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  What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
Hi, everyone. I was going through a few things here at my home in Michigan, and I ran across something odd that I'd forgotten about. It got me thinking: What kind of true oddities that have some connection to LEGO--themed items, promotional things, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general) ! 
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Good topic! Well I don't know what all I have, exactly, but here are a few oddities I can remember off the top of my head. None are QUITE as odd as yours though. From Germany: 3 copies of a fairly ordinary set (4221 basic bricks) which have a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) The LEGO items that surprised me the most were not promotional but were the HO scale cars the first time I saw them (the NLS, who is into VW's, found some in a pile of toy cars at a yard sale-- I would have completely missed them). My current (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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Hey LFB, it's funny, I bet some people may or might have happened to come accros fell off a truck items that we may never know about or stuff people may not not want to come forward with, Soooo indeed it is a mystery and a cause for ponder. Hrrr (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
<<snip>> My wierdest item is rather lame: It's a #10 white Technic cross axle from a snap set (not the old milky white Technic axle) that's "distorted" out of the box. It has probably been subjected to heat and/or preassure. I'll take a pic (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
This is weird but not even Lego: an orange IPSO candy dispenser. A 2x6x5 brick with a flip-up candy dispenser door in one corner. It has stickers on the square faces, studs on top and back, tubes on the other two sides (from memory.) These were (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) I guess is not that weird, per se, but I do have a Builders Certificate from when my castle was featured in LegoMania Magazine. (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) I guess my strangest LEGO item is a round wall thermometer, with the LEGO logo on it. Apparently it was sent to my employer as part of a promotion pack for the "LEGO Island" computer software. Being friends with the proper people in the proper (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Well, it may not be that weird, per se, but it's pretty cool! Not too many people have one of those! (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) I have some of the actual black and white photo's used in making the book "The World of Lego Toys". Jonathan (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
Not exactly weird, but intriguing, I have three 2x4 bricks (white, yellow, red, with slots), which was sent to me as 'payment' for BlockCAD. According to the sender (A Danish gentleman), they are part of a lot bought directly from the Lego factory (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
I had that big stuffed Duplo bunny. You would unzip his belly and push in your frozen Luke Skywalker, oh wait... yeah you put bricks in it. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
Hmm... This may not be weird or bizzare, but neat and very rare... allow me to explain. Just as I joined the Lego club, there was an advertisement for the Space building contest. I entered but never got a notice of winning the big prize. Two years (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) You took mine. 8-) OK, then the oddest thing I have is a set of minifig torso stickers with all the Major League Soccer team logos on them (including the two contracted teams, Tampa and Miami). They were handed out to fans with a minifig at (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Well, not *that* wierd I guess but I have one of those connectors from late 60s early 70s thats trans milky colour, like 2 2x2 plates connected by short bendable plastic section. I think they were used to connect little vehicles together in (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Hey, I have that bunny! Course, I don't sleep with it anymore.... :-) Maggie C. (who also has that issue of the Mania Mag with Ed's castle in it) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Wow! This may be the best story yet! Thanks for sharing (and congratulations on your win! If we ever meet I hope to see that Titanic coal in person!)... (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
I'll add another entry to this fun thread - though far less serious as my last one. (and about as off topic as you can get) I have a few favorite stores at some local malls which feed the Lego need. I am frequently found spending lots of money for (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Well thanks Lar! I look foward to one day coming to a convention. I will bring the coal and hunt you down just so you can see it. Don't expect much though, it looks like, well, a piece of coal in an airtight bag. I guess when you look close (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Well, the moon rocks don't look like much either, but I was pretty wowed when I got to see a bunch of them up close. (1)... Just as I was by a little bitty hunk of concrete with a goodly swatch of paint on the side, which just happened to be a (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
Nothing truly special as a Lego contest entry here... I've got a funky boomerang shaped cake slicer from Lego...but then again, it's a fairly common item--for Lego employees... Got a Tahu Standup from Brickfest, A Happy Halloween Duplo brick, and (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Probably the weirdest and most rare LEGO item I own is the 2x2 inverse slope in CLEAR that I got from the Model Shop tour at LEGOLAND California with PNLTC in August 2001. The model builder told us the pieces were ordered my mistake and would (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
Its probably be like the others in that its not exactly too wierd...its probably just out of the ordinary. I have a (baby blue) Lego Printed blanket and sheet set (w/matching pillow casses, and curtains). I don't have the curtains up, but I do sleep (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) What kind of true oddities that have some (...) I have the DUPLO bunny as well, or rather, an bunny from an error-production, where the ears were put on backwards. But my most weird LEGO item must be an original test-builder evaluation sheet (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) <Jaw-drops> WoW…too funny… The ‘hazing’ you musta received had to be brutal! I can’t believe you brought Lego into your barracks. Your far braver than I! =) --==Richard==-- (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Aside from an a box of as-yet unidentified elements from pre-1980 that were found at yard sales, I have the following anecdote to share. I think I might have written this story a while back (like so long ago it was probably on rtl before there (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
It's again nothing weird, but slightly rare. Back in 1982 there was a nationwide building contest to celebrate 25 years of Lego in the Netherlands. I won first prize in the local first round, getting me into the second round (where I totally s***** (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Not me. I've written about my garage plate and garage door but I never had those, they predate my first LEGO(r) age by a few years. Those are cool though. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Hi, The oddest Lego items I have would be 2 different types of Lego Crosses from the early 50's. They are about 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. The crosses also glow in the dark and one says Jesus on it. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Cufflinks. Well, they're not actually cufflinks made by LEGO, but I made them with real LEGO (2x2 plates, in blue and red). They seldom fail to get commented upon when I wear them. My wife has a pair of LEGO earings, too. She's a school (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) These sound as though they were made by the old Japanese pottery company (the one whose creations come up sometimes when you search for LEGO on eBay by word rather than by category). Maggie (who is considering trying to make some minifig (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) No, not the cute figurines and salt n' pepper shaker sets made of clay. They are Lego crosses made of plastic - authenticated by a Lego employee in Denmark. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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I see your cufflinks and raise you a tux vest and tie. I also have some cufflinks that I made to go with my LEGO tux vest. The vest was made from a set of LEGO bed sheets. (URL) need to get my wife to wear some matching earings :) jt (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Well, as James B. would say, skin me alive and call me luggage! I would say those are in the running for the weirdest item. I wonder if the Reverend knows about this? (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) But what exactly is the prize... And does the winner really want such and accolade? ;) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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hi! Wierd or strange is always a question of the point of view, so after reading this thread I guess I can ad something to the "rare" section and maybe ad the new aspect of wierd feelings. The object I have that I Have wondered most about is a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
"Indranil Basak" <basaki@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H4Ev11.JFv@lugnet.com... (...) from (...) crosses (...) Ok. You absolutely MUST post pictures of these. This is a riot. Seriously I will not rest until I see these holy objects. -Jon -- | (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
My weirdeist part is coming from LLW following a visit with RLD in August. I found what I thought to be a broken part. I was wrong, it's a badly moulded one instead. I consider it as a "treasure". I don't have any bi-color (mixed in the building (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Gee, Larry .... How will we keep you on the ground when I show you my pieces of concrete from the Cypress Structure (Hwy 880) and the Embarcadero Freeway (Hwy 480) that were destroyed after the 1989 quake? Will you buy my coffee if I show you (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) ***WARNING! THE FOLLOWING IS A YEARS-OLD, GOOD-NATURED JAB AT LARRY*** Well, the make-up was the only good thing about "Bicentennial Man," so I'm going to guess that that's the item that exists. ***END OF YEARS-OLD, GOOD-NATURED JAB AT (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Do not despair. The Clear 2 x 1 Plate has re-emerged in set #10015 - Passenger Wagon, each set comtains 10 of these. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) My weird piece story is not so exciting. My father is a member of one the local Rotary clubs, back before 1996 he was in the one for the town he lives in, Gilleleje in Denmark. One day, and I cannot say when I simply can't remember he came (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
<snipity-snip> (...) This is fun. You've got me thinking of all the weird toys or promo items that I saved just because of that four letter word on them. On to my oddities: I have saved two completely useless pieces to show to those who stumble into (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) This is a real part, I think, and came in some large technic sets, in black as you say... (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) OK who has the most weirdest mistreated/bent/brok...on-working pieces of Lego? (I had to ask) I never throw mine out, I have a whole bag from when I bought 18kilos from the little brother of a guy I know. My own are not that many, and today I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) I still retain my Lego drivers license and I keep the Lego Builders Club box (for stamps) that some guy in the US sent stuff to my in back in 1996 or 1997. I got two wooden Lego boxes with red lid with fingerhole in one end of the lid. I got a (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Yup, I got one two. Still hold together, but I suspect I cannot find it at present. It is buried in my old room at my parents. (...) It is meant to be put underneath two sections of a car and back in those days wheels were not that big so it (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) You must be kidding, they destroy pieces becuase of an odd colour? Give them away, how hard can that be? Destroying Lego on purpose ought to be a criminal offence. -breiler (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) I did something like that myself, a couple of years ago there was a yellow giraf in a commutetrain advertisement for Legoland - almost the same size the width and length of set 8860 (which is where I keep them in storage ;) I waited till (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Scala decorated tiles are from the seventies? Not 1980? My memory isn't what it used to be, and back then I think it was jolted just the same. -breiler (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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"Mikkel Breiler" <mibm@image.dk> wrote in message news:o5ugruc2g00r40c...4ax.com... (...) local (...) Gilleleje (...) home and (...) everyone a (...) and 4 stud (...) use a thin (...) but in black, (...) metal. I (...) as a (...) I have that metall (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) These are my special LEGO© related items: A Roll of Lego adhesive tape (the one with which the transport boxes are sealed in the factory). I got it at the factory sale in Billund last year. Here is a picture: (URL) have some of the test bricks (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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"Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote in message news:H4FxBo.MoG@lugnet.com... (...) Seriously (...) And of course no reply. I'll believe this one when I see it. Sigh.. -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) The Moonbase Project - (URL) My Lego Creations - (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
  Lego Cross
 
(...) Hi, Here is a link to my homepage, where you can find couple of pictures of my Lego cross. (URL) for history of these crosses - It’s thought that these Lego Crosses were made for the Christian group "Indre Mission" back in the 50’s. There is a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Me neither! I can hardly concentrate on the ball game! I keep imagining the stuff of which ghost shrouds are made cast into crosses with "Jesus" written in calligraphy along the side. (...) Me too. Maggie C. --another doubting Thomas (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Oh geez, now if the Giants lose it's going to be my fault for doubting-- Maggie (still incredulous) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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"Indranil Basak" <basaki@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H4o4yo.Low@lugnet.com... (...) were (...) Ok kudos on the reply and pictures. This really is the weirdest thing I've ever seen with a LEGO logo on it. Part of me was kind of wishing it was (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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"Mikkel Breiler" <mibm@image.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:022hruk6kg8qp5d...4ax.com... (...) just the (...) You're absolutly right. It says new in the catalog of 1980. (URL) I would have sworn they were from 1976 or so. Just look at the picture, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
 
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sorry to post to the whole group... Gael, I'm trying to email you but I'm getting host blacklisted error messages.... Rgds Mark (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) .. (...) Sorry for adding to such an old topic, its been about five years. I think I remember why I have this piece. As I recall when I was VERY young my parents gave my sister and I two identical sets of red cars, 6 stud wide. If I am not (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Probably the strangest is the glow in the dark cross. I have no idea of where it came from or why. It is around 4" by 7" Also a Lego braclet that was sold to help Katrinia survivors. A little model of a coke dispenser glued together and with (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) I have about 10 of these and wondered where they came from, I bought them from someone that worked at Legoland in CA. So not all were destroyed, it appears that employees got rid of a few.thanks. John P (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) John; The Lego Cross was produced in the early-mid 1950's and exists in 2 versions, one with a plain front and one with the word "JESUS" molded in block letters. Ole Kirk Christiansen, his family, as well as a significant portion of the (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) Hmmm...LEGO oddities. Is there such a thing, really? I don't have much odd stuff, but one thing did come to mind: A space minifig from the Maine Space Grant Consortium. It's not an odd figure per se...but I have not heard of this group. I (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
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(...) Thanks, that is good to know. A mystery solved. I kind of wondered about their family history a little. While I am not a conspiracy theorist, it seems like the number 13 pops up a lot in their inventories. Just an observation. John P (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Not really weird, but as a big fan of soft boiled eggs, I got a couple of minifig head egg cups at the employee store in Billund along with a salt and pepper shaker for them. Then found the egg timer at Scott Lyttle's store in Atlanta. So have (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) And beware the (URL) lego set of the beast> (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
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(...) While it's become a lot more common since I got mine, I have a Tahu standee that was sent directly from the Enfield headquarters, a yellow prototype Hau that was sent from the Billund headquarters via LEGO Direct in NYC, the What Will You (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) and it is red! I do a lot of needlework and the largest tread company in the world DMC, from France, has a color of floss that is devil red and its number is 666. Strange? John P (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
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(...) My sister in law worked at a marketing/advertising company and she came across a marketing publication of some sort that nobody wanted anymore. Of course, she rescued it for me. The cover looks like (URL) this> and (URL) a random page inside>. (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Yep, that's a Lego core values formula presented by marketers somewhat in accordance with Levitt's Augmented Product theory. Interesting book. (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
Ronald, I just posted an item about those sets in the Bricklink Forum 2 days ago!! Deja Vu!! Here it is! Cheers, Gary Istok ___...___ The #518-#521 come in an Architectural Sets (Hobby und Modelbau) of 1963-65 with the clear plastic boxes and the (...) (17 years ago, 3-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) A box of LEGO matches given to me by a friend. Tim (17 years ago, 3-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) I think we have a winner. These are, after all, official LEGO parts that, when used for their intended purpose, have within them the power to DESTROY YOUR ENTIRE LEGO COLLECTION! It's like the bomb in Stratego. (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) If anyone has any flesh-toned minifigs they'd like destroyed the 'official' way please send them this way. I promise pictures ;) Tim (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
My weirdest LEGO thing is probably close to one of a kind. While I worked for LEGOLAND California, the maintenance team took the crane beam off of the Kid Power Tower. I believe it was a safety issue with the wind. The beam and hook were fiberglass (...) (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
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(...) I've heard (and seen photos) that a yellow sharpie will repair that silly flesh tone problem. (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: What's the weirdest LEGO item you own?
 
(...) Really? That's interesting, to say the least. I just checked Brickshelf, and there is indeed a folder showing the (URL) miracle> that is de-corpsification. That's excellent news, as I've really been itching to include some Batman minifigs in (...) (17 years ago, 5-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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