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Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:49:07 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:


"During the past five decades, more than 203 billion LEGO bricks have been
sold world-wide (more than 33 for every person on the planet)."

Hmmm...  I think a lot of us here on LUGNET are skewing that 'per person'
number UP just a bit!

Or, if I look at it another way, I've probably got several thousand other
people's share of bricks at my house...  --grin--

JohnG


Only 33? Hmmm... maybe enough for a Town Junior skyscraper. :)

I am sure between Gary Istok, Larry P, the train groups, and Tom
Stangl, etc. we have definitely bumped that number up! Good selection,
however, and adults were mentioned in the ad.

Scott "Only at 110,000 bricks & 1300 minifigs" Sanburn
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Work Page:
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Home Page:
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Main LEGO Page:
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Soon to come: Star Wars LEGO Sets Parts Selling Page!



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  Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
 
(...) Well, jeez. I only have 44,000 bricks. And yet every person who sees my collection has said "That's a lot of lego!" It makes me wonder, idly, who has the largest collection on lugnet. Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
 
(...) Yeah, if you take me, Lar, Tom, Conan and the train groups out of the picture it would be more like 12 bricks per person ......... heh-heh-heh ......just kidding. To paraphrase the famous statesman Everett McKinley Dirksen, "a billion here, a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) A brief quote: "During the past five decades, more than 203 billion LEGO bricks have been sold world-wide (more than 33 for every person on the planet)." Hmmm... I think a lot of us here on LUGNET are skewing that 'per person' number UP just a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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