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Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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!"

Keith Barrow

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

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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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

Rage

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...

~RaGE();

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Espen Harlinn

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 ...

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Rage

Blocked at work. Grrrrr-

~RaGE();

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Espen Harlinn

$3,149.99

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Keith Barrow

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[^]

Maximilien

"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

YrealKai

At first i thought it was funny ;P then i tried to open it myself and found it was also blocked by my works firewall :sigh:

RJOberg

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.

Rage

:rolleyes:

~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

Keith Barrow

<muttleyvoice>heheheheheheheheh</muttleyvoice>

Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

Kevin Marois

Oh that's nothing. Some of these sets are really upsurd. My son wants this one[^] I told him 'when pigs fly'

If it's not broken, fix it until it is