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Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 03:08:11 GMT
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Brad Hamilton wrote:

> 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?

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



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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