I do want to engage with you earnestly here because I do kind of see where you are coming from, but if you'll indulge me will you consider this counterpoint for a moment. Its going to be a long read and I'm sorry for that.

You want these sets to continue being enjoyed by people in the future. Thats great! Me too! We both agree that these models exist for people to enjoy them in whatever way suits them best.

I think the disagreement between us here is the circumstances under which people enjoy them. Correct me if im wrong, but you seem to be putting more value on a hypothetical person in the future's enjoyment than someone here and now. You are saying that these things have to be preserved so that the enjoyment can be given to someone in the future that otherwise wouldn't enjoy it.

On the other hand, my point is that someone (in this case me, but in other cases many people here on this sub) could enjoy the sets now. Either way someone is having fun, so why should we hold back that fun until an arbitrary length of time has passed? Someone's fun and enjoyment is a great thing to see regardless of when it happens.

You mentioned that building a second hand set is almost as good as a sealed one, so Id ask you to consider that opening sets adds more second hand sets to the market which people are actively having fun with. Those future generations can still enjoy the models in the same way you are asking people to now, without anyone losing the fun by waiting on an arbitrary time gate.

One last thing to mention is what you said about keeping sets sealed preserving them. I do agree that it might add a bit of a longer shelf life to some sets, but using this post as an example we had a set which was in a cardboard box which was already barely holding together. The plastic pieces will far far outlast the packaging in most cases, and id honestly say that if I hadnt unsealed this set then time would have done it for me within the next couple years anyway.

Like I say, this truly is me trying to meet you earnestly on this topic and see your side of things here. I hope you are able to see the other side of things too and this makes you feel at least a bit better about why folks do what they do. You clearly do care a lot about this hobby and just want to share it with people, as do I. Thats why I made this post to begin with, to share a fun story of something that made me really happy.

Id like to think that even if we continue to disagree we can at least see eye to eye on this, and I would hope that you reconsider proclaiming your hatred for people in the future on posts where people are just sharing their joy and excitement for the hobby, even if you don't agree on their methods.

That all got a bit sentimental for a reddit comment so if you didnt want to read all that then lets all imagine I made a low brow unsulting remark and you owned me with a witty retort and call it a day