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Re: The cost of minifigs
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Date: 
Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:39:43 GMT
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100$ is dirt-cheap for a LEGO building!

I've calculated that many of my buildings cost $300-$600!

http://members.home.net/bhamilto1/lego.htm

I've seen some other folks' buildings that are much bigger (and more
expensive).

If you want to save money, then buy up sets at 50% discount.  You can often
target sets with high proportions of parts you want, and then trade the rest
for MORE parts you want.  This is much cheaper than buying each part at
auction!

Brad


Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message
news:38FF698A.E2394205@nospam.mallorn.com...
So we're now at $2.00 per minifig just for sleeping quarters!  If I have
an army of 50, I need to shell out $100.  And that's not even including
a kitchen and dining hall...

I'm not even going to think about salaries.



Message has 1 Reply:
  Cheap sets for buildings (Was: The cost of minifigs)
 
(...) Urg. Now I'm depressed. :-P (...) Does anyone have any advice as to which sets are more cost-efficient for raw building-building materials? Like, I wanna build a building with lotsa gray 1xN bricks, some windows, a decent roof (i.e. 6xN (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build)

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  The cost of minifigs
 
Boy, minifigs sure are expensive! Not to purchase, but to maintain! I've started planning of the barracks for my fortress, and it appears that the magic number is 6x12 "studs" of floor space for every two minifigs (or 72 square studs). Why is that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)

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