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Missing an old Lego Box and inner cardboard trays
Hey there!
I was wondering if anyone could help me. I have a large collection of old Lego Pirate sets from the late 1980s and 1990s that I kept from my childhood. I've kept every box for each set and some of the sets even still have the plastic inner trays and original plastic bags the pieces came in.
However, I'm missing a few things:
1) The box for set # 6276 Eldorado Fortress
2) The cardboard inner tray for set # 6268 Renegade Runner
3) The cardboard inner tray for set # 6263 Imperial Outpost
4) The cardboard inner tray for set # 6267 Lagoon Lockup
I've seen a couple of boxes for Eldorado Fortress for sale on Bricklink, however the prices are set at $100. I'm not going to pay that much for a box (total rip off IHMO). I've seen boxes on ebay though they only get offered sporadically, and even then you can lose out to a competing bid.
The cardboard inner trays are far more difficult find. I haven't encountered any websites that offer those for sale. I've thought about recreating them from cardboard but the colors obviously won't be the same. Has anyone managed to recreate or buys these anywhere?
Thank you for time and help!
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The availability of packaging of this vintage isn't driven by a supply/demand market (simply because there's so little supply!). The fact that you've already indicated that you believe the asking price to be a "total ripoff" leads me to believe you may end up being consistently disappointed! Another option I guess could be to purchase a complete set in its original packaging and then sell the spare complete set. Note - I've done ZERO research on the sets in question so can't comment if this is truly viable. Sometimes though it can pay to 'think outside the box', if you'll pardon the horrible pun!
I wonder if there's a way to make inserts for those boxes out of cardboard. Anyone aware of a tutorial?