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Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
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Date: 
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 01:14:27 GMT
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Fr25nE.KEu@lugnet.com...
> So I took as many parts as I possibly could, including all minifigs (I'm
> thankful for that!), animals and special pieces. Little did I know that • the
> pieces that would be the hardest to find would be... plates!

Ah!  This explains (in part) the heavy predominance of minifigs over other
pieces on your web site.

> 
> Oh well, my collection will be arriving here in pieces (thank goodness I • have
> big sisters that come visit me! :) and in the summer I'll be in Israel, • and
> snag all the plates, BURPs, castle walls and whatnot that I can...
> And I have to say that all the lego I achieved in the past 13 years is • just a
> bit more than what I've accumulated this year. Lego sets are hard to get • in
> Israel, plus they are majorly expensive. I used to buy/get lego only from
> abroad, in various ways (via travelling parents, relatives, and other ;-). • Not
> to mention that the jobs I could get as 14 year old in Israel paid *much* • less
> than the jobs I can get as a 16 y/o in the US... So there's a bright side • to
> this.

I had to get some stuff from Europe back when they didn't sell LEGO trains
in the US.

> Good for you! I hope to manage the same...

I hear you alluding to studying a lot in your messages.  Keep it up and good
jobs will come to you!

> Great! Just remember, you don't want 3-month year old kids near your
> town...  ;-)

This is why I want a separate room so I can put a gate over it!

> 
> > P.S. I like the winged horse on your site.
> 
> Thanks! It was inspired by Richard Schamus' winged horses:
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334/


Thats a cool site.  I've never seen that one before.

By the way, with regards to your site, when I sent mail to the address given
on the links page, I got no reply.  I had to complain in the LUGNET general
group, and then Todd put it right in.  So, if you don't get any response, I
suggest trying the same.

Brad



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  Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
 
(...) This looks like a good place to step in with my own, "what I've found in with the Lego" story(ies). First, Shiri, thanks for the plug, just remember, I did not pay you for it, LOL. Seriously, imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Brad, (...) (27 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
 
(...) What separated me from my lego was a move from Israel to the US. I had too much to fit in a suitcase or two, and my parents said flat-out no to shipping anything - costs are enormous. So I took as many parts as I possibly could, including all (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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