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<p>[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1583804, member: 41665"]It's fake (it's not a Lego product.) Stamping your little feet otherwise changes nothing. It's really not hard to understand, given all the reasons already stated, but I do wonder what percentage of CT would be as easily fooled as you are, fatima. </p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, first glance at this <i>objet </i>I thought: "The proportions aren't right." Veteran coin collectors will understand this gut instinct: if it looks fake, it <i>probably </i>is. A deranged nebbish or seller shrieking "IT ISN'T! IT ISN'T!" won't convince anyone reasonable to pay, oh, 15x what it's worth at scrap. </p><p><br /></p><p>LOL - there's the incentive to LIE, to take a sucker's money. And this "Lego" is a moron litmus test. Brick Envy claims it's a "1970s LEGO 14K SOLID GOLD 25 YEARS EMPLOYEE SERVICE 2X4 BRICK ULTRA RARE" but <i>of course </i>it's not "solid gold" and it's not "solid" either. It's nothing more than an <i>objet</i> - purportedly in 14k Au - EOS. NOTHING on the ersatz brick nor generic packaging (which looks cheap & tawdry, on closer inspection) indicates an 'employee medal' by inscription or certification. So a filthy piece of polyester, glued to the back of a plastic lid <i>definitively </i>makes something "authentic"? </p><p><br /></p><p>LOL Get real. The likelihood that Lego <i>started </i>giving out a couple of Gold bricks at one German plant - AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GOLD BUBBLE ("1979-81") but <u>not</u> <i>before </i>nor <i>after </i>- is nil. There seems to be no record of Lego or any of its division ever giving out such "awards" - and the burden of proof is on you, not I, to prove otherwise. </p><p><br /></p><p>So <i>caveat emptor</i>. What a Florida trailer park vendor says on eBay "might" be worth scrap, but nothing more. This object has about <i>zero </i>numismatic value in the real world. Any "premium" is for the crazed collector (a rooked dupe) alone, and "...a fool and his money are soon parted!" </p><p><br /></p><p>So aside from fatima, how many on CT are still convinced the simulacrum is real? LOL <i>Santa Claus is comin' to town!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[video=youtube;9jQy_ppY2bI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jQy_ppY2bI[/video][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1583804, member: 41665"]It's fake (it's not a Lego product.) Stamping your little feet otherwise changes nothing. It's really not hard to understand, given all the reasons already stated, but I do wonder what percentage of CT would be as easily fooled as you are, fatima. Honestly, first glance at this [I]objet [/I]I thought: "The proportions aren't right." Veteran coin collectors will understand this gut instinct: if it looks fake, it [I]probably [/I]is. A deranged nebbish or seller shrieking "IT ISN'T! IT ISN'T!" won't convince anyone reasonable to pay, oh, 15x what it's worth at scrap. LOL - there's the incentive to LIE, to take a sucker's money. And this "Lego" is a moron litmus test. Brick Envy claims it's a "1970s LEGO 14K SOLID GOLD 25 YEARS EMPLOYEE SERVICE 2X4 BRICK ULTRA RARE" but [I]of course [/I]it's not "solid gold" and it's not "solid" either. It's nothing more than an [I]objet[/I] - purportedly in 14k Au - EOS. NOTHING on the ersatz brick nor generic packaging (which looks cheap & tawdry, on closer inspection) indicates an 'employee medal' by inscription or certification. So a filthy piece of polyester, glued to the back of a plastic lid [I]definitively [/I]makes something "authentic"? LOL Get real. The likelihood that Lego [I]started [/I]giving out a couple of Gold bricks at one German plant - AT THE HEIGHT OF THE GOLD BUBBLE ("1979-81") but [U]not[/U] [I]before [/I]nor [I]after [/I]- is nil. There seems to be no record of Lego or any of its division ever giving out such "awards" - and the burden of proof is on you, not I, to prove otherwise. So [I]caveat emptor[/I]. What a Florida trailer park vendor says on eBay "might" be worth scrap, but nothing more. This object has about [I]zero [/I]numismatic value in the real world. Any "premium" is for the crazed collector (a rooked dupe) alone, and "...a fool and his money are soon parted!" So aside from fatima, how many on CT are still convinced the simulacrum is real? LOL [I]Santa Claus is comin' to town! [/I] [video=youtube;9jQy_ppY2bI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jQy_ppY2bI[/video][/QUOTE]
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