Well i am hoping that the new AT-AT will drive the price of the old one down abit! >:-) just look at the price for the 7190 falcon now, they used to sell for
They won them in a competion set up by lego and held on 1000steine.de i think. On another note i just won one on ebay for a reasonable price *y* :'-) *wub* .
They have some good sets in this catologue, but it is a real shame some new star wars sets did not make it in. The SD is a bit of a wierd one as they sold it last X-mas then stopped selling it, *wacko* now its back! I would have liked to seen the Hoth base, MTT or anything new! :-/ Oh well.
There are way to get around these thing jawa. :-) Not to long ago i ordered 6 sets from the states of Bricklink that were all new in sealed boxes. Their value would have easily been close to what you bought. The great thing about BL is most sellers will help you if you want a request. I asked for a the sets to be opened the boxes folded flat and all the parts left in the clear baggies. Everything came through fine with no duty. The duty people only look for new sealed boxes as you are then seen to be importing for possable re-sale. I got caught out like you did first time but it did not stop me. However as said above the sales in the UK can be just as good, but the best sets sell out so fast! |-/
Welcome to EB and what a wonderfull gift you bought :-D A fantastic first review and what a great set! Glad to hear the Qui-Gon problem was easily sorted. What TrU did you get it in?