5591

[Enilder]

Do any of you have still have 5591 in sealed box (preferably the original owner)? I am trying to double check the content in the box from sellers because I notice that 1x16 stud beams are not bagged for some reasons. Funny thing is that people from overseas (non-US) have this thing bagged and ones from US are not (Coincidence?). Please PM me or post on here if you can provide me with any information. Thanks.

[DLuders]

@ Enilder: I'm not sure why you are asking AFOLs to break open their SEALED box (and thus reduce its value), just so you can see if you have a complete inventory of all of the parts. Who cares if parts are in a bag or not, just as long as everything is there?

Edited April 27, 2011 by DLuders

[Paul B Technic]

Maybe TLC could tell you?

Paul

[Enilder]

@ Enilder: I'm not sure why you are asking AFOLs to break open their SEALED box (and thus reduce its value), just so you can see if you have a complete inventory of all of the parts. Who cares if parts are in a bag or not, just as long as everything is there?

In case if you don't know, you don't need to open to figure out what items are bagged or not. No one asked anyone to break their seals and plus, if anyone is dumb enough to do that for a random guy over the internet, I don't know what to tell you. You probably don't care because you'd never consider purchasing/selling one of these. You might want to checkout how much these things go for in sealed box before you post anything. Thanks you(?) though.

TLC doesn't know about this apparently and they just flow with whatever you tell them. I was just curious if anyone still has one of these hidden in their closet.

[Blakbird]

In case if you don't know, you don't need to open to figure out what items are bagged or not. No one asked anyone to break their seals and plus, if anyone is dumb enough to do that for a random guy over the internet, I don't know what to tell you. You probably don't care because you'd never consider purchasing/selling one of these. You might want to checkout how much these things go for in sealed box before you post anything. Thanks you(?) though.

In a new LEGO set, you would have to break the seals to see how things are bagged because there is no access to the interior of the box. In fact, many newer boxes have to be destroyed just to be opened. However, in many older boxes such as this one, there is a top panel which flips open revealing a transparent window into the interior. From here, you can see how things are packaged without opening anything.

I once had a MISB of this set, but I long ago opened it, built it, displayed it for years, and eventually sold it.

[Ape Fight]

You might want to checkout how much these things go for in sealed box before you post anything.

Apologies if this offends anyone, but I find the whole 'sealed box' thing probably the saddest part of the AFOL community. It's like when people have a classic car in the garage that they never drive - what's the point?

If anyone collects sealed LEGO boxes, would you be happy to share your reasoning? I really don't understand!

[Blakbird]

Apologies if this offends anyone, but I find the whole 'sealed box' thing probably the saddest part of the AFOL community. It's like when people have a classic car in the garage that they never drive - what's the point?

If anyone collects sealed LEGO boxes, would you be happy to share your reasoning? I really don't understand!

Personally, I have always opened and built all of my sets from sealed boxes, even when they are decades old. I don't place any particular value on a sealed box, except as a historian. If I ever got to live my ultimate dream and open a Technic museum which displayed every Technic set ever, then it would suddenly become important to me. I would ideally have:

• One copy on display with the main model
• One copy on display with the alternate model
• One unopened box for eternal historical reference

The box would serve the purpose of

• Maintaining what the box and packaging looked like
• Maintaining everything included in the box including polybags, inserts, and catalogs for reference
• Including period accurate versions of all the parts which may have been changed over the years

All of those would only matter to me after I'd already built a copy of all the sets though, and even then only if I had a museum. My web site is as close as I can get to a museum for now, and it would be cool to include pictures of all the original packaging some day.