EP1 Experience
Wedge6756
when I woke up for school. There leaning against a chair was 7171 Mos Espa Pod
Race. I don't know how I can express my joy. This has to be the best set of the
year if not ever. I brought it downstairs and stared at the box while eating
breakfast. After breakfast I cut it open and took out the boxes. I began my
homework that I had to finish from the night before... but the urge came over
me I had to build!!! I took out Anikan's Podracer and got most of the way
through when I had to leave. I didn't finish my homework I forgot to brush my
teeth or comb my hair and got to school at the four minute bell. I arrived in
homeroom with five seconds to spare. Lego does these kind of thing to a
person....more tomorrow I have to go earn money so I can buy an X-wing from my
parents.
-Wedge
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Wedge6756
just thinking about Gasango's and Sebulba's racers. Everyday I have Track
practice. Let's just say I didn't show up... heh heh heh.... On my way home my
mom drove by and picked me up. The first thing she said was,"Couldn't resist
the call of the Legos?" My family knows me too well. It took me a good two
hours to complete the other two racers and the other part of Anikan's podracer.
I was overjoyed with all the orange pieces, especially Sebulba's racer. I urge
every RTL'er to buy this set if not for the wonderful models then for the
pieces. Orange, tan, green, purple, brown, R2D2, those cool pit droids and so
much more. As I was about t go to bed that night there was another suprise...
X-wing and Gungan sub. My dad realized how hard these were to find and now has
them hidden away somewhere in the house so i can buy them when I have enough
money. I wish I had a job....
Josh120
>just thinking about Gasango's and Sebulba's racers. Everyday I have Track
>practice. Let's just say I didn't show up... heh heh heh.... On my way home
>my
>mom drove by and picked me up. The first thing she said was,"Couldn't resist
>the call of the Legos?" My family knows me too well. It took me a good two
>hours to complete the other two racers and the other part of Anikan's
>podracer.
>I was overjoyed with all the orange pieces, especially Sebulba's racer. I
>urge
>every RTL'er to buy this set if not for the wonderful models then for the
>pieces. Orange, tan, green, purple, brown, R2D2, those cool pit droids and so
>much more. As I was about t go to bed that night there was another suprise...
>X-wing and Gungan sub. My dad realized how hard these were to find and now
>has
>them hidden away somewhere in the house so i can buy them when I have enough
>money. I wish I had a job....
Tell your dad they arn't hard to find. Go to any Wal Mart, TRU, K-Mart, or
wherever. Lego shouldn't be bought to invest. As somebody aid before, go to
the stockmarket for that. Lego is a toy, play with it. If he bought them for
you in the first place, he should definitly go with it, because selling them to
anybody else wouldn't really replenish his money, unless he went to ebay. No
fair.
--Josh
Josh O.
The Rec.Toys.Lego:"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and
villainy."
They gave us two astromechs and no threepio! "It wasn't my fault sir. Please
don't deactivate me! That meddling srap pile! He tricked me."
Robert Wallace
>> My dad realized how hard these were to find and now has
>>them hidden away somewhere in the house so i can buy them when I have enough
>>money. I wish I had a job....
> Tell your dad they arn't hard to find. Go to any Wal Mart, TRU, K-Mart, or
> wherever. Lego shouldn't be bought to invest. As somebody aid before, go to
> the stockmarket for that. Lego is a toy, play with it. If he bought them for
> you in the first place, he should definitly go with it, because selling them to
> anybody else wouldn't really replenish his money, unless he went to ebay. No
> fair.
> --Josh
Josh, the kid's dad didn't buy them as an investment, he bought them for
the kid *now* in case they were hard to find when the kid finally had
the money to buy them for himself.
I think it's refreshing that dad is expecting his child to pay for
his own toys instead of just giving him everything he wants.
And that seems to be reflected in the kid's attitude -- looking forward
to buying them from dad, and not griping about how "unfair" it all is.
Robert Wallace
rob...@netcom.com
Matt Agnew
>Tell your dad they arn't hard to find.
Depends where you are. Here in Vermont, there simply are NONE. I found an
X-wing at TRU on "the big night", and they had some EP1 sets, but I'm sure
they're gone now. The supervisor at TRU said that until that night, they
had only received _one case_ of each set (that's 4,6, or 8 depending on the
casepack), and they vanished in less than an hour. Walmart was a no-go. My
past experience with the local K-mart leads me to believe they would have
none as well, and if they did, the boxes would be trashed and they'd be
shelved behind the Town Jr stuff. Yes, they can be had through S@H, if you
want to wait. It varies by region, and for those of us who live "in the
sticks" these sets can be really tough to get.
Anyone who hoards SW sets at this point is making a financial error - so
many will be saved in the long run that it just won't be profitable. Beter
off with your money in a CD or savings bonds. Future collectibility of an
object is based on how many people _didn't_ buy it the first time around.
You think old baseball cards would be worth anything if everyone had saved
them instead of mauling them in their bicycle spokes? The Beanie market is
already cooling off - I've seen lots of (overpriced) auctions on E-Bay go
unbid, with good reason. A pellet-filled cloth sack just isn't worth more
than $20. Remember the early 80's when classic car prices went through the
roof? $30,000 Ferrari 308s were going for $100,000. Now they're selling
for $30,000. Some of the big (and foolish) players in the market took HUGE
losses on individual cars - one collector taking a multi-million dollar bath
on one SINGLE Ferrari GTO.
Keep on brickin', not hoardin'!
Matt
RBobo123
>an
>X-wing at TRU on "the big night", and they had some EP1 sets, but I'm sure
>they're gone now. The supervisor at TRU said that until that night, they
>had only received _one case_ of each set (that's 4,6, or 8 depending on
>the
>casepack), and they vanished in less than an hour. Walmart was a no-go.
> My
>past experience with the local K-mart leads me to believe they would have
>none as well, and if they did, the boxes would be trashed and they'd be
>shelved behind the Town Jr stuff. Yes, they can be had through S@H, if
>you
>want to wait. It varies by region, and for those of us who live "in the
>sticks" these sets can be really tough to get.
Wow! SOunds like i must be lucky. I live in a small town that for some reason
gets a lot of legos. We still Ep1 sets in stores 3 or 4 days after the big
day,.
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Paul Pistell
Wal-Mart, TRU, AMES, and Vermont Toy and Hobby all had significant
quantities of both E1 and the classic sets. They are usually located in
a special promotional area for E1 merchandise, although TRU had a number
of the classic sets in the regual LEGO section.
Paul
Bill Katz
: jos...@aol.com (Josh120) wrote:
: >Tell your dad they arn't hard to find.
: Depends where you are. Here in Vermont, there simply are NONE. I found an
: X-wing at TRU on "the big night", and they had some EP1 sets, but I'm sure
: they're gone now. The supervisor at TRU said that until that night, they
: had only received _one case_ of each set (that's 4,6, or 8 depending on the
: casepack), and they vanished in less than an hour. Walmart was a no-go. My
: past experience with the local K-mart leads me to believe they would have
: none as well, and if they did, the boxes would be trashed and they'd be
: shelved behind the Town Jr stuff. Yes, they can be had through S@H, if you
: want to wait. It varies by region, and for those of us who live "in the
: sticks" these sets can be really tough to get.
: Anyone who hoards SW sets at this point is making a financial error - so
: many will be saved in the long run that it just won't be profitable. Beter
: off with your money in a CD or savings bonds. Future collectibility of an
: object is based on how many people _didn't_ buy it the first time around.
: You think old baseball cards would be worth anything if everyone had saved
: them instead of mauling them in their bicycle spokes? The Beanie market is
: already cooling off - I've seen lots of (overpriced) auctions on E-Bay go
: unbid, with good reason. A pellet-filled cloth sack just isn't worth more
: than $20. Remember the early 80's when classic car prices went through the
: roof? $30,000 Ferrari 308s were going for $100,000. Now they're selling
: for $30,000. Some of the big (and foolish) players in the market took HUGE
: losses on individual cars - one collector taking a multi-million dollar bath
: on one SINGLE Ferrari GTO.
Then there are people like Nick Mason who actually drive their GTOs
as they are menat to be driven.
-Bill
Richard Dee
profundities...
> Anyone who hoards SW sets at this point is making a financial error - so
> many will be saved in the long run that it just won't be profitable.
Let the idiots horde them! That way, in 3 or 4 years, when there
are no more to be had in the stores, we can get them nice and
cheap!
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