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0 • Like •Were there some which received a mix of new and old grays? I bought a used old gray one and it had a couple of elements in new bluish gray, but I assumed the person I bought it from just substituted pieces.
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0 • Like •Will you get the silent treatment if you get busted? lol.
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0 • Like •I'm not sure which on I have, how can you tell? I am not sure I really know the difference between the new and old gray colors.
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0 • Like •The second production run was also in old grays, but with a spiral bound manual like those seen in the UCS Falcon (which was used for the rest of the models availability), the ones from around 2004 and a few years after are the ones that used a mix of gray colors, and the last production runs were bluish gray.
So in short, your ISD is most likely the third edition...
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0 • Like •Do a search for lego grey bley on flickr or google images and you'll see some images that show the color difference clearly.
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0 • Like •Cheers,
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0 • Like •With the amount of resellers that have IF and EN Id imagine there will be 'deals' to be had during the holidays. Not sure how well these will climb.
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0 • Like •Good for people that need one that will not have bought, or had a chance to get, a Maersk train when it was being produced. The nice thing is that these are nice trains with more playability IMO that the EN so they will be sought after.
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0 • Like •What are your all's thoughts about the HP line? I know the discontinuations of the entire line are happening soon, but with no new movies coming out and no new sets coming out, will the sets drop off in value or increase? I have a large lot of NIB HP sets and am deciding whether to sell quickly after their discontinuation, or wait a few months.
Cheers,
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0 • Like •Pretty much every set of the 2010-2011 lines is a winner, but I have to highlight both Hogwarts sets (soo many characters), the Burrow (Mr and Mrs Weasley, Ginny, great parts), Diagon Alley (One of Lego's best sets ever, this one will be legendary), the Knight Bus (purple plus unique minifigures), the forbidden forest (Narcissa and three important characters plus vegetation parts) and of course Hogwarts Express (I have a feeling Luna might be the most expensive of all Harry Potter minifigures in five years).
I know I named pretty much every set out there, but the line oozes of quality in every aspect. You might want to wait for a while to sell as I don't think Lego is going to release any more HP sets. Sell if you start hearing rumors of 3d rereleases, an MMORPG or if JK Rowling releases a new book set in the HP universe (doubtful, at least for a good while), as I think Lego is itching for an excuse to release more sets as the latest line was hugely popular, with Hogwarts caste being the 10th highest grossing set for Lego last year.
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0 • Like •This of course is all from a reasonably educated fan with only slivers of evidence, the only ones who actually seems to know the discontinuation schedule are people pretty high up in the Lego Group.
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0 • Like •I take that to mean they decided to keep making the parts to completely make sure they had enough replacements for a long time for the bad sets. What they didn't want to do is in 12 months say to callers "sorry, we don't have the parts". 5 years from now? Sure, that might be ok, but they needed a few years worth of parts.
As for GE, it is due for retirement this Christmas, since FB has stuck around, it is possible we'll see both go at the same time, but I suspect it is more likely that FB will just fade away this summer and GE will hold strong until Christmas, maybe even until next spring when the new modular comes out for 2013
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0 • Like •But, to your point, it may be close to EOL. I thinking it's close. I hope so. I have several of them and have been buying them for a good while when I could get them BOGO. I think it will increase well in price after EOL.
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0 • Like •It does have a ton of power functions to be sure, however are those worth all that money? Unimog is twice the weight for the same price, 8043 just seems expensive for what it is.
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0 • Like •2 years later, it will be legend.
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0 • Like •But hopefully this set will be around for another year or so.
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0 • Like •Not sure where you're coming from about the weight. Do you mean it will cost more to ship? I don't think the extra shipping cost is enough to make a difference.
Yes, the Unimog is a nice set, I have it too. But, I could easily see a child being much more excited about the Excavator! Just something about construction equipment. Dozers, excavators, front end loaders. :-) And, power functions! I think most people realize a set with PF's is going to cost more. And, I think they would much rather have them included than to try and purchase and retrofit them in later.
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0 • Like •As for weight, what I mean is that for the same money, you're getting a lot more "stuff" for the money, the weight of the box means there is a lot more stuff in it, it is much heavier, more plastic, more parts, etc.
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0 • Like •The part count, 1,200 to 2,000, is obvious, but then so are the extra power functions.
Shame Unimog isn't motorized like 8043, I would have preferred a $250 set that was motorized to the one that they did, but they probably did want to keep that $200 price point.
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0 • Like •For once, Amazon shipped them in their Lego shipping boxes, so they were doubled boxed and arrived just fine (2 DS per larger shipping box, each DS inside its own Lego box). So much of what Amazon ships is damaged, this was a nice change. :)
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0 • Like •In the after market, price becomes a function of supply and demand, and less about the physical characteristics of the set. I could see considerations, such as: xxx and yyy being both $300 on the aftermarket, and someone who likes them both equally but has to pick one might consider part count. MSRP is also the launching point for prices, so insofar as piece count is reflected in that, it is a factor... but far from the dominant factor.
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