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Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 7 Jul 1999 15:33:18 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > If everyone sent the pieces on to the next person via USPS Priority
> > mail, sealed in a 2-gallon ZipLoc bag, it ought to be fairly
> > inexpensive (about $5 per person), at least within the U.S., which
> > would be a good place to give it a try.
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> It would be cheaper for non-priority. I'm thinking that 1000 pieces is
> too many. How about 200 to start?
I think it's important to get the benefit of the strong USPS Priority Mail
boxes, which are built-in to the cost of shipping. Even without, it almost
never makes sense to mail LEGO non-Priority unless it's a very small (say,
10-oz. or less) package. Anyway, what's so bad about $3.20 to $5.40
(depending on the weight) for what you might get?
> I'm thinking too that it would be fun to just buy a box off the shelf
> and send it around for trades and see how it ended up after n trades.
HA! :-) Cool...Kind of like the "Telephone" game, huh? :-)
--Todd
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| (...) Hm, an idea which would really get things going quick, everyone who wants to play in the game, either put a box of X pieces together, or buy a set off the shelf with that many pieces or more (maybe require 10% more or so since there will be (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Very cool! There has been a fair amount of discussion regarding rules for this, but I bet that if it just started, people would keep it going well. I think the idea of a newsgroup devoted to discussion of these boxes is a good idea too. What (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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