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| | | Author: | nallen44  | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 07:03 | | Subject: | Old baseplates | | Viewed: | 128 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?
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| | | | | Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 07:12 | | Subject: | Re: Old baseplates | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, nallen44 writes:
| | I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?
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Yes, Lego used to create large baseplates then cut them to size. So many baseplates
will have that "cut" look on at least one side.
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| | | | | | | Author: | nallen44 | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 09:55 | | Subject: | Re: Old baseplates | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, firestar246 writes:
| | In General, nallen44 writes:
| | I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?
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Yes, Lego used to create large baseplates then cut them to size. So many baseplates
will have that "cut" look on at least one side.
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Thanks. That is what I thought. Have a feeling the buyer was looking for a
little extra discount. Oh well.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 10:12 | | Subject: | Re: Old baseplates | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Buyer might not have known this. Found this out on the forums myself many years
ago.
In General, nallen44 writes:
| | In General, firestar246 writes:
| | In General, nallen44 writes:
| | I recently purchased a group of older Lego sets including some castle sets.
It was someone's childhood collection. The sets were mostly complete, some
missing a few small parts. Boxes and instructions in good shape. Sold a set
and the buyer thought two 8x16 base plates looked like they were cut from a 16x16
plate. Sent a partial refund but not fully convinced this was the case as when
I inventoried the set nothing jumped out at me as being wrong. I guess the question
is were the older base plates cut/manufactured differently than newer ones?
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Yes, Lego used to create large baseplates then cut them to size. So many baseplates
will have that "cut" look on at least one side.
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Thanks. That is what I thought. Have a feeling the buyer was looking for a
little extra discount. Oh well.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | hsousas | | Posted: | Jun 25, 2021 05:44 | | Subject: | Re: Old baseplates | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, zorbanj writes:
| | Buyer might not have known this. Found this out on the forums myself many years
ago.
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I found it out today 
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