Wanna talk about something other than robots? Really?? Can't understand it myself, but if you really want to, do it here....normal rules apply though!!
"In reality, the set had become a liability rather than an asset. Taking the set as a whole, the only value that it had was either a scrap value or the relatively nominal value that an enthusiast of the former TV series might have been prepared to pay to acquire the set as a historical memento."
What a load of rubbish! The set had far more value than any scrap and as for "nominal value that an enthusiast of the former TV series might have been prepared to pay". Well, I, for one, would pay more than ?250 for the arena and would love to seen it continued to be used.
While I obviously disagree with the judge's decision that the set only had scrap value, I honestly don't think he, nor the new owners of the RAF base, are to blame here.
The people who bought the arena left the hanger unlocked, and failed to respond to queries from the new owners of the base regarding the contents of it. Given the circumstances, I find it hard to say that their floccinaucinihilipilification (sorry, it means estimating something as valueless. I just couldn't help myself.) of the arena was unjust.
I had it in my brain somewhere that Ed Hoppit was the one who'd bought it, but I don't know if that's accurate or not, as I'm not really 'in' with the heavy crowd. Maybe someone who is can shed some more light on this.
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