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Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:25:00 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> Scott E. Sanburn wrote:
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> > John Gerlach wrote:
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> > > "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!
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> > > 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
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> > 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
> > --
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > Scott E. Sanburn
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> 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.
Naaahhh - I probably only have 200-250,000 bricks or so. Though I don't even want
to TRY to add it up. 30+ 5571s is a good sized chunk of my boxed sets, along with
5 8880s (and to think, I owned NO 8880s a year ago!), 12+ 1252-1256 Shell sets, 12
or so 8440s, and a few other sets of multiples.
I probably only have 10-20K pieces here at work. Lessee, quick count:
800 - Custom Technic dragsters - 3, about 250-300 pcss ea
630 - 2 8417s
~1250 - Star Wars - 7101,7110,7128,7130,7140,7150(+extra Tie)
~ 150 - 2554
~ 200 - 2148 with trailer
~ 200 - 3442 with trailer
278 - 6582
~ 450 - 6648 - stock and custom colors, 8
74 - 6663
320 - 6544
~ 900 - 5550 - complete set + secondary jeep
785 - 5581
398 - 8456
~ 250 - 5510 - unknown pc count
483 - 5542
~1600 - 8440 - 4 copies in diff colors and configs
88 - 3438
838 - 5541 - 1 red, 1 blue
770 - 6335 - 2
~ 100 - 1029 Tine truck
78 - 6662
360 - 6594 - 3
104 - 2148 - no trailer
~ 250 - 1831 - pc count?
126 - 6405
~ 400 - 8445
~ 180 - 8251
~ 300 - 5533
227 - 6561
453 - 6397
243 - 8838
~4000 - misc vehicles/sets
OK, that's a little over 17K pieces, so I wasn't that far off ;-) As soon as I can
make room, I'll bring an 8880, and my soon-to-be-built custom 5571 (widened 4-6
studs and lengthened, with Technic engine) with trailer, so that will increase my
count by 4000 pieces easy.
I hope to decrease my piece count drastically early next year - I plan on finally
sorting all my plain bricks, and Ebaying off a bunch to earn money for 2000 sets.
Then again, if ZB happens to deepdiscount 8480s anytime soon, my piece count will
go WAY up, FAST ;-) Then it's sorting time, and manymany Ebay lots ;-)
--
| Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
| Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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| Whoops! Forgot the tower case I built (even when staring right at it), that has at least 1000 pieces in it all by itself ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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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