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I keep coming across dacta sets on eBay and can't make up my mind about whether they're good buys or not, as there's not much info out there on them. Few or no reviews on here and rarely more then one image for each set. Anyone know of a good resource?
Post edited by @Matthew -21/06/11 09.19 BST - Reason for Edit: Moved to 'Collecting'
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Not many shots of these as most are seen on the box cover (as they were meant to be built into many different things not just what was on the box.. Just like there aren't really many instructions as there are 'example' cards for the actual building (not vehicle, which I think does come with instructions) sets.. I saw someone on eBay selling with of the vehicle sets for only 50 each but I missed out on them.. I am sure that person is now trying to sell them for 275 bucks or something like that.
I was lucky and got a lot with the 9364 Hospital in it... Not very many Dacta sets are super, most are collections of Lego sets that were sold individually.. With the exception of the older Dacta people sets (that had old motorcycles in them and even white pigtails)
I really wanted the hospital sets and there was a dacta set that was like a town square type of set that I found on eBay that was still sealed packs...
http://www.brickset.com/reviews/?set=9349-1
Also, did u know Dacta sets are designed in the UK, in the NorthWest. Not sure if that's for everywhere, or if each region does its own DACTA. (my irrelevant snippet of the week)
In general, since the DACTA line is targeted for education in classroom settings, the sets have high piece counts but those pieces typically aren't meant to be a large cohesive set. Many sets have interesting and rare elements. For these reasons they have appeal to builders and collectors, but are less known and desired by mainstream LEGO fans so the aftermarket buying pool is smaller, but bidding often is more fierce.
Not much help on the review front but hopefully this may help a few die hards that like to have every set!
I thought the numbers on this duplo set would be good: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEGO-DACTA-9540-Early-Maths-Numbers-Set-4-BNIB-/270760311248?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item3f0a9279d0#ht_500wt_1193
btw, this is what caught my eye
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEGO-9322-Town-Developers-Set-Home-School-Build-BNIB-/190532669597?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item2c5ca1d09d#ht_500wt_960
It's probably great if you don't have much lego, but I suppose after you've accumalated a lot it will seem a bit un-needed
... Technically welsh wales, but close enough.
Weird actually, Dacta appears to be a seperate company that licences Lego.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM_plc
It just says theyre distributors but I understand they put sets together ie design sets too.
But the only seller that is willing to ship to Europe ends up charging me €80+. Same for the one entry on eBay: a good price, and then horrendous shipping costs. Only one entry on Bricklink and again: way too expensive.
Brickset doesn't even have a pic of this set: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=9386-1 !