I was spewing to realise that I missed a heap of simply awesome sets, which to buy on the private market now costs thousands. One of these was the simply awesome UCS (Ultimate Collector Series) Imperial Star Destroyer - see below.
Isn't it magnificent? Well to buy one of these suckers will cost you a few grand, unless you're willing to pick one up without the box, which is quite acceptable for me. I honestly don't understand those that need it mint - unless you are purely a Lego trader. But for me, building the sucker is all that matters! Too much crap in my house already for me to store boxes, so there you go.
So, the upshot of all that is that I am in luck, in that I don't need to focus solely on the MISB (Mint In Sealed Box) market. But even so, to get one second-hand, including the manual (which I do favour having the original of), is about AUD$1,500 at the cheapest.
So I began my journey. Last year I picked up the sticker for the plaque and an original instruction manual:
As you can see, the sticker was nice and cheap, but the manual was a big investment. In hindsight, perhaps I should have just printed the bastard off the internet and used that $200 on bricks. Anyway, whatever happens, this is a learning experience.
What I am mainly learning though, is if one plans to BrickLink a set, one should start off small, and do a LOT of research. I have learned the hard way by going in hard on a big set. I think I will do ok with this, but I could have done a lot better. That is in no way a dig at BrickLink. Frankly I think it is a magnificent site, and in my experience, the best place bar none to buy Lego parts online.
Right, enough for now, got to go hunt for more parts...
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