Classic LEGO Values - Underwhelming - Reasons?

Achilles · 2015-05-23T21:07:56.000Z

Some of the old folks, I recently stumbled across a fire and police set from 1981, sets were complete (and small) and in good shape. I rarely look at some used set values from that long ago, and I was pretty disappointed to learn the sets were fetching $10-$15 a pop including shipping. Most collectibles, the older stuff (comics, baseball cards, whatever) seem to have some inherent value - for LEGO that seems not to be the case. Anyone who has a lot of experience in this realm kind of explain to me why the demand for these old sets just isn't there? Is it simply that the new stuff is better or that there have been many versions of simple fire and police sets? I have to imagine these things are more or less pretty rare to find complete. Thanks, -Ach