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Re: How many sets?
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 02:27:33 GMT
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I salute you, Gary. You have done well in acquiring Lego.
Now that I am sick to my stomach, I must console myself with the ONE large
classic window that I have........
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Kevin Salm
....No Yellow or Clear macaroni to leave for posterity....
> In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> OK OK OK, you twisted my arm.....
>
> That would be about 2900 sets and approximately 500,000 pieces. Windows and • doors
> - about 6000, of which 4000 are from the classic era (from before 1978).
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> I never took a complete inventory, but I did do some particular piece • inventories.
> Here's a sneak preview of what I have (chosen especially for you Kevin - I • know you
> like rare slopes). Rob Farver - "Mr. Sloped Bricks" please don't read beyond • this
> point!:
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> Quarter circle (macaroni) bricks - Red - 80, Yellow - 150, Black - 200, White • -
> 150, Blue - 50, Grey - 20, Clear - 50.
>
> Low slope outside corners (3x3) - Red - 24, Yellow - 18, Black - 16.
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> Regular slope outside corners (2x2) - Red - 300, Yellow - 20, Blue - 120, • Black -
> 80, White - 140, Grey - 4, Tan - 60.
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> Steep slope outside corners (2x2x3) - Red - 24, Yellow - 42, Black - 4, White • - 8.
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> Inverse regular slope outside corners (2x2). - Red - 60, Black - 100, White - • 120,
> Grey - 12.
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> Large Classic Windows (1x6x3) - Red - 60, White - 50, Yellow - 6.
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> Small Classic Windows (1x1x1) - Red - 320, White - 290, Yellow - 4.
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> Medium Classic Windows (1x2x2) - Red - 350, White - 280, Yellow - 250, Blue - • 50,
> Black - 2.
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> And what would be my rarest piece? Probably a 1x1x2 (tall & thin) classic • window
> in black. I only have one of these, purchased from a German LEGO dealer train
> parts pack box of miscellaneous items (along with the two 1x2x2 black • windows).
>
> Gary Istok
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> Kevin Salm wrote:
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> > C'mon Gary, fess up. How many sets do you have? I have been dying to know
> > since I first found out about you.
> >
> > And how many hundreds of windows do you have again?
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~
> > Kevin Salm
> >
> > In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > D. Jezek wrote:
> > >
> > > > In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark Herzberg wrote in message ...
> > > > > > In lugnet.general, Iain Hendry writes:
> > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Today, with nothing better to do, I copied all my set purchases from a • chart
> > > > > > > of graph paper into Microsoft Pocket Excell on my HP 32O LX • (WindowsCE).
> > I
> > > > > > > did a quick column sum for parts number and cost and came up with the
> > > > > > > following:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Total Sets: 131
> > > > > > > Total Parts: 10 587
> > > > > > > Total Cost: $3 471.61 (CDN)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cool. I have been working on this lately. Hope to finish today.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been working on this, but I buy sets faster than I can get them • into
> > my
> > > > > system. What is currently entered into my system (which may be less than
> > > > > half of my collection, and doesn't include parts lots bought off eBay, • nor
> > > > > many of the sets bought off eBay which didn't come with boxes):
> > > > >
> > > > > Total Sets: 623
> > > > > Total Parts: 109973
> > > > > Total Minifigs: 1274
> > > > >
> > > > > It especially doesn't include the tons of minifig lots I've bought, I've
> > > > > probably bought 500-1000 minifigs off eBay. I don't have price data • entered,
> > > > > so don't know how much I've spent.
> > > >
> > > > Geez! You must have a big house or a lot of storage space to display all • that
> > > > Lego. How do you handle that financially? I've been trying to keep my • total
> > > > lego value under $500 because well...this might sound silly but there ARE
> > > > other things than Lego.
> > >
> > > ..... Er..... Um...... under $500 total? That would put me back to 1979, • back
> > > when my collection had 4 digits in the total parts count.
> > >
> > > Gary Istok
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| Thanks Kevin, If it is any consolation: Besides the 840 classic LEGO windows I got from an accumulation of London Bus sets in Michigan in 1985, 90% of all my classic windows (& doors) were found in Germany (between 1979-93). So if anyone should be (...) (27 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How many sets?
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| OK OK OK, you twisted my arm..... That would be about 2900 sets and approximately 500,000 pieces. Windows and doors - about 6000, of which 4000 are from the classic era (from before 1978). I never took a complete inventory, but I did do some (...) (27 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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