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by yoanizer 4114 days ago
I don't understand how people would want to invest in this. But that's just me.
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Its a gimmick. A toy. A silly play thing. A nostalgia trip. Some or all the above. People spend more money on less useful things all the time!

> But that's just me.

Exactly. I'd not buy one or invest the tie into making one either, but I don't assume that because I don't like it nobody else will/should.

Enough people have wanted them that Jack had to raise his prices several times to try to lower demand enough that he could fulfill it himself. He actually only ever wanted to sell the kit, but people kept throwing money at him to make the full conversion that he couldn't say no. He told me once even he didn't understand why people would pay so much for the things.