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Re: Yes! (actually no)
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 19:32:22 GMT
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
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> Erin Windross wrote:
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> > Picture this, you find a tiny little toy store hidden somewhere in the • bowls
> > of a mall....and inside you find every single Lego set you ever wanted • (even
> > some you never thought existed) every town, technic, space, castle, and • pirate
> > sets ever made, all of them at %50 off!
> > Don't you think that would be great!?
> > Don't you think that would be fantastic!?
> > Don't you think that would be the best day of your life!?
> > Don't you think I was incredibly dissapointed when I woke up!?
> > Oh well.
> > We all know that a day like that can and will never happen....
> > But at least we can dream it did :-)
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> > Erin
> > --
> > Even minifigs need a vacation
> > Seaborn Brick delayed cuz of a sudden brick shortage
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> My version of this dream is finding that elusive strip mall that has the Mr. • Bulky
> LEGO Parts store. You go inside and see nothing but large barrels or bins • all
> over the place. Each barrel has a plastic lid and a large scoop inside with
> different LEGO elements in each barrel/bin. You take large plastic bags, • and fill
> them (using the scoops) with a large quantity of tiles, windows, arches, • railing
> pieces, macaroni bricks, clear bricks, and large quantities of extreme slope
> corner bricks. They all get weighed at the register, and you pay only for • what
> you need. And while you're at the register, you pick up a box or two of
> prepackaged teal, pink and light blue bricks, and off the register rack you • also
> purchase a sticker book of 1970's LEGO stickers.
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> Some people count sheep in their sleep, I count the LEGO bins......
This would explain the dreamlike quality of visiting "The Cube" at the MIT
Media Lab. Those AFOLs who were at MindFest Friday night just sort of walked
around the room slack-jawed, peering into bins much like those you described
(probably a bit smaller, though). In Suzanne Rich's office was a bin full of
clear 2x2 tiles! It was truly a test of character for us to walk out without
filching any :-)
-John Van
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| (...) I'm familiar with the test of character part - if not in relation to MIT - the 'build a castle' place at LLC had bins of mixed parts - among which were *lots* of dark grey macaroni bricks and black extreme slope corners. It was literally an (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) My version of this dream is finding that elusive strip mall that has the Mr. Bulky LEGO Parts store. You go inside and see nothing but large barrels or bins all over the place. Each barrel has a plastic lid and a large scoop inside with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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