plastic toy !!! Ha! ;P
Nihil obstat
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Blocked at work. Grrrrr-
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Lego is going to (or maybe already has) release a new UCS version of the X-Wing : http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Red-Five-X-wing-Starfighter-10240[^]. I am very tempted. I have been looking for years for an affordable 7191[^], but this is quite impossible (most of them for sale are in the US, and nobody in the US is willing to ship outside the US. Looks like your snail mail is either very expensive, or completely rubbish). The new one has still some problems (the first and most obvious being that it is mostly white instead of grey), but it is shiny. Very very shiny.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Rage wrote:
Looks like your snail mail is either very expensive, or completely rubbish
Or both. I recently purchased an engagement ring and the one I found is from a jeweler in Tokyo. To send a 400 gram* package worth almost $3000, from Tokyo to Madison, WI took 3 days and cost a grand total of $12, guaranteed delivery date and required signature, with insurance. And that 3 days included getting through customs. I am not sure I can get a letter across town with that list of requirements for less than $20 in 3 days guaranteed. And the US service is going bankrupt! * The package weight was listed at 400 grams, I don't think it actually weighed that much.
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Rage wrote:
Blocked at work.
Hahahahaha, priceless!
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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:rolleyes:
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I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
<muttleyvoice>heheheheheheheheh</muttleyvoice>
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^] -
$199.99 :wtf: This is just injection moulded plastic pretty much right?
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]