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    Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct? —Mike Poindexter
   Steve, I don't think that something of your scale is impossible by parting out blue tubs. There are 120 2x4 bricks in a tub. That would mean you need to part out 42-84 tubs. This is indeed a large task, but by no means impossible. I sorted 96 tubs (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct? —Jonathan Wilson
   How are you people getting all these tubs? From TLG directly? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct? —Mike Poindexter
   I talk to the manager at Toys R Us and tell him I want 100 of them. He orders them. I pick them up and sort until I can't stand looking at Lego anymore. At that point, I am half way finished with the task. I have now sorted out 160 tubs and 30 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct? —Jonathan Wilson
    (...) Do you get any kind of discount? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct? —Mike Poindexter
   I get 10% off, which is almost a joke. I was told that it is the same discount given to a guy who bought a bunch of Mindstorms sets last Christmas ($20,000 worth), but feel it is a little cheap. After all, the mindstorms units last Christmas were (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
 

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