(10-25-2017, 05:09 AM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Heck no!! I would never sell even a single piece of rolling stock! Lol
I have seen this happen many times before...this guy was serious about the "collect them all" idea! He made a great run at it, but eventually you can't find an Alfie, a Monty, then a Thumper...all the while your child is out growing them. The light at the end of the tunnel begins to dim as the length of the tunnel seems to grow longer..,at some point it seems unjustifiable to continue, and in the end the collection no matter how large is still left incomplete. The dream dies and the lot is placed on eBay. This guy gave it a real go though!!
I honestly think "collecting them all" is a very personal statement, because it could mean collect all the characters from the Classic Series, all the characters ever, all items ever released in one specific range like MR&R, and so on.
And also Monty is a bit hard to find, you just have to be patient and browse polish auctioning sites. Thumper though is probably the rarest plarail non rail vehicle ever made, but frankly the model isn't even good, its too small and the wheels don't even move; I personally think the Wind up version is far superior. And as for Alfie - he's a one time lucky lottery prize, he's so rare any model of him is probably a prototype still from a factory, hence his rarity and the absurd price put on him. Though from what I know anyone's best shot is kijiji in Canada or eBay.ca or any other Canadian auctioning sites.