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Re: Remy's Big-Ass Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 07:48:20 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:

So, the strategy of making a "i wont buy it" list worked really well.  The
only problem with this is that if I want to do it next year, I have to make
a list of things I won't buy that other folks can find, which means
swearing off a bunch of the Year 2000 Lego sets for another 12 months.  Hm.

Ouch. My advice: check into a monastery and wait it out.

That's just silly though.  You can't tell me that you only want ONE of each and
every set that's new for 2K.  There's GOT to be at least one you wouldn't mind
multiples of, for parts at least (me, I WAS going to buy soccer vans and part out
the windows to trainiacs to pay for the windshields I'd keep, but now I AM a
trainiac, so they're all MINEMINEMINE!).



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  Re: Remy's Big Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
 
Well, (...) You and I know that but the mundanes don't. If you get an instance of a particular set, you have to expect that your mundane relatives won't buy the "but I want MORE copies" argument and refuse to buy it for you. (...) The dark side (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Remy's Big-Ass Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
 
(...) Whew! Monty Haul! You've got some understanding relatives! My mother hasn't bought me a Lego set since 1970 (but to give her credit it was my first set). But my wife.. ah.. sweet bliss[1]! She bought me 5 new sets! That's where my wife and my (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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