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What sets do you now regret selling?
I have bought and sold over the last four years to help offset my collection costs.
I was thinking today about the sets I once owned and have since sold.
Here's my list of regrets that I sold.
6243 Brick Beards Bounty. This is by far the best Pirate ship IMHO to this day. I only had one copy and was really poor at the time of my newly discovered hobby. Sold for 10$ more than I payed and was not retired at the time.
10210 Imperial Flagship. This was a good build but lacked a lot of details for the price. Sold at the same time with Brick Bounty. Sold for 20$ more than I paid and was not retired at the time. Massive size was a great display.
10194 Emerald Night. Bought three copies on sale. Sold two for 250$ a year after retirement. Still have one copy but one passenger car is so plain! Wish I had those other cars and just sold the loco's.
10219 Maesrk Train. Bought two copies on sale. Built one keep other sealed. Sold used for 200$ and Sealed for 220$ Bought one copy back for 240$ Sealed a year after selling the two originals. This is such a great looking train. Wish I had just keep the two originals. Silly me thinking MMV was going to be the winner.
The positive for the sales is that they helped buy many others sets that are now retired. They are all in my MOC collection and many at discounted prices. So I was able to stretch my money very far.
Also I regret missing out on the purchase of a 10224 Town Hall. I really drop the ball in October with double points. I missed when Target and Walmart had the online Lego discount battle. I just could never pull the trigger at full price for this set. Now I will probably sell my other three modular buildings FB (Built), GE (Sealed), PS (Sealed)
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Question, if you sold those sets to fund your hobby I must ask what did you buy in its stead??
GG was a set that I had looked at in the catalog I had sorted when I worked at the post office. I'm glad that the catalog was delivered to an old address with no forwarding or I probably would have never looked at it. I honestly think that summer catalog got me out of me dark age. I remember CC being on clearance on the Lego shop at home website before I toke the plunge and actually had bought some sets.
I'm mainly interested in castle and fantasy sets. I started on collecting Castle. Now I have a good selection of Trains and Technic, with a few Modulars.
My biggest regrets were selling 2 x MISB #10221 Super Star Destroyers, the entire Monster Fighters range including #10228 Haunted House , I have managed to get a replacement NISB HH for a good price since it is now retired.
I have told myself that if the "Dark Ages " are looming in the future, my Lego collection will be boxed up and get stored in the attic and not sold off.
Since then I have only bought sets I want to build and enjoy.
The best thing to do before you sell your prized set is consider how much you'll miss it vs. the cost of replacing it long term. Also don't sell it just so you can have a brand new Lego set to open and build. I've done that and it's a mistake.
I am now piecing one back together, but I won't ever have one in a perfect (absolute mint) box again. Also, this set contains my favorite Lego piece of all time, that dark green slope with two gold striped from the front of the train.
http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/1958/predictions-on-discontinuing-sets-and-their-secondary-market-value#latest
#10194 Emerald Night
#7471 Mars Exploration Rover
#10228 Haunted House
#4195 Queen Anne's Revenge
#21108 Ghostbusters
So, someday I am hoping to come across this set. I think it's lost in my house somewhere.
10178 Motorised AT-AT
10179 UCS Falcon
10181 Eiffel Tower
10182 Cafe Corner
10185 Green Grocer
10189 Taj Mahal
10190 Market Street
10196 Grand Carousel
Pretty much every space set from Blacktron 1 - Ice Planet
Skull Eyed Schooner
I sold #7740, #7738 and #7739. The last two I saved for a long time, and it annoys me not to have built them proper as they are good sets. I have the 7740 on my to-do list, bur been putting off building it as I fear it will be complete...
At the time I did not have the same disposable income as I do now.
I did sell the 7662 MTT to a friend, immediately regretted it, then upon seeing what the new one looked like bought another one as part of a lot on eBay. Haven't even put the thing together, but knowing that I COULD makes me content.
I need help...
UCS Rebel blockade Runner
Cafe Corner
Green Grocer
Imperial Shuttle
Tower Bridge
Just to name a few...