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Subject:	What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
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Date:	Tue, 7 Mar 2000 01:57:14 GMT
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I sort most of my bricks by size and color. However, I have a large catch-all bin (about 2 feet by 3 feet by 1 foot) if miscellaneous parts that haven't yet been sorted. This bin includes portions of my childhood collection as well as collections aquired from some other children. I'm always amazed at the non-LEGO stuff I find in this collection. I have found: thumb-tacks (removed after I was impaled) a football figure coins plastic model pieces from the 70's (my favorite is a radar antenna from the original Star Trek Enterprise) wires and pieces of wire covering (I was into electronics) a plastic cover for an old relay (again from my electronics hobby) misc. bits of paper various unidentifiable small toys. some Brix-Blocs pieces (these pre-date the LEGO pieces) The tail fin of a balsa wood airplane What interesting things have you found in your LEGO collection?

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		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
(...) Some of the stuff I've found include: -A light green crayon -Bits and pieces of a wind up helicopter thing that I never knew how to work when it was whole (probably 7-8 years ago) -Tons of decals full of carpet fuzz (well, I guess these do (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:Fr145s.IqG@lugnet.com... (...) Whenever I go home and dig through my brothers' collection (there are a lot of my old parts mixed in with his - as I rebuild sets I go through his bins to find (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
Right now, I don't have any old un-sorted lego, because it's in storage, far away from me. However, when I did, I used to constantly find non-lego stuff. Me in my cousin got into a habit of setting them aside in order to organize the collection - (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
(...) Only a handful of old "Battleship" game pegs in red and white; they fit in a LEGO cylinder stud hole perfectly and served as "torpedoes" for my fighters. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) this is too fun... Old Lego collection detritus: Some Toggle Toys - colorful .5" cubes with holes or pegs on the faces, one face swings open. A trace amount of FischerTechnik One Playmobil ax A funny orange plastic connector, shaped like a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
(...) I found these in somebody else's 1981-era collection: 1 blue 2x3 brick from the 60's (acetate whatever) A similar white 2x4 Hey, these might be clones, but they're GOOD clones! a broken red 2x10 plate 3 of those chunky hollow soft plastic (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
I forgot. I also have some bits and pieces of old Micronaut toys. These were my favorites prior to my discovering LEGO. They were made up of interchangeable pieces as well. They were popular in about 1973-77. Did anyone play with these? Brad (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
YOu know, I have some gear type things in my legos that I'm not sure are lego or not. I inherited an ugly green suitcase full of legos from my cousins long before I recognized the power it held. (Hmm hwoo hwoo hwoo) But there are these gears with (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
(...) I pulled out all the non-LEGO stuff when I sorted my collection, but they're now all in another box...my list looks very much the same as yours! I've got: a GI Joe figure (the white ninja) plastic model pieces and tiny (3/4") army men coins (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

		Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... <snip> (...) Last year I found a Majisto's Magical Workshop at TRU. The box was taped on both ends, but I couldn't help but take the chance that it might be complete. (It was missing a 1x3 black plate and a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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