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Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 22:34:13 GMT
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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 wrote:

> Gary Istok wrote:
> 
> > Scott E. Sanburn wrote:
> > 
> > > 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
> > > --
> > > _________________________________________________________
> > > 
> > > Scott E. Sanburn
> > 
> > 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

--
| Tom Stangl, Technical Support          Netscape Communications Corp
|      Please do not associate my personal views with my employer



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  Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
 
(...) 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, (...) (27 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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