Rebuilding Hurts Value?

[MitchTvd]

I have a bin of hundreds if not thousands of bionicle pieces and I sometimes like to rebuild sets that I've broken down for parts. Many bionicle sets use the same pieces but say If I use black hand pieces from Antroz and use them to rebuild Tahu, does that affect the value? Or because nobody knows, it doesn't? please inform

[Takanuinuva]

I would say it hurts the value as someone who wants the old Tahu Mata set would want the original black sockets instead of the more brittle redesigned ones from 2009.

[The Master of Energy]

I would say it hurts the value as someone who wants the old Tahu Mata set would want the original black sockets instead of the more brittle redesigned ones from 2009.

 

What Takanuinuva said. However, if the old-style black sockets were used, no one would know the difference, even if those particular pieces came from a different set.

[Toa of Ice - 1987]

I would say it hurts the value as someone who wants the old Tahu Mata set would want the original black sockets instead of the more brittle redesigned ones from 2009.

 

 

 

I would say it hurts the value as someone who wants the old Tahu Mata set would want the original black sockets instead of the more brittle redesigned ones from 2009.

 

What Takanuinuva said. However, if the old-style black sockets were used, no one would know the difference, even if those particular pieces came from a different set.

 

 

Yes the differences are rather slight other than the obvious gap removal and trimmed edges. Also balljoints wear down with age, different joints from different years might slightly affect how much 0.1% they're wearing down.

Edited March 15, 2019 by Toa of Ice - 1987

[turaga edron]

All my sets are together, I don't mix parts, but I'd say if something isn't original it would hurt the value.