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The classic space stuff was great, we have some of that that'll be hitting ebay at some point soon too.
Is that the sort that's now worth a bomb?
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Is that the sort that's now worth a bomb?
Surprisingly, much less than I was expecting. For example, we have 6980 (the Galactic Commander, big cool space ship) boxed etc. but it seems to top out around £70 on ebay. That said, it's not a terribly liquid market I don't think so there's quite a lot of variance in price.
christianSpaceman
You're absolutely right, of course, about not selling. We've held onto the stuff for almost 30 years, it's been through and played with by four brothers but now parents downsizing, small london house etc etc etc.
The Pirates definitely have a lot of special bits compared to the earlier sets - the boat hulls, the cannons, etc. But those two forts linked above are almost all flat / block pieces; and building them was quite different to the new super-hero stuff that we've got in the house, where one single use specialist block will solve a load of angles completely on its own (and which you'd be in trouble if you lost).
The old instructions have a pleasing level of ambiguity in places as well!
The classic space stuff was great, we have some of that that'll be hitting ebay at some point soon too.
For price, that fort above still had the price tag on the box - it was £40 in 1992, which is about £75 now. It had 608 pieces, so possibly the value is better now (given 1167 pieces at £65 for @StandardPractice 's beetle - licencing costs on the marvel / star wars stuff probably makes a big difference though)