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to make a comparison.

I don't really see what's so 'silly' to collect sealed boxes. It's not sillier than clipsing plastic parts together to make whatever horrible thing () to finally un-build it. Collecting sealed boxes is just another way to enjoy the stuff. I think that the very basic purpose of a toy is to enjoy it, not the way you handle it. I personally collect sets, a lot are MISB. I would never open an older set, I would prefer to sell it or to buy another, used copy. I recently sold some of my Pirates MISB sets including a 6270 Forbidden Island. I even sold a mini-figures pack 6251 on eBay to a 'Mr Phes' from Australia

It's the same case in Belgium: Most independent toy shops don't sell Lego. This was already the case 20 years ago as they had to order for several thousands Euro at once. They just couldn't afford to spend that much... On the other hand we have enough bigger stores which sell Lego.

I would like to have new molds for discontinued parts like monorail rails and stands. Pieces in Michael-Jackson-Gray (old light gray) would also be nice. A new mold for 48x48 baseplates with runaway design for the new Airport line!

Thanks for the pics, now it is ALSO on Eurobricks. I like the green man... It reminds me of Mortal Kombat

I have received the catalog yesterday morning. First impression: It's small, almost pocket size. I wasn't expecting that with 800 pages. Now I understand why they already have announced a premium edition I would say that is a good information source for a lambda collector. Hardcore set collectors may be disappointed. It is missing some sets and quite a lot of pictures (even for recent sets ). The Dacta line is not present. Now, the biggest issue I've seen so far is the pieces count: it differs a lot from the existing databases from the Internet and even from the official count of the current sets! A few examples: - 7990 Cement Mixer: Lego says 213 parts - Catalog says 226. - 10181 Eiffel Tower: Lego says 3428 parts - Catalog says 3427. (one part got probably lost) - 10182 Café Corner: Lego says 2056 parts - Catalog says 2056. (ok, this one is correct but then...) - 10190 Market Street: Lego says 1248 parts - Catalog says 1280. (...why do we have such a difference on this one?) - 376 Town House with Garden: Catalog says 248 parts while the North American edition with number 560, which is as far as I know the exact same set, has 253 parts. - etc. (I can put here every single set in fact...) I first thought that the extra pieces were the result of the addition of minifigure parts (up to ten parts per minifig if you count hands, arms, legs, separately). But then it should be the case for every set; where some have less parts, others have up to 10% extra parts. They probably have outsourced the Brick Counting Department to India... (Note: That's why Brickfactory was so slow over the past months!) Limited, exlusive and promo sets are tagged as special. Apparently, the UK 1592 Town Square is no longer a promo The rule is quite simple: all the sets that are not present in the official Lego catalogs are limited, exclusives or promotional sets... Conclusion: Even with all these issues, I am still glad to have bought it... but just for the images

This topic did remind me quite a story about my younger brother... When I was about 12 (end 80s), I decided to re-build all my sets according to the instructions. It took me almost two weeks during summer holidays. The first night after the work was done, I got awaken by some noice and the light which was on in my room. My 5 year old brother had destroyed almost all the sets... I was a 'little' angry at the moment. I dropped my brother back into his bed and attached him with two pairs of (toy) handcuffs, one for the legs and one for the arms. He didn't dare to say a thing, probably because of my killer face at the time My father had the same face the following morning when seeing my brother like that... Atleast, he hasn't touched my Lego ever again without my permission, so you know what to do guys

26th of june was a long time to wait as it was first anounced for begin of may. I ordered mine two months ago, the money has been taken directly but since then nothing; not a mail to warn about the delays, not even a mail to thank for the order. The only thing you can see is an "offen" (open) at the order status when logging onto the site. It looks astonishingly amateurish until now. Hopefully the catalog itself won't... So the 'premium edition' sounds more as a (bad) joke right now.

What's the problem with his feedback? I don't see anything special.

According to the avarage prices on Bricklink (with or without box, MISB or used), my collection is worth about 30.000$. I'm only collecting town and train sets. I've recently reached my first goal which was to get atleast one mint version of every single official town set produced between 1978 and 1993. Some are MISB, a lot are boxed. I'm now trying to get them all boxed (at a very reasonable price...) and to complete my collection of limited or promotional sets (from the same period). Altough it seems to be worth a lot, I haven't spent a third of it. I'm always looking for good deals Next to this I'm also buying all the new city sets. Now if you want to see some collections that are really worth something: The Pier Vault The most beautiful private collection I've seen so far. Lots of very rare MISB. He's probably one of those crazy Italians who are buying most of the MISB on the different eBay sites. I wouldn't be suprised if his collection reaches 300.000$ value regarding the BL prices. Atleast, I've one set he hasn't: 1525 (poor me) Brasletty BL Shop Some prices are really insane, but check the amount of MISB, especially in the 12V theme.

It could be worse: MegablockEnlightenTenteBrick... Fristname 'Oleg' could be an alternative (common Russian name).

I really hope not. I'm looking for a more complete source of information about sets and their origins (official, limited in time and limited to a particular area, promo, Minitalia, Dacta and maybe even Modulex...). The current available databases (brickset, bricklink and peeron) are very helpful but unfortunately far to be precise enough for collectors of older sets (80s and before). What I really hope for the future is to have an official Lego book (or range of books) with a complete set database and correct inventories. Making for example the difference between cellulose and ABS parts such as the 3471 pine tree where the early versions were made of hard ABS. I'm wondering if the Lego Company has this kind of information (it should be but then why don't they provide it)...

- 3 years ago I got a MIB 6399 for 101€ on eBay. The box was opened and faded on top. The set was complete and unplayed. - One lot of 12kg I bought on eBay for 60€ contained a complete 1592 town square set, a classic castle 383 tournament set (incomplete), lots of classic space sets including a galaxy explorer 928 (complete), a Lufthansa promotional plane 1560 (complete), a 6387 Coastal Rescue Base and lots more from the late 70s until the late 80s. Everything in excellent condition. - A colleague of mine gave me his collection including a mint 1525 truck, a 6080 King's Castle, a 7722 battery train set with additional tracks and lots more. Several other people gave me their collection too. - I bought 3 Red Stacking Bins 60021 on S@H for 16,99€ each with free delivery instead of 169,99€ each. - The biggest lot I've bought on eBay so far was a 45kg lot for 300€ (buy it now) including a complete 6399 (which I sold around 200€ ), three airports 6396, one airport 6392, a Metro Park 6394, and hundreds more (Police headquarters, Fire Houses, Hospitals, Gas Pumps, you name it). The sets were 99% complete and in a good used condition. - I recently bought 46 MISB sets including 12V sets 7866, 7839, 7835, 7824, 7823, 16 rail boxes, and lots of MISB town sets from the 80s such as 6369, 6349, 6385, 6378, etc. This is probably the best deal I've made so far.

I think it will be quite expensive to buy every single missing part individually. Maybe you can try to find an incomplete 6399 set on ebay. I have seen them several times on eBay.de as I was looking for rails and extra shuttles for mine. As a teen town fan it was also my favorite set. Although I never got it, it was one of the first sets I bought as an adult.

It depends on the contentration level of the oxygen. If you can have pure H2O2 (industrial), it works in 2 or 3 days. Tons of transparant stickers went to the trash can here

You may contact the eBay guy who wants to build otherones sets for money. Maybe he also likes to sort out

A colleague of mine gave me last year his Lego (from his youth). It was including a mint 1525 truck and several other great sets. Another older one gave me two mint boxes from '75, 364 and 365. It happened quite a few times that people gave me their own collection. And every time, I'm smiling as a kid Thinking about it, I don't know any guy that never had Lego during his youth.

Older stickers (80s and before) are quite easy to restore. Standard Pritt glue is enough. You can wash them with soap and water. I however never found a good way to restore transparent stickers. Note: speaking about this, may I give an excellent advise on how restoring printed bricks: use 100 volume hydrogen peroxide (pure H2O2). Old ugly, yellowed bricks will turn back in their original color and shiny without altering the prints.

Same here (almost): I found some use for the brick separator (I thought I was the only freak doing this, rofl)

Nice job! I finished sorting out my bulk too a few weeks ago. I kept only the mint parts and sorted them by type, color, matter (cellulose, ABS, light ABS) and by age (inner markings / inner structure). I'll sell the used parts soon. I noticed you've got a beamer too.

I'm not sure how it works in English but as far as I know, in Dutch or French you don't use the plural form for any name. It would be considered as a spelling error. I prefer to read LEGO, the pronunciation however doesn't matter to me.

My parents were used to buy me a little set when we went shopping. It happened sometimes that I'd built the set before the check out (was too excited). The only thing I really remember was the weird faces of the cashiers.

Indeed. I went for Electronics / ICT (which was micro-electronics at the time). I'm working in IT but what I learned... isn't really helpful neither . I knew some people who were studying at De Nayer (10 years ago).

I studied in Leuven for 5 years (GroepT + Oude Markt ).

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