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Re: Grey brick packs (was Re: More 2000 TRU Prices)
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:03:06 GMT
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This is probably in the wrong group, but I was wondering, what is a '5145' ?
I take it it is a group of gray pieces. how many? and what kind? And most
importantly, how much do you pay?
--Geoff
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James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message
news:FLEx4w.4Jn@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.market.shopping, John Neal writes:
> > > To be on the safe side, I'm ordering a shwack of 5145's before year • end.
> > I also just ordered a lot of 5145s (I assume that's what shwack means;) • among
> > a lot of other packs. May as well get a Mickey D set in the process...
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> Yup. A schwack is a variable amount, that usually falls between "some" • and "a
> Jesus-load & a half"(1) In this case, it's 20. :)
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> I'm doing an informal poll, to satisfy my curiosity.
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> When you (if you) order 5145 Grey Bricks, how many do you usually order?
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> (my answer) Usually 10 or 20. I have ordered other amounts, but never • less
> than 10, and not more than 30 (at a single time).
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> How often do you get comments from the S@H rep about the quantity you're
> ordering?
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> (my answer) About every second or third time, the rep says something like • "you
> must be building something big!" or "30? Why would you need that many?"
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> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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> 1:Spider Robinson reference.
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> <cross-posted to .castle & .sw to pull in folks who I *know* have ordered
> schwacks of 5145s>
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Grey brick packs (was Re: More 2000 TRU Prices)
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| (...) It is a Gray Brick service pack available from the US S@H catalog. The service packs are on the official LEGO site at: (URL) picture of what is in the Gray Service pack is here (URL) cost in the U.S. for this pack is $5.50 Eric K. The New (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Grey brick packs (was Re: More 2000 TRU Prices)
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| (...) 5145 is the best service pack in the world. :) It's the Grey Brick Service Pack, which is 68 assorted grey bricks: (URL) cost is $7.25 in Canada, and 5 something in the US. ($5.50, I think?) It's not available in the UK, I'm not sure about (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Grey brick packs (was Re: More 2000 TRU Prices)
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| Hi Geoff, The European and Australasian version of this pack was a set series starting from 800 to 812, I think. The grey version was 805. I came across a store near me that still had a large stock of this range of spares sets and of course grabbed (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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