Our lists are a good start TRa…lots to think about and reconsider.
I’d like to go down the list and discuss/debate/scrutinize each of them and their rankings individually.
For instance:
I cannot decide on Alfie or Monty and called it a tie or coin flip.
ALFIE was basically only sold in North America, and it’s production was limited due to its design flaw, so it never had a mass production/distribution run.
There are less, but the limited numbers that were made are far easier find, and to have shipped to someone living in North America than they are in Europe or Asia.
MONTY was buried in Poland and eastern block countries, and is literally and geographically as far away from North America as could possibly be.
It is impossible to have anything shipped from that region, but Monty CAN be found on Polish sites and for only a few dollars.
Also, Monty most likely received a full standard production run, so there will always be far more Monty’s on this earth than Alfie’s, but they are on the other side of the planet.
I guess some of it has to do with where you live as to what is rarest?
Which would make any item produced exclusively to its own country, most rare to every other country.
Like the Toby at the Coppermine set is to the US, so each individual countries own language international talking engines are to them, Oliver is to England, and Plarail is to Japan.
I’d like to go down the list and discuss/debate/scrutinize each of them and their rankings individually.
For instance:
I cannot decide on Alfie or Monty and called it a tie or coin flip.
ALFIE was basically only sold in North America, and it’s production was limited due to its design flaw, so it never had a mass production/distribution run.
There are less, but the limited numbers that were made are far easier find, and to have shipped to someone living in North America than they are in Europe or Asia.
MONTY was buried in Poland and eastern block countries, and is literally and geographically as far away from North America as could possibly be.
It is impossible to have anything shipped from that region, but Monty CAN be found on Polish sites and for only a few dollars.
Also, Monty most likely received a full standard production run, so there will always be far more Monty’s on this earth than Alfie’s, but they are on the other side of the planet.
I guess some of it has to do with where you live as to what is rarest?
Which would make any item produced exclusively to its own country, most rare to every other country.
Like the Toby at the Coppermine set is to the US, so each individual countries own language international talking engines are to them, Oliver is to England, and Plarail is to Japan.
Play nice & have fun!!
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