e:\doc\web\97\07\rover.txt Subject: Re: Mars Rover cases at Target!! Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:41:05 -0700 From: BadBoy Organization: TELIS To: David Elliott Newsgroups: rec.toys.cars References: 1 , 2 , 3 David Elliott wrote: > > In article <19970828140401.KAA09578@ladder02.news.aol.com>, > WHighto421 wrote: > >The first time I saw one of the Mars Rover AP I didn't know what it was or > >that it would be next to impossible to find later, so I didn't buy it. > >There was also the Tim Allen AP and I ignored it as well. Yesterday I saw > >the Submarine AP and didn't buy it either, should I have? I guess I'll > >never learn. > > The first "wave" of the APs consisted of Undersea Adventure, Surf > Patrol, Racing, Construction, and Police Force. Police Force was > hard to find. > > Mattel then added the Fire Emergency AP. Police Force continued to > be hard to find. > > The Mars Rover and Home Improvement APs were then added. At that > time, the Police Force became more available and the Mars Rover > was not particularly hard to find. > > After July 4, people started buying up the Mars Rover AP and it > became nearly impossible to find. > > More recently, the new Mars Rover APs have been found, and are > supposedly shipping 8 to a case, so they should be peg-warmers. > > As for your question, what is it that you haven't learned? It seems > to me that you haven't learned to buy things you don't really want > for the specific purpose of trying to make money from them. Of > all the things to never learn in collecting, I'd rank that one > pretty near the top - keep up the good work! > -- > David Elliott - dce@netcom.com > > Visit The Land of the Squishy - http://www.tigeruthie.com That's what I'm talkin' bout! I refuse to buy something that I don't like and I will not feel bad about it later. You are right David, when you start thinking about the money then you are no longer a collector, you are those people who live under that rock at the doors to the local TRU. Nils