Ah, to be 8 again.
Even better, to be 8 with a Dad who understands . . .
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From: jerry <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2022 1:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: 'George Thornton' <[email protected]>;
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
My 8 y/o son has been lusting after an $800 Lego kit. A walking Star Wars
tank.
It has something like 8000 pieces. I explained to my wife that it would
reasonably keep him busy for a whole week. But she didn't see the logic :).
So we bought him a simpler kit with 1200 pieces that will keep him busy for
one day.
- Jerry KF6VB
On 2022-01-28 13:49, [email protected] wrote:
> Same here. For me the build is most of the fun. To put it in
> perspective:
> My daughter once told me that when her son, my grandson, was 8, he was
> a Leggo kit wiz. He would finish a $50 Leggo kit in a morning, a $75
> kit in a long afternoon. She said it was costing her nearly $20 an
> hour to keep him occupied. Since I take my time with the K2 build, my
> cost per hour is less than what it costs to keep an eight year-old
> amused. And to the same effect.
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Thornton <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 2:41 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
>
> As a former K2 owner I can say at least half the fun of one of these
> was to build it myself.
>
> This is one of the last kinds of major kits that involve assembling
> all the components onto a circuit board. Today with all the surface
> mount devices the technical challenge is too much for most of us and
> kits largely become a mechanical assembly of already completed circuit
> boards.
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 1:35 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
>
> I don't know the answer to the question though I agree with someone
> else who
> said they are different commodities. However, in the long run an
> unopened
> kit may be worth a small fortune, like some unopened games and Barbie
> dolls
> are. The K2 deliveries are presently TBD . . . I have one (my fifth)
> on
> order and no ESD is posted. I assume it's a parts problem. The K2 has
> already had a number of small component modifications made as the
> traditional parts have become unobtainable or uneconomic. If it were
> possible to place an order for the final five S/Ns, whenever that
> happens,
> I'd pay for them today. What say, Wayne -- will you make me that deal?
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:23:45 -0500
> From: KJ <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
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> Hello all,
> Does anyone have experience as far as which is more marketable?
> Assembled or unassembled? Is there a price difference in posting either
> for
> sale?
> Thanks!
> Ken, W2GIW
>
>
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