I'm beginning to think color sets are more trouble than they're worth.

[DavGoodlin]

I like to think the sets we all still have are the survivors among all the lemons.

Reality is that every manufacturer used a few lousy parts somewhere and sets got junked for something as simple as a single generic part or as justified as a bad kinescope. The sets we have are here because of our preservation interest more than performance or economy.

I junked alot of sets 30+ years ago due to bad flybacks or CRTs rather than hold them and wait for a found part that didn't cost as much as the Jobber quoted.
A nice big warehouse would have been the ticket for saving the all the collective good parts.