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164 sats \ 2 replies \ @stack_harder OP 23h \ parent \ on: The (literal) gift of hard money econ
Apparently, in the UK, gold coins are things arent subject to inheritance, so that could still be viable, plus it's a history thing too.
i know what you mean, though, most things aren't made to last.
i will make sure the kids inherit old lego sets tho, they hold their value #868604 and still look cool
Oh man! I missed that post! It's excellent. My kids are right in the Lego years and you are totally right: they're pretty quality toys.
It does bring up an interesting thing point about inflation adjusted prices, though. It seems to me the sets you used as your examples are equivalent to sets that cost more than $120 these days.
I experience this phenomenon every time I hear about inflation a adjusted prices: they always seem startlingly low to me.
This kind of gets to the distinction you made in this post about the gold coin. "75GBP in today's money, but trades for 400-500 on eBay." I realize that there may be a collector's premium, but i wonder why is it that inflation adjusted pricing seems so much lower than the prices I feel like I experience day to day.
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LEGO is great and pretty timeless. I would keep all the sets and then let the grandkids play with them, plus they have all the cool tie-ins with IP like Starwars etc, that's always going to be good.
as for inflation pricing feeling lower, i think it's probably because the calculators use official cpi and other indicators that are a bit of a scam, that and certain things will have regional price fluctuations. we all know inflation is always way worse than the offical numbers
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