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I don't dare open my star wars sets.

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  • jdylakjdylak Member Posts: 281
    CCC said:

    charlatan13 said:

    Jonn420 said:

    Only reasons not to open:

    3% OCD

    I'm going to challenge you on this one. 3% OCD is way too low. If there ever was a product geared towards people with OCD it's Lego. And for the full-blown OCD enthusiast -- a pristine box with sealed bags inside is about as good as it gets.
    Do you know how disordered the parts are inside the box? Far better to open the set and build it making sure everything is perfectly aligned.
    Now you're just waving the beer bottle in front of the alcoholic.
    carlqcharlatan13BulkheadXkhmellymel
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    ^ For some people, sealed lego boxes look perfect. For others, a set doesn't look perfect until it is built properly. Perfection is not just about keeping things sealed.
  • jon_kjon_k Member Posts: 237
    ^ and for some perfection IS about keeping things sealed ....

    thankfully we have differing opinions on open or shut ...

    so you could say .. its not an open or shut case
  • carlqcarlq Member Posts: 792
    I can confidently say that - until recently - I never bought a boxed set without intention to open it (sealed polys, of course, are a completely different kettle of fish). Duplicates are bought because I want either the parts or (usually) the minifig components for my own purposes. That said, I have kept my #21103 DeLorean Time Machine boxed and pretty....and I did buy a spare #40082 Christmas Tree Stand to keep in the box....oh darn it, I'm a boxoholic AND a polyholic! :-/

    GothamConstructionCoLegoboyLegobutterfly
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    carlq said:

    (sealed polys, of course, are a completely different kettle of fish).

    As (some of) those can be built and kept in the sealed poly bag at the same time.
    carlq
  • charlatan13charlatan13 Member Posts: 118
    CCC said:

    charlatan13 said:

    Jonn420 said:

    Only reasons not to open:

    3% OCD

    I'm going to challenge you on this one. 3% OCD is way too low. If there ever was a product geared towards people with OCD it's Lego. And for the full-blown OCD enthusiast -- a pristine box with sealed bags inside is about as good as it gets.
    Do you know how disordered the parts are inside the box? Far better to open the set and build it making sure everything is perfectly aligned.
    I was just thinking that 3% OCD was way too low. As others have commented - whatever the number is - the number of reasons can become overwhelming when explaining 'why' according to the rules that govern those OCD preferences.

    Most of my sets are opened. I figure a good buildup to Halloween this year will be to cut the seals on my MF zombie set. Maybe I'll just leave it open on the MF display table we have set up for Halloween with the pieces just strewn about unbuilt and in disarray. The horror.
    beegeedee
  • piratemania7piratemania7 Member Posts: 2,146
    Thats it. I know what I am going to do. I am going to go back to school, become a psychologist and help everyone here! We need it! Then, I can buy all the sealed Star Wars sets I want. :)
    legomatt
  • DrmnezDrmnez Member Posts: 855
    I'll buy sealed sets, rip it open, and build it
  • legomattlegomatt Member Posts: 2,543
    edited October 2013
    I find it somewhat amusing that the conversation immediately focused on the % value attributed to obsessive compulsion.

    ;oP

    Just to fuel the flame, I'll add we're also now over 100%.
    klatu003 said:

    more for your list
    2% - Hiding duplicate sets from spouse.
    1% - Saving holiday set for next year and forgot where it was stored.


    (Dammit forum, i did not misspell 'behaviour', I am writing in English!)
    LostInTranslation
  • klatu003klatu003 Member Posts: 729
    ^Ha! I actually thought about mentioning that these % would need to come out of another category, but figured people could extrapolate.... Either that or we can work on the "I'm giving 110%" model popular in some circles.
  • Rainstorm26Rainstorm26 Member Posts: 1,013
    I take a cue from my father. He loves building plastic model airplanes. When I was growing up he had stacks and stacks of them that were new in the box. There is no resale value in these, but I learned that he bought them to enjoy later. He is now retired and is enjoying building all of those models he has accumulated over the years. I buy and hold my Lego sets for the same reason. When I ultimately have the time, I will be doing the same thing. One of those sets is a new sealed UCS MF in the cardboard shipping carton I bought from the Lego store the day after the clearance sale started for $350. I know I probably would be able to get 10x what I paid if I sold it at some time in the future, but that's not why I bought it. It's not about the money, it's about enjoying life and all the fun these plastic models bring.
    BrickDancerOldfanred5LostInTranslation
  • FollowsCloselyFollowsClosely Member Posts: 1,330
    ^ it's not that simple for some. The question I'd be asking is there something more enjoyable that I could do with this $2000 than build the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy? With a family of 7 the answer is almost always yes. Then there is charity, how many others could you bless by selling that set. Sell the set and make 20 kids very happy this Christmas.

    Some times I wish it was more simple...
  • Rainstorm26Rainstorm26 Member Posts: 1,013
    ^I prefer to donate in other ways than selling things to generate cash. In my opinion selling is an anoying and risk filled proposition. Which is why I have never sold a lego set in my life.

    I guess the question becomes, the person who buys it from me for $2000 shouldn't they have used that money to donate to charity?
  • VaderXVaderX Member Posts: 220
    Is this where the "Little Timmy" comments start or the "Red 5 standing by?"

    Whatever it may be this thread has gone to the "over the top silliness" way.

    We cant' post MOC pictures and talking about MOC's is discouraged, but this type of junk is ok?

    Shakes head....I digress
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    Little Timmy standing by.
    BumblepantslegomattGothamConstructionCoOldfanFollowsClosely
  • legomattlegomatt Member Posts: 2,543
    @VaderX

    I'd call it 'organic deviation' within a thread of little shelf life. :o)

    Isn't the OP just basically asking 'Are my starwars sets worth anything/will they be?'.

    So I think the jokes tend to happen when an issue has largely been resolved (or to diffuse arguments), and people begin to riff naturally until new developments occur to pick the topic up again... the OP hasn't brought closure on his situation, so I guess we're all chatting amongst ourselves now.

    My opinion is open the sets and enjoy them, but that's me.

    :o)
    DrmnezGothamConstructionCoLostInTranslationTheBigLegoski
  • GreenArrow57GreenArrow57 Member Posts: 71
    Like, yes, sure...er...what was the question again?!
  • cavegodcavegod Member Posts: 811
    Buy, open, bin the box and instructions, part out on bricklink!
  • DrmnezDrmnez Member Posts: 855
    ^^haha
  • prof1515prof1515 Member Posts: 1,550
    Jonn420 said:

    Only reasons not to open:
    80% resellers
    10% saving for children to grow
    5% like pretty boxes
    3% OCD
    2% The catalogging of one of everything, just in case there is an Apocalypse and there is a dire shortage of Pristine Lego sets.
    There it is in a Nutshell.

    There are also those who are collectors instead of consumers. They're a very small portion, mind you; probably less that 0.01% of Lego fans. Nevertheless they exist and understanding that is the difference between those who place value on owning, collecting and appreciating something, whether it's Lego or paleolithic spear points or tin advertising signs, versus those who simply like to play with childrens' toys.
  • PhoneboothPhonebooth Member Posts: 1,430
    edited October 2013
    prof1515 said:


    There are also those who are collectors instead of consumers. They're a very small portion, mind you; probably less that 0.01% of Lego fans. Nevertheless they exist and understanding that is the difference between those who place value on owning, collecting and appreciating something, whether it's Lego or paleolithic spear points or tin advertising signs, versus those who simply like to play with childrens' toys.

    We get it. You don't fall into any of those buckets. What you don't seem to get, however, is the jovial tone and sarcastic list was not designed to be a) all inclusive and, perhaps more importantly, b) taken seriously.
  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 410
    I think private resellers should use the phrase "like new in the box", since it is technically not new.
  • y2joshy2josh Member Posts: 1,996
    ^By that definition, wouldn't any set that you didn't somehow obtain directly from the manufacturer be 'like new'?
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    mrseatle said:

    I think private resellers should use the phrase "like new in the box", since it is technically not new.

    Why would private resellers be any different to business resellers? They both buy stock to resell.
  • prof1515prof1515 Member Posts: 1,550
    Phonebooth said:

    What you don't seem to get, however, is the jovial tone and sarcastic list was not designed to be a) all inclusive and, perhaps more importantly, b) taken seriously.

    I do "get it". I simply don't find it funny and far too similar to the kind of ignorant, immature and bigoted comments which have been directed at those who don't match with the majority on these forums in the not-to-distant past.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    prof1515 said:



    There are also those who are collectors instead of consumers. They're a very small portion, mind you; probably less that 0.01% of Lego fans. Nevertheless they exist and understanding that is the difference between those who place value on owning, collecting and appreciating something, whether it's Lego or paleolithic spear points or tin advertising signs, versus those who simply like to play with childrens' toys.

    There are also those that like to "play with childrens' toys" that also place value on owning, collecting and appreciating them. You can handle a lego brick and still appreciate it for what it is, much like you can handle a paleolithic spear point. Just because you remove it from a box does not mean that you don't appreciate it.
    Drmnezbinaryeye
  • DrmnezDrmnez Member Posts: 855
    Can't appreciate a mf collection if they are all in pieces in their boxes still
    Jonn420
  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 410
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    y2josh said:

    ^By that definition, wouldn't any set that you didn't somehow obtain directly from the manufacturer be 'like new'?


    No. Retail and wholesale sales would be considered New. But if someone buy a set and stores it for a year, that is technically used.
  • y2joshy2josh Member Posts: 1,996
    I guess I'm not seeing the difference between a retailer storing a set versus a reseller storing a set. Tomato tomahto, I suppose.
  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 410
    edited November 2013
    There is a major legal difference. Many resellers are lucky they are getting away with calling their sets new. A reseller with a proper business could represent their stuff as new, but not a private citizen who is just selling on the side.
  • y2joshy2josh Member Posts: 1,996
    While that's technically true (dependent on your state), I'd say it's more eBay/Amazon that are lucky - the same way they're currently 'lucky' with the state-to-state tax situation being applied (or not applied) to purchases. I expect a big mess once they get all that straightened out.

    The "technically new" versus "technically used" thing, however, seems like something people care even less about than the tax situation, but I'm only speaking from my own experience there.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    mrseatle said:

    There is a major legal difference. Many resellers are lucky they are getting away with calling their sets new. A reseller with a proper business could represent their stuff as new, but not a private citizen who is just selling on the side.

    That doesnt apply in my part of the world.
  • prof1515prof1515 Member Posts: 1,550
    CCC said:

    There are also those that like to "play with childrens' toys" that also place value on owning, collecting and appreciating them. You can handle a lego brick and still appreciate it for what it is, much like you can handle a paleolithic spear point. Just because you remove it from a box does not mean that you don't appreciate it.

    Show me just one collector who takes an authentic Clovis point, straps it to a spear and then uses it for fun and then you might have the tiniest shred of a comparison. ;-)


  • vitreolumvitreolum Member Posts: 1,406
    Collecting is serious business.
    rocao
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    ^^ I can show you lego collectors that take parts out of the box and display, for example, the minifigs behind glass. Or builds the set wearing gloves, places it inside a perspex case, and displays it. They are just as serious as someone that purchases a box and never opens it.

    vitreolum
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